Put it down. >> Not every cop makes the right call. Some face impossible choices. >> [ __ ] [ __ ] man. He's just a [ __ ] kid. He's a [ __ ] toy gun. >> Others abuse the power they're given. From deadly split-second decisions to outright theft. These are the moments where everything changed. Some were justified, some weren't. All of them left a mark. >> Oh my god. >> [ __ ] >> Are you I told you >> he pulled it, >> dude. The [ __ ] did he do that for? >> Let's begin with an officer who pulled the trigger only to find out his suspect was a kid with a toy. >> [ __ ] [ __ ] man. He's just a [ __ ] kid. The [ __ ] toy got me. January 15th, 2019, Tempe, Arizona. An officer spots someone in a parked car holding what looks like a gun. No warning, no ID as police. The suspect runs. The officer fires. Two mistakes sealed the outcome. >> This year 2019. Hey 61, let me see your habits. 998 998 shot fire. Shot fire. One subject running south out through the alley. He's got a He's got a a handgun. He's got a handgun. Arms out. Let me see your hands. Let me see your hands. >> I will shoot you again. >> He never announced himself and shot someone running away. Then came the truth. >> Why don't you just go? Let us take this. Just put the gun down. Put the gun down. Okay. Tempy, please. Don't move. >> He's dead, dude. Huh? >> He's dead. in your vehicle. >> Pull him over. We still got to try. >> Backup arrived to find a 14-year-old boy, Antonio Arce, unresponsive. The gun just a plastic airsoft replica. >> [ __ ] [ __ ] man. He's just a [ __ ] kid. >> It's a [ __ ] toy. It's a [ __ ] toy gun, man. Oh, it's a [ __ ] dog. It's a [ __ ] dog. What the [ __ ] happened? How the [ __ ] is he [ __ ] [Applause] >> Officer Joseph JN resigned, but was never charged. Antonio's grieving family later won a $2 million settlement from the city. One bad call, one young life lost, and no real accountability. Up next, a cop breaks down after killing a fellow officer. But the twist, they were married. >> Breathe. Come see me. >> August 20th, 2023, Oklahoma City. A panicked teen calls 911. Five gunshots just erupted in the living room. His parents, both officers, had been fighting. Now one is dead. The shooter. >> Is anybody else in there with you? That was my wife. >> Is she okay? >> No. >> We need to help her. But we can't help her unless you help us. You know how this works. >> Open the door. >> I don't have a weapon. Please don't have a weapon. >> I don't have a weapon. >> Please don't have a weapon. >> I have my phone. >> Okay. Can come out to me. Come out to me. Come out to me. >> Hey, come out to me. >> Uncle. Uncle. Uncle, come see me. >> 116 is coming out. >> Uncle, come see me. >> Go ahead. Uncle Charles, >> come on out, man. Come on out. Come on out. >> Charles Bruce, >> stay right there. Stay right there. >> Charles, >> put your hands behind your back. >> Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. >> Yeah. Breathe, man. Breathe. >> Truth. >> Breathe. >> Come see me. >> Please. >> Von Cannon, 42, a Cleveland County deputy. The victim, his wife, Jordan Cannon, a deputy, too. The teen watched in horror as his father pulled the trigger. The autopsy was devastating. 12 shots to the face. No chance of survival. Van claimed he couldn't remember pulling the trigger, only the argument. The jury didn't buy it. firstdegree murder, life in prison, no parole, two badges, one gun, and a family shattered forever. Up next, a female officer faced with a split-second decision that changed everything. September 21st, 2020, Atlanta police respond to a domestic violence call. A woman says her husband's gone into a violent rage. And when officers arrive, it's clear she wasn't exaggerating. >> Bro, what are you doing? >> Bro, you got your hand on the gun. What's up? >> I need to do what? >> I need to do who? >> What stuff? What stuff you have in the truck, man? >> I need you. >> I need all you got the vehicle. >> I need who? No, I'm not here. Till the real is this yours? >> This is my real sir. I'm not getting here till the real get here. >> I'm telling you what's going on. So you got my arm and everything. I got you on record everything. Voice record everything. >> You pulling on me. >> You pulling on me. Excuse black and you pulling on me. >> The man is furious fighting arrest. And then it gets worse. In a flash, he pulls a gun. >> Look what he look what he grabbing for tasing me. >> I'm just trying to stop my wife. >> I got a whole load of pistol on me, sir. [ __ ] >> It is loaded. >> It's loaded. It's been loaded. It's been loaded. >> Damn, man. What are you doing, bro? What the [ __ ] >> No, we not play these [ __ ] games without guns. He need to get his [ __ ] together. It's a pass. >> She going to leave me. >> Miss, get out of the way, please. >> She going to leave me. >> Officers scramble for cover, but one officer doesn't back down. She stands her ground, begging him, "Drop it! Don't do this!" But he doesn't stop. Instead, he runs, gun in hand, panic in his eyes. For 10 t minutes, police chase him, yelling, "Put the gun down." Then he turns. He's armed. He's close. And the officer makes the call no one ever wants to make. She fires. The bullet hits. >> Put it down. >> He grabbed for something. >> He got a gun back in his head. Put it down. >> Put the gun down, man. >> Put it down. >> She not going no [ __ ] way. I'm telling you. >> Come on. Put it down. >> Put it down. Put it down. >> Put it down. You shot me. >> You got it. You got it. You got it. >> You got it. You shot me. >> The man, 28-year-old Darien Bell, collapses. He dies at the hospital. >> Get on the ground. Put your hands out. >> Put your hands out. >> Oh my god. >> Okay, I'm doing okay. >> We good. Uh, can you stop me at Grady, please? Radio. >> Okay, Grady is in. We got McDonald. