On June 20, 2016* at about 3:40 P.M., Officer Chris Rodgers of the Sedro-Woolley Police Department was dispatched to a report of a domestic disturbance involving Marco Garcia, who was known to the police to be a drug user and convicted felon. At the time of the call, Garcia had an unconfirmed no-bail felony warrant for bail jumping, possession of a controlled substance, and resisting arrest.
En route to the call, Officer Rodgers called for backup. Garcia had fought police is the past and Rodgers figured that it might happen again. Upon arriving, Officer Rodgers asked one of Garcia’s kids “Where’s daddy?” and she replied “Daddy’s in the bedroom,” pointing toward what police described as “the same closet that Garcia used to hide in” on other occasions. After ordering Garcia out of the closet multiple times, Officer Rodgers deployed one burst of OC spray onto Garcia’s face.
Rodgers would later write “I immediately felt blowback from the spray on my face as I backed out of the closet. The man that came out of the closet fit the physical description of Garcia, he was later identified as Garcia. He was taken into custody on the floor of the bedroom by myself and Officer Eddy. He was handcuffed and walked out of the house.”
“Aid was called to decontaminate Garcia. He was not very compliant with officers or the aid crew. Garcia was transported to Skagit County Jail on his warrants and charged with resisting arrest.”
*Yeah, yeah, old news — you haven’t seen it before ✌ï¸
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Why do they always mention the camera Bein on?That's prolly the only reason they behave because of the cams
This dudes such a baby🤣🤣🤣got me Dyin over here
Should have let the dog find him.
Officer: Any weapons on you, Marco?
Marco: Gasps for air
Anybody else say Polo when the officer screamed Marco😂
its making me nervous that the cop keeps telling all the other cops that his body cam is on… its like hes making sure everyone behaves while recording
Sweat in the eyes bad enough for me🔥🔥
Man up tubby.
Don’t scare me lol
Can't believe they wasted like 3 bottles of water and a bag of saline on this loser
I wonder how his homie feel seeing him sitting on the curb crying like a little girl
Imagine being such a big tough guy you gotta join a gang But in reality he's a freaking coward
That .2% OC is no joke
Makes me think of when my dog shits in the house, and she hides because she knows she did a bad thing, and won't come out no matter how much I call her name, so I have to drag her out.
Could be the weed tho
That cop had a comforting voice
I think his camera's on.
Now if all police officers were as professional as this guy then the respect for the police would go through the roof……
Next listen to the police ahole
I played this game as a kid. We played it in the pool though.
Can’t fix stupid.
Come out come out wherever you are lol
I got some pepper spray gel for self defense. I haven't used it 😔
Let me give you some shirt to wipe the same shirt you just wiped it on 5 seconds ago 😂😂
He's wiping his face on a shirt that is probably covered in pepper spray lol…kind of pointless
they needed a fire rescue truck to carry a 600 ml bottle of water.
I'm in no way an expert about OC spray, but the conversations in this video and in comments indicate that water burns as it's washing the OC out. The paramedic asked for saline, which is simply salty water, so I guess that would still burn too. Milk was mentioned too, which I assume works in the same way that yoghurt does with spicy food.
Given all this this, I'm surprised no one has invented a single dose packet that police, fire/paramedics could carry with them to help counteract the effects of OC spray, not only for the recipient, but for the officers and bystanders who might receive unintentional back spray.
It would seem both common sense and a duty of care to have something like that available for officers so they can return to full function as soon as possible. Surely that correlates to better control of situations and therefore safety and performance?
Don’t’ act like ya’ll didn’t hear “Polo†when Cop yelled “Marco  😂
This cop is a shining example of how a good cop should carry himself. He is protecting and serving. Even to the knucklehead, who is still a human being.
Marco DECIDED TO HURT HIS LADY , THE POLICE CAME TO HURT HIM BACK
It has to suck only getting a water bottle. When i got sprayed in training I had to waterboard myself with a garden hose for about 2 hours while rubbing baby soap into my eyes😂😂
How telling it is that this gang member who allegedly beats a woman and terrorizes his kids is found hiding in a closet like a scared little mouse and acts like a toddler when sprayed w/ a bit of pepper spray. Not so badass now are you!!
Do not scare me???
You’d think the dude would’ve eventually figured out a better hiding spot. 😂
Such an idiot!! What he gained from that???
I would LOOOOVE to know what brand OC that was…..sabre red?
He stops for a minute to say Hey! That’s my Homie! This guy is a piece of work. Who takes it this far with your kids around and the kids have to live where you made them pepper spray you? Marco cares about Marco
Big Baby Man
The paramedics sure are taking their time to help this guy walking really slow
They were FAR too kind to this moron! He thinks he's a badboy. Badboys don't hide in the closet, and cry like babies when they get pepper sprayed! Did he really think they weren't gonna find him?! Silly me… does he think at all?
Thank God Motor One Got To Him Quick