on January 16th 2022 an officer from the mountain a police department was parked by a sidewalk sitting in his Patrol vehicle after speaking with a young male subject the officer had allegedly been following the young man without any apparent reason the male subject did not initially address this with the officer however his father Mr poy parked next to the patrol vehicle and approached the officer to question him about following his son this was a lawful interaction as members of the public are generally free to approach on duty Law Enforcement Officers with any questions despite this the officer assumed that Mr popey was attempting to threaten him huh I go to work come home my son is a good six kid and you harass back get back get back away from no no I'm tell I'm get back get back away from me get away from me get away from sit down sit down stop listen to him I'm tired of him harass I I just call Peter right now listen to him man get away from me listen to him what are you doing huh why would you do something like that my kid my family huh why would you do something like you what you just did I just came over to get I I told Peter I was going to come and talk to you how come you harassing my son why would you do what you just did ask how come you harassing our family you pulled up to me and came yelling at me so cuz you weren't paying attention so I honed at you why are you doing what you're doing cuz I'm seeing what the heck your problem what's going on you are threatening me for no reason you pulled up here and you came to my car and you're yell at me Keep Calm dad keep calm I came to see what the heck the problem was how come you harassing up my family and me huh whatever why do you want to be doing what you're doing we have no problem with you man we really don't can you just please go stand over there go stand over there yeah do you have a gun no I don't have no gun I don't you have a gun in the car please don't reach for anything man I don't want you to get freaking shot or Tas let him shoot me he want you want to do something I already told Peter he wants he wants to hurt somebody come on man now listen to me what you're doing is absolutely wrong you understand listen to him please man I don't want you to get hurt man we have kids at the house I know and I'm telling to him that's you're my kid you're my kid I know I know there's a different way to approach it though we can so first of all this is very inappropriate what you're doing you're threatening me while I'm you I'm not I'm not you pulled up next to me and I Hon at you you and you I roll down my window go over there we need Witnesses now I don't want you to shoot my dad for no reason man it was clear the officer overreacted to what should have been a routine conversation with Mr poy as a concerned parent Mr poai had the right to question the officer about allegedly following his son the officer perceived it as a threat and Drew his taser aiming it at Mr papey suggesting he might use it according to the American civil liberties Union taser should only be used if the subject is violently resisting appears to pose a threat or has committed a serious offense since Mr poey did not threaten the offic officer and even honked to get his attention using the taser would be an unlawful use of force go and put that down for a second no don't put it down for a second I could record man please calm down dad and don't get in trouble Man 105 dispatch can you please stop pointing at him though dude like come on man I have a gentleman at taser Point who who's assaulting me is there anyo in the area I'm at the 7-Eleven that's exactly what they said don't don't don't go crazy listen to what he says man please all right got you got it I got it why are you doing what you're doing you can explain that to me don't say nothing 1052 any unit how far away are you I tell it's all right all right I told you man I told you just leave it man I know Dad but we can't win against can I gas [Music] station 105 to SL unit be advis I'm sitting at to 7-Eleven I was approached by Edward Padilla and he's threatening me I have him at taser Point I've asked you to stop doing what you're doing okay okay he could record record though you can record we're not trying to disrespect you man really not so listen to me this too this dude wants to shoot me bro he said I'm threatening him come on and record this yeah I know get out of here go now can you hear me can you hear me telling you to get out of here you saw when I Dr up did I send him dude leave okay go get goe and sit down on the ground both of you sit down on the ground I'm sit down on the ground shot sit down poy did I tell you not to do anything just listen to me okay don't listen to him what he's telling you to do all right you're both being detained did in the footage the officer falsely claimed to dispatch that Mr popai was assaulting him legally assault involves an attempt with force or violence to cause bodily harm which Mr papy did not do the officer also violated the first amendment by ordering Mr popey's son to stop recording freedom of the press is crucial for government accountability despite this the officer called the police chief and lied about the incident hey chief so I'm sitting at 7-Eleven um sorry to wake you up sitting at 7-Eleven uh papey rolls up on me in his son's car um I roll down my window he approaches the car and he starts screaming at me um I pull I have absolutely no idea so I 100% feel like it's an assault pulled out my Taser and pointed at him