The arrest of the 18-year-old was videoed and shared on social media, which the NSW police minister said was 'difficult to watch'.
A New South Wales police officer has been placed on restricted duties and an internal investigation has been launched after a video was shared of the arrest of an 18-year-old man at Taree on the NSW mid-north coast.A video of the arrest has been shared on social media, appearing to show an officer leg-sweeping the man to the groundA video posted on social media appears to show the teenager being knocked to the ground by a plain-clothes police officer performing a leg sweep during the arrest.
A statement from NSW Police said the Manning-Great Lakes Police District would undertake an investigation to examine the "response and arrest made by a police officer".
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