Moment unmarked police car rams cyclist off bike

Ben Haslam

8 November 2024 at 1:00 pm·2-min read

Footage shows a man being rammed off his bike while being pursued by police. The footage, shared across social media and captured on a security camera nearby, appears to show a man riding a bike on the pavement at around 10.50pm on Wednesday, November 6.

An unmarked police car then appears behind him before knocking him off the bike as it bumps the curb on the corner of Goldfinch Farm Road in Speke. As the cyclist hits the floor, the car comes to a stop before the man then tries to run away.

As the man tries to run away, an officer raises a firearm towards him and shouted: "Armed police, get on the floor. Get on the f***ing floor now. On the floor now." After being viewed thousands of times on social media, Merseyside Police has confirmed officers believed the man to have been involved in an assault involving men on Speke Church Road and one of the men was armed with a machete.

The man who was involved in the "tactical stop" had matched the description of one of the suspects and police believed he may have been armed. After being arrested on suspicion of assault, possessing cannabis and failing to stop for police, he was de-arrested.

A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: “We can confirm that a 20-year-old man was arrested following a tactical stop in Speke on Wednesday 6 November. At around 10.35pm, we received a report of an assault involving a group of males on Speke Church Road and that one of them was armed with a machete. Armed response officers were deployed to the area due to the serious nature of the reported incident.

“A man matching the description of one of the suspects tried to flee the area on a bike and an unmarked police vehicle carried out a tactical stop before detaining him as he tried to run away. A man was arrested on suspicion of assault and taken to hospital for treatment to minor injuries. He was also arrested on suspicion of possessing a Class B drug (cannabis) and failing to stop for police. Following inquiries, the man was de-arrested and enquiries are ongoing into the incident.”

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