Policeman

In the footage, the man, believed to be in his 40s, is heard groaning and repeatedly saying "I can't breathe" to the white officer.

The Minneapolis Police Department said it was responding to a reported crime.

The incident echoed that of Eric Garner, a black man who died being arrested in 2014.

Garner was placed in a chokehold and uttering the words "I can't breathe" nearly a dozen times.

The phrase became a rallying cry for activists protesting alleged police brutality against people of colour in the US.

Fanguna Alalea pleaded guilty to a charge of offering a bribe to a member of the Tongan police.

At the time he was an officer from Tu’atakilangi.

According to Kaniva News, on July 13 last year Constable Tu’amelie Fifita, a member of the Drugs Enforcement Taskforce was talking with members of his family in front of the old yacht club on Vuna Rd when he was approached by Alalea.

Alalea told Fifita he was looking for somebody willing to do a job in exchange for money for a drug dealer.