Off-duty Queensland police officer filmed head-butting 14-year-old Indigenous boy
by Joe Hinchliffe from on (#6AX3E)
Youth involved in late-night altercation in Dalby says he feels he was targeted because of the colour of his skin
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An off-duty police constable has been filmed head-butting a 14-year-old Indigenous teenager in the face in a late-night altercation outside a McDonald's in regional Queensland.
The state's police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, said an Ethical Standards Command investigation has been launched, describing the officer's actions as inappropriate".
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