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Cops have little to no room for error in their job, having to deal with life or death situations daily. But what happens
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when the cops mess up and accidentally arrest the wrong person? Yo, that's some [ __ ] Get up. Put your hands on the
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car. Starting with the controversial case of Patrick Mumford. Patrick was just getting back home when two officers
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confronted him claiming there were warrants out for his arrest. What the cops didn't realize though is that the
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warrants were for a completely different man. But this didn't seem to bother them. What's your name? I'm going to ask
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you one more time. We probably need to talk to you. Patrick, stand up. What happened? Patrick is justifiably
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nervous here after suddenly being confronted by multiple police officers, but still manages to give the cops his
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name. However, they decide that they don't believe him. And instead of asking for an ID or trying to confirm his
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identity in any way, they immediately decide to do this instead. What I do, man, what I do. Y'all ain't telling what
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I do, man. He just came back from his probation. I got I got taser. You coming out? You coming out? Come
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out. Get your hands out now. You got 3 seconds. Three seconds. Do not reach. Get up. Put your hands on the car. Show
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me the wheel. Two. Take it. Move. Move. You coming out or not? Y come out. You got a warrant. I'm not
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telling you again. You better get out of the car. Y a let me know what Get out of
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the car. Get out of the car. Man, y'all better leave me alone. Get out of the car. Hey, y'all better leave
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me alone, cousin. Move, Fox. Move. Come on. Really? It took just 38 seconds from the police making first contact to
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giving the order to tase him. According to the cops, Patrick was given numerous reasonable opportunities to comply with
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officers. But because of his resistance, they were left with no choice but to stun him. But even after being tased and
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detained, the cops still aren't finished roughing Patrick up. Something was going
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on, man. Get off me, man. He keeps reaching for his back. All this do all that. Quit. Quit
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resisting. I got him, guys. Get search whatever he's going for. The cops search Patrick to try and find whatever he was
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reaching for, assuming he was hiding a weapon of his own. But predictably, they find nothing other than his wallet. This
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would end up being a blessing for Patrick, though, as inside his wallet, the cops found his ID. I just seen this
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stuff that Patrick Mford not going to tell me that I got a warrant. I just seen her. Here's the deal, dude. How
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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.
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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
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whole fight nonsense, dude, all you had to do is give me this. But the way you came up asked me out of nowhere.
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Remember the cops never once asked for Patrick's ID during the initial interaction. In a later report, the cops
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also stated that they were worried he was reaching for a weapon when he was shuffling back in the car. So, do you
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think they would have been okay with him reaching into his back pocket for his wallet? He wasn't given any chance to
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correctly identify himself, but now the cop is patronizing him and saying he caught a case he didn't need to get. And
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above all, he's still being manhandled and forced onto the hood of their patrol vehicle. What's the What's the guy name?
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Is there someone here to stay here that look like you? Think about it. Hey, Jack. Yeah. Guess who they looking for?
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Tell them who who does he look a lot like? I don't know who. He knows who it is. So, who is
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it? Michael. He is not Michael. Okay, I know that now. Well, they thought it was my son.
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Yes. Really? They don't even look nothing like besides the picture that we got. They look exactly Oh, wow. I'm
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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
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difficult to draw even a single similarity in appearance, but the cops apparently saw so many that they were
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comfortable with discharging a weapon at Patrick. Patrick was initially charged with obstruction and violating probation
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and was fixed to lose his job and position at college. Thankfully though, an internal investigation was launched
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into the four officers on the scene and it was concluded that they didn't follow
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proper procedure. All four of the officers were suspended and Patrick was awarded with a settlement of $100,000.
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But David Wigan's story doesn't have such a happy ending. He was pulled over and forced out of his vehicle with not
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so much as a second thought from the police. But they failed to realize he too was the completely wrong guy. Hands
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out the window. Take your right hand. Open the door. Get on the ground. On the ground.
