All I'm doing is she's squeezing my hand, but not really. What do you quit? This is officer Ashlyn Pluff, and she just punched this black woman in the face. What's worse is that this is a pattern for her, and she's well-known to use excessive force on people of color. Up to this point, she and her department have gone unpunished. But there are countless cases of racist officers who forget they're being recorded, like when a cop repeatedly shouts slurs at an innocent black man. But first, let's look at a cop who did something so racist it got him fined $100,000 and fired from the police force entirely. Hey, I'm black out here. That's what the issue is. Yeah. The incident happened in San Diego when he approached Amari Johnson for smoking in a non-smoking area. The only problem, Johnson didn't have a lighter, cigarette, or vape on him. Even if he was smoking, do you think that warranted this treatment? You look goofy, bro. Stop, bro. Stop touching me, bro. Obviously, nobody's going anywhere. Hey, hey, hey, what I tell you? I told you I'm waiting for somebody to come here. They're right here, bro. Oh ho my god, YOU'RE TOUGH AS HEY, YOU'RE TOUGH AS STOP. STOP. BRO, you're goofy as hell, bro. Hey, Mr. Dargis, you're making a big ass deal out of nothing, bro. You're making a big ass deal out of nothing, bro. You're real big though, huh? Hey, you're real big. Hey, you're real big. Hey, you're real tough. Thank you, bro. Thank you. I have no reason to be detained by you, bro. BRO, STOP. STAY SEATED. WHAT AM I DOING? Y'ALL ARE FUNNY AS HELL, BRO. This is funny as hell, BRO. HEY. [laughter] THAT'S FINE, DUDE. YOU'VE ALREADY PUT MY YOU'VE ALREADY PUT your hands on me. Bro, I didn't put nothing on you, bro. It's on camera, so you can check it. Bro, y'all are hella goofy, bro. I'm talking to you, and you smacked me. Bro, nobody smacked you, bro. Why I smack you? You did it? Why I smack you? Staggs claimed that this treatment was because Johnson slapped his hand away, a moment not clearly caught on his body cam. What the bro? Do you not know what's going on? I just got here, man. This fool is in the wrong. He tried to come up on him like he's not doing [ __ ] He's waiting for me to get back from the store, right? When I come back instead of him just apologizing and being like, "Oh, you're right. I get it." He tries to grab him and choke him and put him on the thing. Obviously, that my friend is going to put his hands back. This fool is in the wrong and he could just say that and let it go. Instead, he's trying to I don't know what I'm just trying to figure out what's going on, man. Bro, he's being a whole ass bro. On God, and you know you're wrong, bro. This guy would be an awful lot more helpful if he wasn't so aggressive, but he's exactly right. Johnson was simply waiting for him to arrive in this spot when he was approached by Dejas and was exhibiting no suspicious behavior whatsoever. But, in the conversation that followed, he accidentally reveals the true reason for this stop. He looked at my name like 30 minutes ago, bro. Why am I still here? I don't got nothing on me. I'm doing nothing wrong. I'm being a citizen. So, you know what I'm saying? That's That's why I'm That's why I'm frustrated. It's hot as hell. I'm sitting outside for no reason. You know what I'm saying? You really don't get it though. You don't get it. I feel like I I understand you're being empathetic and I I appreciate that, you know what I'm saying? But, you don't get it, bro. I already know what it is. Hey, I'm black out here. That's what the issue is. Yeah. I'm all good. I get it. Dejas agreeing to this almost seems like a joke. Even if this was a sarcastic comment, it speaks volumes that this is something he feels comfortable joking about. If the cops let it go at this point, all might have been forgiven. Johnson was understanding and the officer was polite, but Dejas decides he's not finished and moves in to arrest him. Listen to me. You're being placed under arrest for 241 C, okay? Yep. All right. What's a 241 C? Assault on a peace officer. Assault on an officer? Hey, okay, bet. Bet. Hey. Hey. Bro, you are a whole ass HEY. HEY, CALL JERRY. HEY, CALL JERRY. HEY, NICK, CALL JERRY. YOU'RE A BRO, YOU A straight bro. Yeah. Except for you're the one that hit me. Bro, I didn't hit you, bro. You started grabbing me, bro. I told you to stop touching me, bro. You know what I'm saying? It's all on the police, officer. You know it's on film, right? How far do you think this is going to go? I