This is David living proof that not everyone should have kids. He thinks abuse is discipline. Time for some adult supervision by police. Hello. How you doing ma'am? Mart police department. The issue today. So um he was just we were just playing um a video game and I beat him and then so he started playing again against some a CPU and then he lost and he got mad because I I don't remember what it was. My brother had said something and then he started punching him and stuff and slapping him and started punching your brother. Yeah. And like tackling him and then um How old is your brother? Nine. 10. 10. Yeah. And then um Who's your brother now? He's in the house still. Okay. And then he then he said, "You're next." And then I I tackled him away and I got to the um door and I ran. You have the video of yourself? Yeah. There's a video. Video of what? Him hitting your brother. I think so. I tried to get some music from the game. 256 a few hours and doing this. supposed to take a 10 in cuz you're looking at an opportunity, are you not? Yeah. Are you going to handle your [ __ ] handle? I see. Oh, not first. All right. Is your brother at the house now? Yeah. Where where's your at? police. Hey. Hey. So, this is what I want you to do. Uh, go go follow me to the address, but stay a couple houses down. Okay. Hey, how you doing? Give me your step of the house. All right. What's going on today? Um, what's your son? Your son is with mom right now. Show us a video. A video? Yes. Can you get him other times? I found that there. It's on video. Okay. Yeah, he's fine. I saw the whole thing. He's fine. Divorce dispute. Okay. Hey, buddy. What's your name? Um, yes. All right. You all right, buddy? Yeah. You sure? Yeah. Okay. Just look up for me, buddy. Okay. What were your dad doing? You and dad doing because he isn't injured. Um, he was trying to do something because he isn't injured. He isn't injured. No, he's not. So, slapping him in the face because he lost the video game. That has nothing to do with what happened. That is his mom manipulating the situation. No, I saw the video. You saw the video. It's because he lost a video game. He wasn't even playing a video game. calling in your face for not being an asset is okay. Uh if I want to raise my kids how I want to raise them if I don't injure them. What does the Florida law say? Well, it's capital punishment. It's not No, that is not true. Mhm. Franklin, are you injured? Read your laws. Well, sir, I'm going to explain something. Okay. Punishment has an extent and based on the video based on the video that we saw on my side. Okay. Who else is here? Who else is here? Yes, sir. Well, clearly me, my daughter. Okay. And my son. It's nobody else. There's nobody else here? No. Okay. Where's your other son? Uh, he left. Okay. Is there a reason why you haven't called us to report him missing? Because he told me he was going to his mom's. Okay. Where his mom? And he's a teenager. If he wants to leave and go to his mom's during a marital dispute, what do you want me to do about that? I can't do anything about that. I'm aware of that. lawyer. I've contacted my lawyer since he left. Okay. He said you have to let him go. So, you have no parental rights in control of your son. You have to let him walk out the door. I have to. Yes. Correct. According to family court law, I don't know what you guys aren't involved in that. I know that. Okay. I don't know what lawyer you have. But you guys aren't in law to step into custodial issues. If your child leaves in the middle of the night and it's 45° out and you don't know how long he's been gone for, he's 14 years old. Okay. What legally makes an adult, sir? Uh, really? Yes. Because if any of my children decide they want to go to their mother Mhm. I've already been through this three times already with your same police department. Did you call your wife and make arrangements for her to Do I need to? Do you need to? Yes. Where does your wife live? What is your right in family? You're going to be barefoot right now, right? What do you want me? I cannot physically if I would have physically controlled him. Do you stay here? You guys would be arrested. No, because you were. No, you would have. That's illegal restraint of a minor. You're his parent. That is for We don't have a marital agreement yet. We're still in court. I called my lawyer. He said you cannot physically restrain him. Okay. So, what happened between you and your younger son here? He leaves all the time. Your younger son here? What's What's up? Um, you just disin Does he have bruises? His ear is pretty red from when you smack him in the side of the head. His ear is red cuz it's cold. Yeah. Are you guys serious right now? It look like we're flying. I did not intend to injure any child that I've ever had. The video on the kid. Really? Yeah. The the video indicated what? They have kids and I would the way will you discipline them like like you said there's a certain extent when it comes to corporal punishment. Okay. No no there's no such thing. Okay. Well, you know what? Give me a 30 minutes. No. No. No. For what? For what? For what? For what? You guys have to answer me that question. Are you guys kidding me? What's your reasonable suspicion to be famous? Stop the [ __ ] stop resisting right now. This is really what I'm doing. What are you doing to be paying me right now? Because what? I punish my kids under the law. Are you kidding me? As long as I don't intend to injure my children in my punishment, that is my right. Well, also there's the fact that you're intoxicated and you're dealing intoxicated. Here. I can smell the alcohol coming from. Yeah, I have. You can laugh while you want, sir. Oh my god. Okay. Yeah, my mom. Perfect. Go get your truck and pull it up. I did nothing wrong under Florida law. Okay. Well, you and I obviously have a different interpretation of how you deal with your kids. Okay. And you Yeah. Well, that's what Florida law allows. Like you guys absolutely not, sir. You guys don't get me. If you don't intend to injure your children, you can physically punish them. You intended to strike him, though, didn't you? That doesn't mean I intended to injure him, does it? Yeah, that's still child abuse without understanding. No, you're not. You don't understand Florida law. I've known me for 2 years under my lawyer's advisement. Okay. But you guys know better than my lawyer, right? Well, here's you guys know the law better, correct? You talk to your lawyer. Okay. Okay. Yep. No. No. You guys are perfectly perfect always. Please messing up your kids Christmas. Yeah. Oh, you because you don't dis because you disagree with how I punish my children. That's what you guys both have told me. You disagree with Not that the state of Florida does. That's fine. Right. Am I Am I incorrect? You can disagree with the state of Florida all you want, but you arresting me is completely unlawful. I'm just getting to stop drinking. No, I understand because he's a good I just need him to stop drinking and No, I I understand and like I said, I have a son myself and that's that's hard to watch that video as well. You know, there's a difference between, you know, there's a there's a line that, you know, you can cross and it was, you know, definitely crossed. Three two and a half years ago, we got into a fight and um they arrested me because um he said that I hit him and the dog actually bit him. Mhm. Um so, um no charges were filed, but I was the one that was taken in custody and then I never came back to the house and um it's been this is what he does when he drinks. Officers also observed signs of emotional trauma in the children. The Department of Children and Families was contacted and the case was turned over to Child Protection Services. When'd you hit your head, buddy? It's a little Mark. Okay. How did that happen? Uh when he tackled me and I had to That's when you were leaving. Uh that's when I I got him off and Okay. Uh he landed on top of my head. So what was the point of him tackling you? Just because he was mad and then that's when you tried to leave or was he trying to prevent you from leaving? No. Um I wasn't going to leave until he started. So cuz he was going to punish me. Are you sore? Can you look real quick? Does anything hurt? your head, your body, your neck, anything. Can I come over and look? When daddy was tackling you, did it hurt? Oh my god. Got a little red mark there. Yeah, I know. It's all right, buddy. Let me see the other side of your head again cuz your ear was really red right there and like purple. Okay. All right, buddy. You can sit in the car. Okay. So, you have no injuries, you said? No. Do you want me to call the AMS to check on you? No. Okay. My son doesn't either. My wife has called y'all seven times. This is the first time I've been put in cuss. David James 6 was charged with battery, child abuse, child neglect, resisting arrest without violence,