Karen’s Lies Meet a Bodycam Reality Check

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]Tell me what's your name is.

[00:00:02]You [ __ ] I DON'T [screaming] KNOW. YOU ANSWER ME, GODDAMMIT. YOU ANSWER ME.

[00:00:08]YOU ANSWER ME.

[00:00:08]>> [screaming] >> YOU ANSWER ME, YOU [ __ ] SON OF A [ __ ] YOU >> [screaming] >> ANSWER ME.

[00:00:14]YOU [ __ ] LET ME OUT.

[00:00:16]ON APRIL 19TH in 2024 at a US apartment complex, a heavily intoxicated woman completely lost control after police refused to let her walk away during a domestic disturbance investigation.

[00:00:28]Where do you live at? I don't live anywhere. You don't live anywhere?

[00:00:31]>> I am staying with a person over here and I want to leave. How did it happen? I was thrown down. You was thrown down?

[00:00:38]Yes.

[00:00:39]>> How were you thrown down? What do you mean how was I thrown down?

[00:00:42]>> how did it happen? Why are you here? We got a call about a verbal disturbance going on. Okay. Yeah, we're trying to >> As far as what? So, I'm being abused, but yet I'm going to get taken away.

[00:00:53]Classic body cam logic. The victim is usually the first one trying to leave before cops finish the investigation.

[00:00:59]We're not saying you're being taken away. We're trying to find out what happened.

[00:01:02]>> May I leave the premises? No. May I leave the premises?

[00:01:06]>> No. No, no, no.

[00:01:07]>> Really? Yeah. Well, right now we're in the middle of because we're in the middle >> Why?

[00:01:10]We're in the right in the middle of an investigation. Investigation of what?

[00:01:14]>> Okay. Is this is is is this just some kind of freaking show? No, that's not what we're saying, okay? Let me leave the premises.

[00:01:22]>> No, ma'am. No, no, no. No, ma'am. Oh.

[00:01:25]>> out. How about you come lean on your car real quick, okay? No. Cuz you're you're falling over. I am? Really? Yes. Where's your um where's your freaking camera?

[00:01:34]Camera's right here. Yo, really? Yes.

[00:01:36]Where's your camera, yo? Yo, it's right here. Really?

[00:01:39]>> Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Back up. No. Back up.

[00:01:42]>> I'm freaking done with this crap.

[00:01:44]>> Officers now believed she was too intoxicated to leave safely, giving them legal grounds to detain her. Just leave me alone. Let me go home. No, ma'am.

[00:01:53]Okay, we're trying [laughter] to Ma'am, you've got a severely cut up hand, okay? You're bleeding everywhere.

[00:01:57]Bleeding? Why? Ma'am, why? Why do I have a severely cut up hand? Why? That's what we're trying to find out.

[00:02:04]>> Yeah. Maybe it's because of them. Okay, let me see your Ma'am, you're being detained at this time.

[00:02:11]And this is where many Americans get confused. Temporary detention is not the same thing as an arrest. I don't know.

[00:02:17]Detained of what? Stay right here. Okay?

[00:02:20]I'm not playing any games with you today. I'm not playing games with you today.

[00:02:23]>> games with anybody. Okay. You need to calm down, all right? No. We're trying to help you out, but No, YOU'RE NOT HELPING ME OUT. Give me my student ID.

[00:02:32]You want to get your backpack off first?

[00:02:33]Yeah. Then go ahead, get my backpack off. All right. Go ahead.

[00:02:37]Go ahead.

[00:02:39]Ma'am. I didn't think there so much.

[00:02:42]Why am I being stopped? Stop. Stop. STOP IT. WHY AM I BEING Stop it. You got to stop. Stop. You stop. The second officers tried to detain her, the entire stop escalated fast. Give me my rights.

[00:02:54]We're currently hands-on with female GIVE ME MY RIGHTS. GIVE ME my rights.

[00:02:59]You want me to read you your rights, ma'am? Yes. Okay.

[00:03:01]Okay. Okay, now I'll read them TO YOU.

[00:03:03]YES, GO [screaming] AHEAD, YOU [ __ ] MA'AM.

[00:03:06]STOP RESISTING. Stop resisting. Stop resisting. No. Stop resisting. You're going to catch a charge if you keep resisting, that's okay? You know what?

[00:03:16]You didn't read me my rights. I'm going to read YOU YOUR RIGHTS.

[00:03:19]>> NO. YOU DIDN'T READ ME MY RIGHTS. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. Now I know how to run. You do? You know? You know how to run? Yeah, I do. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. You can put her in cuffs or you The second an officer says that the conversation phase is officially over. That's why I thought I was GOING TO WATCH YOU GET AWAY.

