The Metropolitan Police have suspended the arresting officer, who knelt on the neck of the detainee while he was handcuffed and lying on the ground. A second officer, who assisted in the arrest on Thursday, was removed from operational duty pending an investigation into what the force’s deputy commissioner, Steve House, called an “extremely disturbing” episode. Images of the arrest, captured on video, were a troubling reminder of the killing of Mr. Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis in May. The police in London and the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, have condemned the tactics used in the arrest. Officers in England and Wales are not trained to put pressure on an individual’s neck or face.

Source: New York Times July 18, 2020 15:00 UTC