When Cops Fight Each Other!

Today, we discuss the shocking instances where law enforcement officers turned against their own colleagues. In our first case, a shocking incident unfolded on November 19, 2021. While apprehending a resisting suspect, Sunrise Police Sergeant Christopher Pulse did the unthinkable. He almost choked his junior colleague to death in a fit of aggression. Watch your head getting into the car. Ah, miss, can you stop pulling the cup? Just get in the car and you'll be fine. Get in the car. When she get in the car, she'll let go. So just get in the car. All right, just get in the car. Can y'all just tell her to stop? Get in the car. Just get in the car. All right, I'm getting in. Get your feet in. Hey, hey, hey, look at me. Look at me. You want to play games? You're playing with the wrong mother. You got to do, man. You're going to make me Mason. Look at me. You want to play games? You ever get disrespectful. I will remove your soul from your body. Do what you got to do. Just let it be. And I'll see you in about five minutes. The junior officer who stepped in to defend the suspect found herself choked, threatened, and nearly pepper sprayed. But justice caught up with the enraged officer. He was charged with battery and assault on a law enforcement officer, assault on a civilian, and tampering with evidence by deleting texts and intimidating witnesses into silence. The officers in the next incident didn't assault a fellow colleague. Instead, they shamefully mistreated an Army lieutenant who had just returned from serving his country. I can't believe you're being treated like this. Lay down or you're going to get paid. While heading back from deployment, U.S. National Guard, Lieutenant Karen Nazario was stopped by Officer Daniel Crocker of the Windsor Police Department in Virginia for a possible license plate issue. Rather than pulling over on the dark road, Lieutenant Nazario chose to drive to a gas station, a move that infuriated the officers and escalated into a highly tense and disastrous situation. Put your hands out the window and turn the vehicle off. Put your hands out the window. He's not complying, sir. Come around your side. Let me see your hands. How many occupants are in the vehicle? What's going on? How many occupants are in your vehicle? It's only myself. Why are your weapons drawn? What's going on? Open the door slowly and step out. Open the door. I'm not getting out the vehicle. What's going on? Get out of the car. Keep your hands outside the window. My hands are right here. What's going on? Get out of the car now. Get out of the car. What's going on? Get out of the car now. The lieutenant's hesitation to exit his car was understandable, considering the officer's aggressive demeanor and the fact that they had their weapons drawn and pointed at him. Get out of the car now. I'm serving this country and this is how I'm treated? Guess what? I'm a veteran too. I'm going to obey you. Get out of the car. What's going on? Work with us and we'll talk to you. Get out of the car. You received an order. Obey it. I'm honestly afraid to get out. Yeah, you should be. Get out. What's going on? Get out of the car. What did I do? Get out now. I have not committed any crimes. You're being stopped by a tribal violator. You're not cooperating at this point right now. You're under arrest. You're being detained. You're being detained for obstruction of justice. The lieutenant's reluctance to leave his car made sense, given the officer's hostile stance and the fact that their weapons were trained on him. The officers intensified the situation by pointing their guns straight at the lieutenant's face and attempting to force their way into his vehicle. But things took an even darker turn when Officer Gutierrez chose to physically confront the lieutenant. Get out of the car now. Get out of the car. Get your hands off me. Get out of the car. Get your hands off me. Back up, Daniel. I didn't do anything. Don't do that. Sir, get out of the car now. Don't do that. Get out of the car now. Don't do that. I'm trying to talk to you. Get out. Can you please relax? I'm actively serving this country and this is how you're going to treat me? I didn't do anything. Whoa, hold on. What's going on? Hold on. Watch it. Get out of the car. Get out of the car now. That's f***ed up. Sir, just get out of the car. I'm trying to breathe. Get out of the car and get on the ground now or I'm going to give you a skin. Get off your seatbelt and get out of the car. Look, I'm just going to just leave. You're going to do as you're told. Get out of the car. The lieutenant was treated in a deplorable manner but this was just the beginning of their mistreatment as these unruly officers had more tricks up their sleeves. Get on the ground or you're getting sprayed again. Get on the ground. Can you please talk to me about