Belmar Police released video of them arrested a surfer without a beach badge on Tuesday.
Authorities in a popular Jersey Shore town are releasing body camera footage amid backlash over video that surfaced showing officers engage in a heated takedown while arresting a badgeless beach-goer earlier this week.
Carl Garguilo watched stunned on Tuesday when Belmar Police arrested 28-year-old Liam Mahoney shortly after he came out of the water. He says he saw officers tell him to put his hands behind his back, then pull him to the sand."People were saying leave him alone, his sister was saying he has a badge," Gargiulo said."It was very violent and I think it's disturbing for us on the beach to see that.
Gargiulo said he's known Mahoney, who grew up in Belmar and was in town visiting family, all his life and, like many surfers, he didn't tag his beach badge to his wetsuit. Many people had badges tagged to a beach bag.Beach-goers say patrols have been amped up aggressively the last few days, an increased presence local police attribute to a series of recent complaints of surfers illegally entering the beach across the dunes.
Authorities say Mahoney was not arrested for not having a beach badge. They say he was arrested because he allegedly obstructed the officer's investigation by refusing to give his information. Officers allegedly told Mahoney nine to 10 times to place his hands behind his back and he refused repeatedly, trying to walk away with his surfboard.Other beach-goers say that wasn't the first such confrontation on the sand this week.
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