today we take a look at some interesting cases of corrupt cops on September 6th 2023 Britney Travino passed officer Patrick Acres of the new bronze Police Department as he wrapped up a traffic stop in new bronville Texas some years back Miss Travino had a contentious encounter with officer Acres during which he forcefully detained her under questionable circumstances deciding to express her dissatisfaction with officer Acres Miss Travino raised her middle finger at him as she drove by the subsequent interaction was recorded on officer akr's body camera however once the officers deactivated their body cameras Miss Travino documented the incident on her cell phone [Music] boy TR all five minutes boy TR 35 256 if it's possible can you make my location PD 2 v6 put me at the 1049 of gardinia so this is that female trino she flicks me off as I'm going back to back my patrol car fails the single left hand to go into the left lane she flicks me off so I just wanted a second we'll make contact with her officer Acres stopped Miss trino for allegedly flipping him off and not signaling while changing lanes however this gesture is protected by the First Amendment unless it directly incites violence while Texas law bars gestures likely to cause immediate violence proving this requires insults that could start a fight the Supreme Court has ruled that an officer's true motives don't matter if there's a valid reason for the stop so even if officer akr stopped trino over the rude gesture if he believed she broke a traffic law the stop might still be valid however if evidence shows Travino did signal it weakens officer akr's case for the Stop how's it going officer a new brw police department are okay I know who you are that's fine well the reason why you over for flipping you off no ma'am the reason why you are you are retaliating against me you turn your sirens on and everything ran over here like a crazy person okay well ma'am the reason why you being contacted is you failed to signal Lane change when you flicked me off okay okay so go ahead and step out of the car step out of the car I have three officers here yeah could you would you mind Henderson go ahead and detain in her in cuffs okay you're under arrest or fail to Signal Lane change I'm under arrest for failing to Signal a lane change yes ma'am I'm under arrest for failing to Signal a lane change yes ma'am officer Acres arrested Miss Travino for allegedly failing to signal while driving citing Texas law that permits arrests for minor traffic violations although some states restrict police authority to arrest for traffic offenses Texas allows it if there's probable cause these rulings affirm that officers can make warrantless arrests for observed offenses irrespective of state regulations if officer Acres had reasonable grounds to Believe Miss Travino didn't signal her arrest would likely be lawful otherwise it could be deemed contrary to state law and a violation of her Fourth Amendment rights I'm I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry you guys just know this is [ __ ] you guys just know it is you guys know it is you're R her grabing phon me please me please you want me to transport or you you think better D would you mind just transporting you don't have to do anything else other than transport I'll be there pd2 V6 can you go ahead and give me an next rotational record that female is my custody uh I believe it's g to be Britney Travino [Music] what's that yeah she has a driver's license but turn this off yeah she has a driver license [Music] but well she she comes down the street comes right towards me as I'm walking back by the car didn't do nothing she fcks me off and then as she does that she gets on the lane tell the sign L change be an issue huh think it's going to be an issue yeah any other person you would write a ticket to right yeah that's how you have to treat every every interaction he would normally WR a ticket to this person for this just because that in the passion them this this and this right this is something you Sergeant Scott told officer akres to release Miss Travino citing a legal precedent that bars officials from punishing people for using their first amendment rights however a recent Supreme Court ruling suggests that a valid reason for arrest usually defeats a First Amendment retaliation claim though officer akres had cause to arrest Miss Travino for a lane change violation his admission about preferring a ticket raises concerns for a retaliation claim the Supreme Court's exception to the usual probable cause rule applies when officers don't typically arrest for certain offenses in such cases the lack of probable cause may not matter if there's evidence of unequal treatment this could give M Travino a chance to succeed in a retali iation claim for her arrest let's the ticket go about it that way sounds good all you're going to do is her I right y so write the ticket fill it [Music] out all right I didn't mine yeah I didon my car what's that come be the 25 Vlog of 46 West call advising a red linking SUV demoing and putting her makeup on a license PL of nor Henry 99 [Music] always you know always always always I never could haveen mil years never would have thought I'm not here to debate this situation with you I watched the video I I know everything that occurred okay I know about the court stuff everything that occurred if officer Acres had done anything wrong he wouldn't be here right now right not that's 100% true it is so you need to move on and not be running around flicking