On February 28, 2018 at approximately 4:16pm, Officer Joel Richardson, of the Atlanta Police Department was working an off-duty gig at an Atlanta jewelry store, when he “was involved in a physical altercation with a Mr. Branden Albert.” Richardson – who was tackled by Albert during the incident – described the former NFL player as “solidly built.”
Branden Baptist Albert, born November 4, 1984, is a former NFL offensive tackle who played nine seasons professionally. He played college football at Virginia and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs 15th overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. Albert later played for the Miami Dolphins and was a member of Jacksonville Jaguars before announcing his retirement in 2017.
The Icebox Jewelry incident began when Albert and two of his friends entered Icebox to make a purchase. While the three men were inside the store, Albert wandered to the back of the store — where customers are generally not permitted.
The store’s owner, Jooma Zahir, asked Albert to leave multiple times, but, per Officer Richardson’s report, “instead he punched a jewelry cabinet which left a very large hole.” At that point Albert was confronted by Officer Richardson. Albert’s friends agreed to pay for the damages immediately, “but Albert kept insisting that he leave the store.”
“Furthermore, Albert became loud and boisterous, used lots of profanity and stated that he would kill Mr. Jooma. Mr. Albert also stated that he did not steal anything.”
“I, Ofc Richardson, gave Mr. Albert several commands that he cannot leave the store until this matter is resolved, then without being provoked Mr. Albert dashed between his two friends and pushed me very hard, then made his way toward the exit. I, Officer Richardson, deployed my City Of Atlanta Taser due to the fact that Mr. Albert is approximately 315 pounds (solidly built) 6′ 4″ in height, and a former NFL football player.”
“Also, upon deploying my taser only one of the prongs made contact, and Mr. Albert fell to the ground, but immediately got back up, pulled out the prong and began to take flight again. I, Officer Richardson, gave chase again, but Mr. Albert stopped, turned around and tackled me to the ground, then attempted to leave the stated location, but was confronted by Zone 2 units and gave up.”
“While at Zone 2 precinct Mr. Albert stated that we had a good tussle and he apologize for his behavior, but then his attitude changed again. Mr. Albert once again used profanity, was boisterous and would constantly asked to be released, stating that he did nothing wrong.”
Branden Albert was arrested and charged with Criminal Damage to Property 16-7-23, and Obstruction of a Law Enforcement Officer 16-10-24(b). Albert’s friends on scene explained his behavior as emerging from a “concussion syndrome” associated with Albert’s time in the NFL.
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I heard he boofed some acid
It's the youtuber kid in the beginning.
Damn that's my boy form elementary and Middle school crazy Big B
The man has a traumatic brain injury from playing ball. Very sad.
Icebox telling a whole story to the police rat ass 🤦ðŸ¾â€â™‚ï¸
Im confused about @11:13 he was just sitting there then they walked up and said get on the ground?
diamonds and joggers…..
I, Officer Richardson, deployed my City Of Atlanta Taser due to the fact that Mr. Albert is approximately 315 pounds (solidly built) 6' 4" in height, and a former NFL football player." 😀
The frozen shocked look on his face when asked……"what's your name"? "Spell it"!….
You wanna know what’s funny but not funny at all. If he would of taped that officers arm like he did to him, he would of caught another assault charge.
Like what do you expected you tased him
Holy shit these are the Icebox guys. That’s huge. They’ve got a big series on Vice, thought I recognized that guy.
Where is Officer Ogletree
Another oppressed black man who can get anywhere in this racist country…….. Oh wait he played in the nfl and probably made more money than most of us will ever make. What a terrible country this is ………..
Dizzee Rascal is a cop?
Serious bodily harm or death? Absolutely.
to many black cops, cant make this a racial issue
A lot of body, too little intelligence. Poor judgment and impulse control. Ebonic speech. Yeah, another case of the melanins.
I think the police handled that situation very professionally. Excellent work by the Atlanta PD.
Wtf why he look and sound like the jeweler from ice box ?
Wheres Motor One when you need him?
I bet that was Waka Flocka in the icebox jewellery shopping with the knapsack
I went to high school with this guy lol
Sargent saaargent Jeremy where are you when society needs you and your powerful squad too
“Ice-box?? He in the freezer?†Lmao
He had millions ……gone
Obviously head trauma
man whyd he have to do all that at icebox
I like how he was trying to turn his camera off and the other guy was just looking at him like really then reached over turned it off 😂😂
6:27 that cops almost looks like Shia LaBeouf😂😂
Wow I’m shocked
Guaranteed he doesn’t have a dollar left.
Still a child ain’t no man in him
Dang the people at icebox really be snitches😂
“WhO aCTs lIkE tHaT†okay fruitcake
Ashamed to be a dolphins fan
Daym diss shit happened at ICEBOX
The officer wouldn’t shoot in a store filled with workers
11:15 i hate when police do this. He isn't resisting, why you feel the need to push him like that to the floor and even slapping him in the shoulder? Just to feed your ego? 🙄
Pointless video. Five seconds of altercation and 30 minutes of cops hanging around doing nothing.
I mean, he broke a piece of particle board facing cabinet. Please.
Yo I ain’t no Shia LaBeouf is a cop
Man that fellas a giant
Come show me where he broke the cabinet….. breaks door on way out. Lol
ICEBOX😢
Is so depressing what Fame and does to people. At some point this video I heard him say "no more games, understand…"? There was no reason for him to say that to anyone; he was simply asking dude for his ID. But you see where his mind is. This type of behavior stems from their rise and fall to and from success and having NO support system. A lot of these dudes had NO support system from the gate, then they obtain that FAKE strong and stable support system throughout their multi-million dollae careers. But when they fall, they return back to zero point…of having NO support system at all. Really sad. Basically it shows that without people you care about the people who care about you, all that goddamn money services ZERO purpose and will be gone just as fast as it came, simply because they don't have shit else to do with it.
Of course the taser fell off. He's a offensive lineman boi big