Footage appears to show driver being repeatedly punched through a car window before he was Tasered
Queensland’s police commissioner has defended an officer’s actions after “confronting footage” emerged of him repeatedly punching a man involved in a head-on crash in Brisbane’s north.
repeatedly punching and hitting the driver through a car windowThe state’s police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, said “closed-hand tactics” are “confronting” but “useful”, and available to officers “for a reason”.“From what I’ve seen, and certainly the escalation of the situation, that is one of the options that I expected that the officer should use,” Carroll told reporters on Friday.DEVELOPING: Shocking video has emerged in the aftermath of a car crash in Strathpine this afternoon.
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