Stop and search not the solution

Brixton riots, London, April 1981. ‘It would be a tragedy if that pragmatism led to a return of the fractured community relations of the 1980s’, writes Ben Summerskill.David Lammy is right to express scepticism about the mayor of London’s recent enthusiasm for the increased use of stop and search (Lammy says Khan wrong to increase use of stop and search, 15 January).Polling by YouGov for the Criminal Justice Alliance found that three quarters of black, Asian and minority ethnic