On Thursday December 16, 2021 I, TFC A. Aponte-Gotay was patrolling the area of GA-13 southbound and Sidney Marcus Blvd when I visually observed the driver of a silver Honda Civic (GA Tag CNM4872) holding a cell phone in his right hand looking down while driving. I activated my emergency equipment and initiated a traffic stop. The driver of the vehicle changed lanes into the gore area and accelerated initiating a pursuit. I notified the GSP Troop C radio room of the pursuit immediately. At the end of the gore area the driver cut across the right lane of travel and continued to drive at a high rate of speed down the right shoulder past heavy traffic. Upon coming up to the Piedmont Rd entrance ramp the driver made an improper lane change into the entrance ramp lane, continued down that lane before entering the right shoulder again after the Armour Dr exit. Again the driver changed lanes into the entrance ramp lane from Armour Dr to GA-13 southbound and cut across to the right shoulder continuing to drive recklessly. As the driver approached the exit for I-85 southbound he struck the right concrete wall then struck a white van in the left lane of travel. The driver continued fleeing southbound on GA-13 at a high rate of speed changing lanes erratically as traffic cleared. There were no other patrol units in the area to attempt to set up stop sticks or attempt to box the vehicle in. I positioned my patrol vehicle to the left of the fleeing vehicle to perform a P.I.T maneuver and backed away due to upcoming traffic that was slowing down as we approached. As we passed the slowed/stopped vehicles I again positioned my patrol vehicle to the left of the fleeing vehicle to perform a P.I.T maneuver and again backed away due to upcoming traffic. Again as we passed the slowed/stopped vehicles I positioned my patrol vehicle to the left of the fleeing vehicle and performed a successful P.I.T maneuver. The left side of the vehicle struck the left concrete wall, then traveled across both lanes while spinning clockwise and struck the right concrete wall with the left rear of the vehicle before continuing to spin clockwise and coming to an uncontrolled final rest facing northbound in the southbound lanes of travel. I immediately notified the Troop C radio room of the successful P.I.T and the crash while requesting an ambulance be en route. I exited my patrol vehicle and drew my department issued Glock 45 and began giving verbal commands to both the driver and passenger to put their hands up where I could see them. The passenger, Mr. Malik Matthew Davis, immediately followed commands and placed his hands against the windshield and remained there until instructed otherwise. The driver, Mr. Carlton McDonald, failed to follow any commands, and continued to reach underneath the drivers seat of the vehicle before crawling into the back seat of the vehicle and taking a drink out of a silver and blue can. At this point I took cover at the rear of my patrol vehicle and notified the radio room the driver was non compliant and moving, requesting more units to my location. I continued to give verbal commands to show me their hands and stop moving around within the vehicle. Mr. McDonald crawled between the front seat and the backseat multiple times, reaching underneath the seats, drinking out of a can and failing to comply with direct orders. Mr. McDonald also repeatedly exited the vehicle through the rear passenger side door of the vehicle, briefly showed his hands then entered the vehicle again. Mr. McDonald again exited the vehicle and still had his hands out of my line of sight from the back of my patrol vehicle. SGT Rariden 335 arrived on scene shortly after and had a higher vantage point due to being on the northbound lanes of GA-13 looking down onto the southbound lanes. At this point Mr. McDonald showed his hands as we approached and we continued to give verbal commands to get on the ground. SGT Rariden instructed the passenger, Mr. Davis, to exit the vehicle and lay down on the floor, to which he complied without issue. I then drew my department issued Taser and approached Mr. McDonald giving him commands to get on the ground or he will be tased. Mr. McDonald got on the ground but continued to attempt to reach into the car and crawl around on the ground. I again gave Mr. McDonald a warning that if he did not stop he would be tased, and he complied and stayed still on the ground. I holstered both of my weapons and prepared to effect an arrest on Mr. McDonald. As I attempted to place his left hand in the handcuffs Mr. McDonald pulled away and began to actively resist. Mr. Mcdonald grabbed my handcuffs which were now on the ground and threw them into a storm drain next to us on the floor. I began struggling with Mr. McDonald attempting to gain control of his arms using my feet against the concrete wall behind us as leverage. As Mr. McDonald attempted to stand up I wrapped left arm around his upper body and brought him back down to the ground and rolled him onto his side. I heard SGT Rariden say "taser taser taser" and I turned my head away while attempting to keep control of Mr. McDonald. The taser was effective and I then gained control of Mr. McDonalds left arm while under power. Upon gaining control of his left arm I was able to control his legs by sitting on them while gaining control of his right arm as well. SGT Rariden placed his taser on the wall and jumped down before placed the passenger