Angry crowd hurl abuse at police as they make north London arrest in tense scene before force back-up arrives
- Met Police were confronted by onlookers while arresting man in Stamford Hill
- Social media video showed tensions rising between police and the crowd
- One hooded man is shown hurling abuse and swearing at the officers on scene
Met Police officers were confronted by an angry crowd of people as they arrested a man in north London.
A video has emerged on social media, believed to have been taken in Stamford Hill, Hackney, at around 10pm last night, which shows an officer holding a man on the ground surrounded by onlookers.
In the recording, which appears to have been captured by a passerby, one hooded man hurls abuse at the police officers, shouting and swearing at them while they make an arrest.
A crowd of people watch as a man is arrested and relations between one man and the police become hostile. The footage is believed to have been taken in Stamford Hill, London
He asks the person who is laid on the floor being arrested: ‘Are you good?’
Sirens can be heard in the background as he continues shouting ‘shut up’ in the officer’s face before the policeman appears to hit him in the face.
Another officer walks into the scene and shouts for the group to ‘move back’ as the man continues to swear at them.
A scuffle breaks out as the additional officers arrive at the scene.
The Metropolitan Police has been approached for comment.
Hours before the latest video was taken the Scotland Yard commander had slammed selective recording of arrests by passersby.
An officer shouts for the crowd of people to ‘move back’ (left) and as back up arrives the crowd moves away from the scene of the arrest (right)
North West Area Commander Roy Smith said police ‘need our support’ after a 30-second video was uploaded to social media yesterday showing a black man shouting ‘I can’t breathe’ while being detained after attacking police in Wembley, London.
He defended the police officers actions as ‘lawful’ and ‘proportionate’ and cast doubt on the man’s inability to breathe, pointing out that ‘he was able to resist the officers and communicate with them clearly’.
His comments come as a police officer was suspended last week after footage emerged of him kneeling on a Leeds United fan’s neck during an arrest outside Elland Road stadium in Leeds.
North West Area Commander Roy Smith of the Metropolitan Police defended police actions in Wembley as ‘lawful’ and ‘proportionate’ and slammed ‘partial footage of incidents’ recorded by passersby during arrests
The footage showed several officers grappling with the 17-year-old boy and one officer was seen placing a knee on the young man’s neck with witnesses shouting ‘get your f****** knee off him’.
The matter has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct while the officer in question has been removed from front line duties.
Similarly, last week a lawyer said charges against a man who was arrested for having a knife should be dropped after a London police officer was filmed kneeling on his neck.
Three officers struggled to arrest the 17-year-old boy while witnesses recorded the incident
A police officer has been suspended after he was filmed kneeling on a suspect’s neck during an arrest in Islington, London, last week
Marcus Coutain, 48, was filmed pleading with officers to ‘get off my neck’ as he was handcuffed on the pavement in Islington, north London.
The police watchdog is investigating the manner of the arrest, which has resulted in one Metropolitan Police officer being suspended and another placed on restricted duties.
Deputy Commissioner Sir Steve House described the footage as ‘deeply disturbing’ and said some of the techniques, which are ‘not taught in police training’, caused him ‘great concern’.