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Please don't touch me down. Please don't TOUCH ME DOWN. PLEASE DON'T TOUCH ME DOWN. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. Please don't touch me down. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop moving. Please don't touch me down. Stop moving. Stop moving. Stop moving. No, cuz you're hurting my wrist. >> Stop moving. Stop moving. >> You can't you can't touch Stop moving. Stop moving. I can't No, you don't understand. Stop. Stop. Stop. >> You can't YOU CAN'T TOUCH ME. I CAN'T get out of this car. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. You don't really care about me, do you? I'm going to run you back. Come on. >> No. Get out of here. Come on. >> No. Oh What the [ __ ] you doing? Drop that. >> No. Drop that. All right, we got Oh I got assault. She just pulled a knife on me. 153, we have a kid not available. I was going to taser Yeah, I know. And then she pulled out a freaking knife. You all right? Yeah, my shoes not, but I am. I'm going to go this way and see if she tries to break out that way. Get on the ground. I ain't in the woods. I'm not GOING TO RUN. I TOLD YOU YOU CAN'T TOUCH ME. I'M NOT GOING TO I AM. SHE'S NOW ON EAST 34th Street in the park. I'm not going to run. I'm not going to And she's still signal zero. She's running through to the wood line. I'm on the other side of the homeless camp. I'm not going to run. I'm not going to run. I'm not going to run. I'm not going to run. I'm not going to run. >> I'm not I'm not going to I'm not Do you need more of me? I'm not going to No, how are you good? Yeah, I'm right behind her. We're into the homeless camp northbound into the woods small ramp. I'm on the other side of the homeless camp. Back off till the dog gets here. Yeah, we got about 25 yards and a whole bunch of trees between us. I'm going to keep an eye on her from a distance. I appreciate you'll be there as soon as you can. Her name is Melody in case you want to try to talk to her, but Look like a big red knife. Where is she now? All right, she just entered a tent. She zipped it up. We'll just wait for K9 to do a challenge on it. Can you tell me the color of her tent? It's uh green on the bottom and it's tan on the top. It's a whole big old camp back here. I see it. You're right. On my two right. Right here, sergeant. Turn around. She's right inside that tent right there. See, I don't know if there's any other occupants in there. What's her name? She said it was Melanie. I don't know if that's actually her name or not. She said she just remember. She's uh signal zero with the knife. This is K9 Cash. He's on scene on you. No, he's going to eat me if I go. >> to come out of that tent now. The dog is going to send and you will get bit. There is two of me. Do you understand what I'm telling you? >> There's me forever. >> Do you understand what I'm telling you? >> care. Please. Melanie, come out with your hands up or the dog will bite you. Melanie, come out with your hands Melanie, you come out with your hands up or the dog will be sending and you will get bit. Is there anybody crossfire wise on that side? >> Is there anybody? I don't know. >> real being. Hey, if there's any units on the on ramp still, try to get out of that area. Crossfire is not a factor. No, he's going to eat me. Don't you touch me. Melanie, come out. HE'S GOING TO EAT MYSELF ALIVE. YOU COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS up or you will get bit. