Exclusive : City of London police had to investigate itself for a second time following complaints over the stop and search incident Nadine White Race Correspondent “No force, especially under scrutiny or even in another field, should be allowed to ‘investigate’ anything regarding themselves,” Ryan Colaço told  The Independent. (Supplied) Police have been forced to apologise after smashing the car window of a man who had accused officers of racial profiling. Ryan Colaço’s window was shattered by an officer after he was wrongly stopped on suspicion of carrying drugs near Cannon Street station in central London during lockdown on 29 May, 2020. The location manager for the television and film industry was pulled from the vehicle, put against a wall, then driven to a police station and strip searched, where nothing illicit was found. Shortly before he was stopped Mr Colaço, who’s of Asian heritage, had been interviewed by Channel 4 News and accused the Metropolitan Police of racial pro...

 

  Hung jury declared at inquest into death of ex-soldier tasered by police Platoon sergeant Spencer Beynon, from Llanelli, was 43 when he died By Luke O'Reilly and Bronwen Weatherby, PA 10:12, 26 OCT 2021 The jury at an inquest into the death of an ex-soldier who was tasered by police has been discharged after failing to agree about the way he died. Spencer Beynon, 43, a former platoon sergeant from Llanelli,  Carmarthenshire , died on June 14, 2016 after officers were called by members of the public over concerns about his behaviour. The inquest has been taking place at Parc y Scarlets rugby stadium in Llanelli over the last three weeks. Read more:   Go here to see all the latest court and inquest coverage from around Wales Oliver West, one of the two officers who responded to the reports, told the hearing he had "no other option" but to fire his Taser at Mr Beynon, claiming the military veteran had stood and tried to charge at him. Other witnesses, including Mr West...

Quoted in Sky News Exclusive. Sophie Khan, a solicitor who specialises in cases involving Taser-related injuries, said the use of the weapons on children and elderly people was "disturbing". She told Sky News: "The use of less-lethal weaponry is a last resort and should not be used on children and on the elderly, who by their nature are vulnerable. "The police forces need to recognise that Tasers are not the answer to each and every police interaction." https://news.sky.com/story/police-taser-children-aged-10-and-87-year-old-pensioner-amid-sharp-rise-in-officers-firing-devices-12371732