One of the most viral videos this month was uploaded by Ralph Davenz Altea, a netizen who claimed that he and his brother was manhandled by a Pasay cop identified as PO2 Manuel Taytayon during a road rage incident in Malibay Pasay on Wednesday.
The video reached hundreds of thousands of reactions and shares from the netizens, but not all of them criticized the cop, instead they defended him because of the provocative actions by the two brothers in the video.
A netizen who watched the video claimed that he witnessed the whole incident of the road rage in Pasay and revealed what really happened behind the video recorded and uploaded by Altea on Facebook.
Meli, a concerned citizen commented on one of the video reports uploaded by GMA News in their Facebook fanpage said that he witnessed how the ‘boastful’ Altea brothers provoked the old cop.
In his comment, Meli said that after the accompanied his girlfriend to Malibay, Pasay, he saw the Altea brothers trying to provoke PO2 Taytayonand trying to bully the old cop to make him more angry.
He also said that it’s not true that PO2 Taytayon who’s going to retire next year pointed his gun to the brothers which Ralph Altea claimed in the video.
“Nanjan ako non, hinatid ko ang girflriend ko sa Malibay [pasay]. Hindi naman sila tinutukan eh. Mayabang yung magkapatid, pino-provoke nila si manong, binubully para lalong magalit,” Meli said.
“Nag video para kunwari sila ang biktima, pero ang totoo sila talaga yung mayayabang. Kung ayaw nyo maniwala, kita naman sa salita sa video, maangas at mayabang talaga.” he added.
Meli also narrated how the Altea brothers confronted the car of PO2 Taytayon after the cop honked his car horn to them three times. He said that he witnessed everything even before the Altea brothers used their phone to record the whole incident.
The netizen believes that no good cop would point his gun in a crowded place just because of a traffic argument.
He said that PO2 Taytayong might got provoked by the Altea brothers because the two shouted at his wife.
“Actually madaming tao diyan. Sino namang matinong pulis ang manunutok ng baril sa simpleng pagsaway lang sa kanila? Masikip kasi yung daanan diyan, nung nabusinahan sila, kinatok nila at sinigawan yung nasa loob ng kotse, bumaba si manong kasi misis niya yung nasa part na sinigawan. Di pa naglalabas ng video ang mga bata that time,” Meli said.
Meli said that he understand why PO2 Taytayon confronted the Altea brothers, because the Pasay cop only wanted to defend his wife from the people who shouted at her.
He also said that when the brothers saw that PO2 Taytayon was armed by a gun, they started to record a video to provoke the Pasay cop.
“Normal na galit lang si manong kasi nabastos misis niya, hanggang sa mainis na si manong kasi mayayabang talaga yung magkapatid lalo na yung nagsasalita. Kung makita nila na may naka sukbit na baril, naglabas ng video pero di naman tinutok, inaasar talaga nila, yun lang.” he said.
The version of Meli is the same of what PO2 Taytayon told GMA news. In an interview Taytayon said that the brothers knocked at his car window and after he opened it, the two shouted at them and cursed them.
We reached Meli and he said that he doesn’t want to be called by the police to ask for his official testimony because he’s ‘busy’
“Pagkatok ni sir dito, [car window] ang lakas matapos noong ibinaba ko eh nandito ang asawa ko sabi niya eh.. ano ha? ******!” Taytayon told GMA news.
Some netizens reacted on the testimony of Meli, saying that the side of the cop must be heard also.
“Hays kawawa si manong” Martha D. Sim said after he read the comment of Meli on Facebook.
“Mabait pa nga si manong nakapag timpi pa kung sa iba lang baka sabog na utak nung binatilyong yun” Arnel Prenog said.
NCRPO chief Director Oscar Albayalde also confirmed the relief of Police Officer 2 Manuel Taytayon after the road rage incident that went viral on social media.
He ordered the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD) to conduct a thorough and speedy investigation of the case against Taytayon.
“Kung mapapatunayan na may paglabag si PO2 Taytayon, ay hindi po mangingimi ang NCRPO na patawan sya ng karampatang parusa,” he said.
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PO2 Taytayon also filed Cyberbullying and Online Libel charges against the two brothers who destroyed his reputation.
However, another video taken several months ago showed that PO2 Taytayon confronted a group of cyclists in Mall of Asia.
The uploader of the video said that they were threatened by PO2 Taytayon after they violated some rules of the place.
