On May 7th, 2022, officers swarmed a suspect wanted on a felony warrant for attacking another officer when the man refused to surrender. The standoff escalated quickly, forcing police to deploy tasers to take him into custody. >> Hey, I'm Sergeant Craig. >> Good, >> huh? >> You mean good? You got a little bigger. >> How are you? Nice to see you. >> Good. >> Yeah. >> Hey, listen. Uh um so we checked your name through the vase. They said there's a warrant for your arrest. >> A warrant for my arrest. A warrant. A warrant. Wait, bro. Hold on, guys. Wait, bro. Wait, bro. Hold on. Bag off me. No, listen. >> Bag off. >> There's a warrant for your arrest for battery. >> For battery who? >> For battery of some other police officers when you had another thing going on. >> I ain't never got no warrant, bro. >> I'm telling you, I already checked. You have a warrant. You have a warrant. >> No, I don't, bro. >> Yes, you do, >> bro. >> You have a felony warrant for battery, >> bro. Y'all trying to [ __ ] with me. I'm not going nowhere, bro. Look. Listen, Mell, >> look. >> You're under arrest, >> bro. I'm not >> Yes, you are. >> Look, bro. >> You're under arrest. >> Look, bro. You're not about to take me to jail, bro. >> I'm going to die right now. Y'all be witnesses. I'M ABOUT TO CANDY THE CAMERA. I'M ABOUT TO DIE DOWN ON MY GRANDFATHER about can. >> You need to cooperate with us. You're under arrest. >> You're under arrest. >> Watch me. >> Watch me die. Watch me die. >> WATCH ME DIE. Y'ALL >> WATCH ME DIE. >> YOU HAVE A WARRANT. ON WHO? >> ON YOU. >> ON WHO? >> ON YOU. >> ON YOU. >> ON MY I'M HEY Y'ALL. WHAT? BOY, Y'ALL TAKE THIS CUZ I'M ABOUT TO DIE RIGHT NOW. MY grandmother's grandma about to die. I'm worried about his grandma die. >> I'm worried about grandma died. >> Mell, we don't want any. >> Watch me. My grandma's death. >> Mell, you have A FELONY WARRANT >> ON WHO? >> ON YOU? >> Against who? >> AGAINST YOU. >> HOW? >> You have a felony warrant. >> I swear to God about that. I swear to God about that. >> You're under arrest. >> I swear to God about that. You're under arrest. >> I forgot about that. >> I forgot about that. I forgot about my grandma about grandma. >> Is there anything that I can do to get you to submit to your arrest? >> What's that? >> HEY, EVERYBODY WITNESS. I'M ABOUT TO DIE HERE CUZ I'M ABOUT TO KILL MYSELF IF THEY [ __ ] WITH ME. >> Everybody witness this. I'M ABOUT TO KILL MYSELF >> MORE NOW. >> NO, I'M NOT. I WAS GOING TO JAIL CUZ I I AIN'T WITH NOBODY. >> YOU'RE UNDER ARREST. >> I DIDN'T with nobody. >> You're under arrest. You have A WARRANT. >> NO, I DON'T HAVE NO WARRANT. HOW I HAVE A WARRANT? >> TELL ME HOW. >> I TOLD YOU YOU HAVE >> TELL ME HOW. >> YOU HAVE A FELONY WARRANT. >> TELL ME HOW. >> I TOLD YOU. >> TELL ME HOW. >> I JUST DID. >> WATCH I DIE HERE. OH MY. DAMN. I WANT TO DIE TODAY. >> I DIDN'T WANT TO DIE TODAY. WE GOT TO DIE TODAY. >> I GOT TO DIE TODAY. OH my go rest in peace. I'm about to die today cuz I'm not about to go to Brazil. I'm about to go on a body bag. >> So, you're refusing to cooperate? >> I promise to go on a body bag. I promise. Oh, my dad. >> You're not going to cooperate? >> Oh, my dead go on a body bag. >> Why do you want to go in a body bag? >> Because >> it's my daughter. It's my daughter my mom birthday tomorrow. I don't want to go to jail. >> I understand that. But you have a warrant. You do. >> You have a felony warrant. >> HOW HOW DO I HAVE A WARRANT? TELL ME HOW. BECAUSE you battered somebody and they went in front of a guy that GOT A WARRANT. >> WHY BATTER? >> MY understanding is that you battered a police officer. >> When? >> Sometime in the recent past. >> That's [ __ ] I AIN'T GOING, BRO. I AIN'T GOING AT GUNPOINT. >> You are going. >> I bet you I don't. I bet I go in the body bag. >> You're not going to go in the body bag. >> I bet you I do. >> No. >> I bet you I do. I bet you. How