QLD:Policeman injured in Brisbane blue

AAP General News (Australia)
02-26-2011
QLD:Policeman injured in Brisbane blue

BRISBANE, Feb 26 AAP - A police officer has been hospitalised following an alleged
assault in Brisbane's party district on Saturday morning.

Police say a 24-year-old South Brisbane man knocked the 29-year-old officer to the
ground when he and another officer tried to intervene in an altercation between two men
in Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, about 3.45am (AEST).

The man then allegedly jumped on the officer while he was on the ground, continuing
to hit and punch him, a statement said.

A second officer used capsicum spray as he came to the …