On October 5th, 2024, Atlanta Police Department officers encountered a couple in distress at Hartsfield Jackson airport. >> You're saying two different things. D what? >> D3. >> D3. What do you have? >> He has the old one. >> You have the old one. Apparently, they changed the gate number. >> Oh, I didn't know. >> Yes, you've been over there. >> What is your name, sir? >> Where are you? >> I'm I'm with the police. I'm just trying to help out. I'm not trying to aggravate you, sir. If you're not really noticing, you're on the ground. So that in itself is >> resting. I've been here for >> I want you to rest. I want you to rest. But D, I could tell you how to catch the train to D if you wish. >> That would be lovely. >> Come on. You want to come? Let's all go to D. >> Thank you for your patience with me, sir. It's It's in this direction. I want you to take your time. It's this way. >> Thank you. >> Let's go, ma'am. >> No, I don't feel safe. >> Okay. Okay. Well, you don't have to go to deconquourse if you don't want >> anything about what I'm saying. >> Okay. I need you to calm down. >> You need me to calm down? >> Yes, ma'am. He's going to his flight. Deconors. >> Do you want to go on your flight? They can separate you on the plane. You don't have to be together. >> I called. >> Have a seat for me, sir. Have a seat. Look, he's saying he's staying. >> I You could go on your flight. This gentleman said he's staying. >> No, my friends live here in >> Okay. Do you want to catch a flight to what city is he going to? >> We live in California. Los Angeles. >> All right. I'm trying to resolve your concern here. The gentleman said he want >> I'm going to have to go home. Nothing to do with her. >> All right. >> I have work. >> Okay. So, where do you live, sir? >> LA. >> All right. And where do you live, ma'am? >> She lives. >> All right. So, you both live in LA. >> Look at her. Look at her. Look at her ID, >> sir. It's okay. We're trying to resolve this. >> Yeah. Resolve it. Look at her ID. >> You're a little inated California. >> I sure am. But look, >> I'm LA. She's Atlanta. Check. >> I have a list California. Check now. >> All right. California. I see that. >> Correct. Check her ID. >> Here's the thing. Calm down, sir. Let her just talk. >> We'll go back to you. Back. I'm just trying to figure out what the issue is here. >> We're going to do this legally. I live in LA. She doesn't. >> I have a check now. Check now. >> Let me go ahead and >> I own a home. Have a seat for me, sir. >> No, you're a bad policeman. Check her ID. >> You can't tell me what to do. That would be that would be that would be my prerogative. >> The initial contact was consensual. No legal justification required. But commands to sit down issued to a person suspected of no crime cross into Fourth Amendment territory. Under Florida versus Boston, a seizure occurs when a reasonable person would not feel free to leave. That threshold was approached here before any criminal act occurred. What? What is the law, sir? Sir, what is the law? >> I will be. Yes, correct. You cannot tell me what the law is. >> Stop, sir. >> Wait, wait. What's the law? Tell me. Tell me. Tell me what law I've >> Let me know when you're done. >> Oh, you want me to continue? >> Sure. You're telling me. >> Don't come up on me, sir. >> Go. >> Don't come up on me. I didn't say that. >> She >> I didn't say that. Lives in LA. >> If you wish to go to your gate, go to your gate. >> Check her [ __ ] ID. I will. Goodbye. >> Bye. >> Welcome, sir. >> Stay here. >> Welcome, [ __ ] >> In the middle. Take the escalator down. >> Take the escalator down and grab the train. >> Stupid [ __ ] >> Thank you so much. >> [ __ ] cop. You're a [ __ ] You're you're you're >> Calm down, sir. Just calm down. Just calm down. >> What are you? Where? Where? Where? Calm down. Don't do that. >> I didn't get near you. What are you? What are you? >> Give me some space. >> What or what? You going to shoot me? Sir, >> you're going to shoot me like every other black man you shot? >> Or what? What, [ __ ] What, [ __ ] I can [ __ ] say what I want. >> Because you're a [ __ ] [ __ ] You're a lying [ __ ] [ __ ] You can't do [ __ ] to me. Name the lie, bro. >> I'm going to call more [ __ ] people to shoot me. >> You're a [ __ ] >> Stop. Relax, >> [ __ ] >> Relax. Just relax. Just go to your gate, sir. >> Make me. >> It's not I don't need to make you. You could do that in >> No, no, no. You tried to make me [ __ ] come back here. >> Sleeping, right? >> Just relax. >> Stop touching me. >> Don't push up on me. Just relax. >> You touched me. >> Just relax. You got to give us some space. >> Who touched who? >> Just give us some space. >> Or what? >> Or what? >> That's not what it is. >> Do it again. >> Stop, sir. Don't come up on me. >> Do it again. Do it again. >> Don't do that. Do it again. >> What's going on? >> This [ __ ] little [ __ ] of a cop wannabe came up on me while I was sleeping. started [ __ ] punching me, pushing