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY. IN ANY CASE, I'VE BEEN TRAPPED IN PLACES AND YOU CANNOT TOUCH ME. You can legally not touch me. I GOT A KNIFE. >> NOT TOUCH ME. MELANIE, COME OUT. >> YOU CAN LEGALLY not touch me. We don't have to go here as far, Melanie. >> hurt me. You have sexually ABUSED ME MY WHOLE LIFE. PLEASE. I would just be so thankful to you. >> Come out with your hands up. me. Melanie, you put out your hands up or you will get bit. >> Please don't touch me. Please don't I I am starved TO DEATH. PLEASE. DON'T TOUCH ME. There's a hole. Melanie, IF YOU DON'T COME OUT, the dog is coming in. You weirdo. Please don't touch me. Melanie, she's stabbing. SHE'S STABBING. SHE'S SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. HANDS. PLEASE DON'T TOUCH ME, WEIRDO. I'M A VICTIM. Please don't touch me. Melanie, DROP THE KNIFE. NO, DON'T DROP THE KNIFE. NO, SIR. DROP THE KNIFE. DROP THE KNIFE, DO IT NOW. NO. DON'T TOUCH ME, SIR. DON'T TOUCH. Don't touch me. DON'T TOUCH ME. DON'T TOUCH ME. DON'T TOUCH ME. MELANIE DON'T TOUCH ME. ME? YEAH, BUT YOU CAN'T get to her. Don't touch me, creep. Hey, Sandy. Sandy, be careful. Be careful, Sandy. Don't touch me. SIR, DON'T TOUCH ME. I WAS NO, SIR. THAT HELPED YOU IN A WEIRD WAY. TOUCH ME AGAIN. YOU SAW ME A DEATH OF a prophet. I screamed in that room and you don't give me no drink. You don't give me no drink. Go to the hole. That's drink. No, you're so creepy. Don't do that to me, please. Please. Sandy, YOU GOT HER? I'M TERRIFIED. PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, COME OUT. >> COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP. YOU won't be hurt. >> me, sir. We're not going to Come out with your hands up. Can you just COME OUT? >> YOU TRAPPED ME. DROP THE KNIFE DOWN and come out. YOU TRAPPED ME. OH, SORRY. YEAH, YOU hurt me. No, no. Listen, we don't want you to get hurt. If you drop that knife, then the dog is going to bite you, do you understand? Drop the knife and the dog is going to bite you. NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT'S YOUR NAME? WHAT'S YOUR NAME THEN? YOU KNOW MY NAME. Are you Melanie or not? I Well, I've always been made to think so. Okay, so what do you want to go by? We want to like Hey, what do you What do you want to be called? She was right on the back side. We need her back to the back. All right, I'm going to try to taser Give me some space. GIVE ME SOME SPACE. GIVE ME SOME SPACE, SIR, PLEASE. Please don't hurt me. All of you be against me. Please don't hurt me. That's drink. That's drink. Melanie, come out. Melanie, we won't HURT YOU. COME OUT OF THE TENT. YOU GOT A KNIFE. SHE'S NOT THAT NICE. DAD, PLEASE. DAD, PLEASE. DAD, PLEASE. PLEASE, DAD. HOLD ON, STAND BY. Stand by. Stand by. Please, Dad. Don't hurt I'm going to cut this. Don't hurt me, please. Please, Dad. Be careful. Be careful. Dad, why are you doing that? Be careful. Dad, please be careful, Dad. Dude, because you wanted to be free, please. FREE. OH, GOSH. NO, DON'T HURT ME. YOU'RE ALL RIGHT? DON'T TOUCH ME, DAD. BACK UP, SHANDY. Stay back. Back up. Get you? Shandy, come here. Come back over here. Shandy, get out of here. Shandy, back up now. Shandy, back up. GET OUT OF SHE'S SHE'S TRYING TO STAB HIM. BE CAREFUL. >> DON'T HURT ME. GET HER ON THIS SIDE. Come around this Dude, what's wrong with you? Right there. Over here. Why would you want to know how to do it? Why would you want to know how to do it? Why would you want to know how to DO IT? GET HER GET HER OUT. CHASE, CHASE, CHASE. GET HER OUT OF THE CAR, CHASE. KEEP IT GOING, MELODY. DUDE, I'M REALLY HURT. STOP. LAY LAY DOWN. YOU'RE GOING TO HURT ME. PUSH. PUSH. PUSH. I GOT HER CONTROLLED, MELODY. PLEASE, DON'T HURT ME. DON'T HURT ME. SHE'S GOING TO BE A ZERO. PLEASE, DON'T TOUCH ME. I'M A VICTIM. HEY, CROSSFIRE. CROSSFIRE. CROSSFIRE. >> I'M A VICTIM OF MY WHOLE LIFE. IF YOU DON'T COME OUT NOW, SIR, I'M A VICTIM. EVERYBODY, CROSSFIRE. CROSSFIRE. >> OUT NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY, SIR. PUT THE KNIFE OUT NOW. YOU'RE GOING TO GET SHOT. DO IT NOW. PLEASE, I'M A VICTIM. >> DO IT NOW. I'M A REAL VICTIM. PUT THE KNIFE OUT AND SIT DOWN. >> HURT SOMEBODY. DO IT NOW. I'M DYING. DO IT NOW. >> ON ME. DO IT NOW. DUDE. DROP THE KNIFE AND SIT DOWN. >> KNIFE. DO IT NOW. DROP THE KNIFE. DO IT NOW. DON'T HURT ME. YES. YES. SHE'S NOT dropped it yet. >> so bad. PUT THE KNIFE OUT AND SIT DOWN. PUT THE KNIFE OUT NOW. I GOT HER IN THE CAR. SHE'S BLEEDING, so you guys need to be careful. >> I see it. Melody, put the knife OUT AND SIT DOWN. DO IT NOW. >> PUT THE KNIFE DOWN. DO IT NOW, MELODY. MELODY, WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. Drop the knife and come out. We don't want TO HURT YOU. >> DOWN >> COME OUT. WE DON'T HAVE TO END THIS WAY. MELANIE, come out. MELANIE, PUT THE KNIFE OUT. We're trying to help you. >> Hey Danny, Danny, move out just in case. Melanie, come out. Melanie, put the knife out the tent. Put the knife OUT THE TENT. PUT THE KNIFE OUT THE TENT. MELANIE, I WILL talk to you and give you water if you come out of the tent, BUT WE CANNOT HELP YOU UNTIL YOU COME OUT. MELANIE, come on out for us. Drop the knife. Do it now. Drop the knife. DO IT NOW. DROP THE KNIFE. DROP THE KNIFE. We don't want to hurt you. Drop the knife. Drop the knife, Melanie. GET IT OVER WITH. MELANIE, I DON'T WANT TO taze you again. Drop the knife. We just want you to drop the knife. DROP THE KNIFE. DROP THE KNIFE. ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS DROP THE KNIFE. WE can get you water. Yes, we will get you water. DROP THE KNIFE. GET ON THE GROUND. GET ON THE GROUND. >> WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME? Why are you hurting me? No, why are you hurting me? My customer SAID WE HEARD YOU ALREADY PULLED THAT ONE OUT. I KNOW BUT I CAN DO IT. I STILL YEAH, THERE'S another knife right here. Big blade knife. Yeah, there's a blade knife with a black handle. Back battery. She's stabbed. She's got a mark but she's sure. We already looked at her. Are you done Melanie? Melanie, are you done? Melanie can we walk you to the doctor and double check for anything else? Okay, Melanie you said you're going to work with me, right? Yeah. Thomas said you're good. She said she's good as long as I don't leave her. Good job baby. After gaining control of the suspect, the officers escorted her out of the woods and placed her in a squad car where she was later taken to jail. The officer that was stabbed luckily received minimal minor cuts during the incident. She was given a tetanus shot at the hospital, treated for her minor injuries and released. [music] The suspect, Melanie, was charged with felony aggravated assault on an officer. She is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. For the law enforcement initiates nearly a hundred psychiatric evaluations every single day. Roughly comparable to aggravated assault arrest statewide. That's how common these calls really are. Watching this back you can see the start of somebody completely disconnected from reality. She's hearing gunshots and convinced people are after her. But the moment she moved toward that encampment, everything changed. A lot of people see Tent City and think disorder. But officers see blind corners, unknown people, and no clean [music] way out. And then suddenly the knife comes out. Now officers are chasing somebody through woods and tents trying to stop a deadly situation without fully knowing what's waiting inside. And that does leave a hard question behind afterwards. Because how do you help somebody who becomes dangerous before help can even reach them?

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