Police brutality video to be investigated
By politics.co.uk staff
A video showing four policemen repeatedly tasering a man lying on the ground has triggered an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
The video has now been posted in various forms on YouTube, and shows a man struggling on the ground on Upper Parliament Street in Nottingham last weekend.
He is shot with the taser gun twice and then punched.
IPCC commissioner Amerdeep Somal said: “Footage of this incident, which many people will now have seen, is of sufficient concern to merit a fully independent investigation.”
Nottingham police said they passed on the footage to the IPCC despite no complaints having been made.
The police said they had been asked to help by door staff at a club nearby and that once they arrived one of them was assaulted.
A 40-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and has been released on bail.
The IPCC is appealing for any witnesses who were at the scene in Nottingham city centre in the early hours of Monday June 15th and witnessed any part of the incident to come forward.
Assistant Chief Constable Peter Davies said in a statement: “We understand that some members of the public may be concerned about this.
“The public’s trust and confidence is very important for us, which is why we have referred this matter for an objective investigation to the IPCC.”
The controversial taser guns have become the object of protest among human rights groups, including Amnesty International, who stress that they should only be granted to a portion of the police who have received specialist training.
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