Tense standoff on urban street

    by Vibrant Bobby: Movies

    A tense moment captured on a quiet street raises questions about what the officer must be thinking.

    Transcript (en)

    Officer. Don't do that. Don't move. I just dropped my phone. I just dropped my phone. Move away from the car nice and slow. I can't. I can't. I need you to get up. I can't move. Get on your hands and knees now. I'm warning you, move away from the damn car. I can't do that. Officer, officer, officer, officer. My name is Franklin Roberts. I got fourth stage prostate cancer, and the pain in my back won't allow me to move. This is going to end up very badly for both of us. If you don't listen to me very, very carefully. See, look, there's the phone. And my phone, if you could come around here, you could see. Yes, you could see. Thank you. Thank you, thank you. This is going to be OK. See my hands? My hands, they're not moving. I'm going to keep them very still. And they're away from my pockets. I'm going to be very still because, officer, I need you to help me, OK? I'm going to be real still because I don't, I don't. I need you to help me get up OK Nothing frightening here Nothing at all okay You see my hands Gently slowly put your gun away You can help me. I can't get up. Phone is underneath there. There's no gun there. That's a phone. You see my hands. Thank you. Thank you. Get a hold of me under my arms. Thank you. Thank you. That's right. Good, good, good. Okay, okay. You got me? Okay. Thank you, man. This is a good Samaritan. Thank you so much. And if you could do me one more favor. I can't get my phone. If I go back down, I'll never get back up. I'm going to turn over here. I'm going to turn over here. Look at my hands. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.