Magistrate dismisses Sydney officer’s claim he administered a leg sweep in self defence, saying any threat was ‘minimal or nonexistent’
police officer has been found guilty of assaulting a 16-year-old Indigenous boy in inner Sydney in 2020 when he arrested him and threw him to the ground using an unofficial “leg sweep” manoeuvre.
The magistrate found that Barlow gave the teenager 3.02 seconds to comply with his demands, during which time he had hold of him and then proceeded to employ a “leg sweep” technique, holding his arms behind his back and kicking his feet, causing him to fall forwards. The magistrate said the footage showed that the teen was “clearly and audibly in significant pain” and afterward struggled to stand up when asked to do so, saying he could not feel his knee.
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