Raw video: Helmet stolen from Boston's Ladder 26 & firefighters take down a suspect. Complaint to TV station that man was roughed up.

Above is the  raw cell phone video of the take-down recorded by Jodie Smith.

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Something tells me there isn’t going to be a lot of sympathy on this forum for the man being wrestled to the ground by firefighters from Boston’s Ladder 26. That man, identified by friend Nicholas Duncan as James, is accused of stealing a helmet from the rig and then pushing a firefighter in the chest as he tried to flee.

According to WFXT-TV, Nicholas Duncan says that James was injured when he was roughed up by firefighters who slammed his head into the pavement. A police report says the injuries came when James ran into a pole. WFXT-TV says that Duncan does not dispute who stole the helmet. According to Duncan the helmet ended up in his backpack after James and another man took it.

Jodie Smith, a bystander who took the video, claims a firefighter confronted and pushed him.

 The video above is the story from WFXT-TV.