I'm not doing anything. I've been around cameras. So, I ain't I ain't been doing nothing. >> Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. >> Stop. >> This incident took place in Valdosta, Georgia in August 2020. Officer Henry and his colleagues were investigating a report of someone harassing customers and asking for money near a pharmacy. Based on the clerk's directions, the officer spotted a black man from a distance, 46-year-old Antonio Smith, who had just withdrawn cash from an ATM and was walking past the pharmacy. Believing he looks suspicious, the officers immediately drove toward him. >> It's about sus- about sus- suspicious act- activity, man. >> Suspicious activity? What? Where? Where- where about? >> I told him what I was doing. I was waiting for I was waiting for my sister to Western Union me some money. I always go there and get Western Union, and they know me. >> Hey, you got your ID on you? >> As Smith pulled out his ID to show them, several more officers arrived at the scene. >> I'm not doing anything. I've been around cameras. So, I ain't I ain't been doing nothing. >> All right. >> Among them was Sergeant Wheeler, who quietly approached Smith from behind, suddenly grabbed him, and slammed him to the ground without warning. >> Get back. >> What are you doing? >> hands behind your back. Put your hands >> doing? Oh, Jesus. Oh my god. Oh, police. >> Put your hands >> In his report afterward, Wheeler claimed he did this because Smith was refusing to cooperate and had assaulted him. However, in reality, Smith had been fully cooperative and even voluntarily offered his identification. According to Georgia's stop and identify law, officers cannot demand that someone provide their name or show ID without reasonable suspicion of a crime. Smith had done nothing wrong, he just happened to be walking by.