Man dies following contact with police - June 2017, Metropolitan Police Service

On 15 June 2017, five plainclothes Metropolitan Police Services (MPS) officers were on patrol in an unmarked car in Newham, east London, as part of an operation intended to tackle gang related crime. The officers’ attention was drawn to a Mercedes, and they signalled to the driver to pull over. Both vehicles pulled over at 9.59pm. Witness and officer accounts indicate that the officers restrained one of the male passengers from the vehicle on the ground. One officer discharged his incapacitant spray before the man was handcuffed. At some stage, the officers saw a number of plastic wraps on the ground near the man’s head. They then realised that he had lost consciousness. One of the officers contacted the Control Room at 10.05pm to request an ambulance. The request was relayed to the London Ambulance Service at 10.07pm. The first paramedic arrived at the scene at 10.18pm. On checking the …