Do you not see the scratches on your hand? How did that happen? How did that happen? >> I was like what the >> It's poking a person. >> Excuse me? >> It's poking a person. Crafting. >> Oh, crafting? >> Because it looks like it's fresh wounds. >> Woodworking. >> Yeah, okay. >> Okay, you were woodworking this morning? Today's not Sunday. >> Sunday. My bad. Monday. So Sunday morning I was working on a fan leaf for my job. Okay. >> Okay, and that's how you got those marks? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Do not touch me. Do not put your hands on me. I am not under arrest. Do not put your hands on me. You have no reason to enter the property. >> On January 29th, 2024, police officers responded to a home after receiving a report of a domestic disturbance. It wasn't the first time. They had already been called to the same address involving the same couple. During the investigation, the complainant insisted, "You have no right to detain me." But under the law, that statement isn't necessarily true. In this video, we'll break down what happened, examine the officer's legal authority, and explain why this encounter raises important questions about detention and constitutional rights. >> Okay, so what happened? Why are we here again now at 9:00 a.m.? >> He put his hands on me again. I called the cops. You guys are here. >> Okay. >> You're now calling 911. >> he said you When you're saying that he put his hands on you again, can you describe what how he put his hands on you? >> He was trying to take my phone away from me while I was trying to call 911, which I'm pretty sure is a felony offense. >> Okay. >> And then he was also trying to shove me into a room to contain me >> Okay. >> without any contact to the outside world. >> Okay. Are you injured in any way? Do you need me to call an ambulance for you? >> This is why I'm cuddling behind a tire. >> Because no, I am not injured because I'm cuddling behind a tire. And no one will believe me unless I stayed inside and obtained injuries. >> I can get >> Yeah, you're >> Your right hand? This one? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Do you not see the scratches on your hand? >> How did that happen? >> that happen? Well, it's called being a person. >> Excuse me? >> It's called being a person crafting. >> Oh, crafting? >> It doesn't looks like it's fresh wounds. >> Woodworking. >> Yeah. >> Okay, so woodworking this morning? >> Um well, today is a different day. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm not trying to be combative at all. >> You're not making any sense. Those look like looks like fresh blood, fresh wounds from this morning. >> So, what would you think? We were inquiring as to how you got them. >> Today is not Sunday. >> Today? >> Uh my bad. Monday. So, Sunday morning I was working on a vanity for my daughter. >> Okay. >> Okay, and that's how you got those marks? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I was working on it throughout the night and everything. I was minding my own business. >> a little I see a little reddish over here on your arm over here. How did you get that? >> Eczema. >> I mean >> I mean, do you want me to scratch my other arm? I have eczema. Do you see >> There's a big bruise on the back of your >> Are you injured from where you're sitting? >> That's from him. That's from him shoving me into the door. >> Okay. >> I probably have a same bruise right here, but I'm not going to >> Well, okay. Well, we I'd rather have you not do that out here. Can we go inside and take a look at that? >> No. >> Okay, are you Would you allow us to take any pictures? Okay, would you allow us to take any picture? No? Okay. All right. I'm going to go talk to him. >> You want to know what? >> You can take >> I've already been arrested. >> Okay. >> Bend over, spread your cheeks, table top. nothing came okay like four from it so you know what if that's what's what's going to come from it please leave the property. Thank you. Do not touch me. DO NOT PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME. I am not under arrest. Do not put your hands on me. You have no reason TO ENTER THE PROPERTY. Do not put your hands on me. You're calling the police for help AREN'T YOU? DO NOT PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME BECAUSE SHE GRABS ME. LET GO OF THE DOOR. BACK AWAY. Off the property. >> We're not leaving right now. We need to talk to him. >> video >> What's his name? >> I'm fine. We all have video on all three of us have video. Officer Horsezsky, Officer Pinto, and Officer Shabog, I am asking you to all step off of of my residency. >> We're not leaving. >> legally >> Did you ask him to call inside or try to reach this guy? >> There is no call for inside this residency. Please step back. Please step back. >> YOU'RE GOING TO HURT YOURSELF. YOU'RE GOING TO HURT YOURSELF. >> I'm going to hurt myself. >> Yeah, you keep hitting the door. Why are you hitting smack in the door you live here? >> See what I can do. >> Well, I sort of you're not >> that called us that you're hurt and injured and you're hiding behind your car. >> Leave the premises. They're threatening to hurt me. >> Nobody's threatened to hurt you. I didn't want you to walk inside and GET >> LET GO. >> NO. Do not stay there. Ma'am, do not TOUCH ME. YOU ARE YOU ARE PHYSICALLY abusing me. >> abusing you. I'm trying TO KEEP YOU SAFE AND SOUND. >> TOUCH ME. DO NOT PHYSICALLY come near me or abuse me. Do not come near me or physically abuse me. There's another J5 in the three in the house. Baby. Baby. I'm cold. I don't have shoes on. >> Do you