Victoria Police are investigating after vision of an arrest in Melbourne's north showed an officer seemingly kicking a man in the head.
Other angles of the arrest show a police car ramming the man before he runs away and trades blows with an officer.
After being subdued with pepper spray, an officer appears to repeatedly kick the suspect on the ground. Police say the 32-year-old man, of no fixed address, became aggressive and damaged a police vehicle as he attempted to avoid arrest.He was later taken to hospital where his father Glenn Atkins says he was put into a coma while undergoing a head scan."The police had no right to do what they did."
Mr Atkins said his son suffers from bipolar and had been seeking treatment at Northern Hospital Epping. He ran outside to meet a work colleague, which prompted hospital staff to call the police, the father added."It's disgusting," he said."Policemen like that should not be in the job."
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