A viral livestream clip shows 20-year-old streamer Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, being wrestled to the pavement and partly choked by two men who say they were carrying out a "citizen's arrest" outside Miami City Hall on Friday night. In the footage, he is pinned on his back while a friend argues with the men, and the video has raced across social media, piling fresh attention onto the influencer's growing list of public controversies.
The clip was published by TMZ, which reports the scuffle unfolded in a parking lot outside Miami's City Hall and shows two men, who appear to be club security, grabbing Peters and forcing him onto the asphalt after an earlier altercation in a nearby nightclub. The video captures bystanders, a close friend sparring verbally with one of the men, and Miami police arriving on scene as the parties trade sharply different accounts of what happened.
Peters responded on X the next morning, quoting a clip shared by a friend and writing, "Drago is my right hand man, absolute legend. W Drago." The livestream audio also picks up Peters saying he was having trouble breathing while pinned, and viewers on the stream can be heard shouting as the struggle continues.
The episode is the latest in a series of incidents involving Peters. He was arrested in March on a misdemeanor battery warrant, according to CBS Miami, and he was hospitalized in April after a suspected overdose, per The Miami Herald. civil allegations filed in Miami-Dade County against Peters have also been reported.
What Counts As A Citizen's Arrest In Florida
Florida law and recent court rulings sharply limit when private citizens can detain or arrest someone, and courts have warned that using force outside what statutes allow can expose civilians to criminal charges or civil lawsuits. For legal context on how courts treat the common law idea of a "citizen's arrest," see FindLaw.
Police Response And What We Know Now
Video shows Miami police on scene, and it did not appear that anyone was arrested immediately after the confrontation, TMZ reports. The outlet also noted that Peters did not show up on the Miami-Dade jail roster in the hours following the incident, and Miami police had not issued a public statement at the time of that reporting.
Authorities and court records will ultimately determine whether the men had legal justification for their actions and whether any charges or civil claims follow. The video is likely to remain under close scrutiny as the story continues to unfold.
