This happened during a daytime altercation outside a Wetherspoons when two bouncers “slammed” an expelled punter to the ground, pinned him to the ground, and “stamped on his wrist.”
Before tackling the blue-shirted guy to the ground in front of the V-Shed in Bristol, security personnel are seen on camera speaking to him.
Chris Shutt, the 35-year-old owner of the business who recorded the video, said that the bouncers’ behaviour was “extreme from the start.”
Wetherspoons first said that the bouncers had been “stood down from their responsibilities” while an inquiry was conducted, but in an update yesterday, the pub company stated that the investigation had been concluded while refusing to disclose the findings.
A guy wearing a blue shirt seems to be tackled to the ground by two Wetherspoons bouncers who then stay on top of him while holding him down, according to footage taken by company owner Chris Shutt, 35, who claims the behaviour was “extreme from the start.”
The two bouncers can be seen conversing with the guy wearing a blue shirt as the footage seems to begin quietly.
When the camera returns to the three guys after a small distance traversed by the cameraman’s hands, it seems as if a fight has broken out.
After a few seconds, onlookers pause to observe as the “drunk” guy seems to be on the ground and being restrained by bouncers.
Someone may be heard at the video’s conclusion saying that the bouncers “smacked him.”
On August 1, at 9 p.m., Mr. Shutt recorded the video and, before leaving the bar, uploaded it on Facebook, where it received hundreds of views and shares.
It was excessive right away, according to Mr. Shutt.
Instead of tossing him out when they reached the bar garden’s edge, they pushed him, causing him to crash into the canal’s rails.
The man was clearly intoxicated when he approached; while he should have fled, he just wanted to verbally defend himself.
The two of them “slammed him down into the concrete as I began filming, and one of them put his arm out while the other stomped on his wrist.”
The guy can be seen chatting to the bouncers in the video, and when the punter attempts to explain himself, one of them walks away and laughs.
The atmosphere, however, rapidly shifts.
The client is then knocked to the ground by the bouncers, one of whom seems to have used his foot to hold the guy down.
On Facebook, the video has been posted more than 300 times.
They battled for a little while longer thereafter until he left, according to Mr. Shutt.
Although he may have been mouthing off, the guy wasn’t acting violently.
An inquiry into the event at the V Shed in Bristol was conducted, and follow-up steps were immediately agreed upon with the door staff business, according to a Wetherspoon spokeswoman.
We don’t think it’s appropriate to comment on the particulars of the result.
While Wetherspoon does not support its door personnel using violence or aggressive behaviour, reasonable force to detain and, if required, remove patrons from the premises is allowed.
“Unfortunately, the customer’s cell phone film of the event does not reveal the customer’s activities that provoked the reaction of the door security team to attempt to detain the customer,” the customer said.