So, you're familiar with your rights and
everything, right? I didn't do nothing.
Okay. You've been arrested before? Yeah,
I didn't do nothing. Okay. Well, part of
knowing your rights is that I'm not
going to ask you any specific questions
right now. I didn't do nothing. I want
to show you what I did. Oh, shoot. I'm
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just All right, guys. Welcome back to
the channel and another episode of the
Officer Badger series. This is one where
we're going to watch some of my own body
camera footage and I'm going to give you
my perspective on it. This particular
video got bumped up in the queue a
little bit because it's one of my
attorney's favorite videos of me. Uh,
one thing that he always says is that if
the city of Columbus were to make a mold
of a perfect police officer um on how
they're going to respect people's
rights, dignity, and treat the public,
he goes, "You're a perfect example of
what it is that they're asking for." and
it's absolutely ridiculous the way
they're treating you in the situation
that you found yourself in. So, I bumped
this one up a little bit. Now, this
particular video, I don't want to go too
far into the weeds and the details about
it, but I want to kind of tell you um as
you're watching it, keep in mind my
perspective and how I treat people
regarding their civil rights. Um, as a
police officer, understanding civil
rights and other people's rights is very
important for because one, you don't
want to um, violate somebody's rights
that might have been falsely accused,
but also if you have someone that was
appropriately confused, but you don't
follow the right steps and um, you know,
in regards to their civil rights, that's
actually how you lose good cases. So, a
good police officer is very familiar
with people's civil rights. And often
I'll encounter people out on the street
that don't actually know their rights as
well as they should. And I'll see them
doing things that might get themselves
put kind of in a trick bag. And if it's
a good case, I want to avoid that
because I don't want to lose the case.
But also, if it's a case like the one
you're watching today where it's kind of
a [ __ ] call, things are not what
people initially said they were. Um, I
don't want this guy to accidentally put
himself in a bad situation. So towards
the end of the video, you're actually
going to see me give him a little bit of
a lecture on how to carry himself under
those circumstances. I don't think this
is the type of uh video that many people
in the public have ever seen before. So
it's one of my one of my favorite ones
that I like to put out there. So without
further ado, enjoy the video. I'll talk
to you guys.
We pulled off, got away, and um I
arrived on scene. Uh went went ahead and
did the drive-thru, saw the three males
walking through the alley. Two of them
are currently westbound on foot on the
sidewalk. Red sweatpants on the black
male, white hoodie on dark jacket.
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You're talking about that guy right
there. Hey, you're talking about that
guy right there.
All right, the black guy.
Jack, I'm going to go try to stop him.
Do a favor and hold up, man. Let's walk
a foot in my car, please. All right,
man. I just need to talk to you about
something. Do a favor and take your book
bag off. Okay, we're going to talk about
it. Did you have an altercation with
somebody a minute ago? No, no, no. I
just Okay. Um, I'm not going to do
anything funny or treat you bad or
anything. I have no altercation. I
didn't talk to you about it. That's
good. We're trying to figure it all out.
In the meantime, I just came out the
house. Okay. In the meantime, I'm going
to pat you out the weapons. You don't
have any weapons or anything? I probably
have a pocket. I just want to make sure
I have it. Okay, I'm going to pat you
down. If you have a knife, I'm going to
take it from you. We're going to hang
out. What's your first name? Jacob. But
my thing is I didn't have no
altercation, so I don't know why. They
described you perfectly. Red red pants,
black jacket, white hoodie. Okay. Who
did that? I don't know. We're going to
get to this. Red sweatpants on the black
male, white hoodie on the dark jacket.
Hey, I just walked in there. I just came
from there and I walked down the street
and I just came back. I was on the
phone. Okay. That was it. We'll get into
all that in a minute. All right. But I'm
going to hang on to you for a minute.
Okay. I'm going to shoot you as straight
as possible. I appreciate it, but I
don't understand this. Like, I didn't
have no altercation with anybody. I
didn't even talk to nobody. Okay. Well,
all I know is what I know so far, and
I'll I'll give you more information as
soon as I have it.
Okay. I'm just going to set your phone
down. I didn't even talk to nobody.
Okay. Can you give me Well, I think
they're saying it happened before that.
No, I just put your hands together.
I just came out the house. I didn't even
have an altercation.
Just try to relax.
You can even
accidentally he is he a friend of yours,
huh? Is that a friend of yours that you
have? Okay. We just came out the house.
So, you normally carry a knife in this
pocket. Hang on. Just hang tight.
Yeah.
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Okay.
Okay. Did you already eat it and throw
it away? Yeah.
