A Mobile police officer is off the streets as the department investigates a video that shows the officer putting a man in a choke-hold and shoving him into a patrol car.

Mobile police officer Blake Duke arrested Howard Green Jr., 53, who had a warrant out for his arrest since April 2019 for harassment. Green was also charged with failure to obey, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct following the arrest Monday evening.

Howard Green, 53

In the video of Duke arresting Green, the officer put Green in a headlock and started to choke him before shoving him into the back of the police car. Duke later pulls Green from the vehicle, the video shows.

Since the video has gone viral across social media, the case has been brought up for investigation and Duke has been put on desk duty.

Lawrence Battiste, Mobile Chief of Police, on Tuesday night said he will make sure the department does their proper due diligence investigating the case.

“He could be the worst criminal in the world, but our job is to make sure that we treat all citizens in this community with dignity and respect in the performance of our duties,” Battiste told WALA, a Mobile TV station.

Duke has been with the Mobile police department since September 2018, and works patrol in the Third Precinct. Duke was named Mobile Officer of the Month in December 2019.