Shocking video shows the moment police crushed a man’s arm as they pushed him to the ground outside a pub – as he prepares to sue the state over his stomach-churning injury
- Tetaan Henning interrogates the police and is pushed onto the road
- His arm broke, the police charged him with assault
- Mr Henning and another man are going to sue NSW Govt
A scientist was left with his forearm bone protruding through his skin after a police officer brutally threw him onto a main road in a shocking incident outside a pub.
Tetaan Henning, 43, suffered the horrific injury after questioning police for evicting his two disabled friends from the William Farrer Hotel in Wagga Wagga, southern NSW, in May 2022.
Shocking security camera footage shows Mr Henning, who had just finished eating dinner at the pub with his partner, approach the police before an officer forcibly pushes him onto the Sturt Highway.
Mr. Henning struck the bitumen with such force that his right arm breaks and a bone is forced through his skin.
When the officer shoved Mr Henning, he was in the process of explaining that a police friend who had been evicted from the pub, Matthew McMahon, has a brain injury.
Tetaan Henning (pictured right), 43, suffered the painful injury after questioning police for evicting his two disabled friends from a Wagga Wagga pub
Mr. Henning hit the bitumen with such force that his right arm broke and a bone was forced through his skin
Mr Henning’s lawyer, Paul McGirr, said the officer was lucky he didn’t kill his client by throwing him in front of a passing lorry. The Daily Telegraph reported.
The video shows the same officer dragging Mr. Henning, his right arm hanging limp, onto the pavement, where he arrests him for assaulting police.
Mr Henning was also charged with obstructing police, being an intoxicated person who refused to leave a venue and using abusive language.
The footage was played this week in Wagga Wagga local court, where Magistrate Chris Halburd dismissed all four charges against Mr Henning.
The charges were filed five months after the incident and all ended up in court this week.
The court heard that there was no evidence that Mr Henning had been drinking.
All charges were brought against Mr Henning five months after the incident crumbled in court this week
It was also heard that one of the officers called Mr Henning ‘ac***’ after cursing as he wondered why the police had kicked two of his friends out of the pub – one with a brain injury and the other a paraplegic.
The nuisance charge was dropped when footage showed that Mr Henning had not come into contact with the police officer who claimed he was a nuisance.
Mr. McGirr confirmed that his client and Mr. McMahon were planning civil cases against the state.
Police accused Mr McMahon of interfering with a sniffer dog, but CCTV footage showed this did not happen.
He described the officer’s actions as “disgraceful conduct” and described the scene as “the wild west of Wagga Wagga.”
The court also heard that the officer pushing Mr Henning did not follow proper procedure for issuing a warrant to proceed.
Instead, he immediately used disproportionate force against Mr. Henning.
The case will return to Wagga Wagga local court on May 5.