Six emergency 911 calls, all reporting [music] the same thing. A man dressed in black throwing rocks at passing cars. But when police arrive, what they find is not what they expected. You're waiting for what? Your ride? Okay. What's going on today? What's your name? Do I have to provide my name? Oh, well there you you match the description of somebody they're saying they're in all black throwing rocks at cars. That's not me. It's not you? I've been sitting here waiting for my ride for about an hour. An hour? Yeah. And nobody's been I literally just got out of that station over there. Okay. And I started walking all the way over here because my area is in Las Cruces, all right? >> Okay. I was over in Las Cruces pumping gas at Lowe's. At Lowe's on Anthony, right? Yeah. And they pulled up on me. You're wearing all black. You match the description of a person that hit three cars. My car is in pristine condition. Okay. All right. My car is in pristine condition. When asked for his name, he initially refuses to provide identification. They still [ __ ] arrest me to impound What's your name? I don't want to tell you that. Okay. Cuz you match the description, so now you have to >> know I match the description, bro. A lot of people wear black. We have to identify you, okay? I know, but I do not Don't don't be reaching for anything. Let me Let me search you down. Stand Stand up for me real Hey, just turn around, okay? Turn around. Let me just pat you down. All right, that's cool. That's cool. We're not We're not going to We're not here to disrespect you, boss, all right? That's literally how I feel. It's disrespect. >> No, no, no. We're not here to disrespect anybody. >> me up from Las Cruces, No, we don't go to Cruces. >> No, listen to me. >> We're in Anthony. Listen to me. Okay, go ahead. The law enforcement picked me up all the way from Las Cruces, bro. All the way from Las Cruces. Brought me all the way to El Paso. And told me to find my own [ __ ] ride. I'm walking over here. I live in over there Las Cruces, bro. Why Why did they take you to El Paso? I don't Because I'm a resident of El Paso. Oh. >> But I live over here. >> But I I don't see how Cruces can take you all the way to El Paso. They don't do that. >> Because I don't know. Did you get a ride with somebody else? No, I was literally wait I was driving A police car actually drove you to Cruces? >> for me to finish my I mean Go ahead. Go ahead. You don't need to You don't need to be agitated though. I mean Do you have a cigarette I can borrow? Do you have Do you have a cigarette, please? All right, give this officer your information, boss. We'll just check you out and we'll be on our way, okay? We'll just We'll just let you go with a warning. Don't be throwing more rocks. >> Warning for what? Because they told us you were throwing rocks at cars passing by. >> rocks at no one. Are you telling me six people are lying? Yeah. Oh, come on. Bro, I've been sitting here >> All right, just give the officer your information, please, so we can get out of here. Bro, I'm not going to give you my information for nothing. Do you know There is no probable There is no probable cause. There is. Did they say I was wearing blue shoes? You're wearing all black. You Do you see anybody This is blue. Listen. Listen. Listen. Now Okay, I'll I'll let you talk, right? This is blue. I'll let you talk, right? I understand I understand what you're saying. If we had If we had If we had 30 people right here on this street, boss, I I could understand why you're right. But do you see anybody else? No. Wearing all black? Right. So that would be you. I saw a biker pass by and then I saw someone else go that way. All right. This is a public road and I'm just chilling here. Need you to provide to your name, okay? Failure to provide Yes, you do. Cuz Yes, you do. >> [snorts] >> Okay, we already told you you're the only one that's matching the description. But if I was throwing rocks, why would I stay here? I'm not sure what you're saying. >> if I was throwing rocks? I'm just letting you know. What's your name, sir? It's as easy as that. Juan Carlos Rodriguez. Juan Carlos Rodriguez. Oh, I swear all you guys cops do is [ __ ] bug What's your date of birth, Mr. Rodriguez? bug and bug and bug, [ __ ] Mr. Rodriguez >> I should have been home by Rodriguez What's your date of birth? now. I'm over here in the [ __ ] Rodriguez What is your date of birth? I'm asking you something. I'm showing you the same respect that you that What's your What's your date of birth? 