What exactly? >> He has punched me in the face. I asked the face. >> Yeah, I have it on video. >> Okay. [Music] >> Stop. You're under arrest. Okay. >> Okay. >> You not do not spit on me. >> Well, you deserve it. On April 26th, 2024, police in Washington were called to a Safeway store after a manager reported being punched in the face by a customer. When officers arrived, they met with the shaken manager who explained that the woman became aggressive after being asked to leave the store. The manager said she had multiple witnesses and even video footage of the assault. Okay. Did Who was assaulted? >> Our store manager. >> Okay. Where's Where's the store manager at? >> Okay. >> Hi. >> Hello. What exactly? >> She just punched me in the face. I asked her face. Yeah, I have it on video. >> Okay. >> Lots of witnesses. I just asked for She was yelling at her. >> Take her into custody here. 44 other unit. There's PC for all four. Punched the manager in the face. >> Police identified the suspect as a woman named Laurel. As they approached her, things quickly took a strange turn. Laurel refused to cooperate. >> Hey Laurel. >> Um, I don't I don't want you to dress by me. I need to talk to the people that this the other man called. Laurel, you're under arrest, so I need you to put your hands behind your back for me. Okay, >> I'm not going to do that. >> You can talk to them. They called you. >> When told she had active warrants, she started ranting about being harassed, claiming she was being mistreated and accusing others of violating her rights. Laurel refused to cooperate, demanding to speak with someone else. >> I'm waiting for the people that this man called. So, I need I have a I have a right to express explain what I I understood. I have a right to talk to someone about that and I have a right to conflict resolution. So you go talk to the person who called me under arrest. >> I am not interested in that. >> It doesn't matter what you're interested. >> I'm not available for that. You need my rights as much as you need hers. >> Put your hands behind your back. >> You need my rights as much as you need hers. >> Put your hands behind your back. >> No, I'm waiting. I'm going to wait for help. >> Guard. Step it up. Uh she's verbally non-compliant. Please informed me she's under arrest. >> Well, talk to her. Understand. What does she say to me? What? What are exact words? >> She said that you punched her in the face. >> Okay. What happened before that? >> I don't know what happened before. >> What happened before that? >> You also have warrants for arrest, Laurel. You need to put your hands behind your back cuz you're under arrest. Okay. >> I'm not I'm not I want to talk to someone. >> You are under arrest. >> I want my rights. >> Where are my rights? I'm a little girl more than she is. You understand? There's six people that showed up after she harassed me verbally. Six people. She told me what to do. She harassed me. She like uh said a bunch of things that were very rude. I don't think that person should be around young women. I don't think that person should touch young women. And I don't think that person should understand what's going on. She was very rude. She was very assertive. She acted like she understood me. And she had six people show up and like uh stare at me. One being a 300 lb man who's 7 foot. >> I need you to face the wall for me and put your hands. >> I want to talk to a conflict resolution. I don't want to I don't want to handle the other things I have to handle. I want to talk to conflict resolution and I want to understand why she talked to me like that. She is not welcome around crazy people. She is not welcome around young women and she's not welcome in the public. >> Did you did you talk to Are you with the the man who called or you were here with her? >> Are you with the man who called or you with her? >> The woman who um woman who called. At one point she shouted 911 over and over demanding justice and repeating bizarre statements about being surrounded, threatened, and misunderstood. >> Stop. You're under arrest. Okay. >> Okay. >> You >> You're under arrest. You've been You've been told you're under calm down. You're under arrest. >> You need to calm down. fighting. You need to you need to calm down. Are you done fighting? >> You need to calm down. >> 911 911 911 911 911 911 >> 91 conflict resolution. >> Yeah, >> 911. >> As she was placed in handcuffs, she began yelling strange accusations, claiming she was being mistreated and even shouted that officers were raping her despite no one touching her inappropriately. Officers remained calm and tried to reassure her that they were not trying to hurt her. >> Legislative conflict resolution now. >> 911. 911. Innocent conflict resolution now. Now. 911. I appreciate it. >> Innocent conflict resolution. >> Don't hurt my car. We can search. >> Don't. Well, you better not touch anyone ever again. Alex, those cups are probably too loose on the side. >> Anyone ever again. >> Those cups are way too loose. >> I don't want to be raped. Get away from me. You're racist. Chill out. >> You are the racist. You are the man. You are the rap. >> You are the man. You are the rapist. You do that. I don't. Where is your Where's justice for you being raped? You raping people. hear the hood and then we can >> I think you need to do a good job, not a man's job. I think you need to do a good job, not a man's job. >> Not a man's chill out is not what I understand. You are raping me when you chill out. You're raping me when you in the face of a young man who doesn't understand rape. Laurel continued to resist, insisting she wasn't being non-compliant. She then demanded they remove something from her pocket, refusing to let them assist. >> Um, that was not trying. >> But maybe you have that. [Music] >> I think you have a weight problem. I don't think you have a woman health. You got to go. >> You're going to hurt yourself. >> Um I'm not I'm not in complaint when I move >> and I don't need three officers to do this. One could have done it. >> You stopped me yesterday. >> One could have done it. >> Um there's there's like >> there's quite good information on that. I think you should take it out. Can you throw Can you take that out? >> I'll grab it. But you >> Well, throw Don't grab it. Take it out. If you found this case intriguing, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more content like this. As they tried to place her in the car, she spat on one of the officers and kept yelling 911 repeatedly. Laurel claimed she couldn't breathe, though. Officers checked on her and made sure she was okay. >> That's not going to work. >> Laurel, get in the car. >> Don't say anything other than what? >> Laurel, you're under arrest. Get in the car. >> 911. 