Police Brutality At Its Finest
John tumbles earthwards as police swarm around him. There are six officers in all, two on his back like wolves on injured prey.
The disability pensioner is pinned down. He is in his own front yard and he is helpless.
Minutes earlier, the police have arrived at John's home in Preston in Melbourne after his psychologist called triple zero to say she was worried about his deteriorating mental health.
John is being held stomach down when an officer belts his lower leg with an extendable baton. With police all over his back, his leg is the only part of John's body where the cop can land a clean blow.
The officer strikes again. And again. Six times in quick succession.
"You f---ing idiot," hisses another policeman kneeling on John's torso as he punches him in the back.The officer with the hose has just spotted a colleague wanting to film the dousing. He waits until the colleague has taken up a position with his phone camera and says, "One more?" The water can be heard buffeting John's head. "I think I've got everything off, mate," the officer says.