Female police officer pepper sprays multiple people in Leeds

A female police officer who was branded a “lesbian nana” appears to be at the centre of an investigation after using pepper spray during a disturbance in Leeds.

Video circulating on social media shows the officer spraying multiple people in the space of 90 seconds after a disorder broke out on Sunday.

It is believed the officer is the same person who was accused of overreacting after arresting an autistic teenager earlier this year.

The footage shows some local residents challenging the female officer over her use of the spray, while one of her colleagues was repeatedly branded “posh boy”.

Three police officers had been injured following a disturbance in Rothwell, on the south-eastern outskirts of Leeds, after a car was stopped and suspected Class A drugs were recovered. Two men were arrested at the scene on Third Avenue under suspicion of assaulting police officers.

Detectives said an investigation remains ongoing.

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