SPRINGFIELD — A Springfield man's arrest that was caught on camera Tuesday has angered some in the community, but a police official says there was nothing wrong with the actions taken by officers.

Jose Rivera

Springfield police arrested Jose Rivera, who police described as a muscular 25-year-old believed to be high on PCP. Police said he bent a set of handcuffs as officers attempted to subdue him.

Additionally, Sgt. John M. Delaney told The Republican on Tuesday, that pepper spray had no effect on the suspect and officers had to use four sets of handcuffs and leg shackles strung together to restrain the man.

The Republican's George Graham reported:

While watching attempts by police to subdue the man, Springfield resident Ernel Martinez pulled out his phone and began video recording the encounter.

WARNING: The video contains violence and graphic language.

The video is only 74 seconds long and does not show all of the events leading to Rivera's arrest.

Several witnesses are heard commenting on the encounter. One woman yells for police to stop hitting him and another says, "Do you know how many people are recording that [expletive deleted]?"

Others in the video make reference to WorldstarHipHop, an aggregating video blog. Martinez, who recorded the video, could not be reached for comment.

The video — which was uploaded to Facebook Tuesday evening — was shared more than 65 times as of Thursday morning.

Springfield resident Gloria Santiago was present during the incident and said she found it upsetting. She called the officers' actions "excessive."

"That last punch: There was no reason for that," she said.

When reached for comment Thursday morning, Delaney said there is no problem with police actions in the video, adding that Springfield Police Commissioner John Barbieri has viewed it. He added, "This guy was crazy."

Delaney declined to comment further on the incident or the video.

Rivera was charged with disorderly conduct, two counts of assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, breaking and entering and two counts of malicious damage over $250.