Hey. >> You have a broken taillight, ma'am. That's another citation. >> you want now? WHAT ARE YOU DOING? >> IT'S illegal to be driving around with a broken taillight. >> Yeah, after you broke it. You treat every citizen with respect. >> I do. I'm just doing my job. >> matter if I was a judge. >> For many innocent citizens, a routine encounter can suddenly turn unsettling when it becomes clear they're being judged not by their actions, [music] but by how they look. >> You live in the area? >> I'm not answering any questions. I want my lawyer. >> Okay. Step out of the car. You're being detained right now. >> Why are you No, man. >> Okay. Get out of the car. >> I don't I don't give you consent to touch me. I don't give you consent to touch me. >> Don't reach. >> I don't give you consent. >> Here are our several moments when innocent citizens realized they were being racially profiled. [music] Starting with the moment Braxton Smith, a US Navy veteran, realized he was being racially profiled by deputies. What began as an unjustified encounter escalated into an assault, [music] ultimately ending with the department paying a $45,000 settlement for violating [music] his rights. >> What's going on, sir? What's going on? >> What are you doing, man? >> Come on. You're going to lock me up. I'm chilling. I'm chilling. What's up? I'm chilling. What's up? >> Get on the ground. >> Why am I doing that? Look at me. I'm doing that. What's up? Run my name. >> For 300 yards, I had my lights. Did you How many different sirens did I turn on? >> This I want black men >> I'm asking you a question. >> terrified of the police. >> Mr. black man. Get in the car. Shut your mouth. >> On November the 14th, 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida, Braxton [music] Smith, a US Navy veteran, was smoking a cigarette at a Pearl Express gas station when he noticed deputies repeatedly circling the building as if they were looking for someone. When he eventually pulled out of the lot, the deputies followed and pulled him over, marking the beginning of a deeply disturbing encounter [music] that would soon raise serious questions about racial profiling and abuse of authority. >> Turn the car off. Turn it off. Turn it off. Hands out the window. Put your hands out the window. >> I am moving. What's up? >> Can you lock it? >> Huh? Where's my gun? Man, this is ridiculous. >> it. You keep your freaking hands out the window and shut your mouth. I'll figure it out. Yeah. >> What's going on? >> What's up? >> What's going on? >> What is going on? >> Come on, you going to lock me up? I'm chilling. I'm chilling. What's up? >> I'm chilling. What's up? I am chilling. Officer, I'm >> I'm cool. >> I'm doing that. Look at me. I'm doing what I got. What's up? Come on, man. He resisting. Y'all wilding. Come on, y'all wilding. I ain't doing [ __ ] Come on. Okay. Y'all wilding. What I did? What's your name? I can pull up in the same spot. Okay. >> [music] >> How y'all doing? How y'all doing? Oh. Do you have a medical marijuana card, sir? >> No. >> No? You smoke then? No. How's it going? How's it going, Jeremy? Do you smoke here? >> Put your foot on the brake. Do you smoke here or not? >> What's the meaning of that? >> All right, sounds good. >> What's the What's What's that over there? >> That's his. Give me your feet out. >> he has or is that you? That sound? >> I don't know. What was that? >> I heard it, too. >> I thought it was coming from from right here. >> Do you have an alarm or something on you? >> Huh? >> Do you have an alarm or something on you? >> No. >> Smith was confused about what was happening and why the officers were acting that way, but the deputy seemed convinced that he had done something wrong and were determined to find [music] something whether it existed or not. >> 297 on the floor, Charlie 1. >> I got everything in this box. >> All right, give me your keys. >> I'll show you my driver's license. >> You don't have a license. >> Right now, you might be going to jail. >> For what? >> I'll talk to you about that in a second. >> I'm going to jail? I got a valid driver's license and I got no criminal records. >> Sure you don't. Here, here. >> All right. You're not under arrest. >> Okay. >> But I have to read your rights so that I can let you talk to me and ask you questions. >> Okay. >> You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in court. You have the right to talk to an attorney before we ask you questions and have an attorney present during questioning. If you can't afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you at no cost before questioning begins. And if you answer questions now, you can stop at any time until an attorney Do you