people off right I get it that's your first member that you want to flip people off but what it did is it caused you to create a create a hazard into a traffic impression right in front of the house right with your citation we all complete so you're good to go whenever you want but my advice is to move on right because you Clinging On to this is causing more problems right it just get right I understand that bad things will happen if I no that's not what anybody's saying right you flicking people off I know has caused you to do a traffic inection right in front of an officer and caused you to get a ticket you can you can choose to be defined by the your past or you can decide what right if you choose to be defined by what happened to you in the past then you will always continue to be that person right you understand what I'm saying that's regardless of what y'all's history is you need to move along with right Miss Travino was allowed to leave after being ticketed and counseled by Sergeant Scott sharing updates on her YouTube channel Miss Travino told that officer acres is no longer employed by the new brunfels police department but has been rehired at another Police Department nearby the ticket issued to her has been cancelled in addition Miss Travino has initiated legal proceedings in February 2023 a man and his wife were returning home with their four children when they noticed a patrol car following them for a long time flashing its high beams allegedly the police officer turned off the headlights completely while following them without officially initiating a traffic stop faced with this unusual series of events Miss Michelle took out her cell phone to record the incident it is worth noting that Miss Michelle used her own phone not her husband's a detail that became important later in the case won't be tell my brights on yeah I don't know it's uh oh he's just waiting yeah I guess record him I don't know what he's doing I got the video going he's going to try to say like I'm swerving or something put your turn signal on and take a left on your road just stating all that for the [Music] video here we go look I get him my phone all right before we get to our house so what for what reason Miss Michelle's husband Mr John accidentally crossed the center line while closely followed by Deputy Gerard Williams of The Levy County Sheriff's Department despite no prior traffic violations Deputy Williams had a valid reason under the fourth amendment to pull him over based on reasonable suspition when Mr JN saw the officer he signaled and pulled over using his wife's phone to record the interaction how you doing leing C Shar for got driver license for me yeah reason why I pulled your over you're weeing all over the road everything right that's not true yeah no I mean I really wasn't but yeah everything's good know I got I got bad struts or whatever but I mean it wasn't I mean I got a camera I'm I'm watching you behind I've been recording ever since you turn around I've been recording to I don't know about a swerving or nothing I mean I got I don't pull people over for the fun of it you guys you guys understand that right that wasn't sving or so what you you hitting the yellow lines the yellow lines that's hor there people on the road I went around him the only time hor with you they were in the road okay no worked around and did U-turn after he passed us cuz he's fishing for tickets within our neighborhood Deputy Williams pulled over Mr JN after noticing him briefly swerve over the center line running Mr John's license revealed an unknown arrest warrant related to an incident where he allegedly backed into a roadside sign without receiving a citation both Mr JN and his wife were shocked and confused when Deputy William arrested him step out I'm going keep recording turn around and face away from me I'm going face away when you get out turn around is there a reason why you say me I ain't got to Warr turn around face from got that you do for what for what not going to court when you got a ticket I don't got he doesn't have a ticket he doesn't have a ticket he has no ticket he he's got Cent probation he's got probation right now he just saw his officer on Court Street Hey listen a few dayso back in the car don't do that I'm keeping it on record I don't play that hop back in the car back in the car according to my system right now right now as we speak you have a warrant County leing I don't my license is good I don't have a it has nothing to do with the license you have a warrant for your arrest out of my county for what can you look into that cuz I know I got I just looked into it it's a 98% chance I just know my probation officer check they're not going to tell you this they're not going to tell you this I have a court day for I don't go to court you H tight I'll will let you know I've been went to court I've been saying I've been on probation for four months I'm not I don't have a court remember I've been done you left the scene of an accident without giving information that is what your war is for that's what your war is for I was in no accident I'm telling you what it's for was I there was I the person you dealt with leaving the scene of an accient leaving the scene of an accident what accident 7 654 I got TI for all that you guys are mad at me I didn't do oh yeah no you uh right now you're cussing and do you not know how the law works there's been no accident I do know my rights actually so I told you to get back in court Deputy Williams's unprofessional conduct is a major