i know you are
it's
i've known you for a few years now
and
i know how hard it is i know what you i
i know what you go through because i
deal with it right
i've
dealt with
and really high too
you know
um so i know you i know what you're
going through
i understand even though i'm not
not feeling what you're feeling i
understand what you're going through i
really do
you said you you said you have one dude
listen
just because they can get you into an
apartment i don't want you know
like
you don't have to do that
with my mom
i know i can
i've seen people like you get help and
get places and get established man and
their lives get turned around
probably i can't make any of those
promises
and
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the individuals in today's video have
been featured on the channel before
there was a previous video with rodney
when officers forced entry into an
apartment and found him standing there
naked
and almost tased him
sarah the woman with one leg in that
video
was laying on top of him screaming at
the officers as they entered the room
today's call was dispatched as a call
about domestic violence
when the officers arrived on scene
they found that the call was actually
about something very very different
there's a lot of talk in our society
right now and politically
about replacing police officers with
social workers
and making sure
that the right person responds to the
right run
one of the key phrases that's used in
that conversation is the
right response
i would like you to watch this video and
then comment below on whether or not you
think this was
the right response
to this call
thank you for watching
i hope you enjoy this video
i hope you learned something
i'll talk to you soon
this is sarah and rodney
hey guys what's going on
what's the problem today we're homeless
we have no money because his brother
stole every goddamn penny from us
because he stole every [ __ ] penny
from us rodney has decided he has to
take everything out on me by screaming
at me constantly so i yell back and then
he gets pissed off and takes all my [ __ ]
and throws it everywhere and then i get
even more pissed off and scream even
more and then i cry and cry and cry and
somebody calls the police and here we
are again
nobody hit me buddy nobody did anything
stupid
just pissed off
it's been a bad
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i know but you know there's places that
you can go if you need help
i want
to be able to go get something to eat
where have you guys been sleeping
generally lately
um his other brother
but he also has
not very much
you talk about the building at 29 58
by bins yeah
and um
so you guys left when he stole
well and i mean we're familiar with them
i know his issues that's why i'm
specifying and pointing out he hasn't
hit me okay but is he going through an
episode does he need mental health
no he needs this he needs to
not have such a [ __ ] kid
it was it wasn't just his brother was
his mom
was she there
oh
and what she did was she um
she contacted social security in
december and she told her she didn't
want to be paid anymore
well
he didn't know that
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yeah is there still money coming in
there is it came in on um so august 2nd
tonight 1500
that was for july and august his brother
stole all of that how do you steal it
just now
sir i can go to my place that's the
every day
i love your name
just now
okay why does he have a case manager or
anybody
i mean yeah i mean i know we
because we can take people places but
you got to cooperate and
he's not doing it
i know but rodney i'm not talking about
leaving you i'm actually defending you
shut the [ __ ] up okay man my friend love
you man
i didn't let your family do it i'm
saying
that's what i'm telling him
that's what i'm telling him
ronnie we're just trying to find a
solution for you okay
i'm trying to help you
i know you do
i'm gonna go get myself
somewhere to live or at my aunt's house
instead we're gonna chase a
[ __ ]
what are you doing are job kidding me
hey my friend robin man rodney what you
need is a case manager that you can work
with i'm a selfie store already sure i
have that but you gotta utilize it you
gotta follow up
well you don't utilize it you gotta
follow up with your case manager and
they'll help you they'll help you get a
place
i just
i think families
i know but get away from them
get away from them and work
hey
are you focused right now oh where you
focused what what full work you focus
yes
when you handed pirate that atm card
well when you handed pirate that atm
card and i said no
at least he's aware
have you guys been clean recently
yeah that's kind
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i know you are i'm just wondering like
how long has it been since he used
i don't even know at this point days or
hours
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that's good yeah he's doing great when
it comes to that
really honestly he's making really good
choices with that
but when you grow up in a family that is
literally
engulfed
anytime anybody needs anything he's the
first one to hand it over and then he's
broke yeah he's pissed
but you guys could get a place for free
probably hey what would you get a
question again right
he said that's not what he said and i
never said no
shut up talk to him
do you have a case manager that you work
with
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i have ptsd i know
um
that's why you need to let other people
help handle it
then get away
you can
i know but you need to take care of
yourself so you can take someone else
right back
and
i know how hard it is i know what you i
i know what you go through because i
deal with it right
i've
dealt with you before when you're
dealing with it
i've dealt with you when you were
relapsing
and really high too
you know
um so i know you i know what you're
going through
i understand even though i'm not
not feeling what you're feeling i
