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Nobody should get my stuff because
you're a jerk. It's a
fair. There's nothing in my bag. I'm
not. We missed it. So, put me a hand.
She must have thought the supermarket
was a charity store and the trolley was
a fateful shopping basket. Put
 your hand
back. We're trying to do it simple. And
then I'm telling him I'm pregnant. I'm
not shoplifting. That's what I was
saying. They were matches. Matches are
supposed to be free.
 Just stepped
through the gate. All moral principles
fly away with the unpaid bill. What
seemed like a simple encounter quickly
spiraled out of control within minutes.
There's nothing in my bag. We missed it.
So put me a handcuff back.
And then I'm telling him I'm pregnant.
On January 15th, 2025, a call from a
shopping center brought Illinois's
police face to face with a situation
that seemed minor but was fraught with
tension and conflict.
There may be some confusion and some
issues inside. What happened? Do you
have anything in your bag? You should
not.
 No, I just returned some stuff.
 Can
you step over here with us?
Why there?
 Here, let me Okay, let me go
over here cuz I'm going to let you see.
Well, we're not going to get in the car.
I'm not getting in the car. I'm going to
let you see that there's nothing in
there
 in your bag.
 Yeah.
 Okay. You're
not getting in.
 I'm not getting in.
You're not getting in.
 I'm not quit
fighting me. Let me show you.
 I'm not
fighting you. I'm going to show you
what's in my bag
 for right now.
 Okay.
Can I show you? Yes or no? Okay, Skags,
let me show you. I'm going to sit the
bag down and show you.
 Yeah.
 Okay. I'm
not going in there.
 I'm not.
 There's
nothing in my bag.
 Stop.
Stop. I am. I'm not doing nothing.
 What
is he trying to do?
 I'm not doing
nothing. Put my hands to my
 Put your Put
them behind your back.
 I'm not I'm done.
I don't care what
 if you didn't do any
if you didn't do anything then why are
you at the store?
 Yes. Tell them
 I'm not
going. I'm going back in the store.
 So
I'm just saying you're not going to let
me go. You can't
 tell him to let me go.
I'm not persistent. So put me in
handcuffs. Why are you trying to take my
hand? No. Why am I going in handcuff?
No, I don't. Let me go. You're doing too
much right now. I said you can look at
my
bag from your store.
 We're trying. I
don't want to fail.
 When orders were not
followed and emotions ran high with
heavy accusations and an unending
struggle, the situation quickly
escalated beyond anyone's expectations.
Is there anything in my bag? I'm not
wearing nothing.
 I'm not going to
 Yes.
No. I'm going to I'm going to cooperate.
Can I please turn around?
 You're going
to be black. No,
 I'm black. Yes, it is.
No, it isn't. Ma'am, what what's black
trying to eat?
 Dad, would you let me
talk like y'all do in my life?
 This is
resisting,
 Dad. No, I'm not.
 This is
resisting, ma'am.
 Ma'am, this is
resisting.
 No, I'm not. Look how you my
I'm trying to get you control of this
[ __ ] in my bag.
 Nothing that belongs to
your store. Is there anything in your
bag? Everything I have, I came in with.
Is there anything in my bag? I'm
nothing.
 I'm not going to.
 Yes. No, I'm
going to I'm going to cooperate. Can I
please turn around?
 You're going to be
putting black? No,
 I'm black. Yes, it
is.
 No, it isn't. Ma'am, what what's
blocking you?
 Will you let me talk like
y'all do any
 This is resisting.
 No, I'm
not.
 This is resisting, ma'am.
 Ma'am,
this is resisting.
 No, I'm not. Look how
you
 I'm trying to get you control of
this in my bag.
 Nothing that belongs to
your store. Is there anything in your
bag? Everything I have, I came in with.
She continued to argue vehemently,
asserting her innocence and claiming
that her personal rights had been
violated during the police handling of
the situation.
 Have a seat.
 They said
that I put [ __ ] in my bag. That's what
you said, right? This is on camera.
 Then
you said it and I told you I came in
here with it. Right. So, what are you
talking about to them?
 Just cooperate.
 I
am. Take me back in the store.
 No,
you're not. No, you're not.
 Exact. Yes,
I am.
