Can I get a second? >> Crystal Lake Police of you. Exactly. >> Crystal Lake Police. >> Yeah. Can you come get him? >> Yeah. What's going on? Hold on. Come over here. >> Get him out. >> Okay. Come over here. >> Exactly. Go. They're right here. >> Hey, hold on. Hang on. Come over here. Come over here. I got to get you guys separated. Come on over here. >> Get out. >> No. >> No. Yeah, YOU CAN. NO. YES. I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE. >> GET OUT. >> YEAH, BECAUSE I DIDN'T LET YOU IN MY HOUSE. NO. GET OUT. While I'm investigating domestic. No. >> I'm going to I'm going to count to three and you better get out. One. >> No. What's going on? >> So, get out and then I'll talk to you when I'll come out. Yeah. >> 1 2 3. >> No. I'm going to come out. You can talk to me. Right. >> Okay. Come on. >> I got to stand right here. >> No, because I have to stand right I'm going to stand right here. >> Lawyer. Come on. >> Okay. You can sue me later. You can do whatever you want. >> Because my door was open. I didn't let you in. So, get out. Please back. What's going on? >> I'm going to I'm going to count to three and 1. >> Yes. Get out. >> 2011. I'm 104. Officer Diaz. Yep. I'm I'm gonna say one, two, three. You got to get out of my house. >> Okay. Right. You know what's going on, right? >> Yep. I'm investigating a message. What's going on? >> You can talk out. >> What's going on? >> One. I know my I know my house. >> Okay, then finish the 3. >> All right. SO THEN GET THE OUT. GET OUT OF MY HOUSE BECAUSE I DIDN'T LET YOU IN. >> BECAUSE THE DOOR WAS OPEN. I DIDN'T LET YOU IN. >> What's going on? >> Get out of my house. >> No. What's going on? >> Get out of my house. >> Can you take a breath? Your kids ARE REALLY >> NO, I DON'T GIVE A MY KIDS ARE THERE. GET OUT OF MY HOUSE. I DON'T CARE. GET OUT. WANT. >> OKAY. What's going on? >> Okay. But we're not going to talk yet. >> Nope. So, you can get out. >> GET OUT OF MY [screaming] HOUSE. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COME IN. GET OUT. >> You got to We got to >> Yeah, because I'm here. You're stupid. Get out. 1 2 3 GET OUT. GET OUT. I'M NOT GOING TO TOUCH YOU, BUT YOU GOT TO GET OUT. >> NO, BECAUSE I'M INVESTING IN >> NO, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED IN MY HOUSE. I DIDN'T LET YOU IN. 1 2 3 I DIDN'T LET YOU IN. GET OUT. >> NO, I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR MY BACKUP AND THEN >> NO, YOU'RE GOING TO get out. Don't touch me. If you touch me, I will arrest you. >> Okay, so then get out. No, I'm telling you right now. You got to get out. Okay. Well, I'm not going to talk to you. >> Okay. >> So, are you going to get out or not? >> No, cuz I got to talk to both. >> No, because I didn't let you in my house. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, can you please step outside and I will step out with you? >> You can talk to my Yep. My sergeant's right here. You can talk to my >> You guys not come in my house cuz I didn't let you in. >> Sure. We'll talk outside. >> Yeah. Can we go outside because he's not listening? >> Okay. We're We're here. >> Yeah. BUT YOU GUYS ARE NOT LISTENING. I DIDN'T LET YOU IN MY HOUSE. NO, YOU'RE NOT LISTENING. I DIDN'T LET YOU IN MY HOUSE. >> We're not going to yell in front of the kids. >> But I mean, the kids are used to it. So, are you you're NOT GOING TO COME IN MY HOUSE BECAUSE I DIDN'T LET YOU IN my house. >> Is there any other? >> Okay. No. No. There. Okay. Diaz Manny's in here. >> Okay. Exactly. I'll come out with you. Go ahead. Come on. All three of us. Let's go. >> Because I didn't let you guys in. So, can you come out? I didn't let him in. Does he know the rules? Cuz I didn't let him in. >> We're not leaving. >> He know the rules. >> Can you come out? BECAUSE HE I DIDN'T LET YOU GUYS IN. WHY ARE YOU GUYS IN MY HOUSE? THERE >> IS A 911. NO, there isn't. Did you call 911? So die. This can be >> CAN YOU GUYS COME OUT OF MY HOUSE OR NOT? >> MY TURN is trying to talk. >> Can you come out of my house or not? MISS >> I WILL COME OUT WITH YOU. I will all All three of us can come out with >> this could all be RESOLVED WITH THE >> EXACTLY. THEN LET'S GO OUTSIDE. BUT YOU GUYS ARE NOT allowed in my house. Let's go. >> Come grab him and come