and then uh they're continuing to he's yelling at me that I'm doing something to him and his kids or something um and I have some so units coming I've put my Taser away but it's [ __ ] an assault I'm not doing anything I'm not by him um he he's threatening me um you know just for the hell of it yeah no but you know I at some point I have to put him in handcuffs because I have some SOS coming um he's not listening to me but he's just verbally assaulting me there's no reason for him to be coming over here and doing what he's doing well it's yeah I mean it's um it's unprovoked um and it's it's now he's I've told them both of them have been detained he and his son I've told them not to call on their phones they're calling people they he just called Richard Torres now so yeah I'm waiting for to get here um so go over assault and police officer with me so I can think about this um he's he purposely drove it's 10:00 at night he I'm in the parking lot 7-Eleven with my lights on headlights on he drove straight at me parked 10 feet away from me got out of his car came up to my window screaming you know um what am I doing and all that kind of stuff I'm not doing anything to him all right yeah yeah yeah because I've given commands to tell him to stop and he's on the phone I've told him not to go on the phone um I'm trying to not escalate to this to where it's a physical thing because that's what they want he's that's what he's provoked me so the assault is he's now called more people and more people are showing up everybody that comes by they keep waving them down come here the officer has complained to the chief about Mr popai allegedly screaming at him refusing commands and assaulting him all false accusations both Mr papy and his son were unlawfully detained as the officer had no Reasonable Suspicion to hold them the officer then exaggerated the situation claiming Mr popai was trying to Ambush him no but he just waved down somebody in there getting on the car here I have some units coming come on record this [ __ ] come record this [ __ ] he's trying to say that I'm threaten now he's asked somebody else to come here and record me the yeah Edward sit down sit down sit down on the ground Edward 105 TS see s Chief this feels like an ambush like he's doing this on purpose and that's why just check and see how close TC so is one Z5 dispatch qu putting the notes I've asked the gentleman not to call anybody else to come to the scene people are arriving at the scene yes he's filming me and he's calling people they flagged down this dude in a red Camaro and he's now filming me as well my phone and what I'm telling you what the assault is I'm just sitting here in the car um and I roll down the window because he honks the horn after he pulls up gets out and starts and then comes aggressively at the door and screams at me what am I doing um to him and his family and his kids I'm not doing anything to them I'm sitting here in well I I would 15 um yeah and it's you know I'm not being over cautious about the thing I'm just stalling until the CSO gets here by talking to you but um there he's looking for the the red flag that I'm getting is he's looking for a a reason for me to have some kind of physical confrontation with him or to charge him with something and um you know I I do feel threatened by the fact that he's called people and this dude has come I think it's TJ Lopez yeah so I'm going to detain them and interview them under Miranda and then just determine okay after a long call with the chief it was decided to arrest Mr papey even though he did nothing illegal another officer arrived as backup and they discussed the situation no one asked you to talk to him come over here so thank you for coming sir these gentlemen these gentlemen approached me in an aggressive manner um I pull my Taser on them they've already called a bunch of people this person right here and this right person right here both of them are going to be detained in handcuffs they are looking for a fight have you met these people before so we're going to do everything possible not to um you understand how delicate this is right who these people are do you know who they are I do not know they've called every city council member they've called these people right here this is is a dangerous situation um so the charges are assault against the police officer and RIS invad instructing you see how he's filming me yeah so but the deal is I'm just sitting here in my car right that they come up really fast like in that position there right there and then charge my window and start screaming at me why am I see this guy's on the phone too um why am I following them I'm not following them why are you following my family I'm not following them so I spoke to my chief and essentially it's just you and I here right I don't know but when I'm telling you it's just you and I here and this is a dangerous situation these people are known to have guns I don't know who this person is the person that just pulled up there um so what I think I might do cuz they all looking for a conflict see that big tall guy over there he came here too they're all looking for us to touch these people so now that you're here I think I'm going to go up there read him his Miranda rights and tell him that he's going to be summoned to court for these charges you feel comfortable with that because if I put my hands on him yeah call yeah yeah yeah the officer displayed cowardice acting paranoid and terrified telling the Second Officer they weren't safe he