Bron let's go
now I'm going to give these people a
reason to call cops snapped inside a
crit Shir they got it on video like she
snap officer H fighting here I don't
even know why I'm going to jail they're
the ones who held my son away from me
well I watched a video of you grabbing
your son underneath his shoulders trying
to pick him up I can't hold your hand
baby why cuz I'm in
handcuffs right here
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yeah hey chaos erupts in an Iowa gas
station when customers intervene in a
family dispute the ensuing Havoc results
in an astonishing brawl that leaves the
community stunned but that's nothing
compared to the shock that police
officers get when they learn that the
pandemonium started when a mother
violently manhandled her 99-year-old
autistic son the lazy quiet of a
September weekend in 2021 is broken when
a call comes in to 911 reporting an
uproar at a local convenience store
Police Department can I help you people
fighting up here quick how many people
are fighting well Mom beating her kid
really B here I I can't hear you
something's wrong with your phone how
many people like
three and other people a kid from her
and they're all yelling and freaking out
all right we'll be on the way up there
even through a poor phone connection
connection the commotion in the
background is enough to alert
dispatchers that a bizarre emergency is
unfolding at the Quick Trip gas station
officer Miller of the De Moine Police
Department is first on the scene and the
crowd that rushes to greet him is the
first indication that something is very
wrong there this L's in
here around theor right so we tell her
to calm down and she is just going crazy
my homie in there holding her down
off here oh my
somebody
G she's throwing everything place your
hands behind your back place your hands
behind your back son place your hands
behind your
back place your hands behind your back
you just struck me fine but I want my
son okay okay no cuz they the on who
started place your hands behind your
back relax relax okay officer cuz
they're the ones who started keep your
hands behind your back I am behind my
back okay and I would like to talk to an
officer now okay I'm here I want son
your hands behind your back they're the
ones who started it I want my son okay
the commotion inside the convenience
store will make it difficult for police
to piece the situation together but it
will surely be easier with this woman
secured in handcuffs what is going on
first of all I was trying to discipline
my son they got involved my son is ADHD
I was trying to get him out of the store
they got involved when they wasn't
supposed to I just want my son so I
could go home please so why why are you
throwing things you hit me they were the
ones who kept getting in my face and
would not back off leave me alone okay
so that's your that's your that's your
reasoning for no and then I did not mean
to throw him at you I just want my son
so I could go home cuz I know what the
problem is with my son and
nobody step
outside I just want my son go home you
here with anyone just me and my son
where do you live right behind us and I
would like to take my son home he has
workers right now the workers and I been
dealing
with and I would like to get him home
from so can I please take my son
home so I can go home we're going to
figure all this out okay have SE in my
car AR
with
and with the mom squared away officer
Miller goes to check on her son all
right is everybody else okay yeah
everybody's okay everybody's fine you
can see the marks on his neck
Bud hey buddy can you talk to me okay
can can you look up at
me who mom kind of oh yeah you got marks
on your NE all right can you sit here
for me okay thanks buddy the boy is
reluctant to talk but the discolorations
on his neck make it more important than
ever for officer Miller to get to the
bottom of this situation you got video
of this can you show me vide too
everybody say just walk over to where
they was behind the Fink like so what
was she doing with her child picking she
was get up get
up by the neck lit back she's pulling
him by the
arm she she's yelling loud as hell like
I don't give a
wasn't to say nothing but just kept
going on like so then we walked back
there and then yeah we just try to tell
her to stop and she started tripping out
who did she assault like four or five
did she which one of yall did she push
with the door one of these little kids
black like she just sweet out of control
she assaulted my my fiance she I had to
actually like put her on the ground
because she was getting way too out of
control I held her down for a little bit
she bit me she of him holding her down
to where she can't do anything anymore
she was really getting out of control
like it's already clear that however
unhinged this situation appeared when
officer Miller arrived on the scene the
full story is even crazier but the
breathless testimony of the witnesses
cannot compare to the video itself she
was like trying to put her hands on
these little girls I don't know where
they
went about I'm punch you in the face she
just kept throwing stuff and throwing
stuff she something at me something at
me
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oh yeah yeah she did that that's when I
hit her y okay cuz you don't do that to
kids I'm not I'm not with none of that
we wasn't in the wrong no you're this
child out that's F me you're doing what
you should have done right if officer
