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Anthony France

Met Police officer ‘who put Taser to black boy’s neck during stop was motived by race’, says force

A Metropolitan Police officer who allegedly ordered a black teenager to kneel in the street before pressing a Taser to his neck is facing a gross misconduct hearing.

PC Connor Jones is said to have threatened Jamar Powell, 16, that if he moved during the stop-and-search, a 50,000-volt stun gun would be deployed on September 4, 2020, the force said.

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