You're laughing? >> I am laughing. >> You're laughing? >> come up to me? >> You're Why are you going to come up to me? You're smiling? You're smiling? You're smiling, right? >> She drove to a Motel 6 in Broward County to pick up her mother. By the time she left, her mother was still inside. And she was in handcuffs. April 4th, 2023, Broward County, Florida. Sheriff's deputies respond to a Motel 6 after complaints about a female guest reportedly causing disruptions for multiple days. The motel wants her gone. Deputies are there to help make that happen. A simple trespass situation, the kind that usually takes 20 minutes. Then the subject's daughter arrives. She says she's there to help. She has a car. She can take her mother. Everyone agrees this should resolve cleanly. It does not resolve cleanly. >> Let's create some distance here. Hi. >> What's up? >> Yeah. Are you here for the other lady that's staying there? >> You guys have Yeah, that's who you like to interact with. >> Okay. Okay. Hold on, right there. Hold on, right there. >> I'm going to hold on right there. >> You're walking up very aggressive. Hold on, really quick. >> You guys can straighten it. >> Okay. You have 1 second, all right? So, you you came here to pick her up? >> Stay over here. >> Yeah, so I came here to pick her up. >> Oh, she has to. >> I I I understand that, but she's on a beat. I I'm trying to find dinner or whatever. I'm trying to get her out of there. >> You guys have a better understanding. >> I actually was going to call you guys. major because she's right now not even in the right right frame of mind. I'm extremely concerned. >> Okay. Ma'am, do you want to hurt yourself? You want to hurt yourself? >> No, I do not. >> You want to hurt somebody else? >> Uh no, I do not. I just want to hurt myself because she got in my room by his uh employee though or him. or his friend that come here to give me traffic and do all this stuff that they want to complain about me and I'm tired of them dealing with me. I'm tired of them taking my government social security check. I'm tired of him playing on the fact that for years he had me do all the work by myself. Before we go that far, okay? What we really need from you is very simple which is to just gather your things and go about your day. >> That's what I'm doing. >> you. I know. >> That's what I'm doing. >> So, are you going to come with me? >> I'll see you that that means nothing. My money everything was stolen from me. I'll contact the higher authorities. >> Okay, sure. >> Since you want to be paid off. You don't think nothing down? >> I want to pay you. Listen, you keep pushing it you might just go you might have you might have to take a ride with me. I'm just giving you a shot. I'm giving you a shot to walk away. >> Mommy, Mommy just stop. >> I'm not around. >> Mommy, can you please just get your stuff? >> Yep. You have a shot to walk away. >> I will explain my poor people over here. >> All right. Well, I don't threaten people. I just >> No, because no. >> All right. >> Just get your stuff. Mommy, Mommy, can you >> Get your stuff. >> I hope you feel the same. >> What what what do you want What do you want to get to see accomplished? >> No, they might be here. >> I'm not going to make her act there and just because she's intoxicated. >> No, no, no, no. She was actually putting her hands on me in there saying she was going >> what did she do to you? >> She said she would kick me. >> Yeah? How how did she do that? >> She was she literally pushed me. >> There's no evidence to that. She literally has not a single mark. >> No, I have a >> And it's funny because that's that should have been the thing that came out of your mouth first when you open the you open the door. >> Your stuff was in the storage. >> What do you mean that should have been Okay, so >> And and then he had >> You're trying to report a crime now because you're not getting the results you want. >> It's not about reporting a crime. I'm I'm not trying to report a crime. >> When you open that door you should have said, "Hey, she just put her hands on me." >> I'm not trying to report a crime. I was trying to get a baker act and just because >> I know. Since that's not working out for you now you want to report a crime. See how weird that stuff is? that's not I'm not doing a baker act. How is that unclear to you? She's not giving it to me right now. All of a sudden now a new problem arises. Ma'am. You're fishing. You're just throwing up to see what sticks. Just help her get her stuff out of here before I take her for trespassing. Listen. It told right here. It told right here. From the very moment you walked out that door it told right here. So I I don't have to argue with you. How convenient. How convenient. You have a car? Reyes. Reyes. How convenient all of a sudden. How convenient all of a sudden the baker act doesn't work for you and now oh wow she put her hands on me. And not a single scratch. Ma'am. YOU. YOU WANT TO HELP HER OUT, BE MY GUEST. SURE. SHE'S TRYING to get something accomplished here. Apparently. I am laughing. Are you going to come UP TO ME? ARE YOU MA'AM. >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? YOU. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? >> WHAT THE ARE YOU GOING TO DO? >> MA'AM, ARE YOU SEEING THIS? >> YES, MA'AM. >> JUST >> YES, MA'AM. >> Just let's get out gather our belongings and let's get out of here, I think. >> No, that's >> want to Do you want to continue with your mother or do you want to go on about your own? >> No, she's she's What do you mean? No, Mommy, come get your stuff, please. >> You guys have a vehicle? >> is over there. >> You have a vehicle? >> Yeah, I do. >> Why don't you get your vehicle so I can make it easier to get your stuff? >> All right. >> Are you leaving guys this one? You leaving this one? >> Yes. No, Mommy, I'm going to bring the vehicle like right here so you can bring your stuff. you, Mommy. I don't give a Who the you think you are? >> Ma'am. >> I don't give a >> Ma'am, just get your car. Get your car, OKAY? >> YOU'RE SMILING? YOU'RE SMILING? YOU'RE SMILING, RIGHT? Get the OUT OF MY FACE. