Today we have a video from Crime Scrutiny and the title of the video is when a cop becomes the suspect. >> Put your hands up and step out of the vehicle. Do it now. With your hands up, slowly walk towards Walk backwards towards >> She got her guns out. Back up, please. >> Keep coming. Keep coming. >> You got hands. >> Keep coming. >> Get down on your knees. Do not move. Do you understand? >> Perfect over here. >> Sure. >> Sounds like there was some issues at the stop there at the traffic light. >> Yep. I went to go merge to get off 196. Had my turn signal on forever. That dude kept trying to get closer and closer. He didn't want to let me in. I squeezed in between him and the other vehicle. Put up my hand. He started road raging at me. Got up on my bumper. Flashed his lights at me the entire time as we were coming >> Damn, she talk and have the mannerisms of a cop. I ain't going to lie. You could tell she got that >> [laughter] >> Oh, boy. >> stoplight. He got up next to me. And then when he got towards the front of my car, he jerked his wheel trying to act like he was like juke me. Like he was going to come get into my lane. And then when we ended up next to each other at the stoplight, he put up his hands in like a finger gun motion at me. I picked up my pistol. It's in the glove compartment now and showed it to him as well. Then put it back down. He waved at me. And then that was it. >> Hey girl. You look familiar. >> Hi there. >> Hey. >> Would you like to see my ID? Oh, okay. Got you. Belinda, okay. Got you. >> Army? >> Yeah. >> Reserves? >> Uh National Guard now. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> What unit? >> Uh I am with a unit down at JBLM now. I'm in an intel unit. >> Okay. I just got out. >> Oh, nice. Congratulations. >> Thanks. >> What else is happening on the road today? >> Some weird stuff. >> The usual Linwood stuff. >> Yeah. >> You know, shoplifter after shoplifter after shoplifter. >> It says this season. >> Yeah. Saying my body cam is going to be rolling, okay? >> Officer Hendrix. Hey, nice to meet you. >> Officer Hendrix. Nice to meet you, man. >> Um just hang tight. I got to get a statement from you. Basically, what happened? Describe the vehicle. Describe the driver. Describe the gun. I mean, I know it's cold, so you're more than welcome to Yeah, I'll I'll I'll roll in there with you. Let me just grab my keys. Walk me through again. So, you're coming from off the freeway? >> Yeah. Take an exit. >> Okay, your first exit. And so, that's the exit 196. So, you're getting off the freeway. Where was the other vehicle coming? >> Next. >> So, they were already on 196. >> Yeah. And she crossed over and hit almost hit the the barricade. And I didn't see no blinker. I really wasn't looking at my left. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Okay, so she gets in front of you, right? Almost hits you. >> Yeah. >> And then you guys stopped at the light? >> I stopped at the light next to the Jack in the Box. >> And you look at her. What does she look like? >> Like kind of just went like this, turned around. I went like >> Yeah, all right. What are you thinking? Like Okay. >> And she looked at me and she was And I just like, okay. You know, just played video off. Next thing you know, she reaches under either her chair or her side door and grabs out a pistol and puts up to the window. And she went like this. >> So, like pointed at you or >> Pointed at to me and >> What so like it's all Okay, so cuz I want to get this right. So, what so you be her and I'll be you. Sorry, I just want to get this right. I'm looking. You're her. >> Uh-huh. >> Okay, then what? >> like this. Go like this. >> So, I go like this. >> Yeah. And she's >> Yeah. >> Reaches down. >> Grabs a pistol. Goes like this. >> And then >> Out. Was her window open or >> It was closed. >> Closed. Okay, so she wouldn't have been able to go >> I mean, like like like this. >> like this. >> Okay. Okay. >> You know, I felt the feel. I I couldn't do anything cuz I was stuck. There was cars in front of me. >> Yeah, I just sat there and I was like I literally just put my hands up and I was like, well, and this is it. This is it. >> And you guys >> And I was like I didn't understand. >> Hey, can I take >> And see, my God, like damn, if this is how I'mma check out, This is crazy. Who would have thought, you know? We never know how we going to check out. It's already written. It's already written in stone. How we going to check out, man? And you never know. So, he thinking like Damn, out of all the the good things I did, out of all the messed up things I did, cuz we ain't all perfect We ain't perfect, okay? We all have done some good and some bad, you know what I'm saying? Whether it's small or big, right? But, whatever. We live our life and he had this, you know, he he driving, doing his thing, whatever. And he probably like Damn. This is how I'm going to check out over road rage incident? No way I'm going out like