On July 23rd, 2022, officers patrolling a Walmart parking lot spotted a vehicle parked where it didn't belong. The car was sitting in a handicapped space, yet displayed no handicap placard, a common minor violation. But as officers approached the driver to issue a simple ticket, it quickly became clear that the parking infraction was just the tip of the iceberg. >> Do you have a handicap placard? >> Does anyone in this vehicle have a handicap placard? It's a yes or no question. Does anyone in the vehicle have a handicap package? >> No. >> I'm going to take that as a no. >> No. >> Do you have Are you the one driving? >> Have your driver's license. >> Dispatch, >> my grand hand. >> This is your vigor? >> Yeah. >> Your driver's license. >> Yeah. put me out on a parking in Walmart. David call 58347. David call 58 347. Okay. Um, >> all right. I I don't know what you what what are you wanting? >> Because you're probably going to have to take me to jail. >> Do you have a warrant? >> Yes, ma'am. I think so. >> Okay. >> What's your warrant for? >> Um, for traffic tickets. >> Okay. >> Do you know how much your bond is? >> $900. >> 900. Okay. I guess you don't have $900. Okay. This is your mom. >> That's my grandmother. >> Your grandma? >> But my kids are going to go to DCFS. I got a DCFS case already. So if you take me to jail, my kids are going straight to DCF. She can't take my kids. I just know that. >> Why? Why can't she take your kids? >> My grandmother has cancer. >> I got infect. >> I got three daughters. She I'm trying to tell you my grandmother can't take my kids. I'm tell you to run down my Facebook. >> Well, I I do not have DCFS. No, that's not going to happen. She can't take my kids. I don't have nobody. >> I don't have nobody. That's why I came up here to get wipes for her. I I stay in a shelter in East St. Louis. >> Okay. >> Well, I mean, if you come up here and get wipes, that's fine. Don't park in a handicap spot. It's not for you. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Go ahead. >> I'm going to call my [ __ ] >> No, you can have a phone holding quarter for the time being until we get on here in the terminal. I guess >> I know you've made a couple phone calls. Who have you gotten a hold of? >> Nobody. It's at the out. It's on the weekend. >> Okay. So, it's just DCFS. You're trying to get a hold of >> One Hope United. There's a office in it's like a step in between DCFS. It's called One Hope United and Hollersville. >> Okay. >> And I called them, but they're not they're not open on weekends. >> Um, besides your grandma, who else if your family lives around here? >> No, I have nobody else. >> Okay. You got a lot of issues going on here. You have a suspended driver's license. I'm going to bet you probably don't have insurance either, do you? >> I just got my car. This is like my first day driving and I just came over here just to get some wipes cuz I didn't have no money. All right. Keep seeing if you can make some phone calls. Figure something out. >> I know I can't. So, and by the way, your mine's 800, not 900. >> Oh, well, my case person, she actually told me 900. >> Well, she was off. It's $800. My dispatcher just told me. Okay. >> I mean, well, we ain't got $800. >> Okay. I mean, >> all right. How come you haven't gone to the courthouse and talked to them about your warrant? >> I was had court actually earlier this last this month and I didn't go to court because they were going to take me to jail at court and I didn't have an arrangement yet. to get my kids home. >> You you got to get this taken care of because a lot of times they can um just um you know give you a new court date. So >> no, what happened was they kind of put everything that I had all together and uh they already gave me new court dates. It's like stuff from like 3 years ago. >> Is it a failure to appear warrant or new new charges? >> New charges over the years over the last three years. >> Okay. Yeah. Go ahead and stand over by your vehicle. Okay. I don't want people back on my door. >> No, cuz she doesn't want to actually figure out what the [ __ ] they want to do. >> Excuse me. That's what it really is. >> Down. >> Did I just hear you say that this is BECAUSE YOU'RE BLACK? >> YES. >> NO. >> YES, IT