New footage appears to show window smash Pc pulling over man 'for pushing scooter'

PC Savage? New footage allegedly showing officer involved in windshield smash
The 4Front Media
Jamie Micklethwaite20 September 2016

Police were today investigating claims the Pc who smashed through a driver's windscreen handcuffed a different man 'for pushing his broken scooter down the street.'

New footage has emerged which appears to show a police officer, who identifies himself as Pc Savage, stopping a man in the street and handcuffing him.

The police officer involved said to be the same man who smashed and sawed his way through a driver’s windscreen after mistaking him for a wanted man.

Police were today trying to establish whether it was the same police officer in the two clips.

In the new clip, Kyle Adair-Whyte is stopped by the officer who saw him pushing a broken scooter down the road.

Mr Adair-Whyte alleges he was stopped "for no reason" while going to a friend's house. He was then put in handcuffs. He says the officer called for back-up , "humiliating" him.

In the video, the Pc tells Mr Adair-Whyte that he stopped him because he suspected he could have been involved in moped theft, a major crime problem on the streets of London.

The 24 year-old told 4front media: “He grabbed my wrist straight away, told me to stop.

“I didn’t actually hear him straight away. Then he proceeded to try and take the keys from my bike.

“I took them back and said ‘why are you trying to grab my keys’ then he started grabbing me.

“I was saying to him ‘this is my bike, how could it not be my bike if I had the keys?’

“He proceeded to handcuff me, detain me, call for back-up and humiliate and embarrass me on the road.”

Mr Adair-Whyte also alleges that he was left handcuffed on the side of the road for 20 minutes while the Pc and four other officers inspected his scooter.

The officer filmed is believed to be the same man involved in the Gospel Oak incident
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Once the officers had searched the moped and completed checks, Mr Adair-Whyte took the Pc's details.

He said he wanted to share his story to stop further incidents such as this.

He said: “When I saw the video of this PC Savage attacking the car it just confirmed my suspicions of what I was saying to him: “You actually haven’t got any grounds to search me and you haven’t got any evidence to prove that I’m a criminal.

“You’ve seen a black guy in a jacket pushing a bike that’s slightly broken and you’ve immediately assumed that he’s a criminal.

“He needs to learn how to interact with the public.

A Met Police spokeswoman said: “We are aware of a second video appearing on social media and its contents are being assessed.”

The case has also been referred to the IPCC.

A video believed to be of the same officer cutting through the windscreen of a car with the driver still inside caused a media storm at the weekend.

Driver Leon Fontana shared footage of an officer hammering at his car windows and windscreen in Gospel Oak, while shouting at him to get out of the car.

Power trip: Duwayne Brooks criticises the officer

Met Police revealed that the incident had been a case of mistaken identity and Mr Fontana had not been arrested

The Met confirmed that the officer filmed smashing the windscreen has been placed on restricted duties while enquiries are made.

Stop and search campaigner Duwayne Brooks, best friends with murder victim Stephen Lawrence, said: "You can see there's an eight-to-nine second period where he builds up his anger before hitting the window.

"In that video where he orders the man to get out of the car, he doesn't tell him that he is arresting him.

"That is the message I've been telling people, he doesn't have to. That officer is on a power trip."

Mr Brooks added that the officer should be removed from the force based on the impact of the video going viral.

He added: "People don't mind being stopped and searched, we know people are carrying weapons, it's how it is conducted.

"That video has gone super viral and every other person who has experienced something similar will have seen that.

"What he has done is undermine public confidence."

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