Shia LaBeouf has heated exchange with cops outside New Orleans home

Shia LaBeouf was seen having a tense exchange with cops outside his New Orleans home on Friday.

The “Transformers” star was spotted in footage obtained by TMZ empathically gesturing to police in the early morning hours. He wore a short-sleeved shirt and stood on the top step of his porch during the encounter.

“You gotta understand who I am. I’m a target,” he said, further calling himself an “easy target” while pointing at a security camera mounted on his house.

The clip also shows the “Even Stevens” alum, 39, seemingly lifting his T-shirt to expose his upper body before making the sign of the cross and looking upwards.

As the exchange became more heated, LaBeouf walked back up on his porch and began shouting about “sitting in jail for f–king four months for punching a man,” and exclaiming that he has “a f–king three-year-old!”

Cops approached the porch as an emotional LaBeouf continued shouting that he doesn’t trust authorities “at all.”

“I don’t trust you at all!” he said before seemingly wailing with frustration. The footage then shifts to the street, where LaBeouf could be heard screaming, “What are you talking about? That’s why I never call you!”

The actor was then seen walking and screaming while lifting his shirt to his face and loudly sobbing. As he continued to cry, police appeared to be leaving the scene.

Page Six has reached out to the New Orleans Police Department. A rep for LaBeouf did not immediately return Page Six’s request for comment on Friday.

Earlier this week, the “Holes” actor was seen in video wearing nothing but a pair of boxers while asking for a light for his cigarette in a hotel lobby.

“C’mon, bro … give me a f–king match. You got a match?” he asked a woman as she walked away from him.

The video comes after LaBeouf’s intoxicated arrest in New Orleans during Mardi Gras last week — he’s since been seen traveling to Rome for the baptism of his father, Jeffrey Craig LaBeouf, after a judge signed off on the getaway.

The Disney Channel alum was arrested for engaging in a bar fight in February, with footage showing the “Honey Boy” star tussling with multiple people — and head-butting one of them.

A police report claimed he may have dislocated one of the men’s noses in the public altercation, and LaBeouf was ultimately charged with two counts of simple battery before being released.

Almost immediately, he returned to the streets to re-join the Mardi Gras festivities.

The former child actor was later ordered in court to fork over a $100,000 bond, undergo a drug testing program and attend rehab.

A source exclusively told Page Six that the actor had relocated to New Orleans to be near family members after secretly separating from his estranged wife, “Frankenstein” star Mia Goth, about a year ago.

The former couple shares daughter Isabel, whom they welcomed in March 2022.