what you're doing? Get on the ground. Get on the ground now. Can you please talk to me about what you're doing? Get on the ground. Why am I being treated like this? Why? Because you're not cooperating. Get on the ground. I'm not cooperating. I'm sorry. We're just working with you. This is f***ed up. Lay flat. This is f***ed up. I can't f***ing believe I'm being treated like this Lay down or you're going to get tased. Put your hands behind your back. This is f***ed up. I agree. All you have to do is listen. The officer's voice trembled, tears streaming down his face from the harsh treatment he endured. Finally, the other officers engaged him in a conversation, something they should have done from the start. Can you open up the window for my dog? I hear him choking. Can you open up the window, please? Yes. Yes, we will. It's dark over there. Those areas are dark. I did not feel comfortable. Hold on. You felt more comfortable here, okay? Coming here was not the problem. The problem is when you refused to get out of the car. When we got here and you stepped out of the car, I can promise you this would have been over by now. Lieutenant, what happened? Why wouldn't you comply? I looked out the mirror and I saw guns drawn. I put my hands out. We told you. We identified ourselves. We told you to step out of the vehicle. All you had to do was comply. And we would have been done by now, okay? The officers searched the lieutenant's truck only to discover it was spotless. Realizing their blunder, they swiftly switched to damage control mode. All right, how's your eyes doing, Lieutenant? Better. We can either sit here with you until you get your eyes back, where you can see, and I mean at a good distance, you're safe to drive, okay? Go do your deployment. Go continue serving my country, which I respect and I thank you for, okay? Or we can push the issue, write you tickets for no license plate displayed and for obstructing justice. I don't think we need to go that route because that route makes the Army get involved and I know how they are. But if you plan on making a career or even six years or whatever, it's up to you, I don't care. There's no need to get this on your record. I do have a good rapport with my command, so I wouldn't feel right not talking to them about it. The officer's strategy backfired when the lieutenant promptly sued, winning $3,685 in damages. However, he soon appealed the decision in court. In the next case, the sheriff and sergeant nearly clashed, each threatening to arrest the other. You get on my traffic stop again, I will arrest you. Yeah, I'll arrest you. Do it, buddy. And we're going to do it. Do it. Do it at. On June 24, 2022, Sergeant James from the Hiawassee Police pulled over a car for reckless driving in Hiawassee, Georgia. Telling yourself, what's your hurry? You're very recklessly from the city all the way here, man, in and out of traffic, not using a turn signal. Man, I watched you. It took me this long to catch up to you. I'm sorry. You were 70 plus. I didn't think I was up for that. I checked you at 65. I'm sorry. What's your hurry? I just, I got to get my medication. You going to drive, try to kill people over medication? No, well, it helps with my anxiety. If that car in front of you would have slammed on brakes, you would have caused a wreck right here. Hang tight. Sergeant James handed the driver a traffic citation and just then a Towns County Sheriff strolled over and started grilling the driver with his own questions. What unfolded next was pretty entertaining to watch. All right, watch coming through town like that, man. Traffic's heavy, okay? All right, be careful. Sir, got a question. At what point? Come on, man. Inside the city or out here? Just right here. Go pull the video at Valero. You get on my traffic stop again, I will arrest you. Yeah, I'll arrest you right now. Do it, buddy. Do it. Do that. Do it, Ode. Do it. There's cameras at Valero and there's cameras at Napa that see you pulled out. Shut your mouth. You don't talk to me like that. I'm not your boy. I can't talk to you. You're a boy. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Iowa City Police and the Sheriff's Department are clashing over jurisdiction with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Towns County District Attorney now in the mix. It's still unclear if these agencies have officially begun their own investigations. The next case was a high-stakes showdown between tribal police and jail officials, each vying for control of a suspect. Are you somebody with little... On December 18, 2023, officers from the Lighthouse Police Department, a tribal unit, raided Ooley County Jail to serve an arrest warrant on a non-native man they'd previously detained. The operation faced fierce resistance. I'm not taking him with me. You guys are taking him? I'm not taking him. County