 Ma'am, you know my name, but I
don't even know your name.
 Yes, my name
is My name is
 I don't know you, ma'am.
Can you take me back in there?
 Once we
get done with him back in there going to
take me back in there. Can you take me
back? You keep saying.
 No, I'm not
listening because he's sitting
here and I'm telling him I'm pregnant.
Look how you doing?
 What? Arresting you.
No. And I'm pregnant.
 Okay. You're the
one that was resisting, not us.
 When
 you
weren't cooperating with us,
 when did I
resist?
 Then you came along. I said I'll
cooperate with you. Yes, I did. Y'all
two against one. Come on. The police do
this all the time. And I said, "What's
the problem?" You come right to my car.
He said, "You're not getting in the
car." I'm not trying to.
 You absolutely
did.
 No, I did not.
 Absolutely. Have a
seat.
 I'm in the back seat. Have a seat.
From the back seat and they recording it
right now. I hope it is recorded.
 It's
all recorded,
 right? So, give me a a
sergeant out here.
 We will.
 Now,
now that's my bag and you saying, "Let
me search your bag." I came in with that
bag. I went to the damn customer service
desk and then I asked the girl in
Sephora. So what the belongs to them in
that bag?
 If this was not that big of a
deal, why are you putting up such a
fight?
 Because I'm trying to figure out
why did they
 Why are you putting up such
a fight?
 Because I have my rights, too.
You lost your right when you
 No, I
didn't. I didn't. You lost your right
when you tried to get in the car.
 I did
not respond. I did not get in the car.
You let me walk to my
 Between the
handcuffs and the camera, she held firm
to one thing. She had done nothing wrong
and deserved to be heard. Was this a cry
for help or a calculated stand?
 You
walked out the street without me.
 No, I
didn't. Oh my god. Are you kidding me
right now?
 That was my
 Can you please
give me a chance to prove this?
 Well,
you will if you sit, but you don't want
to do that.
 Where's the camera at?
 I'm
not I'm not
Do you want to
 You asked what the deal
was.
 Can you walk to Do you want to walk
me to my car right now? your car and try
to get to his
 man. I'm trying to tell
y'all y'all sitting here lying. But I'm
not right now.
 Don't think.
 Yes, they
are. How did they If I had He took my
whole bag, right?
 Just keep yelling.
Everybody sees you yelling.
 No, he took
my whole bag. How the did I not come in
there with that stuff in my bag?
 Keep
yelling. Keep yelling.
 He full of That's
why he taking that stuff to my car. He
talking about it was on camera. Camera
where?
 That's what I'm saying.
 They have
cameras everywhere. told you that
 and I
didn't. No, I'm not. No, I'm not. He got
my stuff.
Well, you know what? You're going to go
to jail.
 Why?
He just told you.
 You can watch you yell
and scream and throw.
 Yes, they are
going to watch me yell and scream and
throw a fish.
 Me either. And I'm going
to see the sergeant coming.
 Yep.
 Is that
him? I'm not going to yell and scream.
I'm going to tell them because you new
on the scene.
 I am. Uhhuh.
 No, I'm
talking about you just came. They are so
full of right now. I'm not Smith. This
is how you're at. Smith. As soon as I
get in this car and y'all take me to
jail. What?
 Nope. I don't want to hear
it.
 I got to prove it.
 I tried to be
nice.
 No, you're not. Y'all all work
together.
 No. He came out here. He came
out here lying talking about I took
something. I was literally in the store.
Watch camera. No, because now it's on my
She was later arrested and taken to the
local detention center, closing the
final chapter of her hope to prove her
innocence.
Those are kind of cool, too.
 He's going
to switch them out. They He's moving
them around. So
 So where am I going?
 To
the chair.
Wow.
 We have
a phone.
 Non.
As soon as you get there, they'll let
you make a phone call.
 The faster we do
this, the faster you'll make.
 I'm going
to No, they're going to throw me in a
hole. They'll power it off at the gym.
You get numbers out of it when you get
there.
 I know.
 So, leave it on until you
get there.
 But what I'm saying there is
uh
they'll um
you'll have a phone right there.
 If you
leave it on, you're going to get out to
the jail. They'll let you get in your
phone and get numbers out of there that
you need. Okay. But if you shut it off,
then you're going have to go through the
whole rig and Maro waiting for it to
turn back on.
