I'm a US citizen of the United States of America and you're taking my rights. Hey, no, they're saying you tried to That's why it's assault. How did I punch him? Do you have proof? That's what we're trying to figure out. Do you have proof? Do you remember my name, bro? Hugo Escobar. You remember that [ __ ] It's just after 10:30 p.m. when police respond to a call in Crystal Lake, Illinois where one man's grip on reality seems to be getting looser by the minute. Yeah, come on. Hey, bro. Hey, bro. Come on. Smack me. Smack me. Hey. Yeah, you're going to arrest me for a unlawful possession of a burrito assault. Why? Because what did I do? What did I do? What did I do? What did I What did I do? No. I ain't No, I'm not going to take a breath. I'm not going to take a breath because because you're you're assaulting You're angry undisrespectfully undisrespectfully undisrespectfully No, I'm not going to stop. Because why? Because why? Because I'm I'M A US CITIZEN. I'M A US CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND YOU'RE taking my rights. You're taking my rights as a person. Officers attempt to get the suspect, later identified as 24-year-old Hugo Escobar, to breathe, but he's too busy giving a TED Talk about nonsense. No. Let's say you have to take a breath. No. I'm dragged around the concrete and what I'm supposed to be allowed? Hey, come on, bro. Come on, bro. That's not us. No, that's not you, but your partner did it. No. You're not police. Listen, bro. Look at my hand cuff. LOOK AT MY LOOK AT MY LOOK AT MY LOOK AT MY HAND LOOK AT MY LOOK AT MY HOW HOW HOW TIGHT ARE THEY? LOOK AT THEM. THEY'RE REALLY LOOK AT THEM. LOOK AT HOW TIGHT THEY ARE. IF YOU CALM DOWN, WE'LL TAKE THEM OFF YOU. You want me to let me mad, bro? Do you have a kid? Shut the [ __ ] up. Do you have a kid? Do you have a kid? Do you have a kid? Do you have a Do you have a kid? Do you have a Did your kid get Shut the [ __ ] up. Did your kid get Did your kid Shut up. We're trying to take you out of here. Shut the [ __ ] up. I'm trying to Did your kid get Did your kid Did your kid get So, you're not arrested right now. No. But you're What did I do? What did I do? Hey. Hey. Shut up. Shut the All right, shut the [ __ ] up. I'm trying to shut up, bro. All right. Hey. [ __ ] [ __ ] Everyone get away. Everyone back up. stand me up? Can you stand me up? Will you relax? Can you stand me We're going to go over here, bro. Come on. Hey. We're going to Okay. Hey, listen to me, bro. Listen to Since I'm a US I just take a I need a breath. I need a breath, TOO. HEY, CAN YOU GUYS STEP HEY, CAN you get the cameras? Right here. Can you Can you listen to Well, he won't. They're right here. Hey, respectfully, bro. Respectfully, I'm trying to reach you. Hugo is suspected of assaulting a security guard at a local sports complex. Officers try to get his side of the story, but he's telling them fairy tales instead. You know what? I wanted to be a police officer, bro. So, I wanted to be a police officer. So, listen, buddy. I learned the police Hey, we're going to take a seat over here. We're going to take a seat over here. You know what? Listen. Listen, buddy. I know for a fact I know my possession and I know that I can't What you want to because I didn't admit to anything. I didn't Yeah, you can be a canine. Why? I can teach your canine to track anything. anything. I'm a dog trainer and I will teach your canine to track anything. Bro, I can teach your canine right now to track bombs if you wanted to. But at the end of the day that, bro. Cuz all you guys care about is whatever the [ __ ] you guys think they say. And that No. I'm the one that No, I CAN'T. I CAN'T. BECAUSE I'M THE ONE THAT I STAND YOU'RE NOT THE ONE THAT I STAND THE I CAN'T. I CAN'T. I CAN'T. YEAH. YEAH. YOU ARE YOU DID YOU GET slammed on the floor, sir? DID YOU GET SLAMMED ON THE FLOOR, SIR? Did you get slammed on the floor, SIR? DID YOU ASK DID YOU UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SWEAR ME IN TO TELL ME THAT THEY WANTED ME TO BE THE AMERICAN SNIPER. For