Australia: Guilty until proven innocent?

NSW Police repeatedly swear, scream and punch two men in a dramatic video allegedly filmed in a western Sydney park.

The arrests now form part of an internal investigation.

Reportedly filmed on May 4 at 12.44am in Bigge Park, in Liverpool in Sydney's west, the two-minute video shows a police car pull up in the park where a group of young men is loitering.

Officers jump out of a car and one of them grabs one of the men in a neckhold and wrestles him to the ground. The police officers yells: "D***head get on the ground."

A second officer suddenly runs across the park to where a second young man sinks to his knees. The officer grabs the man and yells: "Get on the ground. Get on the f**king ground." "Do as you are f**king told."

As the officer handcuffs the man's hands behind his back, he keeps yelling at him: "Don't f**king move."

Posted on YouTube on May 20 by a user named SydneyCamera, the video has comments that purport that the two men were later released without charge.

NSW Police issued a statement: "Police were called to Bigge Park at Liverpool on May 4 this year, following numerous reports of a violent brawl. The arrests now form part of an internal investigation and further comment is inappropriate."

Original report here




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