Social media video shows woman pinned to ground in Hoppers Crossing, arrested for breaching stay-at-home rules
Footage of a mother being pinned to the ground and arrested by police for breaching coronavirus stay-at-home restrictions in Hoppers Crossing has emerged on social media, as another anti-masker is accused of attacking police in Geelong.
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A woman accused of breaching lockdown rules has been pinned to the ground and arrested by police in Hoppers Crossing.
Footage of the dramatic arrest, released on social media, shows the woman facedown on the footpath, while being restrained by three police officers.
Her daughter, who filmed the incident, is heard saying ‘she’s in pain, she said she’s in pain’, while being asked to provide identification by another officer off-camera.
The footage is believed to have been uploaded to social media by a friend of the pair, along with images of the bruising the woman allegedly received from the arrest.
The video has been watched more than 8000 times on Facebook.
“She has two terrible bruises from (the police officer’s) actions, apart from minor bruises that resulted from her arrest.”
Victoria Police said the mother and daughter were arrested and fined $1625 each after breaching coronavirus stay-at-home rules by leaving home for not one of the four permitted reasons.
The duo is believed to have been holding up posters at a busy Hoppers Crossing intersection at the corner of Heaths and Derrimut Rd about Russian politics.
The mother is wearing a face mask in the video.
Both women were released pending inquiries on further charges.
The Herald Sun has contacted the woman for comment.
GEELONG ANTI-MASKER CHARGED
Two police officers have been allegedly assaulted after asking a woman to wear a face mask in public.
The 25-year-old Geelong woman was seen by police at Yarra St in Geelong about 3.30pm on Monday. When approached, she refused to wear a mask or confirm her identity.
Police tried to arrest the woman but it’s alleged she became aggressive and assaulted them.
Both the first constable and sergeant required medical treatment after receiving minor arm and hand injuries.
The woman was charged with assaulting police, resisting police, failing to provide an address and was find $200 for breaching the Chief Health Officer directions.
She was bailed to appear in the Geelong Magistrates’ Court on 10 August.
The incident occurred on the same day two police officers, including a young female constable, were allegedly assaulted by a Frankston woman, who wasn’t wearing a mask.
The alleged cop basher was charged with nine offences, including two counts of assaulting an emergency worker.
It is alleged the 38-year-old Frankston woman assaulted two female police officers after she was approached and questioned for not wearing a face covering in Frankston’s CBD on Monday at 5pm.
It is alleged the woman pushed one police officer and struck the other police officer’s head into the concrete ground several times before being restrained and arrested.
The police officer received significant head injuries and was taken to the Frankston hospital for treatment.
Police fined 176 Victorians for breaching the COVID-19 restrictions in the past 24 hours.
Of those fined, 51 people were fined for failing to wear a face covering when leaving home.
Among those fined were three men and a woman sitting on a footpath eating McDonalds, and a man buying snacks at a convenience store at 2.30am.
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