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A man has blasted two police officers who tried to arrest him for not wearing a mask in public, even though he claimed to be exempt due to asthma.
The man, known only as Elliot, filmed the confrontation with the two policemen inside a Subway shop in Salford, Greater Manchester, on December 5.
He was especially scathing about one of the officers, who had a mask pulled below his nose.
The video has now notched up over one million views on Twitter and it has been shared by the likes of Laurence Fox and Nigel Farage.
In the video, Elliot is heard to say: 'I’m exempt so I don’t need a mask. Mind your business.'
During the confrontation inside a Subway shop in Salford on December 5, Elliot was especially scathing about one of the officers, who had a mask pulled below his nose.
'It’s your attitude,' responds one of the officers. 'What I'm going to do with you now – I’m going to ask you, are you exempt?'
‘You don’t need to worry – it’s my medical history, I'm not asking your medical history,’ he answers back.
As Elliot attempts to walk away,