much you want back? >> How much you want back? How you going back? >> You're under arrest. >> How much going body bag? >> We'd like for you to cooperate with us, >> man. What? I go in the body bag. Watch. >> You're under arrest. >> WATCH. HEY, Y'ALL WITNESS. I GO IN THIS BODY BAG. I'M ABOUT TO GO IN THE BODY BAG. SO, Y'ALL WITNESS THIS [ __ ] >> I'm about to GO IN A BODY BAG. >> I'M ABOUT TO GO IN A BODY BAG. >> Y'ALL WITNESS THIS. >> What are THEY GOING FOR? >> Y'ALL WITNESS THIS. >> Witness this. >> Close the channel. >> When is this? Feed who? >> Who do I mess with? I don't with nobody. >> I DON'T [ __ ] WITH Y'ALL WANT TO [ __ ] WITH ME CUZ IT'S THE HOLIDAY. Y'ALL WATCH. I GO IN A BODY BAG. I'M READY TO DIE ANYWAY. >> YOU'RE UNDER ARREST, MORTAL. >> WATCH. I GO IN A BODY BAG. >> Why do you want TO DO THAT? >> WATCH. >> Why do you WANT TO DO THAT? >> WATCH ME. >> So you There's nothing I can say to Nothing you can say. >> Nothing I can say to get you cooperated. >> So you're not going to cooperate at all? >> I'm going in the body bag. Why do you want to go in a body bag? >> I'm pulling guns and everything. So watch I'm going go in a body bag. Watch me. >> Do you have a gun? >> Nope. Watch. I go in a body bag cuz I'm pulling them mother. >> You're going to pull a gun? What? Are you going to take one of our guns? >> I'm pulling them. >> You're not taking one of our guns. >> I'm going to body bag. If I want to jail, they're going to body bag. >> So you're you're telling me that you're going to intentionally try to disarm one of our police officers? >> I'M I'M NOT GOING TO JAIL. I AIN'T DID NOTHING. >> YOU ARE GOING TO JAIL. >> I ain't did nothing. >> Yes, you did. You have a warrant. You have a felony warrant for battery. >> For who? >> For you. >> For who? >> For you. >> Who do I who I battery? >> You better police officer. >> Who? >> I don't know the specific name, but I But the warrants's been verified. >> Oh, trust me. CALL MY MOTHER. CALL MY MOTHER RIGHT NOW. I'm not going. I'm not going. >> You are going. >> I bet you I don't go. >> I going to bite back on camera. I BET YOU ON MY GRANDDADDY GRAVE on grand grave. May you rest in peace. I bet I go in the body bagel. I bet you >> you're under arrest. >> I bet I'll go in the body bag. >> You have a felony warrant. You're under arrest. >> Okay. >> We would like for you to comply with us. >> Why should I go in the body bag? >> Watch. I'm drink my drink. Go in the body bag. >> So there's nothing that we can do that that >> Why go in the body bag? >> You don't want to cooperate no matter what we say. Is that what you're saying? Why do you want a body bag? >> There's nothing we can do to make you comply with us. >> I'm going in the body bag. >> So, you're going to fight with us? >> I'm going in a body bag. Watch me. >> Are you going to hit us? >> I'm going in a body bag today. >> Why? >> CUZ I'M READY TO DIE ANYWAY. CUZ Y'ALL BEEN WITH ME FOREVER. Y'ALL BEEN with me forever. >> Who's been MESSING WITH YOU? Y'ALL BEEN WITH ME FOREVER. WHO? >> ALL OF Y'ALL. >> HEY, WELL, today you have a warrant. >> Oh, today I'm going nobody back. >> We're not going to let that happen. We're down. >> I bet you it is. >> I bet you it ain't. >> I bet you going nobody bad today. >> I bet you. So, whenever y'all ready. Whenever y'all ready. When Matter of fact, I got something for y'all. Whenever y'all smoke me a square me a square first. I tell you what, I'll let you smoke a full square if you'll if you'll submit and and be cooperative with us. >> You smoke a cigarette and then be cooperative with us. >> Everybody make sure your body cameras are on. >> Y'all see a [ __ ] with me, RIGHT? >> Y'ALL SEE A [ __ ] with me, right? >> WHAT ELSE? >> IT'S CUZ I'M BLACK. IT'S CUZ I'MING BLACK. IT'S CUZ I'M BLACK. IT'S CUZ I'M BLACK. >> You have a warrant. IT'S CUZ I'M BLACK. >> YOU HAVE A WARRANT. >> Y'ALL DON'T WANT ME UP