Shocking footage has resurfaced of a man in western Sydney punching a police officer in the face after being pepper sprayed.
The video, captured outside a travel agent in Merrylands, shows a bearded man being arrested by an officer with several men in the background watching on.
The policeman repeatedly tells the man to get on the ground before spraying him in the face. The man being arrested recoils and then punches the officer in the face before running away.
It's understood the footage, which has gone viral on social media this week, was taken before Sydney was sent into lockdown to combat a worrying Covid outbreak.