Investigation over video of officer smashing driver's windscreen
Footage of a police officer smashing the windscreen of a car before cutting a hole through it with a knife - in what the driver claims is a case of mistaken identity - is being investigated. The video taken in Gospel Oak yesterday afternoon by the vehicle's occupant is now being looked into by the Metropolitan Police's Directorate of Professional Standards. It shows the policeman repeatedly yelling: “Get out the car.” He starts by hammering on the driver’s window before starting to smash the windscreen, after being told over the radio the driver is not qualified to drive.
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