Mr. Davis under arrest at this point without incident. Mr. McDonald continued to physically resist arrest and all ignore verbal commands. As I struggled to keep control of his arms SGT Raridens taser fell off the wall and landed in front of me. I laid all of my body weight onto Mr. McDonald before reaching with my left hand for the taser. I told him that if he did not stop he would be tased again. I noticed the wires from the initial probes still protruding from underneath his body and fired the taser towards the concrete wall to re-energize the probes already on Mr. McDonald. SGT Rariden came over and gained control of his right arm as I gained control of his left arm and we placed him in handcuffs. We sat Mr. McDonald down and leaned him against the wall and searched his person. He was then placed in the rear of my patrol vehicle. Mr. Davis was placed in a separate patrol vehicle after being searched as well. When I returned to my vehicle at approximately 1543 hours I read Mr. McDonald his Miranda Rights and asked if he understood and would still like to speak to us, to which he gave a verbal yes. During a vehicle search a handgun, $892 in cash, multiple individually packed baggies of marijuana, rolling paper, blank gift cards, credit/debit cards with different names, a card reader/scanner and numerous other retail items were recovered from the vehicle. Mr. McDonald was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital by EMS personnel on Grady Bus without further incident. Mr. McDonald was released from Grady Hospital at approximately 2349 hours and transported to Fulton County Jail by TFC Howerton 832 and turned over to detention officers without incident.
It's one thing if the officer is alone in a struggle and needs help from a bystander.. but the stupidity of bystanders just walking up to it on an interstate more concerned about their camera angles is a brilliant display of ignorance to situational awareness. 16:45 All i heard was "Excuse me sir, make sure you send my car to be stripped apart because I'm hiding a whole lot of something inside it." 19:00 if you're arranging bail from the backseat, I'd call you a flight risk; I pray prosecutors highlighted this in court to make the point that he had no due respect for the totality of the situation and push for maximum sentencing, why does this man still have any property on his person
When did they find that phone? I hope a warrant was issued to find out all the people he texted and called while in that back seat. He sure squirmed lots to get that phone out of his crotch and back what with the broken hip and all. He would not want me on a jury seeing that video.
Hello, would you please put the report in the description so it's easier to read on the TV app. Like 'PolicePursuits' is doing that on its channel. On the TV app it's very much scrolling in the comments than in the description. Thank you.
🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ The level of arrogance, stupidity after leading cops on a chase is STUNNING! The guy strolling around on the highway filming is as bright as the non compliant suspect.
" Mom?! yeah, I got caught again. Go back to where you came from (police station) I'll meet you there. I love you mom." Mother: " Ok sweetheart, I'll be right over..again."
@@raw_oysterThe passenger was clearly complying the entire time. The driver was acting so dumb the entire time, he clearly didn’t care if he got himself or his friend shot. What a moron
@@stormytooman1947"a recent uptick in police shootings involving the deaf and mentally ill. Officials are questioning if innacting a policy change based on some genius guy's comment on RU-vid was a wise decision"
@@mathewmissey5699 License doesn't stop any of these idiots from driving. Way too many unregistered, unlicensed, uninsured motorists in ATL area. Not enough of a punishment handed down on it.
@@TheIndigoEclipse There's pretty much no punishment for much outside financial crimes. It won't be long before Atlanta is similar to other places where they just won't stop you at all or ticket you for no insurance/registration/speeding etc. Maybe it's already like that; the last time I was in Atlanta and saw homeless tents lining the street I decided it was not the place for me.
Imagine getting crashed out by the cops and thinking you have some type of negotiation or any room to discuss what’s happening WHILE they are pointing guns at you and yelling. What an incredibly stupid person that is lucky to be alive.
Your so corny🤣 especially saying all that try it in a small town shi 🤡 I wonder what will happen to your precious 🐖 once all the migrants have arrived 🖕
it’s always call mommy not daddy. I watched one where the police called mommy but daddy showed up. the suspect a 17 year old just groaned when seeing his father get out of the vehicle. asked where mom was father says left her at to attend the dinner she was making.told your mother we needed a man to man talk then he turned to the officers and said take him away gents. the kid just stood there asking the police what kind of father leaves their kid to fend for themselves. kid couldn’t wrap it around his head daddy left him for doing nothing. bet daddy sat mommy down and explained the difference when to use soft love and when to use tuff love.
"I just pulled drugs out of your pants pocket." "Yeah? Well, these are not my pants. I dunno whose they are or how they got on me, but they ain't mine."
