On May 4th, 2025, in Akron, Ohio, officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle observed illegally passing other cars. Hi. You know you can't pass on a double yellow, right? >> I'm on three. It does not matter. You cannot pass on a double yellow. I need your driver's license, registration, and insurance, please. >> I don't got that. You don't You do not have a driver's license? >> I don't. Okay, go ahead and shut the car off. Hand me the keys. Hand me the keys, please, ma'am. Go ahead and step out for me. Okay, you are not under arrest. You're just being detained. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. No, there's no man being Stop. Stop. Stop. PUT YOUR HANDS PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. 25, I need another unit here. She's resisting. Turn around. Put your hands behind your back. PUT YOUR [ __ ] HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. You're about to be tased. Stop. Turn over. Flip her over. Put your hands behind your back. Stop. Stay still. Stay still. Now you're going to jail. STOP. STOP. STOP. STOP. You're ridiculous. >> [screaming] >> Stop doing that. Stop. STOP. 25, SLOW EVERYBODY DOWN. Yourself and 11 have her. We just got to put her in a wrap. Why did you turn this into something? You would have got a ticket and went on your way. Do you need to help him with that? Put this down. We got to put her knees there. As soon as we get her down I'm going to wait till we get her down. You guys got her? All right. Let's get her Knees right here. What was that? Yeah, just Yeah, put her extremely Stop. She You got a roller? You got a roller? You have it where you deem fit. Go ahead and roll it out. All right, sit her up. Just put her head and sit her That's your [ __ ] All right, straighten her out. There you go. Can you pull back some? So everybody grab a handle. Back first. Careful, don't trip on it. What's that? Cunningham, we'll just put her in yours and we'll take I'll follow you down. Will you go to the other side and pull her through? Yeah, it's We're going to get them. All right, first we're going to pull into the bridge so I don't have to do my interview tonight. Yeah, I'm fine. She [ __ ] poked me in the eye and [ __ ] You are not going home today. So why do I even do police work? Hold on, I'm not being My name's T.J. I'm a sergeant. What is going on today? I can't I can't hear you. What's that? Nothing's going on? What happened between you and the officer? The officer told me to pull over. I I pulled over. He told me to get out. I got out. And then what happened? Then I said, "For what?" But I still was out the [ __ ] car. So you got out the car? Yes, and I told him I didn't have my license and my insurance. And he said, "I'm not arrested, but I'm putting your hands behind your back." And I said, "For what, if I'm not arrested?" You got to do what? And then he slammed me to the ground. What are you talking about? DON'T YOU THINK I GOT CAMERAS? YEAH. OKAY, so watch the [ __ ] cameras. I will. Uh what were you doing when he slammed you to the ground? Nothing. Nothing. Were you just standing there? No, I wasn't doing [ __ ] I wasn't flipping over. I wasn't doing [ __ ] You weren't doing nothing? >> Nothing. I was just laying there. Did you Well, no, before he took you to the ground, what were you doing? He wanted to put your hands behind your back, and then what happened? >> Nothing. I had my charger IN MY HAND, AND I WAS TRYING TO CALL MY MOM. So >> was trying to take my phone. He wanted to put your hands >> he taking my phone for if I'm not arrested? So he wanted to put your hands behind your back and you were trying to make a phone call. He was trying to take my phone out of my hand. Okay, then what did you do when he tried to take the phone out of your >> Nothing. Nothing. I didn't do [ __ ] So you were just standing there and he slammed you to the ground for no reason? No, he tried to slam me to the ground and then I didn't go to the ground cuz what the [ __ ] are you trying to slam me to the ground for if I'm not arrested? So he didn't slam you to the ground. You initially said he slammed you to the ground. Now he tried to slam you to the ground but couldn't? Bro, he tried to slam me to the [ __ ] ground. Okay. For what? I I don't I don't know. That's what I'm asking you. Exactly. What does he What does he put handcuffs on me for if I'm not arrested? Do you have a driver's license? >> Yes, I have a driver's license. You're not suspended? Yes. Did you tell him you had a driver's license? >> No. I don't have my driver's license on me. Okay. I have my temps. So you don't have a driver's license? No, I do HAVE IT. I HAVE a temps and a driver's license. Why would you have a temps and a driver's license? >> Because I don't have my driver's license on me so I just use it as a ID. So you do or don't have a driver's license? >> I do have a driver's license. Okay. All right. Just the temps then. No, I have both. Why would you have temps and a regular driver's license? What are you talking about? I have a old temps that I use for my ID. I'm past 21. So if I need to get my old or switchers or anything, they use my temps. Okay. All right. Let's Let's get back to it. So you You didn't want to put your hands behind your back. He was trying to take your phone. You initially said he slammed you to the ground then he tried to slam you to the ground. What happened next? Bro, he was trying to take my