Cop Loses His Cool And Gets Physical With Rowdy Teens During Argument

Alarming video footage has emerged online of police pushing and wrangling a number of young people to the ground as they made multiple arrests.


Officers from Avon and Somerset Constabulary were called out to Victoria Park in Taunton following reports that a woman had been assaulted on Saturday evening.


The disturbing clip starts with a policeman telling a group of young people in the park to 'go home' however when one boy raises his finger at the officer another policeman enters the scene and pushes him back, igniting carnage.


The video then cuts to another officer on top of a boy he floored as screaming girls call for him to get off.


At this point a policeman disperses the crowd by lifting one girl away from the scene.


The footage becomes even more dramatic when yet another officer in the background can be seen flooring another young person while shouting obscenities at bystanders to stay back.


The clip then shows a teenage girl on the floor with a policeman, who kept her on the ground with his arm, arresting her as she screams for an ambulance.


The video finishes with four officers on top of a youngster, kept in a headlock by one, as he is arrested.


One witnesses, Max Vierling, told Mail Online the brawl with the officers started when his friend was pushed off his bike by one of the offenders from the original accused assault as he tried to steal it.


The youngster said: 'At roughly 5:50 PM on the 26 May 2017, I received a call from a friend stating 'you need to come to Victoria park, there's a fight'. Being young and bored, my friends and I went to see what was happening.


'When we arrived at the park, there were at least 8 police officers attempting to move people from the area.


'We were obliging, backing away slowly. My friend went to retrieve his bike, in the process, one of the men who was in the original 'fight', approached him and pushed him from the bike and proceeded to hit him. In self-defence, my friend hit him back.


'Following this, the police ran towards them and rugby tackled them to the floor and immediately arrested them both.


'Naturally, we wanted to make sure our friend was okay and so we waited which as far as we were concerned, wasn't a problem as we were just stood in the middle of the park causing no problems.


'An aggressive police officer ran at another of my friends and for no apparent reason, grabbed him by the throat (which is why in the video you can hear me saying about being grabbed at the throat).'


The police have stated that they are investigating the incident that saw five people detained on suspicion of affray.


A spokesperson said: 'We're aware of a video posted on Facebook which shows officers detaining and arresting a number of people in Taunton.


'While we welcome and expect public scrutiny when officers are out serving our communities, we also ask people not to jump to conclusions without knowing the full facts.


'At 5.29pm on May 26, we responded to a report a woman was being assaulted in Victoria Park.


'On arrival a large group of young people refused to co-operate with officers and five people between the ages of 15 and 34 were subsequently detained on suspicion of affray.'