IS. >> YOU WANT TO LISTEN? YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO ME, >> LADY? HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE PARKED IN HANDICAP? DON'T TOUCH ME. HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE PUTTING IN HANDICAP WITHOUT A HANDICAP STICKER? I DIDN'T EVEN GO INSIDE THE STORE ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE WHITE, NOT BLACK. DON'T RAISE YOUR VOICE AT ME. >> DO YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO >> IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE WHITE AND I'M BLACK. I DIDN'T EVEN GO IN THE STORE. I'M PARKED IN HANDICAPPED BECAUSE I WAS GETTING SOMETHING FROM MY GRANDMOTHER WHITES. >> HOLD ON. I'M SORRY. I'M JUST A BIASED THING, but I'm I'm fostering her with DCFS and I can tell you like all this is not worth it. >> You already got a DCFS case. Listen to her. Listen to her. >> So figure out what the [ __ ] YOU WANT TO DO. MY KIDS, CUZ THAT'S YOUR JOB. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO STOP. >> WHY DID YOU STOP? >> HEY, but listen. >> Why did you stop? >> I can answer your question. If you shut >> because you heard what I said. >> Hey, let her talk. >> That's okay. >> Do you want to listen to me? >> Don't. >> Well, I do. >> I will tell your grand I am not going to take her to jail. >> That's what I just told you. >> You're not TAKING THAT. YO, you're only NOT TAKING ME TO JAIL. That's why she ain't TAKING ME TO JAIL. >> WHY SHE NOT TAKING ME TO JAIL? CUZ you got that mean you got to figure out what the [ __ ] going to HAPPEN TO MY KIDS, [ __ ] >> NO. >> Do you want to get this finished up or do you want to just stand here and yell all night? >> Listen, I want you to do your job. >> Okay, >> I am doing my job. I'm giving you a ticket for your handicap violation. Okay, >> I'm not even taking you to jail. Take me away. >> Take your ticket to jail. Take me to jail. No, ma'am. You got kids right here. Take me to jail. Listen, you do not want your kids. Why you don't want to take me to jail? That's my I got a warrant too much. I understand all of that. That's >> No, you don't. >> You know what? You've already got a DCFS case. Here's a DCFS worker. >> Take me to jail cuz she don't know what to do with my kids if they take ME TO JAIL. DO YOUR JOB. >> NO, LISTEN. LISTEN, RENEE, I don't know you baby, but listen. The last thing you want is your kids and your sister. >> It could be worse for them. >> Like I said, IT'S ON THE RUN. EVERYBODY car up here that say that's parked their handicap. >> Let her do her job as soon as she finish with you. >> That's her job is to run everybody handicap and then let her finish >> then run everybody's [ __ ] up here. Let's park their handicap. >> Just take your ticket. >> Is that what you going to do when you leave me? >> Cuz that that BETTER BE WHAT THE [ __ ] YOU GOING TO DO? AND YOU GOING TO RUN EVERYBODY HERE? >> Take your ticket and you going to run everybody. Just go home. >> Just go home. >> Take the kids and take a chance to walk away right now. >> COULD YOU PLEASE OR please >> listen? For the love of God, would you please just go home? >> Listen, you're stressing out your grandmother. >> No, I'm not. >> I'm sorry. >> I am not You're to your grandma. >> Take the kids HOME. >> [ __ ] I AIN'T TALKING TO YOU or would you please stop yourself into going to jail and these kids will have to go to DCFS cuz there's no one that can take them. >> She's trying to give you a break here to take get out of here before I even go because I pull up right here just to get some of my granny CUZ SHE'S GOT THE HANDICAP. PULL RIGHT NEXT TO HER CAR. >> Just because just because you don't I'm telling you, grandmother, you don't have to. You can make it in here. Grandma, you can go home. >> No, I'm not. I'm not. I'm ready to >> Are you going to take this or not? Or I'll put it inside your vehicle. >> Just listen, ma'am. Just please take care and go home. Be careful. >> Excuse me. >> Easy. >> Excuse me, ma'am. Don't touch my vehicle. I'm not touching. Get >> Put it under the All right. Listen. >> You are getting real close. >> Give me the baby, >> lady. You touching Can I have your baby, please, ma'am? Ma'am, can I hold your baby? >> There