me. >> I didn't do anything. >> Check your cam. Check your cam. Who touched who? Who touched who put their hand? >> Who put their hands like that on me? That was this [ __ ] [ __ ] That was that [ __ ] [ __ ] That was that little [ __ ] Leave your fight. Let's fight. >> No, don't do that. >> We want you to go to your game, man. Excuse me. Don't touch me. You hear me? Stop. Do you hear me? >> No. Incorrect. You hear me? Stop it. >> Incorrect. >> Stop. >> Incorrect. >> Stop. Stop. >> Incorrect. >> Stop. Stop. >> Stop. Stop it. >> Nola. I broke. Put your hands behind your back. Stop resisting, bro. Stop it. Stop. Can you camera? >> Can you Hey, man. Why are you trying to be Why? >> Why stop, please? Good shot. >> Let them hurt me. I didn't do anything. I didn't do anything. >> Calm down while you get hurt. >> You're going to break my arm. >> How long is this going? >> Hey, for real. For real, man. You're going to break. Please stop. Please. Please. Ow. I said stop. Please. Please. You're going to hurt me for real. For real, man. Hey. Hey. Hey. I let go. Please. >> So, you let go. You let go. Bro, I didn't hurt you. Did that hurt you? Yes or no? You're a liar, sir. >> Wait, wait. Hey, let's Hey, wait a I let me have you start female being sir. >> Come on over here, man. Come on over here. We're going to the precinct with her. >> Tell them about my shoulder. >> Please. >> He's on. >> He's going to precinct. >> Please. >> Tell them about my shoulder. >> Sir, what? >> Tell them about my >> calm down, sir. >> Calm down. >> Tell them about my shoulder. Please. >> Calm down. >> Really hurts. >> You know about my shoulder. Sir. [clears throat] Sir, please. >> Wait. Wait. Wait, wait, wait for me. >> Where's Where's Jaylen? >> Okay, ma'am. Ma'am, come with us. >> This is Here. This is his shoe. I got the shoe. I got the shoe. >> You don't want a shoe? Okay. He's going to the precinct. You're going to catch your flight. >> I'm going to my mom. I'm >> All right. You got to give us something. >> Give us something. [screaming] >> Continue to fall on the floor. >> Okay. Stay on. Stay on the floor. >> Please look. Please look. [ __ ] Please look. Look at my shoulder. >> Just trying to press. >> Are you going to continue to drop to the floor? >> If you keep picking me up that way, sir. Yes. Look. Please. I've had I had a super spinatus. And please, I keep telling you, >> just relax. >> Not [ __ ] with you. >> Don't drop to the floor like >> ready. We're just going to help you. >> I told you to stop multiple times. >> Come on. We're going to help you. You ready? >> Lay down. Don't help me. >> We're going to Okay. Well, then get up. >> Okay. Get up there. >> You got you got 20 seconds. If not, we help you. >> No, you don't have time to show us anything. Go ahead and get up, sir. >> That is a lie. >> Sir, can you get up? Please. >> He's got 10 seconds. >> Call your Please call your supervisor. Please call your supervisor. >> Enough, sir. I'm going to call the >> You could kind of wiggle onto the chair. It won't move. >> My is my shoulder. >> It's okay, sir. Just one step at a time. There you go. There you go. >> You guys think it's >> No, nobody's laughing. Nobody's laughing. >> Look at my surgeries. It's real. >> Have a seat. Okay, push all the way back. >> I'm not finding you. >> Push back. I'm going to lower the arm. >> There you go. We're going to go now. I'm going to put the backpack. The subject's profanity directed at officers is constitutionally protected speech. In City of Houston versus Hill, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment protects significant verbal criticism of law enforcement. Profanity alone does not constitute disorderly conduct. Under Georgia Code section 161139, disorderly conduct requires violent or tumultuous behavior, not offensive language. On use of force under Graham versus Connor, reasonleness is judged from the officer's perspective at the moment of decision. Considering severity of the offense, threat level, and resistance here, the underlying conduct was verbal. The subject's resistance was passive, dropping to the floor, not active aggression. Force applied to a limb with a claimed prior injury after officers were advised of that injury warrants proportionality scrutiny >> on your >> I'm going to put the backpack on you on your lap. Okay, sir. >> Can I get the backpack, sir? >> Hey, Sergeant. >> Okay, I heard her. Tango. Make sure she goes to tango 10. She said tango 2. >> No, she's at 10. >> Okay, here it is. Cool. Check it out. I'm even going to secure it for you. Look at that. >> Bro, you're playing me. >> Nobody's playing with you. >> Playing me, sir. >> Nobody's playing with you. >> Look. Can you look? >> Keep in mind I've been watching you on the camera. Go ahead, please. Okay. Anyway, >> okay. This gentleman was an honor and a scholar. He was he was so kind. >> This man the whole camera. >> Okay. And you know threw me on the ground this [ __ ] piece of [ __ ] You're a