911 >> 9 >> Do not spit on me. >> Well, you deserve it. >> I'm going to grab a foot. >> Grab a foot. >> All right. >> Dude, one of you guys have a wrap >> just in case. Just in case. >> I got leg restraints, but my car. >> You want me to put this on or >> um I can't breathe really well. >> I think you're okay. We're in the water. >> Don't you please tell them not to use those words. >> Chill out is not appropriate. >> Okay. >> And talk to those people. They six of them showed up. >> Which one of you did you spit after me? >> Yeah. So, you're going to have to do a bit over all photograph real quick. >> Yep. I got you. >> Yeah. I I got a little almost a little on the side of my face, but >> I feel spray on my neck here. >> Uh let me You mind just standing by? Let me get the the a little more. She They were like, "That woman punched me in the face." >> So, >> there's a good one. >> While Laurel was restrained, the manager gave her side of the story. Everything was recorded on surveillance cameras. Several witnesses were present. >> Hello. What? So, what led up to her punching? >> So, she was sitting there. My team's been calling me up at the office, so I was watching her talk to herself. I'm like, "Okay, she's talking to herself. I'll be down in a minute." So I and I then I heard the yelling so I could hear it upstairs. So I brought another guy with me, my assistant. So we went to go approach her and I was about right in here. I said, "Hey, can you come here with me?" And she started she was yelling and then I said, "Ma'am, can you come out with me and we need to go outside?" And she's yelling at me and then she stands up. I said, "No, you need I get firm with her. You need to come outside." I think I was standing right here. You were here. And then she starts walking towards me. I'm like, "Come on." And I start walking this way. And then she just came up to me and just punched me right here. >> Um, and then of course after that, I was just kind of like, "Well, she got into I I thought she was going to punch you guys. >> Got into your face." >> Yeah. >> Uh, I didn't know if it was a actual fist, but the girls said, "Yeah, she fed it up." And >> Yeah. Um, we try to lock the doors because she kept coming back. We have it all on We should be on surveillance. >> Yeah, we'll we'll come back and grab a video from you guys. Can I take a quick photo? I know there's not any marks or anything. >> Yeah, >> it might bruise some hair. >> I've never been punched before, so it was very shocking. And now I'm at work. I'm like, we should not deal with this work. As officers tried to finish the arrest process, Laurel continued making strange statements, warning police that if they recorded her, they could be taken to court. >> Okay. Uh, essentially, I knew that they had asked her to leave and then she got punched. Uh, I asked a little what led up to the reason why they're asking her to leave and it's essentially she was uh sitting at the coffee area right there and just yelling to at herself, nobody. and just screaming. She's like, "We could hear her from up in the management room." So, we asked her to leave and kept asking her like, "Man, you need to stand up and come outside with me." And she just softer. Uh, got hit in the the left side. Um, I got all the names and a couple witnesses, >> but >> I'll probably I'll probably just have you just do a paragraph sentence me cuz I'll I'll handle all the booking and stuff once once she's in and everything. You can split. Just Just do me a paragraph. >> We should see if she's already been trespassing. >> She's not. Okay. They want her trespassing. So, um, >> I follow you. >> Yeah. Let me bring I don't want to try to bring >> 999. I was looking at that as you told me to set it up. >> I don't think >> Okay, let me upload. >> No. >> Hey, Laurel, I'm going to read you your rights, okay? And just let you know you are being audio and video recorded. Um, >> um, I want you to let you know that you're, uh, um, going to have to talk to, uh, a producer about that. So, >> if you audio and video record me, that you are, uh, liable to be taken taken to court, taken seriously, and taken to court. >> Despite her outbursts, officers calmly read her Miranda rights, explaining that she had the right to remain silent and the right to a lawyer. Laurel didn't fully respond or cooperate, so the officers moved forward with the arrest. >> I'm I'm going to read you your rights, okay? You have the right to remain silent. >> Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the rights time to talk to a lawyer and have him or her be present in question. >> You are under legislative concern for >> you decide anytime you exercise these rights and not answer your questions or make any statements. Do you understand each of the rights I explained to you? You are under a legislative concern for use camera and a voice recorder over me. >> Laura, do you understand the rights I've explained to you? >> Um, I heard you. >> Okay. >> Actually, I didn't hear you very well. >> Would you like me to read them again to you? [Music] >> I can read them again to you if you'd like. Laurel, Laurel, are you going to listen if I read you your rights or no? >> Okay. I'm going to take that as a no, then. Uh, I'm also going to read you a trespass warning from Safeway. You are no longer permitted, invited, licensed, or otherwise privileged to enter up or made above location. And not Safeway. You understand you may not for any reason enter locations for one year and that includes the parking lot and gas pumps. Chad, >> we're done. Follow me. >> Yeah, I'm going to follow you. >> Laurel was still upset but eventually calmed down. Officers noted that she had resisted arrest and even spit on them during the incident. So, they had to place a spit hood on her to keep everyone safe. >> 41 cas. >> Hello. >> Hello. >> This is Laurel. She's She's calm now. She resisted arrest. Spit on us. >> She spit on you? >> Yeah. >> You mean a spit hood? You show that spit hood. >> Yeah, I do. >> You want to just use ours? >> I took it out. I took it out of the packaging like like 5 minutes ago, maybe. So, >> are you going to walk in with us? >> Yeah. Are you going to find him? >> Wait a minute. She was taken into custody and faced several charges, including assault in the third degree, assault in the fourth degree, and resisting arrest. Police also discovered that she had multiple outstanding warrants for failing to appear in court, assault, obstructing an officer, and malicious mischief. What would you have done if you were there that day? Let us know in the comments. Until next time, stay safe.