A police officer has been removed from frontline duties after a video emerged of a man being arrested while being told “chill out or I’ll choke you out”.
West Yorkshire Police said the matter has been referred to the police watchdog after the footage was reviewed “as a matter of urgency”.
The 45-second clip shows two male uniformed officers grappling on a pavement with a man wearing shorts and a T-shirt.
One of the officers appears to say to him “chill out or I’ll choke you out” and then “chill out or you’re going to sleep”.
The officers manage to get the man on to his front and one tries to handcuff him as the other appears to be talking on his radio.
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