A man who dressed up as Santa and arrested at a Melbourne Bunnings has told 7NEWS he will file a complaint about police misconduct after a video of him being pepper sprayed went viral. 7NEWS
Victoria Police claim he assaulted a police officer and resisted being escorted out of the store.Dramatic footage of the arrest, filmed by witnesses, quickly gained a lot of attention online.
Brian Kerry,65, said he was doing nothing wrong when police arrested him and restrained him on the ground.Kerry said he has autism, and people were coming up to him in the store while he was dressed as Santa, but he said he did nothing wrong. “I’m doing my shopping. They claim I was causing a disturbance. People coming up to me is causing a disturbance?”
He said he was well-known for his charity work during Christmas, and before the incident was visiting a charity for Christmas. Despite being involved in similar incidents in the past, Kerry said he would continue dressing up as Santa next year.
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