concern at the Levy County Sheriff's Office despite the Department's focus on excellence and high standards he unjustly confronted Miss Michelle escalating the situation without cause and failing to uphold Community Trust or Department values I am in the car I said I'm recording I told you get back in the car I can see the adrenaline pumping through your system because I told you okay you know what if I made a decision for need to shut the door you need I'm in the car I'm in the car do I need to shut in the I don't care go cool down let's go pop in there can you not please pop in there Michelle you better not in there and I War I ain't get in a wreck I'm not swing your feet real there seem to be a problem here uh I'm very concerned about what's going on because there's no there's never been any accident and he's not he's not had a warrant so let me ask let me ask you a question let me ask you one question what does that have to do with me was I there was I there I wasn't there either so you want to escalate things when I told you when I gave you a lawful command to get back in your car I got in the car okay there's an offic of safety issue with you been in the car sorry I'm sorry about the misunderstanding I I don't care about the misunderstanding in the car I didn't understand the misunderstanding will have you locked up the door shut I don't care okay well I feel like you might have escalated the situation because we know nothing about an accident or a warrant or anything subsequently Deputy Quincy arrived as backup to transport Mr JN to jail but both officers engaged in an absurd conversation instead of focusing on their duties no I got back in the car as soon as you said to Hey Hey listen listen this conversation between me and you you're not going to say and tell a lie it's on camera I got right back in the car buddy what you recording phone in evidence just I know Ariel it's okay baby please quit crying all right so let me see that phone I'm sorry let me see you don't you can't have this I'm I'm not going to ask you again you cannot have the phone that is not come on don't worry about it you'll go to jail too why would I go to jail you can have the phone put your hands off me what are you doing to me what are you doing to me I'm not I'm not resisting or anything I don't needy you're not allowed to take the phone two officers colluded to unjustly confiscate personal property from a family and detain the mother without justification Deputy will Willams unlawfully seized the mother's phone based on a false assumption violating her Fourth Amendment rights under Florida law according to Florida's stop and frisk Law Officers can only detain individuals if they have a valid suspicion of them breaking state laws the confiscation of the phone without a valid reason related to the mother's arrest infringed upon her rights as the law does not permit seizing property not belonging to the arreste Le please get in your seat nothing's going on nothing's wrong I'll tell you how this works this got to explain to you when I gave you I got back in the car this this is his property he's going to jail so when I told you to give me this phone no no when I told you to give me this phone it's not his phone it's my phone when I got here who had the phone in their hand that's my phone I did I did it's on the video too that I had in my hands it's my phone when I walked up here he had my phone I don't care you're going to jail why would I go to jail I can't go to jail I I didn't do anything I I said you have [Music] phone I them I didn't do anything wrong it's my phone it's my phone it's not his phone yelling and listen I'm not yelling's the phone number uh it's it's uh it's under Wayne and that phone that's BR I need a supervisor man you some one of my kids I do nothing listen you're going to get your back over here you're going to see in this so she can get in there over there what about my kids she should have thought about that slide over here slide over here okay all right cool cool cool you got no reason to go out your way to my life my family it's good what's your life with your family pull me I ain't got a warrant you ain't even looking into it I ain't got a warrant what you didn't hear my disat you didn't hear my disat I ain't got no warrant there's no hitting R for what I ain't been in no accident you're mad at me for doing my job you ain't doing your job if you job you P me apparently there's issu I didn't go out of the line no you each his own bro own In This Moment an individual is pulled over by the police for repeatedly Crossing double yellow lines on the road the person contends that they didn't violate any laws and were simply on their way to a gas station to purchase snacks for their children they also mention personal challenges such as caring for a parent with cancer however they feel frustrated because they believe they're not given the opportunity to fully explain themselves the officer implies that their actions and statements are what resulted in them being handcuffed I'm cooperating I've got four kids one of them's a baby he's he's got cancer right now he's got I've got to take him to his appointment to chemo in the morning in gamesville there's like nothing this is all things you should think about okay I didn't do anything wrong officer I didn't do anything wrong these are all things you can think about okay I resisting him I wasn't I wasn't I was I as soon as he said to get vehicle I got in the vehicle and didn't shut the door as soon as he said to shut the