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. I'm sorry. >> Okay. >> An investigation follows. The shooting is ruled justified. But the emotional toll devastating. Watch as she breaks down, overwhelmed. Because in that one instant, she wasn't just protecting others. She was fighting for her own life. And no amount of training can prepare you for that moment or what comes after. This officer fired at a man with a fake gun, then broke down in tears. >> Not a gun. >> [ __ ] >> Are you I [ __ ] told you >> he pulled it. >> Dude, the [ __ ] did he do that for? >> A Union County deputy responded to a 911 call. A man, Matthew Todd Hunter, was waving a gun, yelling, "We're all going to die." >> Put your hands up. Put your hands up. Put your hands up. >> Put your hands up. Put your hands up now. >> 58. I got one at gunpoint. >> He doesn't have a gun. >> Okay, just put your hands out of the car. >> Okay. >> He came on my property. >> Okay, we'll figure it out. But we have a report of a gun. Okay. >> No, he has no gun. >> Okay, you need to chill out and stand over there now. Okay, step out of the car for me, bud. Okay, >> step out of the car for me now. >> Get out slowly. Get out of the car. >> Keep your hands out. Drop the gun. 58. Shots fired. Shots fired. Don't move. Don't move. Don't move. Back away. Back away from him. Back away. >> Don't touch it. Don't touch it. >> Hunter pulled what looked like a weapon. The deputy made a split-second call and fired. Then came the heartbreaking reveal. It was a replica. His family rushed out, screaming it wasn't real. They knew, but no one stopped him in time. >> You're the baby guy. How am I supposed to know that? I >> told you. >> Back away from him so we can get him help. >> Back away from him so we can get him help. >> Stay with me. Stay with me. >> Not a [ __ ] gun. It's >> not a gun. >> [ __ ] >> Are you I [ __ ] told you >> he pulled it. >> I told you it wasn't a gun. >> Back up away from him. >> No. >> Back up away from him. >> I work at a hospital. I told him. I found it. >> You got any? >> No, just that. >> I don't have a gun. >> What do you call that? >> Get back. >> I need you guys to get back. >> Get back. You had a gun. >> You need to get back. >> We need to get him help. >> He is dead. You guys shot him right in the arms. Oh my god. >> The deputy acted on what he saw. A deadly threat. He was cleared in the investigation, but the guilt never left. >> [ __ ] [Music] [ __ ] dude. Come on. The >> [ __ ] did he do that for? Come on. Wait a second. >> Dude, what the [ __ ] >> Did you discharge? >> Yeah. >> God damn it, dude. >> You all right, brother? >> Dude, what the [ __ ] man? >> You did what you had to >> What the [ __ ] did he do that for? Todd died that day and the deputy still carries the weight. Even justified shots can leave permanent scars. Next up, a cop who thought the law didn't apply to him. >> I just witnessed here today. Mr. Chapman went in my money. He separated my money. He was trying to steal it in our car. >> March 14th, 2022, Charlotte, North Carolina. A routine speeding stop ends in an arrest. The driver has active warrants, but what happens next? Flatout theft. The officer hands the driver's stuff to a friend, but keeps a fat stack of dollar 100s, casually calling it evidence. Cut to the station. The driver spots the officer messing with the cash red-handed, he speaks up, and that's when the deflection starts. >> Here's here. Big money. I'll put this in the in the bag for you. Okay. >> Yeah. Here. Here. >> Yo, can you can you look in between his legs here, too? I think he just put some rum into his leg. How much money did you have on you? >> I'm asking touched it. Can you just check? >> Sir, listen to me. >> He's moving and everything. Look, he's moving. Sir, I'm good. >> Sir, listen to me. Tell me how much cash you had on you. What was the amount? >> I just want to see. I'm not going to lie. Can you Can you check I'm not going nowhere. Can you check those objects for me? >> Hell no. He just touched my I heard the rubber band pop. He told me, "Oh, I I had to look." And he's moving. He's moving between his legs. >> Stand right here. >> I'mma stand right here. But can y'all please check your fellow officer? Please stand right here. Look, he's moving his arm right now. >> How much passive do you have on you? >> Look at his hand. He's tucking money. He's tucking money right