Stop, bro. It's recording. >> On February 2nd, 2025, officers responded to a Target store after reports of a male suspect stealing merchandise. But when confronted, the suspect didn't just deny the theft. He argued with officers, made accusations of racism, and refused to stop talking. >> You stop, dude. You stop. You stop. You stop. You stop, dude. >> You coming for me? >> You coming for me? >> I'm an officer. You got an officer right here. >> You stop. >> You got an officer right here. >> Huh? I'm going to get my car. We ain't going to play it. We ain't going to play it. Stop, bro. >> to fight like this, man? >> It's recording. >> Recording. >> What's up? >> Put them up on the wall. Put them up on the wall. Bro, you want to play, bro? Put them up on the wall. >> I'm tired of >> Put them up on the wall. Put them up on the wall, bro. Put them up on the wall and leave them there. Spread it out. >> I'll hold you up on the next one, dude. You never said anything. I'm asking you. >> Put them up on the wall, bro. You get your hands up on the wall. >> This is ridiculous. You were stealing, dude. >> You were stealing, man. From Target. >> I didn't steal nothing. >> What you get? >> I didn't steal nothing, man. >> What you get? All right, one arm down for me. That's cool. Put them up. Put them up. You got this one coming down? Got this one coming down? Put them up. Mhm. Mhm. Go ahead and keep that ID. All right, put your hands behind your back, man. >> For what? >> We're going to put them in handcuffs. You're detained. We got you. >> What am I being detained for? Are you going to read me my rights or what? >> Like I told you before. >> You never said that. >> Or did you not? >> All right, all right, all right. >> Here you go. >> Am I being arrested for what? >> Yeah. >> Okay. You want to talk together or what? >> All right, look here, man. Look here. You got now. We're going to go back to the car, bro. >> For what? >> You got now. I mean, ain't no resist. All right. Handcuffs, it's over. >> What am I resisting for? >> Fight over. >> What am I fighting for? >> Yep, yep. I got you. 214 Hickory, one detained. >> 10-4. >> Hold on, give me a second. You're good. You're good. >> You're good. You're good. Just double-checking. He's good. All right. Step out nice and easy for me. >> What if I don't want to go with you? >> What? >> What if I don't want to go with you? >> If you don't want to go in there, I'm going to pull you in there. >> What the hell you mean? >> Thank you, sir. >> I don't get a I don't get an option, bro? >> Sir, you just I just asked you the question. My my instructions are to ask, tell, make. All right? All right, come on. >> You didn't give me an option. >> I'm giving you the option, bro. Come on. I won't even hold you. >> What the [ __ ] you calling the cops for, man? >> I told you if you came with me I wasn't going to call them, but you ran, bro. >> That's [ __ ] man. You racist 100 with you. >> I think so. He's racist cuz you were stealing? >> Hell yeah. >> Make it make sense, man. Pull another card. >> You don't arrest white people for stealing. >> Pull another card. Pull another card. >> You don't arrest white people for stealing. >> Pull another card. >> I walk in they got all eyes on me. >> Oh, yeah, but you but you're stealing know. >> Yeah, so >> So you So you got to pull another card when you actually want to >> Hey, why people stealing too? >> Yeah, okay, man. >> I'm going to pull another card. >> All that talk don't pay the bills. >> racist? >> Yeah, all right. With your Take that up. Take that up with your representatives. >> Y'all hiring? Exactly. >> Maybe you should have came out here and stole the application. >> I've been here applying before. They're not hiring. >> I ain't see you I ain't see you trying to steal the application. What's that, brother? Oh, my bad. Oh, I'm sorry. I got to go. >> Are you sure that's the address? >> Can I scratch my nose? >> Not in custody. >> Well, that's who y'all look like. Let me go. >> I'm not >> They take you in >> Are you sure that's the address? Clayton? Colin? >> that's the address? >> Some type of Colin? >> This should be like the >> Okay. Come on. >> Come on. Come on. For what? >> They're going to go to go through your pockets. >> Come on. Let's go to the Bro. Y'all ain't even let me bounce with that. Y'all doing all this >> Probably what it is, man. I don't know. Let's see. It's just a retail theft. It's not major, right? >> No nation. That's why I actually let me bounce. >> Yeah, you ain't getting no job with it, though. >> I ain't getting no job without it. >> All right. >> Can you scratch my nose, man? God damn. Buddy, can you scratch my nose? >> Unfortunately, that can't happen. It just go away on their own. We just used