An armed officer told a witness to stop filming as his friend was being held at gunpoint or his phone "will get seized as evidence".
The comment was made to a man recording from inside a vehicle as his friend was being held against the back of a patrol car on Mulgrave Street, Toxteth, on Monday evening (June 28). Merseyside Police said it had responded to reports of a man with a gun in the area, and said the man the armed officers stopped "matched the description".
Two videos of the incident have since circulated on social media, including one showing a second officer telling the witness: "Can you wind your window up mate? Can you switch your phone off or it will get seized as evidence." The witness asks: "Seized as evidence for what?", but receives no response.
