A Bad Shoplifting Plan Turned Into an Even Worse Day

[00:00:01]So, we've got an entitled customer making her day 10 times worse after refusing to leave from body cam.

[00:00:10]Let's check it out.

[00:00:12]>> Hey, I don't know what's going on. I just purchased these.

[00:00:15]>> Okay, hold on.

[00:00:15]>> Listen to me, sir. No, it's not okay because I don't like it and it's going wrong going left.

[00:00:22]These people just stole me this.

[00:00:25]He said I'm I'm in here.

[00:00:28]I ain't supposed to be here. I'm at work.

[00:00:31]My >> Test, test, test.

[00:00:33]At the apartments?

[00:00:34]>> Yes.

[00:00:35]>> Okay.

[00:00:35]>> I come here every Tuesday and Thursday.

[00:00:37]I've never stolen nothing. I've never taken nothing. They came here and he came back here and said something to me and I told him I said, "No, I ain't never took nothing. I ain't never done nothing."

[00:00:45]>> Okay.

[00:00:46]>> He said, "Well, we want you out here right now." I said, "Why would you want me out here right now and I'm on I'm purchasing my food. I ain't done nothing wrong.

[00:00:53]No.

[00:00:54]>> Do you have a driver's license on you?

[00:00:56]An ID on >> I don't have nothing on me.

[00:00:57]>> Can I have your name real quick?

[00:00:58]>> My name is Shania Smothers.

[00:01:00]>> Hold >> See, and I don't even like this.

[00:01:03]>> Okay.

[00:01:03]>> Well, I just got to ask you a couple of questions. I'm not >> I'm talking to. Can you spell your last name for me?

[00:01:07]>> S M O T H E R >> S O M >> S M O >> S S spell it. M O >> T H E R S >> T H E R S >> Yes.

[00:01:16]>> Smothers. What's your middle initial?

[00:01:18]>> L >> Pardon?

[00:01:18]>> L and your first name?

[00:01:20]>> Shania. S H Y >> S H Y >> N I E A. I have a card in >> N I E A E A N I E A >> Yes. I don't know what's going on.

[00:01:30]>> Why?

[00:01:30]>> Okay.

[00:01:31]>> know Ms. Smothers. Ms. Smothers.

[00:01:32]>> What they probably know is >> Just calm down for a second, okay?

[00:01:34]>> No, I can't calm down with I'm being attacked.

[00:01:36]>> Okay, listen. Listen.

[00:01:37]>> No, no, no, no.

[00:01:39]>> What's your date of birth?

[00:01:39]>> Look at you.

[00:01:40]You're here for me.

[00:01:41]>> I am and I got to get your information.

[00:01:43]>> You're here for me.

[00:01:43]>> I got to >> And I ain't done nothing.

[00:01:45]>> Listen.

[00:01:45]I need you to calm down.

[00:01:47]>> I can't calm down.

[00:01:48]>> Ms. Ms. Smothers.

[00:01:51]Okay.

[00:01:54]Okay.

[00:01:55]You want to You want to Did you pay for this?

[00:01:58]>> I don't know.

[00:01:58]>> We don't know. Do you have Do you have a receipt?

[00:02:00]>> Nope. Let's go.

[00:02:01]>> Okay. I'll show you that I paid for. I had a link card.

[00:02:04]>> Do you have a link card? Well, do you have a receipt?

[00:02:05]>> I have money.

[00:02:06]And they came up to me before I could pay for anything. They didn't >> Okay. So, did you >> They came [ __ ] with me to bother me.

[00:02:12]>> Listen. All I'm asking you is did you pay for it?

[00:02:15]>> I didn't even walk out no door.

[00:02:17]>> Okay. Do you want to Do you want to >> I don't want nothing no more.

[00:02:20]>> You don't want anything anymore? Okay.

[00:02:21]Come on over Come on Come on over here with me.

[00:02:23]>> What do you got on?

[00:02:24]>> Okay. Come on over here with me.

[00:02:29]>> I want nothing no more. I want nothing no more.

[00:02:32]Cuz I already stole it. And now I get caught. And now I'm getting it like everybody's like, "God, [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] she caught it." She She stole [ __ ] She stole [ __ ] But I I I didn't want to get caught.

[00:02:43]And now I'm caught and I'm trying to be like entitled like like make it seem like I'm being persecuted. So, that way you'll be like, "Oh, come on. Come on.

[00:02:52]Let's just Let's just let her go."

[00:02:56]>> [laughter] >> That wouldn't be happening if you're weren't on this.