Wow!! You know the driver of that Mazda pretty much shit themselves like his car missed him by an inch! That PIT was fucking sweet though! Great job GSP!
@@BXRELL.TV. To my untrained eye, it looked like the Mazda wasn't "in scope" for the pit when the officer was setting it up. But the Mazda driver slowed down and pulled over as they were supposed to do, quickly bringing them in scope. 😲
@@BXRELL.TV.wait… or go earlier. At one point he was lined up and I was like “no traffic and it’s not going to get any better than this. Why isn’t he making the pit?”
Anyone is media whether they have credentials or not. Just ask the 17 year old girl that won the Pulitzer Prize for recording George Floyd's murder on her cell phone.
These folks out with their phones are ridiculous. Glad to hear at the end that the 1st guy commended him for doing things right and said he was videoong to silupport the officer and not the criminal. Kudos to the passenger for doing everything he was told. He was clearly scared to death. Kudos to the officer because he stayed in control and calm under extreme pressure. Hopefully the driver is still sitting in jail
Exactly right about the passenger.. I can almost guarantee that after questioning they were let go because technically they didn't commit a crime.. they need to choose better friends..
If the camera guy really wanted to help he would have helped handcuff the guy. They have body cams. Theyvdont need more people standing around recording.
More people need to see videos like this and how these criminals are”trained” now to cry they are scared, can’t breath or are hurt for an excuse to not comply and look like victims. Being scared doesn’t make you stand there and argue like the punk in gray did. He was trying to decide if he could get up that wall and run, the trooper saw him looking and even told him don’t run. Then he starts crying in pain to the medic even though he was just fine while sitting in back seat using his phone not realizing he was being filmed. Amazes me the people that fall for this act!
"Well I was going to tell you we'd been notified that you had the winning ticket on the Megamillions but you decided to run commit felonies (multiple) and have now by your actions forfeited the entire $1.6 Billion in prize money. It's instead going to be donated to the Georgia State Police Retirement fund..." That would have been a great line. They probably can't do that though, the DA would frown.
Nah. It was good but a dangerous one as unsuspecting and uninvolved civian drivers almost were involved in it as the vicinity had a lot of traffic. Arkansas does them much safer for non involved drivers just more destructive for the ones involved. Oh and you don't just walk up on their crime scenes without a gun in your face either.
Should and shouldn't has nothing to do with it. They need training on how to handle these type of morons. The world is what it is. People are insane. Never gonna change that. Especially now
Pretty sure he was willing to take that risk because of what he had in the car. He owed someone whatever was in that car and was terrified of not getting it to that someone. He wanted that water bottle REALLY bad. I’m assuming he dumped his c*****ne in there.
Got to love how much pain White Hoodie guy is in until the door closes and then he's magically healed. But when the door opens again, the pain is back!
I can’t believe the cops didn’t search the guy in the back of the patrol car, as he was back there making those phone calls. That’s dangerous for officer safety.
Yeah, that was pretty stupid on LE's part! How does that guy not get patted down and searched thoroughly before getting put into the unit is beyond me.. Somebody needs to get reprimanded by the watch commander on that move..
Why they allow these criminals to hang onto their cell phones after arrest is beyond me. They get one call by law and not as many as they can make from their cell phones.
Allowing the perpetrator to still use the phone is actually a smart police tactic. That's why they read him his rights so quickly. After that, all those phone calls and contacts will be used later to catch more criminals. All the data on the phone will be downloaded, contacts, etc. Smart criminals do not carry cell phones. - j q t -
Love how these folks lead cops on a high speed chase endangering themselves, the cops, and every other driver around them, when they get caught all the sudden it's crying and slobbering and "I'm scurred please don't shoot me" like bro YOU put yourself in this situation.
The sheer arrogance and stupidity displayed after evading the police is absolutely astounding! Both the individual casually filming on the highway and the non-compliant suspect seem to share the same level of intelligence.
But in this situation, looking at who they pointed the gun at, the passenger that had his hands up the entire time, would be the one getting shot if they opened fire. And I think thats also why they did not open fire even with a suspect reaching around and crawling out.
Way too many times that the officer gave lawful command, the dolt is too thick to realise the potential consequences. Just how many times does an officer have to make a demand before enforcing compliance ?
That guy filming needs to get a ticket or arrested for obstruction and endangering his life especially when the scene was not checked and cleared for weapons.
Or how about just for the sheer stupidity of doing in the first place? What sort of arrogant, narcissistic, virtue-signaling errand boy do you have to be to just walk up on a scene that has shit to do with you, clearly non-complying and dangerous individuals and just start filming like you're making a WorldStar hip hop video? Mind you, in the middle of a highway. Such a sad, insignificant life that guy must have, to think he is some kind of help and not a hinderance making himself a target like that.
