Cop accused of restraining suspect like George Floyd’

A police officer was accused of attacking a suspect ‘like George Floyd’as he pinned him to the ground with his knee on his neck, a court heard Marcus Coutain, 50, allegedly had a carpentry knife in his pocket when he was stopped by PC David Herald and PC Hoyin Chan in Islington, north London on 16 July 2020. As PC Herald said members of the public gathered as he attempted to restrain the suspect and said he was treating him…