Let me see your hands. Hands on the back of your head right now. On the back of your head. Stop resisting. Why not resist? Stop resisting. I'm not resisting. Hands back. I'm not resisting. Stop resisting. I said hand. I'm not resisting. I'm not resisting. This man called police in Illinois and claimed his girlfriend, convinced he was cheating, smashed his car window with a hammer and approached him carrying a knife. to defend himself. He put her in a chokeold and then dialed 911. You started fighting with me and I told you to stop. I was sitting down. I was sitting down. Why am I in a cuff? What time did I Because you don't know how to follow instructions. I didn't move. I am because I was trying to put your hands behind your head to check you for weapons. You didn't want to come out of the room. My phone was in my hand. It's simple. The police give you instructions. You follow it. Yeah. There's a weapon in the house. There's no weapon in the house. There's no weapon in the house. I haven't used it. I haven't done anything. Okay. Explain my cuff. But we got a call for domestic, right? I'm calling you to come downstairs. You're not saying anything. We come up here. You said you said come with my hands or come up. Come downstairs. Simple. Pretty simple. It's following instructions, man. Then we come in here. You lay on the bed. You don't know what's going on. Don't say put put your hands behind your back. Just Just follow. I'm just sitting. I didn't. I get it. I get it. But you got to understand like we come in here, we seeing the environment. Broken glass, broken car window, kids downstairs by themselves. You not following directions, right? We come up here. Like I said, I'm probably like, "Hey, let me see your hands." You're not showing us your hands, man. Did was there a weapon? Was there a weapon on the scene? I don't understand. You got to show us your hand. The police are right. If this man is the victim in the situation, then why did he choose to ignore officers instead of speaking with them? Y'all trained for a situation like this, right? So, no weapon and then to say I'm resistant and to draw a table. My hands were showing. I'm not trying to go back to work and argue. My hands were showing. The first officer literally grabbed me and tossed me to the bed. My I have my phone in my hand. There's no way I'm a threat to three of y'all. We know that's the phone, man. To three of y'all. There's no way I'm a threat. You're going to be missing a little bit. All right, man. We just running downstairs. All right. I'll be uncovered. Clearly, I'm not a threat. I have no Can you All right. I'll be glad to take you out of the cuff, but can I get you to my car and you sit in the back and just talk to us? Why am I being detained? We investigating domestic violence. Am I being detained? I just told you. Yes, you are. What did I do? What crime? What crime did I commit? We investigating a domestic violence, but I'm the one that called the cops first. Okay. Okay. That's why I say And that's why I say, "Hey, I'll be glad to take the cuffs off you. I don't know if you're a flight risk. I want to get to know that. Can I get to know that? Can I get to know that?" You allow me to get to know that. All right. Can I put you in the car? We can talk. I'm not standing in the backseat of the car. I'm not being detained. You come I can stand by the car. You stand by the car. I can I'm not going to run. I'm not going to run. I'm literally Where am I going to go? Okay. Let's go to the back car and then that's what's up. Let me When I figure out that you not a threat and all that, I'll take the cuts off you. Okay. You want right here? I'm right here. I'm I'm not going to be uncover once I figure out the situation. All right. I don't know if you're a fighter or if you anything like that. You got to figure that out. You're not going over. You keep saying you got to figure it out. Three y'all to one. What crime have I committed? You keep saying domestic. What crime have I Come on, y'all. Plus, y'all didn't even get my sign yet. What? What am I getting my rights for? So, did I do the damage? We're not We're not saying you did. So, how I'm I'm in trouble. I'm I'm trying to understand. Help me understand why am I being read my rights and being put in the back of a car. I'm not about to put you in the back of a car. You're not under arrest right now. We're trying to figure out to see if somebody's pitches. That might not be you. It might be her. It might be nobody entertained. You don't have to speak to us. DJ Miranda writes and you can legally talk to us. You don't want to talk to you. Crazy how I call the cops for my safety to avoid this situation. That's what we're trying to figure out. Listen, you might be totally fine. You might be totally fine. That's why you're not under arrest. But why am I in cuffs? I'm trying to You came to the scene. This is all broken. You saw a broken glass. Yeah, we're not saying that at all. It's just this way down. Now, let's move past it and let's get your side of the statement if you want to provide that. We have service and we can get your side. They're getting her side right now. Officers are able to calm the man down enough to get details on his side of the story. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say you can, it won't be against you in a court of law. Do you want to talk to me? Explain your side of story. What happened? Cuz I have to figure out what's going on right now. I have no clue. Like I explained before. Okay. I came back from ALC. Where's that? Virginia. Okay. I made a stop to see someone. I I didn't want to tell my wife about it. Uhhuh. But that's neither here nor there. Okay. It's your personal business. She started up this morning. First it started with my car. She said she's tired of me hurting her. She started damaging my car. I did nothing. I tried to distance myself. I went upstairs. I locked the door. Mhm. Couple minutes later, she came up there, banging on the door. Again, the door was locked. Mhm. She started banging on the knob. I could only assume it was a hammer cuz I didn't see. But she came up there, knocked the knob off, and came in. I saw a knife. I was sitting on the bed. I said, "Go to another room." There's three rooms in the house. She started throwing perfume bottles again. All I saw was the knife. Where was she throwing perfume bottles at? Outside the bathroom door, like where I was sitting. Okay. So, my first instinct, I ran. I grabbed her. I put her in the choke. We fell to the floor. She kicked me after tussling around in my stomach. I grabbed her phone, ran downstairs, and called the cops. Okay. Why did you put her in a choke? Cuz all I saw was a knife and she was throwing bottles and I just wanted to defend myself. I locked the door. She forced her way in. I didn't know what was going to happen. What was your intention when you put your arm around her knife? Well, first I wanted to get the knife out of hand. It wasn't I wasn't trying to kill her. I wasn't trying to do any of that. That was my intention. Has any of this ever happened before? Not to this I think. No. How long you guys been in a relationship? 2 years. 2 years. You guys have arguments like this frequently or Not frequently, but Has it ever been physical like this? No. No. This is the first time physical. Is that your child in common or This is my stepdaughter. Stepdaughter. So that's her daughter. Mhm. What's the knife? It was a kitchen knife. Correct. A large knife, a small knife, medium, medium, medium knife. And it says a kitchen knife. Yes. You know where that kitchen knife is right now? Probably in a room on the floor. Yeah, Frank's got a few people here and I'm not going to tape people. I'm not saying she's without fault. Trust me, man. There's a lot in my mind, but at the end of the day, where it all start, where it ends is she laid hands on her. And that's the most serious thing out of everything here. Okay, does that make sense? I get that it probably doesn't make sense in your head and that you think it's wrong and that she should be going, but at the end of the day, domestic battery is the highest crime here. With a knife, what are you going to do? She wasn't threatening me with it, though. That's why I asked you that. Yes, she has a knife. I get it. She said she the door, but I'm going to detail all my report, but I have to make a decision at this point, and that's where my decision lies. Okay? So, you'll go with us. You'll stay a night. We'll see the judge in the morning. What's up, man? Just watch your head. 105. Officers concluded because the woman never directly threatened him with a knife, his response of choking her constituted domestic battery, which is a more serious offense than her alleged property damage. He was initially charged with four counts of domestic battery, one count of obstructing a peace officer, and possessing a firearm without a valid Floyd card. All of the charges, except for the Floyd violation, were later dropped. He now faces a July trial on the Floyd card charge, which carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. However, since the firearm wasn't used in any other criminal act, and this appears to be a first dying offense, he will most likely receive probation, a modest fine, or both. I release brand new unseen body cam footage every week. Subscribe so you don't miss