Miller was reserving the benefit of the
doubt for his suspect this cell phone
video has clearly changed things to the
mother currently sitting in the back of
his police car however the fault lies
with everyone else
just want
son
just and brenon has a habit of making
everything
worse
what
me if the mom thinks her son and the
other customers are to blame for this
incident she seems to be the only one
who feels that way but then she ended up
punching him in his back and then hit me
in the back of my head and that's when I
really just took off on she assaulted
both you somebody else had a video her
first she do you do you twoo wish she's
going to be going to jail anyway do you
wish the victims of the assault and
testifying I want toess chares I don't
care I what do you want to go to court
and testify all that okay okay I will
most definitely
will that that helps that helps us get a
little more valid so thank you yeah she
press chares against ma'am that's chares
against sir for hitting me they would
have backed off I would have been able
to take my son home and and going home
Gally when they don't even know the
situation they think know they know
nothing about my son there are clearly
two very different views of what
happened before police arrived on this
bizarre day but security cameras have
captured every moment of the action
police will soon see for themselves
exactly how things went down inside the
quick trip and so will we in the
meantime the cell phone video is more
than enough to disgust officer Miller
can you show me where she slams the
child on the ground again is this video
I don't know what you can see but picks
him up under the
arms picks him up in the air and throws
him on the floor okay while she shows
her video again to officer Miller her
fiance shows officer pekman how he was
hurt in the melee do you have any
injuries on you
from I don't know what you can
see okay and then you said she bit you
she attempted to yeah okay she didn't
the chance got but she was pinching
right here still see
this some redness yeah so when I was
walking out the store she punched me in
my back she punched my girl and so we
just attacked her cuz that's my lady
like a ain't nobody just going to attack
my lady having gathered statements from
the main participants the cops have
another conversation with the woman who
started all of this see if she has a
story see if she has someone who can
come pick this child up ma'am what's
your
name and I my son's workers just as the
officers note those down she utters more
strange details if my son has to go to
Closter care I will understand but I
would like to go home so I can talk to
his workers and get all of the hand
pleas sure we'll get we'll get all this
sorted out shortly what's going on with
him today Bron he is ADHD autism on a
spectum mood swings ddmd that goes along
with the ADHD okay his workers are under
Orchard Place D Center he is due for his
medicine and he's even got a doctor's
appointment to get back into school
tomorrow cuz he's been home sick okay
and when he does not get his way which
the workers know he will throw a bit
like that in the store and they told me
to carry him out and get him back at
home and that's exactly what I did until
they got involved and I tried to tell
them they don't know him and they don't
know the situation what's his what's his
first name Brendan and his psych meds
are at my house right now as shocking as
it is that a mother would so quickly
volunteer her son for foster care it's
obvious that there's more to this family
history than police can unpack in an
afternoon however a hint of it may come
out as officer pekman searches Regina
for weapons I'm going to pat you down
really quick so I can have you pop out
do you have any weapons on you or
needles or knives or anything that's
going to hurt me nope okay cuz I don't
even do that anymore since I've had my
son this is just the first time
somebody's involving themselves when
they don't know the situation and what I
go through with him and like I said he
is due to meet with ranne tomorrow cuz
we're discussing the getting him into
Focus so does he stay at Orchard plate
sometimes no cuz he's not 10 yet okay I
got you he's taking off from the house
like I told her he's due to have his
next dose at your medicine when I get
home I'm going to get the car started
I'm going get the AC running so he get
some air I'll go in and get your keys we
get the sorted out okay and my wallet's
behind the thing okay oh my got we got
qu the call here this is a dramatic
understatement as will become clear when
we see the wild quick trips surveillance
footage in a moment but the entire video
isn't necessary for the police to come
up with some likely charges for Regina
Morris I mean she straight up picks him
up under the shoulders and body slams
him on the so that's I saw the video a
little more than just picking him up and
getting him to the car yeah what do you
think certainly simp I think that's
something then assaulting she's saying
I'll do a simple assault for hitting her
in the head simple assault for whatever
happened to pinching and punching and
yeah I'll call my supervisor what he
wants done obviously someone has to come
pick this kid up she says there's no
need to do that before officer Miller
can begin writing up the charges however
Regina has some complaints excuse me can
I say
something these um ancs are a little too
tight because they're hurting my wrist