2004 Is this out of Texas or New Mexico still? Huh? Are you still in Texas or New Mexico? Is your ID from Is your ID from Texas or New Mexico? From Texas. Okay. Okay, thank you. 4072 I don't know what the [ __ ] you're talking Warning though I'm not asking you to sign anything. I'm not asking you to sign anything, boss. It was just more like a verbal warning, you know? Once you're clear, we'll be on our way, okay? >> No verbal warning either, [ __ ] I didn't do [ __ ] [screaming] Okay. I didn't even do [ __ ] man. Okay. I literally just got [ __ ] released, bro. From the Oh, from the hospital? Yes, over there. You know Do you want to know exactly what happened? Yeah, if you don't mind telling me. You can sit down though. That way you don't That way you don't get cold. in gas. And then Where in El Paso or Cruces? In Cruces. >> Okay. Coming to El Paso. Sure. And then these [ __ ] people are all like, "Oh, blah, blah, blah, blah. Did you hit three cars?" And I'm like, "Did I hit three cars? My car looks in perfect condition. I just brought I It looks like I just bought it off of the lot, but it's been through the dust storm." I'm like, "Three cars?" And even the girl, the officer, she looked at it, she's like, "It looks like you hit nothing." Oh, wow. And then the And then she was from El Paso. Sure. And then Las Cruces uh guy came and did all his [ __ ] >> Uh-huh. And this [ __ ] doesn't even come and ask me my [ __ ] question. He goes to a white old ass lady driving Oh, wow. and she like it was a old and old white man. And I say white. >> Okay. I know old white people racist as Oh, wow. Okay. >> even look at me, bro. And they were all talking to them, "Oh, blah, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, it's him." Wow. Okay. Bro, they arrested me. And that's when you went to El Paso or what? >> Yeah, bro, they put a [ __ ] warrant on my head, but Oh, wow. for no reason. My car is in pristine condition. I don't [ __ ] know. >> know? I even asked him, "What is the warrant for?" But with a warrant, man, you you'd be in jail though, right? If you had a warrant. So then that means you're good to go, right? I don't [ __ ] know. He just said they put a warrant on your head. I was like, "For what?" If you live in Anthony, boss, and if you're clear, we'll then just take you home. We'll give you a ride if you live here. But if you live If you live too far, we we just can't take you, man. >> I'm going all the way to Las Cruces. Yeah, we can't do that, boss. >> I'm saying. But you know what we can do for you though is take you to the Pilot gas station. An Uber can pick you up there. Or even the Pic Quick down the street. An Uber can grab you. Or you got someone coming over for you? >> Yeah, they have a Okay, even better. Even better. Bro, all these cops over here are just [ __ ] with me, bro. >> Well, we I tell you what. This guy bro Go ahead. I have I have a girlfriend and she has to pay her [ __ ] bills, bro. And I told this [ __ ] I asked him, "Please, please can you can you leave the car here and call my girlfriend to come pick it up because she has her check in I'm in out of New Mexico. And you know what this [ __ ] did? What's up? Closed the door in my face and started hopping on the phone. And I was banging on the [ __ ] door. I got on the side, started kicking on that [ __ ] And he told me, "If you don't do that, I'm going to [ __ ] mace your ass." I told him, "Dude, I need to pay my [ __ ] bills. I have a baby, bro. Right. I have [screaming] a baby. How would you feel if someone took all the took the money that you were supposed to pay the bills and then didn't give it back to you until like you were a right about to pay the bills?" >> Yeah, it's kind of sucks, man. It sucks, [ __ ] Yeah. It sucks ass, bro. No, I got you, man. I got you. >> to god everything on this whole [ __ ] day is You don't have your wallet on you, boss? I don't got no wallet. They gave me this piece of [ __ ] Stole a whole bunch of my [ __ ] bro. Let's just check check out your ID, boss, real quick. Thanks, man. I appreciate that. And they And then I was like, "How do I get in contact with this >> that? I thought you were showing me a Can I see that? packet or something? What is that? I don't even at home. I don't even know what that is. Oh, that's a state police officer, but I don't know him. But it says New Mexico state police. I don't know who that is. Why Why are they telling you to get a hold of him? No, that's the people who stopped me, the state police. >> Oh, I see. >> the ones who put the warrant on me. I was like, "What the fuck?" Warrant Did they tell you for what though? Did they tell you? No, they didn't tell me anything. They were just like, "You got a warrant You have a warrant for the state of Texas." I was like, "For what?" >> For what though? For what? >> what happened. Yes, and it literally just happened right now. Well, we'll We will. As soon as As soon as they tell us that you don't have that warrant you're talking about, uh we'll be on We'll be on our way. We'll just let you let you be on your own, all right? And if I do have the warrant, you're locking me up? Correct. We got to bring you in, boss. Yeah. Very respectfully, of course. As long as you continue to cooperate. Respectfully Because the way I the way I see it, man, we we have been cool with you. >> Better handshake. Would I be correct to say that we've been cool with you? >> [laughter] >> You know what I'm saying? And because you're being cool to us Because you're being cool to us, too. We got to give you that respect back. