Things escalate almost immediately. The officer isn't rushing to make an arrest yet. He's trying to keep Daniel from leaving while figuring out what's actually happening. But notice the repeated requests to stay put. When someone is already agitated, every movement can turn a tense encounter into a much bigger problem. And right now, nobody knows exactly what they're dealing with. >> Hello. How y'all doing? What's going on? Y'all Everybody all right? >> Yeah. >> You all right, sir? >> Huh? >> You okay? >> Yeah, I'm good. >> He's leaving. >> Okay. Hang on. Hang on before you leave. I I need to talk to you before you leave. >> from? Where you from? >> Huh? >> Where you from? >> I'm from here. >> From where? Charlotte County? >> Yeah. >> Yeah? Then what am I doing? >> I don't know. That's what I'm trying to You can't leave. Does he have any weapons in there? >> Stop. Danny, don't do this. >> Hang on. Don't leave. >> this. Please put the thing down. Please stop. >> Give me traffic for a minute, Central. Sending back to a gray Nissan Frontier. Male subject trying to leave. Just give me traffic, Central, until another unit gets here. Does he live here? >> [music] >> HEY! HEY, SNOW! SNOW, COME HERE REAL QUICK. Come stop, all right? I know that ain't you. Stop. Hey, Snow! >> What's up? >> bud? >> Huh? >> I didn't change my name tag, bud. >> I didn't change my name tag. >> Why'd you change your name tag? >> What do you mean? I didn't change my name tag. >> Listen, bro. Are you [ __ ] playing? >> I'm not playing. >> Where is it? >> Huh? >> Where is it? >> What? >> Where is it? >> What are you >> Where is it? >> Who? >> Where is it? They are in here. >> What's going on, man? >> They are in here. >> What's up, man? What's his What's his name? >> What did you say his name was? Daniel. >> Hey! >> Hey! what's up? Yeah. Yeah. This is our new uniform. We just got them. We just got them. Daniel, what's up? Daniel, what's up, man? Talk to me. I mean yeah, I'm I'm I'm just trying to keep him calm until someone gets here. >> [music] >> Hey, listen. Danny. Danny. Hey, listen. Can we talk man-to-man? >> [music] >> Does he live here? [music] Are you guys married? >> [music] >> Girlfriend, boyfriend? Listen, Danny. Huh? You can enjoy the music, but turn it down so I can TALK TO YOU. >> [music] >> HUH? THERE WAS A THIRD NO, NOT THE NOT THE NOT THE MUSIC. We're not complaining about the You guys argue. You guys argue. You guys argue. Turn it down. >> Get out of my face, bro. >> Turn it Turn it down. >> I would probably nobody. WHY WOULD I CALL? WHY WOULD I CALL? >> TURN IT DOWN. >> [music] [music] >> DANIEL. HEY, CAN YOU TURN IT DOWN SO WE CAN TALK, PLEASE? >> [music] >> HEY, can you turn it down so we can talk? >> up with that day planner. >> Huh? >> You [ __ ] up with that day planner. >> Why? Can you just turn it down so we can talk? >> No. >> I think I'm going to have a misconduct so far. >> You're [ __ ] too, bro. You were here that night. You were here that night, bro. You're like a [ __ ] dumbass. Remember it was three of y'all? Remember it was three of y'all? Remember it was three of y'all idiots? >> Oh, I do now. Now, go back up. Back up. Back up. >> You're white, aren't you? Are you still white or white snow? Which one are you? >> I'm just snow. >> No, you're white. Snow was the skinny one. Don't [ __ ] try me, bro. I'm not a [ __ ] idiot, bro. I [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] took my mind, bro. Get out of my face. >> Do you allow HIM IN YOUR HOUSE? >> HUH? >> Do you allow him in your house? >> No. >> [music] >> Hey, don't go in that house. Don't go in that house. Don't go in that house. She don't want you to go in there. She don't want you to go in there. >> That's what I thought then. