Watch: UK Cops Unleash Dog On Rapper Mist

Watch the moment UK rapper Mist is attacked by a police dog.

Bystanders filmed how British officers unleashed an aggressive German Shepherd while attempting to detain the Black rap artist, shouting “get on the floor now.” It’s unclear what led to the incident in Birmingham last week.

The debate over police brutality and accountability has reignited in the UK after the country’s home secretary was accused of interfering in a criminal prosecution. She made a series of comments on Twitter in response to a London police officer being charged with murder after he shot dead Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old unarmed Black man in South London.

UK police have a long record of using violence against unarmed Black men. According to Inquest, an advocacy group, Blacks are SEVEN times more likely to die than Whites following restraint by police. At least 1,871 people have died in British police custody since 1990. Yet only one officer has ever been successfully prosecuted.

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