Wetherspoons bouncers ‘slam’ punter to the ground and stamp on him
A “drunk” man was tackled to the ground by two bouncers during a dramatic brawl outside a Wetherspoons.
The chaotic scene happened outisde the V-Shed in Bristol at around 9pm on August 1 after the drinker got kicked out of the pub.
Customer Chris Shutt, who was sitting outside the pub, took the video, which shows a blue-shirted man reasoning with two bouncers.
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One of the security workers walks away and laughs as the punter tries to defend his actions.
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However, the mood quickly changes.
The bouncers then tackle the customer to the ground – with one seemingly using his foot to pin the man down.
Chris shared his thought after posting the video on Facebook: “It was excessive from the start.
“When they got him to the boundary of the pub garden, instead of throwing him out they pushed him and he went into the railings by the canal.
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“The guy came over obviously drunk, he probably should have left but was just trying to verbally defend himself.
“As I started recording the two of them slammed him down onto the concrete and one of them put his arm out and the other stamped on his wrist.”
Wetherspoons said initially that the bouncers had been “stood down from their duties” while a probe was carried out.
And, in an update on Wednesday, the pub chain said the investigation had been completed – but declined to reveal the outcome.
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A Wetherspoons spokesman said: “An investigation was carried out in to the incident at the V Shed, Bristol and follow-up actions have been agreed directly with the door staff company.
“We do not consider it appropriate to comment on the specifics of the outcome.
“While Wetherspoon does not condone the use of violent or aggressive behaviour by its door staff, reasonable force in order to restrain and, if necessary, remove customers from premises is permitted.
“Unfortunately, the extract of the customer’s mobile phone footage of the incident does not show the customer’s actions which prompted the door security team’s response to try and restrain the customer.”
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