Central, do not roll my pre-book into Southern Court door. We can stay here all day. That's what we're going to do until you take him out of my building. I'm not taking him. You're the one committing... No, I'm not, sir. I have not accepted him at my facility yet. Tribal law enforcement officers usually handle cases involving tribal members, but the suspect they were after was non-native, which placed him outside their jurisdiction. The Sheriff's Office held the authority here. Yet the tribal officers continued their pursuit with determination. He's not in my custody. Open this. What is happening here? What is going on here? As the tribal officers pressed on to break in, jail staff stepped in, sparking a heated and chaotic standoff. Are you somebody with little... You step... You step... You're going to put your hands on him? Don't put your hands on me. Put your hands on the captain. Don't. Come on. Out of my building, gentlemen. You're going to go with us, not Roman. See, he keeps putting his hands on him. Why don't you put your hands on me? That's all my deal. You put your hands on me first. I'm not allowed to. Your ass is going too. They're refusing to take him. We don't recognize that he already exists. That's not an option. It's the state of Oklahoma. That's not an option. It is their director saying it's not an option. The director of Cleve? Yeah. The tribal officers were forced to retreat from the prison, but soon after, arrest warrants were issued for the prison staff on charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer. The next case was a wild clash of egos that nearly spiraled into chaos. You're not going to talk about Chief like that, sir. That's not going to happen. You can get the f*** out of my face. I don't give a f*** who you are. On January 30th, 2024, a Lexington police officer clocked a speeding car and pulled it over, but when he got closer, he was taken aback by the driver he was about to confront. Hello. I'm going to SWAT call out. Okay, sir. This is Podio. Could you do an E5 and a 55? I was going to SWAT call out. Going where? SWAT call out, right over here. I didn't know we had one. We have an armed guy barricaded in the house. Used to be a police officer. Where at? Right down here on... Here in Lexington? Yeah. We have an armed person, but we don't know about him. I'll call my chief and let him know. Cleveland County Sheriff Chris Amason was caught speeding en route to a SWAT call. To his surprise, the Lexington Police Department had no clue about the emergency. When Amason called his chief for answers, the confusion only grew. Within minutes, he and Lexington Police Chief Ronnie Johnson arrived at the standoff. Johnson, clearly frustrated by the lack of communication, made his displeasure known. Captain Hogg. Yeah. First Command. Excuse me, sir. What's going on here? Do you realize that I'd like to know what's going on in my own damn city? We would have notified you, sir. We would have? Yeah. Hold on. I've been down there at the PD. Hold on. Okay. According to the call, it says Lexington was notified then refused to respond because of the phone call. Sit down here, guys. Okay, I don't know who the *** said that. First of all, sir, I know you're the chief. I'm just telling you the whole truth. I don't appreciate all of this going on and nobody notified me. That's fine. I don't care. With tensions soaring from the standoff, the Cleveland County deputies began to retreat. But the Lexington cop with the body camera wasn't done yet. I'm sorry, what's your name? Sir. I am too. You're not going to talk about chief like that, sir. No, that's not going to happen. You can get the *** out of my face. I don't give a *** who you are. Okay? This is my county, too. Back up. You don't. What the *** is going on? According to the call, Lexington PD was notified. Chill out. Back up. Everything's going to be okay. But you need to back up. You can back up. Negative. We're not going to be disrespectful here. Sheriff, you need to back up out of my face, sir. You have no authority. You're not going to tell me what to do, mother ***. You're not going to get in my sheriff's face. Just like you told me. Get your hands off me, man. Pull him back. He's in the sheriff's face. He's getting ready to go to jail. Stop. He's getting ready to go to jail. Stop. Oh, yeah. Perfectly clear. Don't do anything. Perfectly clear. Let's go. Come on. Chief Johnson intervened to pull his officer away while Sheriff Amerson ordered them to leave. The tension didn't escalate, but it's clear both agencies have some underlying problems. The last case, a NJ cop slams his own police chief onto car hood after he showed up drunk at a crash scene. On November 9th, 2023, the Bradley Beach police chief Leonard Guida showed up unexpectedly to a traffic accident on Main Street where the driver was later charged with