 Kind of be helpful.
 I I
don't hand him hand.
And then I can't go for it or nothing
today. It's over with. The time is over.
Well, I don't know.
 Yeah.
 2:00 is when
they do it.
 So, I got to stay all night.
Do you know about what time?
 I don't
know. The faster you get out there, the
faster they let you know.
 Can I ask you
something
without the
 I know it ain't,
but there's
 nothing we can do about
this. You got to go.
 I know it is hard,
but I was
 You got to sit down and I and
I'll have them walk away after you. So,
your head that red strap stripe in
there, that strap in there, that's your
seat belt. Okay. Hang on to it. All
right.
She was prosecuted on two charges. Petty
theft and resisting a law enforcement.
She was prosecuted on two charges. Petty
theft and resisting a law enforcement
officer. Next, a woman in an orange
shirt and a crazy excuse. But what
happened next really made the police
say, "You're under arrest.
 Nobody should
get my stuff because you're a jerk.
That's not fair.
 I'm not shoplifting."
That's what I was saying. They were
matches. Badges are supposed to be free.
Police responded to a report of a woman
shoplifting at Walmart. When confronted
and asked for a receipt, she responded
with a series of frantic pleas, then
suddenly struggled in the subway
doorway.
 Hello.
 Hello.
 Hi. We have
somebody match your description that was
shopping with me at the Walmart.
They said they took off towards the
subway wearing an orange jacket striped.
Oh, yeah. No, I mean they said they
thought I was, but I don't have a
flashlight I didn't have a flashlight
that I got at their store.
 Okay. I got
one at Harbor Freight a lot earlier and
I have I got matches in a rope cuz I'm
setting up my camp again and it's dark.
You know what I mean? But I didn't need
that. I just needed the matches in the
rope so I could set up the tarp.
 Do you
have a receipt
 um
 for the I thought you
said you got matches in a tarp?
 Yeah, I
got matches in a rope.
 Do you have a
receipt for the transaction?
 Huh?
 Do you
have a receipt for that transaction?
 No,
I'm just getting a sandwich now. I don't
know. I'm I mean I got it all over here.
For what?
 The rope. The rope finish.
Okay.
 For what?
 For shoplifting.
 I did
not know. I just bought that shopping.
Okay.
 I didn't know.
 Hey, relax. You're
being detained.
 For what?
 Shoplifting.
 I
didn't shop.
 Relax.
 You have to make
Please don't do this. Hi.
Why do you have to rescue?
Why being detained? Hey,
 relax. Don't do
that.
My stuff. My office
is my stuff.
 Relax.
 It's not important.
It's important. That's not fair. Nobody
should get my stuff because you're a
jerk.
 Relax. That's not fair.
 Stand up.
No. No. You have to be fair. Please.
Please, somebody be fair to me.
 The
identity was not revealed and she was
uncooperative. And then the woman began
to talk about the girls who had laughed
at her and the shadow of rejection that
had surrounded her for the past year.
What's your name?
Ma'am.
What's your name?
Now,
it's not my business. Nobody will even
let me know.
 What's your name?
 Nobody
will even let me know.
 How am I supposed
to help you?
 Okay. What's your name?
 How
am I supposed to help you if nobody lets
me know?
 You're going to get charged
with consu if you don't.
 I'm finally
just doing well. I did my business. They
got me down.
 Okay. What's your name?
 No.
No.
When asked what was in her bag, she
replied, "I don't remember. Maybe golf
balls or a flashlight or pain. But the
strangest confession came soon after.
 A
shoplift. Now, as reported, I did see
video footage of you.
 Probably
shoplifting.
 Yes.
 How?
 What's on video
footage?
 What did I lift?
 What do you
mean? What you lift?
 What did I lift?
What' you grab?
 What did I shop for?
That's not shoplifting.
 If you if you
grab something and then you leave,
 I pay
all the time.
 Do you have those
flashlights on you?
 What? You guys took
everything. I paid $10 for that sandwich
that I'm not getting now because of you
guys. You know how much that's cost and
what I don't have.
 I'm sorry about that.
Not to mention my health.
