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Pressure mounts on Met Police to sack copper filmed punching black teenager
New Scotland Yard
by Bethany Rielly
PRESSURE is mounting on the Metropolitan Police to sack a police officer filmed punching a black teenager outside a school in north London.
The circulation of the video on social media sparked outrage last week, prompting protests last Friday.
The Met claimed that three officers were injured after a 16-year-old was detained during a stop and search outside a school in Haringey on December 8.
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