Footage circulating on the Chinese internet show law enforcers assaulting residents in locked-down Shanghai over apparently breaching the city’s stringent COVID-19 restrictions. In one video, at least eight people wearing white protective gear, six of whom are labeled as police officers, repeatedly punch and kick a young Shanghai resident on the street outside the Lianyang community in Songjiang district. The man buried his head in his hands while being beaten up, and later runs away from the officers before being chased down and beaten again. The video, apparently shot from a nearby apartment, went viral on China’s internet. The Epoch Times contacted the local police station on Rongle East Road asking about the incident. An unnamed officer who answered the phone responded without confirming nor denying the incident, saying that “the pandemic prevention is the top priority [in Shanghai], everything else is less important.” “What’s the point of reporting the …