TOP STORY: Cops beat me up says teen cyclist

Claims that two Hastings police officers assaulted a 13-year-old boy over the weekend are being investigated by the Police Complaints Authority.
Tyronne Andrews had been cycling in the city with a friend around 10pm on Sunday when a patrol car pulled them over.
The youth said moments earlier the occupants of a different car had yelled at them to get off the road and believing they were being chased, the two boys cycled quickly away.
"The cops thought we were running from them and put their siren on and we stopped."
In a council carpark behind the Westpac and BNZ banks, said Tyrone, he tried to explain why they had been biking away but one officer had grabbed him by the collar and told him to to "shut up."
"He punched me in the cheek three times then threw me up against the wall. He lifted me off my feet and slammed me against the wall ... He was pulling me back and forward hard-as, slamming my back against the wall, trying to hurt me. "He threw me to the other fellow, who pushed me to the ground and started digging his knee into my back. It felt like they were trying to have fun with me, because they kept passing me back and forward," said Tyronne.
As his friend watched, the car that originally prompted the boys' dash drove into the carpark and the four occupants came to his defence.
In a written statement made at the Hastings police station on Monday, Tyronne said a Maori man aged about 21 asked if he was all right and started "mouthing off" to the police about the assault.
"One Maori guy told me to grab my bike and head off. I left and went home and told my dad."
Ondrae Andrews said his son had been traumatised by the alleged incident and had lumps on his head, a sore jaw, scrapes to the neck and fingers and a migraine.
"He was scared, crouched down and in a bit of pain and crying." Mr Andrews said he felt like bashing those who had assaulted his son.
"How would they feel like if it was their kid in that situation? It's the fact that it was police that really angered me," said Mr Andrews.
He had called 111 just before midnight. His call was diverted to Wellington and Hastings police called him back 15 minutes later.
"They said there were two different stories and if I wanted to make a complaint I would have to ring up in the morning when a different shift was working. He already knew about it."
Hastings Police area commander Dean Clifford said he was aware of the incident and would ensure it was dealt with in an appropriate way.
"The complaint is referred to the Police Complaints Authority who determine the type of investigation to be carried out and then on the strength of that it proceeds locally. The timeframe depends on the number of witnesses involved," said Mr Clifford.
Tyronne's father hoped the occupants of the late-model Silver Mitsubishi Lancer would come forward.
Mr Andrews, who received a driving conviction a year ago and admits his son had been with friends caught shoplifting "a few years ago", believed the incident could be racially motivated as there was no other explanation.
"They had full intent to injure."