in his right hand. >> Check. >> Listen to what was your total pass? >> The female officer never even searches the car. Instead, she grills him. How much money did you say you had again? Meanwhile, her partner hovers by their squad car like he's guarding treasure. They stall, count slowly, and brush off his complaints, hoping he'll just let it go. >> Look at him moving. He's moving. >> Oh my god. I'm not going to check everything. >> I've been Let me tell you guys the whole time. >> I'm not going to allow anybody to take your money. >> Look at him. He's moving. >> But look at me. >> Look at me. If If someone takes your money, it it will be a big problem. All right. No one's going to take your money. I can see his hand. I I I I see exactly what what what he's doing. >> No one's going to take your money. She's going to count your money. There's more money. >> Watch him touch my money. >> There's more money in here. You're saying that that there's more money in here? >> But what I'm saying is >> Let me ask you a question. Ask my question. Are are you saying that there's more more money in here? >> What I'm saying is he just touched my money and went through three different floor compartments and I seen him put it in between his legs. I heard my rubber band. I've been nothing but cooperative with you guys. All I wanted you guys to do is I'm saying but he already moved and did a lot of different stuff. Okay. Like, >> but this driver, he's not letting anything slide. He plays along and sets a trap. Boom. The truth comes out. >> But, do you know how much cash you had on it? So, I counted out so we can verify the total. Do you know approximately how much you had on it? >> I said a number and I get it wrong because you touched the window and it's going to be all wrong. But I just don't understand why I heard my rubber band being popped. >> I just grabbed it from the seat to give to her. >> That's not what you just told me either, boss. >> I did. That's what I >> uh can y'all like like I I don't know the protocol with that, but like can y'all check y'all like like his person because like if anything is on him, it would be in No, I don't I look I'm I'm going to show you right here. Look look look. So look, this is all I want to explain to you guys. >> Most of the time when somebody know they didn't like when somebody knows for a fact they didn't do anything, they're not going to just, you know, like let you search them. I don't have kids. You know what I'm saying? But I know how that goes because my mom did foster care. So I'm like up to par with all that. And on top of that, if I didn't do anything like how me and you been talking whole time, just like how me and you was talking, if I didn't do anything, I have nothing that I'm worried about. You know what I'm saying? There would be no reason for him to show me his pockets and stuff. Like I know for a fact I want you to feel >> comfortable. I would have I would have felt comfortable if your colleagues would have searched you at the exact time where I knew where the wing was. If I seen you kept going in between your legs and then every time everybody put all of the the attention on me, you kept moving. I don't know if it's in your door. I don't know where it's at. I don't even care if you find the money, but how you know how you know for a fact that I'm right here. Come here. Come here. >> Do you mind if I move? >> Come here. Shut up. Come here. I'm going to show you. >> I want you to open it up so you know that. >> Okay. Do Do you see anything? >> No. Yeah. No cap. I'm not even going to touch it. It's blue right here. It's all the blue hunds are right there behind that receipt. Thank you. All that's my money. He didn't have that. >> This is your money? >> Yes. I heard him crumble it up. Thank you. Thank you. All right. That's my money. >> That's my money right there. >> Sir, you've been watching me the whole time. >> I seen you take it. I seen you crumble. Just count it. If I'm right, it's going to be around $1,000 if I'm right. And like I told you, I just went to win. >> I saw I saw you steal, >> brother. I just seen you steal our money. There was no reason to pop my rubber band, brother. There was no reason for me to pop my rubber band off my >> I didn't pop your rubber band off your money. >> Officer Chapman stole $900 and lied. And yes, it's all caught on camera. The twist. Chapman takes an Alfred plea. >> I just witnessed here today. Mr. Chapman went in my money. He separated my money. He was trying to steal it and I caught it. He put it in between his legs and as his as his colleagues approached me, he worked it towards the door. He tried to make it seem like I was lying. >> Okay, we're burying you, but there's no need for sale. >> So, what are we going to do about this problem? Cuz he just tried to steal someone. >> Legal loophole where he claims innocence but admits the evidence would convict him. His punishment, 2 years probation, no jail time, no real accountability. If this kind of corruption makes your blood boil, hit like, subscribe, and stay tuned because this this is just the