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Lloyd Jones

Officer's knee behind head before man's death: witness

The man died after being restrained by police at an Alice Springs supermarket. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

A young and disabled Aboriginal man has died after being restrained by police in a supermarket, with a witness saying one officer's "knee was behind his head".

The 24-year-old was forced to the floor by two plain-clothes officers following an alleged shoplifting incident and assault on a security guard in Alice Springs.

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