Altercation Between Pedestrian, Off-Duty Cop; The altercation appears to have been over jaywalking

An off-duty Boston Police officer was caught on camera pinning a man to the ground in an altercation Tuesday evening.

The video purportedly shows the officer, wearing a Red Sox jersey and not presenting a badge, holding the man to the sidewalk and dragging him down the street to his car around 5:30 p.m.

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"I started to tape it because it didn't look right," said Stephen Harlowe, who was on his way home from work when he saw the incident unfold.

"I said, 'What did he do, what did he do? Where is your ID?' and he would not answer me," Harlowe said. "You can see in the tape the victim turns around and he said, 'he cut me off in the intersection and he was mad.' So it was complete road rage at that point."


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