One officer with London’s Metropolitan Police has been suspended and another placed on restricted duties after footage emerged of the arrest of 48-year-old Marcus Coutain in north London on Thursday.

Coutain was detained and charged with carrying a knife. Video by a bystander shows two officers holding the handcuffed man on the ground, with one appearing to apply pressure to the man’s neck with his knee.

The officer’s hand is on the head of the man, who can be heard shouting “I can’t breathe” and “get off me… get off my neck.”

One officer is heard saying “Are you going to behave yourself?” and telling him to “stay down.”

During a hearing at London’s Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, Coutain’s lawyer, Timur Rusten, said his client had the knife to fix his bicycle.

“Essentially Mr Coutain was stopped and searched for matters for which he has not been charged,” he said, the BBC reported. “It is the use of what I would regard as excessive force, a knee being placed on his neck … references which mirror exactly what happened to George Floyd in America.

“A man saying ‘I can’t breathe’ and ‘get your knee off my neck’, while he was already handcuffed and while he was restrained by two police officers.”

“Fortunately it didn’t lead to the tragic consequences that we saw in America,” he added, calling on Scotland Yard to apologize.

Rustem named officer David Herald in court and read his statement which said: “I considered I used proportionate, necessary and reasonable force.”

Scotland Yard said police were responding to a fight and that Coutain matched the description of a suspect.

Coutain, who indicated a not guilty plea and will appear in court again on August 17, only suffered minimal injuries to his wrists and neck in the incident which is being investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

The Floyd case has resonated in the U.K. which has seen a number of Black Lives Matter protests. During Saturday’s court hearing protesters from Stand Up To Racism staged a demonstration outside Islington Police station in north London.

Metropolitan police deputy commissioner Sir Steve House said footage of the incident “is extremely disturbing. I understand that many viewing the footage will share my concern”, the U.K.’s Press Association reported.

“Some of the techniques used cause me great concern—they are not taught in police training,” he added.

London mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted on Friday that he was “deeply concerned about this distressing incident.”