Arrest video captures hurt Latrell's screams

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Latrell Mitchell and Jack Wighton person remained tight-lipped arsenic they arrived astatine Sydney airdrome up of Saturday's All Stars lucifer successful Rotorua, aft footage emerged of Mitchell being arrested by police.

Mitchell and Wighton were spotted laughing and joking with each other, seemingly determined to amusement determination is nary atrocious humor betwixt the pair.

They were arrested successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday aft a scuffle extracurricular a Canberra nightclub, wherever they had been celebrating Wighton's 30th birthday.

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They've some been charged with aggregate offences, including warring successful a nationalist place, portion Mitchell has besides been charged with resisting arrest.

Footage obtained by Channel Seven shows Mitchell being arrested by police, with the Souths prima heard screaming "my shoulders" a fig of times, seemingly successful pain, portion a pistillate is heard yelling "you're virtually hurting him, they weren't doing anything."

It's not known astatine this signifier if harm done to either of Mitchell's shoulders successful the scuffle could regularisation him retired of the All Stars match.

Wide World of Sports revealed connected Sunday that a chap NRL subordinate who witnessed the scuffle described the pair's apprehension arsenic a "massive over-reaction" by police.

"The incidental betwixt Latrell and Jack was thing - they were conscionable mates who had a spot to portion mucking around," the unnamed subordinate said.

"But past cops came from everyplace - astir 4 of them jumped connected Latrell and forced him to the crushed and twisted his arms down his back.

"He wasn't resisting and was screaming astatine them to halt hurting him.

"It was precise distressing to watch... it was a monolithic over-reaction."

Mitchell and Wighton were detained by constabulary earlier being released connected Sunday morning.

"Two men - a 30-year-old from Bywong, NSW and a 25-year-old antheral from Chifley, NSW - were arrested astatine the scene," constabulary said.

"The 30-year-old has been charged with combat successful a nationalist spot and neglect to comply with an exclusion direction, portion the 25-year-old has been charged with combat successful a nationalist place, affray, and defy territory nationalist official."

The brace volition beforehand tribunal aboriginal this month. The NRL's integrity portion is investigating.

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