Hold on, hold on. Stop. NO, THIS IS MY DAUGHTER. PUT THAT DOWN. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER. SHE'S 14. YOU CAN'T ARREST A 14-YEAR-OLD. NO, YOU CANNOT. NO, YOU CAN'T. LET ME GET MY DAUGHTER. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WALK OVER >> MY [ __ ] DAUGHTER. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WALK OVER THERE. >> HE'S GOING TO START FIGHTING EVERYBODY. LET ME GET MY DAUGHTER. GET ON THE GROUND. [ __ ] DOG. GET ON THE GROUND. I'M NOT RESISTING [ __ ] I'M NOT GET ON THE GROUND. GET ON THE GROUND. BODY CAM FOOTAGE FROM LOVELAND police shows officers responding to a minor dispute involving a 14-year-old girl retrieving personal items like a unicorn keychain and lanyard from her 18-year-old ex after a breakup. According to the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution, the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated. Officers escalated the situation dramatically despite the boy declining to press charges and the items being trivial, treating a simple teenage argument as a full domestic violence call that justified aggressive intervention on private property. 14-year-old? Well, I'm his training officer. So, I'm just observing him. Oh. And then Fair enough. He's got a cover officer to help him. So, I'm just Since he's in training, I have to be with him. Okay. Okay. I'm Officer Donnellan. This is Officer Wood. He's going to talk to you. All right, sir. How you doing? Hey, so um She got into a verbal argument with him and then slapped him. Um Several other people saw the same thing. They saw the same thing. Um They She confirmed that they have been in an intimate relationship. So, this makes this a domestic violence situation. So, today I need your permission to speak with her and try to get further information about it. Yeah. Hello. You okay? Come here, please. How are you? They won't hurt you at all. Really happy to Okay. Thank you. Really happy to Still be uh Supposed to be off duty, but Your pants look like they're Why are you still here? Cuz of this thing. Cuz this is He's got PC. For DV and juvenile DV. Well, actually he's an adult. He's 18. And she's 14. Yes. Yes. where you going to do a verbal argument over some belongings, correct? What's that? Is there somewhere you want to sit or No, but in the chair is all fine. So, can you kind of tell me what happened between you guys today? Um I was asking him for my [ __ ] back because we got into a breakup because he likes to cheat on me for 7 months. So, I wanted my unicorn back, my lanyard back, my elephant back, and my bike lock key, and my bike lock. And so, I only got and my dad's bike or my dad's Dad, what's it called? Bungee cord. And I didn't get the bungee cord back. I didn't get my elephant back. I went over there once for the bungee cord. He said he would pay for it, and he told me to pull the money out of my ass, and then I walked away, and then I came back home, and then I was like, "Okay, I looked at the lanyard to make sure he didn't leave anything out for me." He gave me everything. And then I realized there was no elephant on it, so I went back, and he made me my elephant, and then I came back home. And then I walked to my dad. Stop. >> NO, THIS IS MY DAUGHTER. >> PUT THAT DOWN. THIS IS MY DAUGHTER. SHE'S 14. YOU CAN'T ARREST A 14-YEAR-OLD. NO, YOU CANNOT. NO, YOU CAN'T. [ __ ] LET ME GET MY DAUGHTER. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WALK OVER >> GET MY [ __ ] DAUGHTER. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WALK OVER THERE. HE'S GOING TO START FIGHTING EVERYBODY. LET ME GET MY DAUGHTER. GET ON THE GROUND. >> [screaming] >> [ __ ] DOG. GET ON THE GROUND. I'M NOT RESISTING [ __ ] I'M NOT GET ON THE GROUND. GET ON THE GROUND. THE GROUND. STAY DOWN. DON'T [screaming] MOVE. YOU STAY DOWN. DON'T MOVE. IF YOU GET UP, YOU ARE GOING TO GET TASED AGAIN. DO YOU UNDERSTAND [screaming] ME? >> [laughter] >> YOU STAY DOWN. ROLL OVER ONTO YOUR STOMACH. I WAS GETTING PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. DO NOT MOVE. I WON'T, SIR. [screaming] I WON'T. I WON'T MOVE. STOP, BABY. WILL YOU PLEASE LET MY DOG AWAY, PLEASE? We'll take care of your dog. Put your >> Please, I don't want you guys to shoot him or anything. >> We're not going to shoot your dog. We're not GOING TO SHOOT HIM. YOU GUYS, I DIDN'T DO [ __ ] I WAS TRYING TO GET MY DOG SO HE