Police bodycam footage from a Georgia park has been watched more than 1.4 million times.
from the incident on YouTube on May 31 this year, after obtaining it through a public records request.
As the suspect is escorted away, the white man approaches one of the officers."Are you arresting him? I just wanted him to leave us alone," he can be heard saying. The man questioned the validity of the arrest, saying he would not have called the police if he had thought the man would be detained. When asked by police if the suspect had brandished a knife and made threats, he replied:"Yeah, but I don't want him thinking I did it because he is in whatever situation he is in. I just wanted him to leave us alone."
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