this. What? She about to put me in the dirt? Oh my goodness. >> Key down to do a show up a field show up so you can identify the driver. >> Yeah. >> Well, I'll take that up and and see if you can write it >> Hey, how old are you? How old are you? >> I just turned 22. >> All right. All right. >> We respect your time, so we remove the small talk. Subscribe to Prime Scrutiny for fast, no-nonsense body cam. >> How soon after she pointed it to you at you did you call 911? >> I called them immediately. >> This hangs out, all right? All right. So, Melinda, we've done our thing. We've looked at the whole totality of the circumstances, the whole bit. This points to PC's assault two. >> For what? >> For pointing the firearm at him. >> point it at him. >> He's saying >> I did not. I did not point it at him. >> So, one of the the line that we have here is, well, you know as well as I do, weapons apparently capable of producing bodily harm, brandishing, to assault two. >> Start Start with there. I'm in the lane. He comes up. He swoops his car towards me. >> And he goes >> We all know that vehicles can be used as deadly weapons. >> Okay. >> He gets up beside me. I finally look over at him. He points finger guns at me. >> Mhm. >> He points at me. >> Mhm. >> I picked mine up with my left hand. I'm I'm right-handed. Picked it up. It's in its holster. I just held it up in its holster, not even in any sort of configuration. I did not point it at him. Just and then put it back down. And then he continued like making hand motions at me. >> Mhm. >> The light turned green. Traffic started going. He's still So I pulled into the other lane and I turned north to get away from him. >> Okay. >> He road raged me the whole way off. He's on my bumper, flashing his lights at me, road raging me the whole time, coming up on my bumper. I don't react to any of that. I was on the phone with my mom. Like I was [snorts] I was talking to my mom. He points at me like he's like he's going to shoot me. He made a threatening motion towards me. >> He pointed at you like he was going to shoot you with his finger? You don't see an actual firearm. You just see your finger his fingers. >> [sighs and gasps] >> She's she's cooked. >> I did not make threatening motion towards him. >> All right. With that information, let me talk to my commander. >> Please. >> I'll I'll have a chat with him. >> I I I understand. I I know Brian Sheen. Yep. Absolutely. I I [ __ ] up. I should have just kept it right in the door, not even messed with it. But he indicated at me in a threatening motion with the finger guns. That's the only reason I did it. It wasn't unprovoked. I ain't sure as hell wouldn't point a gun at somebody. We all know better. >> Yeah. I've heard everything you you've had to say. My hands are tied. All right. Here's Sorry I got to do this. >> Cooked beans, boy. >> back for me. >> Yeah. Um >> Please. >> Yes. Yeah. Yeah. >> Just Thank you. Any shoulder issues or any reason why I might need two cuffs? Okay. I would like consent to search your vehicle. Is that something you're willing to provide? >> Is the alternative you're not take my car? >> You know, I can't tell you that. >> Yeah. It's fine. You can search the vehicle. >> Okay. Any questions for me before we proceed? >> Um No, in the glove box. >> Glove box? >> Yeah. Um and then there is an additional six-round magazine at the front end of the glove box, right in front of it. >> Yeah. She said that's your I got it. All right, you got it. I don't know, but if she has it, it's part of the case to get it in our evidence. Body camera note, not chambered. Additional magazine in such well. >> Officer Melendez was arrested on a charge of second-degree assault involving a gun. The case was later resolved when the state declined to file the charges. No conviction was entered and no sentence was imposed. She was placed on administrative leave while an internal affairs investigation was conducted. However, no records confirming the final disposition of the investigation is publicly available. >> Now, what? If that's you or me, there's a completely different outcome, man. If that's you and you was her and you did the same thing, completely different outcome, man. I get it. It's he say, she say, but the one thing that is in common is that Brandon Sheen did did take a fact. Both sides. You're talking about a finger versus you know? That that that to me reminds me of the uh of the Anthony case, right? If you get pushed, that doesn't mean you stab, right? If someone makes a finger gesture, does that mean you showed a real thing? Two different stories, but there's two different extremes on the you know? You put someone you Ah, get them together. That's not right. Her story, he made a finger gesture. Well, I'mma get you together. I got this I got this iron steel here. [ __ ] What? Yo, if that's you and me, that's it's not going down like that. That's That's all I'm saying. That that outcome is not no. >> [music] [music]