UK: Neighbors And Eyewitnesses Say The Debacle In The UK Was The Abnormality Activities Of A Mentally-ill Man

UK: Neighbors and eyewitnesses say the debacle in the UK was the abnormality activities of a mentally ill man.

Police in the UK have arrested a young man for allegedly shouting "Muslim verses" and carrying a piece of metal in his hand. Asked to surrender and man died after the police firing. 

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said:

Officers were called to the scene in Chelsea Bridge Road, west London, following reports that a man was armed with a screwdriver and shouting. The Metropolitan Police said the taser "did not enable the officers to safely detain him" and the man, thought to be in his 40s, "subsequently entered the river". A rescue operation was launched, and the man was pulled to safety by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The man was rushed to hospital after being apprehended by police from the River Thames but could not be rescued. Metropolitan Police said.

The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards are investigating an incident which left a man in a critical condition having been rescued from the Thames.

Police were called at 09:03hrs on Saturday, 4 June, to a report of a disturbance in Chelsea Bridge Road, SW1. It was reported that a man was armed with a screwdriver and shouting at the location.

Officers attended the location a short time later, and they challenged a man on Chelsea Bridge. A Taser was discharged but this did not enable the officers to safely detain him.

The man, who is believed to be aged in his 40s, subsequently entered the river. A rescue operation was immediately organised. The man was rescued from the water by the RNLI and taken to hospital, where his condition has been assessed as critical.

Officers are in the process of contacting the man’s family. They will be supported by specialist officers.

The circumstances of this incident are being investigated by the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards. A referral has been made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

Detective Chief Inspector Rory Wilkinson of the Met’s Central West BCU said: “My thoughts are with this man, who is extremely unwell in hospital. Officers are making every effort to make contact with his family.

“I understand that there are always concerns about incidents in which people come to harm having been in contact with police. All Met officers know that they are accountable for their actions, and a full investigation is under way to establish exactly what happened.”

Neighbors say the man, a resident of Pimlico in London, has been suffering from mental illness for some time. The Taser bullets  was used to subdue and take into custody a man who was unwilling to surrender. But when he jumped into the river, the police's calculations went wrong. Police later searched his flat but did not find anything suspicious. Neighbors testify that he was a very good man, although he occasionally showed some mental illness.

It is now known that Allahu Akbar was calling out loud on the top of the bridge with a piece of metal. However, an eyewitness said that it was not the screwdriver in his hand. Police claim he was shot because he refused to surrender. In any case, the government has ordered an independent inquiry into the incident. Those in possession of video footage of the incident have also been asked to inform the police.

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