WOULDN'T ATTACK YOU. OH MY GOD. RUN, DID YOU SEE THAT [ __ ] I WAS TRYING TO GET MY DOG. >> [screaming] >> YOU GUYS YOU OKAY? I WAS TRYING TO HELP YOU [ __ ] [ __ ] ARE YOU OKAY? >> [screaming] >> MULTIPLE OFFICERS PILED ON THE 14-year-old girl, slamming her to the concrete ground while she tried to go inside her own home, even as her father pleaded that she was a minor and they could not treat her that way. From Graham versus Connor, 1989, excessive force claims are evaluated under the Fourth Amendment's objective reasonableness standard, which requires careful attention to the facts [music] and circumstances of each particular case. The father, John, only moved toward his dog to prevent it from being harmed. Yet, officers immediately pushed him, ignored his explanations, and deployed a taser multiple times after he repeatedly stated he was not resisting or threatening anyone, actions that appear driven by ego rather than ANY REAL THREAT. CAN YOU GET YOUR FEET OUT OF THE WAY? CAN YOU GET YOUR FEET out of the way? Good boy, boys. Good boy, boys. Good boy, BOYS. GET BACK. GET BACK. GET BACK. WILL YOU SHUT THE DOOR, PLEASE? THERE YOU GO. Dog's in. Thank you. YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. >> [laughter] >> NO WONDER [screaming] WHY YOU GUYS GET A BAD RAP. YOU [ __ ] PUSHED ME FOR NO REASON. I HAD NO [ __ ] WEAPON. >> You are under arrest. >> For what? Obstructing and resisting arrest. I DIDN'T OBSTRUCT NOTHING. I WAS TRYING TO HELP YOU. STOP. >> JESUS [ __ ] CHRIST. GET YOUR CAPTAIN. [laughter] >> ON YOUR SIDE. >> Can you please get your captain? >> Yeah, they're all coming, dude. Chill out. >> A REAL [ __ ] TO ME. I AM? I DIDN'T DO [ __ ] TO YOU. LOOK AT YOURSELF. >> TO GET MY DOG. YOU THREW ME ON THE GROUND CUZ I DIDN'T WANT YOU GUYS TO HURT MY DOG OR HURT ME OR HURT MY DAUGHTER. I'M NOT AN [ __ ] LOOK AT MY RECORD. STOP. THANK YOU. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO step on me like that. >> stepping on you. >> You just stepped on my skin. Oh my gosh, get over yourself. >> I'm not getting over myself. QUIT BEING SO [ __ ] ROUGH, MAN. >> I'm pulling YOUR PRO JOB. CHILL OUT. >> IT. JESUS [ __ ] A, MAN. >> Like a child. Can I please GET UP? NO. OH, YOU'RE [ __ ] OKAY. RUN, EIGHT OKAY. CAN I CAN I get up myself before YOU PULL ME? PLEASE. THEN STAND UP. YOU'RE PULLING ME. JESUS [ __ ] JOKE. YOU ARE RIDICULOUS. You are. THE WAY YOU [ __ ] JUST TREATED ME. Spread your feet and I haven't searched you at all. I have nothing. My god. Okay, I believe you, dude. Yeah, right. That's why you're searching me, right? Yeah, cuz I don't believe you. [ __ ] joke. I would like to speak to your chief, please. >> to him all. You're not going to speak to our chief. >> Please. I would like to speak to your chief, please. >> I did absolutely nothing to you guys. I didn't even threaten you. >> Okay. Well, you're going to go to jail. You're going to jail. For what? OBSTRUCTING AND RESISTING >> NOTHING, DUDE. OH MY GOD. CAN I GET MY CUFFS OFF, PLEASE? CAN YOU CAN YOU PUT it on my porch, please? >> Yeah, we'll cut the porch. Double check those cuffs. I'm not an [ __ ] you guys. Look at MY [ __ ] RECORD. YOU OKAY? 105, I DON'T KNOW if we're still on emergency, but you can release the channel or code Clancy. Let me just throw that in the trash. The woods glasses are smashed. I haven't got bit by a dog. That's my taser cartridge. Yeah, we're good. I'm good. We're going to need to see if that dog's current on rabies. If not, you need to start a rabies regimen. That's a mean little love. Yeah, it was used by him and Yeah, where did you get bit at? Just here and then I It was biting my neck and [ __ ] when I was coming down the stairs. So, I went to grab her, grab the dog, and then it I got it, and I I was holding it, and it turned and nipped a finger. And then I had it I reeled him in. Yeah, I know. I was saying you grabbed by the neck. Okay, we're going in the house. Yeah, well, she was still I was with him, so I didn't want to walk over with the dog and have him bite him. All right. Do we have any ambulances responding here? >> Yes. Why are they here? The taser deployed? Nope. Let's get him cleared. Do you need an ambulance here? I just I thought it was going to have him checked out by the ambulance. >> No. So, we'll just get him cleared at 200. Let's get out of this neighborhood. We don't need to all be here. Actually, unless you disagree with that. Let's break some units. Okay. Somebody taking pictures of you yet? All right. Do you have your phone on you? Do you want an ambulance here? No, we can just go to 200. 