An investigation has been launched after a video has emerged which appears to show a police officer hitting a teenager on the head with a baton.
It followed Saturday's South Yorkshire derby in the Championship between Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday.
Officers were responding to disorder outside the Barnsley Transport Interchange, South Yorkshire Police Chief Superintendent and match commander Sarah Poolman said.
"A full investigation, including extended video footage, will take place to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident, including the actions that led to a 16-year-old boy sustaining a head injury from an officer's baton and an officer being assaulted, sustaining injuries to his stomach and head," she said...
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https://news.sky.com/story/investiga...baton-11930529
10-02-2020, 07:31 AM
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