The Melbourne, Australia, police department has cleared an officer of misconduct after he was caught on video apparently choking a woman. Officers had stopped the woman for walking on the street without a mask. The police confirmed the woman had a medical exemption from the local mask ordinance. She has been charged with resisting arrest and for assaulting an officer for kicking at a second officer after the first officer grabbed her.
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