falsely accused Mr popey of causing issues and claimed he would be charged with crimes he didn't commit the officer said he wasn't handcuffing Mr popey because armed people were around this ordeal was utterly ridiculous Hey Brother come over here talk to come here just yourself you stay right there with a blue shirt come over here poey come here Pap put your hands on top of your head huh put your hands on top of your head okay quick your chance now Edward Pia I'm going to read you something all right you have the right keep your hands out of your pocket you have the right to remain silent anything you say can use against you in court you have a right to consult with an attorney and have an attorney present during questioning if you cannot afford attorney one can be provided you before question at no cost do you understand these rights yes sir with these rights in mind I'm going to tell you some things and you can talk or not talk you understand that so Edward Padia what you've done has caused a situation where you've had the state police come here the Sheriff's Office come here because of what you're doing I have no idea what you're doing I can't talk to you I told the mayor listen to me no Edward there's no more of that right what your aggression today is soon as you came up here I started recording you so all the it's not good it's not good okay yeah I didn't come over to make no trouble I just came you 100% came over here to make trouble why would I make trouble why would I want to make trouble with you man I've been trying to make peace with you man sir can you get the plate on that car on that car and on this car and just write them down in an in room into the call for me so Edward you're going to get charged what you've done today what you've done right here doesn't make any sense right all the things you've said to me don't make any sense okay and Edward the reason I'm choosing not to put you in handcuffs is because all these people here I don't know who has guns all right what you're doing doesn't make any sense you I've never contacted you on anything right no and so what you've done today is come up here and you've assaulted a police officer well I didn't mean to assault you I it's 100% a charge you're going to get charged with that okay it's not whatever my purp I talk 100% it was to come here and weren looking I want Edward this is not the time to explain it what you're doing but you're going to get charged with that okay that's why I H so you your attention no no no and so the behavior what you're doing is going to stop now right you're going to go whatever what no what I'm I'm not trying to argue I'm not trying I'm say I trying to get your attention that's why I hon that's why I didn't want to creep up on you Pi up on you that's why I honked Josiah Edward I'm using all the patience I have okay Mr papey spent the night in jail and was processed the next day the police chief refused to act against the officer's abuse of authority and the mayor also declined to investigate it's unclear if the charges against Mr papy and his son have been dropped officer Brent Woodard resigned from the mountain a police department in May 2022 after a video showed him forcibly removing a woman from her home without permission Woodard had previously been charged with misdemeanor battery into 2016 despite this his law enforcement certification remains intact on January 16th 2021 officers from the clean Police Department responded to a 911 call about a man in a Burger King drive-thru having a medical emergency after a vehicle collision the man 45-year-old Truman McCollum had allegedly crashed into another vehicle knocking himself unconscious and deploying both of his Vehicles airbags an officer arrived and spoke with the other driver who reported that McCollum had crashed into him twice just after he received his change from the drive-through worker a rescue team and an ambulance were already on the scene that's the truck that got hit I told him St I got hey what's up man what happened uh I was about just I'm sure I'm showing you that I got my weapon okay appr just in case had been somebody you know crazy stuff uh I had all of my food I going to R get my chcken I had all my food the young lady had just gave me my chain I'm sitting at the Window M and all of a sudden seemed like the world just ended man he hit me hit me and my head hit hit this right here and uh then I look back it looked like it was a gray Camara or charger or something like that and all this front end was flying everywhere and hit me again okay and he was in there like he was listening to music and stuff FL flailing his arms and stuff that's the reason I thought was some of this crazy stuff happening gotcha hey 3431 all right so the blue truck was the one that got rear ended from the back and the Challenger was the uh um the vehicle that hit him okay so it rear copy LP out of Texas 3 David Victor 1154 3 David Victor 1154 out of Texas I don't know yeah I I'm thinking that guy probably either drank something not this guy the one in the Challenger cuz cuz you got to be going really fast through this drive-thru to be the officer approached Mr mccollum's vehicle where paramedics were trying to wake him and get him out several other officers arrived including officer Joshua plck who was caught on body cam laughing and saying Mr McCollum was way out of it that [ __ ] got yeah who the one that was unconscious this guy the one that hit this dude oh so I'm guessing he pulled the around and then parked over