outside. >> Because he knows the law. So can we come outside or not? >> Let's go. >> Let's go. >> Because we know the law. Exactly. Let's go. >> They talk. Yeah, because you go outside. Exactly. Go outside. >> Go in. >> No, I will go after you because I'm going to go out because heavy. >> Let's go. You know the law. Don't Don't talk to my kids. Come outside cuz I didn't let you in my house. The door was open, but I didn't let you in MY HOUSE. >> DIAZ, COME OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE BECAUSE I DIDN'T LET YOU IN. I NO, he knows the law. I didn't let him IN MY HOUSE. COME OUTSIDE my house. Diaz, >> can we stop yelling? No, I'm not going to stop yelling because I didn't let Diaz inside my house and I know all three of your cameras are on and I didn't let Diaz inside my house. So, can you tell me to come out? I will step out with him. Can you tell him? >> No. >> Yes, because that's the law. >> We need to make sure everything is okay here. >> Okay. SO, THEN DO YOU NOT SEE it okay or not? Because this was talking to my kids. Come out. Because I didn't let you in my house, Diaz. >> Yes or no? Step outside my house cuz I didn't let you in and you don't have permission to be in my house. We need this thing. >> I have been through this. >> Okay. Well, we got >> outside my house. This guy is came in my house without me letting him in. >> I know you guys know the rules. >> 911 call. Hang up. >> Okay. Who was the Who was a 911 call from? Who? Say the name. >> I don't have a name. >> Okay. Well, then call your dispatch and call and ask for her name, please. >> He just told you. When are your kids call? >> My kids. They don't have a phone. >> What's their name? On Father's Day, June 15th, 2025, officers in Florida responded to a 911 call from a child reporting a parent being struck. They entered the home without a warrant. A confrontation followed and a woman named Karen was arrested for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer a felony. Three legal questions define this case. Was the warrantless entry valid? Did the battery charge meet the statutory threshold? And did officer conduct inside the home remain within constitutional limits? First, issue warrantless entry. Payton versus New York 1980 establishes that warrantless home entry is presumptively unconstitutional. The available exception is the emergency aid doctrine from Brigham City versus Stewart 2006 entry is justified when officers have an objectively reasonable belief that someone inside faces immediate danger. A child's 911 call reporting a parent being struck satisfies that standard. The initial entry was lawful, but the emergency aid doctrine does not authorize unlimited presence inside the home. Once officers located the husband uninjured and responsive, the original exigency had substantially dissipated. The continued pursuit of Karen into a separate locked room is where the constitutional justification weakens and it directly determines whether the battery charge that follows survives legal scrutiny. >> I didn't get the name. >> Okay. So, can you please call your dispatch and ask for their name? >> Because I know you guys do that. I'm not I'm not new to this. I'm not. So, can you please call your dispatch and ask for a name? >> So, why >> can you call dispatch and ask for a name? >> What's your name? I just got here. What's your name? >> Yeah, I don't need to talk to you. Can you ask dispatch and ask for the name? I'm not trying to be rude. So, can you ask what the name is? >> No, because Dia's inside and I didn't let him in. I didn't let him in. I didn't let him in, right? He can't be in search on the phone number. >> You guys get out. Go over there. >> You said mommy was hitting dad. >> You guys are calling the police on >> He doesn't want to talk. >> Exactly. He's saying come out cuz I didn't let you in, Diaz. I didn't let you in. I didn't. You just barged in. I didn't let you in. Can you get out? Well, the door is opening now. >> I'm going to tell you to please get out of my house. >> No, my boss already told you that I wasn't. >> Can you please come step out of my house and I will step out WITH YOU? >> YEAH, BECAUSE I DIDN'T LET HIM IN. >> NO, I ALREADY TOLD YOU. >> I DIDN'T LET YOU IN. I DIDN'T CAN YOU COME TELL HIM THAT WE DIDN'T LET HIM IN? >> WHY ARE YOU SO HOSTILE WITH US? >> BECAUSE DON'T COME IN MY HOUSE. Don't >> If you walk, we can Why are you BEING HOSTILE? >> BECAUSE I DIDN'T LET YOU IN AND I KNOW THE LAW. SO, stop the just just >> because the number came from my phone. I can reason with this. >> OH MY GOD. I'M NOT REASONING WITH YOU. GET OUT. >> GET OUT. GET OUT. CHILDREN. