Man Gets Tasered Near Fullerton Hotel Gets Caught By Police In Viral Clip
Update (9.06pm, 21 Aug): The Singapore Police Force (SPF) have released a statement regarding the incident. You can read it in the article below.
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It’s not every day that we see an intense police stand-off akin those we typically see on movies and TV shows.
On Friday (21 Aug), a viral clip of what appears to be a man getting tasered near the Fullerton Hotel started circulating on Facebook. You can watch it in full here.
A trigger warning is required as the contents may be disturbing to some, so we’ve summarised the events below.
MS News has reached out to the authorities to verify the authenticity of the video as well as for an official statement on the matter.
Man appears to get tasered near Fullerton Hotel
In the video, the man was seen having a confrontation with at least 6 police officers along Esplanade Drive, opposite where the Fullerton Hotel was located at.
One of the police appears to be pointing a taser at the man.
Despite warnings from some officers, the man appeared hostile and continued walking towards the officer.
At around the 13-second mark of the video, the man appears to have been ‘struck’ and bent over in pain. The witness behind the camera asks at one point of the video if a “taser” had been used.
He fell to the ground, and appeared to be in pain moments later.
The man, however, got up seconds later and started stumbling about.
As the police officers tried to calm the man down, he swung a punch which clipped one of the officers on the chin.
He then started sprinting away from the group of officers, removing his shirt in the process.
Brought away on an ambulance
A picture uploaded on the Singapore Road Accident Facebook group showed the half-clothed man taken down and surrounded by police officers.
Another clip depicted the man brought away on an ambulance.
It was also written in the video description that the man had apparently thrown his handphone at oncoming cars.
The man was seen holding on to a phone-like object on his hand before he was apparently tasered.
Man arrested for disorderly behaviour
Police said that they spotted a 28-year-old man behaving erratically along Esplanade Drive.
When police approached him, the man started walking in the middle of the road, posing a danger to himself and others.
He violently resisted when police tried to move him away from danger, leading to an officer pulling out his taser.
Eventually, they managed to subdue him with another taser round after the 1st round’s effectiveness was limited, subsequently arresting him.
He was arrested on the following charges:
- Disorderly behaviour
- Voluntarily causing hurt to public servants
- Allegedly consuming controlled drugs
Apparently, the police also has a warrant out for his arrest.
Respect police officers
Please treat our police officers with respect. In trying to assess the man’s health, he reacted aggressively and put himself in danger.
Perhaps allegedly being under the inflence of drugs affected his judgment, but we must also remember that police officers are merely doing their job.
If they’re concerned about your well-being, it’s well worth to cooperate with them — otherwise, a TV drama-like scene will unfold.
Featured image adapted from Facebook.