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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
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on the ground at gunpoint after cops mistook him for a suspect. Apparently, the guy they were looking for had just
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fled them in a similar car with a similar license plate. And the cops pulled David over, assuming it was the
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same vehicle. It's an understandable mistake, but realistically, the cops should have double-cheed the plate as
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soon as they lost line of sight. Instead, they decided to wait until David was on the ground, handcuffed, and
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at gunpoint before even attempting to confirm he was their guy. I'm going home. I did not win. I swear. Give me
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that tag. A 2016 Dodge Challenger last name. It's out of Hammer. It's clear. This ain't
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even him. Yeah, you good. You're good. I scare you. You got almost the same tag, same car. He must have passed you
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going through. You good? Good. All right. You have a good one. Okay. I'm sorry about that. David was offered
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little other than an apology for the whole ordeal and was sent on his way after being correctly identified as the
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wrong guy. But that wasn't enough for David and in July of 2023 decided to file a lawsuit against the city of
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Marion claiming gross negligence, civil assault, battery, and false imprisonment. In the complaint, David
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alleges that he was forced to endure 3 minutes handcuffed on the ground with a gun to his head, not knowing if the next
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second would be his last. He also notes that the apology was a mockery. As of this video's upload, the case is still
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ongoing. However, when this cop in Florida was faced with the same situation, he managed to show exactly
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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
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people? A deputy in Valuchia County was looking for a burglar when he stumbled upon Joseph Griffin, a man who he said
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perfectly matched the description. There is a a burglary that happened. You kind
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of fit the description. Let me just make Really? Let me just make sure that you're not him. Okay. All right. Um, how
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about that? I have my ID. Okay. Can I see your ID? Yeah. He You literally They said white tank top, black shorts, and
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they they said that you had a beard. All right. So, I'm not saying it's you, but
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it was a black male. Again, not saying it's you, buddy. This cop is obviously aware of how difficult this very
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interaction can be, especially if it turns out he's not who he's looking for. So he approaches him politely and
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attempts to resolve the situation rather than escalate it. Just bear with me, okay? Cuz you fit the description. I'm
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not saying you're guilty, but my sergeant's telling me to detain you. That's That's my sergeant. I got you. I
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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
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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
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now because you fit the description. Okay. Just hang tight for me. Okay, buddy. Joseph respectfully informs the
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cop that he's live streaming the interaction for his own safety before being detained. He's also told that he's
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not under arrest and not being charged with anything. They just don't want to give him the opportunity to run should
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he end up being the suspect. We're not saying it's you, but you fit the description. That's why I'm detaining
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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
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us why you know seven cop cars though. Hey, everything going on is just a little bit scary. Yep. Now you're going
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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
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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
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put Joseph at ease, but you can still imagine how stressful of a situation this would be. He's doing a good job at
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staying respectful and composed, but you can definitely still tell he's on edge.
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We appreciate you being very cooperative. Other people would have would just I'm not trying to get a shot
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over this. You ain't going to get seriously. Do you really think we want to be out here killing people? Do you
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honestly think that? I'm a military police. Like I said, brother, I've been in the same boat. After just 10 minutes
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of waiting, they hear back from the witness who had just received a picture of Joseph. So, good news for you. The
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witness is saying that the clothes you're wearing and all that doesn't fit the description. It It's called a show
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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
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like, buddy, you you'll be out of here. Okay. A showup is a method of identification where a witness is
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presented with a single suspect and simply asked if that's their guy. It's also worth mentioning that when looking
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for a suspect at large, police will only receive a quick rundown of the suspect's
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appearance. Adding extra details can create confusion and even cause cops to let the perpetrators go if they miss
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something small. This is why the description may seem vague and leads to false positives just like this one is
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starting to look like. What's your name now? Joseph. Joseph. Hey man, listen. Just want to say thank you for keeping
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it cool, good demeanor. We just got the picture finally from the witness and it's I get why they they went out with
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you for sure. Clearly not you, but the clothing description, everything matched. So obviously these guys didn't
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have that to go with they just had a prescription match pretty good. But once we finally got the picture from the
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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
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appreciate understanding." Just like that, Joseph was sent on his way back to his wife and daughter with no further
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action taken against anyone at the scene. Later that day, the suspect was found and arrested. Both cases in this
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video so far have involved fairly innocuous crimes, but that's all about to change in this next case, where a man
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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,
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you shut your [ __ ] [ __ ] mouth. In the early hours of the 23rd of April, 2022, Grand Junction police
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received a frightening phone call. 911. What's the address of your emergency? 704 Horizon Drive. I heard gunshots
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outside on Horizon Drive within a minute ago. How many did you hear? Probably four or five. Later that morning, police
