You're [ __ ] Put your hands behind your back or I'm going to taze you. Why would you taze me? >> Taser, taser, taser, taser. Oh. You're going to kick him? You're going to kick him? The morning was quiet until officers found a car crashed on the roadside. The driver was still inside laughing, talking to himself, and refusing to step out. At first, it seemed like a simple accident, but within minutes, that calm morning turned into chaos. Yep. And then after after it popped, I hit the median, and it froze right here, and I was trying to go home, but it won't go into gear. Yeah. >> So, where are you coming from? I came from uh from I got locked out of my car cuz I So, where where where are you coming from? Where am I coming from? Yeah, I asked you twice or three times. >> Okay. As officers approached, the smell of alcohol filled the air. I'm on the phone with my dad. >> Right here, I got you. Where were you driving from? Right now, I came from from Mississippi uh over there by St. Louis. So, came over there by St. Louis. Okay. So, is somebody else coming to stop out and check on you? What happened was it popped, I hit the median as soon as the tire popped, it pulled me to the left. Okay. Boom, pulled me over. Okay. And then after that, I and then it locked me out. So, when he locked me out, How'd you get back in? Yeah, how'd you get back in if you were locked out? The guy came back with the truck, and he he said, "Hey, I got it." And he unlocked the door for me, and I got back into it. Do you have an ID on you, buddy? Do you have a jacket or anything? Hey, why don't you call your dad back, bro? No, he's staying over here. He said what? He's staying on here. Staying on what? On my phone. I know, I hear you. We've got to do some paperwork for the crash, though. >> That's not a crash. I mean, you want a crash report? It's not a crash report. Your car's [ __ ] up. Your insurance Your insurance is going to want a crash report from us. You don't want a crash report? That's fine. But okay, I am cooperating. Do you Do you have a jacket or anything in here? What? >> a jacket or a sweatshirt or anything you want to throw on? >> to Yeah, yeah. I just got a blanket, that's it. There you go. You got a coat right there if you want to put it on. No, that's a No, that's a I got a blanket right here. So, do you have a license on you? Yeah, let me get it for you. Okay. Oh [ __ ] it's cold. Here you go. Sir, okay. How many drinks did you have tonight? Zero. >> You sure? Cuz there's there's liquor in the back. There's no liquor in the back. >> There's a beer right there. You I saw you put it back there. When you when you first came out here, you First of all, I'm good. Thank you. >> smell it on you, bro. No, you can't. I'm fine. You going to be honest with me? Yes, sir. >> Okay, how many drinks have you had tonight? Zero. And there's none, okay? Okay. This is me driving home from dropping somebody off, that's it. >> you were coming from St. Louis. St. Louis home. Where Where'd you drop someone off at? Here in Bloomington? No, in Sedalia in in Missouri. >> I'm not familiar with there. Sedalia in Missouri. Okay. You know Sedalia? No, I've no idea. Okay, Sedalia, Missouri. Where's home at? Where's home at? >> Yeah. 731 my phone. Figure it out. Are you My tire popped My tire popped. >> No, I I I I I know. And I hit the median. That's it. I know, but you you you drove through Bloomington-Normal. I'm asking if you're familiar with Bloomington-Normal. So, are you you going to be honest with me, dude? Am I going to be honest with you? Yeah. No. You're not? No, I'm not going to be honest with you. >> Yeah. Are you asking me that question? Yes. My tire popped. >> Well, I'm talking about the drinking alcohol cuz you're slurring your words in front of me, and I can smell booze from inside the car. >> You can't smell booze. >> Okay. You want to do some tests to make sure you're okay to drive? Let's go. Okay, hop out. It is very cold. Do you have a sweatshirt or anything? No, I don't have nothing. Stay standing up for me real quick. I'm going to pat you down, all right? Do you have anything on you? Phone. All right. Go ahead over here for me. For sure, cuz Well, we're not going to You're not going to be able to use that right now, okay? Yeah, I am. I saw him It was in his driver's seat. I and I thought it was a something else. I'm taking it away from you. It's cold. You know how You know what temperature it is? You know what temperature it is? About 30. Yeah, exactly. So, tell me I can't use the blanket. I am, and you're going to take the blanket off. I bet you I don't. When asked to step out for sobriety tests, he did, but not without grabbing a blanket from the backseat, refusing to let it go, wrapped like it was armor, and refused to even to take off his hat. My hat? >> Yeah, turn your head back. >> No, the hat's going to stay on straight. >> No, we're going to take the hat off. >> It's going to stay on straight. >> Hey, bossman, can you just flip it backwards for him? No. Why? No, because it don't make sense. Well, he has to see your eyes. >> You