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. Because I know the law, dude. I know. >> Just what happened. >> YOU GOT TO GET OUT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S the law. You got to get out. I'm Okay. So, you got to get out for to deal with you. You got TO GET OUT, DIAZ. >> SO, GET OUT. GET OUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T LET YOU IN MY HOUSE. >> CAN YOU PLEASE DON'T TALK that he's not allowed in the house? You got to go. You got to go, Diaz. You know the law, dude. I will get you fired. You got to go. >> That's fine. I already told you. You can sue me later. You can fire me. That's fine. >> I got to go right now. I will COME OUT WITH YOU AND I will talk to you. But you got to go. >> I have to stay here. Okay, let's go. >> Let's go. You got to step out of my house cuz I didn't let you in. >> No, I can't. >> Yes. 100%. You did 100%. >> You can show me this. >> I'm not going to touch you because you guys play this. Oh, she touched me. I'm in a restaurant. You got to go. >> You already remember you already touched me. Yep. I told you. Yeah, you did. You got to go. No, you didn't. So, play it back. You got to go. >> Okay. I told you if you touched me again. >> He seems so scared of you. Can you please go? No, he's scared of going to get a Capri on. Can you please go? >> He's scared of you. >> No, he's not. >> He pointed at you. >> You cannot BE IN HERE. I DID NOT LET YOU IN. >> I KNOW. YOU KNOW THAT. Tell him to leave the house. But he's got to go because he's waiting for me to touch him and he's a >> I'm not waiting for you to touch me. I'm waiting for you to talk to us. >> Fine. >> Perfect. Great. Then you can stay in here. Yeah. Yeah. This is my house. You This is my house and I give you one last No, BECAUSE THIS IS MY HOUSE. I KNOW THE LAW. I KNOW the law. You're going to be under arrest. >> Okay. So, >> Okay. But I can't let you guys in, right? Exactly. >> You're close to getting a battery on me there. STOP IT. >> OH MY GOD. YOU GUYS ARE SO STUPID BECAUSE I KNOW THE LAW. >> WHAT you do when you try to open the door? >> Lock it. >> What did she do to you? >> Well, I was fidgeting with her hand and we're scratching. She's scratching with her nails. >> What? >> Yeah. >> Kind of hit me in the wrist when she shut it. >> Well, you want to press the blank sir? >> Are we going to talk to her before she starts? Let's ask a surge how how we want to do it. >> You scratch my whole hand. >> You have scratches. >> It hurts. I'm not even lying. Her nails. I mean, I don't know if it's red or anything, but she has all these prosthetic nails. I mean, look right here. Right here. Look. You can see it right here. I mean, I'm not Look, you can see she was scratching me. >> Okay, >> I'm good for >> 83. The door now. Locked on the door, probably. >> Okay. Um, let's get with him to get him out of the room. If you have a battery on you, I'm okay with three on her. Let me go to the back window and see what we can see. >> Okay. >> Second issue, battery on a law enforcement officer. Florida statute section 784.07 makes this a felony. When two elements are met, the contact is intentional and the officer is engaged in the lawful performance of duty. The husband corroborated the scratching on camera. Physical contact is not disputed. The contested element is whether officer Diaz was lawfully present in that room at that moment. If a court finds the exigency had expired before officer Diaz entered that specific room, his presence was not constitutionally authorized and battery against an officer acting outside lawful authority does not satisfy the statute. This is the defense's primary argument and the footage supports raising it separately. Florida statute section 741.2 Two 901 mandates arrest in domestic violence. Situations once probable cause exist, removing all officer discretion. The arrest