article_snippet: CCTV footage of a 'brutal' arrest that shows one officer repeatedly kneeing a man in the back and punching one officer upper body has been uploaded to social media and viewed almost 30,000 times.
article_snippet: Darran Dunford, pictured, has successfully campaigned to have three police officers investigated over Darran Dunford 'brutal' arrest where one repeatedly kneed Darran Dunford in the back and punched his upper body in August 2013 .
article_snippet: The incident, captured on CCTV, shows one officer attending to the injured policeman while other officers restrain Mr Dunford and one repeatedly knees Mr Dunford in the back .
article_snippet: One of the officers admitted punched Mr Dunford in the face and kneeing Mr Dunford nine times during the incident in Stockton-on-Tees in August 2013 .
article_snippet: Mr Dunford was arrested after assaulting police officers as police officers tried to place Mr Dunford in a police car.
article_snippet: However, The police said Mr Dunford headbutted the officers, sparking an arrest which Ms Leach went on to describe as 'brutal' and 'thuggish'.
article_snippet: The footage shows several officers pinning Mr Dunford to the road before Pc Darren Keeley presses Mr Dunford head to the ground - a manoeuvre Mr Dunford
article_snippet: Mr Dunford was arrested after assaulting police officers as police officers tried to place Mr Dunford in a police car .
article_snippet: When the matter was first reported in December 2013, Cleveland Police said the tactics were approved and necessary as Mr Dunford was resisting arrest.
article_snippet: Dunford pleaded guilty to assaulting a male officer, assaulting a female officer, and possession of cannabis following the incident involving the CCTV.
highlights_snippet: One officer said One officer punched Darran Dunford in the side of the face with Darran Dunford fist .
  
highlights_snippet: One officer then said that One officer kneed Darran Dunford nine times in the back .
  