I was surprised he could know such fancy words like eluding. He probably learned it last time he was in jail and wanted to use his new-found vocabulary to impress a police officer in order to get a lesser sentence later🤔
so its technically public property, and they maintained a minimum distance and did not technically engage with the officers. The point of law is it is incredibly black and white, yes or no, 1 or 0.. they are innocent... but innocent people are sometimes class A idiots.
@Wheeler63 There are plenty of men, young and old, that didn't have strong male leadership growing up and yet they turned out fine. Excuses have no value. Only outcomes matter.
@@hessex1899My husbands dad left when he was only 5 And grew up in a poor neighborhood. Couldn't ask for a more responsibile, ethical, honest, hard working MAN/ human being. The "no daddy" & hood mentality bs, is just one of the MANY excuses right from the playbook preached before the ability to read.
Funny how he’s fine twisting around in the back of the police car texting and calling people but then as soon as the cops open the door…… 😭😭😭 I’m in pain !!
There's a video from the U.K. where dude is on an actual moped running from them. Like man, you're never gonna outrun the cops on something that has the endurance of your kids Barbi jeep. Funny though
The pedestrian should've helped instead of record. He first seemed like he was doing it to get attention, but when he signaled the other officers to the trooper, it seemed like he was assisting him.
Maybe he should’ve physically helped the cops, but I think he was just trying to document it, maybe even to help protect the cops from liability. Based on some of the things the guy was saying, it sounds like he might’ve been in the white minivan. “You tried to kill us. Yeah you did, you tried to kill us with your car.”
The fact that this man tried to elude GSP in rush hour traffic IN ATLANTA…ON 85!!! Everybody knows how congested 85 gets right before midtown!!!!! Like, bro how stupid could u be? Luckily, there was no significant damage to other vehicles and no injuries. Cause that could’ve turned out so much worse
There should be a law for people that just walk up in a active emergency scenes just to video. Fine them $500 bucks first time then jail on the second time. They just make the job harder for all involved. You can video from a safe distance and not cause confusion till things get under control.
They're not used to freedom! From grade 7 they go to juvenile, then graduate to adult so society is foreign to them. We need to feel sorry for them...sorry they were born.
Every one of these videos is the same , sadly. Offender runs from the police, puts hundreds of lives in danger, refuses to comply with commands, and then has the audacity to say something like “can I get some water” (9:00)
Right in my old area. So glad I left Atlanta. Where I live now I can leave my keys in the car and don't have to wake up every morning and go out to the parking lot to see if my car window was smashed out or if it was stolen.
I was planning to move to Atlanta after relocating from the west coast, but after spending a couple weeks there and watching the news every night and all the crime happening, hard pass. Ended up moving to Raleigh, LOL
I grew up in the country...always wanted to live in a big city...I left, for a few years to a bigger city. It wasn't me, came back home and found a nice spot in the country...I can leave my front door open with the screen closed, car doors unlocked...that type of peace is priceless.
@@Michelesaid...let’s just say, “idiots,” okay? If I were “they,” I’d just say we should be happy everyone involved lives to fight another day. Anything else we say would be counterproductive.
They could learn a lot about how to properly lock down their scenes though. Too many You Tube Attorneys walking around in the middle of it waving their magical cellphone wands at the officers just trying to make a buck and contaminating the scene. That certainly looked much closer than any 8 foot from a scene to me but then since no one is in control of it who is to say where 8 foot really is anyway.
From the hunting and gathering days to just randomly walking around the highway with a cellphone. Man if our ancestors could see how far we've fallen. And I'm surprised cop cars don't have cell phone jammers in them. Buddy in the back there had enough time to do a few stock trades and maybe order a pizza.
Some people don’t have a speck of humility in their souls. Dude got tossed into the air in a metal box and decides to fight the armed man who launched him into the air.
I think you might be missing what happened. I think all his verbal bs and apologizing and claiming ignorance in this situation was intended to be distracting. That whole segment with him on camera in the back seat of the squad car. He pulls out his phone and is actively doing something with it. Even makes a call to someone (seemed he placed several unanswered calls, then one finally answered).. could have been deleting stuff.. could have been doing anything. All the while he keeps periodically tucking the phone down, yelling out something to the officers to keep up the act, and then back to the phone. When EMS comes he goes from having been perfectly fine in the backseat for a while to suddenly crying again about injuries. The posted narrative says he was searched before he was put in the squad car, but I question that.. or clearly he wasn't searched carefully. I think that's because he had that officer all riled up and angry that the officer just wanted to get him into the car quickly and not deal with him anymore. So it all feels like a show. He played them.. without that backseat camera he would have done it well. So my point is maybe he wasn't really trying to do any negotiating or real apologizing. Maybe it was all intentional and calculated. Which is worrisome to think about.
