A driver spent the small hours of a Sunday morning doing high speed circles in a shopping mall parking lot, and when officers finally stopped him he asked for an ambulance and then refused to get in it. What followed was an argument over something much smaller than any of that, because the thing he was eventually charged with was not the driving and not the screaming. Joliet Police Department. Joliet, IL. Reported charges: Obstructing/resisting a peace officer; reckless driving. This is public police body camera footage released by the Joliet Police Department under Illinois public records law. We add commentary and analysis explaining what is happening and the law behind it. The footage has been edited and condensed for length. The order of events is preserved. We obtain footage like this through public records requests. You can look up any agency, see its records, and start your own request at https://foia.direct. #BodyCam #Police #KnowYourRights

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