This Hazing Situation is Crazy

It was Iowa State. The body cam was

wild. Actually looked like a scene from

Weapons. Oh, here we go. Raw video. UI

body cam shows frat's 2024 hazing

incident.

>> What are we out here for? Noise

complaint or something? Oh, no. That's a

fire truck.

>> That's okay. Fires here.

>> Alcohol poisoning.

If it was alcohol poisoning, I don't I

feel like the I don't think they would

have got suited up. Okay. Okay. So,

probably probably not alcohol poisoning.

Looking like a fire maybe.

Oh, wow. What

>> does anyone want to be force coming on?

What's going on?

>> Anyone?

>> As advertised. That does feel like

something straight out of weapons, huh?

This was 2024, so they certainly weren't

doing the Black Beetle challenge either.

Oh, wow.

That that now that is interesting, isn't

it?

They're in low power mode.

>> You got to see it from my perspective.

What the did I just walk into?

>> Police and firefighters responded to the

Alpha Delta 5 fraternity house after a

fire alarm went off.

>> Ah, okay.

>> This is where we left off in the other

footage. Okay.

Yeah. So, I guess all the dudes down

there were rubbing together too fast and

set off the smoke alarm.

>> Pretty good. How are you?

>> Hey, Cody.

>> Hey, pardon me, Cody. We're going

downstairs.

Hey, guys. Going on here.

>> Oh, the firefighters were the first ones

to see it.

What's going on?

>> While downstairs checking the fire

alarm, officers stumble upon a

fraternity hazing situation.

>> What in the hell is

>> Yeah, I'll definitely need

>> What in the Sam hell?

>> All right, who's in charge?

>> That'd be Cody.

Looks like we have quite a bit of

hazing.

So, I'm going to ask again who's in

charge?

>> Um, you can talk upstairs.

>> No, we're going to talk right here.

Who's in charge?

>> Um,

a couple of us are. I mean, I don't

know.

>> I don't Yeah, I don't have to tell you.

>> Okay. Well, we need to find someone

who's in charge

>> cuz this is ridiculous. Hey, this stops

here, guys.

This is a police department. This

>> Oh, wait. So they weren't shirtless

initially. Whoa. What

were they making mud pies and having a

food fight?

So they weren't shirtless initially.

What did they take their shirts off

after the officers like went upstairs?

When did that happen? That's

interesting. They're covered in blood.

Where? Oh, I guess like here maybe.

>> Stops here. Who's in charge?

upstairs.

>> Who said that?

>> How about we stop?

>> Your excommunicado.

>> Everyone take their blindfold.

>> What? What frat is this? Alpha Delta.

You're out of here, bud.

Someone tell Cody.

>> Clear the room and get out of here. But

no one's moving.

>> That I will tell you something. That's

commitment.

There is a chance

I'm really reaching. But imagine uh I I

just keep calling everyone here, Cody,

but imagine like whoever's in charge

here said like knew that the you know

with the fire alarm going off and

everything that police would arrive and

he told all of the uh all the freshmen

here, there's going to be cops coming.

They're not real cops. If you break,

you're out. What do you think the odds

are of that? I feel like there's a good

chance, right?

Like they're testing you. Cosplay,

please. Yeah. Like like you know how uh

like bachelorette parties order this

stripper dressed as a police officer?

Maybe it's one of those things.

I I say that and I don't know if that

actually happens in the real world or

just in movies. I don't know how often

you order a police stripper man, but I

it's probably possible.

>> Apparently they're taking this pretty

serious.

>> I guess you in charge.

>> You said

>> still haven't found out who's in charge.

No one want to ask for house dad.

>> Where's he at?

>> Summit.

>> Working at Summit.

>> Summit. That's cool.

>> So, uh,

>> so

>> obviously here.

>> Yeah, Lieutenant's coming.

>> Okay, cool. Yeah,

>> definitely figure out why you wouldn't

let me pass you initially.

>> Questionable.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah. Just one of those things.

>> Uh,

>> we've been there a million times.

calling your house dad or whoever

>> to get him here

>> since ultimately.

>> He's probably in charge, right? Unless

someone else is in charge.

>> I don't have his number.

>> Yeah.

>> Do you guys know how the fire alarm got

set off? Is it just

>> It's manual.

>> Is it Does his voice normally sound like

that or

>> the hallway here?

>> Did he lose his voice from like

screaming all day? I wonder if he always

sounds like that.

>> I got set off. I'm not sure.

I don't think it was down here. It's

upstairs.

>> I can tell you it was this.

>> Yeah.

>> I wonder supposed to stay.

>> You guys had to do this, too, huh?

>> No.

>> I don't know what this is.

>> I mean,

>> I'm as confused as you guys. Who are Why

do you Why do cops put all these dudes

in my basement?

Not that dumb.

>> Okay. And what are you doing here?

>> He He's 11. He lives upstairs.

