When Cops Arrest The Wrong Person

Cops have little to no room for error in. their job, having to deal with life or. death situations daily. But what happens. when the cops mess up and accidentally. arrest the wrong person? Yo, that's some. [ __ ] Get up. Put your hands on the. car. Starting with the controversial. case of Patrick Mumford. Patrick was. just getting back home when two officers. confronted him claiming there were. warrants out for his arrest. What the. cops didn't realize though is that the. warrants were for a completely different. man. But this didn't seem to bother. them. What's your name? I'm going to ask. you one more time. We probably need to.

talk to you. Patrick, stand up. What happened? Patrick is justifiably. nervous here after suddenly being. confronted by multiple police officers, but still manages to give the cops his. name. However, they decide that they. don't believe him. And instead of asking. for an ID or trying to confirm his. identity in any way, they immediately. decide to do this instead. What I do, man, what I do. Y'all ain't telling what. I do, man.

He just came back from his probation. I got I got taser. You coming out? You coming out? Come. out. Get your hands out now. You got 3. seconds. Three seconds. Do not reach. Get up. Put your hands on the car. Show. me the wheel. Two. Take it. Move. Move. You coming out or not? Y. come out. You got a warrant. I'm not. telling you again. You better get out of.

the car. Y a let me know what Get out of. the car. Get out of the car. Man, y'all better leave me alone. Get. out of the car. Hey, y'all better leave. me alone, cousin. Move, Fox. Move. Come on. Really? It took just 38 seconds. from the police making first contact to. giving the order to tase him. According. to the cops, Patrick was given numerous. reasonable opportunities to comply with. officers. But because of his resistance,

they were left with no choice but to. stun him. But even after being tased and. detained, the cops still aren't finished. roughing Patrick up. Something was going. on, man. Get off me, man. He keeps. reaching for his back. All this do all that. Quit. Quit. resisting. I got him, guys. Get search. whatever he's going for. The cops search. Patrick to try and find whatever he was.

reaching for, assuming he was hiding a. weapon of his own. But predictably, they. find nothing other than his wallet. This. would end up being a blessing for. Patrick, though, as inside his wallet, the cops found his ID. I just seen this. stuff that Patrick Mford not going to. tell me that I got a warrant. I just. seen her. Here's the deal, dude. How. long I had a warrant? I don't know if. you got a warrant because you're not who. I'm looking for. But here's the deal. When we ask you for ID because you look. a lot like the person we're.

you give us ID and when you start this. whole fight nonsense, dude, all you had. to do is give me this. But the way you. came up asked me out of nowhere. Remember the cops never once asked for. Patrick's ID during the initial. interaction. In a later report, the cops. also stated that they were worried he. was reaching for a weapon when he was. shuffling back in the car. So, do you. think they would have been okay with him. reaching into his back pocket for his. wallet? He wasn't given any chance to. correctly identify himself, but now the. cop is patronizing him and saying he. caught a case he didn't need to get. And.

above all, he's still being manhandled. and forced onto the hood of their patrol. vehicle. What's the What's the guy name? Is there someone here to stay here that. look like you? Think about it. Hey, Jack. Yeah. Guess who they looking for? Tell them. who who does he look a lot like? I don't. know who. He knows who it is. So, who is. it? Michael. He is not Michael. Okay, I know that. now. Well, they thought it was my son. Yes. Really? They don't even look.

nothing like besides the picture that we. got. They look exactly Oh, wow. I'm. looking at that picture. I mean, don't. Okay, are we wrong? For the record, this. is the man they're looking for. It's. difficult to draw even a single. similarity in appearance, but the cops. apparently saw so many that they were. comfortable with discharging a weapon at. Patrick. Patrick was initially charged. with obstruction and violating probation. and was fixed to lose his job and. position at college. Thankfully though,

an internal investigation was launched. into the four officers on the scene and. it was concluded that they didn't follow. proper procedure. All four of the. officers were suspended and Patrick was. awarded with a settlement of $100,000. But David Wigan's story doesn't have. such a happy ending. He was pulled over. and forced out of his vehicle with not. so much as a second thought from the. police. But they failed to realize he. too was the completely wrong guy. Hands. out the window. Take your right hand. Open the door. Get on the ground. On the. ground.

