In the video, the man on the ground can be heard yelling, 'You're choking me, sir! You're choking me.'
The 45-second video posted on Twitter begins with two officers positioned over a man while he lays on his stomach on the sidewalk. The video does not show the interaction between the man and the officers before video recording began. One officer is on top of the man's upper back with his arm wrapped around his neck. He yells at the man to put his arms behind his back. The man on the ground can be heard yelling,"You're choking me, sir! You're choking me.
According to the police report obtained Friday by CNN, detectives were patrolling an area on West Lexington Street known as"an open air drug shop" when one of the detectives observed a man turn away from them and reach into the front of his waistband. Upon approach, the detective attempted to detain the man for trespassing by grabbing his jacket and felt what he suspected were heroin gel caps through the pocket, the report said.
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