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Met officer who held Taser to black boy’s neck found guilty of gross misconduct

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PC Connor Jones put a Taser to the neck of Jamar Powell , 16 , during a stop and search.

The incident happened in Greenwich , south-east London , when police said they were hunting for a man armed with a samurai sword and wearing an “all black tracksuit with hood’s.

Powell was not wearing dark clothing, nor a hood, but some of his friends were.

As well as officers with Tasers , armed officers with guns surrounded Powell .

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informal

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English

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45

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possibly offensive

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short-lived

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