A person who watched Sheku Bayoh being detained has advised a listening to he didn't assume it was doable the 31-year-old may have stomped on a constable as described to the inquiry by law enforcement officials.
Kevin Nelson, who lived reverse to the place Mr Bayoh was detained by officers in Kirkcaldy's Hayfield Highway, watched from his lounge window because the 31-year-old was arrested.
Mr Bayoh was pronounced lifeless in hospital after the incident on Could 3 2015.
PC Ashley Tomlinson has beforehand advised the Edinburgh-based inquiry Mr Bayoh had punched PC Nicole Brief, after which she fell on the bottom, earlier than "stomping on her again".
Angela Grahame QC, senior counsel to the inquiry, put to Mr Nelson the picture of PC Craig Walker displaying how he claimed the stomp occurred.
"Is it doable when his arms had been raised and also you noticed him together with his arms raised that he was stamping on the feminine officer?" the QC requested him.
The 42-year-old mentioned: "I do not assume it is doable, no."
He added: "She was down and had moved away from him, as quickly as she was taking place that is when he modified course."
Ms Brief, who not works at Police Scotland, has advised the inquiry she was advised Mr Bayoh had stamped on her head within the canteen following the incident.
On Tuesday, Mr Nelson described to the the inquiry, held earlier than Lord Bracadale, the second he noticed officers arrive on the scene simply metres from his entrance door.
He mentioned he had seen Mr Bayoh strolling the best way anybody would stroll in a morning with dangerous climate. Mr Bayoh was strolling at a "fairly brisk tempo, arms transferring, not a swagger or a mission", he advised the inquiry.
Mr Nelson mentioned he noticed the Pava spray being deployed by officers.
Seconds later he modified path, he advised the inquiry, and added he began "throwing punches".
"It was simply wild swinging. Each arms had been going," he mentioned. "It did not seem like, I am not a boxing knowledgeable, nevertheless it did not look in any managed approach."
He advised Ms Grahame he noticed PC Brief being hit, and her beginning to fall down. He then stopped swinging, the inquiry was advised, and seemed as if he was making an attempt to get away.
"Then the policeman simply grabbed him. Nearly tackled him," he mentioned.
Mr Nelson mentioned he made his approach from his window to his gate, which took between 12 and 15 seconds, and when he obtained out he noticed a "mound of individuals on the pavement".
He described it as a "collapsed scrum" on prime of Mr Bayoh, and it seemed like there have been legs and arms in all places.
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PC Kayleigh Good, giving proof, confirmed to the inquiry the place Mr Bayoh was in when he was being detained.
She laid on the ground of the inquiry room, face down, and mentioned he had been making an attempt to carry himself from the ground as if in a press-up.
PC Good, 32, had simply signed as much as the drive as a full-time police officer simply earlier than the incident after serving as a particular constable.
PC Alan Smith was her tutor and the inquiry heard they arrived on the scene scene moments after an emergency button was pushed.
Mr Bayoh was reported to have been carrying a knife, prompting the preliminary 999 response.
In a press release given to the Police Investigations and Evaluate Commissioner for Scotland (Pirc), PC Good mentioned it was uncommon that an emergency button was pressed and, due to the character of the decision, she "made the conclusion that (PC Brief) could have been stabbed".
"I used to be additionally considering at that time of the Lee Rigby incident in London, primarily as a result of truth of the colored male and the potential for terrorist connotations," the inquiry heard Pirc was advised.
When requested in regards to the language used, she advised the inquiry: "Initially, I needed to say that once I mentioned colored I've mentioned that in error. I by no means meant to trigger offence. I've simply mentioned the mistaken phrase. I used to be clearly very younger in service.
"I've not meant to trigger offence with it I've simply been describing the male.
"I do know that is not the suitable phrase to make use of."
She added: "I believe again then I used to be making an attempt to be well mannered. I did not wish to say the mistaken factor and I've clearly made a mistake and used the inaccurate time period."
PC Good advised the inquiry there have been no racist jokes or feedback within the police station, from both her or her colleagues and, if there had been, she would have challenged them.
The inquiry, being held at Capital Home in Edinburgh, continues.
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