MANILA, Philippines – Filipino netizens on Tuesday, August 14, were up in arms over a video-gone-viral showing a motorist berating and later assaulting a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) officer.

The officer was later identified as Saturnino Fabros. 

Here’s the video as posted by news5philippines on Youtube: 

The Twitterverse was immediately bombarded with reactions to the video. Here’s what people are saying:

Netizens react to video of a motorist assaulting an MMDA officer

Storified by Rappler · Tue, Aug 14 2012 07:21:51

MMDA’s Traffic Discipline Office head Yves Gonzalez took to Twitter to explain what happened:

Enforcer asked him to stop so he won’t block d intersection. He went straight anyway. Enforcer approached, & that’s when things turned ugly.

— Yves Gonzalez (@doblezeta) August 14, 2012

TV5 reports that the video was taken at Capitol Hills Drive corner Tandang Sora in Quezon City. The MMDA will also be helping Fabros file charges against the motorist, who they identified as Robert Blair Carabuena. 

How did you feel after watching the video? Let us know what you think in the comments section below. -Rappler.com