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It is just after 1:00 a.m. in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. What starts as a routine traffic stop spirals fast. The driver is confused, uncooperative, and giving expired documents. Officers ask one simple thing. Step out of the car. She refuses. And from this moment on, everything goes downhill. >> Hi, Miss Gilbert. I'm Officer Flank, Palm Beach Gardens Police Department. How you doing tonight? >> Here you go. >> Here I go. Okay. Not doing too well. >> No, he asked for that. Well, he asked for it. Let me take a look at it here. Where you come from, Matt? >> 1209 Lake House Drive in Village. >> 1209 Lighthouse Drive. >> Lake House. >> Lakehouse Drive. Where's that at? >> In Village. >> Okay. Yeah. Th This is a certificate of title and this is a um service receipt. And this insurance card expired 3 years ago. No, >> you still live on You still live on Lakehouse Drive over there? That address you just said? >> 129. >> Okay, this registration expired drive. >> Miss Gilbert, have you had anything to drink tonight? >> I answered this. I'm having a PTSD myself. >> From what? >> From what? >> Being gang raped when I was a child. >> I'm sorry to hear that. >> Why does this Why would this trigger that? >> I'm asking for help. This isn't This is not triggering it, but I'm trying to get to my boyfriend's house, please. >> Okay. So, you haven't had anything to drink? No cannabis, no narcotics? No. Okay. All right. If you would go and step out of the vehicle and make sure you're not under the influence and we'll have you on your way. All right. >> To make sure you're not under the influence. >> Officers identify the driver as 27year-old Anna Gilbert, pulled over for speeding and improperly stopping at a stop sign. But what happens next will shock you. >> Not allowed to. >> You're not allowed to. What do you mean? >> Why aren't you allowed to? I'm not allowed to at this point. My dad's a lawyer. >> Your dad's a lawyer >> and I'm not allowed to. >> Okay. Well, even as a lawyer, he would tell you if you're ordered out of a vehicle that you should that you have to comply. >> Okay. >> He's told me otherwise. >> No, he wouldn't tell you that. That you don't have to come out if you're told to. >> I mean, he's a piece of [ __ ] So, >> that's what it sounds like he would say. Yeah. He's giving you bad information. So, if you would go and step out, if you're not under the influence, you'll be on your way. >> Okay. >> All right. So, come on out. >> I'm not allowed to. So, we can do whatever. I think we're here. We can We can do whatever. But >> no, go ahead and step out. >> I'm not allowed to. >> Why are you not allowed to? Here, let me just leave this over here. Explain to me why you're not allowed to. >> He'll kill me. >> He's not going to kill you. He would tell you if he was giving you sound legal advice, he'd tell you when you're ordered out of a vehicle to step out. >> Yeah, I'm sure. >> So, this this is the last time I'm going to ask you. >> I'm sure he's wrong, but I'm not allowed to. >> All right. So, come on up. Come on out. >> But I'm sure I'll be charged with that. >> I'm not allowed to. >> Come on out of the vehicle car. You will not be terrible. >> I'm not allowed to. >> Last chance. >> I'm not allowed to. >> All right. Come on out. Come on out. Come on over here. >> If you've ever gotten terrible legal advice from family, hit subscribe because Anna's night is about to get a whole lot worse. >> Do you have any medical condition with your eyes not corrected by glasses? What do you got? >> I get seizures. My aquinic seizures. >> Okay. Okay. What does that have to do with your eyes? >> Lights. >> What about it? We don't have any flashing lights on in the front. >> That's I don't know. My opinion makes seizures. >> Okay. Do you have anything else with your eyes besides seizures? >> No. >> Are you able to walk a straight line? >> Yes. >> Can you balance on one foot? >> Yes. >> All right. You want to bring your feet together for me? Hands at your sides. Do you see this red light here? >> You're going to follow the red light with your eyes only. And you're going to keep your head still. Do you understand? >> Yes. Don't move your head. Keep your head still. What's going on? Big Santa, >> do we have to call fire rescue? >> Anna, do you need paramedics? I tried my best to hold it together. >> I can't understand you. >> I passed to hold it. >> You passed what? >> I tried my best to hold it together. >> For what? Any paramet You're very peanut. Can I just like lay down? It's a trick. >> Anna drops to the ground mid test, claiming a PTSD episode, but she refuses paramedics, leaving officers stuck between compassion and investigation. All right, Miss Gilbert, let me explain something. All right. this this episode that you're having. While I understand that it might be genuine, we still have an investigation to do. >> No, I know. Just kidding. >> The more you're exasperating, I can smell the odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage coming off of your breath. So, we got we got something to do here. >> And if you got to go to the hospital, we can continue the investigation there. Miss Gilbert, do you wish to do the exercises with me? >> Yes. One second. All right. If you would come to your feet, please. I still have to do the pen light test. All right. So, go ahead and stand right there where the red lights at. All right. Feet together, hands at your sides. All right, the instructions are the same as before. Follow the red light with your eyes only and keep your head still. Oops. All right, I'm going make some circles around your face. Follow with your eyes. I'm coming real close to your nose. Allow your eyes to cross. Okay. Make sure you're following. Same