New CCTV image shows moment suspect swallows object as he flees into corner shop seconds before he is restrained by police and dies
New CCTV image shows moment suspect swallows object as he flees into corner shop seconds before he is restrained by police and dies
A young father whose sudden death is being investigated by the police watchdog appeared to swallow something in the minutes before he died, new CCTV revealed today.
Rashan Jermaine Charles, 20, is seen putting his hand to his mouth as he entered a Hackney shop moments before a policeman sprinted in after him.
The unnamed Met officer then tried to arrest him but the pair were involved in a tussle on the floor lasting at least a minute.
A second man also helped to detain him but it is understood that Rashan stopped breathing in the Kingsland Road shop and could not be revived - the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is now investigating if excessive force was used.
His family and others are said to be 'enormously concerned and angered' by his death and will hold a 'Justice for Rash' vigil outside Stoke Newington Police Station at 6pm.
It came just a month after Edir Frederico Da Costa died in hospital on Wednesday six days after his arrest where police say he also swallowed a package - some of his relatives claimed he had his neck broken so the IPCC was called in again.
New footage obtained by the Evening Standard appears to strengthen claims he had something in his mouth.
Scotland Yard said the 20-year-old man, named by his family as Rashan Jermaine Charles, was trying to 'swallow an object' and an officer was trying to prevent him from harming himself.
Footage of the arrest when viral across the internet after a friend of the family shared it, late last night.
It shows the moments that followed after Mr Charles ran into the store, in Kingsland Road, east London at 1.45am on Saturday morning after failing to stop for police.
At the beginning of different footage obtained by MailOnline, Mr Charles can be seen walking into the shop before an officer attempts to arrest him.
He is wrestled to the floor and the policeman can be seen holding his hand briefly over the Mr Charles' mouth.
As the suspect struggles on the floor, a bystander in to help the policeman with the arrest. After they put the handcuffs on, it appears the man has stopped breathing and the officer removes his hat as he radios for help.
A young father whose sudden death is being investigated by the police watchdog appeared to swallow something in the minutes before he died, new CCTV revealed today.
Rashan Jermaine Charles, 20, is seen putting his hand to his mouth as he entered a Hackney shop moments before a policeman sprinted in after him.
The unnamed Met officer then tried to arrest him but the pair were involved in a tussle on the floor lasting at least a minute.
A second man also helped to detain him but it is understood that Rashan stopped breathing in the Kingsland Road shop and could not be revived - the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is now investigating if excessive force was used.
His family and others are said to be 'enormously concerned and angered' by his death and will hold a 'Justice for Rash' vigil outside Stoke Newington Police Station at 6pm.
It came just a month after Edir Frederico Da Costa died in hospital on Wednesday six days after his arrest where police say he also swallowed a package - some of his relatives claimed he had his neck broken so the IPCC was called in again.
New footage obtained by the Evening Standard appears to strengthen claims he had something in his mouth.
Scotland Yard said the 20-year-old man, named by his family as Rashan Jermaine Charles, was trying to 'swallow an object' and an officer was trying to prevent him from harming himself.
Footage of the arrest when viral across the internet after a friend of the family shared it, late last night.
It shows the moments that followed after Mr Charles ran into the store, in Kingsland Road, east London at 1.45am on Saturday morning after failing to stop for police.
At the beginning of different footage obtained by MailOnline, Mr Charles can be seen walking into the shop before an officer attempts to arrest him.
He is wrestled to the floor and the policeman can be seen holding his hand briefly over the Mr Charles' mouth.
As the suspect struggles on the floor, a bystander in to help the policeman with the arrest. After they put the handcuffs on, it appears the man has stopped breathing and the officer removes his hat as he radios for help.
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