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Confronting footage has shown a police officer throwing a man headfirst into the ground at a Melbourne train station - leaving him 'unconscious with blood and urine everywhere'.
Video filmed at Flinders Street Station in the city's CBD showed the man talking to other officers when another policeman approached from behind.
The officer then grabbed the man by the shoulders before throwing him against the hard tile floor, sending his headphones flying across the station concourse.
'This poor guy was calm, he was just talking to the police,' the video's caption read.
'You can see it it in the video then he gets thrown to the ground. You can hear his face hit the tiles. He was unconscious, blood and urine everywhere.'
The video, which has been widely shared on Facebook and Twitter, emerged online after thousands of protesters staged three consecutive days of anti-vaxxer demonstrations on the streets of Melbourne.
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said police were