Watch: Police Officer Repeatedly Punched In The Head At Auckland Gas Station

A police officer was struck on the top and knocked to the bottom greater than eight occasions throughout an early morning assault on an Auckland petrol station.

Footage on social media revealed the dramatic scene of a person suing a male cop at 1am on Sunday on the Mobil gasoline station on Lincoln Rd in Henderson, earlier than delivering a number of punches – all aimed on the cop’s head.

The officer tries to again off, however the man repeatedly hits the officer on the top till he’s knocked to the bottom on the gasoline station’s air pump.

Regardless of the officer being on his knees, the person continues to hit and kick his head till the officer falls on his again.

 

A feminine officer, additionally seen within the footage, was repeatedly advised to “cease it” to the person who assaulted her colleague.

The brokers don’t return with violence at any level within the footage, however in direction of the tip the male agent factors with a taser on the man who’s attacking him.

A police spokeswoman mentioned two officers have been holding a visitors cease on Lincoln Rd.

“One of many occupants of the car attacked the 2 officers, fortunately each officers suffered solely minor accidents.”

A gasoline station employee mentioned the person arrived round 12:30 p.m. with as much as 10 others in a convoy of about 5 vehicles.

He mentioned the group entered the gasoline station to purchase meals and use the toilet.

The worker mentioned they have been drunk.

 

The worker claimed {that a} man then tried to get into the officers’ automotive. Watching from safety cameras, the staffer mentioned he noticed the male officer making an attempt to cease the person earlier than the assault began.

“I noticed that from my digital camera, he was cheeky…punching [the cop] in his face and the officer was on the bottom,” he mentioned.

“It was a scary evening.”

The worker mentioned he had been advised that the feminine officer had additionally been crushed, however that was not clear based mostly on the footage.

A police spokeswoman mentioned the person and one other particular person then fled the scene however have been later situated and arrested utilizing the Eagle helicopter.

Tomorrow a 19-year-old is to seem in Waitākere courtroom; charged with intentional injury, illegal interference with a motorcar and two fees of aggravated assault.

“This type of conduct is not going to be tolerated and the police will proceed to do all the pieces they will to carry offenders like this to account,” the spokesperson mentioned.