hope you don't shoot me in the back of this car or some [ __ ] Cuz you guys are corrupt officers. You're for sure a corrupt Cuz I'm not supposed to be in the back of the car in the first place. Dages searches Johnson, then sits him in the back of his patrol car before taking him away to be charged. He also allegedly lied on his police report, saying that he observed Johnson smoking and that he took a fighting stance when he was approached. But Johnson wouldn't stand for this and decided to sue the city of La Mesa and Dages himself, citing excessive force and wrongful arrest. Around a month into the lawsuit, La Mesa agreed to pay a sum of $125,000 to Johnson. None of this money would come out of Dages' pocket, but he was swiftly fired from the La Mesa Police Department just 2 years after he joined. Ashlyn Ploff, however, punched a black woman in the face and her entire police department were just as bad and were all caught clearly on camera. Yo, with further with my cameras, I wonder how many sergeants would just like to They know like empty this tank. Ashlyn's police department were dispatched to a house party in Toledo, Ohio. Guests at the house weren't causing a disturbance and they didn't seem violent or rowdy whatsoever. So, when the cops decided to move in to arrest them seemingly at random, it raised serious alarm bells. Hey, who lives here? Who's the owner I can talk to? Who lives here? It ain't got nothing to do with us. I'm asking who lives here. You do? Yeah. All right. Arrest him, him, him, and them, too. Hey, you can't go in my house. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. I ain't I ain't even DOING NOTHING, YO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? WHY YOU PUSHING ME OFF THE PORCH? GET OUT OF THE YO, STAY BACK. DON'T STAY BACK. FAILURE TO DISPERSE. Failure to disperse, everybody. The cop tells them that they're getting charges of failure to disperse. And in the state of Ohio, this charge can only be given out when the suspect's presence creates a high likelihood of physical harm or public inconvenience. In this scenario, the cop is clearly just looking for a way to get the guests in cuffs. All right, let's just get you guys in the back of cars. What is it? Why? Okay, I'll explain to you. I stood here and I told everybody to go in the house. Listen, are you going to let me explain or are you going to talk over me? I stood here, I told everybody in here either go in the house or or leave. After I said that, nobody moved. I said you're going to jail if you don't move. Nobody moved. The precise reason that nobody moved might be difficult for this cop to comprehend, but it's actually because he never asked anyone to go inside the house. He simply asked who lived there and then started arresting people. It should also be noted that if this call was for public disturbance, the commotion has increased dramatically since the police arrived and it almost seems like they're the ones that caused it. But if you think the cops are about to stop there, you're dead wrong as this officer decides to take out his weapon to threaten the residents. GUYS, LET'S GO! TIME TO MOVE, LET'S GO! WHO ELSE WANTS TO GO TO JAIL? THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO. GO! GO! Why don't you listen and just go home? I don't have patience. People go to jail when I'm around. You know, before there was body cameras, I wonder how many sergeants would just like to see them all empty this tank. These snarky remarks from the cop are frankly terrifying as he's essentially admitting he'd open fire on everyone here if he had the opportunity. He's drunk on power and he's not the only one. Ashlyn Pluff is also on the scene doing exactly the same thing. Only her story ends in an even more violent manner. You're not walking BACK UP TO THAT HOUSE, TURN BACK AROUND. I DON'T CARE. NO! NO! GO! I CAN TAKE YOUR ASS TO JAIL. I DON'T GIVE A BAILEY, YOU HAD TO DISPERSE. GET THE OUT NOW. GO! TENSIONS ARE clearly extremely high right now. However, what makes the following footage even crazier is that the girl we're about to meet is professional boxer O'Shea Jones, an Olympic-level athlete who should be respected and admired for her talents. But instead, she was assaulted, plain and simple. BACK UP. GO. I'M ASKING FOR GO. BACK [screaming] UP. NO. I'M ASKING FOR HIS BADGE NUMBER. UP. I'M ASKING FOR HIS BADGE. I DON'T CARE, O'SHEA. GIVE ME YOUR PHONE. GIVE ME YOUR PHONE. NO. I'M NOT EVEN TALKING YOU can't do that to her phone. Back the [ __ ] up. WHAT