195, can you cancel the bus here? Direct them to 200 for the eval and then eval on 213 for dog bite. Will you transport? Uh you're on HP. Yeah. Whose car is this? Okay. Let's swap dude into your car, and will you transport to 200? And I'll come and write the paperwork on him, so that way you can get back on HP. Sounds good. Does that work? Yep. Thanks, bud. Hey, I have a lint roller in here. I've got one in my car. I have some tropical I'm going to stop. Hey, I'm going to get blood all over me. Um Yeah. Do you want me to just take one of them? So, we'll take him on obstructing and resisting. Wait. Yeah. He was like, "Nope." He was coming for you. Yeah, well, and that's I was I tried dumping the dude to the ground. >> it. But he yanked away, and then I'm like, "Get on the ground." He goes, "No." And he goes like this. I'm like, No, we're not doing that today. >> her. That's what I read about you guys with him. And then I saw him >> [clears throat] >> fighting with her, so I went to go grab her. No. No. It worked out. You're good, though? Yeah, I was just worried about like when that whole thing went down, that's why I was just holding her. Stop being a smart ass, I think. Uh they said there was no marks, so You're next. Call. Sorry about your glasses, dude. >> Oh, dude, it's all good. She's Did you see when the dog came down the stairs and I had her on the stairs? I just put my freaking head down. >> that. I don't That dude is not willing to do a statement. He said that um this guy was trying to whatever guy that you guys he was trying to restrain his dog, and then the officer went crazy on him. Oh, good. So, his name's John. He was not happy. All right. So, he wasn't willing to make a statement? Okay. Got it all on camera, so >> No, he was mad cuz we were going to arrest Yeah, he's yelling at the >> "She's 14. You can't arrest her. You can't arrest her. You can't arrest her." She's been arrested before. I figured there's a different story here. We're like, "Yeah, we can." We're trying to like mellow him out, so that wasn't working. All right. >> was trying to get inside back inside away from us. She we already came out here earlier, and she She you told her she was under arrest, and she goes, "I'm going to go inside." And you're like, "No." >> to put a tampon on." I said, "No." And then she started pulling away from Then you looked at me, I was like, "No." Yeah, so And then that's where she was cuz he started getting upset, and that's where I'm like, "What exactly would just happen?" I'm like, "It is what it is." So Okay. Do you want your cell phone to go with you? There's no I don't I don't know where it is. The probes in him? No, I took the probes out. These are just the wires. We can take the wires off of him. Thank you. >> Probes are out. I saw your cell phone laying out on the front porch. Your cubby's hat is down on your porch. Thank you, sir. Do you need anything else? I'm just going to go look for my phone. That's all I need. Okay. So, we have your wallet. That was in your back pocket. We're not going to take your lighters with you. Those were in there, also. >> That's fine. Um you're good with your wallet? It's fine. Okay. I just want to make sure my phone's not outside. >> You have two dogs inside. Is there anybody else going to come home tonight to care for the dogs? My wife, I hope. >> What time's she coming home? >> know. Soon. >> Okay. She doesn't have a key. Okay. Um and then lastly, your Jack Russell, the one that was outside, bit two officers. Oh, I was just trying to help Is he Yes, he is. >> He's currently on rabies >> registry. I Yes, he has a micro He's chipped. >> That's all I wanted to know. Make sure I don't need to get one of my officers like started on a rabies >> My wife has the scan chip in her in her wallet. >> Okay. Okay. Awesome. >> And he's got a microchip in him as well. Okay. Okay. Um he's coming. I am >> sorry. I was trying to stop my dog from going nuts like that, and I didn't want him to bite anybody. >> What is your name? My name's John Wayne. John. Yes, sir. So, I'm not going to ask you any questions, but I want to tell you my perspective. And I know you don't remember it, but