

Belmar Beach arrest: Surfer allegedly had no beach badge
A video of a surfer tackled, arrested on Belmar Beach for allegedly not displaying his beach badge
Austin Downs via Storyful
It started out as a beach tag check.
It turned into an altercation that has social media users fuming.
Austin Downs posted a two-minute video and an account of the arrest on Facebook. “A local surfer was arrested at Belmar Beach on 19th Avenue for not displaying a beach badge on his wetsuit, despite having the badge attached to his beach bag,” Downs posted. “During the arrest, officers placed him in a chokehold and threw him to the ground.”
The man was already handcuffed when the video began. After a few minutes of talking, officers tackled the man and…