Shock at German policeman's knee-on-neck arrest

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has begun an investigation after video emerged of police detaining a minor by kneeling on his neck, recalling the arrest of African-American George Floyd whose death prompted mass protests over police racism and brutality in the United States.

Footage on social media showed two officers, one with his knee first on a prone suspect's head before it shifted to his neck, as indignant passersby loudly protested. The incident occurred in the western German city of Duesseldorf on Saturday.