was legally required regardless of whether the husband pressed charges. >> Crystal Lake police. No, they're all in here. >> Hey, what was your name again? You don't open the door. We're going to kick down the door. You got 5 seconds and we're going to force our way in that door. >> One. >> One. >> Two. >> Three. >> Four. >> Five. >> Five. >> Okay, she's coming. >> Okay, you're coming with me. You're under arrest because you scratch me. >> Yes, you are. You're under arrest. [screaming] If you resist, YOU'LL GET ANOTHER CHARGE. >> NO, I'M NOT. >> If you resist, you're going to get another charge. >> You're under arrest. You're under arrest. Get up because >> No, I'm not. No, I'm not. >> BRING IT OFF. BRING IT. GET UP. >> Why am I under arrest? >> Get away from the children. [laughter] Put your hands behind. Put your hand behind your back. >> Why? Tell me why. Grab this hand. Tell me why. Grab this hand. Tell me why. I don't do it, please. >> What? Police don't walk the police off. >> They're going to get another charge for resistance. >> Wait, can I get Can I get some clothes on, please? >> I don't have clothes on [laughter] back. >> I don't want your hands behind your back or you're going to go on the ground. >> I got behind you. Okay. >> Yep. >> But I didn't Can I get some clothes on? >> Nope. Nope. We're past We're past that. We're We're past that point right now. >> I'm going to stand right here. >> I got so we can adjust it. Good. Yeah. I got >> literally I'm going to stand right here. Can you tell me to get me clothes? Yes. >> All right. Let me adjust these so they don't close up on your name. >> You're under arrest now. So, we need your name. >> Otherwise, you have to go to county. Yeah. >> Well, can you guys give me clothes and give you know the structure? >> I literally don't have clothes on. >> We're going TO GET YOU CLOTHES. PROBABLY GIVE ME CLOTHES AND I'LL tell you my >> He's working on it. What's your name? Why can't you just tell us your name to make this easier? >> Because why are you guys ARRESTING ME? I DIDN'T CALL YOU GUYS. >> LISTEN, I see my face or not. >> Listen. Listen. You should at least work with us. Because this guy CAME IN LIKE A 100% I DIDN'T let him in. He's >> not letting you go. >> I DIDN'T LET HIM IN without with with permission. I didn't >> Have you ever heard of called exes AND CIRCUMSTANCES? >> NO. BECAUSE >> HE HAD REASON to believe that CRIME IS BEING COMMITTED. >> YOU GUYS CAME IN said what? >> That you got into a bad >> We don't know that. Can you call him over here? >> Cuz if you hit him. >> OKAY. SO THEN CAN I SIT THERE AND you guys call him out here and then ask him? >> We're past that point right now. >> No, we're not because you guys are just No, you're not because I didn't let him in. Can you LET ME GO? I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. >> NO, the way you're right, you go. >> Okay, but I'm not going to scratch >> a car in pre-close out station. >> Awesome. To the car. >> To their car. >> I don't have clothes on. Please >> over here. Okay. >> I don't I literally don't. >> Is that your car? >> I I don't know whose car This is mine. >> Other side. Come on. >> Come with us. >> Hold on. >> Come with us. Get your clothes for the P police station. You got it. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Oh my god. Is it clear? >> This can't be happening to me. >> Okay. Have a seat in the car. >> Get in the car. >> Get in the car. No. >> Get in the vehicle or we're going to place you in the vehicle. >> Get inside the vehicle. Get inside the car >> for like a second, please. [laughter] Because I'm 5 seconds. >> I've never listen. You You have You have to calm down and breathe. >> Look. >> Listen. Just stop. No. No. No. No. Just Just stop. Give me a breather. >> Just stop talking and breathe. Stop talking. I'm trying to You need to stop talking and breathe. Deep breaths. >> Deep breaths. I know you guys can see that. >> Just stop talking and you could breathe. You're not allowing yourself to do that. Stop talking. >> Holding me really tight. Because you're falling. You're falling. No. No. Look. I'm >> Well, we don't. You're You're under our custody. We can't let go. >> I know. I'm not going to move. >> Do you have I have Yeah. >> Okay. >> Can