In the latest filmed footage of police in unsavoury encounters with civilians, a video has surfaced of an altercation between a group of undercover West Midlands police and a group of men in Birmingham.
The encounter starts with what seems to be a standard arrest, but quickly turns nasty when one policeman starts to fight one of the guys before another joins in, hitting the man with a baton.
West Midlands Police released the below statement informing people that the officers’ everyday work will be suspended while the footage is assessed, but most people are pretty sure their actions will go unpunished.
The video comes after uproar over a video of Rashan Charles dying during an altercation with a policeman in Dalston, leading to protests which turned to riots early on Saturday morning.