HERE. >> I'M NOT GOING NOWHERE UNTIL I GO IN A BODY BAG. >> YOU HAVE A felony warrant. PORTELL >> ON MY DADDY HEAD. On my daughter head. I'm going in a this cigarette. I'm another cigarette. And I'm going in a body bag. Watch me. >> Well, why are we trying to talk about this instead of doing all >> talk about cuz I'm not going to jail on on a holiday. Not on no holiday. No more holiday. >> So there's nothing that I can do to convince you to cooperate. >> Nothing. >> Nothing at all. >> No more holiday. >> No matter what I say, you got you got your cigarette backwards. You got your cigarette backwards. >> I know. >> So there's nothing that I can do to that to get you to know how they know. >> But you know you have a warrant. No. >> Y'all trying to get y'all y'all with me, bro. 30 just have stay over there. >> Damn, I had to die today. Why I have to die today? >> Why today? >> You're not going to die anymore, though. >> Oh, I'm about to grab I'm going to die today. >> Why do you want to die today? >> Because I'm NOT GOING TO JAIL TODAY. >> WELL, you are going to jail today because you have a warrant. >> I BET I GO TO I go with your tag on myself. >> I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. >> I better go with your tag on myself. >> You want to go to jail with a tag? I bet I go with a tag on my toe. >> Oh, with a tag on your toe? >> I bet you. >> Well, >> so there's So, is there anything that I can do to get you to cooperate? >> Nothing. >> Nada. >> Nothing. You You just You're not going to cooperate no matter what we say. >> No, I'm going to I'm going to I'm going I'm going I'm going I'm going to hell or heaven. >> One of them. >> You smoke your cigarette, everything will be cool. We'll walk you over. We'll get your stuff done. Get your paperwork done. You know, we want the hell out of him. >> I swear I'm going to hell at him. >> You have a felony warrant, Mell, you have a felony warrant. >> Against who? >> Against you. >> Against who? >> Against who? >> You have a felony warrant. >> Against who? This this something that up at the health department with y'all. Come on. I ain't stupid, bro. I ain't stupid. I that that um that um that um um um um what's her name? What's her name? Um um um what's that little sh name? She when y trying to get me locked up. Oh man, I ain't stupid. I ain't stupid. I ain't stupid. I don't f stupid. I don't f stupid. >> Well, if you're smart, you'll just cooperate with us. >> Why not? Why not cooperate with us? Cuz I'm about to die today. >> Why do you want to die today? >> I'm tired of living out here. >> I'm tired of living. >> Well, there's other things that we can do about that. We can get you some help. LIKE YOU HAVE >> I'M TIRED OF LIVING, BRO. I'm tired of living. >> OKAY. >> I'M TIRED OF LIVING. >> WELL, they have help for you at the over at the jail. >> GOING TO JAIL. I DON'T DO THE JAIL THING. >> Why not? >> I don't do the jail thing, bro. Okay, I understand what you're saying, but you have a felony warrant. You have a felony warrant out for you that requires you to be arrested. So, I'm trying to make this as peaceable as possible. I don't want to fight with you. I've never done anything wrong to you. You've never done anything wrong to me. But, you have a felony warrant. Why don't we just go over here and talk? >> Mell, let's go over here and talk. You and I. >> Yeah. >> Mell, look at me. Let's go over here and talk. Let's try and figure this out. >> I have no idea. >> When didn't you come? When didn't you come talk to me? >> I'm swinging this when it comes to me. I'm swinging. Oh my god. About the grave on GDM. I'm swinging. >> On GDN. I'm swinging on GDN. I'm swinging. We about to go. I'm going to jail today. I'm going to death today. >> So you're telling me that you're going TO HIT? >> I'M DYING TODAY. I'm going to die today. You're going to beat us up. >> I ain't going to beat nobody up. >> So