Officers from the Flaggler County
Sheriff's Office in Florida attempt a
traffic stop on a white SUV with two
males inside [music] where the passenger
gets out of the vehicle and starts
sprinting away.
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out the back door back the house.
>> Stop right now. You're going to get
tased.
>> Jumped in.
>> Get out of the water now. Jesus crossing
the snail in the water right now.
>> Male wearing black shorts, black
t-shirt, white socks.
>> COME ON OUT.
South through the wood.
>> He went back towards the canal.
>> He's going back down towards the house
toward the end of the culde-sac.
Come here.
Come here.
Come on. Come on out.
>> Come on out.
>> What did I do this time?
>> I don't know. You fed telling me. Now
you're running.
>> Well, y'all are [ __ ] up on me.
>> Back in the water.
>> Come on.
>> Well, let me talk to you.
>> What did I do this time?
>> Come here and let's talk.
>> We got to get your side of the story.
>> Why are you riding? Why are you running
from us?
>> Because
Come on over.
>> Already know.
>> I don't know. I just got here.
>> Yeah. Why? Why do y'all run up on me?
>> We're not in the water.
>> They wanted to talk to you. Come on.
>> For what?
>> FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> ME AND KEVIN.
>> HUH? Cuz me and Kevin. Kevin called the
cops.
>> Well, let's get your side of the story.
>> You don't want my side.
>> Yeah, I do.
>> Why y'all [ __ ] run up on me and not
him? Officers initiated the traffic stop
in the first place after the suspect's
neighbor, Kevin, reported that he was
beaten up by the suspect. Officers were
simply trying to get the suspect's side
of the story when he decided to flee
into the canal.
>> 211, he's sitting in the middle of the
water giving verbal.
>> You don't want to get another charge.
>> What is that?
>> I already got enough.
>> Come on.
You're going to make it worse.
>> Just come on, bro. You're getting
another charge.
>> For what?
>> Now you have a felony escape charge.
>> For what?
>> Cuz you're under arrest.
>> Why?
>> Why do you want another felony?
>> Why am I under arrest?
>> Come up here and figure it out. We're
telling you that you're under arrest.
You know you're getting a felony by
swimming away.
>> Make them go over there.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Hey, there's people right there. There's
cops there and there. What are you
doing,
>> dude? What are you doing this for?
>> Hey, listen. We're putting the bird up
in the air. The bird's coming up.
>> You're not going to be able to run.
>> Can you Can you shoot over there? I have
to go all the way down and over.
>> Yeah, I can.
>> That's going to be the cran court.
I'm getting out.
>> Come on, guy. Why are you doing this?
Why are you making this worse?
Huh?
Why are you making this worse?
Will you come over here and just talk to
me?
>> Yeah, I ain't want to talk.
>> I TRY. I'M TELLING YOU. I wanted to talk
to you and get your side.
>> No, cuz you pulled up with blue lights.
My lights are not on.
>> Getting out of the canal now. South
along the backyard.
>> There's a wooded lock. Keep running
south into the wooded lot.
Hey, where's he at?
>> Summer's come towards me on the other
side. Pedestrians are pointing them out
in this woodline.
Go that way.
Get on the ground. Get on the ground.
Get on THE
One's fighting.
>> Let go your hand.
>> Question. Roll up.
Why?
>> Why? That's a great question. Why? I
don't want to talk. That's for sure.
>> That's not one my side of the story.
>> I didn't run.
>> Did I run?
>> What did you think just happened?
>> Two weeks ago.
>> Yeah, I just ran
>> two two three weeks ago. You ran from
us. Same two people.
>> What do you mean
>> in your house when you had the warrant?
Same two people?
>> Yeah, I was in the closet. I wasn't
running. The driver that was in the car
when the suspect fled the traffic stop
stayed in the vehicle. However, officers
need to arrest him too because he didn't
stop when officers activated their
lights and sirens and instead drove to
this house.