liar. >> Sir, you're a liar. You're a liar. >> You're a liar, sir. He literally pulled my shoulder and I told him I had an injury multiple times. Wait, wait. >> Well, if you have an injury, you should be attacking officers. >> Ma'am, I didn't attack them. Not once. >> Not once. >> Show me one incident where I threw a punch or anything. >> You have to throw a punch. You can make gestures. >> Oh, god. >> Go somebody like that. >> Those. >> No, I'm not one of those. >> No, you're one of those kind of liars. >> Wait, when I have three, >> I'm glad I'm at Georgia. I got a problem. >> I'm so glad I'm in Georgia. >> Yeah. Welcome to Georgia. Yeah. Welcome to the lying state of [ __ ] I hate you. I came home. I came home with my girlfriend was [ __ ] kidding me with everyone and now I can't go home. I don't >> You will eventually go home, sir. >> I just want to go home. >> You would eventually go home. >> Do anything. >> I just want to go home. She [ __ ] She literally was whoring, man. I sucked, man. I can prove it. I will show you pictures, man. I didn't do anything. I didn't do anything. Please, do you have evidence for me breaking a law? Sir. Sir, please. Do you have any evidence? I didn't do anything. I just want to go home. >> Most critically, while handcuffed and on route to the precinct, the subject invoked his right to counsel multiple times clearly and repeatedly under Miranda versus Arizona and Edwards versus Arizona. Once a suspect in custody unambiguously invokes the right to an attorney, all officer initiated interrogation must cease immediately. No waiver is permissible until council is present or the suspect reinitiates. Statements obtained after that invocation may be suppressed. This is not a technicality. It is a fundamental constitutional protection. Atlanta police department receives a B minus. The initial contact was professional and deescalation was genuine. However, the probable cause basis for arrest is not clearly established on camera. The subject's right to council invocations were not visibly honored and the failure to document or act on a claimed injury exposes the department to civil liability under 42 USC section 1,983. The subject receives a C plus. He correctly invoked his right to counsel and accurately noted he had not thrown a punch legally relevant under the statute. However, his prolonged profane confrontation escalated the encounter and passive resistance on the floor invited greater force application. Knowing your rights matters. Exercising them strategically matters more. The takeaway: emotional state does not suspend constitutional rights, but it does affect how effectively those rights can be exercised. When in custody, invoke counsel once clearly, then stop speaking. Every additional statement is a potential evidentiary risk. For officers, probable cause must be documented before arrest, not assumed. A subject being difficult is not the same as a subject breaking the law. Let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic you would like us to discuss in the comments below. >> Decompress a little. Relax. >> Let me show you, please. >> You show me in the princip. >> What does that help? I need to go. >> You will eventually. >> But then I got a paper. He will be placed delicately inside the cell. >> Absolutely. >> That is a liar. That is a liar. Focus on me so many times. >> Focus on me. >> I need him. Please. >> Focus on me. Focus on me. >> Please don't let him touch me. >> No, I won't let him. >> Focus on me. >> Watch your feet. I told you to keep your feet up. I have no >> Keep your shoes on. Keep your shoe keep your shoes on. >> G. >> I don't I don't have a camera, sir. >> Sir, I'm going to have you get up and we're going inside the cell. >> Please look. Please look. Sir, look. Please. What's that? It's your ankle. >> No. Come on. Don't be an [ __ ] >> This is not about being an [ __ ] You're telling me what it is? >> What is it? >> Looks like like an ankle to me, sir. >> It's a lawyer. >> I've asked for a lawyer. You do not get to take anything from me. >> Whoever you want to call, >> can you take my [ __ ] >> Sure. Absolutely. What would you like to call? >> I'm sure you would love to. >> Sir, sir, behave yourself. >> You already took my >> His credentials are in his wallet. His wallet is in his front pocket. >> What else, >> sir? What else? >> You want to do it again? >> All right, let him go. Let him go. >> Both. Go ahead and hop. >> I literally >> Let him go. Let him go. I didn't do anything, but I'm just trying to >> I am. >> Sorry. Just like my surgery. Jesus Christ. >> Take the cuff off. >> No. You had me take no cuffs off of you, >> man. I thought ain't No. >> Oh, okay. He complained. I, Officer Campbell, will adjust the cuffs. They're going to stay on, but you complain about them being tight. So, I'll ad me. No problem. Anybody Anybody but you. You already fixed your cuffs, sir. >> All suspects are innocent until proven guilty. Thank you for watching.