Teen says Greater Manchester police officer throttled him. This is what his friend filmed

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Greater Manchester police have launched an internal investigation after a teenager said an officer throttled him following a protest on Saturday. Footage of the incident shows the student pressed against a police van by three officers, one of whom he says held him by his throat. ‘I genuinely thought he wanted to kill me,’ the student said. ‘That’s all I could read from his body language and his eyes and his facial expressions – he just kept squeezing.’ The 18-year-old was taken to another police van across the street, searched and detained for breach of the peace before being released.

Greater Manchester police to investigate after teenager says officer throttled him

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