there yeah okay 343 run copy second LP at a Texas Nora Mary Paul 1196 Nora Mary Paul 1196 did you see what happened I saw him it was ended the truck yeah hey you going to talk to me Hey sir look at me you're going to have to step out of the car can you get out of the car can you talk to me say something anything open your eyes 34 on 3392 you able to make contact with bird king and review footage all right hey I'm thinking he's uh he's 1055 yeah meanwhile the paramedics and Rescue Team strapped Mr McCollum onto a gurnie and prepared to load him into the ambulance for a checkup the officer briefly inspected Mr mccollum's vehicle took some notes and then returned to the second driver's vehicle to get his [Music] ID sir did anybody get your ID no sir oh oh you the guy I talked to earlier okay I didn't want anybody got your ID yet or no no no no driv like driving what you call now so what's going to happen is uh um I think I might have to go doctor I told to know but I'm getting the Fe up and stuff down okay all right my daughter way all right so what's going to happen is we're going to take a a crash report okay so uh so just go with your insurance company and let them know okay oh yeah I got okay I got insance yeah uh can you have that ready for me the insurance can you find it real quick yeah yeah yeah this is where things took an outrageous turn as the officer walked back to Mr mccollum's car he noticed something happening inside the ambulance body cam footage captured the officer running towards the ambulance and jumping in to investigate inside Mr McCollum was sitting upright on the gurnie not causing much of an issue reports later revealed that Mr McCollum had regained Consciousness and was confused about his surroundings so he tried to stand up this confusion led to seemingly non-compliant Behavior prompting excessive actions by the officers hold traffic stop grab him down grab him down grab him down stop tast go stop stop let me see your hands turn around turn around get in your stomach get on your stomach stop oh stop stop oh come on turn around quit come on face that way face that okay man stop quit [ __ ] here we go please get down get down oh man still Qui [Music] clip get his arms clip moving get his arms get his arms watch your F we need more units stop hand you going to get it again get one arm [Applause] [Music] let me see your hands quit moving quit moving are coming down I want stop one I got one quick get the other hand get the hand I can't quit gra this way keep it there as seen in the footage when the officer entered the ambulance another officer was already inside trying to restrain Mr McCollum the situation escalated when the officers decided to tase Mr McCollum despite knowing his medical condition since he had been unconscious just minutes earlier using such force made no sense under the circumstances all three officers in the ambulance continued to tackle Mr McCollum attempting to handcuff him one officer ended up tasing Mr McCollum six times which was excessive Mr McCollum clearly unwell asked the officers to stop multiple times it seemed the officer should have allowed him to calm down as he did not pose a threat quit quit stay still quit at least double cuffle at least double [Music] cuffle we're working on it we'll drive it doesn't matter how it gets put on got [Music] him stop moving wanted to T but he's still uncontrollable he's side now wait [ __ ] okay hey calm down calm down calm that's that's mendous Cal down calm down calm down we're inside the hamling chill breathe okay we a get to my hand get out hey look would you tasing Mr McCollum six times was obviously excessive according to Ken police department policies officers should use deescalation techniques such as verbal persuasion and creating distance before resorting to force the use of force must be reasonable and minimal the officer failed to use any deescalation methods making it hard to justify his actions after repeatedly tasing Mr MC the officers dragged him to a patrol vehicle and searched him they noted that he seemed Under the Influence which should have prompted them to avoid excessive force as he was disoriented tasing him six times only escalated the situation hey [Music] hey get him out get out we're trying to bring you out quick watch his head watch his head hey quit flinging yourself around okay trying to get you out of here all right go ahead be careful careful step at a time Step at of time go around go okay [Music] come onle come on man stand up all right come on yeah yeah we [Music] good hey you're definitely under the influence of please man oh [ __ ] let to go man man pleas pocket yall clear there yeah hey man let we go man stop okay man hey stop stop oh man Len meist listen just look forward and stop flailing around okay Hey listen listen me please Hey listen please we're not we're just trying to search you yeah okay all right bring them in yeah yeah yeah we're good we're good please man please me yeah oh use your legs cut cut out use your legs stand up stand up sir stand up none of the officers on the scene knew why they were detaining Mr McCollum they initially tried to restrain him in the ambulance where he was supposed to be checked by paramedics but he ended up in the back back of a patrol vehicle body cam footage later confirmed this showing the officers discussing and deciding on What charges to bring against Mr McCollum no no so for the other guy be just failure to control speed no cuz you're on private property oh can't use control speed so