Unsettling video shows an Aboriginal youngster being detained by police for allegedly breaking and entering while covered in blood and seeming to drift in and out of consciousness.
The 14-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was detained on September 11 in Coraki, northern New South Wales, and is shown in a video released online sitting on the ground in handcuffs with blood flowing down his face.
One father soothes the teenager, giving him a hug and putting his head on his chest as the child seems to become unconscious, as distraught family members swarm around him and order the cops to keep their distance.
A lady urges the cops, “Get away, you’ve done enough harm to him.”
As the youngster closes his eyes and starts to nod asleep, another lady can be seen caressing his chest and pleading with him to remain awake.
As the policeman comes and pats the youngster on the back, family members yell, “Get your hand off him!” You’ve taken on enough!
“Now send an ambulance!” He is about to pass out!
The youngster eventually opens his eyes after repeated encouragement to remain awake, and family members drape a handkerchief over his head to stop the bleeding from the wound.
But when pressure is applied to the wound, the youngster screams in agony before finally settling into a whimper, closing his eyes and becoming silent.
In a subsequent video, many paramedics are seen attending to the youngster as he is fitted with a neck brace and transported to the hospital.
Since being shared on Facebook, the video has received more than 110,000 views and 1700 responses.
The family of the youngster who uploaded the video remarked, “Enough is enough.”
Yes, we are aware that they are guilty, but here, detectives are being pursued.
The relative said that “on several times” the police commander had been called.
When the police are there, she said, “We need to teach our mob [to] look after our mob [and] watch out for our mob.”
The child was detained, according to NSW Police, as part of an ongoing investigation into a number of property offenses in the state’s northern region.
Strike Force Impala was founded in July 2022 by Richmond Police District officers to look into a series of significant property offenses, including aggravated break-ins and thefts in the Coraki region.
“As part of continuing investigations, police were patrolling the Coraki neighborhood on Sunday, September 11, 2022, when they came across a group of four individuals carrying tools for housebreaking, including a crowbar and a piece of wood.
Officers approached the gang, who sprinted away as soon as they saw officers. Two adolescent guys, 13 and 14, were apprehended a short distance away when a foot chase began.
According to NSW Police, the 14-year-old was treated at Lismore Base Hospital by police for a head laceration.
He was then freed and brought to the Lismore Police Station, where they were both later accused. The younger youngster was also brought there.
According to NSW Police, after reviewing the arresting officers’ behavior, they determined that their actions were “appropriate.”
Senior police reviewed all of the evidence available and determined that the officers’ actions were justified under the circumstances, they said in a statement to Daily Mail Australia.
The child received first assistance before being transferred to the hospital for treatment. Since then, he has been accused and is still in court.
The 14-year-old was accused of possessing tools for breaking into houses, entering an enclosed area that was not a designated area without a valid reason, and having commodities in his possession that were maybe stolen.
He was given conditional release to return to a children’s court on Friday, October 28, 2022 after being denied bail to appear in a children’s court on Monday, September 12.
The younger youngster was accused of entering an enclosed area that was not a designated site without a valid reason and of having things in his possession that were perhaps stolen.
He was given a conditional release in exchange for his appearance in juvenile court on Friday, September 30, 2022.