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An arrest by two RCMP officers is being scrutinized after video captured what people are calling a “brutal” takedown of one man.

A witness, who has asked to remain anonymous, told Daily Hive the incident happened around 6:50 pm Monday, January 22, outside the John B. Pub in Coquitlam, located at 1000 Austin Avenue.

He explained that his girlfriend was outside speaking to a man in a red shirt who allegedly said that people who gave him trouble “deserved to have their heads cut off.” Immediately after, a bar staff member suggested the girlfriend return inside because people at the adjacent liquor store called the police on the man.

When she returned, the witness said he went outside to see what was happening.

“On my way out the door, I saw police pulling in extremely quickly, and as I walked outside, I pulled out my phone and started recording,” he said.

The video begins with an officer seen speedily stepping back from the suspect and removing a Taser stun gun from his holster.