[00:03:01]>> No, you don't even got to talk to me now.

[00:03:02]>> No, it doesn't work like that, okay?

[00:03:04]>> It does.

[00:03:04]>> No, it don't. No, it don't.

[00:03:07]Ma'am.

[00:03:07]>> He asked me to leave.

[00:03:09]>> And I'm And I'm escorting you out, okay?

[00:03:11]>> You can escort me out, but you don't have >> What's your date of birth, miss?

[00:03:14]>> You don't have to give me anything from >> What's your date of birth? I have to identify >> No transaction transpired.

[00:03:19]>> Okay, listen.

[00:03:20]>> Hey. Hey, I'm still on the >> Okay. Can you Can you >> Nope. Nope. Nope.

[00:03:23]>> Can you walk out here with me so we don't cause more of a disturbance?

[00:03:26]>> He already caused a dis >> Okay, but you're the one yelling.

[00:03:28]>> [laughter] >> So, would you like to walk out with me?

[00:03:30]>> He bothered me. I didn't bother him.

[00:03:31]>> Okay. I'm asking >> He bothering me. I didn't bother him.

[00:03:34]Cuz I have been falsely accused.

[00:03:36]>> He did He bothering me. I didn't bother him. Except for the [ __ ] you stole from the store. I mean, except for that, you're right. He didn't You didn't bother him at all.

[00:03:46]But But except for the [ __ ] you were stealing.

[00:03:49]Okay, I'm going to ask you one One time, okay? I'm going to ask you one more time to exit the store.

[00:03:54]>> I'm going to exit the store.

[00:03:55]>> Okay, come on.

[00:03:55]>> I'm going to exit the store.

[00:03:56]>> Okay, let's go.

[00:03:58]I'm going to ask you one more time.

[00:04:01]If you don't leave, you're going to be banned from the store, okay?

[00:04:04]Okay, come on.

[00:04:06]Now, can you give me your date of birth?

[00:04:07]>> I know.

[00:04:09]>> No. Failure to Ma'am, failure to identify is still a crime.

[00:04:16]It's obstruction of justice.

[00:04:19]Ma'am, listen.

[00:04:20]>> I'm dying.

[00:04:20]>> All right.

[00:04:21]>> Sir, I'm dying.

[00:04:21]>> Stop almost dying.

[00:04:22]>> Please don't arrest me.

[00:04:23]>> If you don't stop, I'm going to put you in handcuffs.

[00:04:25]>> I ain't in I'm not >> So, I'm going to explain how this works.

[00:04:27]I don't care.

[00:04:28]>> It don't matter if you're alive. That doesn't It's not a shield against going to jail.

[00:04:34]It just means people are going to get to watch your stupidity as you get knocked off your high horse.

[00:04:42]>> You're recording it. I'm recording it.

[00:04:45]So, there Here's how this goes.

[00:04:47]Are you going to listen to me? Will you listen to So, there there Will you listen to me?

[00:04:54]No, you're wrong.

[00:04:56]Stop.

[00:04:58]Stop walking so I can explain to you, okay?

[00:05:03]Because you're you're not listening to me.

[00:05:08]If you don't stop, I'm going to put YOU IN HANDCUFFS.

[00:05:13]I'M SORRY.

[00:05:16]>> NO, CUZ YOU TRIED TO STEAL [ __ ] CUZ you tried to steal [ __ ] And cuz now you're making a scene. Cuz you're refusing to calm down. You're refusing to do anything cuz you knew you were in the wrong. And you think if you yell loud enough, you yell long enough, the cops are just going to walk away.

[00:05:36]Again, I ain't feeling like that's going to happen right now.

[00:05:42]>> You being black has nothing to do I'm not going to argue with you because from a multi-racial family. You don't know NOTHING ABOUT THAT.

[00:05:56]LISTEN TO ME. YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME NOTHING.

[00:05:58]IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO listen to me, I'm going to put you in handcuffs.

[00:06:01]And then I'm going to identify you that way.

[00:06:04]We're not saying that. We got court here.

[00:06:08]Listen. All right. You're going in handcuffs.

[00:06:12]You're going in handcuffs.

[00:06:13]You're resisting.

[00:06:15]Stop resisting.

[00:06:17]>> She says then she's holding the phone still in front of her face and pulling her arm away from the cops. Completely resisting the arrest that they're trying to put her under as she says, "I ain't resisting. I ain't resisting." Showing active resistance.

[00:06:41]>> Put your hands behind your back.

[00:06:44]>> Not no more.

[00:06:48]Come on.