understand all of that? >> No. >> So, what makes this spot safer for you than the where I tried to stop you? >> I mean, y'all hit the lights on. I didn't want to pull in the middle of the road. That's dangerous for y'all. I didn't want to pull in a well-lit area. You get y'all a lot of traffic. >> Okay. >> I ain't stupid. >> So, do you think that making a safe spot for us is is is something that you're authorized to do? >> I mean, I don't I ain't think that would require authorization. I'm trying to be safe just like y'all. I I ain't posing a threat. I seen y'all so many times. >> Wait, sir. Are you trying to be safe? You're trying to find a safe spot for you or for me? >> For both of us. >> No, you don't get to do that. >> Okay, that's understandable. >> You can make a claim that you're trying to make a safe spot for you. Is that what you're doing? >> Yeah. >> All right. Why is this spot safer than that spot? >> It's It's a well-lit area. I mean, it's not in the middle of the road. >> see all those Do you see all those street lights down there? >> I understand what you're saying but >> So, why is this spot more well-lit than down there? >> I mean, what was so detrimental between me stopping right there and stopping right here? I I I would >> Well, actually, I'd like to ask you that. Why did you keep driving? >> I have no I just told you that. I just told you that why would >> A lot of movement moving around in that car. >> You just looked in it. >> There was a lot of moving around whenever >> When? >> Whenever I had my lights on you. >> the windows down, put my driver's license, my registration out the window. That's the [ __ ] y'all supposed to ask for y'all first PULL SOMEBODY OVER, RIGHT? Y'ALL DIDN'T DO NONE OF THAT. >> When the officers couldn't find anything on him, one of them resorted to the next best thing, escalating the situation in a way some officers often do when [music] suspicion isn't backed by facts. >> Come on. I'm not posing a threat. I'M A LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN. >> Shut your mouth. Don't get all loud with me. That ain't going to change nothing. >> Hey, I'm just talking. I'm just talking. I'm having a conversation right with you, right? >> No, you're trying to talk over me and you're trying to set up a defense for yourself because what you did is called fail to obey. It's a fleeing charge and it's a felony three. >> Okay. >> If you'd like to go to jail on a felony charge, I'm good with it. >> I will not. >> All right. Well, then quit trying to talk your way out of this and just talk to me and actually tell the truth because I'm not stupid, okay? I know you're trying to play me. >> Okay. >> So, why didn't you stop? >> I just told you why I didn't stop. >> you're Do you think you're smarter than everyone else? >> you just did to me. You just snatched me out my car. I rolled the window down to get my license and my registration. You ain't reading me my rights. You snatched me out the car. You >> You're damn right I did. Why did I do that? Why? >> I don't know. I I have the slightest idea. >> How about because >> Run my name. >> for 300 yards I had my lights. Did you hear How many different sirens did I turn on? >> This I'm a black man. >> I'm asking you a question. Mr. black man, I'm asking you a question. How many times did I How many different sirens did I turn on? How many times did I lay on my horn? >> I have the slightest When you said pull over, I pulled over. You said throw the keys out the car, I complied. >> No, when I said pull over was back there when I turned my lights and sirens on. Get in the car. >> Okay. Damn, you know what I'm worried about? >> Get in the car. Shut your mouth. >> With Smith placed in the back of the cruiser [music] and still nothing to justify the stop, the deputies moved on to his car, searching it in hopes of finding anything they could use against him. >> I finally had like a clip right here on his belt line for like like looking like a inside the waistband holster. And I thought maybe that's what it You don't have to It was that. Excuse me. Was he reaching around in the back there? Cuz mean, the seat goes down, buddy. >> He could have easily have reached over pulled the seat down and put it where it is. >> Dude, this [ __ ] >> I'm not getting high speed gear again. >> [ __ ] my life. We got a screw popped out. You got your high speed gear? >> Was the seat pushed down like that? >> No, no. We opened it to see if you could. And you could. So um I already got my wallet. I'm not calling you a nationwide >> Yeah, it'd have to be nationwide cuz he ain't got much here. >> Nope. Is that the weird Who was up there talking all the dudes and >> He was definitely