Man charged with assault and racial abuse after incident in Dudley town centre
Police were called to reports of a woman being threatened
A man has been charged after a woman and police officers were assaulted and racially abused in the centre of Dudley.
Police were called to High Street, Dudley, on Monday (September 7) at 9.20am to reports of a woman being threatened.
George McCreight, 29, has since been charged with assault, two counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker, two counts of assaulting a constable in the execution of their duty, criminal damage, using threatening or abusive words to cause harassment, alarm or distress and using racially or religiously aggravated words to cause alarm or distress.
McCreight, of no fixed address, has been released on conditional bail and is due to appear at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court on November 6.
West Midlands Police said it was aware of a video circulating on social media that shows the arrest and that the footage was “under review”.