You're going to get out, but you're going TO CATCH A RESISTING CHARGE. PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. PUT YOUR PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK RIGHT NOW. ON AUGUST 23RD, 2025, officers responded to a domestic disturbance involving an ex-girlfriend confrontation. The victim reported his ex grabbed his chain and struck him. His brother witnessed and confirmed the assault. >> on, man? You okay? Yeah, so we just came from work. Well, I took him We picked him up from work. Um so we just came out of the car. Out of nowhere the girl just comes out and starts >> Okay. starts cussing at my brother So I have And then out of nowhere she starts to say about this about She This is ex uh girlfriend. So that's That was your ex-girlfriend? Yeah. And you guys are brothers? Yeah. Okay. So she came here, started to freaking cuss at my brother, and started swinging at my brother because about the ex-girlfriend. Okay. So he has a girl He has a Like he he already separated with with her. So now he's trying to get away from her. Yeah. But she just comes back every time. She's been here before. She already broke my glasses in my door. So where is she at currently? Um you know She lives like right right here. Okay. Do you think she walked over here? She walked over here. Okay. And was she by herself? No, she was with her grandma. Her grandma? Okay. What Why do you think they came here? They Do you think she owed them something? They got to get something from your house or No, she she came telling me about like me having a new girl or Uh-huh. and that's what she's going to get her. Okay. How long you all been broken up? Uh I don't know, man. Like a fresh thing or No. We We've been together for like about like a year. Okay. And then like after that we separated. So how long you all been broken up? Uh it's like an on-and-off thing. Oh, okay. Got you. Did anything physical happen today? Yeah. What happened? Uh she grabbed me by like my my chain. I got to bring her That's my brother. Right, so She grabbed me by the chain and then she fell over. So we were really just trying to keep her down so she doesn't throw hands. So you're just holding her Yeah, I was just trying to hold her down. Okay. So he didn't he didn't hit her at all? She was the one putting hands on my brother. And after everything she just wanted to stop and then that's her grandma. Her grandma. You know, you can tell by like the force she fell over. She almost fell like that my chain. Okay. Did she hit you right? Uh Or did she just She tried to but she did not hit you. >> No, I like Okay. Okay, do you have any injuries? Yeah, I I got like a little bruise. It's a little red and a little bit. Okay. Do you want to press charges and document all the injuries and file a statement and everything else? Uh yeah. You do? Okay, sounds good. Um do you know where she's at right now? Yeah, she lives right around Like do you know the address and everything else? I do. I'm trying to find the address right now. Maybe here on the phone right now. Do you know apartment number and everything else? Uh apartment number? Yeah, or is it a house? >> show you where where it is right now. Building is crazy. It's the second floor. The second floor on the right? Yeah. Okay. Hello. Hi, how are you? How are you? How can I help you? Oh, sweetheart. Um all right, ready? Yeah, I just got a quick question. >> Yeah. Does Iris live here? She's my daughter. Why would you want to know? >> daughter? Yeah, that's why I just got to talk to her about a case. That's all. >> What kind of case? A uh simple dispute outside. It's not that big of a deal. She >> What happened? I'll have to ask her, all right? >> god, this is Can I talk to her for a second? >> Yeah, yeah, I have to get her. I don't know. No, what's that what happened? What what happened outside? What happened outside? You know what happened outside? Hello. Hi, how are you? Hi, yeah. I know you guys are here for. Okay, can I talk to you? Yes. Thank you. You can come outside and talk to me. Right here? No, you can come outside. Why would No, right here is fine. No, you