This is the moment an innocent black 16-year-old was arrested for attempted murder after his suicidal mother threw herself from a block of flats.
Daryl McLune was arrested after his mother jumped from her five-storey apartment, but he has now won a £130,000 payout after suing the Met Police .
Bodycam footage of the traumatic interaction showed police asking Mr McLune to 'just listen' before he was told that he was under arrest for attempted murder.
With his hands in cuffs and an agonising look on his face, Mr McLune said: 'a rrest me for what I wasn't even here.'
He then cried out 'why am I getting arrested' before dropping to the floor and repeatedly shrieking 'I wasn't even here.'
Despite being at his grandmother's at the time of his mother's attempted suicide, Mr McLune was dragged to Wandsworth police station where he was kept in custody for almost 24 hours.
Mr McLune sued the force for race discrimination and false imprisonment after he was released and informed a week later no further action would be taken.
Daryl's mother, Annette McLune, jumped from the roof of the five-storey apartment in Wandsworth, London , in July 2021, having been in a 'dark place' following a Covid-19 infection.
Daryl McLune, pictured, was arrested for the attempted murder of his mother by police despite being at his grandmother's at the time of the incident
Bodycam footage of the traumatic interaction showed Mr McLune cry out 'why am I getting arrested'
A police officer held Mr McLune's handcuffs as he dropped to the floor and repeatedly shrieked 'I wasn't even here'
She survived the fall but suffered 'catastrophic' injuries to her brain, hip and arm after hitting an iron railing at the bottom of the block of flats.
Mr McLune, a diligent student with 'great grades' who had never had any contact with the police before, cycled home and discovered his mother fighting for her life.
Just 26 minutes later he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and taken into police custody.
Now, after a seven-day trial, a jury found that Mr McLune was racially discriminated against and treated 'less favourably than they would have treated a non-black boy.'
The Met is now liable to make a compensation payout after it was found Mr McLune's human rights were breached and he was falsely imprisoned.
Daryl has claimed £130,000 after the ordeal had a profound effect on his life, leaving him with PTSD and nightmares.
Mr McLune sued Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, claiming racially biased officers were too quick to ' jump to the conclusion' that he was a suspect, rather than a 'child in crisis .'
He claimed that officers - influenced by their perception of him as a black teenager - had detained him rather than investigating properly.
After the 16-year-old was arrested he was then dragged to Wandsworth police station where he was kept for almost 24 hours
Daryl McLune claimed he was racially discriminated and falsely imprisoned and he has now won a potential payout of £130,000
His mother Annette McLune jumped from the roof of her five-storey apartment block in south London in July 2021
The trauma of the ordeal had a profound impact on his life and education, going from a student with 'great grades' to one who 'couldn't find it in himself to go to school,' the jury at Central London County Court was told.
However, the commissioner fought the claim with Met lawyers arguing that officers were only doing their job in investigating a 'serious and critical incident.'
Officers treated the incident as 'suspicious' after blood was discovered in the flat and it was believed something untoward may have happened.
Opening the case earlier this week, Mr McLune's barrister Frederick Powell told the court: 'We are here to seek accountability for what happened to Daryl when he was a 16-year-old boy.'
He said police were called to Bembridge House in Wandsworth, by Daryl's father, Travayne McLune, after he found a bedroom window open, blood on the sill and floor, and his wife missing.
Officers who arrived found she had fallen five floors after climbing through her window and walking around guttering to the other side of the flats.
Police initially questioned Daryl's father while paramedics worked to save Ms McLune's life, before Daryl arrived having cycled round from his grandmother's.
He was then handcuffed in the street, as officers told him he was under arrest on suspicion of the attempted murder of his mother.
Mr McLune was released from custody less than a week later and police informed him that no further action would be taken, after officers discovered a suicide note and bloody razor blades in the flat.
Mr Powell said the arrest was driven by their perception of Daryl as a black teenager.
'The scene had to be made safe, she had to be treated and the police were entitled to investigate what had happened to her,' he told the jury.
'The issue is whether in the midst of that uncertainty, the police acted lawfully in moving from investigating a grave…
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