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That's correct. >> I am. >> Yes. [clears throat] >> Okay. So, you're crazy. That's so crazy. There's absolutely no way. >> There is. I saw the video. >> So, you saw him pull you saw him pull my hair? >> I saw him hit you. I mean, I saw you hit him. >> But, he pulled my hair. >> We're not here for that. Ma'am. >> Oh. >> Listen, ma'am. >> Where's the footage of him pulling my hair? >> Ma'am. >> Where's the footage of him pulling my hair? >> Listen, ma'am. You can either walk out to the car with us, or we can cuff you and walk >> It is the last morning of the school year, just after 9:00 in a New Jersey high school parking lot. An 18-year-old student gets into a physical fight with her boyfriend. The school's own security cameras capture her throwing a phone at him and striking him in the back of the head. >> [clears throat] >> He pulled my hair. Did you see all that? >> I couldn't see that far, bro. So, I'm saying camera. >> He deserved everything that was getting to >> Hayden, walk with us. >> You guys can stay there. I don't need any answers from You're arresting me. You're arresting me. >> When officers review that footage, they have what they need. She tells them it was self-defense, that he pulled her hair first. But, the cameras never show that. With clear video of an assault, the officers decide she is going to be arrested. >> Am I detained, or am I under arrest? >> You're under arrest. You're under arrest. Right here. >> I'm I'm I'm I'm under arrest? >> Right here. Turn around, place hands on your back. Here's I'll hold your phone. >> Are you serious? Are you >> Yes. >> I'm under a >> Here is the part that surprises most people. Because the two were dating, New Jersey treats this as a domestic case. And in a domestic case, once police have probable cause that an assault happened, the arrest is mandatory. It does not matter that the other person does not want to press charges. She keeps insisting he pulled her hair first. Self-defense can be a real defense in New Jersey, but it has to be reasonable, it has to be proportional, and it has to survive the evidence. Here, the only footage shows her as the aggressor, and her version has nothing to back it up. There is one more detail that turned this into local news. The young woman is the daughter of the township's mayor. The officers handle it like any other arrest. She is placed in handcuffs, walked out through the school, and put in the back of a patrol car. She is charged with simple assault and released to appear in court later. One bad morning, captured on the school's own cameras, on what was supposed to be her last day. What would you have done? Tell us in the comments and subscribe for more. >> That's right.

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