Sprinter Ricardo dos Santos ‘not surprised’ to be pulled over by London police for second time
In a series of tweets, dos Santos posted dashcam footage from his car of Sunday’s incident which showed the sprinter pulling over and several police officers then approaching the vehicle.
“Not surprised I had to go through this again. Whilst driving home last night 7 armed @metpoliceuk officers stopped me because they thought I was on my phone whilst driving. At their request I pulled over when safe to do so,” the thread began.
“After I stopped two officers ran towards either side of the car, one fist clenched banged on my window and tried opening the car door. Not knowing how to use a Tesla handle he took out his baton out of frustration ready to smash the glass,” dos Santos claimed in his post.
“Annoyed that 2 years down nothing has changed,” dos Santos posted.
“At about 04.00 hours on Sunday August 14, armed officers were on a routine patrol in a marked police vehicle. They saw a car traveling eastbound… and were concerned the driver may be using a mobile phone at the wheel.
“The officers clearly indicated for the car to pull over but it failed to do so and they called for further assistance. The driver stopped about 5 minutes later… and the officers spoke to him about why they wanted to stop the vehicle.
“We have since contacted the driver via Twitter to invite him to contact us if he would like to discuss this matter further.”
CNN reached out to dos Santos’ representatives for more comment but did not hear back immediately.
After the couple, with their then three-month old son in the car, were stopped and searched by police officers, the footage was widely seen on social media.
Williams said in that interview that she was going to have to teach their son that “he can be stopped by the police because of the color of his skin.”
