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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Melissa Sigodo

Athlete 'grabbed' by police claims 'they stopped when noticing camera was recording'

Portuguese Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos - who was stopped by armed Met Police officers - said an officer only ceased “grabbing him” once he was discreetly told by his colleague that the car was filming.

In footage shared with the Mirror, Ricardo claimed that while he was being “manhandled” by armed police, he overheard another officer warn his colleague “to be careful” and that the "car was recording".

The athlete claimed police stopped him because they saw a “black man driving a decent-looking car”, and that one officer became “angry for no reason”. Ricardo said he feared the officer was about to smash his car window with a baton.

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