to scratching. >> This is crazy, bro. >> You say you got a color on him? >> I'm on camera watching you. >> Yes, sir. Fit the profile, man. >> Fit the profile. Exactly. >> Racist. Racist? No. No. No. Not the fact that you black. It's just look at you, man. You unkempt. >> No. [snorts] >> You know what I'm saying? >> Look at that. Well, very clean, man. >> You know, you you you dingy. So, you don't look like you've been at work. You look like somebody that have been begging for >> What do people that work look like? >> You look like you'll be begging for a dollar on the street. >> I ain't never begged for a dollar in my life. >> No, I don't believe you have. >> it. >> I don't believe you have. I don't believe nothing you say. >> standing in front of a store. Don't pull it up. Open it up. I got to get it out. [laughter] >> 326 >> No, you good. Just relax. >> 326415 >> You can have have a seat for me. >> Okay. You got to take a picture of me. >> Have a seat. >> You want me to sit >> Yeah, you can sit down. You can take a picture with me. >> Thank you. >> And then can you get her trainer on it? >> I put COVID on it. You don't want that back. I don't want that back, too. >> That's fine. >> She the most racist one. She seen me walk through there. Go get a cop. >> Racist, sir? It's 2025, man. >> Racist don't mean [ __ ] Slavery still exist, baby. >> No, it don't, man. >> Okay, boss. You work You work for the man. >> Fix your mind. >> You work No, baby. You a house slave. >> Fix your mind. >> slave. >> Fix your mind. >> You don't have a job [clears throat] and you calling me a slave. >> You a house slave. Fix your mind. >> Bro, the only people I ain't even go there. >> I got We can talk about it. >> electronics You're not ready. >> selections from the bottom. It was the controller. >> Got you. >> Why you watching the [ __ ] out of me, bro? >> He put it in there. >> Go watch somebody else. >> cart and then he goes into >> I already knew y'all was watching me, fam. >> [laughter] >> I seen y'all when I walked in the door. You get the cop on the [ __ ] >> So, if it was my intention to steal and I knew somebody was watching me, why would I steal? >> And then you say you didn't do >> At some point it becomes stupid, which is showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense. >> I got a higher score on ACTs than ACTU, baby. >> Well, I just gave you the definition of what a slave is. That's what I'm saying. Mhm. I'm watching. >> I could never. >> Y'all saw what was in the bag. >> No. >> Yeah, you had a good Um And then he goes into the the bedding aisle. We have no camera right there, so I hit the floor. That's [music] when he took his book bag off and sealed. >> You saw that with your own eyes. >> So, he didn't even know I stole it. He just assumed that caught a thief. >> I was right. >> Don't don't don't Don't even worry about what he's saying. >> I seen you, fam. >> Let him talk. >> You didn't see me put the stuff in the bag, though. >> 11:54 is already past the first one itself. >> Yeah, okay. Got you. And then that's when I approach. >> Okay, let me get the video. Yeah. >> Um I can send it to the D's. >> send send that in to the D's. >> I'll send up everything to them. >> Appreciate that. Um And then >> Yeah, write your name. >> All right. >> I got my first and last name. >> You don't work with work force with us, right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah, you'll be in our system. >> Can you just not file >> Sir, what's a good phone number for you? >> Can you not file charges, bro? >> What's a good phone number for you, sir? >> I need your full address. You made me run. >> I didn't make you run, man. >> Don't need to talk to me. What's wrong with you? Why you got a bad Why you got a bad attitude? >> I knew it was going to come in handy. >> Thank you very much, ma'am. >> Yeah, you're good. >> At the moment I've determined someone's a fool, I stop trying to help them. >> Oh. >> Don't talk to me. Uh larceny. >> Yeah, can you please take this? >> I mean, it's up to you, brother. I mean, it's your beef, man. >> Am I able to get his driver's license and his name? >> Yeah. That's your guy. Here. And that's his phone number, so you won't have to ask him later. >> Yeah, you got all that. You don't even get nothing now. Of course you Go back on patrol. >> I'm going to go finish my lunch. >> Go back on patrol. >> Have a coffee. >> You don't get no bonus for that. Yeah, you only got one one larceny. >> I got [ __ ] >> Oh, one larceny. You got two now? >> Yeah. >> Uh thanks for the person's number. Oh, um can you give me some of This is yeah. >> Here you go. >> It's unfortunate. >> This guy is a joke. >> It's okay. >> Only a hundred and eighteen dollars. >> A hundred and eighteen. That's