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Neve Brissenden

Footage of boy's removal by police angers rights group

Chief Minister Natasha Fyles said while the footage was distressing, such cases were complicated. (Neve Brissenden/AAP PHOTOS)

Footage of a child being dragged into a police vehicle has been described by rights advocates as shockingly violent, but the Northern Territory's leader will not say whether the "distressing" incident is under review.

Video published by The Australian on Monday shows an 11-year-old boy being dragged kicking and screaming from a previous foster carer's home into the back of a paddy wagon.

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