A police officer was taken to hospital after being knocked out following an alleged assault that resulted in three people being charged.
The officer and two of his colleagues responded to a disturbance at a business in Brisbane‘s Fortitude Valley at 4am on Friday.
It occurred near Brunswick and Wickham Street where police tried to take a man into custody before one of the officers was allegedly punched in the face.
He was then allegedly placed in a chokehold on the ground.
Another officer went to help and was allegedly eye-gouged by one of the women in the group.
As the officer who had been choked got to his feet he was allegedly punched in the head and was knocked out by one of the women.
Footage, obtained by 9News, then showed some of the stricken officer’s colleagues and a member of the public dragging him to safety in the entrance of an Oporto fast food restaurant before more backup arrived.
A 23-year-old Caboolture man, a 19-year-old Seven Hills woman and an 18-year-old Torquay woman, were charged over the incident.
