Rashan Charles: Officer cleared of misconduct despite ‘basic failings’

Rashan Charles
The officer who restrained Rashan Charles hours before his death has been cleared of misconduct despite “falling short of expected standards”, the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) has announced.
Twenty-year-old Charles died in hospital on 22 July last year following a police chase.
CCTV footage of his arrest in Dalston was widely circulated on social media, and shows a police officer throwing him to the ground.
A post-mortem revealed that Charles s