Lawyers say officers should be immediately stood down and incident is the ‘tip of the iceberg’Victoria police who beat Melbourne pensioner 'should be taken off their job'Lawyers have called for police captured in CCTV footage pinning down and beating a mentally unwell Melbourne pensioner to be immediately stood down, and have said similar incidents are occurring across Victoria every day. While the incident involving the pensioner is being investigated by Victoria’s anti-corruption agency, Ibac, the officers involved have not been stood down. Jeremy King, a solicitor with Robinson Gill lawyers, said: “There are often varying accounts about what happens between a police statement and what is seen in CCTV footage. Victoria police caught on CCTV beating Melbourne disability pensioner Read moreThe ABC has also reported that an officer rammed a handcuffed man into a metal door at a Bendigo police station. While police said the man had attempted to headbutt an officer, CCTV footage obtained by the ABC does not show the man headbutting anyone.

Source: The Guardian April 04, 2018 04:20 UTC