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A viral video shows four Philadelphia police officers backed up by about six more officers can be seen dragging a man off a SEPTA bus for not wearing a face mask. The Philadelphia police department said the incident started last Friday morning with 911 calls about a issue on a SEPTA bus. The bus driver requested that the man “leave the bus several times and the passenger repeatedly refused,” said a police spokesperson according to WHYY.

The officers arrived and “ordered the male to leave the bus several times. The male refused, at which point the officers physically removed him” police said. Earlier this month, Gov. Tom Wolf asked Pennsylvania residents to wear a cloth mask whenever they leave their homes to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Then SEPTA instituted a mandate that passengers wear a face mask while on the bus. However, the requirement was reversed since the video footage of the incident started to go viral.