Met to refer itself to watchdog after black man was kneed in face

Teenager was kneed in head in April after being pursued by officers in Hackney, east London

The Metropolitan police is to refer a stop and search incident in which one of its officers kneed a handcuffed black man in the head to the Independent Office for Police Conduct following pressure.

Video footage of the 18-year-old shows him shouting “I’m not resisting” and “I didn’t do anything” before receiving a knee to the head on 22 April in Hackney after a pursuit by officers who had repeatedly requested him and two other men on bicycles to stop for a weapons search.

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