phone and I said, "What did What did you do it if I'm not arrested?" What is he talking about? I don't I don't even remember, to be honest. I don't. All right. So how did he get you to the ground? What do you mean? Well, you You said he slammed you then he said he tried to slam you and then So He slammed me to the ground. So he did slam you to the ground. >> Yes. So his first attempt to slam you to the ground was not successful? >> No, cuz he At first he tried to put my hands behind my back but I turned around and I said, "Why are you putting my hands behind my back for if I'm not arrested?" Because I don't have my my driver's license. And then after that he slammed me to the ground. So he tried to place your hands behind your back. You turned to face him and then he slammed you to the ground. Yes. You So he slammed you on his first attempt? >> Like this. No, the second attempt. All right. So he tried to take He tried to take you to the ground and he wasn't able to. Why is that? What were you doing? I wasn't doing nothing. I was trying to talk. I told him, "Why Why the [ __ ] is he But it's because I said I didn't have my driver's license on me. So after you're on the ground, what happened? I don't know. I don't remember. You don't know? Did he kick you, punch you, bite you, stab you? >> I don't know. Where's my phone, bro? I got kids. I got two a 2-year-old and a kid. >> Like you said, we're all on camera. We're not going to take your phone. Okay, so where's my phone? I need to call my mom so I can get my I didn't know the phone was an issue till right now. We'll figure that out. >> Okay, well my phone was on my hood. All right. We'll We'll get your phone. Okay, well y'all need to get it. You don't You don't remember anything that happened when you were on the ground? No. Nothing? You don't remember if he kicked you, punched you, bit you, slapped you? No, all he did was try to just pin me down. All he did was put his knee on my on my On your shoulder? >> My shoulder. So he put his knee on your shoulder and then what happened? And then I said, "Turn me around." He just put you in handcuffs. >> up. Call back up cuz he said I was resisting and I said, "How the [ __ ] am I resisting if I'm not arrested?" How long was his knee on your shoulder before you were in handcuffs? Just a guess. I don't know. Like what? 20 seconds? Did it Did Was he able to get you in handcuffs or did another officer come and help you? >> No, he He had He I was in handcuffs with him but the other officer came to assist him and put the other handcuff on my arm. Like the one dude would have my my one arm and then the other officer put the handcuffs on me. Are you injured anywhere? I don't know. I don't know yet. My adrenaline is high. Do you need EMS to come check you out? >> No, I don't, bro. So do you >> a phone so I can call my mom so I can get my >> to work on that right now. We're talking. Are you hurt anyway? How about that? Does anything hurt? >> No. Nothing hurts? No. I'll come around to the other side for your picture. All right. So just to make sure I got the story accurate, he pulled you over, he told you to step out of the car, he went to put your hands behind your back, you turned because you didn't know why you were getting handcuffed. He tried to take you to the ground but couldn't on his first try. He then slammed you to the ground. Uh did you land on your back or your stomach? I don't know. You don't remember? And then after you're on the ground >> it was my face because of my cheek. Your cheek hurts? Yeah, a little bit. Not too bad. So and then after you're on the ground, he put his knee >> Oh yeah, it was. I'm sorry. It was my face because after Like he slammed me to the ground, he hit you. No. He slammed me on my on my back and then he tried to turn me around to put the handcuffs on me. So you landed on your back and he turned you over. He put his knee on your shoulder and then he put you in handcuffs and that's it. No, he put one handcuff on me and then the other officer came and helped him put the the other the other side of the handcuff on me. Was he saying anything to you at the time? Um I don't I I can't remember. He said you were resisting over the radio. You said you weren't. Over the radio? Yeah. My radio or my car? No, he called for backup said you were resisting. No. No, I wasn't. You weren't? You weren't pulling away from him or anything? No. No? >> No, I I didn't I didn't pull away from him. I did. When did you pull away from him? When he told me that he had to put handcuffs on me. That's when I pulled away and I asked him why if I'm not arrested. Is that the only time you pulled away from him? Yeah. Okay. You mentioned your cheek. Do you have an injury on your cheek? No, it just No, that's No. Would you mind if I Are you going to be cool if I take your helmet off and make sure you don't have any injuries on your cheek? Yeah. All right. Picture your face. I don't see anything but I'll take a picture anyway. Yeah. I don't see. So is there anything I didn't ask that uh you think I should know, anything he did or didn't do, anything like that? >> I need my phone. We'll get your phone. Nothing else that I need to know? No. We'll find your phone. The suspect was taken into custody and charged with resisting arrest, obstructing official business, and driving under a suspended license. She was also cited for the initial traffic violation of traveling left of center.