Viral Video Of Cop Pinning Dude Over 5 Dollar Pizza That Was Paid For Sparks Outrage

A video showing a confrontation between police and a Walmart customer over a $5 pizza has gone viral, sparking outrage on social media and conversations about the use of force by police officers.

The incident, which occurred on June 1 at a Kansas City Walmart, was recorded and posted to TikTok on June 2 and shows Dayton Borisouth, 24, get pinned down by security officers who questioned whether he paid for a frozen pizza.

Borisouth told USA TODAY his uncle had called him from the Walmart asking for a hand jump-starting his car, which had died in the parking lot. Borisouth, who remodels houses for a living, had just gotten off of work and was shirtless due to the hot weather, a detail he believes played a role in the officers’ decision to approach him. While waiting for the car to start back up, Borisouth decided to run inside the store and grab a frozen pizza to take home to his family for dinner.

“I thought I’d be out quick, just in and out. That’s why I didn’t care that my shirt was off,” said Borisouth. “I went inside, got the frozen pizza, called my wife and said ‘hey, don’t cook dinner, I’m purchasing this pizza right now.’”

Borisouth paid for the pizza at self-checkout and opted not to put it in a bag to avoid waste, instead putting the receipt in his pocket before heading towards this exit. This was when he first noticed an officer stationed in the store “staring” at him.

Borisouth said the officer made initial contact as he walked past to get to the exit, allegedly asking: “Got your receipt?” to which Borisouth said he answered “yes” before continuing toward the door. That was when he noticed the officer coming toward him in the reflection of the glass doors.

“As I stepped through the sliding doors, he jumped in front of me, flipped me around to where my back was to him and pushed me into the machine in that corner,” he said. This is when bystanders began recording the interaction on their phones.