unsafe unsafe speed okay if that's what you want to go with I'm pretty sure he was under the influence of something and I doubt we'll get a blood warrant done when I pull up he was just his all just time me hit me I stopped right front of building and I look back he just wailing his arm the music look does this count has an injury what cuz you cut your knck we yeah so you need to come in as soon as possible so you can do your report and also because you need to do uh the taser when you do the aims but um you just you have an injury no okay but you need to come in and make sure you get your report done tonight so don't be lingering out here after this okay so just go straight over there yeah because I don't want you got to do a report for an arrest where y'all just got into a fight okay oh we didn't pull a case number whose case is it who was the first on scene me so I'll do it yeah okay um make sure you get somebody are you going to get the video I'm going to try I think I got a blank one okay so we're doing resisting I mean that's the best you got right now y'all have anything because I just got here I don't know good can we go resisting the only issue I see with charging him with resisting is he was not how are you going to articulate he was coherent enough to understand you were the police right so this is what I'm trying to say he's not what criminal offense do we have to arrest him because obviously he's already gone so what criminal office do offense do we have cuz we didn't come out here we came out here for an accident right correct okay so we came out here for an accident and then we find out that there's a man who's possibly possibly seizing but we're not sure Under the Influence or under the influence what the initial so basically we may need to do sfsts on him when we get into if he is able to to get into the jail that's why I'm telling you you need to hurry up so you can get back to the PD because it's 525 no I'm I'm I'm just saying like if we do the the sumission of this is yeah if we do the DWI right um is yeah who who's going to do the blood warant and take him over there or whatever that's why we got to figure out who's here to do DWI who could do the sfsts and then uh ask the traffic guys if I don't know who's doing a blood War and all that stuff who usually does that when y'all have it traffic people the traffic guys okay so they already where's the hi how you doing well where did that individual end up going he have to go to jail right now okay do you have any demos on him no okay at one point y'all pulled his wallet yeah I just didn't know y'all have it I don't know where it went they may have taken it yeah they have it are you ad him too yeah oh okay uh so we're possibly thinking DWI that 3431 the phone with melz and basically he thinks he's on drugs he's going to he has to read statory warrant if he refuses then we just going to do a refusal a refusal no they're going to ask P CCH and see if we have a a uh reason to do the war in the footage officers debated various charges against Mr McCollum and eventually decided on DWI shockingly he was transported to jail without clear charges he was later charged with DWI and resisting arrest spending the night in jail before his wife posted Bond on February 13th 2023 Mr mccollum's legal team filed a lawsuit against the Ken Police Department claiming he was not under arrest or charge during the medical emergency and alleging racial bias the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and reveals Mr McCollum had a seizure before officers arrived he suffered memory loss neurological issues bruises back pain and numbness from repeated tasing which cost him his truck driving job all officers involved remain on active duty except one who filed for unrelated bankruptcy on July 6th 2024 a woman named Sonia Massie called 911 claiming to have heard noises around her house and said it could be the prowler two police officers from the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and interacted with Sonia Massie the counter was captured on body cam there's a bike sting back there where uh on the back door I don't know if it's hers but I love tap it at this point it took Miss Massie about 3 minutes to open the door when she spoke to the police she seemed a little confused the policeman's rude Behavior towards her was noteworthy she was yelling inside hold on you coming to the door or not all right hurry up Sheriff's Office the one you [Music] called please don't hurt we hurt you you called us so what did you hear um somebody outside my house Y is this your car over here please please please is this your car over here uhuh oh please that's not your black car in the driveway oh well we checked your yard we walked around the whole block we didn't see anybody you know we don't we check the whole area there's no walking around I know y'all please God please God I'm trying to get help y'all but what do you need help with nothing I just please God please God please I don't know what to do do with what huh what do you need help with nothing I just wanted to see if I could help me what do you want to help with huh what do you want to help with um I heard somebody outside yeah we checked your house we checked your backyard I walked all the way through all these back yards we checked your front yard we didn't see nobody nobody's out here you didn't see anybody no nope check the whole area okay what taking you so long to answer the door oh I was trying to put on some clothes sir I'm sorry I was trying