real quick. >> You were throwing him around like a threw kids around. We're going to figure that out. >> Don't touch me. >> Go ahead. >> To protect these children, this officer had to shatter their world completely. The night began not with violence, but with a mother's desperate plea for help. She reported that the father had driven drunk with their 9-year-old on his motorcycle. He had promised to stop drinking, a promise he had now violently broken. >> I found out he had drove with my 9-year-old on the back of the motorcycle drunk. >> Um, and then I found out that they had fought in front of my kids. My kids have never seen that, like I said. So, I told her that they weren't allowed back here. >> She promised me today that they were not drinking. She promised me. And Terry apparently said that she was lying the whole time. The officer's arrival was meant to deescalate the situation and ensure the children's safety, but the man's aggression turned a welfare check into a volatile confrontation. He refused to cooperate, challenging the officers at every turn. His defiance ignited a powder keg of chaos in the family's own garage. >> I'm missing fingers, bro. >> All right, man. I'm just trying to find the I'm trying to find the [ __ ] out of me. >> Hey, I need you to calm down. The attempt to protect the family resulted in the father being forcefully taken to the ground. His arrest became a traumatic spectacle for his own children to witness. In the ensuing turmoil, the mother also became entangled, leading to her own detention. >> Touch my kids like that, little ass. >> Have a seat. We're going to pass the seat belt around you. >> Oh, I'm [ __ ] The parents were separated, both facing serious charges from domestic battery to assaulting an officer. I >> don't give a [ __ ] about that. >> The man was charged with domestic battery, resisting arrest and assault on a peace officer, while the woman was charged with domestic battery and obstruction. >> In the wreckage of their parents' choices, the children were left alone and terrified. The officer could only offer small words of comfort in the face of their immense loss. >> I love you. Where did mom say to go with you? >> Okay. >> Hey, listen to me guys. Come here. >> They were temporarily placed in their grandmother's care. The family unit now broken. Sometimes the only way to save a child from a broken home is to break it apart for good.