back here here I'll have you step out
I'm gonna put two on make a little more
comfortable for you okay okay thank you
which one's B one that's really tight
both of them are I'm going to have to
uncap you for a second okay just be cool
all right cool digging in my hand nope I
got you and what is going to take place
CU all I got his phone numbers are at my
house medicine's at my house and I do
have a friend who can take him down
there she's in d11 I'll have you step
back so d11 is this you know the
friend's name yeah Donisha she's the
only friend I have at the building and
she will be willing to take him
okay Regina's Comfort has been addressed
and now there's at least one possible
option when it comes comes to Brendan's
care in the meantime officer pekman
tries to get some information from the
store's employees so did you see what
happened that
lady okay are those cameras okay
okay and then
did she damage anything in
here okay okay making sense of these
chaotic events won't be easy but there
are worse things than putting together a
puzzle having rescued one of Regina's
flipflops officer pekman tries her hand
at a task that's perhaps less unpleasant
but no less challenging getting brandan
into her police car hey Brandon is it
Brandon hey bud oh my gosh you want to
come hang out in my car or it's
cool hey Brandon let's take your drink
and let's go wait in my car okay okay
well these folks need to go
yeah um we're going to have a DHS worker
come out and we'll figure out where yeah
y these folks need to move on with their
day so you're going to come sit in my
car and hang out with
me Brendan is content to hang out beside
the quick trip for now and when officer
Miller comes to chat with officer pekman
the boy's care is on his mind as
well she says she's got a friend Denisha
in d11 it's a friend she's okay with the
child going there but I would want to
check with DHS about if that's okay with
them you know what I mean is he in the
car no he doesn't want to go in the car
so I can wait with him outside he is
actually a
little officer Miller isn't pleased to
hear about his partner's failure but he
quickly learns that she did the best she
could come over here come on yeah come
on up bud you want to pick you
up thank you I appreciate it thank you
for all the help you going to take my
mom to jail well we're figuring all this
out okay would you like to sit in the
car seek at least be cool nothing bad's
going to happen okay all right start
doing some other stuff officer then
moves to deal with Regina who has some
alternative suggestions for how the rest
of the day should go all am I going yes
we have to contact DHS to see if that's
a plan that'll work go home what's that
I like to go back to my home I I know
you do need to get a hold of the workers
to let them know we're we're also
getting a hold of DHS okay we have our
own protocols we have to go through okay
then I would like to press charges
against them
too because she's the one who hit me and
in here held me down so I like to press
charges against both of them if I'm
going to jail they need to
go I don't even know why I'm going to
jail they're the ones who held my son
away from me well I watched a video of
you grabbing your son underneath his
shoulders and slamming him on the floor
trying to pick him up what's that I was
trying to pick him up yeah and then you
throw him to the floor not throw Flor
well then I I don't know what to tell
you cuz I that's what I saw would like
to go home so I could calm down so I
could calm my work would you like to
speak with my sergeant yes because I
would like to go home I can understand
that you're placing him outside the home
I'm willing to do that but I would like
to go home and calm down so that I could
get a hold of the workers to let them
know what is going on it's perhaps not
surprising that officer Miller
sympathies are in short supply but when
Regina's friend Anisha shows up at the
store she too is in shock over what
she's witnessed yeah I'm okay Gina
snapped inside a crit sh they got it on
video like she snaap they're posting on
Facebook damn that went viral fast
disturbed by the video Denisha speaks
with her friend in the back of the
police car and they're not even letting
me to go home to calm down yeah no honey
because that video Regina say what
happened they they got involved and they
wouldn't back out of my face either so
they were partly at fault too baby what
happened between you and your son he he
was throwing a pit and I was trying to
walk out until they wanted to get
involved and made the situation have why
did you call me ma you know my phone's
at home I was trying to call you I was
getting yeah I was already up here I was
trying to get home with him those two
people over there wanted to start a
fight and got in my place too and made
the situation worse Regina's story
doesn't match that of the other
Witnesses but everything will soon be
cleared up the Quick Trip workers have
pulled up the security footage and
officer pekman goes inside to see what
really went down this afternoon officer
pekman prepares to watch the footage and
as she watches so shall we starting
right from the moment that Regina and
Brendan first entered the
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storm let's go
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Brendan pulls the fast one on his mom
and slips back into the store undetected
Bron let's go
now I'm going to give these people a
reason to call
