Ridiculous. So, I can't press charges for getting beat up in my house. >> Our investigation has determined that you're the primary aggressor. >> How? If I'm >> On August 22, 2022, officers rushed to a tense domestic dispute call, ready to wrap things up quickly. But just as they prepared to leave, one individual dropped a bombshell. He'd just been struck with a broom. What really went down that day? The truth is more tangled than it seems. But you're trying to tell us what happened and we we can't really hear you >> in the head with the broomstick. I'm just >> walked through the whole thing. >> You walked through the door and then what happened? >> I just tried to go to the I don't want to go in the house. >> So I went to the back >> and there she's like you're not coming in the face. I stood there and she hit me. >> Where did she hit you in my head with the broom? Can you show us >> right here? She just hit me with it. And then we can see the the And then you're like, "Hey, what's going >> right? >> Do Can you show him the wherever she hit you? Let let him get a really good look at that." Okay. >> See, it's red. Show is probably red right there. >> So, let me ask you this. What are you wanting to do? >> What What's your guys' relationship like? Actually, >> this is my child's mother. >> Okay. Well, that answers that question. >> I have a 2-year-old in the house and she's broke and miserable. >> Who else is in the house right now? There's >> All right. All right. Are you willing to provide a sworn recorded statement about what happened? >> Yeah, I guess. >> Okay. All right. >> We were here for a domestic argument. We resolved a domestic issue realizing that it was a verbal argument only. Now, once we were leaving the scene, you were advised that you live here. You're a tenant here. What did you do as we left? >> I went back to go inside. Okay. And >> she was standing at the screen. Okay. said, "I'm they said I can come back." She said, "You're not coming back in here." So they said, "I can come back." She said, "I'll punch you in the face." She knew anymore. I said, "You punch me for." And she picked up the broom. She hit me with it. >> Yeah. What kind of What kind of broom was it? >> A mop. It's a red mop. >> Like a Swiffer, like a mop that you step on, that bucket that come in. >> I don't even know what's going on. I just got a phone call. >> Yeah. from >> from um because I work at Whitley. So I just had a phone call saying um that she's not answering phone sentence happening. >> Right. So what happened after he went inside the house? >> I have no I was with the kids. I I have honestly >> How did he get the dirt all over her shirt? >> I I was with the baby. I don't know. >> You didn't see what happened? >> I did not see I was I was right there with the baby. >> Do you have your ID card? >> I do. >> What's your name again? Raven, >> Raven, I need to speak with you. >> What do you want? >> I need to speak with you. >> What do you want? >> I need to talk to you and get your side of the story. >> I need to take a statement from you in regards to what happened outside. >> I already told y'all what happened. You didn't want a statement before. Now you want a statement. You were about to leave. So what do you want a statement for now? >> I want to know what happened on the back patio. >> What happened on the back patio >> with the broom and the mop? >> You tell me. I don't know what you're talking about. >> I want a statement about it. I don't know what church >> you don't know about it. So, you're unwilling to provide a statement about >> All right. >> Raven's refusal to give a statement is a turning point. Her defiance screams frustration, but it also raises questions. If she's innocent, why not explain her side? The officers are left with one story, the man's, and it's enough to shift the blame. This moment shows how critical communication is in these situations. One wrong move and the narrative flips. How about that? Right. >> Come over here and we'll discuss it. >> Come over here and discuss it. >> I already was standing here talking to you and nobody wants to hear nothing I had to say. >> You You don't want to hear what we have to say either. You're not listening to us. >> Heard what you said. So, I'm not playing this game. >> You didn't You're not hearing what I'm saying. You're still not hearing what I'm saying. You're still yelling at me for no reason. I am going to yell because when I was talking to y'all, y'all act like you didn't understand what the was saying to you. So now obviously I got to scream it so you can hear me, right? >> Well, that doesn't help things, does it? >> Drag me across the floor. Where yall going to step in with that? >> Come over here and give us a statement for it and we'll talk about it. >> I already stood here and told you what happens to you giving me a statement then. >> What happened to >> What happened to me? Stop. Stop. Stop. >> Are you serious? You're I'm not doing anything. He's squeezing me. >> Don't p up. >> You're taking me to jail after he hit me. >> I am going to hurt you. Watch. Now I am going to hit you. Now I am. And now that I'm going to jail and my son is in the house. Take my phone, Jason. Don't touch my phone. My phone is in the grass. Go get my phone >> car there. Come on. give a amir. >> Third car. >> I'm glad this is what the you're doing. >> You're hurting my arm. Can you let me go a little bit? >> No, because you keep pulling. >> I'm pulling cuz you're twisting my body. How am I supposed to walk sideways? >> You're on camera and you're not walking sideways. >> I was. Now you just Now you just fixed your arm. Stop playing games. It's >> all on camera. >> Great. And I can feel what you're doing. So stop it. Ridiculous. So, I can't press charges for getting beat up in my house. >> Our investigation has determined that you're the primary aggressor. >> How? If I'm calling the cops. >> Our investigation has determined that you're the primary. >> How? When I call the cop. >> Our investigation has determined dragged me. I'm not allowed to be upset. >> I'm not allowed to be upset. If I got dragged in my in my house in front of my baby, right? Do you have anything on crazy? No. Nothing. >> Okay. If you have anything on you that is contraband when you get to the jail and they locate it, >> I said I have nothing. You can say what you want. I have nothing. Great. I don't care. Put me in the car so I can go. >> Patting you down outside. >> You're a man. Don't touch me. Pick up my thing off the floor, please. >> I will do that once you step in the car. >> I'm going to make sure I push I'm going to uh sue this whatever police whatever y'all work for cuz I called for help and y'all are arresting me. >> I can be aggressive in my house after I got feed on. Y'all are crazy. >> Raven's final words are haunting. She feels the system failed her. Domestic disputes are a gray area in law enforcement. Officers rely on evidence and statements, but emotions cloud everything. This case leaves you wondering who's really the victim here. The truth might be somewhere in the