Scotland Yard has asked the police watchdog to investigate after the footage showed a police officer kneeling on the neck of the man. Footage posted on social media on Thursday evening shows two officers holding a handcuffed man, who is black, on the pavement in Isledon Road. (Image: Twitter)The struggling man on the ground can be heard shouting "Get off me ... get off my neck, I ain't done anything wrong, get off my neck." Sir Steve House, Deputy Commissioner, said: “The video footage that I have seen today and is circulating on social media is extremely disturbing. Mr Floyd was a black American man killed during an arrest in Minneapolis when a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for several minutes at a time.

Source: Daily Mirror July 17, 2020 17:17 UTC