>> Oh, so you do live here?

>> Yeah.

>> Well, he's Your buddy here is saying

different.

>> No, they said the same thing. They said

the same thing.

>> Police. Who's in charge of the house?

>> Our house stands at Summit.

>> Okay, we need him now.

>> He's at Summit.

>> Okay. Can we get with him?

>> I don't know.

>> Here's the deal. From what I'm being

told, this is

>> I don't know what Summit is. Does that

mean he's like off the grid or

something? What What's Summit?

We can't get We can't get House Papa on

the phone. Dude's on Everest. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Okay, that makes more sense. Yeah,

that's why he's unreachable. I get it.

Probably just a town nearby.

Yeah, that makes sense.

>> This is like shutting down chapter type

stuff.

>> I need to start talking now.

It's 1:00.

>> Yeah, that's fine. I need to talk to

people. Can you call Summit?

>> Can I call Summit?

>> Yep.

>> I'm not calling Summit.

>> I have no contact with Summit.

>> Who is Summit now?

>> Nobody in here.

>> Jesus. Like the elusive man.

>> The guy that's in charge of this house.

>> They were ghost hunting.

Yeah, they were checking for paranormal

phenomenon.

Hazing is illegal in some states. Oh,

really? Wait, like just full stop even

like no matter what it is, any kind of

hazing is illegal in some states. Oh, I

didn't know that. Oh, it's also illegal

in Florida. Didn't know that either. I

thought it was only like the really

dangerous hazing rituals that were uh

like illegal. I didn't know it was the

whole thing. Yeah. According to

stophazing.org,

44 out of 50 states have anti-hazing

laws in place. I actually didn't know

full stop there were so like it was so

common to have hazing itself just be

outlawed. Literally kills people. Oh

yeah. I mean I I feel like everyone's

read tons of stories about hazing

leading to deaths. I know. I just didn't

know it was illegal. I thought it was

only like those chapters that did that

[ __ ] getting shut down and those people

getting arrested and stuff. I didn't

know they just outlawed the entire idea

of hazing.

>> What's his name?

>> Eric. Eric. You don't know his last

name.

>> I got a buddy named Eric.

>> A couple different code violations.

>> That guy can do anything.

>> So, what's going on in here?

>> You don't know? You're just blocking the

door, so we can't see you live here.

>> How does nobody live here?

>> Just hanging out. Tell me.

>> No, you tell me.

>> You go to University of Iowa?

>> Yeah.

>> You do? What's your major?

>> Business.

>> Business. What's your name?

>> Uh, business. Big business.

Hey guys, when did you uh

>> anyone in here that needs medical?

>> When did you all take your shirts off?

When did that happen?

>> Is anyone here that is against their

will?

>> Guys, I just took a peek in here a

second ago. You guys had shirts on

>> who is not participating in this,

>> i.e. a leader.

>> Is there anyone with any sort of

physical injury?

>> No.

Oh,

>> what the guy?

>> What's all over you guys?

>> Just water.

>> Fun juice.

>> Pie.

>> Not sure if some are

>> you. Come here,

>> Serena.

>> Nope. You're going to stand right over

there.

>> Why?

>> Cuz I'm telling it to.

>> It's my house.

>> It's your house. You're responsible for

everything that happened today.

>> So, okay.

>> Tuck in right there.

>> Get up against the wall.

Come over here.

>> It's like he's picking a kickball team.

>> Which one of you can run two bases the

fastest?

>> I'm putting together a team. Please do

ask them questions about what's going on

on their arms.

>> So, are you responsible for the house?

>> No. Okay. Who's the house dad?

>> I just told you he works at Summit.

Well, call him. Go there.

>> What was his name?

>> Eric. I told you.

>> Why are you asking me?

>> Cuz it sounds like you're responsible

for the house.

>> No.

>> Sounds like you have something some idea

of what's going on.

>> Didn't he just say it's his house?

>> What's coming with everything?

>> Did I Did I mishar him?

>> House. dead. What are you 30 years?

>> We're trying to get a hold of.

>> Okay, go call.

>> Stay right there.

>> You guys got IDs on here?

>> Yes, sir.

>> Let's take a look at him.

>> Any

see it from my perspective. What the did

I just walk into?

>> Celebration.

>> You know what? Celebration or what?

>> Brotherhood.

>> Okay, sweet.

The reason I pulled you guys aside,

>> we're here for public safety at this

point. What's on your arms?

>> Where are you guys going now?

>> We're going to the house next door.

There's like 7,000 other dudes in that

basement. So, we're going to go join

them.

>> We're going to form like a giant like

Megazord together. We're going to

[ __ ] huddle on top of each other and

be like Voltron or something.

>> That looks like blood. Is it a shinier

or light? Is it blood?

>> That's what I'm asking.

>> Want to taste it?

>> No.

>> Okay.

You see why we're here? Why we're asking

questions?

