THE police watchdog should investigate whether appropriate force was used by officers who fired at a car of indigenous people in Sydney, the NSW Greens say.

Two officers in Kings Cross recognised a group of teenagers and young men driving a stolen car around 4am (AEST) on Saturday.

The 14-year-old driver sped off and mounted a busy footpath, pinning a 29-year-old woman under the car before striking another pedestrian.

The officers then opened fire, hitting the driver once in the chest and arm and an 17-year-old male passenger in the neck.

Footage of the incident appears to show one of the officers dragging the young man from the car before striking him.

Greens justice spokesman David Shoebridge said the footage raised "serious and legitimate questions about police conduct".

"I will be referring this matter to the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) seeking the watchdog's immediate intervention in this case," he said in a statement.

"It is not good enough to only have police investigating police in cases where there are serious questions about the police use of firearms and violence".

Mr Shoebridge also wants an independent body set up to specifically handle cases involving police shootings and taserings.

"The recent spate of police shootings, coming on top of the death of a young Brazilian man following multiple police taserings, confirms the need for an independent body to be established to automatically investigate those incidents involving police use of deadly force," he said.

The teenage driver and his passengers are all from Redfern - the inner city suburb where teenager TJ Hickey was impaled on a fence and died in 2004 after being pursued by police, prompting riots.

Community elder Mick Mundine said the incident could inflame tensions between the Aboriginal community and police.

"We're pretty hurt over the situation," he told ABC Radio.

"We cannot afford things to be like they were in the past.

"I just hope (relations) do not blow up again."

Stolen car passenger to apply for bail



Matthew Dalton, 24, appeared in Central Local Court today over the dramatic Kings Cross shooting.



Dalton was seated in the rear seat and has been charged with travelling in a stolen car.



The court documents state that he told police he had consumed more than 20 alcoholic drinks and smoked cannabis before the incident.



Dalton, who has short blonde hair and wore a black jumper in the dock, motioned to two women in the gallery who declined to speak to AAP outside court.



His Legal Aid lawyer told the court today he was working on gathering money for a surety bond and would apply for bail on Friday, when he will next appear in the same court.

Court hears passenger was drunk, high

A passenger crammed into the back of a stolen car which crashed after a young driver was shot by police was high on drugs and alcohol, a court heard yesterday.

Parramatta Bail court heard Matthew Dalton, 24, told police he had consumed more than 20 alcoholic drinks and used cannabis prior to getting in the car.

The revelation came as the 14-year-old driver was rushed back into surgery yesterday after a second bullet was found lodged in his arm.

The boy was one of two teenagers shot by police, with 17-year-old Troy Taylor - who was in the front passenger seat - still clinging to life last night.

Internet footage of the incident shows a police officer appearing to punch one of the teenagers as he's pinned to the ground.

Troy's father Peter Taylor slammed police for the bloodshed.

"It was just totally unnecessary. What happened to the Tasers? What happened to the sprays?" he said.

Fairfax is reporting elders in the indigenous community are trying to quell anger over the incident.

Dalton's partner, who did not wish to be named, said the elders were worried about how indigenous people would react.

Assistant Commissioner Murdoch told the ABC the footage needed to be viewed in context.

"It's important to keep calm about this, what we've seen in the media over the weekend hasn't done anyone any favours, I don't think."

The Assistant Commissioner has rejected suggestions that officers should have shot the car's tyres instead.

"We draw our firearms to protect ourselves and others," he said.

"Police don't shoot at tyres, if we are going to draw our firearm, that is an absolute last resort."

The drama unfolded about 4am on Saturday when the 14-year-old, from Mt Druitt, allegedly drove a silver Honda sedan on to a footpath on Darlinghurst Rd.

Police noticed the young driver and five passengers in the car and pursued on foot. Police alleged the car travelled along the footpath for about 100m as pedestrians jumped out of the way.

Officers pounced when one woman became pinned under the moving car.

"At which point OSG police drew their firearms and approached the vehicle to prevent serious injuries to the pedestrian who was now underneath the front of the vehicle," it was alleged in court.

The officers aimed at the young driver - hitting him in the chest and arm - and also struck Troy in the neck.

The 14-year-old's family said his condition had deteriorated.

"He woke up this morning from the coma and he's got this whopping great bullet still in there," a family spokesman said.

Just a few beds away, Troy was still fighting for life with his father furious about the "brutality factor of what happened to him".

"He was dragged out the car and literally dragged out and physically punched in the head then put up against a shop window ... all the time with a bullet in his neck," Mr Taylor said.

The pair were last night still in serious but stable conditions.

Originally published as 'What happened to the Tasers and sprays?'