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SA Police investigating after man becomes unresponsive during Clare arrest
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- Major Crime and Ethical and Professional Standards detectives are investigating the circumstances around the incident.
- SA Police said they were called to Opie Street just before 12.30pm on Sunday after reports of a man armed with a metal pole creating a disturbance.
- "When police arrived, the man was damaging property with the metal pole and two officers were subsequently threatened by the man," they said in a statement.
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Major Crime and Ethical and Professional Standards detectives are investigating the circumstances around the incident. (ABC News: Che Chorley)
Link copied Share Share article Police are investigating an incident at Clare, in South Australia's mid north, where a man became unresponsive during an arrest.
SA Police said they were called to Opie Street just before 12.30pm on Sunday after reports of a man armed with a metal pole creating a disturbance.
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