to get I got you all right is there anything else we can do for you huh is there anything else I can do for you um no sir okay okay all right you doing all right mentally yes sure my medicine stuff all right okay go thank God all right that's not your black car though the SUV whose is it you don't know someone just parked it in your driveway they brought it to my driveway and just left it yeah let's yeah 19 got 20 any David Mary 43556 [Music] you got name this we spoke to Deputy Grayson according to the prosecution report entered to the house to gather information so that he could check the house and better understand Miss massie's problem Grayson's body camera was not turned on at this time at this point Miss Massie was not under arrest or a suspect [Music] yeah I need um I got the sheriff department here but I was calling for help from y'all they're here in my house right now okay I'm you go to them no hold on wait a second wait a second sir hang up with no hold on okay you can hang for what one second okay what's up I got some paperwork can you grab that Bible please yeah hey I just need your name so we can get out of here has there was there any damage previous to your car uh previous yeah it was what was the damage a dent I believe but what about Windows oh that it was something that happened earlier okay perfect uh what is your last name uh shouldn't have to think about your last name you're not in trouble I just need to huh Massy what you have an idea that make things so much easier I just need just driver's license will do and I'll get out of your hair I want to show y'all my paper I will get your paperwork what paperwork I got some paperwork just get your ID let's get your ID first and then one task at a time here okay let me here grab your ID for me on okay your ID one task at a time so let's do an ID and then you can dig around for your uh paperwork I don't know where my ID is that stack right there maybe one second check on we don't need a fire while we're here all right at this point Miss Massie with the approval of the police headed towards the stove to take the pot of boiling water from the stove to avoid any danger huh where you going away from your hot Ste in water away from water yeah oh I you in the name of Jesus you in the that's Face Drop drop the pot Miss Massie said something as she turned off the stove and took the water to a different spot the policeman took this as a threat and retreated drawing their weapons from their holsters at this point given the remoteness and low severity of the threat the fact that the gun was the first choice and not the taser raises questions iar shoot Face Drop drop the at this point Deputy Sha fired his duty weapon three times one of which was fatal this was the first time Grayson activated his body camera bring Miss now we got a head shot wound to the female head shot wound to the female 1078 I was on I was on I'm going to go get my Ki no get head shot dude sure she's done you can go get it but that's a head shot God damn it I'm not taking water and look it right to our feet too God damn it God damn it you good I'm good you good yeah I'm good what let her there's nothing we can do man you good all right well I mean you know what else do we do I'm not taking hot boiling water and it already reached us they got a 52 in rout yeah 1078 3 18 she's still breathing but she's losing a lot of blood from the head I'll go get my Med kit I mean get I mean there's not much we can do the faint breathing sounds in the video still belong to miss Massie so she didn't really lose her life at that moment the deputies saw it as unnecessary to give first aid to a person who was still alive and instead made a judgment of conscience by standing over her this shows that they were bad not only as cops but also as human beings 318 do we got any call history with her being 1096 [Music] that explain a lot negative she's in the kitchen Sergeant who uh no let's just chill out out here just startch right now are you guys secure yeah we're secure covered no it's just her in the house she's to 96 there anything you think we can do for all right I'm not even going to waste my Med stuff then you want to run down real quick nope not yet all right house is clear she was the only one where's G no she had a boiling water and came at me with boiling water you shot her yeah she said she was going to rebuke me in the name of Jesus and came out with boiling water that's what what all this is I was standing right here Sonia Massie 36 was killed by the police officers she called for help following an investigation into the incident Deputy Grayson faced murder misconduct and battery charges and was fired it is worth noting that Grayson has faced two DUI charges in the last four years and has changed Department six times Grayson is currently being held without bail in the Sangamon County Jail awaiting trial if the charges against him are upheld he faces 45 years for murder 6 to 30 years for battery and 2 to 5 years for misconduct on September 17th 2022 18 year-olds Travis cram and 19-year-old Parker wiland were riding rented scooters outside Bay City public safety director Michael J chini's apartment in Bay City Michigan believing they were too noisy director Chini yelled at them and then left his apartment to confront them directly M I'm going to beat your and then I'm going to take you to jail what would I do get out of here I didn't do I yeah you did what I do go what I do go that battery get out of here it's disturbing the piece you hit me