NSW Police are investigating an incident in which an Indigenous man was hospitalised after he was repeatedly tasered at close range during a daytime arrest in Sydney.
Footage shared on social media showed the man being tasered in the head after police repeatedly ordered him to get on the ground.
An officer continues to taser him as he lies on the ground.
"What are you doing, man ... are you serious?," the man is heard saying.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Tuesday confirmed that NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller would be reviewing the incident.
"I had a conversation with the commissioner and he's undertaking a review," she said.
NSW Police said in an earlier statement that the 32-year-old was under police guard in hospital following a foot pursuit in Darlinghurst on Monday afternoon.
They said officers had been patrolling Oxford Street when they noticed a man and woman.
Police claim the pair split up as officers approached, with the man fleeing while carrying a bag.
They later found a bag, allegedly containing stolen items, on Oxford Street.
In a social media post, a woman who said she was the man's girlfriend said he was "an innocent man and an Aboriginal".
His arrest comes after an Indigenous teenager earlier this month had his legs kicked out from beneath him, during a heavily-scrutinised Sydney arrest captured on camera.
The 16-year-old was taken to hospital with minor injuries following the Surry Hills arrest, which NSW Police said was being investigated by the professional standards command.
The teenager had allegedly told a male police officer "I'll crack you in the f**king jaw, bro" before he was thrown to the ground.
He was later released without charge. His family has called for the police constable responsible to be charged.
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