Isaw a video on Instagram last week. It's CCTV footage showing a man walking up to an apartment door and violently kicking and banging on it and screaming at the occupants inside.

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Inside the apartment are the man's ex-partner and their children. I imagine they would have been terrified. Then he turns away from the door, leans against it and kicks it backwards, creating a loud and continuous banging noise.

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