I want to go outside, bro. I want to go outside. >> I want No, you put your hands on me. I want to go outside, bro. >> You stupid. >> Okay. >> Look at that. >> Now you just call another charger. Spitting on me. >> I didn't spit on you. You want to BE GREEN FOR WHAT? >> YOU JUST spit on me. >> There's a screen right here. How? Bro, >> I did spit on him, man. I didn't spit on him already. On February 14th, 2024, [music] officers from the Palotka Police Department responded to reports of a physical altercation that had occurred inside a bar. At the scene, they encountered an aggressive man accused of assaulting the bar's owner, yelling and causing a full-blown disturbance that immediately drew the officer's attention. [music] >> You don't want to judge me. >> We're good. >> All right. outside. I want to sit in here. >> Come on. No, I want to go outside, bro. >> I want to go outside. >> I want No, you put your hands on me. >> Stop. >> I want to Can I go outside? >> Can I go outside, please? >> Can I go? I want to go outside, bro. >> You got to stop. >> You got to stop. them [ __ ] >> The man, later identified as 25-year-old Amante Haynes in an explosive impulse, went after the bar's owner after he attempted to break up a fight between Ionte and another man. I was no stranger to officers, having been involved in a prior family related incident. When deputies approached him, he immediately adopted a defensive confrontational posture, acting as if he owned the scene and could overpower their authority. That wannabe tough guy act might have worked elsewhere, but it would not work with law enforcement. >> I'm trying to remember. What you mean? Stand up. >> Stand up. >> I was fighting for >> I'm No, mys. >> Yeah. >> Just back up for me. >> Them [ __ ] started fighting me. Run the cameras back. >> Yeah. >> You like Jesus Christ on me? Okay. >> I didn't hit. >> Yeah, you did. >> Yeah. Trying to line that straight camera. >> Yeah. Medic, man. >> Hold on. Save me. Tell me he don't get in trouble. PUT HIS HAND ON ME FIRST. >> We figured it out. You're just detained right now. >> All right. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I'm >> thinking you going to put me stick me. I got my phone. I got to pick him up. I'm [ __ ] tired right now. That [ __ ] spit in my mouth. Pushing my jaw. Y'all arrested me, but he not free. >> All right, get in the car. >> But he free, man. Come on, man. Y'all made me in my head, you white, man. No, >> you just made me hit my head, man. >> No, man. I want to hear with everything, >> man. You ass. >> Get in the car, >> man. That [ __ ] PUSHED ME AND THAT'S GOING ON COURT AND YOU TOO. >> YEAH. >> With a Monte secured in the patrol car, officers finally shifted their focus to the victim, beginning to unravel the events that led to the chaos that night. >> Back it up for you, man. I got to talk to him real quick. >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Let me talk to him. >> Can you tell me what's going on? >> Yes, sir. I'm in a package. >> You're a bartender here? >> I was working in a package store. >> Okay. >> I own the bar here. Uh, >> you own the bar or is heard? >> We both [music] got in a fight and so I went and tried to get the win. Fortunately, >> got the worst uh and the guy who was able to win left. He's gone. >> Do you think they were intentionally trying to hit you or >> No. No. I was trying to break. >> I was trying to break it up. >> Are you looking for two charges on >> He knew uh [music] you know I was owner of the bar and I was just trying to break it up. and he got really mad at me and it didn't matter this guy the guy that we just took out >> the guy he took out and you know you can see how I raised the guy he got into when it left >> cuz he's saying he wants to trespass when you pursue charge right >> do you think he intentionally struck you >> hell absolutely still want to get after you guys have cameras you can I don't need to go to jail, Brady. >> Okay. Can I get your um Can I get your driver's license? >> My No, I just need your name real quick. Do you need to talk to these guys? >> I can check that out at all, sir. >> No, I'm talking [music] like back here. >> I'll just get your name. >> William. Okay. You don't want to rescue at all? Say William Franklin. >> My birthday. >> I didn't I didn't know. I thought he >> What's your birthday? >> Uh May 1st. >> All right. Well, he'll go to jail. Where were they at when this happened? They were the uh drop shipping package. So I try to [music] calm the thing down. I got him in a negative position [music] and he touched me several times. Okay. Did y'all did you say anything or he say anything to you? Uh yeah, I'm going to kick you, you know, talking to you. The victim, 64year-old William, was visibly sore, a clear reflection of Aante's aggressive behavior that night. As the investigation continued and officers turned their attention back to Amatee inside the patrol car, it quickly became apparent that he had not calmed down, adding even more tension to an already strained situation. >> What's your name? >> Hey. Hey. Hey. >> Yeah. Have you taken anything tonight? >> No, man. Man, punch me on chest. >> Hold on. Hold on, bro. >> No. What's your name? >> I'm tired, bro. >> What's your name? >> My name Monte, bro. >> Spell it. >> I need your government name. >> My name is Monte, bro. My name is Monte Haynes, bro. >> Spell it. >> Hey, spell your name. >> We go to court. I'm going to sue the this mother, bro. >> Okay. Well, you're about to get another charge if you don't tell me your name. >> I'm going to get a charge. >> Yes, >> I get another charge. That's what I need. >> Perfect. You're going to draw down. You sitting there 19 m. >> All right. What's your name then? >> Monte