This is the moment a 12-year-old boy in pyjamas is forced to the floor and handcuffed by three police officers as they confiscate his e-scooter.
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South Wales Police has faced a backlash for their use of force against Zain Evans, who they found poking around an abandoned chapel in Pontardawe, Swansea Valley, on Wednesday.
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The boy was treated in hospital for muscular injuries and cuts inflicted by broken glass on the ground, according to his mother, Emily Evans.
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Mobile phone footage shows Zain, wearing Hello Kitty pyjama trousers, a hoodie and a cycling helmet, helping a female police officer carry his scooter down an overgrown alley at the side of an old chapel.
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From behind the camera, another boy says: 'Are you taking his scooter?
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He's only been walking it.
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He hasn't driven it once.'
The officer replies: 'Oh, please.
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I wasn't born yesterday.
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Standing in the scooter's path, Zain says: 'What are you doing with it.
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You're not taking it.
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I'm not letting you - I've got school.'
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A male officer approaches and orders the boy to 'move out of the way', before grabbing him from behind and telling Zain he is under arrest.
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Zain Evans, 12, was forced to the ground and handcuffed by police officers as they confiscated his electric scooter
Footage showed the boy screaming out in pain as officers put him in handcuffs
Officers had found Zain and his friends poking around an abandoned chapel in Pontardawe, Swansea Valley
The two officers push the boy against metal railings and wrestle him to the floor, as he shrieks out in pain, and cries: 'No, please!'
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Ms Evans told the Daily Mail the officers yanked Zain's arms behind his back so hard he heard a 'pop'.
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They reportedly confiscated Zain's scooter, his phone and his friend's phone – and the next day visited his friend's farm to take away his electric scooter as well.
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Zain and his mother went to hospital in Port Talbot on Thursday, where his arm was put in a sling.
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Ms Evans said Zain had been taking the scooter to a friend's house to be looked at because the electrics had stopped working, when along with two friends he entered an abandoned church to explore.
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She insisted he could not have been riding the scooter, because it was broken.
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Officers found them inside and escorted them to the street, before deciding to detain Zain – although he was not formally arrested.
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Ms Evans told the Mail she drove by as Zain was being detained.
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Zain was taken to hospital the next day and his arm was put in a sling, reportedly for muscle damage
He also suffered cuts to the back of his legs, which his mother said were from broken glass on the ground
Emily Evans said she was 'heartbroken' to come across her son screaming in pain with two officers over him
She said: 'It absolutely broke me to the core.
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That child is a darling, he's got a heart of gold.
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If someone is getting bullied, he takes them under this wing.
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There was broken glass on the floor, which they forced him onto, cutting the back of his leg.
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They also flung his arms around his back so hard that Zain heard a pop.
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'He hasn't been himself since this all happened on Wednesday.
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He's been very nervous and had to sleep in with me.
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'My kids have been brought up fairly.
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If they do wrong, they are punished.
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Ms Evans said South Wales Police gave her a phone number to call to enquire about the return of the two e-scooters, but when she did so the compound had no knowledge of the seized vehicles.
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She also claimed the force had been unaware that three officers were present at the incident, believing there were only two.
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A spokesman for South Wales Police said: 'Officers observed a suspected incident of criminal damage to a disused church on Swansea Road, Pontardawe at around 2:15pm on Wednesday October 28.
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While attending this incident, officers conducted searches of individuals believed to have committed offences and seized an e-scooter which was believed to have been used illegally.
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We are aware of footage of this incident which has been circulated on social media and understand concern from the community in regards to use of force.
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The mother of the young person has been contacted by officers and the incident has been referred for review by our Professional Standards Department.'
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