you you just said you're going to swing on us. >> I'm not going to jail today. I have one more reason. >> You have a warrant. You have to go to jail. >> Are you going to submit to Are you going to submit to us or No, >> me, bro. >> Nobody's messing with you, man. You have a >> war me cuz I'm up here with these white folks. I'm with these white folks. Y'all ting these white folks. These white folks taxing me. I'm dancing. I'm dying today. >> Get your taser out. Tase tase. Tase tase. Tase. TASE. I SWEAR TO GOD, CUZ I'M I'M I'M PULLING. TRUST ME. I'M GOING TO FIGHT THROUGH THAT TASER. I'M GOING TO GRAB one of we going to go in this the right way. >> Okay. As soon as as soon as he tases him, when you guys to move in and grab. >> So, you going to tase me, right? >> You said you're going to hit us. >> I ain't going to hit nobody. >> I just said to you, you said you're going to swing on us. My my hands right here. I ain't shooting on nobody. >> Hold it. Hold the taser. Taking him into custody. >> Hold on. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Fall back. Fall back. Fall the back. >> Talk to me. >> Cuz this me swing. Somebody swing over me. I'm swinging. >> Talk to me. >> I'm swinging. >> Talk to me. >> I have a reason I have a felony warrant. >> I say that again. I didn't hear you. >> I'm going to have to have a reason to have a felony warrant. >> I told you that you have a felony warrant for battery. >> For who? for battering on the police officer. Right. >> As soon as we get back to the police department, >> we can show you the warrant to read. >> We'll let you read it. We'll give you a copy when we get back to the station. >> Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why am I just being be notified of this? >> You haven't been around. I haven't seen you. >> Come on. Y'all know why the [ __ ] I stay at, bro? >> Or y'all know why I stay at, bro? >> What? You're under arrest. If you resist, it's just going to be more charges. We don't want to We don't want to have to harm you. We don't want you to harm us. We want to take you into custody peacefully. Peacefully. And then we'll get some paperwork done. And then you'll get your thing done. >> My my thing done. >> You can read the report. >> You can read the report. You can read the paperwork. We'll show you everything. >> Who is this officer? >> Who is what officer? >> I supposed to be better. >> I don't know the specific name, but the warranty. We'll have to read the we'll give you a copy of the warrant or the report. You can read who who it was. >> We don't know. >> Why me, bro? What y'all want me to leave? Want me to leave? >> You You're coming and going all the time, man. >> No. Tell me. Do y'all want me to leave Weaten? >> No, we want We don't want you to leave Weaten. But you have a warrant and you for a felony battery, so you so you got to come with us and get some paperwork done. >> Tell me how we can go back and we can explain the whole thing. We can read the None of us have read the report. >> Come on, Mell. >> Mell, I hooked you up with with the SC tickets. >> So, you can grab me, bro. I ain't stupid. I'm >> You're under arrest. You're under arrest. >> Look, I'm new to this, bro. >> We don't want to hurt you and we don't want you to hurt us. There's no reason to fight. >> You're under arrest. >> I don't fight nobody, bro. >> You're under arrest. >> I don't believe in fighting, bro. That's not my That's all That's my bro. >> So, then why do you keep saying you're going to swing on us? I hear everybody say I don't swing on nobody. >> Okay. >> You just just put your words in my mouth. >> Well, you said a few minutes ago that if we try to take you into custody that you're going to swing on us. >> I said I don't swing on nobody. >> Okay. Well, your cigarettes are done it looks like. So, >> I ain't done. >> It's time to go >> to the green line. >> Time to go. >> You ain't done to the green line. >> No, >> he's not done to the green line. >> Got some on my green line. I got on my green line. >> Yeah. >> All right. Good. >> Pull him away from the window. Pull him away FROM THE WINDOW. >> WAIT, I'M GO, BRO. BRO, YOU got to fight. You got the [ __ ] out. