Joaquin Labaut, 35, was caught on camera being beaten and tasered by police as he resisted arrest at a Florida Wendy’s
A Florida man was captured on camera being beaten and tasered by police after making a loud and angry scene at a Wendy’s restaurant.
Joaquin Labaut, 35, was taken into custody and charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on Wednesday.
A bystander at the Wendy’s in Cutler Bay, Florida, captured dramatic footage of Labaut’s interaction with Miami-Dade police prior to his arrest.
In the beginning of the nearly four minute-long video, two police officers can be seen calmly speaking with a clearly agitated Labaut, who shouts that the shouldn’t touch him.
One of the officers shows Labaut what appears to be a stun gun and says, ‘You’ve felt this one time before, right? I need you to put your arms behind your back.’ When he refuses to comply, the other officer tells him to get down on the floor.
Both officers can then be seen firing their stun guns at Labaut, who, seemingly unaffected by the voltage, then runs around the Wendy’s counter and into the food prep area.
As the officers continue to try to subdue Labaut, backing him into a corner and tasering him and telling him to ‘get on the floor,’ which he refuses to do, a third officer comes into view, waving a collapsible baton in the air and shouting, ‘Get on the f**king ground now!’
In the dramatic video, Miami-Dade police officers are seen trying to calmly apprehend Labaut. When he refuses to put his hands behind his back, the officers show him their stun guns
Labaut can then be seen being tasered by police officers, before running behind the Wendy’s counter and into the food prep area, where he is then shouted at and beaten with a baton
The incident occurred at this Wendy’s in Cutler Bay, Florida, on Wednesday
The third officer can then be seen striking Labaut’s leg with the baton multiple times, screaming, ‘Get on the ground’ with each hit.
After multiple rounds of beatings and tasering, Labaut bum-rushes the officers and heads for the the exit, only to trip over a table and fall to the floor.
Two more officers join in and together, they manage to bring Labaut down and restrain the 6-foot-3-inch, 240-pound Labaut.
Police had been called to the scene because Labaut was reportedly talking loudly to himself, pacing around customers, harassing employees, swearing and flailing his arms, according to CBS Miami.
According to Labaut’s booking information, he was free on a felony bond from a previous incident in 2017 and was already facing similar charges to those lobbed against him Wednesday.