A physical altercation erupted between a policeman and a man he was attempting to detain. The incident that occurred at night had many rushing to part the fight. Footage of the altercation was recorded by a bystander and shared online on Thursday.
At the beginning of the clip, one man is already handcuffed and sitting on the ground just outside a building. When the officer attempts to detain another man, he resists, telling the policeman to stop. This leads to the Caucasian policeman becoming aggressive and grabbing a handful of the African American man’s hair.
When the policeman uses force while seemingly telling the man not to fight him, it escalates the situation. The man retaliates and punches the officer, causing him to fall to the ground. While the officer is down, the man punches him repeatedly.
The punches ignite screams from bystanders, who quickly rush to the man as he pummels the officer. They can be heard telling him to stop. The cuffed man, who was sitting on the ground, also attempts to intervene. The video concluded with the policeman still being beaten on the ground. The video boasts over 815,000 views on X, and viewers flooded the comments with responses to the policeman using force to make the arrest and the man’s retaliation.
Some viewers sympathised with the policeman, including one viewer who said, “Dude just added so many felony charges; hope the cop is okay.”
Another viewer expressed that the policeman was in the wrong for how he handled the situation. “He shouldn’t have tried to take him down by his hair. He pulls away, so the first thing the public servant does is snatch his hair.”
More comments also called out the policeman’s actions as unwarranted and highlighted that the man’s retaliation may be justified depending on whether or not the arrest was unlawful. “Probably an unlawful arrest, and if that’s the case, he’s well within his rights to resist and tenderise the pork before it’s fried,” one viewer wrote.
