Police in Los Angeles are facing criticism after a video was released that shows almost a dozen officer firing beanbag rounds at a man in a wheelchair and then hitting him with a taser.

According to LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith, the man in the wheelchair, Christopher Adam Zareck, 43, swung a pole at police when they tried to take him into custody.

Police were called to the scene around 7:00 pm last Friday after a man reported that he'd been in an altercation with Zareck.

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Too much? The LAPD used three rounds with a bean bag gun and a taser against a man in a wheelchair

Brawl: Cell phone video footage shows Los Angeles police officers surrounding a man in a wheelchair Friday night, July 17, 2015

Witnesses: Cellphone video shows 10 LAPD officers surrounding Zareck, and shouts can be heard

Ten officers were deployed to stop the disabled man.

Three shots were heard as Zareck screamed in agony and began flailing about in his wheelchair before officers swarmed him and fired a taser at him.

The LAPD told CBS Los Angeles the man swung a pole at officers when they tried to take him into custody.

Zareck was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon and brought to a nearby hospital to be treated for his injuries.

'We are shocked. We are disappointed,' said Eric Ares of the Los Angeles Community Action Network, a Skid Row advocacy group that released the video.

Review: LAPD said the investigation into the incident was in its early stages, and would include the officers' use of less-than-lethal force

Fallout: The group says the extent of Zareck's injuries are unclear but included a head wound he may have sustained during an earlier incident with a security guard, who called police

The video is drawing criticism from the group, which says the officers escalated force against someone who didn't pose a serious threat.

'It didn't appear that they were seriously worried about their safety,' said Pete White of the Los Angeles Community Action Network.

'It was easy enough to approach and have a conversation with a man in a wheelchair.'

it's alleged Zareck had been threatening another man with a metal pole.

LACAN claims the response by the LAPD was over the top and that the man was little threat to the officers who had him surrounded.

The group says the extent of Zareck's injuries are unclear but included a head wound he may have sustained during an earlier incident with a security guard, who called police.

The LAPD says it is now investigating the incident and looking at footage taken from the officers' body cameras.