IS THAT? I'M A JUDGE. YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO HER PHONE. BACK UP. OKAY, GIVE ME HER PHONE. NO. THAT'S HER PHONE, so she's got to keep it. Here, Anna, give me my phone. NO. YOU'RE NOT GIVING YOUR PHONE to anyone. my wrist. I'M A THEN STOP MOVING. HEY, O'SHEA, CALM DOWN. YOU'RE ANGRY. Just stop twisting. She's angry. All I'm saying is she's squeezing my hand for no reason. What are you twisting? Stop moving. Cuz I'm a judge. She just hit me. Y'all just SEE THAT, ANNA? SHE JUST HIT ME. ANNA. MA'AM. MA'AM. MA'AM. MA'AM. SHE JUST HIT ME. DID YOU SEE THAT? I GOT HIM. I GOT HIM. STOP touching me. You're supposed to be an Olympic boxer. I AM. I ASKED FOR YOUR BADGE NUMBER. OH, MINE? You were talking about mine? It's 355. There's no way to justify this attack. O'Shea was surrounded by officers and restrained, and Ashlyn punched her for no reason other than anger and hatred. However, unlike the officer from before, it seems that Ashlyn had completely failed to consider the fact that every cop here was equipped with a body cam, and she was in plain view of all of them. But in a tragic twist of fate, prosecutors found this use of force to be justified. They posit that O'Shea was resisting arrest, and the punch was a compliance technique. Instead, she was verbally reprimanded for her use of profanity in the incident, but received no criminal charges. But there's no better example of racism than yelling racial slurs at a suspect, and that's what Officer Tim Garcia was got doing on July 14th, 2018. Mom. The suspect, Dwayne Robinson, was allegedly getting aggressive and confrontational with mall patrons using vulgar language and threatening them. After Robinson was asked to leave, he complied, but the guards continued to follow him and eventually detained him. To recap, Robinson has basically said that he was confused why security asked him to leave, but he complied until they started to get physical with him. He then asked them to alert police to try and work everything out, but as it turns out, this would be a huge mistake. The cop would soon turn out to be not just rude, but derogatory and insulting. My question to you is if they they tell you to leave the mall, are you going to leave the mall? No, I don't want to. That's why I called Okay, I I understand you don't want to, but if they tell you, are you going to leave the mall? I'm not asking for what. Okay, they don't have to tell you. If they don't want you here, you're not here, okay? That makes no sense. Okay, here's the deal. Now you're going to get argumentative with me. They won't put you in jail, I'll put you in jail. We cool on that? Yeah. Okay, cool. You have your ID? Let me just get your information. I'll get their information and then we'll be good. Why y'all taking my information but like they talking about they want to give me a criminal trespass. Yeah, they might give you a criminal trespass. Look, I ain't even did Why y'all giving me criminal trespass? Because they can. What you mean they What you mean they can? Check. No, hold on. What you mean they No, no, okay, here's the deal. I'm going to ask you to do something, I'm going to tell you then I'm going to make you. Let me go, bro. Go ahead and let me go, bro. Go ahead and let me go, bro. Stop tensing up. Dude, bro, I'm not even a Yes, you are. Yes. You know what? Now you're under arrest. For what? Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Now you're under arrest for criminal trespass. After Robinson allegedly refused to hand over his ID, the cops decided to arrest him. At this point, they have decent reason for this. Robinson did refuse to leave the property when asked. And if Garcia is to be believed, he even took up an aggressive stance when he was asked to hand over his ID. But that's not the important part. That comes when Robinson is on the ground, cuffed and helpless as the cops start to become more blunt and abusive. "Look, give me your ID so I'll be able to give it to you, bro." What you did No, no, no. Took it back. What do you mean, bro? It's all on camera. Fast, bro. I need you, [ __ ] Dude, look how old I am. You think I act black? I listened to all your stupid for like 5 minutes. Dude, bro, I said you said I said, "Look, I said, "Look, before I give you all my ID, can y'all tell me like why would I get a criminal trespass?" And I told you they if you're not shopping here, they don't want you. All right, look. And they didn't even tell me I don't even have criminal trespass. You do