you, bam, you hit him. >> this officer was also a victim of haywood's temper. >> the day erica assaulted he, i was just do my observation rounds and passing out mail like i would normally do. >> i told them in the hallway i could feel the anxiety coming on. i knew an attack was coming on. i feel like i'm going to hurt somebody. >> erica was out of her day room, and at that time, he was only wearing leg guards. her hands were completely free. >> here's the laiding passing our mail. i confront the lady, like why are you trying to play me and this and that, this and that? and she's just looking at me like mm-hmm, mm-hmm. >> she took a swing at me, she scratched my face, and it was on. we went toe to toe. i did punch her in the face. i punched her body. all i wanted her to do was stop charging me, because she continued to charge me. >> and then i started getting her back. i started fighting her back.