Cleveland's WEWS-TV posted
dramatic police camera video footage of Mr Menhali's detention on Wednesday.
Police bodycam footage
shows Ahmed al-Menhali - who was wearing a kandura, or ankle-length robe, and
headscarf - being pinned to the ground at gunpoint by officers.
The 41-year-old Muslim
fainted and was taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
The United Arab Emirates
has warned its citizens to avoid wearing traditional garments overseas after an
Emirati man was handcuffed by armed police in the US state of Ohio.
Relatives of a panicky
hotel clerk in the Cleveland suburb of Avon falsely reported last week that the
Arab businessman had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.
The UAE ministry of foreign
affairs said on Twitter on Saturday night that Emiratis abroad should avoid
wearing such garments for their safety.
A separate ministry
statement urged women to abide by bans on face veils in parts of Europe.
As the businessman and father
of three is handcuffed, he says calmly: "What is this? What happened?
"Not good this. I
tourist and this not good."
Mr Menhali was searched and
ordered to remove his shoes, before he collapsed.
He told the National, a UAE
newspaper: "I had several injuries and bled from the forceful nature of
their arrest."
Mr Menhali was in the US
for medical check-ups following health complications.
Police talked to the hotel
clerk at the Fairfield Inn & Suites and discovered the Emirati had not
actually made any statements relating to terrorism.
The employee's sister can
be heard on a 911 recording saying there is a man in the hotel lobby "in
full head dress with multiple disposable phones pledging his allegiance, or
something, to ISIS".
The clerk's father also
called 911 and told police his daughter was "terrified".
She locked herself in the
bathroom because she was so scared, police said.
People are just paranoid at the moment
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