African gardener accuses Aussie cops of racial profiling as dramatic footage emerges of arrest: ‘You broke my hand’

An African-born man claims he was racially profiled after Australian police officers broke his forearm during a violent arrest.

Changamire Chipangamazano*, 48, tried to fill up his Mitsubishi Lancer sedan in Ipswich, 40km west of Brisbane, shortly before Christmas last year.

Mr. Chipangamazano said the pump he had entered did not provide E10, so he turned around to another bay. He vaguely remembered two police officers shouting something at him.

When he got out of his car to see what was going on, the officers approached him. One of them yelled, “Get back in your car!”

Mr Chipangamazano, who moved to Brisbane from Zimbabwe 13 years ago and runs a lawn mowing business, replied: “You don’t have to talk to me like that” and started filming with his phone.

The dramatic confrontation, in which the father of one child suffered a broken arm, was captured on the police officers’ bodycam.

In the images obtained by the ABCThe officer can be heard shouting, “You are under arrest for not wearing a seat belt,” as he charges at Mr. Chipangamazano.

Mr Chipangamazano, 48, said the pump he had entered did not provide E10, so he turned around to another bay. He vaguely remembered two police officers shouting something at him.

The officers pulled Mr Chipangamazano’s arms behind his back and he screamed in pain.

“You broke my hand!” he screamed as officers told him to “stop resisting.”

“What kind of charge is this?” he shouted repeatedly.

The officers handcuffed his arms behind his back as he screamed in pain.

Mr Chipangamazano called the pain “unbearable”.

He was later taken to Ipswich Hospital for treatment for a broken forearm.

“I couldn’t have a conversation… there was no empathy, nothing. They just treated me like an animal,” Mr Chipangamazano said.

The officers pulled Mr. Chipangamazano’s arms behind his back and he screamed in pain on the floor of the forecourt

Charges against Mr Chipangamazano (pictured) were later dropped after he filed a complaint with police alleging he had been racially profiled.

“I thought about death, the way it happened so quickly.”

Mr Chipangamazano refused to give his full name and was taken in the back of a police car to Ipswich police station, where he was charged with not wearing a seat belt and obstructing police.

The charges were later dropped after he filed a complaint with police alleging he had been racially profiled.

“Even if I wasn’t wearing a seat belt… there’s nothing that would justify this kind of behavior,” he said.

“It’s the most inhuman behavior I’ve ever seen… [the officers] treated me like an aggressive dog.’

A Queensland Police spokesperson said an internal investigation into the matter has been launched.

“It would not be appropriate to comment further on this while this is still ongoing,” he said.

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