‘Very effective use of force’: Queensland police chief defends officer filmed punching crash driver

Footage appears to show driver being repeatedly punched through a car window before he was Tasered

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Queensland's police commissioner has defended an officer's actions after confronting footage" emerged of him repeatedly punching a man involved in a head-on crash in Brisbane's north.

The footage, first published by Nine, appears to show the officer repeatedly punching and hitting the driver through a car window before Tasering the man, on Thursday.