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received a second call from a nearby hospital making them aware of a patient who had walked in on their own with a
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gunshot wound to the head. It was determined that he was injured on Horizon Drive, the same street the
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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
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supplies for a marksmanship event he was attending that day. Unfortunately for him, the gas station was too located on
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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
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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
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that that's going to impact our route. Little did Aaron know, traffic would be the least of his worries that day. After
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stopping at the gas station, he heads back to his hotel to charge his phone. On the way there, he misses an exit, so
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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,
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waits for his friend to show up in his car, then stops at another gas station to wait for his other friends to turn
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up. It's at this point Aaron is approached by police. Can I help you? Yeah. Would you mind rolling down your
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window real quick? No. What do you need? I need you to identify yourself. No. Why? Uh because All right. You're
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leaving the area. Hold on. A shooting occurred. Okay. Well, can you please roll down your window more so I can talk
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to you? No. What do you need? All right. Well, I need to identify you. No, you do
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not. My name is Officer Padus with the Grand Junction Police Department. And this is my corporal right here. This is
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corporal church. Okay. As well. Okay. All right. So, I need you to identify yourself. No, that's not how it works. I
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have rights as an American citizen, right? What Aaron is saying is completely true, and he is well within
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his rights to refuse to identify himself. However, that doesn't necessarily mean it's always the best
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idea. Regardless, in this situation, Aaron clearly wishes to exercise this right, to which the cop isn't best
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pleased. This is when things start to escalate quickly. You do not have articulable suspicion that I've done
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anything. I actually do. What crime do you suspect me of committing? Possible attempted homicide. You suspect me,
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actual me, of committing possible attempted homicide. Well, your cooperative behavior right now does not
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help your cause. I've done absolutely nothing. I pulled into a gas station because my friends are here because
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we're going to keep an eye associate. At this point, Corporal Church heads over to Aaron's friends where he discovers
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that his name is indeed Aaron and that it matches up with the registration on the vehicle. Meanwhile, Officer Patas
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attempts to shed a little more light on why Aaron is being highlighted as a suspect. Right. Exactly. Leaving the
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area of a crime. Exactly. With a similar colored vehicle, similar nature to the description. What description of that
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vehicle did you get? I got a dark and colored sedan. Two people also stated that one of the suspects may be of
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African-American descent. With this information, you can see how a cop would suspect Aaron. He's a black male in a
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similar vehicle. But things start to get much stranger as you dive deeper. In the
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official report, it was determined there were actually two suspects, one white and one black. And a more detailed
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report of the vehicle describes a car more similar to the one that Aaron's friends are driving. It seems as though
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the cops are ignoring every sign and targeting Aaron for no reason. Something that only becomes more obvious as they
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allow his friends to leave, but keep Aaron at the scene. My buddies that just left, they were also in a dark sedan.
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But you aren't [ __ ] stopping them and questioning them. Okay. Well, I'm sorry.
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Sorry. Shut your [ __ ] mouth. I don't want to [ __ ] talk. You're not going to tell me how to talk. All right. You
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shut your [ __ ] [ __ ] mouth. Corporal, come up here. It's not working. He's currently recording on his phone,
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but uh he's highly uncooperative with me. Uh screaming, yelling at me. Told him that his vehicle matches the
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description gave in blah blah blah. He's very uh very upset right now. Why are you not cooperative? Because I don't I
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don't have to be cooperative with your investigation. Well, you have to ID yourself. No, I do not. Tell me why I
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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.
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Colorado State Law System. The cops continue to ask for Aaron's name despite having already been told by his friends
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and realizing it matches up with the name on the vehicle. But perhaps the funniest part of this entire interaction
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is what happens when Aaron instead asks for the sergeant's name. What's your name of your name? What's your name and
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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
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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
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identify yourself? Yes. Cuz we had an incident happen. Wait, hold on. First, please, please give me your name and
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your back. Okay. Well, no, I won't give you that right now. What do you mean you
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won't? This is This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever I'm telling you. It's important to note that the
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Grand Junction Police Department require police officers to identify themselves upon request, but the sergeant later
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claimed he simply forgot. Aaron was never made aware of why they targeted him so directly at the scene. But in the
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official police report, the cops say that the reason they suspected Aaron was because of the U-turn he made. Remember,
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he simply missed his exit to the hotel. And there, the road ahead of him was closed, leaving him with nowhere else to
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go. They also alleged that he didn't use a turn signal for the maneuver, something that can easily be disproved
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by listening to Aaron's dash cam footage. As you'd expect, an internal affairs investigation was launched into the
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officers at the scene, and it was conducted that there was no wrongdoing and the cops conducted themselves
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perfectly. Aaron has since launched his own lawsuit against the Grand Junction Police Department, but as of this
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video's upload, the investigation is still ongoing. Check out Aaron's channel linked below for updates on the
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situation.