A social experiment video went viral this week in which a U.K. 'policeman' requests a woman in a burkini – a special swimsuit designed for modest women – and the Britons around defend her.

Beach-goers at Southend-On-Sea reacted against seeing a Muslim woman in the full-length swimsuit being ordered to remove it.

"You can't wear it at the beach. You are wearing it because you are oppressed," the actor disguised as an officer tells the woman. The fake police then grabs the woman's head covering and tries to pull it off.

Nevertheless, it isn't long before a crowd gathers around the lady and stand up against the 'policeman.'

One of the women in the crowd tells the fake cop, "You can't do that. Ittarget="_blank"'>