thing. All right, give me one second. Go ahead and just play with that officer right there. All right, Miss Gilbert, if you would come on over here for me. >> Go ahead. Place your left foot on the line over there. >> Officers, set up tape across the road to begin the walk and turn test. >> Place your left foot on the line, please. Now, place your right foot in front, heel touching toe, arms at your sides, or hold that position. Don't start until I tell you to. When I tell you to begin, I want you to take nine heel to toe steps just like this. One, two, three, all the way up till nine. Imagine this your ninth step. Leave this front foot where it's at. >> Take a series of small steps to turn around. Go ahead and uh get back into the position for me, please. Take the series of small steps to turn around and then take nine heel to toe steps back. >> All right. It's important that once you start, you don't stop. You keep your arms at your sides and you count your steps out loud. Do you have any questions? Do you know what you got to do? All right, go ahead and begin. Nine. >> Mhm. >> Do you remember what you were instructed to do? Nine steps. >> Nine heel to toe steps and then what? >> Then the turnaround that I showed you and nine heel to toe steps back. >> What do you think? Is Anna genuinely struggling or deliberately avoiding the test? Drop your answer in the comments below. >> All right, for this next exercise, it's going to be the one leg stand. All right, you can go ahead and step off the line. You don't have to worry about the yellow line no more. All right. So, the gun just standing right in front of me right there. Where the flashlight's at. >> Or you can just stand. You can just stand right there, too. That's fine, too. >> Okay. So, go ahead and just bring your feet together for me. >> Whatever. >> You guys are over and do whatever you have to do. >> We're still giving you a chance. What are you talking about? >> Shaking your head. I need >> I'm not shaking my head. >> Whenever you're ready, go ahead and bring your feet together just like mine are. >> I'm sorry. I'm sorry to waste your time. >> Not wasting my time. I'm I'm on the clock. >> Okay. You caught me in the middle of >> the middle of what? >> You look back in your [ __ ] video footage. I told you that. >> No, you didn't tell me anything. I don't know what you're talking about. >> Do you wish to continue the exercises, man? Just give me Does anybody here have any tips? >> Anybody have what? >> Any tips to >> deal with this? >> To deal with what? The exercises. >> Look back at your footage. I don't understand what you're asking for help with. >> How to deal with this? >> To deal with what? >> PTSD. Deal with PTSD. >> I just told you. >> You didn't tell us that. >> I told him. >> I would suggest that you seek counseling for that, but [laughter] during a DUI investigation isn't the time to to deal with that. >> It was not during it. No, I'm saying >> you walked up to [laughter] me and I told you all. >> Okay. And that's not what I said to you. I said I suggest you seek counseling for that, but during a DUI investigation is not the time to deal with it. >> This is a DUI investigation. >> Look back. >> Okay. I'm going to ask you one last time. M >> back in your footage. >> Do you wish to participate in standardized field sobriety exercises? >> Are you going to stand up and do these exercises? Yes or no, ma'am? If this footage is as wild as you think, smash that like button. Trust me, the arrest is even crazier. >> All right, so when you're ready, go ahead and stand up. We got to off go Um, >> come on. >> Come on. Let's go. >> Yeah. Miss Gilbert, >> Miss Gilbert, we were trying to do an investigation. [laughter] >> [laughter] >> Okay. Okay. >> Stand up. >> Please come to your feet. >> Okay. >> Bring your feet together. Hands at your sides. This is going to be the one leg stand. Hands at your sides. All right. I'm going to explain, then I'm going to demonstrate. So, hold all your questions until the end. Okay. Okay, gun. Let's stand upright. >> Take a big deep breath. >> When I tell you to begin and not before then, you're going to raise one foot, either foot, approximately 6 in off the ground. It's about the height of a soda can. While you're doing that, you're going to keep both knees straight. You're going to point the toes of your raised foot out at me. You're going to look down at your race foot and you're going to count out loud. 1,001 1,002 1,003 and so on until I tell you to stop. The whole time your hands are going to be at your sides. If you place your foot down during the 30 seconds, just pick it back up and continue where you left off. It's going to go just like this. Watch me. >> 1001,002 1,003 >> I need you to read repeat all that. >> Okay, just watch me. Just do exactly what I'm showing you. >> I need you to know you can just watch and do what I'm doing. Okay. >> Well, I need you to >> So, notice how one foot is off the ground >> that you just said. >> Notice how one foot is off the ground. Both knees are straight. My toes are pointed out. My hands are on my sides. And I'm looking down at my foot. This is all you have to do for 30 seconds. Do you see this? Do you see what I'm doing, Miss Gilbert? >> I'm not doing this. >> You're not doing it? All right. You're being placed under arrest driving under the influence. >> Okay. After 20 minutes of refusal, officers finally arrest the 27year-old. >> And as well as um obstructing an officer as well. >> All right, let's go over here. >> Camera on, right? >> Yep. We got four cameras out here. >> Well, you >> One traffic stop, one piece of terrible legal advice, and a decision that changed her night forever. Watch how fast a simple stop turns into an arrest.
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