A police force that allegedly beat a man and left him fearing for his life during a drugs check was warned of a jump in unreasonable stop and searches earlier this year.
James Kennedy, a 42-year-old musician, told openDemocracy he was “absolutely terrified” when “aggressive” plain-clothes police officers got in his car without warning as he travelled home from a gig in Cardiff on 23 November.
Kennedy says he was restrained, punched and threatened with a taser by officers from South Wales Police, whom he alleges forced him into an unmarked police car and took him to a police station, where he was subjected to a “degrading” strip-search.