DWI. I am not the police, okay? I came here with the ambulance. I want to make sure you're okay. The chief was not in uniform and dressed casually, and the sergeant, William Major, said he was drunk again, according to the report. The police chief tried to take the sergeant Major away from the scene to criticize him for wearing a jacket with peeling police lettering. In the footage, the chief is heard saying, why do you got a jacket on that's not fit to be worn? Why do you got a jacket on that's not fit to be worn? What's on the back of it? What do you mean? Tell me what's on the back of it. Oh, it's washed off. Yeah, then get rid of it. Okay. Okay, chief. Let me work this DWI, okay? Chief, I'm on a DWI. Over here. Chief, I'm on a DWI. Get over here. I'm on a DWI. The chief and sergeant ended up on the hood of a patrol car during the altercation. Chief, I'm working. I don't have time to argue about a jacket, okay? Don't you touch me. Don't you ******* touch me. You got a problem? You grabbed me. Now get out of here. Before you get a problem. Take him out. No, you're going to go in. Take him out. He's drunk again. Who's keys are these? They're mine. Get out of here. No. Chief, get out of here or you're going to get locked up. Chief, you're going to get locked up. What the ****? You grabbed me. I asked you three times to leave me alone. You're obstructing my DWI. Hey, Billy, come over here. Let him go. That's the first thing. Take this away from everybody. Shut up because you're in trouble now. No, I'm not in trouble. Stop, stop, stop. You're going to be in trouble. Stop, stop, Billy. I'm working on DWI. I'm listening to you. Okay. Shut up. You're in trouble because this is the first thing. First of all, I was about to say to you, you stupid. I was about to say to you, what do you need OEM for? You're embarrassing me in front of the men about the jacket. No, no, no. That's neither here nor there. Okay. That's neither here nor there. Now we've got a real ******* problem, Billy. Yeah, we do. I know. We do. You're going to have to go inside. No, how about we do this? No, no, no, no. Billy, you're going to have to go inside right now with me. You're going to have to go inside. We're in a serious collision. Billy, you're not doing anything when I'm on the scene, okay? You should know better than this, my friend. No. Grab me. No, I said come over here. You're out of line. Billy, Billy. I'm not going to argue with you. I have a crash to work. Billy, Billy. I have a job to do. Billy, you're relieved. The chief is heard telling Sergeant Major he's relieving him of his duties, saying, you're suspended. Billy, you're relieved. Okay. You're relieved. I'm going home. No, no, no, no. Billy, you have to understand something. You're relieved. Billy, you're relieved. Go in the headquarters and wait for me. Yes, I might crash. No, no, Billy. You're relieved. I have officers here. Billy. Right here. They could get waffled because my car is blocking it. Billy, you're relieved. No, chief. No, Billy. Please, Billy. You're suspended, Billy. I'm suspended? Yes. Okay. I'm suspended. I'm going home. Yes. Billy, come here. I'm going home. We can't talk. I'm suspended. No, no, no. I'm suspended. I'm going home. You're going to the headquarters and you're going to wait for me there. No, I'm not. I'm suspended. I'm going home. You're going to the headquarters and you're going to wait for me there. Let me work my crash. No, no, no. This is why I'm here. Billy, you're suspended. All right. If I'm suspended, then I'm not going to wait inside. Nothing more. No, no, no, Billy. You have to. Let me. Thank you. Billy, you're suspended. Okay. All right. Billy. Yes. Right here. Okay. Wait for me in there. That's an order. Can you do me a favor? Can you put your car where my car is so our officers and first aid don't run over the police? Yes, I got you. Thank you. Billy, you're suspended. You see what happened there? Yes, Chief. What happened? There was some type of exchange between you and Sergeant Major. We're going to talk about that later. Everybody's got that. Billy's really suspended. You already got this. What do you got here? What do you have? We're trying to figure that out, Chief. Go on, Billy. I'll meet you in there. Yes, you're going to meet me in there. Go on. There's nowhere to put her. She's going to ruin things. Okay. We'll leave her in there, Billy. Go on. No. I got people on the road. I want to make sure they're safe. I don't want to run you over. So watch out. No, no, no. Come on. Go ahead. You know I love you. Come on. I love you. Don't do such a thing. Sergeant Major was later allowed to resume his full job responsibilities. After the Monmouth County Prosecutor Office's investigation, Guida was placed on paid administrative leave. His position as Chief pays a salary of $202,500, according to state pension records.