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The beating is savage.

The restraint by the police officer on the receiving end of it is remarkable. The graphic and disturbing video of it all is very difficult to watch.

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But the gutless, ambush of York Regional Police Const. Andrew Varao in the parking lot of Richmond Hill’s Hillcrest Mall Friday illustrates just how dangerous policing really is.

“He was like a sitting duck,” said a fellow police officer. “He had no chance.”

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The video, shot from a nearby building, shows a man in a white, police-issue jumpsuit walking over to the officer and — without any hesitation and with full force — sucker punches him through his open driver-side window.

He then opens the marked squad car door and the officer gets out and tries to put distance between himself and the suspect.

Despite having every justification to do so, Varao, dazed and disoriented by the attack, decides to not bring out his firearm but instead employs a collapsible baton that the assailant manages to steal away.