The boy was knocked off his bike by a police van and handcuffed during the incident in east London in July.
A 13-year-old boy was surrounded by armed police after an officer mistook his water pistol for a real gun.
“How can I be expected to place my faith in the police to investigate themselves when they have treated my son and me with contempt?” Lee Jasper, chairman of the APA, told the press conference it was a “shocking and appalling case” and that the child was “inches from death”. He said: “This incident was understandably extremely distressing for the boy involved as well as the rest of his family.
An internal investigation by the Metropolitan Police found no misconduct had been committed by the officers involved.
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