MANILA, Philippines — A person who turned out to be a police officer sporting civilian garments went viral on Tuesday after a motorist took a video of him pointing his gun at a truck driver whereas instructing him to alight his automobile alongside North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) in Valenzuela Metropolis.
In a video that made rounds on social media, the police officer was seen asking the motive force to lie face down on the highway earlier than securing each of the latter’s arms behind his again.
Requested about this clip, Nationwide Capital Area Police Workplace (NCRPO) chief Main Common Jose Melencio Nartatez defined that the officer, whom he revealed is assigned to the Philippine Nationwide Police Civil Safety Group—was conducting a “legitimate” arrest final September 30.
“By the mere na tinutukan mo or pinosasan mo it ought to be arrested, yung pag-arrest na ’yon legitimate,” Nartatez stated in an ambush interview in Camp Karingal, Quezon Metropolis additionally on Tuesday. (The mere indisputable fact that he pointed a gun at him and cuffed his arms, implies that it’s an arrest. And that arrest is legitimate.)
“I’m conducting an inquiry about what actually occurred to that incident. It [happened] yesterday in Valenzuela,” he added.
Solely a portion of the altercation between the officer and the motive force was captured within the video, however in keeping with Nartatez, the latter’s truck reportedly hit the aspect of the previous’s automobile.
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