moving around and I saw his head ducking down a little bit. I thought that if anything it'd be under on the passenger side floorboard or the driver side floorboard. Yeah. Just cuz I but that was only whenever I finally put like lights in his back window. That's what I saw. >> Nope. I don't know if I want to touch it or not. Feels warm to the touch, yeah. >> Holster? >> Yeah, it feels up against his body now. >> After thoroughly searching the vehicle, the deputies spotted something they thought looked incriminating. And in that moment they believed they finally had him. >> Where'd you buy the firearm? >> Uh pawn shop on the on Lennon Boulevard. >> Pawn store? >> Yeah. Pawn shop. >> You do your paperwork? >> Yeah, it might be in the car. >> Okay. Well, when'd you get it? >> It's It's been within a year. >> Okay. So you did all the paperwork, the background check and everything? >> Yeah. >> So why would they How How you can just a gun but you can't have a CWL? >> Hey, so what's the process of buying a gun, right? You go you go through the background. I've bought guns my whole life, but I'm a veteran. I I've served 10 years in the military. >> So, then why wouldn't you be able to get a CWL is what I'm trying to get to you. >> But why why is that an issue if I'm within my legal limit? That's what I want to understand. >> Because I'm wondering if you're a prohibited possessor, you're just prohibited from purchasing, or from what? I know you don't need to know what it means. I know what it means. >> Right or wrong, right or wrong. >> I know what it means. You don't need to know what it means. I'm just trying to ask questions to determine which category you fall into. >> I'm within my legal limit, why does any of that matter? >> What's a legal limit mean? >> If I can purchase a firearm, I can ride with it in my vehicle, right? If it's in the trunk and it's >> know. That's why I'm asking. >> That's the law I studied, the Florida gun law. That's the law I That's the law I abide by. >> Great. Great. Do you mind if I Do you mind if I ask questions to verify that? >> Of course. >> Okay, cool. So, so you did the background check, right? And you purchased it, but you But when you did a background check for a CWL, they said no? >> Well, I I I I don't understand where these questions going, like is is is >> All right. >> You want to wrap up? >> Uh I'm just going to get this kit. Front good? >> Yeah. >> Oop. >> Yeah, they're like in 290s. >> Hop. >> I'm going in. >> That was >> Yeah, that >> You can try 104. No, I want 104. >> What's your name and what's your second? >> Sir. >> Back your tint. >> It's good. They're going to need to get in the front. >> All right. It's going to be legal, but I think they're going to be >> Yeah, this will be 20, so it's over. Yeah. >> 10.6. >> Well, the fronts fronts are dark. Windshield's dark. >> Once the bogus firearm charge was completely [music] debunked, the officer was left scrambling with no real evidence and no justification. Forced to grasp at excuses for actions that were now clearly indefensible. >> Who are you talking to outside the store there, dude? Do you know his name? Huh? Slim? What's his other names? Do you know his other names? Is he smoking weed? Huh? Well, someone I was wondering if someone was smoking weed around your car cuz it smells like weed in there. What? Why does your voice go like this? Like >> [music] >> just chill, dude. That sounds like you're trying to like hide something or trying to be defensive about something. I don't know, man. It's just weird. All right. So, here's what we're going to do, okay? Uh I'm not going to take you to jail for felony, right, a fleeing charge. Um even though you are eligible and it would not be hard to explain why I believe that. But, I'm going to give you benefit of the doubt and go ahead and say that uh I think you truly just were severely mistaken about the law. Okay? So Well, that's not safe for anybody. It's not safe for you. It's definitely not safe for me. Okay? Because when people do what you [music] did, they're usually stuffing a gun under the seat, pulling a gun out from under their seat. I mean, I'm glad that you can laugh about it, but my wife and kids don't laugh about it. >> [music] >> My wife and kids don't laugh about it. Okay? I'm glad you can laugh about it. All right? But the truth of the matter is is that what That's what I deal with. Okay? So, when you're driving down the road, trying to be cute, thinking that you're smart, really what you're doing is just amping the situation up. So, we could have just I could have walked up to your car and said, "Hey, I stopped you because your tint windshield is tinted. Your your front windows are