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A video showing a police officer dragging a disabled man across a road after he had been tipped out of his chair during the student protests sparked outrage today when it was posted on YouTube. Jody McIntyre, 21, was pulled across the street to the fury of the watching crowd outside Parliament who can be heard shouting at the police to stop. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police confirmed that an internal investigation was underway into the wheelchair incident. Mr McIntyre has contacted a lawyer and is considering pressing charges. Mr McIntyre said he was twice dragged out of his chair by police officers during the protest about rises in student tuition fees. On the first occasion he was lifted out of his chair and carried 100 yards 'for his own safety'. Half an hour later, in the video posted on YouTube, the political activist was dragged across the road by a policeman towards the opposite kerb. Mr McIntyre, who is not a student, has been disabled since birth with cerebral palsy and can stand but cannot walk more than 100 yards. His 16-year-old brother later reunited him with his wheelchair. added by: sbacker