London | Sex Education actor Reece Richards was arrested and pepper sprayed without reason

Actor Reece Richards says that he was unjustifiably arrested by the police. He was roughed up and pepper sprayed in London on September 4th.

Reece is best known for his role in Netflix Sex Education in the series.

They have told about it, among other things BBC and The Guardian.

Reece says that he was returning home Hairspray-musical performance, when he happened to see a crash. Reece saw two men running away from the crashed car. There was a policeman there, to whom Reece pointed in which direction the men had fled. To Reece’s surprise, the police said he was under arrest and ordered him to the ground.

According to Reece, the police did not listen to his attempts to explain who he was and where he was coming from. Instead, the police sprayed Reece in the face with pepper spray, knocked him to the ground and handcuffed him.

Reece finally says that four policemen were on top of him. He says that he hurt himself during the performance, and that the police’s treatment worsened the pains in his chest, back and stomach.

The police According to the report, Richards’ arrest was lifted immediately on the spot after it was found to be unfounded. Richards says that he filed a complaint against the police.

The police’s external investigation unit IOPC is investigating the matter, reports the BBC. The IOPC confirmed that it had received a report of an incident in which the police had arrested and pepper-sprayed a man, and then lifted the arrest as unjustified. According to the IOPC, the man had also received minor injuries in the situation.

According to the IOPC representative, the man who filed the complaint has said that he was arrested because of his skin color.