Video footage has surfaced of the moment a 14-year-old schoolboy was thrown to the ground and handcuffed by police in a mistaken stop and search.
De-shaun Joseph was stopped by officers in south London on Thursday (23 June) on the suggestion that he matched the description of a suspect in a nearby robbery.
The teenager – who suffers from asthma – was able to shout his mother’s phone number to a passerby and she arrived at the scene to find her son in handcuffs.
De-shaun was later released without arrest after police admitted he was the wrong person.
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