Footage of police officer boasting about punching Sydney anti-Herzog protester raises questions about conduct

Male police officer caught on camera during 9 February protest against visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog

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Video footage has emerged capturing a New South Wales police officer boasting about “punching” a protester in the head “when he was down”, before the protester was charged with assaulting police.

Police body-worn camera footage, which was leaked to a social media account and widely shared over the weekend, reveals a male police officer telling his colleagues during the 9 February protest at Sydney town hall against a visit by the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog: “I fucking pumped that cunt.”