you just give me a breather for like a second? I'm not going to move. I promise. >> I I can't let go of you. >> I know. I know. No. No. But >> take a breath. He did. He let He let you go. He let you go. >> I know. I felt that. >> Okay. What's your name so we can go on a first name basis? >> Karen. >> Karen. What's your last? >> Have a seat, please. And you got to have nice. >> I know, but just give me I will go in there if I'm >> I know you will and I believe you. Were you getting ready to go out for the night cuz you're all dressed up or did you guys just get home? >> You're not dressed up. You're in a bathroom. Are you ready to go home or or >> Did you guys get home or going out? >> We were just home. >> Okay. What did you do today? >> We went to our business to work and he left me there because he got jealous. He got mad about something, but I didn't do anything. >> So, there's there's something I have to read you first. Okay, >> I know my Miranda rights, but and and literally these are >> third issue Miranda and post arrest statements. Warnings were given after handcuffing and before any custodial interrogation permissible under Burkimer versus McCarti 1984. Preiranda name requests are exempt under the booking exception from Pennsylvania versus Monise 1990. Karen waved her rights and spoke voluntarily, making her full statement admissible. The statement carries precise legal weight. Karen confirmed she initiated the confrontation over a dispute from earlier that day at the family barber shop. Under Graham versus Connor 1989, all charging decisions are assessed against circumstances known to officers at the time. Her own account combined with the mandatory arrest statute eliminates any viable argument that the arrest lacked legal foundation. >> We're we're going to adjust them. >> I know. Can you I will not move. I promise. >> Okay. Listen listen. I'm going to read you something here. Okay. Listen. You have the right to remain silent and here. >> Are you sure? Yes, please. Just >> How do you want me to do it? >> Just pull it forward >> like right here. You sure? >> Yes. >> Is that good? >> Yeah. >> All right. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can you understand was right? >> I do. >> What happened? >> Okay. So, >> you guys argue with the bar? >> No, we didn't. >> Okay. So, he thinks he he saw something. >> Yes. He didn't like So, I came home and I confronted him and I was like, "What are you doing leaving me there? Like, I'm the mother of your kids. You can't leave me there." Our employee drove me home. I got home. >> Where were your kids at? >> Right here. home. Yeah, my mother-in-law My mother-in-law was taking care of them. And then when he got home, he sent her home. So then she left >> and then I was just screaming and my kids got scared because >> Why were you screaming? >> Because I'm mad because like why do you leave me at our business? >> You know, you know, we could have left. We could have left. You wouldn't be in handcuffs right now. We could have left. >> Neither of us called our our the cops. My kids called me because we're not used to it. >> We know we know a 911 call. I'm just like >> you would talk to the cops and then let us talk to your kids and then you can explain them in your own words after we left. >> Right. >> What happened? >> Can you take the hair out of my mouth right here? >> Okay. All right. >> I just said we need to adjust your handcuffs still. >> No. They're so tight. I said >> I said do we need to adjust them? Fix them. >> I'm not going to move. I promise. >> Can you give me flashlight, dude? >> I just said you can't leave me at a place where you feel like I was talking to other guys and it's fuller guys. Like you you can't do that. And then I >> You're not free to leave. You know, >> I know. I know. And then R is bringing. >> Okay. All right. Come back. I'm just gonna read Jess. >> Yes, >> Karen. Right. Yeah. >> All right. Her name's Pier. Okay. >> Yeah. I just feel like that's embarrassing. I said that we have you and it's embarrassing. >> Okay. All right. Hang on. I'm trying to figure out how to double the lock. >> Can you come in front, please? >> No one can see you right now. Give me one second. Okay. I think that one's