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Nashville TennesseanView CommentsA Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper is being investigated&nbsp;after a video appears to show&nbsp;him ripping the mask off a civilian at the Capitol.&nbsp;A video posted by Andrew Golden shows him filming a traffic stop&nbsp;by troopers at the Capitol Monday evening. On the video, Trooper Harvey Briggs warned Golden not to impede on the traffic stop.The video shows Golden on the sidewalk distanced from the troopers. He estimates he was 10 to 15 feet away.Briggs, who wasn't involved in the traffic stop, crossed the parking lot to chastise Golden for using curse words.&nbsp;"Don't use that language again," Briggs can be heard saying in the video. "You don't talk to me like that. ... I prefer better language than that out of you."&nbsp;When Briggs reached Golden, he threatened to arrest him if he "impeded" the troopers during their stop. Briggs&nbsp;had his hand on his gun during the altercation.&nbsp;Briggs got inches away from Golden's face while not wearing a mask, the video shows.&nbsp;Things escalated when Golden said he turned away from Briggs to speak with the other troopers. While the camera wasn't on&nbsp;Briggs, Golden said, Briggs ripped the mask from his face.The video doesn't capture Briggs removing Golden's mask but shows Golden's mask flying to the ground. In the video, Briggs denies ripping off the mask.&nbsp;"At this point I'm not surprised when state troopers or law enforcement officers decide to escalate a situation," Golden told The Tennessean.&nbsp;He called Briggs "reckless" and said he was uncomfortable with the trooper's behavior.&nbsp;Golden filed a complaint against Briggs with the Tennessee Office of Professional Accountability&nbsp;on Tuesday.A THP spokesman said the Department of&nbsp;Safety and Homeland Security received information about the incident and the agency is reviewing it.&nbsp;Reach Brinley Hineman at&nbsp;bhineman@tennessean.com and on Twitter View Comments

Nashville TennesseanView CommentsA Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper is being investigated&nbsp;after a video appears to show&nbsp;him ripping the mask off a civilian at the Capitol.&nbsp;A video posted by Andrew Golden shows him filming a traffic stop&nbsp;by troopers at the Capitol Monday evening. On the video, Trooper Harvey Briggs warned Golden not to impede on the traffic stop.The video shows Golden on the sidewalk distanced from the troopers. He estimates he was 10 to 15 feet away.Briggs, who wasn't involved in the traffic stop, crossed the parking lot to chastise Golden for using...

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