A police officer jailed for breaking an innocent black father's leg in front of his two teenage sons has been kicked out of the force.
PC Charlie Harrison, 39, 'racially profiled' Carl Abrahams, 47, as he made his way home after attending a cemetery in east London on 31 December 2018.
A court heard that the officer blocked the victim's path before kicking at his knee, knocking him to the ground and fracturing his shin.
He was jailed for two years and three months after being convicted of GBH at a trial in March, which he denied, and has now been sacked from the Met.
Harrison had been patrolling in an unmarked police car in Forest Gate with two other colleagues as part of the Violent Crime Task Force on the day of the incident.
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They and another unmarked car full of officers had been briefed that morning to look for a number of black men who were wanted for violent crimes.
Mr Abrahams and an independent witness both said PC Harrison pulled up and approached his victim alone without identifying himself.
The family walked past the officer who was blocking their path, while Mr Abrahams had his hands in his pockets.
Without saying a word, the officer kicked at Mr Abraham's knee, knocking him to the ground and fracturing his upper shin, a court heard.
The other officers then jumped out of their cars and threatened to arrest a bystander who confronted the officers, it was said.
When interviewed Harrison first claimed he was looking for "drugs and guns".
During his trial the officer changed his story and said the family "noticed" his car which was "suspicious".
But he eventually conceded that he had no grounds to carry out a stop and search, as none of the family group had acted suspiciously.
Harrison has now been dismissed without notice from the Met Police for breaching standards of professional behaviour in relation to discreditable conduct and use of force following a misconduct hearing.
Commander Paul Betts said: "This is a very serious matter with PC Harrison jailed following his conviction for GBH.
"A misconduct hearing has now been held and PC Harrison's actions found to have fallen well below the standard we expect of our police officers.
"This type of behaviour has no place in our police service and it is right PC Harrison has now been dismissed without notice.
"He will also be placed on the College of Policing's barred list."
Sentencing Harrison Judge Gregory Perrins had said the officer had failed to apologise or accept that his use of force was unjustified in any way during the trial.
He said: "When you were interviewed by the police you said that you were a proactive police officer and that you felt it appropriate to approach Mr Abrahams and his sons because 'you don't find drugs and weapons by remaining in your police car'.
"When giving evidence you suggested, for the first time, that you saw them notice your unmarked police car which you thought was suspicious.
"Nevertheless, you had to concede that you had no grounds to arrest either Mr Abrahams or his sons, nor did you have any grounds to carry out a stop and search.
"They had done absolutely nothing wrong nor had they behaved in any way that could be deemed suspicious.
"They were simply a family returning from a cemetery where they had gone to visit the grave of their partner and mother.
"Having heard the evidence at trial, I strongly suspect that the reason that you stopped Mr Abrahams and his sons was because they were black.
"Had Mr Abrahams and his sons been white I suspect that you would simply drove on by, this was in my judgement a clear case of racial profiling.
"Mr Abrahams was in obvious pain.
"Although it was suggested at trial that his sons were aggressive and confrontational in the aftermath of the incident, the video footage shows the exact opposite.
"They were clearly shocked, frightened and deeply concerned for their father.
"It was your case at trial that Mr Abrahams was aggressive and that you quickly formed the view that he was going to assault you.
"You therefore used an approved 'leg sweep' manoeuvre to take him to the ground where he could be restrained.
"In mitigation it is suggested that I should sentence you on the basis that this was a case of excessive self-defence. I reject that suggestion.
"Having heard the evidence at trial I see no basis upon which you could genuinely have thought it necessary to defend yourself from a man walking down the street with his two sons with his hands in his pockets.
"This was a deliberate assault... Mr Abraham's two children were present.
"They had to watch their father being kicked to the ground without justification by a police officer."
Mr Abrahams suffered a fracture at the top of his shin bone and blood in the knee joint and spent New Year's Eve in hospital.
He was on crutches for three months after the incident.
Mr Abrahams no longer plays sport and his sons are still fearful of the police.
