And I said, well, first of all, we all know this would have went off the rails if you wouldn't have recognized me. Like, let's just be honest about that. They only got off of me because you recognized who I was. I could have been any other cat. And this thing goes off the rails very fast. But on top of that, why did it go through his mind that the appropriate way to respond wasn't, hey, my man, give us a second. (27:20–27:22)
CLAIM
Asserts that police stopped restraining Michael Blake because they recognized him.
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