They want to They want your tag back as well, so I have to take that. Okay. Yeah, whatever you got to do. Yeah, yeah. So, give me a Give me a second to take the tag off, and then we'll come back up here and get you out of here, okay? >> At first, this is a routine problem with a vehicle tag. She agrees to let the officer take it, and he tells her she'll soon be on her way. >> Stop it. >> You're fine. You're going TO GET IT OUT. TIGHTEN IT UP. Tighten it up. Help. You can breathe. You're fine. >> The officer had her by the leg. She was talking. He was telling her to get down. He told her to get down once, but then as I got closer, I could see he appeared to be in distress. He was bleeding from two to three areas on his face. Okay. >> But less than a minute after that first conversation, the traffic stop turns violent. The officer is left bleeding, and a witness standing only feet away will tell police what happened with the officer's pen. >> That's missing all the numbers from here over. I don't have a lot of good news for you. Um They want to They want your tag back as well, so I have to take that. Okay. Yeah, whatever you got to do. Yeah, yeah. So, give me a Give me a second to take the tag off, and then we'll come back up here and get you out of here, okay? >> The officer tells her the tag has to be surrendered. At this point, there's no argument. She agrees, and he walks back to remove it himself. >> Here, sir. I'll take it off for you. >> I got it. >> No, pardon me. >> Please go have a seat. >> It's my car. I'll take it off. >> No, I did not ask you to get out of the car. Go have a seat. >> putting your hands on me? >> I did not ask you to get out. Have a seat. >> I can get out of the car if I need to. I'm literally taking my >> This is the last time I'm going to ask you. Have a seat. >> I'm trying to get some water out of the car. Why are you PUTTING >> STOP. LISTEN. >> DON'T YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME. I'M LITERALLY TRYING TO GET SOME WATER FROM THE >> 10-13, I NEED ANOTHER ONE RIGHT NOW. 10-18, PLEASE. >> You better take your hands OFF OF ME. GET YOUR HANDS GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME. GET YOUR HANDS GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME. GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME. GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME. GET YOUR HANDS GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME. I DID NOT CALL YOU. >> BACK OFF. >> GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME. I DID I DID NOT CALL THE POLICE. HE'S GRABBING >> CHILDREN. >> HE'S GRABBING [screaming] ME. >> CHILDREN. CHILDREN. >> I'M PREGNANT. I'M PREGNANT. LET ME GO. PUT MY FOOT DOWN. I'm going to WALK OVER THERE. STOP. Can you let ME GO? CAN YOU LET MY FOOT LET MY FOOT GO. >> Don't do that. >> I'm trying to say I can't >> Don't do that. >> I just >> Back off. >> I was pregnant cuz I couldn't I can't breathe. >> I'm pregnant. >> I'm sorry. I can't I was pregnant cuz I couldn't I was pregnant a couple of >> days ago. >> Can you You are not a kind person. I just said I would help you take off the tag off of my car. You are unkind. racist person. >> Ma'am. >> want >> I need four of these. >> Put off of me. >> He has He's bleeding. He has blood out of his pocket and stuff. >> I did not take the out. >> YES, YOU DID. >> NOT >> YES, YOU DID. >> Excuse me. >> Can I get a station parking lot? >> Yeah, he's bleeding. You did it. >> Get on the ground now. Get on the ground. Get on the ground. On the ground. DON'T HURT DON'T HURT >> YOU'RE PUTTING ME ON THE >> SORRY. NOW, THERE'S KIDS IN THE CAR. >> I'm hurting ALL OVER MY STOMACH. >> HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. NOW. Hey guys. It's okay. Everything's going to be all right, guys. Okay? >> I don't want to put my weight on my stomach. >> Okay. Give me this one and then we'll move to the side. >> The ground is I'm trying to Ow. I'M HURTING ALL OVER MY STOMACH. >> SIR, ARE THERE ANY WEAPONS IN THE CAR? DO YOU HAVE ANY weapons on you? Yeah, I'm just going to pat you down real quick so you can deal WITH THE KIDS. STOP IT. STOP IT. YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT UP. TIGHTEN IT UP. TIGHTEN IT UP. NO, you can breathe. You're fine. >> The officer had her by the leg. She was coughing. She was telling her to get down. He told her to get down once, but then as I got closer I could see he appeared to be in distress. He was bleeding from two to three areas on his face. Okay. She looked at me. I looked at her and I was like What did you do? >> Yeah. >> The body cam doesn't give a clear view of everything that happens during the struggle. But when backup arrives, the first officer is bleeding. And now, one of the people who witnessed the confrontation tells police what he saw happen with THE PEN. >> GET DOWN. >> Tighten it up. >> Okay, tighten it, please. PLEASE TAKE ME OUT OF PLEASE, I beg you, PLEASE. OKAY, PLEASE. >> I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO POKE HER STICK ME. >> NO, I just got I just got paid. I'm a veteran. I'm a retired veteran. >> All right. You can go with to take so they don't have