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Over the weekend, a video surfaced on YouTube showing what appears to be D.C. Metro Police forcefully arresting a man in a wheelchair just outside of the U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro station. In the video, we can see the incident takes place during the middle of the day, just across the street from Ben’s Chili Bowl. Two police officers, who appear to be with Metro Transit Police, tackle a man from his motorized wheelchair onto the sidewalk, injuring the man and causing him to bleed from the head. Since the incident took place midday, a crowd forms quickly. One woman can be heard clearly saying that he man is “always in a wheelchair” and supposedly lives nearby.

The title of the video implies the man is homeless, however there is no evidence in the video to indicate that fact.

Neither D.C. Police nor Metro Transit Police were available to comment or elaborate on the incident, however a D.C. police spokesperson indicates that the Metro Transit Police Department is handling the issue. As with many other police incidents, particularly those that happen in the Metro system, we should expect a statement fairly soon.