understand what you're going through i
really do
because
a lot of people go through very similar
things to you too and i hear it a lot
i think you kind of know what the
solution is
and it's hard it's like
it is hard
but you got to go through a little bit
pain to get better
and right now instead of going through
like
something really painful
you're taking something that is like
fairly painful and you're dragging it
out
does that make any sense
i know but it would be really painful
too for you to be
free to be not around him too right like
if you were to finally make that
decision and say look
in order to help him i need to help
myself we can't be around each other for
a little while
and you could get back on your your feet
so to speak
then you'd be in a better position to
help him
but right now you're you're both going
through it together
and you're not getting anywhere
so why don't
i know that you're you're linked through
southeast and everything too
do you have anybody that you're not
why not
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when you have ptsd and depression and
stuff
no why are you i don't need to be honest
honey
uh
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okay
i'm right here
good
they hold your hands back there too i
know right baby
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yes
so he's not high right now no no is this
the way he acts all the time yeah i know
my wife's blood it's all good no all
right
stop it no you don't get it you don't
get it we don't get it
look sorry randy has been through more
than most people
that being said we always treat you good
don't worry
we always treat you pretty good
do we normally treat you good
man
i know i respect you i respect your god
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she prays for me she prays for me i love
her everybody says i love her because
she prays for me to read the problem to
me stop talking i'm trying to change my
mentality my life
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not talking
there's a reason why mental health
exists in most mental health
disorders it's actually a chemical
imbalance i have a racial shut up rodney
and that's bipolar disorder that's it
every other one is learned behaviors
based on your environment childhood all
the [ __ ] you go through
rodney has the worst stress that she's
ever seen from anyone
and because of that he is constantly
trying to fix whatever he thinks is
about to happen
before it happens when most of those
things are never going to happen
but y'all really should be going after
me
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when he sees you guys he knows one thing
before you get here they're my only
safety as soon as you get here goes oh
my god they could shoot me
okay
so he gets scared when he sees you guys
and all he wants around him before you
get here is he
so but he has a terrible terrible thing
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he's really not high you're asleep yeah
the people over here
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they say this guy should have to get up
uh
yeah i'm getting it
yeah i'm trying to live like i'm dirty
as hell i just want some pop i bought
soda yesterday i got like like i don't
know what six miles to solar 2 liters
i don't know like i don't know
if fatigue with tires well you can't
take straight
i want this [ __ ] you know that i bought
the dog's pizza
my brother my brother told me
this out in the righteousness of mine i
told him if you had a stroke and you're
worried about your heart just why are
you doing cocaine drinking
how are you how are you going to get a
place of your own ronnie how yeah my
thought and my suggestions was i went to
mississippi my royal michigan anybody's
leaving all my auntie my friend for two
years
determination
and
uh i sit in the shelter
i went to my real message game
to start my life over
it was so nice country out there for me
people i had my job for two years had my
own apartment it took me one week just
to give me a [ __ ] apartment my
boyfriend fourteen hundred dollars
and i worked for him for two years he's
my page his name's joe ferland yo
italian white guy
uh he gave me he took me to church show
me a different life
i wouldn't go to a different state and
do it all over i found it somebody
that's a nice lady
man
it starts with achieving hey i'm gonna
stay in the damn shelter i don't wanna
be in columbus i'm gonna start right
you mama there's but you know there's
people in columbus that can help you get
a spot
i don't i don't like the life i live i
will live that life i never i'm trying
to be poor say why i'm tired i'm tired
man hey rodney they will but once you
get established then you can get out of
here
you just need to get settled for a
little while
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dump these i sit at the downtown wall
you run the [ __ ]
everybody know me man i'm a good dog i'm
sitting on the wrong sides you got a
vegetable memorials before they they
made it to a new vegetable
right here
oh man
in my life i do have irrigations uh
i i do have a t-shirt from south keys
i do take medications
i i don't need to be in a psych ward i
know what's right we're not talking
about taking you anywhere right now i
understand that i'm just telling you my
thoughts yeah
no
roddy this is probably the most
clear-headed i've ever talked to you
i'm being honest i've talked to you a
bunch of times i've i think i've had to
taste you before no
you've been
maybe we didn't tase you we got close
you guys especially
yeah
the tapes were gone
there was that one time down a bunch of
times this is the most clear headed i've
ever talked to you
right now i just want you to hear me for
a moment okay
what what i really want you to do is
follow up with that case manager oh
you said you you said you have one
listen
just because they can get you into an
apartment i don't want to know
like
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i've seen people like you get help and
