An inquest has been shown confronting footage of police restraining an Indigenous man who died after being tasered outside an Officeworks store in Perth.
Family members cried in distress and left the room as the Perth Coroner s Court was on Tuesday when shown the confrontation between police and 39-year-old Mr Riley, whose first name is not being used for cultural reasons.
Counsel assisting the coroner Rachel Collins said two police officers had attended the Officeworks store in East Perth in May 2017 in response to unrelated reports of a robbery.
Mr Riley s (pictured) family cried in distress as footage of police restraining him was played in court