[00:03:36]>> [screaming] >> COME ON. YOU WANT TO GO THAT DIRECTION.

[00:03:41]THAT DIRECTION. LET'S GO.

[00:03:42]>> That direction. Have a seat. Have a seat? Have a seat.

[00:03:46]>> Am I a dog? Am I a dog? Have a seat, ma'am. Am I a dog? I'm in now. I'm coming in. They're coming out. Now in cuffs, she kept resisting and every threat was making things worse. Yeah.

[00:03:58]Mistake. Body cam, yo. BODY CAM. PUBLIC INTOXICATION, YO. Unfortunately for her, screaming about body cams while fighting officers is basically evidence in 4K. Guess what?

[00:04:13]Guess what? You're freaking sued. You're freaking sued. You're freaking sued.

[00:04:21]And guess what? YOU'RE FREAKING SUED.

[00:04:24]YOU'RE FREAKING SUED. I hear everything that you're [ __ ] saying. Just so you [ __ ] know. Yeah. Guess what? I've got my body cam on, yo. Guess what? I've got my body cam on.

[00:04:37]>> Where's your Why are you freaking putting me in handcuffs? Why? I want to freaking know. I want to freaking HAVE THAT FREAKING WHY? [screaming] HEY.

[00:04:47]WHY ARE YOU PUTTING ME IN HANDCUFFS? Is it Is it his word against his? Because you're fighting us, ma'am. Really? We tried to talk to you, but you wouldn't you. NO. WHY ARE YOU PUTTING ME IN HANDCUFFS? IS IT HIS WORD against his?

[00:05:00]Inside the patrol car, her behavior suddenly shifted from angry to emotional. We're going to take you out for a second, okay? I'm just going to make sure you don't have nothing on you.

[00:05:08]You're not going to kick. You're not going to act a fool.

[00:05:10]>> No, sir. All right. Okay. All right.

[00:05:12]Well, I appreciate that, Julie. All right? Okay. You got the seat belt around your leg. What are you May I um Okay. You got the seat belt around you.

[00:05:18]I can't get you out. You got to move the seat belt.

[00:05:20]>> Okay.

[00:05:20]Um You got to wiggle yourself out. I can pull you out this way. I'm not going to do anything. It's It's okay. I'm trying to get the seat belt off you.

[00:05:27]>> May I go home and go to sleep? We can figure all that out in a second. Here.

[00:05:30]Try to get this off you, all right?

[00:05:32]>> No, I don't I'm not saying you're a bad person. I'm not. Here. Come on. I have addictions. For about 30 seconds, the chaos stopped and reality finally slipped out. That's okay. Here. Lift your leg up and wrap it around.

[00:05:44]>> Can I May I um call my psychiatrist?

[00:05:48]Lift your leg up and wrap it around so I can get you out. There you go.

[00:05:51]>> May I go, may I please?

[00:05:53]It hurts. That's okay. I want to go home. I want to go home. I want to go home.

[00:05:57]I want to go home and I want to go to sleep. A few seconds later, the situation completely exploded. I want to go home. All right. Go ahead and swing your legs in. Go ahead and swing your legs in. I won't let your head Go ahead.

[00:06:09]I want to go home.

[00:06:11]Put your legs in. It's not her. TELL ME WHAT YOUR NAME [screaming] IS.

[00:06:15]You [ __ ] I DON'T KNOW.

[00:06:17]YOU ANSWER ME, GOD DAMN IT. YOU ANSWER ME.

[00:06:21]ANSWER ME.

[00:06:22]>> [screaming] >> YOU ANSWER ME, YOU [ __ ] SON OF A [ __ ] YOU ANSWER ME.

[00:06:27]YOU [ __ ] LET ME OUT.

[00:06:29]>> [screaming] >> I [ __ ] RUN.

[00:06:32]WHAT AM I BEING CHARGED WITH, YOU GOD damn son of a [ __ ] By now, officers were dealing with way more than just public intoxication. NO, I'M GOING TO [ __ ] KILL MYSELF. BECAUSE YOU [ __ ] DON'T CARE.

[00:06:46]BECAUSE YOU [ __ ] LET ME GO OUT. [screaming] >> OKAY. NO, NO, NO.

[00:06:52]YOU LET ME GO OUT.

[00:06:55]YOU LET ME OH, [ __ ] YOU. STOP THINKING. Stop thinking.

[00:07:00]No, you let me out. You let me out. No, you let me out. Because I'm not a bad person. You're not a bad person. You're not a bad person. This man right here, no. Don't do that.

[00:07:15]She threatened lawsuits, fought officers on camera, and turned one intoxication call into multiple criminal charges.

[00:07:22]Proof that alcohol and ego make a terrible legal team.