what? For what? For what? For this. For this. FOR THIS. BECAUSE I'M A POLICE OFFICER. You're what? I have done nothing. I have done nothing but serve my [ __ ] country. I HAVE SWORN IN YEARS. NOT ONE BUT TWO YEARS. Listen to me. No. STOP. I'M NOT LISTENING TO YOU. YOU'RE NOT IN NO WAY TO LISTEN TO ME. YOU ARE the [ __ ] I DON'T GIVE I DON'T give a [ __ ] because because I will show them. I WILL SHOW THEM THAT they are nothing. Why? Because Because why? Why? Because at the end of the day I've done nothing. Nothing but serve this country. And I get paid for what? For what, man? What are you going to say? What did I do? What did I do TO FIGHT AGAINST YOU? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SAY? WHAT'S YOUR CASE? WHAT'S THEIR CASE? OKAY, TELL THEM WHAT THE CASE IS. Ask them what the case is. Ask them right now. Right now. In front OF YOUR FACE. WHAT'S THE CASE? What are they fighting? What are they defending? What are they defending? Ask them. Ask them. That's exactly what I thought. Use whatever the [ __ ] you can to defend yourself. Very nothing. Nothing they can use to defend themselves. Guess what? What are they going to say? What are they going to say? Huh? I answer Ask them. Ask him. Officer what? Are you lying in front of his authority? What do you swear on? Hey, shut the [ __ ] up. Do you oath to what? You swear on the oath to what? What do you swear on? Come on. Hey, let go. I'm not telling nobody. Come on. What do What do you oath Okay. What do you Okay. What do you Okay. Okay, what is your oath to What is your oath to What is your oath to What am I doing? What am I doing that's threatening? Exactly. Check everything, bro. I don't care. I don't got [ __ ] Hugo is finally catching some breaths, but logic and reason still elude him. Walk away, you You ain't nothing but I didn't do Exactly, you [ __ ] hypocrite. Come on, you [ __ ] coward. What am I doing? What am I doing? What did I do? What am I Hey, what am I All right, I'm going to tell my The only thing I'm asking for is my lawyer. Cuz I'm asking for a lawyer. What am I What am I under investigation What am I detained for? What am I detained for? Am I being detained for a crime? My question Am I detained? Am I detained? For what? For what? I want I want to get it on camera. What am I detained for? What am I detained for? Right now, disorderly conduct because you're acting erratically, you're not giving us your name, and you're not communicating with us. You're just yelling. For what though? Okay. For what though? Are you ready to talk? For what though? Are you ready to calm down and talk to me and I'll talk to you, bro. All right. Is it on camera? It's on camera, bro. That shit's off because you're scared. Look at Red. All right, that's what I You see the red? It's on. It's been on. I ain't disrespecting my boy. Dude, do you think I went to Who are you talking to? Respectfully, bro. I don't know what you're You know what I'm talking to you? But Bro, come on. Shut up, bro. Shut it for a second and let us talk. Okay? And what have I done? The reason Can Can you let us talk? Listen to him. Listen to what he's saying. If your mouth is open, your ears aren't. So, I need you to listen, okay? Bro, trust me. I went to school for all this bro, trust me. The reason If you think you're playing me, you're not. Stop. All right, go for it. The reason we got called here was because we had We got called because they said there was a disorderly person who was handcuffed by security. They are not us. They are a private entity, a private security company. Okay? At this point, what we have is a citizen's arrest possibly that got handed over to us and we need to get all the information for it. Okay? At that point, when I get here, you're yelling and screaming and won't let us get a word in so that we can calm you down and take these handcuffs off you. I don't know I get it. Remember what I said? No, remember what I said about the misdemeanors? So, I understand that you're pissed, but when you're pissed and acting erratically, I