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. I'm calm. I'm with you. I'm with you. Calm down. I'm with you. Calm down. >> I'm with you. And when we get done, we'll let you have another smoke. We'll let you make all the phone calls you want. Okay? Talk to anybody you want to. All right. >> Hey, bro. Hold on. THEY'RE MY WINNERS RIGHT THERE. They're my winners. THEY'RE MY WINNERS. WAIT. COME HERE. COME HERE, BRO. COME HERE, BRO. COME HERE, BRO. BRO, they're my witness. They my witness. They want witness. Look, look. Look, look. They won't witness. Okay, >> look. They won't witness. >> I see him. We got him. >> I see him. I see my witness. >> We got you. We got 56. >> Hey, bring the car over. >> We're going to do everything that we can with you, man. We're going to take care of you. Nobody's going to hurt you. >> You see this [ __ ] bro? You see this [ __ ] bro? You see this [ __ ] bro? With a black man, bro. With a black man. >> This gentleman has a felony aggravated battery warrant. That's why he's under arrest. We're doing everything that we can to do this peacefully. We've been talking to him for 20 minutes, but the felony arrest still stands. He has to go. >> We're going to take care of you, Mell. Nobody's going to hurt you, my friend. >> Nobody's going to hurt you. >> WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY Y'ALL DOING ALL THIS? Loosen up, bro. Loosen up. I ain't going to fight you, bro. Loosen up. >> Let's go. Let's go to the car. Let's go to the car. Loosen up, bro. Bro, bro, loosen up, bro. >> You're good. >> Let's go, bro. Bro, I can point. Let him walk. Let him walk. >> Loosen up, bro. Loosen up, bro. >> Bro, wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Bro, loosen up, bro. Wait. >> Let's go. Come on. Come on. >> Do you have any questions for me, sir? >> My name, bro. I got money, bro. Come find me out. I got money. Come buy me out, bro. I got money at home. Find me out, bro. Please. More jail. Gab, bro. M O R D E L G. G A L B R E T H. >> I got money at home. I got money, bro. Round me out, please. Thank you, bro. Please. >> Mell, listen. G. >> I will write your name down and give it to him. Okay. >> G R E T. >> Mell. >> G A L B R E T Hell. Mell. M O R D Lord. >> I will give I will give I will give him your name. I will give him your name. Sit down. >> Nobody ain't nobody, bro. >> Mell, we're sit down in the seat, man. Just sit down so we can get it over with. Okay, we'll go get a copy of the warrant. We'll get a copy of the report. You can read what's going on so that you know what's going on. We'll find out what the bond is. We'll get you out of here. Okay. So, Mell, take a seat, man. >> We're almost there, dude. Okay. We'll get back, we'll have another cigarette, we'll be good to go. >> Wait a second. If I had a scratch off, I'd give it to you. >> He said he's going to He said he's going to check in with you later. >> He's going to come check on you. >> Go and get in the car so we can go have a seat. There you go. All good, man. >> All good. >> All good. >> Brand for him. Let him >> There you go. All right. Turn around. Sit down. >> Let him loose so he can sit down. I can let him loose so we can sit down. >> I want my squares, bro. We got it. I want my squares. Get everything. You're getting everything back. >> Okay, it's all right. It's all right. >> I'm going to cover your head. Just you don't hit your head. >> Don't hit your head. Don't hit your head. >> Just got some cash and stuff. >> We'll take care of that when we get there. We're just going to make >> for what? >> Mine backpack was still on the uh Did the county?