SA Police has issued a statement defending its cops after alarming footage emerged of officers dragging a woman off of an Adelaide train without her wheelchair on Saturday night.
In the footage, obtained by 7 News, witnesses could be heard shouting at police as they pulled the woman away from her wheelchair by her arms.
“She’s disabled and you’re going to drag her like that?!” one bystander could be heard asking police.
“That’s bull!” another person exclaimed as she was removed from the train.
“That’s fucked, she’s disabled!”
The woman was then placed on a bench on the platform. Appearing distressed, she tried to push one of the police officers away from her. The cop retaliated by slamming her head down onto the bench as distressed onlookers cried “what the fuck!”.
EXCLUSIVE: Vision of a woman in a wheelchair being dragged off a train and arrested in the CBD has left local disability advocates outraged. Police have told 7NEWS they have reviewed bodycam footage and ‘believe the officer's actions were both reasonable and appropriate’. #7NEWSpic.twitter.com/ZqASuC7FIU
