In viral video prank, baton wielding security guard forces people to wear masks

A video of a security guard forcing people to wear masks at a shopping mall has gone viral.

The video has received three million views since it was shared by a Twitter account “Wittypedia” on March 21.

The viral clip shows a security guard hitting a man with a baton asking him to wear a mask at a shopping mall.

WHile most of the people enjoyed watching the video others who didn’t realize it was a prank criticized the security guard for hitting people to implement COVID-19 restrictions.

People found it funny how people instantly put on their masks after watching the being beaten by the security guard.

A closer look at the video shows that the security guard doesn’t really hit his co-actor but did so to elicit response from people coming behind him.

The video was apparently shot in Denmark.