Yeah, well, she smacked her hands into me. First she struck you and pushed, yes. Okay, so it's battery abuse to you. I am sleeping. The phone is off because there are thousands of harassing and threatening phone calls and emails. Put your hands behind your back. Thank you. You're going to arrest me in my own home? Don't don't don't don't start. Don't. Got it. Yep, I got to arrest you. On June 7th, 2020, in Shorewood, Wisconsin, police responded to protests outside the home of attorney Stephanie Rapkin after she had been filmed spitting on a Black Lives Matter protester the previous day. According to body cam and surveillance footage, officers knocked for approximately 30 minutes before forcibly entering her home without a warrant, claiming they were conducting a welfare check. Inside, officers confronted Rapkin in her home and placed her under arrest for the earlier disorderly conduct incident. across the grass and then she was walking all over the chalk and um we entered a conversation and I asked her like like how can you justify spitting on a child who's peacefully protesting and she was like he assaulted me and I was like man, there's a video where it's very obvious that he did not assault you. Okay. And she she was standing near her house, you could see her walk up to me as I started the video and she said no uh if someone laid their hands on you like this what would you do or something like that. Um Okay. And then right after that what did she do? Right after that I said you just assaulted me and she just went like this. I don't know what that means. Did you record that part too? >> Yeah. Okay. You mind if I see that? Yeah. I have a whole minute video that was just that. I can see it. Yeah. Okay, who was it that she pushed? The right there. Both hands pushed or how was it? Yeah, well, she smacked her hands into me. Okay, and then pushed. First she struck you and pushed, yes. Okay, so it's battery abuse to you. All right, we're going to go hook her up. Yeah, that's your friend. Give it to you. Um yeah, what was the witness list? I will let you talk to the witness and neighbors. There's four over there. Okay, we got to make sure we get all their information, get a statement from And there's four witnesses across the street and I didn't see her well. That was a blue Prius over there. Another lady she was right across the street. She was like yeah, I I just parked here and then I took my car. There was nobody in the car. She was inside the house. So Okay. They said that she had These people have said she hasn't All right. No. All right. All right, thanks. All right, bye. All right. Which vehicle are we talking about that they moved? Well, they said that they're confident that she hasn't left. No, I think it's the one that was parked right there. Yeah, right here. Okay. Stephanie! Do we have a Halligan? And the other car in 10 minutes. You can You can you can If you want I can Stephanie, it's Shorewood Police. If you don't come out, we're going to come in and check your welfare. I can do it. You want me to do it? Just Just do I mean we can break the glass and I can open it from the inside. We have to get someone to come board it up and then secure it. If I kick it it's going to bust in anyway. Was Was there noise from the inside there? No. It sounded earlier when we were ringing the door that there someone was walking around. Stephanie, last chance to come to the door. A donkey like All right, let's just let's just do it. On the side right there underneath the door handle. Do you want to Do you want to STEPHANIE, POLICE! SHOREWOOD POLICE! I WAS IN HERE YESTERDAY. THE kitchen is right to the left here. Okay. There's stairs to the left. stairs on the other side that we walked up. There's a basement off the kitchen right here that goes all the way down. Okay. So just push up and then we'll check the basement first and we'll do the stairs. I got a taser. [Applause] kitchen Here's There's something on the door. I got it. You got it? Yeah, right on behind you. We'll just hold that. Someone's got to come with me cuz we're clearing the basement first. All right, hey, go with Go with Cody. Just give me a hand. Yep. All right, you got Stephanie. Yep. She's up I can hear her upstairs. Shorewood Police Department! We'll just hang on. Let me clear the Yeah, go ahead, go ahead. I don't know. She's upstairs. Yeah, we'll let them finish. Stephanie, stay right there. You got her? She We can hear her. She said what's going on. It's Police Department, Stephanie. We're going to do a welfare check on you. [Music] What's the problem? [Music] Are you coming down the stairs? No, I'm not really dressed. Okay. Yep. Stephanie, why don't you come here? We're here to check on you. We don't know what's going on. Cuz we were just here. You're not responding to our phone calls, we're ringing the doors, we got people We got people saying that you've been taking multiple sleeping pills throughout the day. Stephanie, come here. Just come here. Just come down the stairs. Show me your hands while you come down. Come down. I am just fine. I had to turn off the phone because all I'm getting is threatening calls 24/7. I can't Why don't you Why don't you strap that up so that way it doesn't fall? What's Who's here from my shift? Uh 124. Come over here. Have a seat right here. Gentlemen, do you have a warrant? We're checking We're here for a community caretaker, okay? Community caretaker, I'm perfectly fine. I am sleeping. The phone is off because there are thousands of harassing and threatening phone calls and emails. I can't have the phone on anymore. I'm going to go back to sleep. >> sleeping pills have you taken? I took no sleeping pills. Well, we have a neighbor that said that you took a couple sleeping pills. Have you taken any? Have you taken any? Who would Who would tell you that? No, I TOLD YOU FIVE TIMES. I TOOK NO SLEEPING PILLS. OKAY, so you're telling me you didn't hear us banging on your doors for about 20 minutes? >> I was sound asleep. Okay. That's hard to believe, ma'am. Okay, well, I'm sorry it's hard to believe. >> can't go back upstairs. Come over here. She needs to check you. Come over here, Stephanie. [Music] Turn around for her. Put your hands behind your back. Thank you. You're going to arrest me in my own home? Don't don't don't don't start. Don't. Got it. Yep, I got to arrest you. For sleeping in my own home? No, for assaulting an individual outside. Oh, I didn't assault an individual outside. Calm down, calm down. If you grab my arm Calm down. If you grab that arm >> resisting, ma'am. I am not resisting. >> away, you're resisting. That's enough. Stop pulling away. That's enough. Let go of my arm before I I have an injury. >> Okay, well, relax and we'll readjust. Relax. Relax. What? Relax for them. No, I can't. Just do it very easy. Just stop pulling away. Turn your hand. Turn your hand. I just talked with you last night. I can't turn my hand. I'M A TRAUMA SURVIVOR. WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? RELAX. RELAX. OKAY, WELL, YOU DON'T NEED me in my groin. You understand me? What is wrong with you? Don't pull. Stop. Yep. Yep, she did. Battery to an officer. Let's go. We're going outside. I got it. You're hurting me. Well, if you Wait, hold on. Hold on. If you don't get up, I'm going to carry you. So get up or you're going to be dragged. Turn around. Nope, turn around. Yep. Yep, cuz you're Turn. Yep, like this. You're hurting me. All you got to do is walk. It's very simple. I CAN'T. GREAT. YOU BROKE OPEN MY DOOR. Be careful. Be careful. Check. Be careful. Yep, I got you. We got squad. Right on right there. You got it on? Well, if you would have complied, it would have been fine. Unlock the door. Yeah. Got it. Yep. Get in. [Applause] We're not playing the game. Get her out. We'll search her around. [Applause] Yeah. Tell them to come on. Rapkin filed a federal civil rights lawsuit arguing that the warrantless entry and arrest violated her Fourth Amendment protections. The Shorewood police denied wrongdoing, but the municipality ultimately agreed to a $760,000 settlement, which legal analysts believe is among the largest in Wisconsin history for a case without injury or death. No officers were suspended or disciplined over the incident. Before you go, we want to hear your thoughts. Share them in the comments below. And if you found this video valuable, don't forget to like, subscribe, and turn on notifications for more.