Sprinter Ricardo dos Santos 'not surprised' to be pulled over by London police for second time

By Matt Foster and Aleks Klosok, CNN

Updated 1538 GMT (2338 HKT) August 15, 2022

Ricardo Dos Santos competes in the 400m during Day 1 of European Athletics Indoor Championships at Arena Torun on March 5, 2021 in Torun, Poland.

(CNN)An athlete, who alleges he was racially profiled during a stop and search by London's Metropolitan Police in 2020, says he was pulled over by police for a second time.

Ricardo dos Santos, a Portuguese sprinter, was pulled over early on Sunday morning while driving in Britain's capital. Dos Santos had previously been stopped and searched by the same police service alongside his partner and child in July 2020.In a series of tweets, dos Santos posted dashcam footage from his car of Sunday's incident which showed the sprinter pulling over and several police officers then approaching the vehicle.In the <a href=«https://twitter.com/RDSS400/status/1558760246880894977?ref_src=» https: target="_blank">tweets, dos Santos expressed his frustration.«Not surprised I had to go through this again. Whilst driving home last night 7 armed @metpoliceuk officers stopped me because they thought I was on my phone whilst driving. At their request I pulled over when safe to do so,» the thread began.Read More«After I stopped two officers ran towards either side of the car, one fist clenched banged on my window and tried opening the car door. Not knowing how to use a Tesla handle he took out his baton out of frustration ready to smash the glass,» dos Santos claimed in his post. «Annoyed that 2 years down nothing has changed,» dos Santos posted.The Metropolitan Police issued a statement posted on Twitter, suggesting that the 27-year-old failed to pull over in good time. The statement said, «We are aware of footage on