Haynes. They punched me in the face. >> What's your birthday? >> April. >> Yes. Can you >> that owns this punch me in the face as >> I want to pursue charges. Guess I want to do that. >> Can you spell your name? >> E M O N T. This mother in the [ __ ] face. >> H A Y N S. >> H A Y N S is my last name. Hands >> and I want to press charges. >> Your birthday. >> April. >> I'm pressing charges like a mother, man. What? Talking about something this and that, man. >> What's your middle name? >> Where you at? What's your middle name? >> I'm at the Tell them where I'm at. >> Where's your middle name? >> Tell them where I'm at. >> Tell who? >> You just asked you where I'm at. You tell them where I at. >> They didn't ask for you. >> All right. Well, I'm not telling you where the I'm at. >> Damn. This [ __ ] He over here putting his hands on me and you trying to take me to jail. >> I'm at You know what? You know what the hell I'm looking at? I'm at a Dean still, man. Tell him where the looking at. >> 37. >> Yeah. Back up and back the out. Give me the god, man. >> Monte refused with all his might to settle down, continuing his tough act while hurling insults at the officer. Still, he was about to prove just how far he was willing to push the situation. >> So, what did I go to jail for? >> Uh, this man put his hands around me. He owns the place. I ain't do until he did that. And I want, man, them coming. Did you got cameras, you stupid [ __ ] >> Am I being any type of way to you? Why you got >> cameras? Come soon. Your stupid ass. >> Okay. >> You stupid. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Look at that. >> Now you just call another charger spitting on. >> Yeah. >> Do we got a mask? He spit on me on. >> Yeah. Pull them up. Man, I did not spit. It's a screen right here. Spit on him. It's the screen right here. Do you not see the screen? >> I did not spit on Sharon Williams. I did not spit on him. It's a screen right here. It's a screen. >> I did not spit on you. YOU WANT TO BE GREEN FOR WHAT? >> YOU JUST SPIT ON ME. >> IT'S A SCREEN RIGHT HERE. HOW, BRO? How does the screen spit on you? >> Tell me. Does that spit go on screen? Does it go through the screen? Does it go through the screen? >> At this point, Amante had already escalated the situation, crossing the line when he spat at the officer. As deputies approached him, he immediately went on the defensive, knowing there was no way out. But the more he continued with his reckless behavior, the thinner the officer's patience grew. And Amante was about to realize that. >> Answer my Does it go through the screen? >> No. Don't. You got like a full >> Does it go m you DOES IT GO THROUGH THE SCREEN, YOU [ __ ] Does it go through the screen? Look at me right now. Does it go through the screen? Yeah. Yeah. Look at me with the light, you stupid. Cuz it don't go through the screen. We'll hop on the other side. Go through the screen, you stupid. >> Yeah. Yeah. Bring more cops. >> Yeah. You have one. >> You need to like him. I did. And I did. I did. I spit on him. Do me like that. I did. SP. All right. All right. All right. All right. Okay. Officer Williams. Damn, bro. Okay. Damn, bro. He's tripping. >> It's not like that, bro. God damn. >> This man was doing me wrong, bro. And y'all going to do me like this. And this man was doing me wrong. I swear. I swear to God this was doing me wrong, >> bro. You don't give about none of your black men. All right. Okay. You don't give about none of us. It's just like that, bro. Don't give a about us. >> Stop yelling, bro. >> You don't He don't about us, Williams. I swear to God he don't. I swear to God he don't. I swear he don't. Man, Mr. Williams, I swear. >> Listen to me. Listen to me. Listen to me. You, Mr. You're black and man man to man my hands are up >> man's hand. >> I want to take your handcuffs off. >> Okay. >> And you're going to put him behind your back. >> Okay. I will I will try anything. I will. I will. But Mr. Williams, this don't give a about me, bro. And I want you to please because I'm black. Because I'm black. Please give a And and and you white and you white people please give a about me, bro. Please give a about me because the mother arresting me do not give a about me. I I wish y bro I wish I give a please give a [ __ ] Please give a I'm asking. I'm not trying to do none of that. I I respect to what y'all doing, but that don't give a about what he's doing. >> Damonte continued to hurl insults at the officers and openly disrespect their authority as if the growing list of charges waiting for him wasn't already enough. However, his reckless behavior was about to catch up to him. Making it very clear who was truly in charge. >> He'll get his neck to your chest. Man, I don't know what he's doing, man. Come on, bro. >> Y'all got to do better than that. He Bro, he already He put his hands on me at the Bro over at the bar. He put his hands on me. That he choke me out and y'all doing me like this. What about him? >> That's what I'm saying. What about him? Can you please put my feet together? Can you please Hey, Mr. Mr. M. Oh my god. I'm I'm sorry. Mr. Sharon, can you push my feet down, please? This one right here, can you push it down so it'll be even, please? >> Please, can you push it down for me? Cuz it's not even. It It's not even. Can you please Oh my god, man. These don't give a about you, bro. Can you please help me out? Can you at least put my feet on? Can you put my shoes on my feet? It's hanging off my feet. It's just like that. >> Bro, I know Dar went. Oh my god, bro. >> Just like that. Just like that. >> I can't move >> these. Oh my god. >> Y'all treat me like dogs. In the end, Amante was charged with battery, disorderly intoxication, and battery on a police officer.