because of disturbing the piece yeah it's a crime you need to go how do I disturb you I didn't see any I put up we need to get out of here disturb my piece leave you just committed battery no yes you hit me with a flashlight that's bad get out of here how is that right battery right mhm call the cops yep that's right you call the cops you just committed battery you got it CH the police call the that doesn't work that way dude yeah you're going to tell me the law what you big some legal scholar on the Supreme Court like what are we doing police you can't you can't disturb the P then you can't threaten the kick the First Amendment what's the first amendment you hit me with a flashlight you don't have a right to disturb the peace you right your right flashlight bro what are you talking about I ain't even do how did you feel threatened bro is it my luscious locks are you jealous you bald huh I would be jealous too look my the Grinch out here bro call the cops bro you committed battery I can ass you all I back kiss assault me you want to make out ass I'll make out with you right now I sweep both ways bro go ahead assault me I'm going to touch you I'm not going to touch you I know get out of his face I know better bro hey send a unit down here I've got three holigans that need to go holig you hit me with a flashlight I'm at 9th Street in front of River's Edge up you can do whatever you want step it up I'm not going to fight you dude director Chini claimed the teens were disturbing the piece with their noise and hit Mr cram with his flashlight we'll explore if chini's actions constituted battery as Mr cram claimed section 54 48 of the Bay City Ordinance prohibits loud noise that disturbs the public peace in section 54 49 specifically lists actions such as shouting or Screaming that are considered unreasonably disturbing between 23:00 at night and 7:00 in the morning although the noise occurred before 11:00 p.m. its volume could still be considered a disturbance since the noise wasn't recorded it's unclear how a court would rule after Chini called the police two Bay City Public Safety officers responded with their investigation captured on body cameras I'm talking to him no you're not let him talk first let him talk first let him talk okay yeah all right thank you you're welc uhhuh disturbing the piece both of them squealing their wheels out stop he's talking they come here they hit the cone they're messing around here around this new monument it went on for about 5 minutes okay I'd had enough I'm upstairs all right I said some bad words all right okay he challenged me to fight and dared me to come down okay I came down he stood off on me and I did a pectoral jab with my flashlight okay okay okay okay what side okay my side first right so yes you do just wait I'll I'll cut a supplement two charges right here in my opinion but I'll let you investigate it okay bird SC I'll get their statements I come checking with you okay all right talk to talk to him me yep talk okay um okay you got nothing on you no okay all right what's going so we were just riding around on Burn scooters you know like teenagers do and then he came up here old I'm 19 okay and he hit the cone right here and knocked it over what cone uh it was I think it was the one with the gray okay middle one yeah and knocked it over and then he started yelling and he threatened him first so he was def he was defending himself like against him how did he threaten him I don't remember exactly what he said okay but he was he antagonized him so he was defending himself okay what what led up to that point we were riding around down here we were going down there uh turning around coming back up here we were riding around around this thing a little bit okay and then so you hit the cone and then what happened he hit the cone sorry that's what I going to say he hit the cone then what happened then he started yelling at us and he defended himself where did where did he come from he was up there up the top okay and he was like I'll come down there and beat your and he was we waited down here to see if he would actually come down and then he came down Travis was standing right there didn't say a single word and like on the road and he came up and hit him I don't know if it was like in the chest of the rib cage but he hit him with the flashlight Mr wheen told the officer that director Chini hit Mr cram in the chest with a flashlight which was supported by footage filmed by Miss roati Michigan law defines assault and battery as intentional non-consensual harmful or offensive touching the court would likely find dor Chini committed assault and battery against Mr crom however using a flashlight as a weapon under Michigan law could be considered a felony if it causes Serious injury or death in this case jabbing Mr cram in the chest is unlikely to meet that standard making it improbable that chini's actions would be classified as assault with a dangerous weapon you got your ID on you yes all right let me see it okay go ahead just um wait by go go on that pole so she can see you go sit on that b okay birded right I was riding you know how like when you press the brake the back wheel walks up and it makes a squeaking noise right okay and you can drift when you do that it's kind of fun right I get it's kind of late and stuff right right but he's up there he goes hey big shot you want to go right cuz I said he said watch you keep it down I said I'm not doing nothing wrong he goes hey big chot you want to go right so obviously you