too dark." This is the reason for the stop. Can I have your license, [music] please? Thank you very much. We could have done all that. But when you continue to drive while the police are sounding their sirens, >> [music] >> beeping their horns at you for about 300 yd, that is far too long for you to be reasonably trying to get to a safe place. Okay? It's just as lit back there as it is here. All right? So, I want to change your mental process about that right now because you can't do that. You're You're going to wind yourself up into a felony arrest by doing what you did. You say you've never been stopped, right? You've never been stopped and and been aggressively stopped, right? All right. So, I'm guessing that means that you haven't done this before. Okay? So, when you're in a bad part of town, yeah? Yeah. So, you just drive as long as you want to and the police don't say nothing? I don't think it is, man. I agree. I I don't think that is the case. All right? So, I'll give it to you this time, but uh I'll be honest with you, man, like it's not a It's not a It's not a smart thing to do, man. It's just It's not It doesn't It doesn't drive. The safety thing, look if we're in a like a dark street and there ain't no street lights or whatever okay if a unmarked car is pulling you over on some untraveled road all right and you want to get somewhere where there's a marked unit or you know where there's a traffic okay I get it but when there's like three police [music] cars with lights and sirens sire you know what I mean and horns honking at you I mean that kind of means I think I should stop now it doesn't mean [music] laugh at the police while we're trying to get you out of the vehicle like I said I don't know what you just pulled out from your receiver or something I got you but I definitely don't play like that you know what I mean so that's why I said that's why I had to have keep your hands out the car I don't want you taking takes half a second for you to grab a gun and shoot it takes me on a good day 1.8 seconds to grab my gun and shoot so that means I can get shot about three or four times before I can get my gun out of the holster right so these are the kind of odds that I got to deal with man and that's why what you think is aggressive all right we didn't hit you we didn't bam you all right we let you go to the ground on your own all right but it is what it is man like >> [music] >> if you were intending to do me harm I can't give you that option okay so here's what I'm going to do I'm going to give you one fix it ticket >> with nothing to hold against him the deputies were forced to let him go but that wasn't the end of the story not even close it'd only be a matter of time before they heard from him again this time in a way >> [music] >> they could not ignore >> face that way so I can take these off >> All right. Put your shoes on. >> [applause] >> All right, come up here to the front. All right, here's the deal. So, my traffic program is messed up, so I can't write a ticket right now. And we have gunshots down the road that I'm going to go respond to you soon. So, those two reasons are getting you out of ticket tonight, okay? Your front windows are too Your front windows are too dark though and your windshield, just so you know. Huh? Where are you left? >> Following the encounter, Braxton Smith filed a formal complaint with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office accusing the investigating deputy of excessive force and racial profiling. After an internal investigation, the department concluded that the deputy had engaged in conduct unbecoming of a police officer >> [music] >> and issued a level one written reprimand. The case ultimately ended with the city [music] paying Smith a $45,000 settlement. Up next is the moment deputies arrested an innocent citizen simply because he was black and claimed he matched the description of a burglary suspect. >> Hey, you match the description of somebody, okay, that just committed a burglary in the area. >> What Why you What No, man. >> Okay, out of the car. Get out of the car, sir. >> Give me your hands. >> I I I don't I don't I don't give you consent to touch me. >> Don't reach. >> I don't give you consent to touch me. >> Don't reach. >> I don't give you consent. >> Hang up. >> On January the 20th, 2021 in Los Angeles, deputies searching for a burglary suspect described only as black and around 20 years old spotted Jamal Williams, a 40-year-old man, calmly eating lunch in his parked [music] vehicle. Despite the glaring mismatch and no evidence of wrongdoing, the deputies immediately decided he fit the description. What happened next was nothing short of surreal. >> You