Employees of Canadian Tire were caught on video assaulting and "arresting" a man who was shopping in the store without a mask.
This is unbelievably unacceptable behavior from @CanadianTire employees who took matters into their own hands forcefully assaulting and “arresting” a customer for not wearing a mask!
— Dan Dicks (@DanDicksPFT) February 24, 2021
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In the video, the employees can be seen restraining the maskless shopper as he resists. "Stop f*cking pushing me, get your hands off me!" the man can be heard yelling.
At one point in the video, one employee can be seen putting the man in a headlock as another places handcuffs around his wrists. "I can't breathe!" the man yelled while in a chokehold.
When the man insisted to the employees that they are not the police and have no right to handcuff him, one of the employees could be heard saying "doesn't matter."
Canadian Tire has not yet commented on the situation.