Incident narrative & surveillance footage @ 2:15 Arrest of Matthew Abernathy @ 11:03 On November 9, 2018 Matthew Abernathy allegedly (ha) robbed a Nordstrom store in Seattle of unknown quantities of merchandise. He definitely stole some shoes, but likely concealed more before he was spotted. Abernathy was stopped by the store's loss prevention officer and a manager, but he managed to get hold of a pepper spray canister he had hidden on his person, subsequently spraying the two men who were holding him. Abernathy escaped. (Surveillance footage of the incident is shown beginning around 2:57. That footage is sped up to match the loss prevention employee's narrative.) Seattle Police responded quickly, but not quickly enough to catch Abernathy. In this video, watch footage of the robbery and listen along with Seattle police officers as they are brought up to speed on what happened. After showing Seattle Police Department's response to the incident, the video skips ahead eleven days — to the random moment when patrol officers spotted Abernathy strolling on by — and swoop in for the arrest. Enjoy! ~~~ Real World Police is proud to be a Sunshine Supporter of the Washington Coalition for Open Government — working to educate, advocate, and litigate the public's right to know. Want to know more about access to public records in Washington? Visit www.washingtoncog.org. ~~~ Do you have independently verifiable inside information on a story we are or should be covering? Email tips@realworldpolice.com. Your identity will not be revealed without your consent. Because we receive dozens of tips daily we cannot respond individually to every submission. If we need more information from you someone will be in touch. Remember: we don't publish footage that has already been published. Please don’t send links to news articles. ~~~ Follow us on Twitter @realworldpolice ~~~ Want to help make Real World Police happen and get rewarded for it? Become a supporter on Patreon today! Supporters get access to: -Exclusive full-length Real World Police videos -The Roadcam series -Supporting documentation: police reports, court records, and other investigatory material -Material from cases not shown on the main channel, like the arrest of Chris Hansen and the detention of T-Pain that time he accidentally tried to bring a gun through airport security -Early access to some videos -And more! https://patreon.com/realworldpolice Rather not? That works too. There are more than 490 free videos to enjoy!