live around here? Hey, don't don't touch Don't touch. Don't touch, bro. Relax. Hey, you match the description of somebody, okay, that just committed a burglary in the area. Okay, you're on camera, so don't Step out of the >> Is your Is your Is your Is your Is your body camera on? >> It's on. >> Step out of the I'm I'm I'm going to step out of the car. >> You're being detained for a burglary investigation, okay, sir? So, step out. >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no. >> Do you live in the area? >> I'm not answering questions. I want my lawyer. >> Okay, step out of the car. You're being detained right now. Sir. >> Step on out, dude. >> Sir. >> You're on camera, dude, so don't do anything dumb, okay? >> Hold on. I'm I'm I'm going to get this on camera. >> All right, go ahead. You can record. Step out of the car, please. >> You're being aggressive. >> What What Why you What No, man. >> Okay, out of the Get out of the car, sir. >> Sir. >> Call your supervisor. Call your supervisor. Call your supervisor. >> Over here on Paso Robles Drive. >> Call your supervisor. >> We have two units. >> Call your supervisor. Call your supervisor. Call your supervisor. Call your supervisor. Call your supervisor. Call your supervisor. >> Stop, dude. >> Call Call your supervisor, man. Call your supervisor. Call your supervisor, man. Call your >> your supervisor. >> I'm going to taze you, dude. >> Yeah, I'm good. Call your supervisor. >> Give me your hand. >> I don't give you consent to touch. Don't reach. >> I don't give you consent to touch me. >> Don't reach. >> I don't give you consent. >> Handcuff. Handcuff. >> I don't I don't give you consent. >> You're going to be on possible battery >> The deputies had already made up their minds that he was the suspect [music] without giving him the benefit of the doubt. Nothing he said or did was going to change that. He was a black man and they [music] needed to pin something on him. >> Stop. Let go of the cuffs, dude. >> It's his shirt that's that's caught [music] on. >> Readjust. >> Relax. >> Relax. >> Hey, we got a we got a supervisor coming. >> I got it. I got it. >> Hey, why don't we readjust come down a little bit? >> Yeah, I want to stand up. I'm going to stand up. I'm going to stand up. >> This is ridiculous. >> Copy. Just code four. Michigan 10-15, just requesting a 10-minute ETA. Do you need that on 12 for the safety of deputies? >> Yeah, let's get >> Yeah, let's get another 12. Again, we'll be code four you can drop that. >> Hey, you got anything on you that's going to help Hey, you got anything on you that's going >> We have a question. We have a felony >> Let's watch these real quick. >> Hey, can you record this? >> It's recording. >> We all have cameras. >> Hey, audio. >> These guys are ridiculous. >> Yeah. >> We are. >> Here you go. >> Pull that sleeve up through. >> One, two. >> We got to Let's just stand him up, right? You want to stand him up? Or put him on the side? Let's just recover. Just recover. I'm going to sit in this car for now. Thank you. With Williams locked in the back of the cruiser, one of the deputies moved in to search his car for burglary tools, only to be stunned by what he actually found. So, I'm going to be looking for that mask specifically one more time to see if it's inside the vehicle. After a full search of the vehicle, turning up nothing, [music] deputies finally realized Williams was not their burglary suspect. [music] But instead of releasing him, they arrested and charged him with resisting an officer. About a year later, that charge was dismissed. The case didn't end there. Jamal Williams filed a complaint with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department against Bruno D'Oliveira and Alexander Tavales for violating his constitutional rights. An internal review found no wrongdoing, but unsatisfied, Williams filed a civil rights lawsuit in January 2022 and ultimately won a settlement of about $40,000. Then there's the shocking moment when a cop unknowingly racially profiled the judge [music] after pulling her over for driving too slowly. >> What are you doing in this neighborhood? You live in this neighborhood. Reckless driving, endangering those around you. You're driving too slow. Why are you dressed like that? Why why are you wearing a robe? >> Surprise. Judge. >> Why why didn't you just lead with telling me that you were a judge? >> On April the 21st, 2025, an officer on routine patrol decided to pull over a vehicle despite having no clear probable cause. What he didn't expect was that the woman behind the wheel was a judge, calmly on her way to her chambers. >> Hey, good morning. >> It's a nice car. >> Oh, yeah. Well, you know, in 