The boy was knocked off his bike by a police van and handcuffed during the incident in east London in July.
A 13-year-old boy was surrounded by armed police after an officer mistook his water pistol for a real gun.
He was having a water fight with his younger sibling on July 19 when a police officer on patrol reported a potential firearms incident. “He was de-arrested at the scene soon afterwards, once his mother had arrived and challenged what was happening, but she too was treated with contempt by the officers when she sought an explanation for their conduct from them.”
He said: “This incident was understandably extremely distressing for the boy involved as well as the rest of his family. Such is the nature of the threat from firearms that the College of Policing is clear that officers should treat all firearms as real and loaded until proven otherwise The Independent Office for Police Conduct watchdog directed that the Met could carry out both investigations itself.
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