WATCH: San Francisco police officers pin down homeless man with prosthetic leg

WATCH ABOVE: San Francisco police caught on camera taking down man with prosthetic leg

A cellphone video that appears to show several San Francisco police officers restraining a black man while sitting on his prosthetic leg has sparked outrage on social media.

The video from Aug. 4 was shot by Chaédria LaBouvier, a journalist working for the website Medium, and has been viewed more than 300,000 times.

The 11-minute video begins with five officers attempting to handcuff a man who struggles with the officers with one officer kneeling directly on his prosthetic leg. One officer accuses the man of biting him and the man can then be seen kicking as officers attempt to subdue him.

“This is how you treat citizens? You’re having him partially nude while you pin him down on his prosthetic leg?” said Chaédria LaBouvier as she records the video. “You don’t protect and serve this community if that’s policing to you.”

Tweet This Click to share quote on Twitter: "This is how you treat citizens? You're having him partially nude while you pin him down on his prosthetic leg?" said Chaédria LaBouvier as she records the video. "You don't protect and serve this community if that's policing to you."

The man can be heard saying he is in pain and repeatedly asking officers to get off of him throughout most of the video. At one point his pants can be seen falling down revealing his backside, before officers pull them back up after several minutes.

The video was taken in the Tenderloin District, an area of the city known for significant homeless populations as well as home to tech giants like Twitter.

Roughly 12 officers can be seen forming a wall between the man and several bystanders before a wheelchair is brought to him.

The San Francisco Police Department says officers were called to the area after a concerning 911 call.

“Upon arriving at the scene, officers asked the subject to put the sticks down, at which point he refused,” the SFPD said in a statement. “Due to the subject’s statements about not caring if he was hit by a car, his actions with the two sticks around other citizens, his aggressive behavior, and fearing for public safety, officers determined this individual was a danger to himself and to others.”

San Francisco police said that officers used their body weight to subdue the subject by attempting to hold him still and used “minimal force to control the subject to prevent further assault or escape.”

Police said the case was sent to the independent Office of Citizen Complaints for further review.