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Essex Police are five times more likely to stop and search black people, new figures have revealed.Ethnic profiling data conducted in April, May and June this year indicated there were 666 stop and searches conducted by the force with 54 black people stopped whilst white people were stopped 449 times.Assistant Chief Constable Julia Wortley said: "We are working hard to help people in Essex understand how we use stop and search and allow them the opportunity to challenge our approach, if...