NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Tennessee State trooper is under investigation after video captured him slamming a man to the ground while working off-duty security in downtown Nashville.

The moment was captured on camera by someone standing nearby and shows the trooper, wearing his full uniform, standing over a motionless man on the ground for several seconds.

It’s hard to tell what the trooper said, but the person who posted the video wrote in her caption, “the guy kicked the state trooper’s car…didn’t know it was a state trooper until he got out of the car.”

When the man on the ground regained consciousness, Metro Nashville Police arrived on scene, but the trooper had already left.

NewsChannel 5 Investigates has now learned that the trooper is under investigation by the Tennessee Highw

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