Fuse ODG was violently handcuffed and hauled out of his car by Brixton police who claimed they smelled ‘cannabis’ from his Range Rover.
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In the video, which has since gone viral, the Ghanaian musician does his hardest to resist the harsh actions of the officers, who appear to be acting without a search warrant. But, he is eventually overcome.
Fuse ODG was in the automobile with a business associate at the time of the event.
Fuse ODG, visibly enraged by the UK cops’ actions, described them as racial stereotyping.
The screams of Fuse ODG saying “Are you mad, do you have a warrant?”, could be heard.
Meanwhile, the police officers claimed they forcefully handcuffed Fuse ODG to prevent him from harming himself.
Explaining their actions to Fuse ODG, one officer said “The reason is to prevent harm.” A bemused Fuse ODG queried; “harm to you?” to which the officer replied, “And to yourself as well … because you could grab the drugs and swallow them”.
Fuse ODG revealed that the incident occurred on 28th February 2023.
Fuse wrote:
I almost didn’t share this incident as firstly, I’m exhausted of seeing videos like this myself as I know a lot of you are. Secondly for my own sense of pride, honestly speaking, it’s just embarrassing. I’m too much of a King to be handled like this! So with the above in mind, what you are watching is actually a censored version of events.
Having taken the time to process the incident and this ongoing problem, there are certain things that I feel must be said:
This incident took place a few months back on 28th Feb 2023. I was dragged out of my car and handcuffed in the middle of the street in Brixton with no warning or explanation. After the incident, I spent 6 hours in A & E due to how tightly they clamped the cuffs on me…(excruciating pain!), as well as suffering neck and back pain for the following weeks.
It’s wild that this is the normal reality for too many of us growing up in this country But even wilder is that, this is still the reality in a post George Floyd world.
In the past months, we have seen so many videos of police officers beating up and even kneeling on our black children in the UK. I know because a lot of the time they come to me for help.
Watch the incident below:
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