CAUGHT-ON-CAM: Police earns support online for punishing a 'kid thief' in public

MANILA – This video where a police officer castigating a "kid thief" was originally uploaded in social media to gather criticism against the officer but things unexpectedly went in favor of the policeman and earned support from the netizens who watched this clip.

A kick to the back of this alleged kid thief was given by the police before letting him go. Once this thief was off the hook, he counterattacked by cursing, threatening, and talking thrash against the police officer in public.

The video which is 1 minute and 12 seconds in length was originally uploaded by Joefrey Don-don Teaño and captioned it "Tama o Mali? Paki kalat nalang po minor de-edad yung bata…. ang kalaban nya ay pulis.”

But netizens responses seemed to be in favor of what the police did, and some people suggested that the police should have done more so that the kid would never steal again.

Here's the footage: