A MAN not wearing a mask while at Walmart is shown threatening to spit on a police officer while claiming to have "the virus" in new body camera footage.

Earlier this month, a Walmart employee at the Las Cruces location in New Mexico, approached a police officer after a customer refused to wear a mask.

Charles Madrid, 77, allegedly refused to follow the officer's orders to wear a mask or leave the store, according to KVIA.

"I'm not going to do it," he says in the video. "Put me in jail."

Madrid continued to claim that he had "the f–king virus" and threatened to spit in the officer's face after he was asked to leave once again.

Officers were ultimately able to put a spit guard on Madrid after getting him in handcuffs.

He was then taken to a local hospital after complaining about pain in his knees.

In the video Madrid claimed the officer won't get the virus.

"It doesn't live in the summertime," he added. "It dies out like the flu."

Madrid was charged with three counts of assault on a police officer.

After wrestling to get the man in handcuffs, officers ultimately placed a spit guard on Madrid and took him into custody. In the video, he can be heard complaining about pain in his knees, so the officers took him to a local hospital.

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