Dramatic footage has emerged showing the moment a police officer tasers a 17-year-old boy – directly in front of his fellow college students.
The student had reportedly been refusing to leave Middlesbrough College this afternoon and was ‘resisting arrest’.
In the footage, the young student can be seen tackling a police officer and grabbing on to his clothes.
The student and police officer are seen having a tussle before they both end up on the ground. In the footage, which is blurry, the student can be seen grabbing the clothes of the police officer
The student and police officer are seen wrestling on the floor of the college (left) before the officer discharges his taser leaving the 17-year-old in a heap on the floor (right)
But just moments later the sound of a taser sends shudders through the crowd as the teenager hits the ground with a thud.
Cleveland Police said that the student was ‘posing an on-going threat to staff and students’ and ‘injured the officer’ in the tussle. Leading to the use of a taser.
In the moments leading up to the incident, the police officer can be heard urging the student to let go.
Eventually several people try to restrain the teenager, but just moments later the taser is fired.
A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said: ‘During the arrest he resisted the officer, posing an on-going threat to staff and students, and injuring the officer.
‘This resulted in a taser deployment in line with national current use of force guidelines.
‘The 17-year-old did not suffer any adverse effects and no other students or staff suffered any injury during this incident which was brought swiftly to a safe conclusion.
‘He will be taken to custody and questioned.’
Once hit by the taser the student is no longer able to resist and lies still on the floor (pictured). Police say the taser was fired as the student was ‘posing an on-going threat to staff and students’ and ‘injuring the officer’
The incident took place at Middlesbrough College. It caters for more than 4,300 students and is the largest provider of further education in the area
Middlesbrough College caters for more than 4,300 students and is the largest provider of further education in the Tees Valley area.
A spokesman for the College told Teeside Live: ‘This afternoon there was an incident concerning a student at Middlesbrough College.
‘Staff at the college called the police, who dealt with the incident swiftly and as they felt appropriate.’
The student was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, on suspicion of a Section 5 Public Order offence and on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.
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