Okay. All right. I didn't I didn't do
nothing. Okay. I promise you all my
kids, I didn't do nothing. Well, no
altercation or nothing. Nothing. I just
Can you please ask her? I just walked
out of the store. I walked out the
street and came right back. Well, from
what they're saying, it might have
happened before you walked. No, I didn't
have I didn't have It could be a
complete case of mistaken identity, too.
But they they pointed to you. They they
described you and then and I said,
"You're talking about that guy right
there?" And he goes, "Yeah, who?" So, I
came to talk to you. It was over on They
were over on Silven. I never been on
Silven. You were just by there. You
walked over past him just a second ago.
I walked straight. You were at the bus
stop. I was walking. I went past the bus
stop. I didn't don't know where down. I
know. They they said they followed you
to there. They couldn't have, but you
were there. I mean, they pass. Well,
we're going to get to all that. In the
meantime, I'm going to have you sit down
in the back. Okay. You're not I
shouldn't have to. I didn't do nothing.
Listen, can you You're detained. I have
a legal reason to detain you. Okay. I
didn't do nothing, though. We're going
to get to that, but in the meantime,
you're just going to sit down and relax.
Leave her back there. Okay. Hey, let's
go over this
other woman. I didn't have no
altercation with nobody. We're going to
get to the bottom of it. I just went to
the bank and came back this way. Do you
have any receipts or anything? I got my
bank statement on my phone. Okay. Right
on my on the phone that's sitting over
there. Okay. I'll put it in the car so
it doesn't get wet. Only receipt that I
was at the bank at a certain time. We'll
get to all that in a moment. Uh we
didn't have we didn't interact with
anybody. Okay. And and before this I I I
came from oral. What's your first name
again? Jacob. But I for a moment.
Everybody that I've ever arrested has
told me they didn't do it. Okay. It's
not that I don't believe you. I don't
have I'm trying to show you. Yeah. We'll
get to all that statements. We'll get to
all that. I'm I'm trying to show you
where I was at at at the bank. Came
here. We can ask her. I bought a
popsicle. What's your last name? Jacob.
That this is ridiculous. I want to know
who said it might be. We'll we'll get
we'll we'll tell you all that in a
minute. All right. Put your foot in the
car. I'm going to show you. Please show
Can I show you my phone? Can I please do
that? Just hang tight for that. Okay.
So, you're familiar with your rights and
everything, right? I didn't do nothing.
Okay. You've been arrested before? Yeah,
I didn't do that. Okay. Well, part of
knowing your rights is that I'm not
going to ask you any specific questions
right now. I didn't do nothing. Okay,
I'm going to show you what I did. Oh,
shoot. So, this tech just flat off got
scared cuz he saw three homeless people
and then he basically fled away and
called us security. Um, he has there's
no indication that these guys are the
ones that stole anything and they never
even spoke to
him. Okay, I will cook for this guy.
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All right, I'm going to come back and
let you out of the car. My buddy just
Thank you. I'll I'll tell you about it
when I get you out of the car. You'll be
happier there, right?
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Come on out.
I understand what you're saying. I
understand what you're saying. I'm not a
liar and I know you don't know me from
Adam. I don't know yet. But my thing is
just man, here's the here's what
happened. Some guys at the bank were
working on the ATM machine and some of
their stuff got stolen and they looked
up and they saw you and the guy you were
walking with and they they flagged down
their security guard and then the
security guard called in and said that
they were robbed and that they
identified you as the suspect. When the
officer went up and talked to them, he
found out that that was not the case.
But still, I had to grab you. You know
what I mean? Because if you had robbed
somebody, I I can't just like, you know
what I mean?
Um, show you. Yeah. Well, that's the
thing. That's the thing about knowing
your rights is you don't want to give up
your phone in that situation. No. You
don't want an officer poking around your
phone. No, I don't. But it's I I'm
protecting your rights by not allowing
you to do that. Okay. I appreciate it,
but out of respect for you, I'm not
going to lie to you because of your
back. You feel me? Yeah. And and I was
willing to to do that. You know what I'm
saying? I know. Just know that I was
looking out for you.
See if I can I Your phone fell down in
my seat.
Jeff called me and said the guys freaked
out for no reason. There was no robbery.
They just saw these guys walk in and
were like, "Hey, they stole our stuff. I
just set your bag on top of my car
then." Yep.
I didn't go through it. I I gave you all
your stuff back, right? That I grabbed.
Okay. Thank you. You need to go
anywhere. You need me to give you a
ride? All right, man. Sorry about the
trouble, but you understand.
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