>> Yeah, absolutely.
>> I told you we were
>> When there's a 100 police cars behind
you and you don't stop, you go to jail.
>> It don't matter. Red and blue lights are
universal. Ma'am,
>> you need to treat them like a veteran
and a senior citizen
as a veteran and a senior.
>> Understand, ma'am. All immigrants here
and you are taking veteran aid.
>> Immigrants have nothing to do with I'm a
vet too, man. If he's that much of a
patriot, you should stop when we try to
stop him. He knows the law.
>> Okay. When we get behind him
right here.
>> Yeah.
>> We try to pull him over way over there.
>> He walks behind.
>> He didn't see me.
>> You saw. Can we put them in your car?
>> Yeah. Yeah. [laughter]
>> I'm not going anywhere.
>> That's fine.
>> Well, this is silly.
>> What? It's silly that you didn't stop.
>> What the hell? I didn't know I was
supposed to. I didn't see you guys.
>> Come on now. Your nephew or whoever was
in the passenger seat jumps out the car
and start running.
>> Guess my son driver.
>> Come on. We looking for him.
>> He beat the out of this guy over here.
>> Oh, he did not.
>> Yes, he did.
>> That's all right.
>> This is silly.
>> A go nowhere. He's coming out of my
>> Do you have any medical complaints?
>> Yeah.
>> What?
>> Everything.
>> What? What do you need? Listen, I've
been having seizures head.
>> Okay, let's go to the car.
>> Listen, I'm going to read this to you.
>> Your rights to remain silent.
>> Do you understand the advice?
>> Say yes.
>> I mean, I don't know what the whole plan
was.
>> Well, that wasn't want to talk to me. I
already knew what that was.
>> Well, the whole reason your dad pulled
into the driveway is because you knew
what why we were trying to stop you. We
tried to pull your dad over at the
beginning of Palm Harbor and you
intentionally went all the way to your
driveway.
>> What do you mean? I wasn't driving.
>> You told your dad Okay. When you see
lights and sirens, what do you normally
do today?
>> I don't know. But you still get a chance
to get your side of the story. So, what
happened today?
>> I walk out. Kevin's out in the front
yard talking to granddad. He said that I
took a pack of cigarettes from him. I
was like, I have my own cigarettes.
Kevin, why would I take the cigarettes?
I was back to his house. The other day,
he gave my kids a bag of candy. Kind of
pissed me off, but I didn't I ain't
trying to have no conflict. Didn't say
nothing to him. Came over, accused me of
smoking a pack or taking a pack of
cigarettes when I went to ask him for a
ride. And I was like, have no reason to
steal your cigarettes. Have my own
cigarettes. me off. So I confront him
about the bag of candy. When I confront
him about not giving like this candy or
talking to my children, deep came at me
and we got into a couple.
>> Can we see just plain view if there's a
pack of Newport cigarettes in this car?
>> Don't go in that car right now.
>> Don't Don't go in the car.
>> Don't go in that vehicle.
>> What are you looking for?
>> Pack of Newport cigarettes. I would
assume he had him on him when he jumped
in the canal.
>> How did Kevin attack you? How did he
come at you?
>> He just came at me like threatened. Like
he just came like started put his hands
up. Yeah.
>> You're saying you felt threatened cuz I
fell off this. I felt threatened.
>> Spiritually came at me and I seen his
hands start to go up and I just up on
the head to the side like shoulder.
>> I don't remember. I'm not I don't
remember details.
>> Where were you hit?
>> In the head. I mean
>> like where in your head?
>> I don't remember. He hit me several
time. I hit me a couple times in the
back of the head, in the jaw, neck.
Like,
>> is there any reason why you don't have
too many cuts or scrapes on your face
and he's covered in blood?
>> What do you mean covered in blood?
>> Exactly how it sounds. He's covered in
blood. He's got blood all over his face,
his knees, his hands,
>> cut it off.
