By Matilda Boseley and Michael McGowan
Constable placed on restricted duties after footage emerged on Facebook showing him tripping up 16-year-old during arrest in NSW, Australia
A New South Wales police officer has been placed on “restricted duties” and professional standards command is investigating after a video posted to social media showed the officer tripping an Indigenous teenager while arresting him, slamming the boy face-first on to bricks.
The arrest occurred about 5.30pm on Monday in the inner Sydney suburb of Surry Hills.
Source: Sydney police officer under investigation after slamming Indigenous boy face-first on to pavement
Category: Australian police and policing, Sydney, New South Wales, Indigenous Australians, Australia news