Did I Did you just run for me, sir? Okay. All right. Put your hand behind your. back. David was put into cuffs and left. on the ground at gunpoint after cops. mistook him for a suspect. Apparently, the guy they were looking for had just. fled them in a similar car with a. similar license plate. And the cops. pulled David over, assuming it was the. same vehicle. It's an understandable. mistake, but realistically, the cops. should have double-cheed the plate as. soon as they lost line of sight. Instead, they decided to wait until.

David was on the ground, handcuffed, and. at gunpoint before even attempting to. confirm he was their guy. I'm going. home. I did not win. I swear. Give me. that tag. A 2016 Dodge Challenger last name. It's. out of Hammer. It's clear. This ain't. even him. Yeah, you good. You're good. I scare you. You got almost the same. tag, same car. He must have passed you. going through. You good? Good. All.

right. You have a good one. Okay. I'm. sorry about that. David was offered. little other than an apology for the. whole ordeal and was sent on his way. after being correctly identified as the. wrong guy. But that wasn't enough for. David and in July of 2023 decided to. file a lawsuit against the city of. Marion claiming gross negligence, civil. assault, battery, and false. imprisonment. In the complaint, David. alleges that he was forced to endure 3. minutes handcuffed on the ground with a. gun to his head, not knowing if the next. second would be his last. He also notes.

that the apology was a mockery. As of. this video's upload, the case is still. ongoing. However, when this cop in. Florida was faced with the same. situation, he managed to show exactly. how you should handle it. I'm not trying. to get a shot over this. Do you really. think we want to be out here killing. people? A deputy in Valuchia County was. looking for a burglar when he stumbled. upon Joseph Griffin, a man who he said. perfectly matched the description. There. is a a burglary that happened. You kind. of fit the description. Let me just make.

Really? Let me just make sure that. you're not him. Okay. All right. Um, how. about that? I have my ID. Okay. Can I. see your ID? Yeah. He You literally They. said white tank top, black shorts, and. they they said that you had a beard. All. right. So, I'm not saying it's you, but. it was a black male. Again, not saying. it's you, buddy. This cop is obviously. aware of how difficult this very. interaction can be, especially if it. turns out he's not who he's looking for. So he approaches him politely and. attempts to resolve the situation rather. than escalate it. Just bear with me,

okay? Cuz you fit the description. I'm. not saying you're guilty, but my. sergeant's telling me to detain you. That's That's my sergeant. I got you. I. just had a daughter born 2 days ago, so. I just got this online. It's live. Do. you mind Do you mind sending it down. here? Just for now, I'm going to detain. you. Look, you're not you're you're not. under arrest. I'm detaining you right. now because you fit the description. Okay. Just hang tight for me. Okay, buddy. Joseph respectfully informs the. cop that he's live streaming the. interaction for his own safety before. being detained. He's also told that he's.

not under arrest and not being charged. with anything. They just don't want to. give him the opportunity to run should. he end up being the suspect. We're not. saying it's you, but you fit the. description. That's why I'm detaining. you. If if it's not you, we're going to. cut you loose and you're free to go. Okay. But I just want you to see through. us why you know seven cop cars though. Hey, everything going on is just a. little bit scary. Yep. Now you're going. to This is a b It was a burglary. It's a burglary. It's serious. It's not. a joke. You got these guys that are.

getting ready to go home and we're. coming in. So that's why you have so. many. The cops are doing their best to. put Joseph at ease, but you can still. imagine how stressful of a situation. this would be. He's doing a good job at. staying respectful and composed, but you. can definitely still tell he's on edge. We appreciate you being very. cooperative. Other people would have. would just I'm not trying to get a shot. over this. You ain't going to get. seriously. Do you really think we want. to be out here killing people? Do you. honestly think that? I'm a military. police. Like I said, brother, I've been.