can come outside. >> I'm fine. There's There's no No, what happened? Yeah, there's It's the way you treated treated. If you don't want to step outside, then I'm going to go a different route, okay? You really want to put your business out in the whole world? No, not really, no. How old are you? I'm 23 now. 23. All right, step right over here, please. Do you want to speak in front of your mom or you want to go outside? It doesn't matter. Yeah, you can speak in front of my mom. Okay. She's kind of on a slow delay. She's Okay, so She's taking medication and stuff like that too, yeah. They just changed her medication. >> Yeah, I don't They just changed her medication, so Ma'am, let your mom take her. Bring her to the real Yeah, come on. So annoying. I don't know what is wrong with my head. I will do it. No, I got it. Okay, so what happened? So, yeah, I know you guys with his house because me, him Who is he to you? Huh? >> Who is he to you? My ex. Okay. Yeah, he's my ex. >> Okay. Because me me and him became exes because his mom doesn't like me or doesn't LIKE MY FAMILY. I GOT TO GET THIS TOP. HIS MOM DOESN'T LIKE ME or my family because I said Okay. And And yeah, that's understandable. But, I don't like him. I'm sorry. I don't like him at all. And the things he did to me, cheated on me three times. He passed by our house multiple times. He passed by our house. Yeah, he He by our our house, too. Yeah. And yeah, I passed by his house too because he did that to my house. So, yeah. So, what happened at the house? Um I put So, my grandma passed by his house a lot of times and um I passed out passed his house this time today because I saw him outside. And um and then um I wanted to confront his ass and um I wanted to say some [ __ ] Yes, I did hit him. Why did you do that? I had to say the truth. Why did you do that? Why? Love is love is crazy love is crazy thing. So, what happened what happened after? What about tiny Valerie? Officers located the subject nearby. During questioning, she admitted quote, "Yes, I did hit him." With confession, witness statements, and visible injuries, officers had clear probable cause for domestic battery. After that my after that after I hit him and stuff he he pushed me down on the floor and and then I got back up and that is when I left and I went to the car. Okay. All right. Yeah. Sounds good. Well, besides hitting him did you do anything else? No, I Well, no. Did you scratch him? Is it kind of here? Go up there with Did you scratch him or anything at all? Did you break his chain? I broke his chain? I'm asking. No, I don't think so I did. >> Okay. All right. Sounds good. Okay. Um I mean, if you want to put order of protection on me, that's fine. I don't care. Okay. And I think that's both something that both of you are going to have to work out, right? If he's coming by your house and then you're doing the same thing to him. Well, I I can't even contact him because he blocked me. Okay. So, I can't even contact him and tell him to stop going by my house. So. Okay. Sounds good. So, at this point on we do have to place you under arrest. >> Why? For domestic battery. No, don't please don't. No, I'm not GETTING IN. WHY? WE'RE GOING TO TELL MOM. WE'RE GOING TO TELL MOM. WHY? NO. IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. I'M NOT GETTING IN. I'M GOING TO TELL MY MOM. OKAY. I'M GOING TO TELL HER. DON'T RESIST. OKAY, WHEN AM I GETTING OUT? STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. OH! STOP. WHY ARE YOU ALL I KNOW I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. OW! SHE HAS MEDICAL PROBLEMS. PLEASE RELAX. STOP WITH THAT, ABBY. STOP. STOP. I'M GOING TO NEED TO RELAX. YOU CAN'T MAKE ME DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. STOP. STOP. WHAT? BACK UP. GET ON THE GROUND. OKAY, I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO NEED TO RELAX. DON'T RESIST. DON'T RESIST. DON'T RESIST. HEY, RELAX. PLEASE. JUST RELAX. GO OPEN THAT DOOR. GO OPEN THAT DOOR. HEY. OPEN THAT DOOR. OH, WHAT AM I DOING? STOP. OH MY GOD, WHEN AM I GETTING OUT? STOP. YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO GET A RESISTING CHARGE. PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK NOW. OKAY. PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK RIGHT NOW. OH HELL NO. OH MY GOD, WHEN AM I GETTING OUT? YOU DO THIS AGAIN, YOU WILL BE TASED. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. JUST HOLD ON, BRO. JUST DON'T EVEN DO THAT. STOP. STOP. STOP. I'M GOING TO NEED TO RELAX. YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR YOURSELF. STOP. WHEN DO I GET OUT? SHE NEEDS AN AMBULANCE. I'M CALLING AN AMBULANCE. YOU AIN'T CALLING [ __ ] First of all, don't be talking to her LIKE THAT. STOP. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. STOP. 50 OLD STOP. STOP. I'M GOING TO PUT HER IN THE STOMACH. Give me one second. STOP. OH MY GOD. I'M GOING TO TASE WHERE IS MY MOMMY? I'm going to TASE YOU. MOMMY. MOMMY, I CAN'T BREATHE. STOP, SHE CAN'T I CAN'T BREATHE. I CAN'T BREATHE. STOP. IT'S OKAY. STOP, PLEASE. IT'S OKAY. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. WHEN DO I GET OUT? STOP. MOMMY, I NEED TO GET OUT. STOP. I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'M GETTING OUT. STOP. CAN'T, GO TO MY MOM. I CAN'T, PLEASE. OKAY, ELENA. WHEN AM I GETTING OUT? YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUT TONIGHT, BUT IF YOU KEEP FIGHTING, YOU'RE STAYING IN JAIL. YOU GOT TO STOP. STOP. OKAY, I'M SORRY. YOU GOT TO STOP. OKAY. OKAY. Get your breath. You got to stop. >> WHY ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS TO ME? CUZ YOU BEAT UP YOUR BOYFRIEND. DOMESTIC BATTERY. WE TOLD YOU. OKAY, YEAH. I LOVE HIM. HE BEAT UP MY BOYFRIEND. HE DOESN'T LOVE HIS GIRLFRIEND. STOP. OH, I'M A GOOD GUY. I'M A GOOD GUY. HE DOESN'T LOVE HIS GIRLFRIEND. STOP. HE TOLD ME I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT. OH MY GOD. WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME? WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME? TELL ME, GOD. HEY, HEY, ARE YOU ABLE TO GO inside with us? If you COOL WITH US. YES, BUT WHY IS IT ALWAYS ME? SO, WHAT'S GOING TO happen is Why can't he GO TO JAIL? WHY CAN'T HE GO TO JAIL? STOP. NO. LET ME TALK. >> I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. I'VE NEVER GOTTEN ARRESTED. YOU'RE going to get up with us and you're going to walk with us without doing ANY CRAZY STUFF. >> OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT this point on? No, but I want TO KNOW WHEN I'M GETTING OUT. GOD. You'll get out tonight, but you got to let us help you. OKAY, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I WILL. OKAY. Get up. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SHOOT. OKAY, YOU SHOOT. LET'S GO. I KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET ME OUT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET me out. They're not going to let me out. They're not going to let me out. Mommy. Let's go. I hate you. Cool. I hate I hate you. What? What? I hate You guys want to watch the baby? No, what is that YOU'RE DOING TO ME? THAT WAS EASY. HERE, just calm me down and put your shoes on. I'm going to put them right here, okay? All the angel officers inside or we have it out here. Am I getting out tonight? If you shut up and start being a human being, YOU MIGHT GET OUT TONIGHT. >> IF I SHUT up the whole ride, they don't take you to jail? I don't know. It's up to a judge. When informed of her arrest, the subject physically resisted, requiring multiple officers to secure her. She was charged with domestic battery and resisting arrest, both class A misdemeanors under Illinois law. The officers receive a B, lawful arrest, reasonable force, but de-escalation opportunities were missed. The subject receives a D, admitted battery, premeditated confrontation, resistance added a second charge. The victim receives a B plus for showing restraint and properly reporting the incident. The lesson here, emotions can drive us to confrontation, but the law doesn't care about feelings, only actions. Resisting arrest never improves your situation. Comply first, challenge later through proper legal channels. If this breakdown helped you understand the law better, you know what to do.