Practice English Speaking&Listening with: CBS 2 Exclusive: Man Talks About Police Confrontation He Caught On Camera
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I DON'T HAVE A GUN. A
CONFRONTATION WITH THE CHICAGO
POLICE OFFICER CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
THE VIDEO SEEN MILLIONS OF
TIMES ON TWITTER.
THE VIDEO SHOWS THE CHICAGO
POLICE OFFICER APPROACHING A
PERSON IN TRYING TO SWAT THE
PHONE FROM THEIR HANDS AS THEY
RECORD.
CBS 2'S SUZANNE LeMIGNOT SPOKE
EXCLUSIVELY TO THE PERSON
SHOOTING THAT VIDEO.
Reporter: TOMMY HENDRIX SAID
HE WAS ON THIS CORNER NO EIGHT
OH WITH FRIENDS WHEN OFFICERS
PULLED UP.
THEY HOPPED OUT GUNS DRAWN
AND POINTED THEM AT US
THREATENING TO SHOOT IF WE RUN
AND THEN OUT OF NOWHERE.
Reporter: SINCE THE OFFICERS
THREATENED TO SHOOT HE PULLED
OUT HIS CELL PHONE AND STARTED
RECORDING THE OFFICERS WERE
LOOKING FOR A PERSON WITH THE
GUN.
HE FOLLOW THE OFFICERS TO THE
END OF THE BLOCK AND KEPT
SHOOTING VIDEO.
HE SAID THE OFFICER STARTED
WALKING TOWARD HIM AS A PERSON
STANDING NEXT TO HIM SAID TO
THE OFFICER --
WHAT ARE YOU SO ANGRY FOUR.
Reporter: THE OFFICER
APPEARS TO REACH FOR HIS GUN
AND THEN --
WHY ARE YOU SHOOTING
PEOPLE? Reporter: HENDRIX
MEANT TO OFF ASK WHY HE
THREATENED TO SHOOT EARLIER.
HENDRIX SAID THE OFFICER
RESPONDED BY SAYING HE HAD JUST
FOUND A GUN AND ADDED -- THE
PERSON NEXT TO HENDRICK SAYS
I DON'T HAVE A GUN.
Reporter: THE OFFICER THEN
TRIED TO SWAT THE PHONE OUT OF
HIS HAND.
DID HE THINK IT WAS YOU?
HE HAD TO.
Reporter: HENDRIX HELD ONTO
THE PHONE.
THIS VIDEO ABOVE THE LOCATION
SHOWS HENDRIX IN THE GRAY SHIRT
HE SAID THE OFFICER FINALLY GET
HIS PHONE OUT OF HIS HAND AND
IT LANDED ON THE GROUND.
HENDRIX SAID HE GOT STRETCHES
ON HIS ARM AND A BRUISE ON HIS
NECK.
I DEFINITELY THINK YOU NEED
SOME DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
HE MIGHT NEED TO GO TO ANGER
MANAGEMENT BECAUSE THERE IS NO
WAY YOU SHOULD BE A POLICE
REACTING LIKE THAT. Reporter:
HENDRICK SAYS HE'S IN HIS
JUNIOR YEAR AT SI YOU IN
CARBONDALE 17 GRAPHIC DESIGN
AND CINEMATOGRAPHY.
WHILE HOME ON SUMMER BREAK, HE
SHOT THIS MUSIC VIDEO FOR
CHICAGO ARTIST.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS
RIDICULOUS.
YOU ARE A TRAINED OFFICER YOU
SHOULD NOT RELAX TO THIS
COMMENT ESPECIALLY A BYSTANDER
WHO DID NOTHING.
Reporter: CHICAGO POLICE SAY
THEY TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
COPE IS INVESTIGATING THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING WHAT