Always do a thorough search of the suspects before placing them in your patrol car. You never know what they could pull out of their pockets etc... it could have been more than a cellphone
The first videographer was OK, however the second one was not. His motive was suspect and probably was caused by either hoping to video a mistake by the officers, or he was just expressing anger. Neither is a good motive.
Yea but nobody is under no legal obligation to help another officer. It's cowardly in some circumstances but you should always do what you feel safe. You gotta get home also.
2:35 the gray SUV’s situational awareness saved him from a certain wreck; slowing down and pulling to the side the moment they came into view around that corner. I’m impressed considering how oblivious most drivers we see in these chases are.
What an amazing amount of patience these officers had. I expected the driver to be full of holes at any second for all of that bobbing behind the rear door he was doing.
The officer really had every right to use lethal force on the driver. The driver refused to comply kept moving around, crawling refused to listen. The driver could have reached for a handgun. These situations are so dangerous.
That dude in the back seat, looking around, squirming, scheming, hiding his phone, making calls, checking his social media, screaming at the cops, hiding his phone again, making another call, looking around some more, yelling for the cop again, as soon as the cop comes to get him, all of a sudden he's hurting so bad, my god.
And the fact that the Troopers didn't find the phone during their search, there's a lot to unpack here, like what else did he hide while ducking down behind his car after the PIT, I mean the phone was in his prison locker, if it's big enough to hold that, what else is up there???
There would have been more arrest in a different state. The ones in the middle of an active scene filming could have made the trip as well. Officer safety is paramount and those two individuals were impeding the officers doing their job and certainly they displayed no regard for officer safety. Instead of filming, why not lend a hand securing the perps. It takes some ignorance to charge in to an active scene on an interstate highway to be the hero and try and catch an officer doing something wrong. Get in there and be a real hero and help that officer! Storm in to an active scene like that and get your self shot is what could have happened. The officer’s attention doesn’t need to be pulled away from an active situation having to deal with ignorance.
@@nickmalone3143 YEP! LOL love how after denying anything in car is his the next thing heard is about my money in the car. Bro, u just said... 🙄 Guess you're SOL. 😉
Seriously he went from minor traffic infraction to jail time and they jacked his car up good so he lost that to and insurance companies tend to frown on paying out when you use your vehicle in the commission of a felony
The fact that they let this criminal have his phone is shocking! He checked the stock exchange, posted an Instagram selfie, called his ex-girlfriends current boyfriend's cousin, deleted candy crash and created a Spotify play-list while this all was happening 😐😑🤦♂️
As a 30 year Law Enforcement Officer I was so mad to see the detained suspect pull out a phone. They are all lucky it was just a phone and not a secreted gun! I was mad at the officers, not the suspect .They should be reprimanded for such lack of basic search procedures and forced to under go more training. This could have been a very bad situation!
Somewhere along the way they think they can slide over to the passenger side or hop in the backseat and deny being the driver. They are scaring themselves way more than the police are.
@@GetCraftyLemons From a safe place/distance not in the middle of an on going crime scene! Hash tag: frauditors are trash not independent journalists 'working on a story'
I hope to hell that furtive conversation he had on his phone at 18:57 was able to be used as evidence against him, as well as against whoever he called after they got his phone and checked its records. Clearly he didn't realize he was being recorded. Oops. What scumbag thug.
What evidence? Asking for help? That’s literally all he did. Asked to be bailed out, promised to repay. That’s it! (Not condoning his actions) …but the conversation has zero value.
HELLO did the GSP even frisk him??!! Apparently not because he’s making phone calls and who knows what! 400,000,000+ guns on the streets - I could never be a cop and I’m a combat veteran.
DPS and ASP are legends. The fact that they can actually chase and catch criminals when they run apparently no one told this dude how to act when getting pulled over or how to act when dealing with police
There is something strangely graceful about this pit. The amount of people at risk and barely any vehicles (and no people) were damaged, the scarily close spacing to an innocent civilian that was hard to see in the moment that applied their brakes at the perfect time but also watching the fleeing drivers tire separate from his vehicle, continue in a straight line along the road and eventually sail off over the side of the overpass in the distance, hopefully not hurting anyone below. Seemed almost like something out of a movie, where it would be hard to take seriously had I not just watched it happen in real life.