we all have body worn cameras. Yeah. You started yelling at the officer telling that he can't arrest her cuz she's 14, and then you started going towards that officer. No, I was going towards my dog. I promise you. >> But here's the deal, I would never go after you guys. Okay, you guys serve and protect. Listen to me. Please. Can you let me speak, and then I'll give you an opportunity. So, you're yelling at us that we can't arrest your daughter, and then you start walking towards that officer. >> It makes it look bad. And I push you back, and you said, "No." >> I'm going after my dog. I understand that, but you're yelling at us. >> So, that's what happened here. And if I tell you to get on the ground, and you refuse, >> No, you didn't. I tased you, and you fell to the ground. >> right. You're right. So, I told you like three times to get on the ground. You got to comply, man. >> I wasn't threatening you guys, so I wanted I was looking out for of you guys and my dog. I swear to God. I I didn't I didn't see that. I'll take care of your dog. I didn't see that. Sir, I apologize, okay? Regardless if you saw it or not, we can't have you not listen to us. I I know. Okay, man. I I It was frustrating. My 14-year-old daughter It You guys Three guys on my daughter. Why didn't you bring a female cop? >> There was only one. Why didn't you bring a female? There was three officers here. You, your son, the trainee, and the guy that was training him. The father was thrown down, tased while complying with orders to secure his dogs, and arrested for obstructing and resisting, even though body cam audio captured him calmly trying to protect his family pet and daughter without any physical aggression toward officers. From the Fifth and 14th Amendments, no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Officers stepped on him, mocked his concerns, and continued rough handling while he begged them not to hurt his dog or daughter, revealing a pattern where minor noncompliance rooted in parental instinct was punished with disproportionate violence instead of de-escalation, especially notable given the presence of a trainee officer being observed. >> was only one officer out there. >> wasn't there a female cop for Cuz there doesn't need to be. Sometimes we don't get to pick and choose the cops that come. Okay. That's fair Fair answer. 12% of our agency is is females, which is higher than national average. We didn't didn't have one coming here today, okay? I I respect that. All right, sir. So, you're going to be booked in. I will be there with you, and I'll explain everything that's going on throughout this circumstance. I know it's a crummy circumstance, I wasn't I wasn't after you guys. I wouldn't do that. Okay. Look at my record, for Christ's sake. All right, and I appreciate that, John, okay? Watch your head getting in here. Jack Russell. Can we just get there fast because my I'll do what I can for you. My hands I have super bad hands. You guys think I'm full of [ __ ] I had surgery twice on one hand and one hand. your cuffs are good. So, here's the deal. Do your cuffs hurt? Yep. So, I can get a finger underneath that one, and a finger underneath that one. So, per our policy, they are perfect. We'll get it get you out of them quick, okay? Have a seat, John. Watch your head. I'll meet you there, Eric. He's calmed down. Explained everything. Figured it out. So, I'll meet you there. The family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Loveland officers involved, alleging excessive force in the 2020 incident that included manhandling the teen, tasing the father, and harming the family dog during the arrest over a slap that the alleged victim refused to prosecute. From 42 USC Section 1983, every person who under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any state subjects or causes to be subjected any citizen to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws shall be liable to the party injured. The city of Loveland released the body cam footage publicly after the suit was filed in 2022, and announced an independent review, but as of the latest available information, there has been no reported settlement, disciplinary action against the named officers, or major policy changes, leaving the case as another example of accountability lagging far behind clear instances of cops breaking the very laws they swear to uphold.