An unwanted guest with a book

Marsala Gueye, 34, was eating with friends on Khao San Road when a drunk tourist tried to join their table and share a book about Adolf Hitler. They asked him to leave.

He came back with a mug

Gueye says the man turned aggressive and used the N-word repeatedly. He later returned offering Gueye a mug that a friend pointed out carried a swastika.

“I did not personally recognise what was displayed on the mug at the time.”

Moving tables did not help

Gueye and his two Australian friends crossed the street to get away from him. He followed them anyway.

Down on the pavement

Video from 8 a.m. on September 10 shows the man in a Hawaiian shirt arguing with a local who steps between them, then walking to the pavement and lying down.

Salutes from the ground

From the pavement he shouted slogans praising Hitler and threw a Nazi salute over and over, looking straight at the group.

“Say it one more time”

The charge

Locals called police, worried it would turn into a brawl. Another clip shows the man charging at Gueye as Gueye yells at officers to get him away.

“Get him away from me or I will f, him up.”

Police pick the wrong man

Four officers surrounded the scene and one first treated Gueye's group as the aggressors. A friend in a white shirt had to point out who was actually causing the trouble.

Trigger pulled

As the drunk tourist kept following them, an officer drew a taser and fired. The man dropped, police closed in, and the group was told to move away.

No arrest, no case

Police say the German was never arrested and walked off once things calmed. Gueye filed a complaint that day, but officers say they saw no violence and are not investigating further.

“The patrol officers did not witness any punching or physical assault.”