we go. >> And you might want to call someone to drive you because you've got a suspended driver's license. You have no insurance. >> You might as well take me to jail then. Duh. How the [ __ ] I'm going to get home? >> Call Grace. Stupid as [ __ ] >> You need to stop my way up here cuz I ain't got to >> I'm sorry, GER. >> NO, YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE disrespecting me, >> G. What she did is right, Ger. >> But she's A LAW. >> IT DOESN'T MATTER. [ __ ] HER. [ __ ] HER. [ __ ] [ __ ] >> PUT YOUR HANDS BACK. >> PUT YOUR HANDS behind your back. If you want to go to jail, you're going to jail. >> Expired. Expired from January 20 on a black 20. Ricky Smith. >> I don't want I don't want your kids to see you in handcuffs. I mean, >> this is not what happened. >> [ __ ] This is Michael [ __ ] >> No, it's not. >> No, this is you bringing this on yourself. So, >> I tried to catch a break. I tried to let you go. We have to custom. >> That's right. >> Can I hold your hand? Can I please hold >> my kids on my uh fill pack? Can you grab that so I can lock my doors? >> Well, your grandpa's going to come get your car. >> No, he's not. >> Your grandpa? I'm telling you. No, he's not. Grandma, can you grab my drive my car then? All right. I have a two sets of keys. Can you get the ones out of my fanny pack? >> Grandma, can you get the ones out of your pants? >> Grandma, the key. I need them so I can get my car when I get out of jail and take my need. >> So, are there two sets of key? >> Where's the keys that are in there? Okay. Where's >> There's one in my boot bag. The diaper bag. >> The diaper bag cuz I got to take my >> Where is Where's the diaper bag? Where's the key? >> The diaper bag is in the front. And there's one in my fanny pack. She get the keys. >> How y'all going to get their car seats? Grandma's here. Your grandma's here. >> She's not. She's not. They can't take them. My dick doesn't know how to watch kids. He didn't can't do nothing with my kids. >> So, my kids have to come with me. >> They have to. They have no choice. Cuz then that means >> they're not going to county. >> Yes, they are. They're not. >> They're not. >> This is what I going to call DCFS. >> That's why That's why you're not If you're not listening, >> that means DCFS is going to come get my kids. My kids cannot stay here with my grandmother. They're not staying here. So can't what >> what are you doing? Where's the keys at? Stop. >> Please stop doing that. >> Just give me my keys, bro. >> Your kids are not going to jail. >> Stop. >> I'm not trying to stop. >> Where's the kids at? >> Your kids are not going to jail. >> Trying to tell her. >> Okay. No, you keep trying to push me to the big fluffy thing. Remember this. >> What? >> That's the big fluffy thing. >> Okay. Nope. Relax. >> You used to let me get my arms out the keys. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Can I go in the push button? >> Yes, ma'am. You just walk up. That's what you got me from. >> Oh, god. This is so so stupid. All you had to do was just her grandma. >> Yes. Because it's not right. It doesn't matter right now. She's not my grandmother. She can't take my kids. She's not my grandmother. >> Are you saying I'm not your grandmother? >> Cuz they don't Are you scared about your grandmother? >> Camera. So, I'm telling y'all that y'all are leaving my kids with a stranger. >> Okay. Well, your grandfather's coming then. How about that? >> Y'all cannot leave my kids that they don't pick up a resisting charge if you don't start walking. >> Y'all not y'all leave my kids with strangers? >> No, we're not. >> But they're not going to leave your kids with strangers. >> Let's go. >> You want my driver's license? >> I sure can. >> Baby, I'm sorry. I don't want >> Stop resisting. Look what you're doing to your kids right now. Okay. >> My kids are crying because y' >> GET IN THE CAR. Get in my Get in. >> Sit down. Stop. Resist. Stop. Don't try to >> do not try to bite. >> Do not. >> Now she's going to go for charge. >> Yep. >> All right. >> Can you turn your phone? >> Yeah. No. No. We're leaving. You need to get out and walk. Walk around to the other side all the way down to the very last seat on your left hand side.