[00:06:52]>> Arresting you.

[00:06:53]>> Please stop.

[00:06:56]>> You're going to be detained cuz you're not listening.

[00:07:02]>> You are being >> This is detainment.

[00:07:03]>> Please stop.

[00:07:05]>> That's exactly what's going on.

[00:07:08]>> Thank you.

[00:07:09]>> No.

[00:07:15]Calm down. He's got to double-check your cuffs.

[00:07:18]MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOUBLE-LOCKED.

[00:07:27]>> I LIKE THIS COP BACK HERE JUST LIKE chewing his gum, taking his time. He's like lock this.

[00:07:34]Check this here. Like Huh.

[00:07:39]Think that gum is is getting a little bit stale. Maybe I need a new one. Pop a new one in. Take this time.

[00:07:45]Lock another one.

[00:07:48]Check and see how they locked. Double locked.

[00:07:54]All right, let's let her.

[00:08:01]No.

[00:08:02]No, no, no. Wrong wrong word. It wasn't accosted. It's arrested.

[00:08:10]Please walk with them.

[00:08:12]Please walk with them.

[00:08:16]Wow.

[00:08:19]No.

[00:08:24]God going to see you dragging. God don't like ugly.

[00:08:28]You did.

[00:08:30]You're not listening to me.

[00:08:33]Come on, sweetheart. Please get up so we can put you in the car.

[00:08:40]Sit up on your butt for us.

[00:08:45]Please sit up for me.

[00:08:47]Bring your knees in for me.

[00:08:50]All right. We're going to just lift you up real quick before we get in.

[00:08:57]They found 3,587 more chicken wings hidden on her person that day.

[00:09:05]She was sent away for felony chicken theft.

[00:09:21]No, you chose this route. But you're obstructing us and preventing us from doing our job.

[00:09:32]It's all right. It's all right ahead.

[00:09:34]There you go. Right ahead.

[00:09:37]I'm sure she'll be like, "Oh, [ __ ] Not this [ __ ] again."

[00:09:41]Oh, [ __ ] Not this [ __ ] Why this [ __ ] calling again? Oh, man. Not this [ __ ] Here's your uh Here's the form.

[00:10:01]I'll go get their information.

[00:10:04]Sorry about that.

[00:10:06]>> So, all we were trying to do was identify her so we could give her the proper trespass.

[00:10:10]>> She wanted to obstruct. So, she wanted to obstruct.

[00:10:15]It's better than abstracting.

[00:10:26]Cop's like, "Listen, if anybody [ __ ] send them my way.

[00:10:30]Tell them I said [ __ ] off."

[00:10:33]Now, I'll get out of Lake 100%.

[00:10:38]They do got them. And tell them to [ __ ] the [ __ ] right off. Yeah, [ __ ] suckers.

[00:10:51]That's hilarious.

[00:10:54]Dude, he didn't have a chance to do [ __ ] Okay.

[00:11:28]Yeah.

[00:11:30]Scared the [ __ ] out.

[00:11:31]>> So, she made physical contact with some of your employees?

[00:11:34]>> Supposedly over in the deli. I haven't been able to verify it.

[00:11:37]>> Okay. Uh do you >> even had a chance to verify it yet.

[00:11:40]>> that we could review on the Do they want to press charges for battery or do they just want her gone?

[00:11:45]>> She's going to get charged anyway. I got charged her out.

[00:11:50]>> The only reason I ask on the battery is cuz we then we just got to get some more people's information. Not a big deal.

[00:11:56]>> I mean >> Um okay.

[00:11:57]Sometimes people don't want to go to court and I understand >> Yeah.

[00:12:01]>> She would have caught an obstructing charge with us if she would have just given us her name.

[00:12:06]>> Right.

[00:12:07]Or she had just been cool.

[00:12:09]>> Which I she obviously is intoxicated as well and >> I I >> I smell it at least.

[00:12:14]>> Yeah. I at least smell it. I don't know how Hello.

[00:12:22]Yeah. I guess did you have a situation with the young lady here in black?

[00:12:27]>> to bring you back to look at >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:12:30]>> Um yes.

[00:12:35]And was mad with another worker about Styrofoam plates. We don't have any.

[00:12:41]>> Okay.

[00:12:42]>> But they've been out for over 3 hours.

[00:12:44]So, when she got here they already weren't there.

[00:12:46]>> All right.

[00:12:47]>> She was mad saying that the girl one she was mad at went back there and started talking about her.

[00:12:54]But she went back there to tell everybody else we don't have any plates.