to listen to you, okay? >> She was >> scared. >> I know. I get it. I get it. >> We had a expired tag. We were trying to fix the car. Go pay the tag stuff. >> I got you, man. I got you. >> And I told her let the officer take the tag off. I said let the officer take the tag off. >> Then all of a sudden she started struggling. She reached for the officer and took the pen out. >> Okay. Wow. >> Put it to her right hand. My impression was she was going to use it as a weapon and stab me >> Okay. Yeah, sure. >> or the neck. >> Okay. >> That's what I thought. >> Yeah, okay. >> And I I I screamed at her, got her attention. I reached over and took it from her. >> Awesome. Thank you for doing that. >> And that's when all the >> police arrived. >> Thank you so much for what you did. >> Yes, sir. Absolutely. >> You're not going to get enough credit for it, but you know, just know you did an awesome thing for us. So, um thank you. >> Yes, sir. >> Yeah. All right. >> Ma'am, I want you to breathe. All right. Take a breath. Take a breath. Take a breath. We're going to sit you up, okay? >> Can you please help me up? Please. I'm about to throw up. >> I promise you I won't >> move. >> She's just Jamaican and crazy. I told her I said let the officer take the tag off the the car. She said I she want to take it. I said no, let him take it off. I'm military. Let him take the damn tag off. >> Was she driving the car? I said I know what's going on. So, you were the She was the driver, okay. >> No, I said let's take a Uber. >> According to her father, a retired military who was also in the car, he had also been telling her to simply let the officer remove the tag. What started as a minor vehicle issue had now turned into a violent confrontation. Also, look at her children crying. I wish she knew better. >> Oh, Lord. I told her let the man take the tag off. I said baby, let him take the tag off. It's a tag. We going to pay the fine and get another one. >> Right. Absolutely. >> I I she said I want to take it off. She's a girl. >> A girl A girl don't have to That has nothing to do with it. >> I know. I told her don't get out of the car. I'm military, sir. >> Yes, sir. I can understand that. We appreciate it. >> Ma'am, you're leaning away from us. >> I'm sorry. >> Watch your car. You're going to turn around, you're going to sit down, and you're going to face me. >> Do you want me to turn this way first? >> Turn around, face me. >> Okay. >> Sit. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Now, I can see you have something in your bra, so you're going to keep facing me. >> Okay. >> And I'm going to unhook your bra just to see if it's just a front clasp that's undone. >> Mhm. >> Okay? >> Thank you. >> Is it just a front clasp? >> Yes. >> Okay, so while you were struggling, it came undone? >> Mhm. >> Is that true? >> I had >> and put your feet in. Put your feet in for me, please. >> Hold on. >> I will ask you one more time, ma'am, put your feet in. Thank you. >> This came out of her back pocket. Who's arrested? So I can get this and it's a dollar. >> right now. >> All right, Peter, got it. And this is putting trigger shoes on. >> Are you okay? >> Yeah, I saw them pulling her vehicle. They were going to put her in my car here, but then they walked to a different car. This one's mine. >> Why is the yellow tape around your car? >> Uh, I don't They might just be making sure nobody's coming into the parking lot, is my guess. I don't know. But I mean, you heard her screaming. I didn't hear them call. They might They'll probably get a rescue truck down here to check her out if anything happened to her. I said I I didn't hear. I got here after the fact, kind of. But now it's kind of the point where everything's Now it's calmed down, so everybody's going to figure out what's going on. End of the day, nobody's dead or anything. >> We went to the park with the kids. >> Right. >> I said, "Baby, go pick up the car tickets, go pay the rest of the fines, and see how much the tag is." >> Right. Yeah, the fines are easy to replace. >> So there's going to be an officer that's going to meet us up here. She has more of your property. Um, so we're just going to hang tight for a minute until she meets us here. She's She's on her way, so she's maybe 5 5-ish 10 minutes. >> I didn't have any property. >> Not like a phone or anything? >> That was all in my car. >> Okay, well, I like I said, she she has something that belongs to you, I guess. Okay, ma'am. >> By the time this was over, the officer was left bleeding, the woman was in custody, and her children had witnessed the entire confrontation. According to the reported charges, she was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, strong-arm robbery, criminal mischief, resisting arrest with violence, resisting arrest without violence, depriving an officer of communication, child abuse, and driving while her license was suspended. And all of this started with a vehicle tag. The officer told her he needed to remove it. She initially agreed, but within minutes, that routine traffic stop had escalated into a violent struggle, an injured officer, and a long list of criminal charges.