You can't go anywhere without people filming your embarrassing mistakes these days, can you? Dancing like an idiot? Had too much to drink? Someone will capture it and put it on the internet. Accidentally got Tased by your cop mate while you're trying to arrest someone? Yep. Straight on the 'Tube.
Sure enough, a camera-wielding person in Miami - because Florida - caught the incredible moment a police officer accidentally stunned his partner during a chaotic and pretty epic fail of an arrest.
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Identified only as E. Rodriguez and G. Casiano, the two policemen from the Miami Police Department got involved in a bit of a scuffle with a well known local crack addict while trying to arrest him.
Rigoberto Castillo had allegedly bought and taken crack when he started kicking out and resisting arrest, as the officers tried to cuff him.
It didn't quite go to plan though. In the video, which depicts a scene that is only missing some Benny Hill music, the arrest soon becomes farcical, as one of the officers tries to Taser Castillo - but accidentally gets his partner.
His partner drops to the floor before managing to scramble up to his feet and eventually the officers successfully manage to stun Castillo so they can carry on with the arrest.
Castillo first caught the attention of the officers when they allegedly saw him giving a crack pipe to another known man - Lazaro Perez.
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He was charged with possession of cocaine, resisting arrest with violence and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Perez fled the scene as officers attempted to arrest Castillo, but was apprehended the day after and arrested on drug and weapons charges.
Thankfully, the officer who was stunned by accident was unhurt in the mistake and made a full recovery.
The video, which appears to have been filmed on a mobile phone, first appeared on the #onlyindade hashtag on Instagram, which captures some of the more bizarre incidents filmed in the Miami-Dade area.
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In the wake of the incident, local residents Emilio and Raymond Gutierrez told 7 News that police presence has improved the area.
Emilio told the news channel: "It's super better. I didn't go outside before. The cops are here every day, every time. They go around and do what they need to do."
Raymond said: "Some cops got Tasered over there," before adding: "It's good the cops are doing something about the neighbourhood to clean it up."
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