A man being chased by motorcycle cops for allegedly 'causing a disturbance' has been captured on video punching a police officer.
The 20-year-old police allege threw the punch has been charged with two counts of assaulting police, willful damage and causing a public nuisance.
Shocking footage in Brisbane's inner-city nightlife hub of Fortitude Valley shows a man in a white t-shirt running down Brunswick St about at around 3am on Sunday morning being pursued by police motorcycles.
A man being chased by motorcycle cops for allegedly 'causing a disturbance' has been captured on video punching a police officer
As an officer ahead attempts to intercept him the man throws a round-arm punch that at the officer which draws gasps from onlookers.
The man in the video continues to run but is eventually wrestled to the ground by by officers 20 metres down the road.
He is handcuffed while on the ground as police form a cordon around him.
Police allege they conducting routine patrols through the district when they came across a man causing a disturbance.
Two male police officers, a 42-year-old senior constable and a 31-year-old constable, sustained minor injuries in the altercations.
The man accused of throwing the punch appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old police allege threw the punch has been been charged with two counts of assaulting police, willful damage and causing a public nuisance
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