Video Shows UK Police Dragging Black Man Through Shards of Glass
A Black man says U.K. police utilized excessive force against him during an incident that took place last month, when he was dragged through shards of glass by officers. Callum Lother, 23, told Metro he’s traumatized by the incident. Lother explained that he was in his car on Sept. 30, when West Midlands police officers approached.
“Police just started smashing my car — they were going for the windows and knocking their guns against my car,” he said. The incident was recorded on a CCTV camera. After footage of the incident began circulating online, West Midlands police says the confrontation took place during an execution of a firearms warrant in the west-central England county.
“We are looking into the actions of our officers, but at this stage have not received a complaint about their conduct,” police said in a statement.
Lother was driving home from McDonald’s and was wearing pajamas when the encounter started. Officers jumped out of an unmarked vehicle, footage shows, and smashed the windows of Lother’s car.
Lother was fearful so he put his hands up. “I put my hands in the air because I did not want to get shot, I was scared.”
However, officers dragged him out of the passenger-side windows, causing numerous cuts and gashes to Lother’s hands, arms and feet. Lother was then pinned against the grass on the ground with an officer’s knee in his back.
Lother says he was left bleeding in the back of the police vehicle for three hours. He asked for medical attention, but his request was denied as officers explained intelligence indicated that he had a firearm and said they had two warrants to search his home.
Officers searched Lother’s home, however, nothing was found. Police told Lother he was free to go. He expressed concerns about the well-being of his 55-year-old mother, who suffers from anxiety, and his sister, who is pregnant. Both women live with Lother.
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