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, like bro the cop disrespected me But Yeah, that's what what Not all of officers are the same, man. You know what I'm saying? Not all cops are the same. That's just somebody passing by. No, that's my mom. This [ __ ] said my mom was coming for me. Look at that. What happened there? The cop stomped on my hand. I don't get it. So you get in a fight with the cop, but you here you're here walking? No. He fought me while I was like that on the [ __ ] on the on the on the hood of the car. Why though? Why was the officer even there? What happened? >> even [ __ ] know. Like I'm just standing in front of my car like this, like just taking some pictures of it. And then out of nowhere the cop comes up to me and "Can you wait there for me, please?" Yes, sir. I'm here for my son. Okay, I'll I'll be with you in just a minute. Thank you, ma'am. And then he's like and then he's like comes up to me and then uh pretend like you arrest me but grab this arm but very >> Well, I would have to go all the way with handcuffs and everything. Is that all right? No, just grab this arm. Yeah. And and uh >> [clears throat] >> like put it like a little bit up like that. Yeah. He was like, "Sir, put your arms put your hands around your uh put your arm behind your back." He never even read me my Miranda >> Well, Miranda rights don't apply. It don't apply there. Huh? Miranda rights don't apply. Really? Yeah. No, I thought that >> Like right now if we were to put you under arrest, they would have to read you your rights. >> State troopers? >> Correct. Miranda doesn't apply. >> something questions or they're about another crime. But he didn't ask me but that >> doesn't have to read you your rights if he's not asking you questions regarding a crime. [snorts] Yeah, Miranda The thing is but the thing is he didn't have evidence to arrest me. He just has to have enough evidence But there was no evidence. Maybe he wanted to arrest you on the warrant you're talking about, no? Maybe? No, I didn't have I got the warrant because of what happened. >> Oh, because of that? >> Because I fought the supposedly I fought the state trooper. So like >> So why did you fight? Why not Why not just comply with what he's telling you? >> like that and he was like he was like, "Get behind Get behind." I was like I was like, "Hold on. Like what are you What's going on?" Because I had no idea what the [ __ ] happened. Like imagine you're just standing there and then out of nowhere a state trooper gets you and he's like, "Get Get behind Get behind." You're just like, "Yo yo. Like what's happening? What's happening?" And then he just grabs my shoulder and throws me >> on the hood? Uh he grabs both of my arms. He puts them back and then he goes like this to me. Boom. He puts me to the put me on the ground. And then that's when I hit my head on the cement on the cement thing. And then uh when he was trying to go over me, he stepped on my [ __ ] ankle. Uh-huh. And he stepped on my hand. And he was just It was just him that one cop by himself? Mhm. Mhm. And then you you left? He let you go or what happened? >> No, he called Texas PD. They went arrested me. They booked me and they let me go. What do you mean they booked you? They booked me and let me go. >> Oh, they put you in jail? No, they literally put me in a holding cell >> Oh. And then let you go? They said they're waiting. No, they didn't detain me. >> That's Yeah, that's They also refer that as booking. No, they said, "We're waiting for you to get booked and if you don't get booked right now, we're letting you go. Oh. You have a warrant out." I was like, "For what? I didn't do nothing. I was just standing there, bro." Like I was just standing there. I was doing nothing. Absolutely [snorts] nothing. Wow. All right. >> And then even And then even all the bystanders WERE LIKE, "YO YO YO. He's He's just standing there. He's just standing." Cuz it was the Love's really It was the Love's off of I-10 where all the truckers go. Literally, I think it's like right next to the Wen- Wendy's. No, it's