NT outback cop pepper sprays man in the face in Indigenous town
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Heated moment Angry interior police officer pepper sprays a man in the face as he tries to break up a fight in an indigenous community
- Two NT cops are filmed trying to break up a fight
- The officers were in the remote community of Borroloola
- A policeman is seen pushing and pepper spraying a man
An interior police officer has been caught on camera pushing and pepper spraying a man as he tried to break up a fight in an indigenous community.
The male officer and his female partner were in the remote town of Borroloola, 900 kilometers southeast of Darwin, on Tuesday when the drama unfolded.
Both Northern Territory police officers were quickly surrounded by an irritated crowd moments after a fight broke out.
During the commotion, the male officer is heard telling a man: ‘It’s our job to take care of the community, not listen to your s**t.’
Two Northern Territory police officers were in the remote community of Borroloola, 900 km south-east of Darwin, to break up a fight.
Then he turns to another person and says: ‘We can’t let you fight anymore, stop it. We don’t care, we’ve had enough, no more fighting.
‘When someone is seriously injured, whose fault is it? Everybody has to stop,” the officer chimes in as she hears more people yelling at each other.
‘When someone’s jaw is broken or their skull fractured, do you know who cleans it? We do it,’ adds the male police officer.
The comment elicits a response from an angry man who says, “If you don’t like your job, quit, simple as that.”
The officer then approaches the man and tells him to “get out of my sight and fuck off.”
After a tense standoff, the officer pushes the man away and pepper-sprays him in the face.
The male police officer is caught on camera verbally arguing with a man during the commotion before pushing him away.
He pushes the man away and sprays pepper spray in his face. This causes another man to yell and curse at the officer.
Another man in a fluorescent shirt yells and curses at the cop for spraying the man.
The male officer walks towards him, but a woman stands in his way, appearing to urge him away.
He then tells the man he pepper sprayed “you’re in my face” repeatedly before walking off.
‘You know what, you want to fight? Go hard, don’t worry. Don’t call us,’ the male officer tells the community.