get places and get established man and
their lives get turned around
probably i can't make any of those
promises
and and you might have to stay in a
place for a short period of time to get
you an apartment
but ronnie it's got to be better than
this
are you guys actually allowed to be
there though
is she letting you back in now
she said the only thing is to bring
nobody to the house
oh
two thousand uh great great condition um
just buy a cell phone
and when's the last time you were there
two days three days ago he got paid
and when he got paid he said go by the
phone
come back
the metro store is right next door to
these brothers yeah
which is what i'm talking about and
yeah but that that area
actually all the entire west side
all of columbus triggers him into these
spells of fear
thinking that things are going to go
wrong and then
we um
somebody did i just got a tattoo
okay she's down for her tattoo and when
i got my tattoo the guy who came out
that is not what happened he paid for
multiple tattoos that he was supposed to
get i got one for three i don't want him
dude he didn't get it because the guy
had a gun it triggered him and he was
stuck right
now so what are you gonna do for
freaking out thinking that everybody
yeah
watching tearing again
because he does the exact same thing
when he's high but
that
it was just he was scared yeah literally
i understand and so he was
do you all he did was stay in the
apartment by the front door everybody
come outside
these are kind of separate issues like
these are a little bit separate from
what you really need to get yourself
better though
well and i understand the struggle but
you gotta when you're having
but when you're not in that place
you know when your head's not
like where's that mom
but like right now
right now is when you're feeling great
these are the times you can make those
calls be like hey how are we going to do
this
so we can get in that spot
and
because when you're when you get to
those paranoid states
you're not going to do anything right
you know what i mean so when you're in a
place like where you are right now even
though you're having a really shitty day
this is really the best time for you to
call and follow up with people
try to do that stuff
that's all i'm asking you to do because
they will get you off the street
i've seen it
like i was even one day uh
there was a guy that i helped get off
the street and i didn't know that he was
off the street
i i went down to the speedway at
harrisburg pike in brown okay and he was
leaning over the counter talking to the
clerk
and i was i was messing with him he was
a skinny little white kid i came up and
i grabbed him by the shirt collar
and i go hey is this guy bothering you
and he turned around he had the biggest
smile on his face he's like oh man he
wanted to give me a hug he's like he's
got a job at ups now he's got himself an
apartment and it's because he took the
advice that i gave him and he he told me
that here on that he was i insulted
him yeah i can't remember his name this
is probably four or five years ago
but because he the first time i met him
he was sleeping in an abandoned house in
the wintertime with no heat
and he was calling 911 he was going to
freeze to death
and i didn't know we're helping him out
you know what i mean um
but he he did the right things and then
the funny thing is after i helped him
out
two weeks later he ran from me and i had
to catch him
and he had some crack on him so i'd take
him to jail but he it worked i mean he
eventually got through it so
yeah
hey ronnie do you know who your case
manager is
hey ronnie do you know who your case
manager is you know their name yes sir
give them a call
do it today can you do that for me
do it today while you're feeling good is
that phone activated yet
this is dead okay
for what two days how are you guys gonna
charge it
we'll find a building around here that's
got
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give them a call when you're feeling
good like this
and then you can make plans and then
follow up with those plans man
and just keep
keep doing it when you feel good i know
you're gonna have bad days
take two steps forward one step back
you're still ahead of where you were
right
what's dangerous
okay all right we're gonna get you guys
here okay
let you guys gather your stuff
um people here are a little wigged out
because what happened a minute ago so
find someplace else to go right
i don't know we'll swing by and check on
you guys a little bit
do you have any don't go down to
sullivan
go down to terrace is that where it is
your aunt's house and tears that's bad
they should not know where you're at do
you guys want to ride down the terrace
i got it
you got it
okay
well we got the wagon
that we'll definitely okay
all right well you guys you'll be
spazzing out for the rest of the day i
appreciate talking to you guys today and
all right
your dollars yeah call them get that
phone charge and call them today for me
all right and i'm jerk
yeah you'll recognize the mustache
what
you're here
richard i don't know him
okay
brandon
i don't know him either do you work west
side or down the bottom
you guys probably know more of the
second shift guys than anybody else
um
i work
i work third shift for 10 years and i'm
on first shift so
i'm still getting to know some of the
folks but i know you guys so
there's a no there's a call
um we're gonna probably see what he's
got going on we're gonna help them
get popped we don't have any money man
cash some officers i know i don't carry
cash we're gonna swing back to the air
attack on you listen she knows you
almost better than you know yourself you
hear me okay recognize that respect
all right
all right guys you take care good luck
you're welcome i appreciate it
all right thank you sir
i'll shout it i'll shout at you when i
see you yes sir
yep
you can't forget the mustache
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you