cop let's go
when
I when I say let's go let's go
now I will call the
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myself will
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I
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need no this is my son I that's cool but
this ain't the I don't care I don't give
a you
care no I'm
not put the tow
down now let him go let's go let him go
would you please let him go put him down
this is my title I don't care hey call
the
police don't hey lock the door lock the
door you're making everything work let's
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go it's
okay get your hand off me put your hand
on
like you put your
on what
[Music]
you come
here come here where are you
at come here
fine the footage shows Regina throwing
her child to the ground and that will be
enough for the police to send her to
jail tonight however as you'll see that
was only the beginning of the
convenience store Carnage that tore
through the quick trip and I
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will
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notus cuz you guys inter you don't
situation disrespect no time
my we need to go no back up you touch me
I back up M back
up
up back up okay I'm back
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up is
ADHD has techical issues you guys don't
know what it's going
on on that you're not going to do that
you're not going to and you don't to on
my side no they want
bet give me my child and I don't
that
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child and I want
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my no
my please me my child they with me
before me
my
no I got work and
heop so there's more than you know
frustrated with how this conflict is
going Regina tries a tactic that's
already failed once this day you
got what up may I clean a phone please
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[Music]
unable to get what she wants it's not
long before Regina's rage boils
over
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want hey you are in the wrong no not
I'm you are in the wrong no not
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no
I recording camera and I was not
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[Applause]
myself need to out now get out out of
my get out theore
get out the conflict has reached a fever
pitch but if you think what you've seen
so far is extraordinary you haven't seen
anything yet
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me me my no I won't give me
my give me
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my Regina's demands aren't getting her
anywhere but when she decides to take
matters into her own hands the insanity
goes to a new level
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the way now
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my son
as shocking as that was the exchange has
only added fuel to Regina's fire she
storms toward the door where she's
unable to resist having a measure of
Revenge
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[Music]
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officer Miller arrives just in time to
miss the violence and back in real time
officer Pacman has seen enough to make
sense of the chaos or at least as much
sense as can possibly be made here's
your phone back thank you you to see on
the camera yeah you get a pretty good
view so yeah she was in the wrong oh
yeah look more than he and he does seem
to be somewhat of a difficult child he's
obviously got something going on but you
don't just pick up your kid and throw
him on the ground so yeah
yeah than the subject of Brendan's
difficult nature comes up again and it's
something that officer Pacman will
become intimately familiar with before
the day is done in the meantime a
tentative Arrangement is made to send
Brendan home with Denisha however that
plan hits a snag when Sergeant Vance
arrives and decides that it might be
wise to cover all the bases well if the
child was going down we might have to
take the child to the hospital just to
make sure the child's not injured in any
way since she did finally throw him down
okay I know he's probably not going to
say he's injured but we probably need to
at least get him medically checked out
and then if the neighbor wants to go to
the hospital and if it's okay with DHS
if they want to work out something with
DHS that's up to him I'll let uh the
other officer know that she's going to
deal with all the kids side of it I'm
just going to get her going um she did
want to talk you roll down the window or
you open the door caught up to speed
with what's happening at the quick trip
today the sergeant has a chat with
Regina who still has hopes of avoiding
jail hi I'm Sergeant Vance separate
myself I am going to separate myself
it's just all my numbers at home and I
can't get a hold of nobody cuz all my
workers numbers are in my phone and I'm
willing to take full responsibility for
what I did and say I would like to go
home if possible tonight cuz I don't
have have a way to bond myself out and
like I said I can't get a hold of nobody
and I'm willing to take full
responsibility anything you guys ask me
I'll do all the court days everything if
I have a no trespassing charge for the
premises I'll even take it yeah well
unfortunately I mean we're not going to
be able to send you home tonight the
prevailing theme of the day seems to be
