Denver
02-05-2020, 05:19 PM
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/west-midlands-police-suspend-officer-18187255
West Midlands Police have suspended an officer after it is alleged 'unnecessary force' was used as he was trying to detain a schoolboy - and now a second violence claim has been made against him.
The officer was filmed in a violent altercation with a 15-year-old boy in an alleyway in Newtown. He was seen to 'strike and kick' the teenager during a stop and search.
Now it has emerged the same officer is accused of assaulting a man the previous day, who was stopped under suspicion of being on a stolen bike in Aston. The actions of a second police officer during that incident is also being investigated.
West Midlands Police have suspended an officer after it is alleged 'unnecessary force' was used as he was trying to detain a schoolboy - and now a second violence claim has been made against him.
The officer was filmed in a violent altercation with a 15-year-old boy in an alleyway in Newtown. He was seen to 'strike and kick' the teenager during a stop and search.
Now it has emerged the same officer is accused of assaulting a man the previous day, who was stopped under suspicion of being on a stolen bike in Aston. The actions of a second police officer during that incident is also being investigated.