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. GET OUT OF MY FACE. Touch me. Touch me. You know what? Get in your car and leave, bro. That's the best thing you can all do. What you going to wait for? What you going to wait for? >> They're going to [ __ ] you up on you. They're going to [ __ ] you up. You're too tall. >> No, they're going to come get you. They're going to get you, bro. Don't be scared. Tighten up now, bro. Now's the real moment, bro. Say it with your chest, bro. SAY IT WITH YOUR CHEST, BRO. Say it with your chest, bro. Say it with your chest, BRO. >> STOP IT. >> I'LL BREAK your [ __ ] jaw, bro. >> I don't even know what you're saying right now. >> I'll whoop your ass. I'll whoop YOUR ASS, BRO. I JUST GOT TO LOOK AT YOU. >> LISTEN. I'm just trying to be civil with you and talk to you. >> Hey, let's talk. >> I'm just trying to be civil and talk to you. >> tag off. Like you should have came without the name tag, bro. >> What? What? What? What? What? >> It's them, bro. It's them. It's all y'all. I don't give a [ __ ] CHARLOTTE COUNTY, BABCOCK, YOU BRO, my [ __ ] Sean, all of them. They're all gone, man. Pick them all up. All of them. Pick them all up, man. Take everybody out. this [ __ ] [ __ ] over to Babcock. My sister owns the computer phone, Babcock. You going to put a [ __ ] [ __ ] They took THAT [ __ ] PHONE OFF MY SISTER, BRO. I don't give a [ __ ] [ __ ] I look like looking stupid out here, man. I'm not [ __ ] stupid, bro. Get the [ __ ] OUT MY FACE, BRO. I SWEAR TO GOD I'M ABOUT TO OH my god. >> I just wanted to I just want to talk to you. Oh, come on, man. >> [music] >> Oh, look I don't give a [ __ ] bro. What? What? What? Stacy, don't even say that to me. Yeah, you got to close the garage, right? What? What? What? What? [ __ ] I look like, bro? I do this [ __ ] man. I do this [ __ ] bro. I do this [ __ ] I DO IT. I DO IT ALL. I DO IT. >> I KNOW, I SEE how you do. >> It's me, it's me, nobody else, it's me. >> Good. >> And what? What y'all going to do? What are you going to do? >> Listen. >> Give me what I'm supposed to have. I'm just trying to do >> When she told me to come, I'm just trying to de-escalate the situation, that's all I'm trying to do. >> nothing but asking me questions, bro, for what? >> I want to know what happened between y'all. >> Bro, I don't talk. I don't even know how I'm talking to you right now. I don't talk. You want to be here for days straight? Want to listen to this [ __ ] for days straight? Let's go. >> Listen. >> Take the vest off and let's listen to this [ __ ] for days straight, bro. Take the vest off and let's listen to this [ __ ] for days straight, bro. >> Come here. >> Let's listen to music for days straight, let's go. Take the [ __ ] off. TAKE YOUR [ __ ] vest off. I'm going to fight you. >> You got a camera on your [ __ ] The [ __ ] I don't give a [ __ ] It's me, it's me, it's ain't nobody else. >> It's not you. >> It is me, stupid. It's me, man. It's me and these nuts right here. I CAN SAY WHAT I WANT, I GOT FREEDOM OF SPEECH. >> GOOD. >> I GOT to give him cuffs. >> Okay. >> For misconduct. >> What's up, man? >> What's going on? What's up, buddy? >> All right. >> So, here's the deal. Right now, you're going to be detained. >> No, for what? >> Stop. >> For what, bro? >> Stop. >> Get off of me, bro. >> Listen. >> Get off of me, bro. Get off of me, bro. Get off of me, bro. >> Listen. >> No. Don't take me to the ground, bro. >> Okay, then stop. >> TAKE HIM TO THE GROUND, BRO. >> STOP. >> KICK HIM TO THE GROUND, BRO. GET THE [ __ ] OFF OF ME, BRO. >> Take off your [ __ ] glasses. >> Get off of me, bro. >> Stop. Stop. Put your hands behind your back, boss. >> We got another unit coming. >> Get off of me, bro. >> Just put your hands behind your back. >> No, for what? >> Cuz you're going to This is getting worse at this point, man. You just >> What? It's him, BRO. IT'S HIM. >> [screaming] >> WE'RE GOING TO DO THE OTHER ONE LIKE THAT unless you put your hand behind your back, man. So, put the other one behind your back. >> Oh, sorry about that, boss. >> You're good, you're good, you're good. >> No, hold on, man. >> Well, you weren't listening. >> to us, man. We tried to give you every opportunity. Asked you NICELY SEVERAL TIMES. >> OH, CRAP. >> AND YOU WEREN'T LISTENING, MAN. NOW, sit up. There you go. There you go. Sit up. All right. Let's get you some air now, okay? Get some breath. >> Why