door I shut the door stay I did not I'm not guy Nam Wayne can come get the kids cuz like I told you like I told you I'm not dealing with him you hopped out of the car you were in the I didn't know that I couldn't hop out of the car you scared me when I'm walking away from the traffic stop what do you mean you can't hop what I don't know I don't know I don't I don't get in trouble I don't get pulled over you're not a kid you understand how this works I didn't know that I could get out of the vehicle as soon as you said that I got back in I'm so sorry you guys wanted to be with me listen listen let's not go back and forth It's not that time okay when I went up there to tell you guys why oh you didn't Ive listen do you not do you not know what do you not know what constitutes a a swerve you said he you guys crossed the line a couple times in a row and he did not did you see that while you were was that when you turned around you saw that before when you were I follow you guys I followed you guys for a little second for a little second yeah and why did you turn around to begin with cuz he crossed over the line saw that you see my car says we weren sing you see my car says we weren't swerving nobody what does that car say what does that car say if I want to turn around in the middle of the road guess what I can turn around in the middle of the road that's you're supposed to be serving and protecting the people here that's not protecting the neighborhood by following us in our own neighborhood we went to the gas St to get snacks for our children is that against the law they follow you guys is that the law I didn't do it we didn't break the law we didn't swerve we didn't do anything we we abided record and okay we abided we pulled over this is the road okay this is the road yeah you can check the recordings nobody s this is the road we live on I went to get a a a drink and snack for my kids I've been working all day my dad he's got cancer I got to come to his appointment in the morning go ahead I mean get it all out because you were asking him to explain to you that you keep cutting him off so he can't go I'm so sorry the double lines the double yellow lines that the road okay he crossed over and touch those lines more than once okay so now I'm thinking he's impaired okay so I conduct the traffic stop based on that reason I'm not saying he swerve it all the pross yes he wasn't that's all I'm saying here you go again okay you want an explanation he's trying give you an explanation it's I'm saying that your mouth is your mouth is what got you in those handcuffs right now and you still haven't figured that out you want to be what do you want to be you want to tell me how to do my job no sir this was supposed to be a simple traffic shop hey you you frightened me because he doesn't have a warrant and that was frightening the yeah he's in the back of my car for no reason you're right you're right Warr you're exactly right have they confirmed not that we had ever heard of so it was frightening it doesn't matter if you've heard of it or not if he has a warrant well we there's never been any accident anything so it doesn't matter doesn't matter definition of resisting because resisting is pulling away from us when he asked you to hand in the phone okay that's resisting when you don't when you don't do that understand that you could have the phone and I handed after we got you out of the car you then said we could have the phone exactly right or wrong wanted to ask you guys what all this is everything is being at this point officer Williams claimed that when he told Miss Michelle to get back in the car she replied you can't tell me what to do according to the footage the police clearly lied however Deputy Williams appeared to back down a bit after realizing that the couple had a social media presence in essence it appears that Deputy Williams was concerned about potential exposure and the world discovering his authoritarian Behavior at me like I mean be smart I and I'm listening to what you're saying what Look up the definition of resistance anytime that you that we request something okay how many times I had to back in the truck a couple before you actually did you said you can't tell me what to do you did it's under recording it's recorded everything that we're doing everything that's been done everything where you tra to go to social media and talk crap about what what could happen to you because technically if you to jail you know come am I fre to can I say goodbye to him please why not listen you got to take that in mind okay you want to be a to us it come back we swing Miss Michelle was released from unlawful detention and her husband Mr John was taken to jail during the the journey Deputy Williams was caught on dash cam swerving off the road and running multiple stop signs highlighting the irony Mr JN was released after paying a $200 fine but later discovered that the incident report omitted Deputy Williams's reckless driving and that he received no citation the initial charges and warrants were dropped in September 2023 deputies Gerard Williams and Sam Quincy were suspended without pay following a complaint alleging violations of First Amendment rights Sheriff Bobby mcallum emphasized the agency's stance against policy breaches and confirm the suspension pending an internal affairs investigation what do you think about these incidents don't forget to write your opinions freely in the comments you can also like the video to support and subscribe for more take care and stay safe