one deputy outnumbered by a group of inmates. not in the area during the attack, but later sees the unbelievable video. literally within a matter of a few seconds, maybe three to five seconds, dieguez comes into the picture. he delivers that knockout punch to tin mate choking the guard. he delivers that strike with all his momentum behind him and they all go down to the floor in a heap. when they got to the ground his grip was still pretty strong around the deputy s neck. terrell carswell, another inmate, hears the commotion and runs to the brawl. i heard somebody screaming. i jumped up and ran down. i wasn t thinking. when i got to him, moon s face was a whole other color. carswell tries to keep the 165-pound burden pinned down. it s not easy. i sat on him like this. he kept doing like this and
twisting. i said, hold still, man, hold still. be still. carswell and the others stopped burden from choking moon. another inmate grabs the radio and calls for help. you see them on the camera pick up the radio and say, 7 delta we need help. 7 delta we need help. which is really at that point the first alert to the rest of the staff that there s trouble in 7 delta. deputy lori garcia hears the distress call as she s going about her daily routine. it was a transmission that was unlike what a deputy would transmit over the radio. so we knew that something wasn t right. we knew it had to have been an inmate. less than a minute later, deputy garcia and a group of officers reach pod 7 delta. your adrenaline is flowing and you walk in or run in, basically, and you don t know what you re going to see. they see a pod of utter confusion and commotion. inmates are scattered with some
did something good. letters pour in for them from all over the world. you never seen inmates run to save an officer s life. we re in jail, committed a crime at one time or another. you know, we do have a heart, too. deputy moon has since retired. terrell carswell says he was well liked by everyone around the jail. moon was like a father to me. he helped inmates. he could deal with anybody. they respected this guy, and it s human nature to protect someone you respect and care about. if it weren t for the fact that dieguez got there when he did and took the action that he did, this might have had a bad ending for us. instead, privatera says he has seen
why would inmates be behind the desk like that? while carswell restrains burden, deputies handcuff him and thank the inmate. tapped me on the back and told me good work. you all right, carswell? are you okay? the jail s medical unit treats deputy moon. he has a few bumps and scratches and is clearly shaken. douglas burden, who was in jail on allegations of drug violations and plead not guilty, is moved immediately to a confinement unit and locked away for 23 hours a day. he is charged with battery on detention facility staff. burden again pleads not guilty and is awaiting psychological evaluation. burden s reason for the attack isn t certain. there was some reports that earlier in the day moon had disciplined burden and that he corrected something he was doing and told him not to do it again. but that happens every day in jail.
it s not an unusual event. this is jail and there are dangerous people in this jail. but this time, these inmates, some accused of violent crimes, did something good. letters pour in for them from all over the world. you never seen inmates run to save an officer s life. we re in jail, committed a crime at one time or another. you know, we do have a heart, too. deputy moon has since retired. terrell carswell says he was well liked by everyone around the jail. moon was like a father to me. he helped inmates. he could deal with anybody. they respected this guy, and it s human nature to protect someone you respect and care about. if it weren t for the fact that dieguez got there when he did and took the action that he did, this might have had a bad ending for us. instead, he says, he has seen a positive change in the inmates around pod 7. you can see that they re holding their chests a little higher, they re walking a little taller. coming up, desperation at a