can't take those handcuffs off. For my safety, his safety, and everyone else's safety and yours. But But So, when you're calm down like this It's a little It's a little bit biased that you say you Who's the first person I talked to? Can I go and talk to them? I talked to you to calm you down. Your opinion is biased to what my opinion is because it's not It doesn't mean a fact. Your opinion is biased. I understand Yeah, you can Look, I'm not dumb, but I know I'm not being stupid, buddy. I went to school. I went to MC. went to whatever the [ __ ] you want to think I did. Can I Yeah, whatever you Can I ask think I do and you want to treat me with If you're going to keep acting No, because it is offensive, bro. I feel like you're harassing me. Apparently. Because why do you think that I'm a dumb Do you think that I'm stupid? I I didn't say you I didn't say I didn't I didn't say Yeah, because now I'm telling you what I know. Right? Now that you think that, yeah. You can say whatever you want, but I can defer. Yeah, because I can defer because your opinion is different to mine. Yeah. Right. All right, don't Let me go. Am I detained, officer? Am I being detained for what? For what? For what? And how? And What is that that I'm being detained for? disorderly conduct and assault. What What about it is assault? For what? For what? For disagreeing on their opinion? No, they're saying you tried to punch him. That's why it's assault. How did I punch him? Do you have proof? That's what we're trying to figure out. Do you have proof? Okay, we're Then can I be detained? You are detained. Do you have proof of me being of assaulting them? That's why we're talking to people. That's why you're detained. I'm not I'm not trying to touch them. 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But I'm a man that I'm a man. I understand. I understand. That's And I hope you guys know that. This is mine. Ooh. Exactly. Hugo. I'm on a level with you, dude. No, Shut the [ __ ] up. Don't talk to me, bro. You. I understand you're You ain't no special, bro. No, you're not bro. Because I have a wife, have a family, and I didn't do nothing but wait for them, bro. I didn't disrespect you. I didn't disrespect nobody. I didn't [ __ ] I didn't do [ __ ] YOU WAIT FOR MY FAMILY. AND I GET TREATED LIKE THIS. AND THE COURT IS GOING TO [ __ ] SEE HOW I I GET TREATED. YOU GUYS YOU ARRESTED ME BY ILLEGAL STATUS BECAUSE I'M [ __ ] MEXICAN. BECAUSE I SPEAK SPANISH. YOU. I You. You're [ __ ] You're thing. You know YOU'RE A [ __ ] YOU KNOW YOU'RE A because I'm going TO DO WHATEVER I CAN, BRO. I KNOW HE'S coked out. Police tried patience, but Hugo chose chaos. So, now he's being taken into custody. Because I promise you, bro. You're going to regret it. The thing your daughter tells you that you fell in love with a Mexican, bro. You're going to [ __ ] regret it. And you're going to remember that [ __ ] for the rest of your [ __ ] life, bro. You will. And you remember my [ __ ] name, bro. Hugo Escobar. You remember that [ __ ] You remember that [ __ ] Because your daughter your daughter will. Your daughter is the You think that's really what I worry about? I'll take any [ __ ] day in jail for you. I'll look you in the eyes and tell you that. Because why? You ain't nothing Choke me. CHOKE ME. COME ON. THAT'S WHY. CHOKE ME. CUZ YOU'RE A [ __ ] I'M NOT SPITTING AT YOU. I'm not choking. And did I spit at you? You Did I Choke me. You ain't nothing but a bro. I hope you know that, bro. I hope you really know that. I'm going to call my [ __ ] hands, bro. I didn't to you guys. I hope you guys know that. Hugo Escobar, bro. The whole time he's like trying to I don't disrespect. That's what I saw. Hugo Escobar was charged with aggravated battery of a security guard, aggravated battery in a public place, and disorderly conduct. Hugo was released from custody pending trial under the conditions he surrender all firearms, refrain from consuming alcohol, and stays away from the security guard and the sports complex where the incident occurred.