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London police officer Martin Binala fired for unlawful stop and search of innocent man

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56% Informative

Martin Binala was fired for unlawful stop and search of an innocent man.

The man was sitting inside his parked car when he was pulled up in unmarked car.

Binalas claimed he searched after detecting a strong smell of cannabis from the car.

But investigation found the car's windows had been rolled up and the man was innocent.

VR Score

59

Informative language

64

Neutral language

19

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

54

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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