New Year's riots in Adelaide as 140 people are arrested
Shocking footage has emerged of riots on the streets of Adelaide on New Year's Eve where drunken antics boiled over into vandalism and brawls.
A total of 140 people were arrested in just 14 hours as people got into fights, screamed abuse at police and even jumped on top of a patrol car.
Revellers chanted 'f*** the police, f*** the police' as mounted officers tried to drive them out of Bank Street at 3am on New Year's Day.
Shocking footage has emerged of riots on the streets of Adelaide on New Year's Eve, where drunken antics boiled over into vandalism and brawls. Right, a man jumps on a police car
Footage revealed by 9 News shows men jumping around on top of bins before a man leaps on to the roof of a police car and stamps on it.
Dents were still visible on the police car's roof on bonnet on Monday.
The violence appeared to get out of hand shortly after Adelaide rang in 2017, with police deciding to clear the streets a few hours after midnight.
Police said 140 people were arrested in Adelaide between 3pm and 5am - nearly double the total the year before.
Dents were still visible on the police car's roof on bonnet on Monday following the vandalism
One man was seen being arrested by four police officers as he was bundled into the back of a van.
There was also a brawl on a train in the early hours of the morning, with several punches thrown.