 I don't know
what I'm supposed to do.
 Do you have any
of
 What am I supposed to do?
 Do you have
any of the
 And then when they let me
out, what am I supposed to do then?
 Do
you have any flashlight? These people
that are going to laugh at me for
getting arrested.
 Do you have any
flashlights on you?
 I don't know.
 Do you
have any?
 I don't know what I have on
me. I don't even know if I have clothes
or not. I feel so stupid.
 You do have
clothes on, man. Obviously, my flesh is
my clothes.
 I'm asking your question.
Well, I'm answering your question. Can I
Can I check your pockets to make sure
there's no flashlight so we can rule
that out?
 So, yeah. I mean, you just
take everything out of value off of me
because you already have.
 Okay.
 So,
right now you're being detained. Okay.
For the crime of shopping,
 obviously.
Can I get out?
 No.
 Why?
 You're not free
to leave.
 I'm not free to leave. I'm not
trying to leave. What am I going to do?
Leave in handcuffs and then run around
like somebody's going to set me free?
Like, I'm not just going to get thrown
out and made fun of some more because
I'm in handcuffs. I can't get out of
Yeah. Okay. So, can I check your pockets
to make sure there's no flashlight in
there?
 No.
 No.
 Is that going to stop
you?
 No. Well, whenever we do when you
do get arrested for shoplifting, I will
I'm not shoplifting. That's what I was
saying. They were matches. Matches are
supposed to be free.
 Okay. Well, I'm
 I
don't know about the rope. Maybe the
rope. I'm sorry, but still. Like, what
is that so big?
And where does it have you taking them?
It's two packages. It's just like a
regular long flashlight. And then the
ones that has them back, I put an AliEnd
bar.
 You guys want to pursue for the
shop with me?
 Yeah.
 Why? Why can't you
just ticket me and make me pay you? Like
I would pay you. I just don't have that
much to pay you all at once.
Copy.
 Please let me pay you.
 Okay. Well,
unfortunately, that ship has sailed.
 I
thought I was on a payment plan.
 No.
 Why
can't I just pay you?
 There's There's no
payment plan when it comes to Walmart or
at least any business.
 That's [ __ ]
I had a $25 dividend from them.
 Okay. Do
you have anything on you that could cut,
stab, or poke me?
 I have a pie, I think,
but I'm not sure in my little change
bag.
 I only took what I needed to
survive, she insisted. But what was in
the bag? And why is Walmart so
determined to take this to court?
 What
do you have right here?
 I don't know.
You don't know?
 I don't remember. I have
just drop everything to me and I don't
know what I have on me till I get to a
spot where I can take it all out and go
through it.
A golf ball.
 I juggle. I taught myself
to juggle during the co.
 That's pretty
cool.
It's not.
 Is it difficult to learn?
Yeah.
 Yeah. See, that's a useful skill.
I don't think so.
 It is.
 Keep me from
wanting to hurt myself or other people,
but I don't get a very often to do it
because nobody gives a about that stuff.
There's a lot of people that make
 at
night. I don't give a stuff. I want to
be warm and I want to be loved and I
want to be home and I haven't been any
of those things for a year.
 And before
that, I kept going through it and people
just kept laughing at me. The same four
set of girls just laughing at me that I
couldn't use my make money. I don't want
to do what they did. I will not do what
they did.
 But I don't think they're
wrong or they're bad or they're stupid.
I just think they're mean.
Mama, can you please come out?
 I like to
be mean and ugly, but I don't want you
to do what people say. I just get over
it. I don't think people have the right
to do this to me personally.
 Do what?
What you doing?
 Checking to make sure
you don't have any merchandise on you.
Well, look what what did I get that
wasn't absolutely necessary for my life.
Okay. And I understand my safety.
 Like I
at least care about my life and my
safety. I don't go around risking
everybody else's.
 I understand.
 In the
state of California, petty theft of $950
or less is considered a misdemeanor
punishable by up to 6 months in county
jail and or a fine of up to
$1,000. The woman has been formally
charged with theft and resisting arrest.
Walmart confirmed it intends to pursue
legal action. Unfortunately, the rules
don't count for acting, and I'm poor.
Has never been a free ticket to heaven
without getting arrested. Hey guys, what
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