Florida cop forced to cuff runaway emu after it kicked him during chase

A Florida cop was forced to cuff a runaway emu after it kicked him during a chase.Source: St. Johns County Sheriff's Office

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00:00Interesting. I'm in pursuit of an emu.

00:03I'm currently behind the emu. He's running back southbound in the middle of the road.

00:09Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come on.

00:16Oh, gosh. Go this way. This way. This way.

00:21Keep going. This way.

00:23Some big old talons. Come here. Come on.

00:27I'll be honest with you. I've never handcuffed an emu before, but they'll fit around his legs, and that'll keep them from kicking.

00:45There you go. There you go.

00:48Oh, look. Look who's got you now.

00:52It's a little closer. There we go.

00:55There's that one. Don't move.

00:59Don't move. Not yet. Not yet. Not yet.

01:05I've got one on.

01:07Don't look at me that way.

01:10Hey. Hey. Don't bite me. Don't even think about it.

01:13Don't do it. Are you done resisting?

01:16I don't want to have to charge you. Don't talk back to me.

01:20Now you're behaving, aren't you?

01:23Secured. Look at that.

01:28I have a full set of cuffs on this emu.

01:33Yeah. Say hello.

01:37You ain't going nowhere.

01:41I'm not going to pull it.

01:45I'm just going to.

01:48You've got a guy going in the weeds.

01:51You