2025, we begin drive nice cars, you know. >> And this is your car? >> Yes. Of course it is. >> What are you doing in this neighborhood? You live in this neighborhood. And this is This is your car. >> It's the opposite of >> It's just not adding up. >> It's not adding up. What are you adding up? >> Are there any firearms, illegal contraband in this vehicle I need to be made aware of? >> Uh that would be a no. >> Well, you hesitated. >> Because >> You sure about that? >> Yeah, I'm very sure. I don't know why you would even think that there would be any contraband. So, what is it about my nice car or me that would suggest that I have those things in my car? >> Well, you're driving very suspiciously. That's why I pulled you over. The speed limit is 35 and you were doing 30. So, that makes me question a lot. >> Wow. I was like out to break or maybe make a turn or something. That's suspicious? >> I think you saw me and got nervous. >> Surprised. Really? What would make me nervous? >> If you're hiding something, obviously. License and registration, please. >> Okay, that's what I was waiting on you to ask. So, here's my license. You probably should have asked that before you assumed that. >> Ma'am, I'll ask the questions, okay? And this This vehicle's registered to you? >> Didn't I just give you those documents? >> Yeah, you people always want to argue and make things way more difficult than they have to be. I just asked you a question. All you have to do is answer. >> You >> You know what, ma'am? Just stay right here. I'll be back. >> For some reason, the officer assumed she was just another citizen he could arrest and walk away from without any consequences. >> [music] >> He couldn't have been more wrong. >> Ma'am, here's your registration, your license, and there's your citation. >> The citation for? >> I just told you. >> So, you can >> Reckless driving, endangering those around you. You're going too slow. >> 5 miles less than the okay, and I uh I endangered people? Okay, by going too slow. Okay, and You know, power doesn't come in a in a uniform. It really comes from what you know. >> That's an interesting statement, ma'am. What I do know is I have not searched this entire vehicle. >> Just when it seemed that the officer had already done his worst, he crossed one final line. The move that broke the camel's back and one he would soon wish that he had never made. >> Hey! >> You have a broken tail light, ma'am. That's another citation. >> my What are you doing? >> It's illegal to be driving around with a broken tail light. >> Yeah, after you broke it. >> I did not break it. I'm trying to keep the streets safe. >> actually Are you kidding me? You what? Intentional damage, intentional property damage is a misdemeanor. You want me to read you the statute? >> Why are you dressed like that? Why are you Why are you wearing a robe? >> Surprise. Judge. >> I'm not a judge. I'm a police officer. >> Me. How about that? >> You're a judge. >> No, I just wear this robe cuz I have nothing else to do. >> Well, you don't act like a judge and you definitely don't look like a judge. >> Yeah, what do they look like? >> Not you. >> Oh, not me? What do they look like? I don't look like the judge? Well, guess what? I am one and I'm on my way to work now. But, you know what? I've sentenced more men with better discipline than you. You'll be standing when I walk in the court. Surprise. >> Ma'am, why why why didn't you just lead with telling me that you were a judge? All you All you had to do is tell me you were a judge. >> have to tell you nothing. You treat every citizen with respect. >> I do. I'm just doing my job. >> would it make if I was a judge? What difference? You still didn't have the right to break my tail light and then you give me a citation with that? I'll see you in court. >> 10-19. Ma'am, the station's calling me. Just get home safely. We'll just settle this with with with the warning, okay? You need to get your tail light fixed. It's not safe to be driving like that and and and please just drive the speed limit. >> Following the encounter, the judge filed a formal complaint with the department. After an internal review, the officer was immediately suspended. Speaking of citizens realizing that they were being profiled, here's the moment officers arrested a black man for doing nothing more than minding his own business at a gas station. >> This area is known for narcotic activity. It's known for criminal activity. So, that's the reason another reason why we're speaking to you. We want to make sure that's not a foot. >> Right here, people are parked over there, they're right here, they're waiting for somebody. The state's definition of loitering is