On June 26, 2025, in Skokie, Illinois, officers from the Skokie Police Department were investigating a criminal damage to property complaint. >> I'm Detective Zaleski. I'm with the Skokie Police Department. How are you? >> Good. >> So, I want to talk to you real quick about our investigation real quick. Do you have your driver's license on you? >> I want to hop out. I can't run. >> What's that? Can you put the car in park for me? Cool. Can you put the car in park for me? >> Why? >> Well, cuz you're being stopped for traffic stop, so you have to put the car in park. You have the car in drive still. What's that? >> Why you take the ID? >> Well, I have to run your name, right? Okay. What are you doing for work right now? >> Answer the car. >> Answer the car? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Do me a favor, put the car in park for me, okay? >> Why? >> Cuz I'm telling you to. Cuz you're going to be here for a minute. I'm stopping you for investigation right now. I can tell you that as soon as you step out of the car for me. >> I don't speak English, okay? Have a good day. >> 3 12. Car just took off on me. Um Subject's name is Aisha Muhammad. She have an active warrant right now. PUT THE KNIFE DOWN. >> PUT THE KNIFE DOWN. >> PUT THE KNIFE DOWN. PUT THE KNIFE DOWN RIGHT NOW. PUT THE KNIFE DOWN RIGHT NOW. PUT IT DOWN RIGHT NOW. PUT THE KNIFE DOWN. PULL PULL your car up right now and box him in. Hey. 3 12. He pulled a knife on us. He is now um pulling up to Lincoln. HE'S GOING WESTBOUND. PASSING HOWARD SOUTHBOUND. Southbound Howard from the ground. Speed is 28. West- eastbound Birchwood. Eastbound Birchwood Northbound Lamond. We got him stopped. We got him stopped. HEY! WATCH CROSSFIRE! WATCH CROSSFIRE! SHIELD UP! SHIELD UP! SHIELD UP! GLASS BREAKER! GLASS BREAKER! BRING THAT AROUND! AROUND! GIVE ME A GLASS BREAKER! 3 12, someone get a glass breaker. Someone get a shield up. Got glass breaker. >> Break it, break Break the [ __ ] window. >> PUT YOUR KNIFE DOWN RIGHT NOW. PUT IT DOWN. PUT THE KNIFE down right now. PUT IT DOWN. PUT IT DOWN. TASE HIM, TASE HIM. PUT THE KNIFE DOWN. PUT IT DOWN. PUT THE KNIFE DOWN. Stick your hands out the window. Stick your hands out the window. HANDS OUT THE WINDOW NOW. HANDS OUT THE WINDOW. DROP THE KNIFE. PUT THE KNIFE DOWN. KEEP THE KNIFE OFF YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW. LISTEN to us. HANDS OUT THE WINDOW. DO IT NOW. DO IT NOW OR YOU'RE GOING TO GET TASED. DO IT NOW. >> I'M PRETTY SURE I DON'T HAVE >> PUT ONE ON HIM. GRAB HIS HAND. GRAB HIS HAND. GRAB HIS HAND. >> PULL HIM UP. PULL HIM >> I GOT THE KNIFE. I GOT THE KNIFE. >> ALL RIGHT. All right. You are under arrest. >> I got him. I got him. >> Facing Facing the car. >> Spread all your legs. Spread your legs. Spread your legs. Spread your legs. >> All right. You want to switch sides? Keep going. >> Uh >> Yeah, we're going to switch sides. I didn't search his side. Unless he wants to Yeah, search it. >> Yeah, let me talk to the bosses. >> Are you hurt? >> No, I'm good. >> Are you hurt? You're cut, too? >> Yeah. >> Okay, then you're over here too, good though. >> Based on my observation of him right now, I'm charging him with my criminal damage on top of everything else that we're charging him with. >> Okay. >> He's got a warrant. I recognize him from the warrant. Yeah, when we went to take him out of the car, we had him finally stopped at Howard and Lincoln, went to grab him, Dunker reached in, I saw he had a knife out and he was like this, like reaching at us. >> Nobody's hurt, right? >> Yeah, no one's hurt. >> I'll be in the hospital. >> No, it's just for the plan. >> Yeah, it's for >> Yeah, no. >> Yeah, I don't think so. >> You're going to the hospital? >> We need to get that guy out of there. >> Let's get that guy out of there. >> Yeah, we got to wait for the fire department. >> We'll do that first. >> You want to switch off? >> Yeah, let's go. >> That's right. >> You got a property bag? >> You got his evidence bag? >> With gloves. >> Yes, sir. >> Check for >> Bobby, you doing okay? >> You look for >> You got a hospital coming to you, all right? Ambulance coming to check you out, all right? They're going to be the ones to take out the probes, okay? >> I want to add a second set of cuffs. We're going to lay him down. >> Sure. >> on there, so let's do that, please. >> You got him, Chuck? >> Come over here, come over on the other side. Hold his arm on this. Just grab that arm. Thank you. We need to have a second set of cuffs. Uh, we're going to add a second set for the for that. Double lock him up and then check him for a pit, please. >> If you're going to ask for the bag >> For a second, I'll grab the bag from you. >> You got the bag? >> Uh, we're we're going to take it, yeah. Yeah, we're going to take it. >> Okay. Let's go ahead and turn him around. Sit him down, please. All right, Mr. Muhammad, go and have a seat. Okay. Now, I'm going to have you lay down and put your feet up. There we go. Whoever deals with them, make sure you're gloved up cuz he's probably Slasm and Van go with him. >> Had the suspect remained calm and answered basic questions, this situation likely would have ended without force. Instead, a property damage complaint turned into a full-blown confrontation caught on body cam.