>> I don't know. Got the wrong guy.

>> He sounds like a Muppets character right

now. Again, I don't know if that's what

like his normal voice or something or

maybe he smoked too much or screamed too

much. I'm not sure. But it is [ __ ]

incredible. This whole video is like uh

if I saw it in a movie, I think it's

like way over the top, like like too

ridiculous to be real.

>> I was going to ask those guys questions

and then he told them all to start

heading out.

>> What's up?

>> I was going to ask those two guys

questions, but then they all started

following out.

>> No, they I stopped them, but he was

>> misunderstood.

Did you pull these guys out?

>> No, they I went to go talk to those guys

and then they started coming out.

>> Why do they come out?

>> They're like weeping angels, man, but

like opposite. So when you don't look at

them, they start changing position,

taking their shirts off and and walking

away very slowly. You got to keep eyes

on them if you want him to stay, man.

It's like he's never played Five Nights

at Freddy's.

Yeah, we had at the France where I went

to to university, there was hazing,

which is why I didn't know it was

illegal. It wasn't exactly like a

well-kept secret or anything, but it was

nothing extreme from what I remember. It

was like really trivial [ __ ]

>> Um I'm a little frustrated.

>> Mhm.

>> But

>> yeah, I'm a bit peeved if you if you can

believe it.

>> What's going on tonight?

>> It's it's their leadup to initiation.

>> Okay.

>> Yeah. Um, what's what's the deal with

what what are we doing in the basement?

>> Um, they're

>> it's a brotherhood ritual

>> where they're blindfolded.

>> Okay.

>> And get messed with.

>> Okay. And then on top of that, we find

this hazing event. We want to speak to

somebody.

>> Well, well, well, well, well. In all

fairness, officer, we don't know if it's

a hazing event. This could have been a

land party. We like I I'm pretty sure I

saw a computer somewhere over there.

They could have been all huddled around

watching [ __ ] Worms Armageddon with

their shirts off covered in mud. It's

very we we can't rule out that

possibility.

>> The University of Iowa is going to see

this. Okay?

>> And with the stuff going around across

the country, students dying from hazing

events. I'm not saying it's to that

level. It's not.

>> I'm not saying any But

>> the university has a very that does

happen all the time policy

>> that is very true. Amazing.

>> If I can't talk to people and if people

aren't

>> going to cooperate with me.

>> So you interjecting yourself into that

conversation, what good is that?

>> They don't need to talk to the cops.

>> Why are you deciding who they need to

talk to, though?

>> Saying they're my buddies. They're my

>> He's like the Lorax. He He's He speaks

for the trees, brother. I mean, he's

trying to do them a solid and be the be

the fall guy here, but he's not very

good at it. He's actually pretty

terrible at it.

I think this was his attempt to like

fall on the sword, but I don't know why

he thought he was equipped to handle

that responsibility when he couldn't

really get words out. Well,

>> I would like to have a word here. Okay.

>> And if there's anything actually

happening, you can call me again, but

it's been a pleasure. Thanks, Phyllis.

>> Well, no, thank you, Cody.

>> I didn't catch your name.

>> So, this is Lieutenant Travis. Travis

>> 122. We'll take you.

>> What' you say your name was?

>> Joseph.

>> All right. Joseph.

>> All right, Cody. Well, we're going to be

on our way now. Thank you for

everything.

I hope the rest of rush week goes well.

>> God speed to you.

>> Unfortunately for you, at this point,

you're being placed under arrest. Put

your hands behind your back. Well,

>> Joseph was arrested for interference

with official acts in connection with

the hazing incident. Those charges would

be dropped a year later. The Alpha Delta

5 fraternity was suspended through 2029

for hazing.

>> O,

so they gave us the aftermath on it.

I'm still so curious what that ritual

was.

stand in the basement blindfolded,

maybe taste a bunch of yucky sodas and

try and guess which one's which.

Imagine it's some [ __ ] like that. Like

it's actually the most like nerdy

garbage ever down there.

We were actually doing like the lull and

everyone that failed we just kicked out.

Yeah. No, that [ __ ] that shit's crazy,

man. Who was the guy at Summit? Oh,

Eric. Oh yeah. No, that that dude never

came through, I don't think. Unless he

was the guy in the white shirt, but I

don't think he introduced himself as

Eric. Why do people go through that?

Friends, a lot of people do it for

friends. It's a guaranteed way to

basically pay for friends. You get into

the the brotherhood. You immediately get

yourself like a little network sense of

belonging. Yeah. I mean, I I kind of put

that together with like friends and

immediately getting like a a network of

people around you. For a lot of people,

it's worth the price and the the hazing.

Like dues are not cheap for the frats.

You are actually like forking over a

pretty significant amount of money in

order to stay paying for your friends

and your sense of belonging.

How annoying were the frat guys at UT?

Not at all. Actually, I didn't have any

bad experiences with the frat guys at UT

when I was