know I'm a dude 18 years old I can hold my own ground I'm going to hold my own ground right okay so I didn't know who he was right this random old guy older guy not trying right so I said yeah come down we can go right he's threatening me to fight me right and I stood right here I said what's up he walks up to me and like I'm not going to hit you I promise he goes like that and Jabs me like right here in the ribs with the flashlight and then he said he felt threatened my hands right at my sides I don't know I didn't swing at him I didn't pick up what did you do when he walked down I just stood there I said what's up like I you know I didn't know who he was he looked out his badge I think he was a cop I'm not going to swing on a cop you know I have more respect than that you know he has authority over me he's better than me you know all I know so so he hits you in the stomach with the flashlight like the rap cage not the stomach bro not bro but she got I'm sorry I'm sorry then what um and then that's like it he was like threatening me to swing on he wanted me to swing on him right why how like he would get out he was like I'm not close to you but like say say this is my face this was his face he was like threatening like swing on me bro swing on me swing on me come on Big Shot swing on me did he say that yes he was like telling me gabby was he not telling listen I'm hey I'm talking to you we'll talk to her he was literally telling me to swing on him when was this you didn't mention that before it was like after the effect of the um like when he came down here and showed me his bed as soon as he showed me his bed I was out right I'm not going to so it comes out you say what's up yep then you told me that he comes up to you and pokes you in the stomach with the FL jab it was a poke if it was a poke I wouldn't even have made effect jab you in the stomach with the flashlight now you're telling me that he was telling you to swing on him that was after when he jabbed me in the stomach and then he was like um come on Big Shot like threatening me like you know what exactly did he say though right said a couple I was mad right I'm mad right he jabbed me in the stomach with a flashlight what did you say when he you I was like I don't even remember I I think I said something about like I should fight him right cuz he that's battery no I said that's battery right cuz that's battery right is it not okay hitting with a object is battery and then what and then I just walked away I walked that way I walked to the other side of that no no no you say something to him I said that's battery and he said no it's not you're going to jail for disturbing the pieace okay I said that's not a jail worthy crime okay but where does the swing on me hit me hit me okay it goes after cuz I was talking to him right I was like you I'm kind of mad bro I I can fight someone right now don't reach in your pocket I'm so sorry I'm I was out of pocket um anyways so I was like um I should fight you to himit right I I should fight him right he hit me with the flashlight that's self the after the fact yes yes way after like probably five minutes after right he's like I should I I should hit him back this self-defense if he hits me with a flashlight I'm an AR on AR D where was he when you were saying this where were you like right there he was like right there right and we were on the other side of you see that little Circ so then you guys are talking and you say you should hit him I'm I'm like I'm mad like I could hit him okay then right and he go he runs up to me like not runs but like Fast walks up to me he's like hit me hit me hit me and like points toward his chin like I'm going to hit him and I said no I'm more mature than you are I'm not going to hit you and he goes hit me and I'm like I'm not going to hit you while most speech is protected by the First Amendment the Supreme Court has noted that Free Speech isn't absolute unprotected speech includes lwd obsc profane lious and fighting words those likely to provoke violence given director chini's challenge to Mr Crown to assault him a court might find This falls under the fighting words exception and is not protected by the first amendment I hit him right mhm so yeah then what happened and then you guys got here and I just I asked him if I can sit down he said you're free to do whatever you want I walked over here I seen you guys P up and I stopped I just now I'm here I didn't threaten him in any way I don't know how he feels threaten so the original altercation was because you were squeaking the tires on the bird yelled at you from up there yeah is that is that a worthy thing to hit someone's a flashlight cuz he's chief of police he's above me he's better than me on September 18th 2022 a citizen complaint led to director Chini being placed on administrative leave he announced his retirement on October 2nd the Michigan State Police investigated and the findings were sent to the Bay County prosecutor who requested a special prosecutor on January 23rd 2023 Chini was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery on March 5th 2024 he entered a no contest plea agreeing to complete anger management perform 40 hours of community service and relinquish his Michigan law enforcement license the charge was dismissed once he met these requirements Mr cram filed a federal lawsuit on January 25th 2023 alleging violations of his fourth and 14th Amendment rights the law suit was dismissed on November 9th 2023 after a settlement of $90,000 was reached