Police are accused of brutality after video of them hitting a man

Police were accused of brutality last night after a video showed them hitting a man arrested for ‘parking on a single yellow line’ on an east London street. 

In the footage the two officers can be seen struggling with the man on a street in Tower Hamlets on Tuesday afternoon.

Social media users claimed the incident began when the man parked his car on a single yellow line.

It was alleged he was told by officers he was not allowed to park there and officers attempted to arrest him, leading to a protracted struggle, which left the man needing hospital treatment.

In the video, the man is prone on the floor with an officers shouting ‘release your arm’, as they attempt to restrain him.

The man appears to suffer from some kind of medical condition and is thought to have later had to be taken to hospital

The man, dressed in a navy blue jacket, shouts ‘what for?’, as an officer attempts to handcuff him. 

A woman standing close-by, who social media users have said is his wife, begins to scream ‘he’s dying, he’s dying’, and grabs one of the officers. 

In the footage another officer turns up as the man shouts ‘I have done nothing’, and then begins to scream.

An officer, while holding his handcuffs, then strikes the man in the stomach as he lays on the floor.

An officer holding handcuffs punched the motorist with them repeatedly (left) during the scuffles which saw the man’s wife intervene on his behalf

He continues to struggle as his wife implores ‘don’t sit on him, don’t sit on him.’

In another video the officers continue to try and restrain the man as people gather to watch.

One man tells officer’s the prone individual ‘has a condition’ and ‘is having a fit.’

The officers then get off the man, who lays flat out on his back, and an officer urges the crowd of people back saying ‘the man is having a seizure.’

An comes into the clip holding a first aid kit, the man is then thought to have been taken to hospital.

His condition at the moment is unknown. 

Social media users were split on what was happening in the video, with some people saying it was police brutality while others thought the man should not have been resisting arrest.

More officers arrived as the struggle continued (left) while at its conclusion, the motorist appeared to be unconscious (right)

One user said: ‘Watched the whole thing some guy resisting arrest.. there’s no police assaulting him just restraining him while he fights it. 

‘Don’t be so dramatic. If you think otherwise time stamp it, there no handcuffs as knuckle dusters… quit trying to stir.’

And another said: ‘Hitting someone with handcuffs is totally unacceptable and evidently an unreasonable and inappropriate way of the right ‘to use of force’. 

‘Sadly, public recordings don’t always show the reason behind the arrest in the first place or the bigger picture.

And another said:  ‘This is how people end up dead but police claim they are merely doing their job. 

‘Hiding behind their badge and nursing their injured pride when someone disagrees with them. Use brutality to show who’s boss.’

A spokesman for the police said: ‘The Metropolitan Police Service is aware of footage circulating on social media of officers arresting a man on Abbott Road in Tower Hamlets on the afternoon of Tuesday, 9 July. 

‘The officers concerned recorded the incident themselves via their Body Worn Video cameras. ‘The footage will be reviewed by senior officers. 

‘At this time, we are not aware of any complaint in respect of this matter.’