Shocking police bodycam shows stop-and-search arrests of Team GB athlete Bianca Williams & partner in front of baby son
THIS is the moment an Olympic sprinter was screamed at by cops while he was arrested with his Team GB partner in front of their baby son.
The footage, released by the IOPC, shows five Met officers surrounding the Ricardo Dos Santos’ Mercedes near his home in West London.
One then raises his baton above his shoulder and begins screaming at Dos Santos to “get out” the car.
A female officer can be heard yelling “there’s a baby in the car” as a confused-looking Dos Santos asks: “What did I do?”
The sprinter, who competed for Portugal in the 400m sprint at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, also pleads “my kid is in the car”.
He was handcuffed and searched on suspicious of having drugs, along with his partner, Team GB athlete Bianca Williams.
Nothing was found during the search, which is now at the centre of a police misconduct hearing into five of the officers involved.
Dos Santos and Williams, a gold medallist in the 4x100m relays at the 2018 European and Commonwealth Games, believe they were racially profiled as they drove home with their baby son.
Other footage released from the June 2020 incident shows one cop claiming Dos Santos was stopped because he had been avoiding police, who could allegedly smells cannabis.
The athlete said he was not trying to “evade” the police but was “just trying to get home” because he feared for the safety of his family.
He told the hearing: “I didn’t want anything to happen to my family and I wanted to get home.
“I realised that the police carrier was following me and I hadn’t done anything wrong.
“I was afraid for the safety of Bianca and my son.”
All five officers are accused of breaching police standards over equality and diversity.
Four also face allegations that their actions amounted to a breach of professional behaviour standards in relation to the use of force.
They are also accused of failing in relation to their levels of authority, respect and courtesy, as well as in their duties and responsibilities.
The officer who was driving at the time allegedly breached professional standards in the way he carried out his duties and responsibilities or gave orders and instructions.
All five deny the charges. The hearing continues.