Video of Black man's arrest puts London police in spotlight
Source: AP
LONDON (AP) — One London police officer was suspended and another given restricted duties Friday after a video of an arrest appeared to show an officer kneeling on a Black man’s neck.
Footage of the arrest in north London on Thursday shows two officers holding down the handcuffed man. At the beginning of the 2 minute and 20 second clip, one of the officers appears to be applying pressure to the man’s neck with his knee. The officer’s hand is on the head of the man, who is on pavement laying on his side.
“Get off me ... get off my neck,“ the struggling man can be heard shouting in the video that appeared on social media. “I haven’t done anything wrong, get off my neck.”
One of the two officers asks, “Are you going to behave yourself?” He is told to stay down.
In this Thursday, July 16, 2020, image taken from video and provided by @RealAiRavish, police appear to kneel on a Black man's neck during an arrest in north London. One London police officer has been suspended and another given restricted duties after a video was circulating on social media of the incident. Footage of the arrest in north London on Thursday shows two officers holding down the handcuffed man. (@RealAiRavish via AP)
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