literally right where it says Anthony. You mean Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. By the freeway, right? Yeah, by the freeway. At the Love's uh truck stop. >> Yeah, that's where all that [ __ ] happened. I was just like, "What the [ __ ] dude? I'm going to sue their asses, bro." Well, you you can start with the name that they gave you. At least you have that, right? You can get yourself an attorney and go from there. Yes, hopefully. [ __ ] don't even got enough money for a attorney let alone to get a [ __ ] [ __ ] Ah, bro. Life's [ __ ] up. I appreciate you guys. I'm >> I can't let you go just yet. We have to We have to make sure that you don't have a warrant first. Yeah, once they tell us that you don't, I'll let you go with your mom. Okay? Can we go inside the car cuz it's cold as >> You can go inside my car, not hers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's fine. I can get in the back. >> You can go in the back of his car. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't mind. I don't mind. I don't mind. Go over here quick. Can I just call my mom real quick? No, no. We'll tell her. Okay, yeah, yeah. Go tell her. Go tell her. Please tell her that we'll see her in a minute, okay? Okay, here. Yeah, yeah. Let me just text these messages to my girlfriend real quick. Yeah. You do me a big favor, please? Put Put Put it right there. Come on. Put it right there. Okay. Put your hands behind your back quick. No knives, nothing like that, bro? No. No. Okay. Oh, careful. Careful with the Put Put Put them in the front because we don't want to hurt anything. What is this? What do you have here? Which one's the hand that hurts? Both of them? Yeah, it's that one. This one looks swollen. Yeah, that's the one that they stopped on. >> What is this? What is that? What What is that? It looks like a bump. >> That's not swollen? No, I think that's just a bruise or something. So this is Look at how tight they tied them. Bro, I'm telling you they [ __ ] I'm telling you they they [ __ ] broke Yeah. Hold on. Hold on. Let me text my Let me text my girlfriend. >> to put you in the front so you can still use your phone if you want. All Okay, okay. Just to do it too tight because his hands are Which one's the swollen hand? This one? Yeah, don't put it too tight. Don't put it too tight. Is that comfortable enough? Yeah, right there. Just one more picture. You can do one more picture if you if you want to. Yeah. And this one. A rock is found near the scene consistent with the reports from multiple callers. This raises further concern for officers as it appears to support the 911 reports of someone throwing objects at passing vehicles. And then I go talk to mama, right, boss? Okay. Just because you continue to be cool with us. Can you give that to me? Yeah, of course. What's with the rock? The rock? Yeah. Oh, just in case someone tried coming at me. >> Oh, okay. I want to throw it back over there, okay? I'll see you at the car. Yeah, so don't get too tight on you because of your swollen hand. You got a You have no weapons on you, right? No, sir. Be careful with my pants cuz I got no underwear on there. >> Okay. We'll We'll keep them up for you. I like the slippers though. On god, bro. [laughter] My girlfriend got me those. Really? What are they They on the side like Nike something or what? >> Uh they're supposed to be the Nike Off-White Nike Off-White. And that They They could be used for pajamas, right? To walk around the house. I'm going to get some for the wife. Yeah, they are pretty Yeah, they are pajamas. I just Oh, careful. You all right? You almost fell. Yeah, I was just trying to put my pant leg down. >> Okay, I see. Good see you, boss. I'll go talk to mama. I'll go talk to mama. He He can use his phone but you can You need to step inside, boss. So Oh, you got it on you? Um You want to give the phone to mama or just put it in the car for you in the meantime? >> Yeah, I can I can Just so you can stay warm. Go inside so you can stay warm though. What did you want us to tell mama? Uh I was going to say if you're going to give the phone to [music] my mom, just tell her to text my girlfriend uh to text the girlfriend. You got it, boss. >> [music] >> I'm going to give it up to mama. Or actually, you're right, Joe. You're right. That's a That's a release from the hospital. He is then placed in a patrol vehicle while dispatch runs [music] warrant checks and further verification. The final legal outcome depends entirely on evidence and active warrants. What do you think about this case? Was this a justified stop or a case of mistaken identity? Let us know in the [music] comments. Make sure to subscribe to Jury Duty Body Cam and turn on notifications.