can see my eyes. Look at it. It's way up. >> There's part where he goes above your head. >> on? Turn Is your camera on? >> John, you just do what you can if you Then look at follow the movement of my stimulus with your eyes and your eyes only. Keep following my stimulus with your eyes until I tell you to stop. Do you understand the instructions? >> it's cold out, so let's go. Even through the confusion, the test results were clear. Every clue pointed the same way, intoxication. He swayed, lost balance, talked through instructions, and halfway through walked off claiming he was too cold to continue. Look, I'm going to the car. >> Nope, you're going to come back here. Here, bossman, he's He's almost done, and then you can lean up against the car. >> If it wasn't 30° out, bro. >> Do you want to continue the test or not? >> We'll be fine. You want You want Okay, so you have to go back over here. No, we got 1 second. No, there is no 1 second. We got 1 Do you want to continue the test or not? How much you want to bet we got 1 second? We're about to start it. >> Oh damn. How much you want to bet we got 1 second left? 95. Put your hands behind your back. Do you want to get tazed? Why would you taze me? Put your hands behind your back. Put your hands behind your back or I'm going to taze you. What are you guys doing? Roll over, you. Do you understand? Why would you taze me? Why would you taze me? >> Taser, taser, taser, taser. Oh. You're going to kick him? You're going to kick him? NO! [Applause] OKAY. >> GET ON YOUR STOMACH. GET ON YOUR [ __ ] STOMACH. Why would you taze me? I'm going to taze you again if you do not get on your stomach. You're a patient you don't have. I'll get your head. I'm going to roll you this way. NO, WAIT UP. WAIT UP. ROLL OVER AGAIN. >> NO, I'm done. Roll on your [ __ ] stomach. Roll over now. Do you know the patience YOU DON'T ROLL OVER! STOMACH! WHAT MUST I YOU GUYS HAVE A HOLD OF ME. I CAN'T ROLL. I CAN'T ROLL. I can't roll. YOU'RE ON MY FEET. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? I'm like 130 lb. If you don't put your arms behind your back, I'm going to taze you again. What are you talking about? I'm not even fighting you. I can't. You got a taze. You got a You got a really crazy. What did I do? We get rescue out here? >> No, I'm suing you guys. Y'all crazy. You were kicking a deputy. >> You're crazy. What do you mean kicking a deputy? Y'all put the abuse that y'all want to do. Just letting y'all know y'all are abusing. Okay. All right, bad piece of officer. That sucks. Yeah, I know. Thank you. My brother is here. You guys are You're on your other side. Y'all are trash. Stand up. Careful, holding you up. Whose car are you going to? My car. Where's your car? The back one. That one. My brother is here. You guys are crazy. It's okay. Where's the camera? You guys are crazy. Which one has the camera? Which one has the camera? You guys are funny, bro. Which one has the camera? I'm like I was trying to do the actual >> him because you guys were all over. I'm like roll all drives on him. And the first two didn't even do anything to him. And that third one I got underneath his arm is what got him. >> Well, when he was kicking him, I had to grab his legs. He's in the back one of the squads. We just started our 20 minutes. If you guys don't mind hanging around and let him finish that. Fight. And he hit his head hard, so it's the last call. Was there anything prior to the tasing that would lead you to believe that he needed to go to the hospital? No. So, we're really just checking his head from the fall. >> Yes. Yeah, it was bleeding pretty decent. Okay. Hey, we're going to have EMS check out your head. Yeah, let's check on my head. Let's let's see if he's got something, okay? Are you going to be cooperative with us? Yeah, of course. We're not loosening the cuffs unless you're going to be cooperative with us. We're We're being cooperative. You weren't. >> That's fine. That's fine. Just loosen those cuffs, that's okay. Appreciate it. How are you feeling? I feel great, other than being cold. Yeah, I bet. I bet. They just abused the [ __ ] out of me. Okay. They're going to hear about it. Don't worry about it. All right. Yeah. I'm cold, I needed help, and they beat the [ __ ] out of me. Just because I was cold. Yep. Yeah, I'm cold, and they were like, "You're You're intoxicated." We're going to clean your head off and take a look at that injury a little bit more. Okay. Can I get my shoe back? Can I get my shoe back? Do you want the ambulance or your sweatshirt? Sure, that works. >> Give me my shoe back. You want to get my shoe? Sure. You want to get my shoe? Stop. Thank you. >> to go right back in the car. What are you talking about? I I put my shoe on. >> Stand right here, and they're going to clean your head off. Just give my shoe back. >> talk about getting your shoe. Just give my shoe. That's all I'm asking for, all right? Okay, well, you don't get to make requests right now. >> No, you You look like a little American guy. I get that a lot. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn't get you. It's cold out, you know that? You know it's cold? Thank you. Yeah, I'm going to put my foot up here, okay? >> going to stand right here. Am I? Yep. Are you sure? Yeah. Are you sure? All right, I'll do this. I need that. All right, you're going to go back in the car. Looks like he's not going to get his head cleaned up. Nicholas, my name's Sergeant Hodges. See you got some blood there. Do you need any medical attention? Or can you allow them to at least clean you up? I'll allow that. Okay, can we can they can we if we get you out all right, will you stop fighting my guys? I'm not fighting them. Well, you're resisting them. We already got him out once to get him checked out and he fought us. Can you see if they'll come over and just clean his head up? Thank you. Trust me, every you got your video camera on? Yeah, I'm going to come over there and talk to you, okay? Do you know I'm cold? Okay. Do you know I'm cold? They're going to clean your face up, okay? >> know I'm cold? I understand that. >> understand that? All right. >> got the heat on? Yeah, yeah, I would like to be in here. Will you loosen these up? What? No, those are going to stay on. >> then then guess what? Like there's a very big problem. Keep those two right there, those American Pie and [ __ ] Okay. Caillou and Caillou and American Pie. I got a couple hey Caillou and American Pie. Keep them away from me, okay? Okay, I got a couple ambulance guys going to come check on you, okay? Will you keep those two right there? Okay, it's going to be ambulance guys. They're not ambulance >> at those two right there. This guy's going to clean you up for you, all right? and Phineas and Ferb looking ass [ __ ] I appreciate You you you mess. All right. No, thanks man. I just like I said, I just want to I just want to take a look and see Thank you. how bad this It's very cold out. That's what I'm going to say. It is cold out. Yeah, thank you. Hey Caillou, will you get my [ __ ] shoe? Nope. No, you won't? Thank you. It's got to need some stitches. Okay. Yeah, I need some stitches cuz that [ __ ] ripped my shoe off. >> Okay, we'll take you to the We'll take you to the hospital and let you get some stitches, okay? Yeah, and then it's going to be on Caillou. If you go with them, are you going to cooperate with them? Of course. I got my ass beat by your cadet, your people, your people. Can you go and step on out? Yes, sir. Will you take these things off? No, they're going to stay on. No, take them off. They're going to stay on. Man. We're going to go put you in the ambulance. >> threat. Take them off. You're in custody, so they're going to stay on. Don't keep them on. I'm more of a Okay, let's go let's go with him. Just get in the ambulance and it'll be fine. There you go, I kept them out for you. Thank you. Yep. Sorry about your [ __ ] For the love of God, please take them off. Is that my other one? Yeah, right here. I'll put it right here for you, bud. I'm good. I'm I'm coming with you, bud. You're with me for a while now. Get you away from Phineas and Ferb or who what whatever the heck that you were saying. As long as you continue to be cooperative like you were in the ambulance, I have no problem taking those off and put them up front. But for right now, you're going to have to keep them right there. Just continue to be cooperative and we'll put them up front, okay? Are you going to provide a breath sample for us or not? No. Okay. Thank you, yeah. Yeah, I I'm going to ask I have to set it up anyway and I'm going to ask you if you want to blow and if you say no, I'll I'll push decline, but I'm sorry, I'm not a threat. All right, take your arm out from underneath you. You're good. All right, thank you. Yes, sir. All right, man. So what I'm going to do here is I'm going to bring this up to your mouth. What you're going to do is you're going to get take a big breath in, strong steady flow out. All right. Big breath in, continue blow out until I tell you to stop. Keep blowing, keep harder, harder, harder. You got You're going to blow harder than that. Okay, insufficient flow, okay? I think we only get three times. You're not going to mess with the test cuz it it doesn't like you. So just big breath out, hard. Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going. There you go. You know what the legal limit is in the state of Illinois? 0.8 0.8 So we'll look at it here together. 0.178, you were double the legal limit. Really? Yep. Are you sure? Cuz I need to know how cool they are right now. Everything was on body cam, so if they did something wrong, then they'll be I mean, I get you know, it's a brotherhood. We all No, no, I don't care. If somebody did something wrong, they need to be held responsible for what they did. Like I said, every one of us has one of these on, so all of that He was charged with DUI along with resisting arrest, multiple counts of battery to a peace officer, open alcohol in a vehicle, and traffic violations tied to the crash. Was this just the alcohol talking or something far deeper that pushed him to fight instead of face what he'd done?