good. Karen, I'm very sorry that this went down like this. Okay. But you kind of left us at no choice there. You were a very uncooperative folks from the beginning. >> Well, I know because I didn't call you. >> I know, but just let me talk. Let me talk. Let me finish. >> Okay. So, I'm very sorry this had to happen. But it had to cuz it kind of left us no choice. We're past We're past the door being open. We're past officer Diaz being in there. We had to investigate a crime that was being committed. >> I was thinking you go ask my husband if I felt like a threat to him because I was questioning why he left me at our barber. >> We just needed a cooperation from either why either one of you and we would have left. But it's just embarrassing to be left at your own business that you worked so hard for. >> I understand. And that's this that's a conversation you two are going to have to have at a later date. Okay? That's something you guys are going to have at a later date. Okay? I'm very sorry you're [snorts] in this position right now. I really am. I know it has to suck to be in a you're on your block here. You have a but you guys run the business together. Okay? You've been it's not something you want your kids to see. You have to get through this. Okay? It takes time. You can literally ask them. >> I understand. You guys probably You guys probably go ask them. I know. >> Go ask them. >> You guys probably They're not going to lie. They're [laughter] >> I know you guys have probably been drinking a little bit today. So that kind of gets mixed emotions and those things all running. You know what I [snorts] mean? >> We worked so hard for like one day, Father's Day. We can't joy. >> I know. I understand. I understand. And that's what happens when all calls involved. >> Can you go ask my kids if this has ever happened before? >> Officer Diaz receives a C++. Warrantless entry was legally supported and physical restraint did not exceed necessary force. However, escalating to a forced countdown and felony arrest in under 8 minutes with children present and no immediate threat reflects a failure to exhaust deescalation before physical contact was initiated. The decisive issue is sequencing. The scratch forming the basis of the felony charge occurred in a room the officer pursued Karen into not a space she used to initiate an attack. Under the lawful duty element of section 784.07, 07. That sequence is legally significant and will be the first point a competent defense raises. The sergeant receives a B+ consistent deescalation language throughout authorization of restraint only after the husband corroborated the battery and composed professional conduct across post arrest processing. Karen receives a B minus. Her fourth amendment objection was constitutionally grounded and her request for a female officer reflected correct procedural knowledge. Both were honored. However, Karen's prolonged non-compliance created the conditions that made physical arrest inevitable. Asserting constitutional rights and exercising situational judgment are not the same thing. The department receives a B-minus mandatory arrest and female search protocols were followed, but the pace of escalation to felony arrest in under 10 minutes indicates deescalation training was not applied at the level this situation required. First lesson exigent circumstances require continuous reassessment. Entry lawful at minute 1 may not remain lawful at minute 8. Officers must evaluate whether their emergency aid justification continues to hold as a scene evolves. Second mandatory arrest statutes remove charging discretion, but the tactical path to that arrest remains the officer's decision. Slower deescalation does not prevent a lawful arrest. It reduces the constitutional exposure surrounding it. Third, for citizens, cooperation does not forfeit constitutional rights. It preserves legal options available afterward. Non-compliance inside an active domestic call carries consequences that valid legal objections alone cannot undo. The outcome of any criminal proceedings in this case remains unknown at the time of this analysis. Let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic that you would like us to discuss in the comments below. Thank you for watching.