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“What did he do? That was aggressive force,” someone in the crowd can be heard yelling at the officer.

The man under arrest can be seen continually lifting his head off the ground and speaking with the officer, who is seen speaking into his radio while members of the crowd begin to chant “boo” and “who are you.”

The camera man and other nearby fans are ushered out of the stadium but not before some are heard yelling further questions and obscenities at the officer and a security guard.

“Oh yeah, he’s OK? Nice try. He did f–king nothing,” the cameraman says to a female security guard, who responds, “You weren’t even here. You can’t comment on something you don’t know.”

“I was here. I got you, bro. F— you, b—-,” says the cameraman.

The videos were then shared in the comments section of a post on the VWFC Fans & Supporters Facebook page, where commenters wondered about the incident and suggested the level of force used was excessive.

“I’m hoping there was something that precipitated this reaction by VPD. It’s unfortunate to think American style policing is moving northward,” wrote one commenter.

Another commenter, James MacFarlan, said he had seen the fan earlier in the evening but that he was not behaving in a way that appeared to merit an arrest.

“He was not even a bit drunk or belligerent. I didn’t see this incident go down but I find it incredibly unlikely that he did anything to deserve this based on his behaviour during the match,” wrote MacFarlan.