[music playing] CO D'ANGELO: Hey, let's
clear the corridor, guys. Come on. PRISONER 1: The
rookies are trying to come in and make
a difference and show that, like, they're Superman. CO D'ANGELO: Cut it out. Go back to your dorms. GREGORY MERAZ: The
rookies, the new guys, they want to puff their
chest out and walk around like they're bad. They want to-- they have
something to prove, you know? There's being disrespectful,
and then there's doing your job. There's being a man and
being a CO or whatever, and then there's
being a [bleep].. MAJ. WILLIAM EDGMAN:
Right now, the up and coming is the Burquenos. Their numbers are growing. They're constantly recruiting. A lot of people automatically
assume that your leadership are the most dangerous ones that
you have to watch out for, when in reality, it's
your lower gang member who is trying to build
that name for himself so he can work up the ranks. Those are the most volatile
and dangerous inmates you have. Hey, clear that doorway. Inmate Meraz and all
his little friends, they've just been
messing around all day. Cellmate, clear
the forward door. Back to your dorms if you
ain't using the restroom. CO D'ANGELO: Getting under
our skin a little bit. [inaudible]. CO D'ANGELO: Let's go. Clear that doorway. At least you know. At least you know. That's why you're in your pod. Now I'm going to write you up. OFFICER 1: Dude,
we're going to have frickin' write him up, bro. CO D'ANGELO: Hey! OFFICER 1: We're going to
have to write him up, dude. He keeps frickin' horseplaying. OFFICER 2: Rookie officers,
they don't understand the way the gangs think or how they
operate on a day-to-day basis, because they're
going to test him, they're going to taunt him. They know he's green. I'm going to pull
Meraz out, bro. He's pissing me off. Not your sidekick, just you. Huh? Let's go to the corridor. What's your problem, bro? All you. What do you mean,
what's my problem? Why are you acting like that? You need to check your attitude. You don't do this every day. You don't do this
[bleep] everyday. You want me to
check your attitude? CO D'ANGELO: Do you want me to
write you up on some [bleep]?? All right. I am going to do my job. How are you going to-- You better stop back. You better stop. You better step back. [music playing] - You're pulling me out here--
- Cuff up. - [bleep].
- Cuff up. - You're pulling me out here--
- Cuff up. CO D'ANGELO: Cuff up. Cuff up. Cuff up. Stop resisting. Stop resisting. He keeps resisting,
drop his ass. Let's go. I got him, bro. That's actually the
first time I've ever had an altercation with an inmate. So yeah, I mean, I was
getting a little worked up, because I didn't really know
how I was going to react, because I thought he was going
to swing on me or something, because he did take
an aggressive stance. With these guys, you never know. They could have weapons on them. Every situation like that may
be a life-or-death situation. There's no room for mistakes. My adrenaline is
pumping pretty-- a lot right now. Yeah. So it's-- yeah. Hey, D'Angelo. How's it going? You can have a seat. I just want to talk to
you about that incident. I kind of froze for
a second because it was my first incident
like that with an inmate. I feel like I might have
gave him too many chances, compared to any of you guys,
so I think that's what I could do differently next time. What I think could have
happened a little differently, if he takes a step forward,
immediately, you put the hand out, go to your OC spray. Hands on is second. OK? OK. Cool.
- OK. Thank you. CO D'ANGELO: Thanks. In the academy, they told us
how to handle use of force. When you're actually in a
confrontation with an inmate where your blood is flowing
and your adrenaline's pumping, it's kind of hard to
do exactly by the book. In the heat of the
moment, you just kind of revert to what you know.
