Overview
- Video from Saturday's protest, recorded on The Wicker, appears to show a 17-year-old being forced headfirst into a metal bollard while officers detained him and supporters shouted as he was carried away.
- South Yorkshire Police said officers used force after the teenager allegedly assaulted an officer, that he was taken to hospital and de-arrested for treatment, and that he later discharged himself.
- The force initially referred the incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct under routine rules for potential injury in custody, but the IOPC returned the referral on review and South Yorkshire Police's professional standards unit decided not to open a conduct investigation.
- Six people were arrested during the Raise the Colours event, including the 17-year-old on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, a 65-year-old on suspicion of assault, and four men on suspicion of public order offences.
- The march drew more than 150 Raise the Colours demonstrators and several hundred counter-protesters, with mounted units and police vans used to manage repeated confrontations, and circulating bystander video has driven public scrutiny and official action.