>> Look, he got blood on the This is from
the fight from earlier.
>> So, do you need any water or anything
like that?
>> No, these things are killing me. I'm
>> You're sitting on them now. Why?
>> I'm not a violent. Let me see. You
You're going to keep them on, but
>> I'm not a violent Can you put them in
front of me? I'm not a violent person.
I'm not into hitting you guys or doing
nothing. If you put them in front of me,
I'd appreciate it.
>> Yeah, I can do that.
>> Well, thank you.
>> All right. Thank you.
>> Lean forward.
>> Thank you much. Appreciate it.
>> Yes.
>> So, I still never get a clear answer.
Why? Why run?
>> Because I know whenever an officer wants
to come and talk and get my side of the
story, he's going to show up to the
house and talk. So you just thought just
because you were getting stopped in your
history of police, you figured the best
idea was to just run.
>> No, it wasn't the best idea. It wasn't
smart idea intentionally sit in the
middle in the moment. I'm just
>> very stupid on my part. In the moment
dumb for running and yes, I did and it
was not a good decision. It was very
stupid and
>> I think I think the dad's 1015 too after
having been getting in.
>> What caused that anyway? So, your son,
that's your son, right?
>> No.
>> Who Who was the younger son?
>> He just married my granddaughter.
>> Okay. So, your grandson-in-law,
>> I guess.
>> He got into some trouble. Okay. And so,
we were we've been looking for him.
>> Really? He just got back down here.
>> Well, he just got in trouble today.
>> He got in trouble today?
>> Yeah.
>> What the hell did he do?
>> He started fighting somebody.
>> Oh, yeah. He and Kevin had a fight down.
Yeah. Oh, there there's two young guys
with egos. Kevin said something to
Philip's pregnant wife. Kevin told her
when the baby was after the baby was
born, he wanted to go get get close to
her. Sarah told Philip about it and
Philip came in here and they got into
it.
>> Well, it's what he did that considered
[snorts] him the primary aggressor.
>> Oh, if I told your girlfriend I'd like
to sleep with her after she had a baby,
how would you feel?
>> Yeah. You know, it's emotions. I'd be
pissed, too. Where are you?
>> In my ass. I just live on the same
street. Here I am going to jail.
Holy [ __ ] Batman.
>> This suspect, Philillip, was charged
with trespassing, resisting without
violence thirdderee felony battery and
petty theft. The petty theft [music]
charge was dropped due to there not
being enough evidence to prove whether
Philip stole his neighbor's cigarettes.
Philip pleaded no contest to the rest of
the charges and [music] was adjudicated
guilty. He was sentenced to 11 months
and 20 days in the county jail with 9
months and 28 days of credit. He served
1 month and 22 more days in jail and was
released back into the public. The
suspect's grandfather-in-law was charged
with resisting without violence and was
later released on a $500 bond. He is
presumed innocent unless proven guilty
in a court of law.
>> You ever notice how people don't get in
the most trouble from what they did,
they get in trouble from what they do
after. Watch the decision pattern here
because this didn't start as some sort
of takedown. This started as officers
are doing what they're supposed to do.
Slow things down, get both sides, and
figure out what actually happened. But
once you run, you change the entire
conversation. Now, it's not about what
happened. It's about what you're doing
right now. And every second you keep
going, every stroke in the water and
every refusal, you're stacking
consequences on top of consequences.
That's why we hear the deputies warning
him in real time, you're going to get
another charge because they already know
how this is going to end. When he
finally comes out talking about, you
don't want my side, that moment had
already passed. Not because they didn't
care, but because you traded that
opportunity for getting away. And
unfortunately, it's the same thing with
the driver and the people outside
yelling about age, respect, and status.
But the law doesn't bend for comfort. It
applies or it doesn't apply. The law is
the same for everybody. It's your
choices that decide how hard it hits.
And in moments like this, those choices
don't just catch up to you, they speak
for