Rap star Wretch 32 has released shocking footage of police tasering his father at his house causing him to fall down a flight of stairs.
The clip, which was released by the grime artist this evening, shows people in the background screaming as his father, Millard Scott, lays prone on the floor on April 21, this year.
The distressing scenes were captured on police body cam footage as officers push past a woman to enter a house in Tottenham, North London.
As they go inside, a woman says: ‘Don’t touch me, I’m not resisting, social distancing, please don’t touch me.’
Police move through the house saying ‘police officer with taser move move’ and then ‘police officer with taser stay where you are’ before firing.
The rapper said he will appear with his father on the news later to discuss the incident
The police warn they are going to use a taser and then shoot the man, causing him to fall down the stairs
A man, who Wretch 32 has said is his father, collapses down the stairs and lays limp on the floor. A woman shouts ‘oh my god, oh my god’ as he falls.
The officers then check on the prone man asking ‘are you ok’, as he lays stricken on the floor. The clip then ends.
The grime artist, real name Jermaine Scott Sinclair, from Tottenham, North London, posted the video to his social media accounts this evening.
He said: ‘This is how the police think they can treat a 62 year old black man in Tottenham but this 1 happens to be my dad #Nojusticenopeace’.
The rapper, who has amassed more than a million in record sales, says he will be appeared with his father on ITV News at 10.
Millard Scott said: ‘I’m lucky to be alive. The only people who have invaded our space are the Metropolitan Police. The only people who seem to ignore all the guidelines put out there are the metropolitan police.’
Asked if the same thing would happen to him if he was white, he said ‘no way, no how’.
Mr Scott is shown an interview of Met Commissioner Cressida Dick saying there is no discrimination in the force. He responds: ‘It seems to me that in this moment in time are are being singled out and targeted.’
Officers then check on him as he lays prone on the floor. Met Police confirmed an ambulance was called
His son Wretch 32, adds: ‘Ive grown up in a household with my dad and my uncle and I’ve watched them fight against police brutality my whole life.
‘I’m 35 now and we are still here again today and I now have to have the same conversations that my dad and my uncle and my grandparents had with me when I was a child. That means there is no progression.
Social media users reacted with fury at the clip, describing the incident as ‘vile’ and that things like this ‘must stop’.
One user said: ‘I’d love to know the context here. They shout at him to ‘stay where you are’ and give him no time to comply, then taser him at the top of the stairs so he has to fall.
‘Looking at him on the stairs his size hardly looks to be a physical threat. This just seems so wrong’
And another said: ‘I am so sorry to see this, solidarity.’
The grime artist (pictured), real name Jermaine Scott Sinclair, from Tottenham, North London, posted the video to his social media accounts this evening
The shocking video comes in the wake of the Black Lives Matters movement sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed they attended the address as part of a a long running operation to tackle drugs supply linked with violence in the borough of Hackney.
A spokesman said: ‘A 22-year-old man located inside the address was arrested and later charged with encouraging another to commit an offence under the Serious Crime Act 2007.
‘A 52-year-old woman was also arrested at the scene on suspicion of obstructing/resisting a police constable in the execution of duties but was de-arrested at the scene.
‘She was subsequently charged with the offence after being interviewed by police under caution at a later date.
‘As officers entered the premises, a man came downstairs and started moving towards an officer suddenly.
‘He was ordered to remain where he was but continued towards officers who, after several warnings, deployed a Taser.’
The spokesman added the man was not arrested and the London Ambulance Service was called to the scene, but the man required no further treatment.
A spokesman added: ‘The incident, including body worn footage, has been reviewed by the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards and no indication of misconduct has been identified.’