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On Monday, East Cleveland Police were called to Best Steak and Gyros House at the Forrest Hill shopping center. According to police, the man in the video was causing a disturbance in the restaurant.

“On your stomach!” the officer ordered. “On your stomach! Stay down! Put your arms out now!”

Police said the officer believed the man in the video may have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol or dealing with a mental health issue.

“Yeah, you wanna act a fool in here,” the officer told the man in the body camera video. “You don’t wanna listen. I don’t know how many times I gotta tell you get the f*** on the ground, and you don’t wanna get the f*** on the ground.”

The officer then took the man to UH for a mental evaluation. In the body camera video, you can hear the officer warn the hospital before he takes him there.

“Advise, UH, he’s uh being aggressive,” the officer said.

East Cleveland police said no arrest was made in this case.

“Lucky you didn’t meet my dog,” the officer told the man when they were standing in the hospital lobby. “Last person had to have reconstructive surgery on his arm.”