Fairfield: Cops kneel on black man during dramatic arrest in western Sydney, as shocked friends slam the officers: ‘He’s not an animal’
This is the confrontational moment two police officers pin down a black man as his friends shout: ‘He’s not an animal!’
Two officers restrained a 29-year-old man in Fairfield, western Sydney, around lunchtime on Wednesday, October 18, alleging he was acting aggressively towards them and others.
Footage of the incident shows the two officers kneeling on him as someone demands: “You’re going to cross your legs.”
The man asks officers to get off him before a bystander tells police, “You’re treating him like an animal.”
“What the hell did I do, man?” the man shouts as the officers push him towards a wall.
A NSW Police spokesperson said officers were patrolling the streets when they witnessed the man (pictured) allegedly behaving aggressively towards the public.
One of the officers calmly tells him that he was “aggressive in people’s faces.”
“Shut up, bro!”, the man shouts, to which the officer responds, “See, you’re still doing it.”
A bystander then quickly speaks Arabic to him before the police pull him to his feet and march away.
A NSW Police spokesperson said officers were patrolling the streets when they witnessed the man allegedly behaving aggressively towards the public.
“Police will allege in court that when officers approached the man he then acted aggressively towards them,” the spokesperson said.
‘The 29-year-old man was searched, during which police found two bags suspected of containing methylamphetamine. These have been seized to undergo forensic examination.”
The man was charged twice with possession of a prohibited drug, obstructing and resisting police officers in the execution of their duty, and behaving in an offensive manner near a public place.
He was granted conditional bail and will appear at Fairfield Local Court on October 25.