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Police in Arkansas were caught on camera barging into a family home to arrest the father - after he pierced his son's left ear.

Jeremy Sherland, 45, of Tontitown, is seen on the viral video scoffing and laughing as five police officers arrest him inside his home while his wife and son protest.

Sherland is heard saying: 'Body art without a license!' His son, who films the encounter, yells at the police at one point: 'I wanted my ears pierced!'

The situation began when the boy was seen in class with a piercing in his left ear.

He was overheard saying his father was drunk and put him in a chokehold, then 'shoved the piercing in his ear,' according to the police.