now. Now you're going to jail. Bro, you had my arm, bro. Answer your question, bro. I'm not your fool. Bro, I already I already All I did was ask a question. Right. And we asked you for your ID and you refused to give it. Can y'all tell me All right, give me your ID. I'm about to give it to you. disturbing the peace. Disturbing the peace? Yeah, this is peaceful. It's all on camera. You don't want to give us your arm. Man, that's Actually, bro, it's the way it goes, bro. The way you were raised is poor. Tell me how I'm poor. I'm telling you how you're raised. Yeah, you are. Police officers are supposed to do nothing other than protect the public and de-escalate tense situations. But it seems that Garcia has absolutely no concern for his image whatsoever as he decides to take it up a notch by using slurs and acting blatantly racist. You all taste the pain. Hey, here. Here, look. This is police. You're the police. How do you like that? Police said said it right back to you. You. I I obviously I don't on camera I'll say it. Do I look like you? Well, I'm only 3.4% African. I'm 3.4% sub-Saharan African. There you go. Say it right. Put a r at the end. If you're going to say it don't don't call me I ain't no Not only did the cop just say all of that completely unapologetically, he did it all right after acknowledging that he's happy to do it on camera just to prove a point. But, he wasn't done yet. For being Oh, man. I'm just trying to get it right. I'm trying to get it right. Where do you want me to go, man? That way. Everything was going good. We had a you and I had a good rapport. Your life? I think you I think you your life up. I can do that. I think you will. The verbal abuse should have been far more than enough. But, once the cops got outside and close to their patrol cars, they decided it was also time to throw some physical abuse into the mix, too. Completely unwarranted. Just stop. Because I have to search you. All you got to do is behave. Why can't you just behave, dude? Dude, you keep tensing up you keep getting it. There you go. Because got to make sure you ain't got nothing in there. If you think it's unusual that the cops are taking Robinson's shoes off, you'd be completely right. He's being arrested for trespassing, not a drug charge, not a weapons charge, and nothing dangerous whatsoever. Especially when you realize that the cops didn't even search his shoes and forced him to walk on a hot pavement in the middle of July barefoot. Hey bro, can you stop harassing me? Dude, this all would have been over if you would have just handed me your ID. You had You pulled it out of your wallet. You were fixing to fixing to hand it to me, and then you pulled it back. You just didn't want to cooperate, man. You had it. You were there. All you had to do is give me your ID. We're going to get you up. We're going to stand up. Ready? Yeah. One, two, three. Hey look, man. We're not Y'all not going to put Yep. Y'all not going to put back in my [ __ ] They're going to go with you. Watch your head. Watch your head. Watch your Robinson was brought back to jail on charges of trespassing and resisting. But it's what happened to the officers after the event that was so interesting and gives us a clear window into the corrupt insides of a police department. An investigation was of course launched into Garcia, and Garcia's sergeant wrote that he thought a written reprimand would be the appropriate punishment. According to him, Garcia didn't use the word in a racist manner or directed at anyone. He simply repeated the word back to Robinson. Two lieutenants also reviewed the incident, and they concurred with the recommendation of a letter of reprimand. Thankfully though, the deputy chief saw the footage and believed that the banter, escalation, and use of profanity was extremely unprofessional and forwarded the incident to internal affairs for a formal investigation. Eventually, the video made its way to the San Antonio police chief who recommended an indefinite suspension for Garcia. He said it was by no means reprehensible conduct. This whole thing was as wrong as it can be. In a last-ditch effort to defend himself, Garcia topped all his actions off with a final derogatory and insulting statement claiming that all he did was use a similar language as a means of communicating his point repeating his language back in order to speak a vernacular he would understand. In January of 2019, Garcia was indefinitely suspended from his role with the San Antonio Police Department.