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A Michigan police officer tased an unarmed man, Ray Brown, while he was holding his two-month-old baby. The video footage of the incident has gone viral and officers have released a statement.

The incident started when police showed up to a Westland, Michigan home where people were having a barbecue on Friday night according to ABC 7 in Detroit.

An eyewitness and recorder of the incident said “we were just barbecuing, and we saw the cops come up. They came up and asked us who was fighting. We were like, you got the wrong house.”

Brown got agitated with the law enforcement coming on his house and demanding answers for something no one knew anything about, according to other witnesses. Audio from the video showed that one officer told Brown he was going to be arrested and to “get the baby out of here” as an officer tries to take the baby from Brown.

Brown responded to officers attempted to take his child:

“That’s my child. He can be exactly where he’s at. Give me my child. Give me my child.” Then Brown was tased video of the incident is below.

Oh my God. Police taser an unarmed, non-violent Black man who was not even wanted for a crime WHILE HE IS HOLDING HIS INFANT BABY.

This is right outside of Detroit in Westland City. A caller called 911 saying people were loud. The caller was nowhere to be found when police came. pic.twitter.com/PkCgivd089 — Shaun King (@shaunking) August 20, 2018