Story highlights The sheriff's department says the video appears "to show an inappropriate interaction"

The deputy it shows has been suspended without pay pending an investigation

The video shows the deputy cursing at a man who doesn't want his car searched

A cameraman who recorded the video tells WTEN the officer hit the man

New York (CNN) A sheriff's deputy in upstate New York was suspended after an online video showed him sparring with someone who didn't want his car searched.

The video shows the deputy cursing at the man, who repeatedly tells the officer there's no reason to search the vehicle.

"I wasn't in my car when all this was happening," the man says. "Why don't you want to search like my house or something?"

"Let me see your f***ing keys," the deputy fires back. The video shows the deputy approaching the man. "You want to f***ing resist?" the deputy says.

"I'm not resisting," the man says. Then there's the sound of a slap.

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