Police dragged a paraplegic man from his car after he told them he couldn't get out. The Dayton Police Department says it's investigating an incident last month in which several officers pulled a paraplegic man from his car after he told officers he was unable to get out.

Officers stopped Clifford Owensby on Sept. 30 as he was driving away from what police say was a suspected drug house. Because of Owensby's past felony drug and weapons history, officers wanted a police K-9 to conduct a "free-air" sniff of the vehicle to determine if there were illegal drugs inside, police said in a video briefing.

To do that, officers told Owensby, he would have to step out of his car, according to body camera footage released by the department. "I cannot step out," he tells the officers. "I'm a paraplegic."

The unidentified officer speaking to Owensby tells him police can help him out of the car, but Owensby says they may hurt him. Owensby requests a "white shirt," shorthand for a police supervisor, but the officer says he'll call one only after Owensby gets out.

The officer grows increasingly agitated by Owensby's refusal to exit the car. "You can cooperate and get out of the car or I'll drag you out of the car. Do you see your two options here?"

Several officers then grab Owensby and yank him out of the car, pulling on his arms and hair as he cries out for help. The officers cuff Owensby's hands behind his back and pull him away from the vehicle, his legs dragging along the street.