A Intercourse Training star has shared distressing footage of the second he was pepper-sprayed and tackled to the bottom by police – accusing officers of racial profiling.

Reece Richards, who performed Eugene within the hit Netflix present, was going dwelling after performing in Hairspray the Musical in Milton Keynes when he was pinned down regardless of being an harmless bystander. 

The actor stated he witnessed two males fleeing a automobile crash close to his dwelling in Fulham, west London, when he grew to become the sufferer of an illegal arrest.

He stated he tried to level pursuing officers within the path of the culprits when one turned to him and demanded: “Get to the ground or I’ll pepper spray you.”

Sharing distressing footage of the incident on Instagram, he wrote:  “They pepper-sprayed me, kicked my legs out from below me, threw me to the bottom, and handcuffed me.”

He added: “In a flash, I used to be face-down on the pavement with a number of officers holding me down, forcing my head into the bottom.

“I used to be already injured from the present, however having 4 officers on prime of me worsened my accidents to my again, ribs, and abdomen.

“I couldn’t see something, however I might hear my mum close by, screaming and crying, begging them to let me go.”

The actor has made formal complaints to the Metropolitan Police and the Impartial Workplace for Police Conduct over the incident within the early hours of 4 September as he hit out at racial profiling within the power.

The Met Police confirmed it had acquired a grievance over the arrest which was being investigated by its Skilled Requirements division.

No officers have been suspended or taken off obligation over the incident.

“That feeling of helplessness won’t ever go away me. I’ve been stopped and searched earlier than however by no means have I been arrested or handled like this,” Mr Richards stated.

“Witnesses have since instructed me that the culprits have been additionally handcuffed however weren’t pepper-sprayed.”

He added: “I do every thing I can to keep away from interactions with the police, but this expertise has made it painfully clear that racial profiling stays a major challenge.

“Being surrounded by armed police for no motive is a terrifying and traumatic expertise.”

A Met Police spokesperson stated: “We’re conscious of a video circulating on social media of a person being detained within the Fulham space.

“Officers usually discover themselves in dynamic, difficult conditions and need to make split-second judgements on which plan of action to take.

“Officers had been pursuing three males who had run out of a automobile that had crashed in Fulham Palace Street after it did not cease for police.

“It’s clear the person proven within the footage was an harmless bystander and he was dearrested as quickly as this was established by officers on the scene.

“All officers know any use of power should be proportionate and affordable they usually perceive their actions shall be scrutinised.

“A grievance has been acquired in relation to his arrest.

“That is at present being assessed by officers from the Met’s Directorate of Skilled Requirements (DPS), together with different materials together with the officers’ body-worn video footage.

“Not one of the officers concerned are topic to restrictions presently.”