The police have been accused of using heavy tactics during last weekend's Mardi Gras, allegations fuelled by a video and which have sparked calls for an investigation.
A video purportedly shot at this weekend's Mardi Gras shows an unidentified reveller in handcuffs being thrown to the ground by a policeman, who then stands on the man's back.
Well we don't know the whole story, but that's no way to handle a human being.
He doesn't look like he just did something real bad, otherwise so many
people wouldn't be defending him. Anyway, this is just ..
The way my heart sank when his head hit the concrete, I was cringing watching this entire video. I hope he's okay. Those cops shouldn't have handled him like that.