Exclusive: Police launch internal investigation over arrest at Taree, as footage shows officer performing a leg sweep while man is handcuffed
New South Wales police have launched an investigation after a young Aboriginal man with disability was violently arrested while having a seizure and thrown to the ground while handcuffed in Taree.
A second sequence shows the teenager being walked along the street while handcuffed before the same officer performs a leg sweep manoeuvre on him, throwing him violently to the ground.NSW police officer throws Indigenous teen having seizure to ground in violent arrest – video “They nearly broke this little boy’s arm. This little fella was having seizures and they didn’t even have the courtesy to ring an ambulance.”
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