doing something not like the normal. Hanging out at the gas pump, not like the normal. >> On June the 4th, [music] 2021 in Locust Grove, Georgia, officers approached a man who was simply minding his own business at a gas station. For reasons known only to them, they assumed he was involved in criminal activity, and without conducting any real investigation, [music] they moved in and began harassing an innocent citizen who was doing nothing wrong, but just having a chill time. >> What's what's going on, man? What Are you hanging out, or are you meeting somebody, or are you waiting for somebody who's lost? >> I live out here. >> So, the reason I'm asking We've been here how long? Probably 20 minutes? >> 30 minutes. >> 30 minutes? I got No, you didn't get gas. You haven't gone in and gotten food. You're parked at a gas pump, and I know I know the tank's not on this side, so on the other side, right? >> No, I don't even take this thing out of gas. >> So, what's what are you doing? >> I'm just I'm just chilling. I want to cuz I I live out here. >> Where do you live? Do you have somebody who can bring your ID, or is it in the car? >> Uh it's on the >> So, what's What's the problem? What's your ID? >> I've been >> I mean, you can make it super difficult, but you do not have to. >> I'm just wondering why why y'all But I've literally been on the phone just talking. >> I know. >> Go and get your ID, and while while you give us your ID, she can speak with you. But you need to identify yourself, so go and get your ID. >> So, right now, what it falls under is loitering. >> Loitering? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Because like if you were like getting gas, waiting on somebody, like if you were doing anything other than just kind of like hanging out, it wouldn't be an issue. >> Well, I've I've been on the phone. >> The officers were clearly fishing for any excuse [music] to tie him to a crime. But before he could say a word, they dropped a bombshell. >> This area is known for narcotic activity. It's known for criminal activity. So, that's the reason another reason why we're speaking to you. We want to make sure that's not a foot. >> Right here, people will park like over there, the way right here. They'll wait for somebody to >> And what? And understand >> You have no idea. >> Sorry. Well, I I live here. >> I I I I believe you do, you know. Do you have your ID with you? >> The state's definition of loitering is doing something not like the normal. Hanging out at the gas pump, not like the normal. Do you get what I'm saying? So, we we have to just go and get out. Now, if you were to like take off and run as soon as you see us over here, >> Well, then why would I do that? >> Well, so that's it. That would add to it, but you didn't. So, it's it makes it a whole lot better. Do you get what I'm saying? >> Well, but I I literally come here all the time. I live I live here. That's what I'm trying to say. >> Yeah, that's fine, but you can't just If you're If you don't have If you're not doing any business, if you're not getting gas, you're not going to get food. >> finna go in there. I just had a phone conversation. >> Well, that's cool, but now that we've had this communication, it's what they call dispelling the alarm. Now that we're able to to figure out, okay, this guy doesn't have any issues or anything like that, then we can be on our merry way. But we never met you a day in our life. I've never I've never met you. She's never met you. He's never met you. So, we're just doing our jobs what we're what we're getting paid to do. >> As it slowly dawned on them that they had targeted the wrong person, the officers began scrambling to justify their actions. But by then, it was already almost [music] too late to undo the damage. >> Well, I'm doing your business if you got to, and then head on home, all right? >> Yeah, but that's kind seen anything like this. This is >> Look, it's >> Like I've never >> Go look up loitering in in Georgia code section. >> my my father's a retired sheriff. >> Okay. Well, >> I don't I've never >> Like I said, this this area's known for for drug transactions. We're going to make sure none of that's occurring here tonight, so. >> And I have a spoken up. And I I know you saw the weird girl run up to my car and I'm like >> Yeah, they just came from a party. >> With a bunch of with a bunch of >> Um they had a whole ton of And we're sitting right there >> I I I I I do a lot of stuff All right. My car has really grown on I appreciate this. I'm not on the track team. And I don't do no drugs. >> And like you said earlier, the reason we got out with you and asked you and didn't just like immediately throw you in handcuffs