An argument between the police and Royal eventually escalated into one of the officers ordering Royal to get out of the car and put his hands up. Camera footage from another officer shows him suddenly rushing towards Royal and his partner with a drawn pistol. In the video, a second officer can be heard telling Royal, “I’m going to kill you, you stupid bastard.”

“They told me to raise my hands, I raised my hands. Then they hit me, put me in a full nelson. The officer ran around the car, put a gun to his head, said, “I’m going to kill you,” Royal said during a press conference with activists, taped by KHOU on Wednesday.

“His behavior was so reckless, we thank God that this young man is still alive,” activist Quanell X said of the officer. will kill someone if he is not stopped.”

Jersey Village Police told KHOU that Royal dropped his cell phone and reached out to grab it after being told to raise his hands, which they said prompted officers to respond with the force and threats shown in the video. In a statement to KHOU, the department said it had “begun an investigation into the allegations contained in the complaint” and that “if any policy violations are found to exist, they will be forwarded to our Internal Affairs department for a full review.” investigation.”

“I didn’t do anything to him,” Royal said at a press conference on Wednesday. It’s just some kind of mess, something that keeps playing in my head: “I’m going to kill you,” he added.