London police filmed pinning down, putting hood on young black man over train station tiff

‘Police have launched an internal inquiry after footage emerged of a young black man being pinned to the ground by a group of officers and having a spit hood placed over his head at a London train station.
IK Aihie, 20, was detained by British Transport Police at London Bridge Station on July 21.The officers claim Aihie became “aggressive” after they intervened in an argument between him and his girlfriend.
Police say he threatened to spit at them, so they placed a covering called a “spit guard” over his head, which is designed to protect officers from prisoners biting and spitting.’

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