The fractious relationship between Black communities and the police embodies the complicated experience of racialised and criminalized groups in contemporary British history. In particular, the enduring legacy of stops and searches of Black people, neighbourhoods and communities over the years has significant implications for the future of police-community relations. That young Black people experience disproportionate policing is not in question, with recent research revealing that Black males are six times more likely to be stopped and searched than their white counterparts (Home Office, 2024). The focus of this research is not exploring the reasons for racial disproportionalities in policing, or even whether British policing is racist. Instead, it is anchored by a central question of how Black British communities experience and interpret policing across generations in a context marked by historical and ongoing racialisation- the intergenerational experience of racialised policing of Black British communities.