Off-duty cop caught on video beating up drunk neighbor in Manila

CCTV cameras set up in Santa Ana, Manila captured a policeman in the act of beating an allegedly drunk person after the latter supposedly disrespected him.

Emil Sumangil reported on 24 Oras on Wednesday that Quezon City police officer PO1 Leo Tupas, 36, beat up Eduardo Javar, 55, following a verbal altercation.

At the beginning of the video, an inebriated Javar was seen falling down after walking a short distance from a house.

He spotted Tupas beside a tent and tried to call his attention but the officer chose to ignore him and went home.

Javar followed Tupas, put a hand on his shoulder, and started talking at him as the officer walked home.

Tupas tried to send Javar away at first but when Javar refused to stop, the officer grabbed him by the waist and began pummeling him.

Neighbors ignored the beating at first but were forced to intercede after Tupas dropped a clay flower pot on the elderly man's face and lifted a hollow block to drop on Javar next.

"Sa totoo lang, tao lang din po ako. Hindi ko lang din po ma-ano yung pangyayari. Sa totoo lang po sir, ayoko po talaga yung pangyayaring yun," Tupas said.

Javar's family will charge Tupas with serious physical injury. The officer will counter sue as Javar allegedly punched him in the eye after verbally abusing him.

"Hindi ho makatarungan, hindi ho makatao yung ginawa mo sa kapatid ko. Hindi niyo na lang siya inaresto," Janet Javar, the elderly man's sister, said.

Javar himself remarked, "Parang nagkaroon ako ng trauma. Parang takot na 'kong uminom ng alak sa nangyari sa 'kin. Buti na lang hindi ako pinatay." —NB, GMA News