In a series of tweets, dos Santos posted dashcam footage from his car of Sunday’s incident that showed the sprinter coming to a stop and several police officers then approaching the vehicle.
“Not surprised I had to go through this again. Last night as I was driving home, 7 armed @metpoliceuk officers stopped me because they thought I was on the phone while I was driving. To their request, I stopped when it was safe to do so,” the thread began. .
“After stopping me, two officers ran to each side of the car, a clenched fist banged on my window and tried to open the car door. Not knowing how to use a Tesla handle, he got out his truncheon out of frustration, ready to smash the glass,” dos Santos said in his post.
“Annoyed that 2 years later nothing has changed,” dos Santos posted.
“At approximately 4:00 a.m. on Sunday August 14, armed officers were on routine patrol in a marked police vehicle. They saw a car traveling east…and were concerned that the driver was using a cell phone while driving.
“Officers clearly signaled the car to stop but it didn’t and they called for further assistance. The driver pulled over about 5 minutes later…and officers explained why. they wanted to stop the vehicle.
“We have since reached out to the driver via Twitter to invite him to contact us should he wish to discuss this matter further.”
CNN contacted dos Santos’ representatives for further comment and was told they would not be making an official statement, but referred CNN to an interview he had given to the BBC.
“I put this video out because these things are very much going on…my intention was for people to see, debate and understand that even though the police have been put on special measures, nothing has or will change,” , he told BBC 5Live.
After the couple, with their then three-month-old son in the car, was stopped and searched by officers, the footage was shared widely on social media.
Williams said in that interview that she was going to have to teach their son that “he can be stopped by the police because of the color of his skin.”
