"Here we go again."

That's what a bystander said as a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer appeared to put a 22-year-old college student in an illegal chokehold. Last year, national outrage and debate sparked when Eric Garner died as an NYPD officer placed a chokehold on him in Staten Island.

Video recording of the incident shows a cop subduing Yibin Mu, a sophomore at Queens College, by putting his arm around his neck and swinging him to the ground at Columbus Circle. Once down, the two wrestled around until the officer managed to get Mu to lie flat on his stomach while he sits on top of his back. He then sprays him with pepper spray and proceeds to handcuff him.

"What did I do wrong?" Mu can be heard asking the cop in a YouTube video that was uploaded Monday. "What is my crime?"

Witnesses can be heard screaming "Yo! Yo!" and "Here we go again" during the confrontation.

Apparently, the cop charged Mu with skateboarding illegally.

"I was just skating around, killing some time. I saw this police officer approaching. I got off my board to ask him [if I could skate] and the first thing he did was reach for my board," Mu said, describing the beginning of the incident, according to NYMag.

Mu also accuses the cop of grabbing him "without warning" and putting him in a chokehold.

"The police officer used one hand to grab my forearm and the other hand to grab the back of my neck. He then put me in a chokehold and this is what happened next," Mu wrote in the YouTube video description. "I was nonagressive the entire time. I'm tired of abusive cops."

A police spokesperson told Gothamist that Mu "refused to sit down and ignored" the police officer. Police also argue that there are six signs alerting skaters that it is illegal to skateboard in the area.

A police spokesman said the officer stopped Mu to give him a ticket for skateboarding at Columbus Circle before the confrontation ensued.

The Chinese-American student ended up spending Sunday night in jail and was charged with resisting arrest, disobeying park rules and defacing park property. He was then released on his own recognizance at his arraignment Monday.

Watch the video below.