Footage of Violent Arrest Confronting, Says Top Cop

Queensland Police stop cars in Griffith street Coolangatta at the Queensland border in Coolangatta, Australia, on Aug. 25, 2021. Chris Hyde/Getty Images

Queensland’s top cop has described as “very confronting” footage of a violent arrest where a driver was repeatedly punched and then tasered.

Police were responding to a three-car crash in Brisbane’s north on June 22 when the agitated man allegedly confronted an officer from inside a car.