in the same boat. After just 10 minutes. of waiting, they hear back from the. witness who had just received a picture. of Joseph. So, good news for you. The. witness is saying that the clothes. you're wearing and all that doesn't fit. the description. It It's called a show. up. So, we got a picture. Um, again, he's going to run it through, make sure. it's not you, and from what it looks. like, buddy, you you'll be out of here. Okay. A showup is a method of. identification where a witness is. presented with a single suspect and. simply asked if that's their guy. It's. also worth mentioning that when looking. for a suspect at large, police will only.

receive a quick rundown of the suspect's. appearance. Adding extra details can. create confusion and even cause cops to. let the perpetrators go if they miss. something small. This is why the. description may seem vague and leads to. false positives just like this one is. starting to look like. What's your name. now? Joseph. Joseph. Hey man, listen. Just want to say thank you for keeping. it cool, good demeanor. We just got the. picture finally from the witness and. it's I get why they they went out with. you for sure. Clearly not you, but the.

clothing description, everything. matched. So obviously these guys didn't. have that to go with they just had a. prescription match pretty good. But once. we finally got the picture from the. video surveillance and stuff, it was. like, "No, that's not it. That's why I. told him to get him out of a I. appreciate understanding." Just like. that, Joseph was sent on his way back to. his wife and daughter with no further. action taken against anyone at the. scene. Later that day, the suspect was. found and arrested. Both cases in this. video so far have involved fairly. innocuous crimes, but that's all about. to change in this next case, where a man.

is falsely accused of robbing a bank and. shooting a man in the head. You're not. going to tell me how to talk. All right, you shut your [ __ ] [ __ ]. mouth. In the early hours of the 23rd of. April, 2022, Grand Junction police. received a frightening phone call. 911. What's the address of your emergency? 704 Horizon Drive. I heard gunshots. outside on Horizon Drive within a minute. ago. How many did you hear? Probably. four or five. Later that morning, police. received a second call from a nearby.

hospital making them aware of a patient. who had walked in on their own with a. gunshot wound to the head. It was. determined that he was injured on. Horizon Drive, the same street the. gunshots were heard on at 3:00 a.m. A. few hours later, a man named Aaron. headed to the gas station to stock up on. supplies for a marksmanship event he was. attending that day. Unfortunately for. him, the gas station was too located on. Horizon Drive. I went to a gas station. this morning to grab some stuff and they. were saying there was a shooting at 3:00. in the morning. So, so they have they.

have traffic blocked going out on the. 70. So, we might want to look to see if. that that's going to impact our route. Little did Aaron know, traffic would be. the least of his worries that day. After. stopping at the gas station, he heads. back to his hotel to charge his phone. On the way there, he misses an exit, so. he uses his blinker to make a U-turn in. front of the police blockade. He parks. up for 5 minutes to charge his phone, waits for his friend to show up in his. car, then stops at another gas station. to wait for his other friends to turn. up. It's at this point Aaron is.

approached by police. Can I help you? Yeah. Would you mind rolling down your. window real quick? No. What do you need? I need you to identify yourself. No. Why? Uh because All right. You're. leaving the area. Hold on. A shooting. occurred. Okay. Well, can you please. roll down your window more so I can talk. to you? No. What do you need? All right. Well, I need to identify you. No, you do. not. My name is Officer Padus with the. Grand Junction Police Department. And. this is my corporal right here. This is. corporal church. Okay. As well. Okay.