normally drink this much? >> I don't drink at all. >> smell You already told me another officer you did and I can smell it from here. >> not say anything. >> Yes, you did. You said you drank. >> Yeah, that was at 3:00 a.m. >> What time is it now, ma'am? I can smell you from here. >> What time is it now? >> You can tell me. You have your phone. >> Ma'am. >> You have your phone. You can tell me. >> What time is it? >> smell the alcohol from here. That's why I'm asking you. Do you need to be seen by an ambulance? >> That is hearsay. >> No, ma'am. It's not hearsay. >> Baby. >> Baby. >> Do you need to be seen be seen by an ambulance? >> No. >> Okay. >> Please back away from me. I feel threatened. >> How could you feel threatened? My hands are in my pockets. >> Because you are too close to me and I'm asking you to back away and you are not >> Correct. >> that for you are threatening me by not accepting my request. Do not put hands on me or touch me or I will sue you. >> Stay back. >> Am I being detained? >> Am I being detained? >> you from the situation. Stay back. >> Am I being detained? >> Yes, stay back from him. >> I don't have any right to detain me. >> Yes, you're being detained. >> For what? >> You called and claimed there was a domestic battery. We're here for our investigation. >> You're right. You did call. >> no right to detain me. >> Yes. We're doing it for our investigation. And I'm keeping you separate from him so you don't get in another altercation. >> Let's give her a chance to cooperate before we go hands on. >> I am not cooperating. I want all of you off the property. And I'm telling her that she left. I NO! BABY! CHASE! CHASE! >> PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. >> YOU'RE NOT RESISTING. >> I didn't do anything. >> Put your hands behind your back. >> He hit me! >> Put your hands behind your back. >> I didn't do anything. >> Put your hands behind your back. Put your hands behind your back. >> I called for protection. I didn't do anything. >> Trip. >> I LOVE YOU. PLEASE! NO! YOU SERIOUSLY HURT MY THUMB. PLEASE! PLEASE! >> Stop resisting. Just cooperate. >> I will cooperate. >> Put your hands behind your back. >> I would sue you again. YOU'RE ABUSING ME. CALL 911. >> THAT WOULD BE US. >> THAT WOULD BE US. We're here. >> YOU ARE FAKE COPS. CALL 911. I DON'T NEED THIS. >> PUT YOUR HANDS behind your back. >> Please take this out on me IN EVERY OTHER WAY. They're about to break my shoulder cuff. >> Stop resisting. Just put your hands behind your >> Please! Just take this off me and let me >> Stop resisting. YOU ARE RESISTING OR ARREST. >> YOU JUST BROKE MY SHOULDER. >> Under Under Terry versus Ohio, 1968, officers may briefly detain someone based on reasonable suspicion alone. A domestic battery call combined with visible injuries easily meets that threshold. Detention is not arrest, and it does not require the level of proof a warrant would need. The complainant also gave several different explanations for the same visible injuries. Under a totality of circumstances, standard inconsistent statements count as evidence, not neutral facts. Refusing to allow photographs of an injury is a legal right, but it also removes supporting evidence from the record. When officers moved to handcuff her, she resisted and alleged pain to her shoulder and thumb. Under Graham versus Connor, 1989, force is judged by objective reasonableness, not by after-fact injury claims. No strikes or weapons appear on camera. >> Come on, let's just walk with us. >> What are the charges again? >> Domestic domestic battery. >> Are you serious? >> See if I can get her >> I really can't stand you. >> Hold still. Hold still. >> I'm not moving. >> Well, we're going to ask you to get up and move with us. >> I'm not going anywhere. Baby, please. I'm in handcuffs right now. >> on. You got to sit up. >> Please don't do this to me. >> going to roll you on your butt. We're going to roll you on your butt and help you get up, okay? >> I'm stopped. You're manhandling ME. >> STAND UP. COME ON. LET'S GO. WE'RE GOING TO WALK. >> OW, STOP. HOW DARE YOU? HOW dare you? >> Sit up LIKE A HUMAN. SIT UP LIKE A HUMAN BEING. >> YOU'RE abusing me. >> Sit up like a human being instead of laying >> You're abusing me. >> Just walk with her. Come on. Come on. >> No, you're abusing me. Please. I will walk with you to the car. Please just let me Get my stuff and go. >> We'll get you your stuff. We're getting you up. >> I just want to go. I don't want to be arrested. Please. Please. Please. >> Can I Turn around for me. Can I get I turn around Can I turn around and talk to you Please please please Flag on the play then >> I will >> Is there is there any way that I can be dismissed right now? >> No >> Even with charges >> No >> that I can >> No >> Okay I'm sorry >> Can we tell a buddy? >> Yeah, he's getting it for you >> The jail froze and you're really cold Ow Ow Who are you? >> Grading the officers, AC plus. Detention and arrest decisions were legally sound, but explanations of legal status were inconsistent and reactive. Grading the complainant, AC. Calling for help was the right first step, but shifting statements and resisting a lawful detention undercut her own case. The lesson here is simple. Detention is not the same as arrest, and resisting either rarely helps. Inconsistent statements, even from a genuine victim, can weaken an otherwise valid case. Let us know if there was an interaction or legal topic you would like discussed in the comments. Thank you for watching, and don't forget to subscribe for more analysis of police and court interactions.