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More easy i am, maybe hell let me go and i can go on my way. >> then the driver drops one last bomb, hes a convicted felon. >> how many priors, do you know? >> two. im on federal probation, sir. >> what are your felonies for? >> i was on probation for a knife. >> not a gun or anything. >> you dont have any weapons or anything right now? >> no, im good, officer. im coming home from work, man. im just trying to go home. >> okay, i want to make sure you got nothing else. step out. hes hesitating op...

>> he kept saying he didnt want to go back to prison. this is not the way to do it. >> you have a family you are saying. >> yes, sir. >> so why are you doing this? >> i dont know. >> he got himself in a bad situation that he didnt know how to get out. >> the man is so consumed with not having to return the jail, he tells deputy rivera hes ready to do something drastic. >> he knew in the back of his mind that no matter what i could do, he wasnt going to be able to just go home. really didnt have ...

Get away. and i think he was weighing his options on how best to achieve that goal. now what do you want to do, sir? >> the situation that has been escalating is about to explode. without warning, the driver makes a run for it, heading straight to his car. >> he reached around his shoulder blades and tried to pull him back from the vehicle. >> the officers have only seconds to react. >> thats when i saw a weapon coming across the back of the seat. >> gun, gun! >> gave a quick glance over to troo...

Could be drunk or high. so he decides to pull him over. >> he was actually in my mind, he was going to be my last traffic stop for the night. 632, traffic stop. as soon as i stopped and turned my lights on, he complied right away. >> after calling it in to the dispatcher, rivera walks up to the car. >> how are you doing tonight? >> how are you doing, officer? >> he had a suit. nice clean cut. he seemed like a normal person, young white male. young guy. probably 23. do you have your license, sir?...

As soon as i stopped and turned my lights on, he complied right away. >> after calling it in to the dispatcher, rivera walks up to the car. >> how are you doing tonight? >> how are you doing, officer? >> he had a suit. nice clean cut. he seemed like a normal person, young white male. young guy. probably 23. do you have your license, sir? >> rivera learns from the driver that the car belongs to the mans girlfriend and that his license is suspended. >> yeah, i just had a cigarette with my girlfrie...

Theyre checking on me right now. so i need to let them know that youre okay. i didnt think im that fast that i could take out the threat before he does. i can get him to put the gun down. im serious, i dont need this. >> amazingly, rivera does manage to defuse the situation. the driver puts the gun away in his back pocket. >> and im like, okay, we can get through this. you know, well work through this. >> dude, im sorry about this. i dont want to go to jail. >> i cant help you. >> i know i [ ble...

>> im wondering if theres a federal presence there. i know obviously, the depart of justice coming in the context of policing post-ferguson was an important turning point. im wondering if there have been fbi investigations of these fires. >> yes, so the atf on the scene working with local authorities, both local police and fire arson investigators. but as of yet, we have not had any leads that we know of. and certainly have not arrested anyone yet. most of these fires, as you noted, have been at...

Im on federal probation, sir. >> what are your felonies for? >> i was on probation for a knife. >> not a gun or anything. >> you dont have any weapons or anything right now? >> no, im good, officer. im coming home from work, man. im just trying to go home. >> okay, i want to make sure you got nothing else. step out. hes hesitating opening the door. i got my suspicions a little bit. this is your girlfriends car? >> this is my girlfriends car. >> okay. and in the blink of an eye, this traffic stop...

Traffic stop for the night. 632, traffic stop. as soon as i stopped and turned my lights on, he complied right away. >> after calling it in to the dispatcher, rivera walks up to the car. >> how are you doing tonight? >> how are you doing, officer? >> he had a suit. nice clean cut. he seemed like a normal person, young white male. young guy. probably 23. do you have your license, sir? >> rivera learns from the driver that the car belongs to the mans girlfriend and that his license is suspended. >...

Now what do you want to do, sir? >> the situation that has been escalating is about to explode. without warning, the driver makes a run for it, heading straight to his car. >> he reached around his shoulder blades and tried to pull him back from the vehicle. >> the officers have only seconds to react. >> thats when i saw a weapon coming across the back of the seat. >> gun, gun! >> gave a quick glance over to trooper harker as he was moving around and preparing to return fire. >> and thats when i...