couldn't you just chill? Chill, bro. What do y'all [ __ ] think, man? >> I think if you would have just chilled like you were asked to, you wouldn't be in handcuffs right now. >> bro. >> It's over. It's over. All right, go ahead. >> So, he's been acting up for some time now. He's on the had to talk to him the weeks the last 3 days. He's been calling me and saying stuff that has not even remotely made sense. He's very paranoid. And that's when I got in That's when you showed up. I was trying to get him to look at me in the eye to get him to look at me. Cuz this is not him. >> No. >> There's been instances before, and I am I am scared of that. So, but he needs help. Jail He's been in jail for 4 months. He came out and went There's no He needs help. And >> Is he >> The girlfriend's explanation suddenly adds a much bigger layer to this incident. She says Daniel hasn't been acting like himself, hasn't slept for days, and has been making bizarre and paranoid statements. That doesn't erase the alleged conduct, but it gives investigators important context about what may have been happening before police arrived. And this is where police work gets complicated. Officers have to deal with both the immediate criminal allegations and the possibility that someone is experiencing a serious crisis. >> I'm going to judge when he goes to the goes to jail, he needs help. >> He doesn't talk. >> Cuz instead of sitting Cuz instead of sitting in jail, that could be part of his probation or something. >> And he got out without probation. And I said, "What?" He clearly didn't You're getting out and literally let an alcoholic and a drug addict, which I don't know what he's on now, but he was on cocaine. And he's been up for 3 days cuz he's been texting, you know, one minute, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry." I mean, I'll show you the texts. They're bizarre. And then the next minute, he's telling me I'm a cop and I'm I killed his sister. Like it's just BIZARRE STATEMENTS. >> [laughter] >> YOU ALL SET? FOR REAL, BRO. HOW ARE YOU DOING, BRO? >> OH. >> A hundred, too. A hundred thousand. >> You got a hundred grand? >> Oh, yeah. >> [ __ ] still balling. >> Can't say you're balling when you're driving a Nissan, all right? Just saying. >> I'm either balling or in the lab, bro. Either one. >> Oh, okay. >> You need anything? >> What? >> Then. >> Where we going? >> Jail. >> Oh, you ain't going to jail, bro? >> What? What are you arresting me for? >> Uh disorderly conduct, resisting without violence, and assault. >> conduct? >> Yeah. >> With what? >> Yeah. >> Violence with what? >> We're going to stand you up, all right? >> Oh, man. >> Ready? One, two, three. All right. >> What you arresting me for, bro? What? Arresting me for what? >> Get your slides. >> What are you arresting me for, bro? Come on, G. >> I don't want you to fall. G, I'm going to go barefoot. >> Look at me, bro. I'm taking your life. >> All right, we'll go barefoot. >> All right, we'll go barefoot. Let's go. >> Barefoot it is. >> The final charges show just how quickly this encounter spiraled. What started as a disturbance call ended with allegations including disorderly conduct, resisting, threats, battery on an officer, drug paraphernalia, and possession of a controlled substance. And the consequences didn't stop with the initial arrest. Daniel eventually received jail time and probation, violated that probation more than once, and ultimately ended up with an 18-month prison sentence in 2025. It's a stark reminder that a few minutes of refusing to de-escalate can create legal consequences that last for years. >> I'll bring them with. I'll grab them. >> Get the [ __ ] back. GET BACK. GET BACK. GET BACK, PLEASE. GET BACK. GET BACK, PLEASE. >> I GOT this side. You want get that side? >> He just got another charge. What's that? Coke down there, Jamie? Is that Coke or fentanyl, Jamie? Is that what it is, buddy? He's got to Jamie, we got to put you in the car, man. Have a seat, my man. Okay, well don't do that. Have a seat. WOW. STOP BEING A BABY, GET IN THE CAR. OH.