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Video has emerged of a policeman allegedly throwing a woman to the ground after a street fight.
The incident occurred when police were called to diffuse an argument on Hindley Street in Adelaide when a fight appeared to break out between women on Friday.
The officers were attempting to break up the altercation when one policeman grabbed hold of a woman and allegedly hurled her to the ground with a thump.Witness Maria Mejias said the officers were trying to separate the girls before she claims one woman became violent towards the other.
This is when the officer took action and slammed one of the woman against the ground.
'It was just like a loud thump when she hit the ground,' Maria Mejias told 9News.
'It was pretty intense because being so close to it I swear I felt it. But she wasn't knocked out, she wanted to keep fighting.'
Council for Civil Liberties chair Claire O'Connor SC has called on the police commissioner to investigate the incident immediately, The Advertiser reported.
Two women aged 32 and 25 were charged over the incident on Hindley Street for disorderly behaviour and will face court in April.