Regina's inability to get what she wants
but there's not much she can do about it
from the back of a police car and
despite her menacing Deeds Brendan still
Longs for her comfort I can't hold your
hand baby why cuz I'm in
handcuffs okay you need to go go
go I want I know baby I here do me a
favor be good okay are you going to be
back in the morning going I'm going to
try to okay okay don't worry you be out
it may be impossible to muster sympathy
for Regina after all we've witnessed
today but one can't ignore the
Heartbreak of her child as they're
separated officer Miller decides it
might be best to make sure Brendan
doesn't have to watch his mom go into
the transport wagon hey how about I just
go drive somewhere else we can get this
off side of the car that's what I was
yeah is not good for
him but Mom's got to go she doesn't she
does it she doesn't have to go
am I good to back
up officer Miller drives Regina away
from the store leaving Denisha and her
friend to deal with her distraught son
at the same time officer pekman gets a
curious update from DHS it probably
doesn't meet the criteria for removal if
he wasn't injured from being thrown down
don't know yeah she said she'll email me
with whatever her supervisor says but in
the meantime we're okay to figure out
how best to get him to Lutheran and then
he's okay to go home with them so
yeah
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yeah I'll follow you guys I can go over
there and meet you guys over there I got
to go home and tell my family I just
kind of like push my kids with someone
that was there they don't even know
what's going on I just was like I'll be
right back you know I had to come and
try to help my sister arranging for
Brendan's care won't be as simple as it
seems but Denisha and the police are
doing everything in their power to make
it work Denisha promises Brendan that
she'll meet him at the hospital which
helps calm him down at least temporarily
once he's seated in the back of Officer
Pacman's car with dena's friend Angelina
however his thoughts turned sad kind
Miss
mom oh you know what she misses you too
I wanted her to be G forever oh she's
going to be there for 5 years Regina's
sentence is still to be determined but
she immediately makes an impression when
she gets to jail all right go ahead and
start walking right towards that
door have you Tred
in what happened that's when somebody
held me down on the floor at QT so like
yeah so like I said I can't see my face
to see how bad it is
med in take medical can you look one on
the female side head right through the
door everything's no I got I got that
with Regina's transfer to the jail
complete officer pekman and the
neighbors have their hands full with
Brendan at the hospital oh my goodness
you want to eat some of your candy you
got a whole bag of candy here
what yeah I don't want you to break that
Brendon though because other people need
to use it other people who can't
walk people that here make sure people
are safe
hello is that okay with you
sir hey Brendan we can't use this
phone I just want to call
mom
works yeah I know I get it but we can't
I know don't don't hit
me I know bud can't
hit I I'll just have to manage his
behavior
as best as I
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can
oh yeah I don't want to break their
vending machine unfortunately it's a
busy day at the hospital and it will be
some time before Brendan is seen by a
doctor he does however get his vitals
checked by a nurse who asks him about
his injuries are you hurting at all okay
your arm or what's
hurting neck your neck hurts how bad
does your neck hurt a lot or a little
what is this how bad does your neck hurt
a lot or a little a lot a lot does it
hurt all the time or just when you're
moving it just when I'm moving it okay
thankfully it doesn't seem that Brendan
is suffering from any serious injuries
and when Denisha learns that it will be
at least 3 hours before he's seen by a
doctor she decides she can no longer
wait so due to the time that it's going
to take for him to get seen I'm not
going to be able to stand by until he
gets seen to figure out like what the
result of xray and stuff would be if
that's also the case for you to where
you can't wait around for 3 4 hours
whatever it's going to be we will just
have to call DHS and they'll have to
come take custody of them and and
they'll handle it rather than you so
I'll leave it up to you as it turns out
Denisha doesn't have to choose between
staying at the hospital and turning
Brendan over to DHS control officer
pekman and DHS UL ly decide that it'll
be okay for Brendan to wait until
tomorrow to get his medical clearance
the child goes home with Denisha and
officer pekman puts a very trying
afternoon behind her though Regina
Morris was charged with felony child
endangerment her negotiated guilty plea
brought it down to a misdemeanor to go
along with her two assault charges on
February 14th 2022 Morris was sentenced
to 2 years in prison for the
endangerment charge and 2 years in jail
for the assault charges both sentences
stand suspended court records do not
specify what happened to Brendan but
contemporaneous news reports say he was
doing well and in the care of the Iowa
Department of Human Services a no
contact order issued against Regina
Morris was also lifted on the day of her
sentencing however details of the
protected individual at the other end of
this order has not been named publicly
in the records