British police announced on Friday that they had suspended a police officer after a video appeared on social media showing him kneeling on the neck of a black man during an arrest in London.
The images show a man shouting "Get out of my neck" to the two policemen who keep him handcuffed to the ground, one of his knee on his neck. A little later, he is put in a sitting position.
VIDEO: Metropolitan Police officer has been suspended after this 'get off my neck' arrest pic.twitter.com/L5vFRxyx30
- Ministry of Truth (@BanTheBBC) July 17, 2020This arrest necessarily evokes that of the African-American George Floyd, whose death at the end of May by asphyxiation under the knee of a white policeman had started the international movement "Black Lives Matter".
"Extremely disturbing"
Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Steve House described the video as "extremely disturbing," noting that "some of the techniques used [...] are not taught during police training."
"A police officer has been suspended and another statement from operational service, but not suspended yet," he said in a statement. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), the police, was seized.
The man, who has been examined by a doctor, remains in police custody after being arrested on Thursday evening for a fight and possession of an offensive weapon.
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