All right. So, I need you to identify. yourself. No, that's not how it works. I. have rights as an American citizen, right? What Aaron is saying is. completely true, and he is well within. his rights to refuse to identify. himself. However, that doesn't. necessarily mean it's always the best. idea. Regardless, in this situation, Aaron clearly wishes to exercise this. right, to which the cop isn't best. pleased. This is when things start to. escalate quickly. You do not have. articulable suspicion that I've done.

anything. I actually do. What crime do. you suspect me of committing? Possible. attempted homicide. You suspect me, actual me, of committing possible. attempted homicide. Well, your. cooperative behavior right now does not. help your cause. I've done absolutely. nothing. I pulled into a gas station. because my friends are here because. we're going to keep an eye associate. At. this point, Corporal Church heads over. to Aaron's friends where he discovers. that his name is indeed Aaron and that. it matches up with the registration on.

the vehicle. Meanwhile, Officer Patas. attempts to shed a little more light on. why Aaron is being highlighted as a. suspect. Right. Exactly. Leaving the. area of a crime. Exactly. With a similar. colored vehicle, similar nature to the. description. What description of that. vehicle did you get? I got a dark and. colored sedan. Two people also stated. that one of the suspects may be of. African-American descent. With this. information, you can see how a cop would. suspect Aaron. He's a black male in a. similar vehicle. But things start to get. much stranger as you dive deeper. In the.

official report, it was determined there. were actually two suspects, one white. and one black. And a more detailed. report of the vehicle describes a car. more similar to the one that Aaron's. friends are driving. It seems as though. the cops are ignoring every sign and. targeting Aaron for no reason. Something. that only becomes more obvious as they. allow his friends to leave, but keep. Aaron at the scene. My buddies that just. left, they were also in a dark sedan. But you aren't [ __ ] stopping them and. questioning them. Okay. Well, I'm sorry.

Sorry. Shut your [ __ ] mouth. I don't. want to [ __ ] talk. You're not going. to tell me how to talk. All right. You. shut your [ __ ] [ __ ] mouth. Corporal, come up here. It's not. working. He's currently recording on his phone, but uh he's highly uncooperative with. me. Uh screaming, yelling at me. Told. him that his vehicle matches the. description gave in blah blah blah. He's. very uh very upset right now. Why are. you not cooperative? Because I don't I. don't have to be cooperative with your. investigation. Well, you have to ID.

yourself. No, I do not. Tell me why I. have to ID. Well, Colorado state law. says you do. I want you to explain why I. me as a person have to ID to you. Colorado State Law System. The cops. continue to ask for Aaron's name despite. having already been told by his friends. and realizing it matches up with the. name on the vehicle. But perhaps the. funniest part of this entire interaction. is what happens when Aaron instead asks. for the sergeant's name. What's your. name of your name? What's your name and. your best? I'm not going to give that to.

you. You have to. No. Yes, you do. No. You are a public servant. I'm asking for. your name and also have to give me your. name. No, I do not. So, you want me to. explain to you why I'm asking for you to. identify yourself? Yes. Cuz we had an. incident happen. Wait, hold on. First, please, please give me your name and. your back. Okay. Well, no, I won't give. you that right now. What do you mean you. won't? This is This is the most. ridiculous thing I've ever I'm telling. you. It's important to note that the. Grand Junction Police Department require. police officers to identify themselves. upon request, but the sergeant later.

claimed he simply forgot. Aaron was. never made aware of why they targeted. him so directly at the scene. But in the. official police report, the cops say. that the reason they suspected Aaron was. because of the U-turn he made. Remember, he simply missed his exit to the hotel. And there, the road ahead of him was. closed, leaving him with nowhere else to. go. They also alleged that he didn't use. a turn signal for the maneuver, something that can easily be disproved. by listening to Aaron's dash cam. footage.

As you'd expect, an internal affairs. investigation was launched into the. officers at the scene, and it was. conducted that there was no wrongdoing. and the cops conducted themselves. perfectly. Aaron has since launched his. own lawsuit against the Grand Junction. Police Department, but as of this. video's upload, the investigation is. still ongoing. Check out Aaron's channel. linked below for updates on the. situation.