was called dispelling the alarm. That's all that happened. Future reference, you got to look at it from our point of view, okay? >> My dad is a retired chief deputy. >> Then you definitely should Then you should definitely understand our job, then. Then you should Then you should understand. If you If If you're If you say all these things and if you're in the profession, you would understand why we're doing our job. Right. And we we definitely appreciate We appreciate the cooperation. No, it's not random. We sat there for a while. We We observed you. We're watching, okay, this guy's not getting gas. He's not going in there. We're watching everybody come and go. So, it drew our already drew our attention. Then we saw somebody that we dealt with earlier with a whole bunch of around here coming up to you. We're like, okay. >> And they said, "Hey, I see your car everywhere cuz I live out here." They said, "We see your car SRT on the side." >> Hey, which makes sense. And that's the reason why we came over here to introduce ourselves, dispel the alarm, make sure there's nothing nefarious going on. Now, we're going to be about our way. Cuz that Now, if if we thought something nefarious was going on, then we'd be going a whole different direction, you understand? But we have to dispel alarm, make sure nothing nefarious is going on. You understand that? >> I I I guess. >> Turn up every night, sir. >> All right, have a good night. >> Fortunately for the officers, no further action was [music] taken against them after the shambolic encounter. Cuz when you thought you've seen it all, along comes the controversial case of Patrick Mumford. Mistaken for someone with an active warrant despite looking nothing alike, sharing nothing more than the same skin color. >> MOVE, [ __ ] MOVE. >> REALLY? >> HERE'S THE DEAL, DUDE. HOW LONG I HAD A WARRANT? I don't know. If you got a warrant, cuz you're not who I'm looking for. But here's the deal. >> On February the 1st, 2016, in [music] Savannah, Georgia, Patrick Mumford, a 24-year-old man, was simply returning home when two officers suddenly confronted him over a crime [music] he knew absolutely nothing about. >> What's your name? I'm going to ask you one more time. We probably need to talk to you. >> 245, let me have my driver's license. >> Patrick Stand up. Turn around, put your hands behind your >> What happened? What I do? Man, what I do? Y'all ain't telling me what I do, man. He just came back from his probation. >> I got to call his probation officer. >> I got I got taser. Is that coming out? You coming out? Come out. Get your hands out now. You got 3 seconds. >> Hold on, man. >> 3 seconds. Do not reach. Get >> Put your hands on the car. >> Come out. >> 2 >> All right, taser. All right, move. Move. Move. You coming out or not? COME OUT. YOU GOT A WARRANT. YOU BETTER GET OUT OF THE CAR. GET OUT OF THE CAR. GET OUT OF THE CAR. Get out of the car. >> The officers didn't bother to confirm [music] his identity or even show him the warrant. Instead, they were determined to detain him at all costs, adding yet another bad decision to an already growing [music] pile of wrong choices. >> MOVE, [ __ ] MOVE. >> REALLY? >> SOMETHING WAS GOING ON, MAN. JUST off me, man. >> I see you just reaching for his back. Quit. Quit resisting. >> At that point, the officers were almost eager, hoping to find something incriminating. Instead, their expectations were completely shattered. >> Here's the deal, dude. How long you had a warrant? I don't know if you got a warrant, cuz you're not who I'm looking for. But here's the deal. When we ask you for ID because you look a lot like the person we're looking You give us ID. And when you start this whole fighting nonsense, dude, all you had to do is give me this. >> But the way you came up at me out of nowhere. What's the What's the guy's name? >> Is there someone here that stays here that looks like you? Think about it. >> Guess who they're looking for. >> Tell him. Who Who does he look a lot like? He knows who it is. Michael. >> He is not Michael. >> Wha- Okay, I know that now. Yes. They look exactly >> Oh, wow. Now I'm looking at that picture of me. It's not far off. >> Okay, are we wrong? >> Even after realizing they had apprehended and manhandled an innocent citizen, the officers still charged Patrick with obstruction and violating probation, putting his job and his college education at serious risk. Fortunately for Patrick, an internal investigation was launched into the four officers involved. Investigators concluded that they had failed to follow proper procedure, and all four were suspended. [music] The case ultimately ended with Patrick being awarded a $100,000 settlement.