ABC SEVEN NEWS I-TEAM EXCLUSIVE. >> HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ME. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON. >> I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. >> WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? >> YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN STEEL. >> COME ON. NO, I'M NOT SURE. YOU HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THAT AT ALL. >> A SECURITY GUARD AT SAN FRANCISCO'S EMBARCADERO CENTER SHOPPING PLAZA HAS BEEN SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT FROM WEDNESDAY. CAUGHT ON VIDEO. GOOD EVENING. >> I'M AMA DAETZ AND I'M DAN ASHLEY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE GUARD TOLD THOSE TWO YOUNG MEN NOT TO GO INTO A STORE BECAUSE HE SUPPOSEDLY KNEW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO STEAL. I-TEAM REPORTER DAN NOYES HAS BEEN DIGGING INTO THIS INCIDENT SINCE ONE OF THE MEN POSTED THAT VIDEO ON REDDIT. >> YEAH, DAN, YOU HAVE SOME EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION. >> WELL, AMA AND DAN, I SPOKE TO THE TWO YOUNG MEN WHO FEEL THEY WERE PROFILED FOR NO REASON. THEY ALSO TELL ME THE GUARD FLASHED A SIDEARM AND AN INSPECTOR'S BADGE FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 24 YEAR OLD NICHOLAS KINCADE AND 22 YEAR OLD AMIR ALI WORK AT A HIGH FASHION BOUTIQUE NEAR THE EMBARCADERO CENTER. DURING A BREAK, NICHOLAS WANTED TO PICK UP SOME SUPPLIES FROM THE SEPHORA. THERE. >> WE JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO GET A SCALP SCRUBBER FOR MYSELF. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEAUTY PRODUCTS ALL DAY, PRETTY MUCH JUST DISCUSSING LIKE WHAT WE NEEDED. >> THEY FIRST TRIED THE INSIDE DOOR. IT WAS BLOCKED, SO THEY WALKED AROUND TO THE STREET SIDE ENTRANCE WHERE A SECURITY GUARD TOLD THEM NOT TO ENTER THE STORE. >> THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. >> OKAY, OKAY. AND WHAT HAVE I DONE SO FAR? DO YOU WANT TO LET ME KNOW? WHAT AM I TELLING YOU? YOU'RE GOING TO GO IN AND STEAL. HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. YOU HAVE NO ANSWER. YOU HAVE NO ANSWER AT ALL. >> I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. >> I SPOKE TO THE TWO OF THEM TODAY. THE FIRST TIME HE SAYS, DON'T GO IN THERE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO STEAL WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND. >> I KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS. I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. I MEAN, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE CIVILIAN TIMES, SO I IMMEDIATELY JUST START FIRING BACK AND TRYING TO GET ANYTHING OUT OF HIM TO PROVE THAT HE HAS SOMETHING TO STAND ON. BECAUSE I KNOW MY HEART OF HEARTS IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THERE, THEY TELL ME. >> THEY QUESTIONED WHETHER THE GUARD EVEN WORKED AT THE EMBARCADERO. THEY THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE A VIGILANTE. >> DO YOU EVEN WORK AT THIS? PARDON ME. DO YOU WORK AT THIS PROPERTY? YEAH. >> CAN I SEE, LIKE, BUILDING SECURITY? >> CAN I SEE LIKE, ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU WORK HERE? I SEE, LIKE, ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU WORK HERE. >> WELL, I CAN SHOW YOU, I CAN SHOW YOU THIS WHILE IT'S JUST OFF CAMERA. >> YOU CAN SEE THE GUARD LIFT HIS JACKET A BIT. THE TWO SHOPPERS SAY HE REVEALED HIS SIDEARM THAT IS VISIBLE A FEW SECONDS LATER WHEN HE LIFTS HIS SHIRT AND SHOWS ME A GLOCK, AND I'M LIKE, WELL, THAT DOESN'T REALLY. >> YEAH, THAT DOESN'T REALLY HELP THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW. I DON'T NEED TO SEE A WEAPON NOW. I JUST FEEL THREATENED. I'LL SHOW YOU THIS. >> MY ID AND THE GUARD BRIEFLY SHOWED A BADGE. A RETIRED LIEUTENANT INSPECTOR SHIELD FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. STARTING THERE, I CALLED LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES WHO IDENTIFIED THE GUARD AS 72 YEAR OLD MIKE KOPPEL. HE WORKED FOR THE MARIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THEN RETIRED FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO DA'S OFFICE IN 2007. HER STAFF SAYS. DISTRICT ATTORNEY BROOKE JENKINS WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THE INCIDENT BECAUSE THIS MATTER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE SPECIAL PROSECUTIONS UNIT OF OUR OFFICE. THE PERSON SEEN IN THIS VIDEO IS NOT A CURRENT EMPLOYEE. THE OWNER OF THE EMBARCADERO COMPLEX, BOSTON PROPERTIES, EMAILED ME THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE THIRD PARTY SECURITY PARTNER TO CONDUCT A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT. IN THE MEANTIME, THE SECURITY OFFICER HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM OUR PROPERTY PENDING THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. KOPPEL DID NOT RETURN MY CALLS, TEXTS AND EMAILS FOR COMMENT. ALI AND KINCADE TELL ME THEY WENT SHOPPING IN SEPHORA ANYWAY. >> OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO INSIDE NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO REASON TO STOP US. >> ALL RIGHT. YOU GO IN, YOU STEAL. >> AND THEY CAME OUT TO FIND AN SFPD OFFICER WAITING AT THE DOOR, BUT THEY JUST WALKED BY AND RETURNED TO WORK, AND BOTH TELL ME THEY NEVER SAW MIKE KOPPEL BEFORE THAT ALTERCATION. I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY GUARD TRAINING, AND THEY SAID WHAT HAPPENED COULD
