Video shows the moment Brazilian police took down an alleged knife-wielding man with a swift leg sweep he’ll most likely remember for the rest of his life in São Paulo.
Translated from Portuguese via Google Translate:
“A resident of the Canindé region, north of São Paulo, recorded the approach of military police officers to a man in front of a parking lot on Itariri Street, this Thursday (3/19), at around 8:30 am.
According to the PM version, the suspect was threatening people with a knife on Avenida do Estado on the corner of Rua Mercúrio, near the location of the approach.
In the images, the PM approaches and the man raises his shirt, in a movement to demonstrate that he is not armed. The video does not capture the action from the beginning, but when the recording starts, you can see that the policeman seems to be talking to the man, who, at no time, displays a knife. A car approaches, a police officer gets out and, behind the back, sweeps the man. On the ground and without showing a reaction, the police handcuff him.
The man was seen at the Emergency Room Nossa Senhora do Pari and released. The case was registered in the 12th DP (Pari).
The Ponte questioned the Secretariat of Public Security SP and the military police on the action and there will be some kind of investigation, but until the publication of the report, there was no return.
The PM informed, in a note, that the man was intoxicated and armed with a knife and that the police were called to restrain him. The corporation said it will analyze the images to see if there was any excess.”