Victoria Police’s chief commissioner has commented on footage circulating of a heavy-handed arrest in Melbourne.
The 12-second clip emerged overnight on Wednesday and is believed to have been filmed during the day of protesting action across the city.
Footage shows a man talking to at least three police officers at Flinders Street Station.
Another officer then approaches the man from behind and appears to slam him into the ground.
The man appears to strike the ground face-first and the person who filmed the footage says he lost consciousness and was bleeding.
“This poor guy was calm, he was just talking to the police, you can see it in the video then he gets thrown to the ground,” the caption on the video said.
“You can see it in the video then he gets thrown to the ground. You can hear his face hit the tiles. He was unconscious, blood and urine everywhere.”
On Thursday morning, Police Commissioner Shane Patton spoke to 3AW and was asked about the video.
“We’ll investigate that. I don’t know what the full circumstances are,” Patton told the station.
“There’s always context to everything. We’ll investigate it with an open mind.”
Patton said he was not “jumping to any conclusions”.
Victoria Police said in a statement it was aware of the circulating vision.
“The exact circumstances around the incident are yet to be determined and are under investigation by both Transit Safety Division and Professional Standards Command.”
https://7news.com.au/news/victoria-police/victorias-police-commissioner-comments-on-social-media-video-of-man-being-slammed-to-ground-at-flinders-station-c-4046703
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