my birthday. Change your number, baby. And I got to go to jail for this? >> Oh, like once you're done with that, I'll take you out here just to get the quick story. >> Okay. Sounds good. >> Yeah, you got to come with me to the police station. We got to do paperwork, all right? >> Are $6 worth the same? >> Oh, no. $118. Look, it don't matter if it's $20 or $400, you can still be coming in. >> So, $20? >> Yep. >> It's a lot of white people in here, man. I should have stayed at Target. >> Yeah, that's your part. >> Yeah, they don't uh >> Oh, this is in Chicago. >> So, that is Target. >> Yeah, I told them to qualify as the stupid. But, you're showing a great lack of intelligence and >> Bro, ain't you going already? We don't need you no more. Bounce. >> Oh. >> Bounce, house slave. >> [snorts] >> It's 2025, man. Nobody care about this [ __ ] This dude still This dude This dude >> race don't exist >> This dude still living in the 1800s early. No, 1600s probably, man. It was dying in the end of the 1800s, but he wouldn't know. >> I'm glad them white people got you gone good and enslaved, baby. >> Oh, yeah. >> I don't know. >> I live in a free country, man. >> I'm the fool. You lost, baby. >> Uh uh I got a job. >> Yeah, I got a job. I get the white meat. >> I'm just chilling. >> All right, I get the white meat. I get the white meat. >> Look good for me. Looking good over here. Looking great over here. >> Good job. >> I'm making American dollars. >> Good job, house slave. >> Thank you, sir. >> American okay about you, baby? >> Uh I care about America. It's different between me and you. >> This is yours. You care about America? >> Care about it. Love it. >> You don't even know America. >> Patriot. >> This is your country before they came here. >> Your ancestors white, too. >> My ancestors ain't white. >> Oh, yeah. Okay. Go check that. Go check why your skin brown. >> Baby, we coming every day. >> black in you, but you ain't worried about your whole lineage cuz you don't look at the full picture. You don't look at the full picture, do you? >> You don't look at the full picture. >> Oh, but two countries in Africa was not colonized, so we white everywhere, boy. >> bro. >> Get your mind right, boy. >> You the white boy. Look at you. >> Get your right. Grow up. Become a man. Become a man. Become a man. It's simple, brother. Simple. It's simple. I love it. No, we call that a fade. No, cut it, man. Oh, [clears throat] damn. You hate it, don't you? No, no. I love you, though. I love all people. I love you. I love you. Yeah, I know. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate you. Man, love it. Man, love it, brother. You know, man, I wake up in the morning and I can't I can't wait to hit I can't wait to hit my job to to take care of my family. That's how I wake up, man. I can't wait to I can't wait to support my country and everybody in it, including you. Including you, man. Including you. Man, man, you know what? You know what, man? You know what, man? You know what You know what You know we all in the same thing. You know what we think? Yeah, I love this country, too. Good job. Just say what you want. We can go all day. If I look ignorant, I can look very ignorant, baby, but I'm very intelligent. Know that. See, when when I stop when I stop talking, you stop talking cuz there's no original thought there. You know what I'm saying? So, you got nothing to respond. See how you ran out? See how you ran out? Cuz you got nothing to respond to. See, when an intelligent person speak, they give you new ideals. But when you just regurgitate in the BS, you run out because you have nothing No, see how you responding now? You got nothing to respond to. >> No, it's called a conversation. It's called letting another person speak. >> Actually, it's called dialogue. That's the actual word that you're looking for. >> Conversation is between two people. >> But, in a conversation, you listen and then you speak. >> out on you, bro. >> I know you are. You got to be, [clears throat] brother. I thank you for that. >> I love you, too, bro. I love you, too. I told you. I love you, too, my man. >> [laughter] >> Have a good one. All right, we're going to check back in. >> If that number answers, I didn't call you, I didn't call you. >> I didn't call nobody. I didn't call nobody. So, this This should be all right. This should be all >> Good luck to you, bro. >> This should be a nice experience, man. It will be It will be an hour and you'll be on your way, man. But, that's it. And And you know what the most important thing is? Go to court, too. >> He was ultimately charged with retail theft. What do you think about this situation? Let us know in the comments. And don't forget to like and subscribe for more body cam footage.