another incident this time captured on camera has also prompted concerns about the use of force by police officers in south wales. get off him! this incident happened lastjuly after mikael boukhari ran away from police through a park in newport, and into the back garden of a friend s house. shall we? 2a hours earlier, mikael was questioned on suspicion of driving whilst disqualified. he says he d been asked to meet police officers by the park in bettws to produce documents. he goes, mr boukhari, have you got the documentation for your van? i ve gone to show it to him. 0k. gone to show him and he s gone to grab me. i m thinking, why are you trying to grab me for? straight away my instinct said run. so, i ve run off. i ve run this way. down here? down here, yeah. 0k. why did you feel the urge to run?
so he was pushing down on my neck. i m ringing the police on him. i m trying to breathe properly cos his knee s on my chest. you re out of order, you are. every time i m moving he s using more force. i m saying, i just want to breathe a little bit, you know what i mean? i m trying to get in a position to catch my breath. i ve watched you punch him. the officer then handcuffs mikael after punching him to the head. mikael was arrested and officers took him to hospital due to injuries he says he sustained in the incident, including a broken hand. i dare you! i need assistance. hurry up. driving offences against mikael have been dropped but he s still being investigated on suspicion of assaulting and obstructing an officer. mikael feels race could have played a part in the incident.
fear, nervous. obviously, no one wants to be arrested anyway. and as far as i m concerned, i was compliant. after mikael arrived at his friends house, he s picked up on camera by a neighbour s cctv. i walked in. came straight into the garden. he s followed shortly by the police officer in pursuit. a friend of mikael s says she saw what happened next before she started to film the incident. she doesn t want to show her face. i saw the officer spray mikael with a pepper spray. mikael was shouting. the officer then punched mikael several times. and that s when i picked up the phone. i thought, i better record what s going on otherwise there s no way