A fan at Tuesday's SF Giants home opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks recorded this footage of an SFPD officer and what appears to be a non-resisting Giants fan.

Bigbodycisco, who uploaded the video, notes:

We were walkin around at the game & seen this kid who was already in handcuffs & wasn’t resisting arrest being choked out by this cop. Granted he was talkin back to the cop. But this cop must of been in a bad mood. Cause he tried his hardest to try and put this kid to sleep. But couldn’t. His partner was even lookin at him like “damn, is all that necessary?”

Update: SFPD spokesperson Officer Albie Esparza disagrees with Bigbodycisco's characterization of the hold, saying, "We do NOT conduct choke holds. This is called a Carotid Restraint [pdf], approved training by the SFPD academy and used by SFPD. It can be used to control a suspect."

Here's the footage, in two parts:

According to Esparza, "this matter is still being researched to see what the male was detained/arrested for." We'll update when Esparza gets us more details behind the incident.

[via Busted Coverage]