[00:12:57]So, when I heard she was cussing, I came around and she was in my face talking to like saying [ __ ] you, you [ __ ] up, and I'm calling for you, all that.

[00:13:08]And so I told her >> They're not saying the girl's name.

[00:13:12]>> And she got in my face and said, "No, I got the last one. You remember I got the last one."

[00:13:17]I said, "Okay, whatever, you know."

[00:13:20]I know she didn't so I'm not going to argue. And when she got in my face >> Whatever. Yeah, right. Whatever. Who cares who I the last one?

[00:13:26]>> And that's when she like shoved me and she she didn't do it hard, but she don't touch me.

[00:13:31]>> Did she kind of do like this or >> like a Well, you don't know.

[00:13:35]>> Okay.

[00:13:36]>> It wasn't like a attack, but it was don't touch me, please.

[00:13:39]>> Okay.

[00:13:39]>> And >> Right.

[00:13:40]>> So, that's when she kept getting more mad and I could tell it wasn't going to like get fixed and I kept telling her it's all well and she goes, "I'm fine, but you're not."

[00:13:49]and just kept saying stuff like that.

[00:13:51]And she kept coming back and just standing there.

[00:13:53]>> Okay.

[00:13:54]>> So, I told I I wasn't I said she got even more mad and then started doing that all over my face again.

[00:14:02]I said, "Ma'am." And she thought he said, "Dude."

[00:14:04]So, she went Really Yeah, and then that's when they told me to just walk away and I stayed away since then.

[00:14:09]>> When she did How many times did she make contact with you? Just once?

[00:14:13]>> She like She would like did that sometimes, but I don't I don't like care about that. It was just a little shove that was like I'm already nervous, so >> Okay. Um were you injured in any way?

[00:14:23]>> No.

[00:14:24]>> No. Were you in fear like you did she was going to like slap you or or punch you or anything like that?

[00:14:28]>> Um I was a little scared she was going to come at me, yes.

[00:14:30]>> Yeah.

[00:14:31]>> Okay.

[00:14:32]>> Minus the It's just that she was so close to me and doing that that I could tell she was comfortable and she's like, "Oh, if you would have met old me, you you would have this and that." and trying to scare me.

[00:14:45]>> Okay.

[00:14:45]>> And she's like she said, "You should You can That's the girl who used to work here.

[00:14:49]>> Okay.

[00:14:50]>> And I'm like, "I don't I get I I told her I said, 'I get it you're tough. I'm not messing with you. I just want to make sure everything's good.'"

[00:14:56]>> But >> So, we got I got a couple charges on her anyway. We just wanted to make sure that there was no that physical like a battery. It wasn't like you got or you know, you're getting ready to get battered or anything like that. It was just more of like, "Hey, I mean, if she felt like Okay. Uh I talked to her. It's more of like, "You can't tell me what to do." Okay.

[00:15:17]So, she's good with not pressing charges. Perfect.

[00:15:20]Well, then yeah, that makes it way easier. We don't have to worry about the the video for that cuz we're the body camera so >> Yep.

[00:15:41]Nice.

[00:15:42]>> All right, I talked to her so I got your information.

[00:15:45]We're going to take her to the station.

[00:15:47]>> Obstruction resisting.

[00:15:50]>> If you see this passenger here, she come back you see her you know notify us.

[00:15:53]We'll come back and arrest her. Does she want to press charges?

[00:15:56]>> No.

[00:15:56]>> So I'm not worried about the video.

[00:15:57]>> No.

[00:15:57]>> No.

[00:15:59]>> Apparently this from her story she says she works over there at the Weber apartments. So just keep an eye out she might be here frequently or try to be here more frequently.

[00:16:08]>> [laughter] >> All right, no problem.

[00:16:10]>> The woman was arrested and charged with trespassing and resisting arrest. Drop your opinion in the comments and hit like and sub Honestly, you got to love that for because she acted a fool and then on top of it she had to try to throw down that whole God don't like ugly God don't like ugly.

[00:16:29]Exactly, God don't like ugly. If you're that much of a Christian then you should know God don't like ugly.

[00:16:35]According to your own words. You're the one who's being ugly. Acting that way.

[00:16:41]Screaming, hollering.

[00:16:43]Saying these people are costing you when they're just trying to talk to you about what's going on.

[00:16:48]They're trying to get your side of the story to get you trespassed from the place. Yes.

[00:16:54]But the more you scream and holler that's where the ugly coming out lady.

[00:17:00]Sorry, you cooked.

[00:17:33]>> Mhm.