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? GET THE OUT OF MY FACE CUZ YOU'RE smiling in my face. I DIDN'T SPIT ON YOU. I DIDN'T SPIT ON >> I told you not to do that. >> [laughter] >> I told you not to do that. Now, now, now you're going to suffer the consequences. Put your hands behind your back. Handcuffs. Stop. >> I'm not moving. >> Ma'am, back up. >> Yeah, I'm getting your stuff. What's wrong with you? >> What's wrong with you? STOP. >> WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? What's wrong with Please, please let it go. PLEASE, SIR. >> I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T LIE ON MY NAME. YOU LIED ON MY NAME. I'M TRYING TO HELP HER. SHE PUT HER HANDS ON ME AND YOU DIDN'T see it. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF MY MOTHER who's a drug addict. And you're laughing. >> Please, sir. Please, sir. Please let it go. >> That's not even funny. I didn't spit on you at all. I didn't EVEN SPIT ON YOU AT ALL. YOU'RE LAUGHING AT ME LIKE IT'S A JOKE. >> PLEASE, SIR. PLEASE, SIR. PLEASE let it go. Please, sir. >> Look what we're doing now. You get a phone call from my mother and you're arresting me. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, RIGHT? THAT'S what we're doing now, right? That's what we're doing now, right? >> And you also hurt your phone? >> That's what we're doing now. I told you she put her hands on ME AND SHE SAID SHE'S GOING to kill me. That's what we're DOING NOW? YOU'RE LAUGHING. I GAVE YOU CHANCES. YOU'RE LAUGHING LIKE IT'S A JOKE. I GAVE YOU CHANCES. DON'T ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. DON'T TOUCH ME. FOR WHAT? >> For resisting. >> For resisting what? FOR RESISTING I GAVE YOU OPPORTUNITIES TO STOP LAUGHING. THAT'S A >> [laughter] >> THAT'S A SERIOUS SITUATION. That's not funny. THAT'S NOT FUNNY. FOR WHAT? WHAT AM I BEING ARRESTED FOR? WHAT AM I BEING ARRESTED FOR? What am I being arrested for? Resisting for what? BECAUSE YOU'RE LAUGHING? YOU'RE LAUGHING? YOU'RE LAUGHING? YOU'RE LAUGHING WHEN SHE'S UNDER the drugs AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE IS GOING on with her. You're laughing? You laughing? >> Gave you enough patience. >> Patience? I don't even know what the is GOING ON. SHE'S UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND YOU'RE LAUGHING. I TOLD YOU I'LL BAKER ACT HER. AGAIN, IF THAT DOESN'T MEET CRITERIA WHEN YOU'RE HERE, WHATEVER. BUT YOU DON'T FOR LAUGHING IN MY FACE. I GAVE YOU OPPORTUNITIES. GARBAGE. STRAIGHT GARBAGE. WHAT AM I BEING ARRESTED FOR? >> I'LL tell you in a minute. >> Absolute garbage. >> I'll let you Don't make it worse for yourself. >> Inside room 138, the mother is erratic. She makes claims about human trafficking, stolen government checks, and 4 years of drugging. Deputies have heard the full version before they reached the door. The deputy's job is narrow. Get her out of the room, off the property, and on her way. He is not there to investigate the claims. He is not there to adjudicate 4 years of grievances. He is there to execute a trespass. He explains this clearly. He tells the daughter, "Help her pack, get her things, get to the car. That's it." The daughter has a different idea. She wants the deputy to Baker Act the mother, place her on an involuntary psychiatric hold. Under Florida statute 394.463, that requires a specific set of criteria. The person must be an imminent danger to themselves or others. The deputy evaluates the mother directly. She's agitated. She has unusual beliefs, but she's coherent, responsive, and denies any intent to harm herself or anyone else. The criteria are not met. He explains this. The daughter disagrees, loudly. And here is where the situation changes direction, not because of the mother, but because of what the daughter does next. She accuses the deputy of being paid off. She tells him she'll contact the higher. She claims the motel is involved in human trafficking. Each time the deputy offers a path out, she blocks it with a new accusation. The deputy keeps his tone level. He offers the exit three times. He explains what he can and cannot do. He does not raise his voice. He does not match her energy. What he does is start watching. And this is where it gets worth paying attention to. The daughter never comes out and threatens the deputy. But she's building towards something, and the deputy can see it. She tells him her people are nearby. She mentions contacting higher authority. Then she asks, in a way that's less question and more challenge, "What are you going to do?" The deputy tells her, "Help her get her things, or she's going to take a ride with me." He says it plainly. He says it twice. He is not bluffing, and he is not escalating. He is giving her the last clear exit. She doesn't take it. Instead, she tells the deputy to get out of her face. She accuses him of spitting on her. She begins cursing directly at him, not around him, at him, closing the distance as she does it. Under Florida statute 843.02, resisting, obstructing, or opposing an officer without violence is a first-degree misdemeanor. The officer doesn't need to be physically touched. The conduct just has to rise to the level of opposition. The deputy had been documenting since the moment she opened the door. Every warning, every offer, every redirect, it's all on the body cam. She handed him everything he needed. "You're going to suffer the consequences." That line lands right before the handcuffs go on. He wasn't threatening her. He He reading the result. After arrest, she repeats the question 12 seconds apart. "What am I being off?" The deputy answers the same way each time, "Resisting." She asks, "Resisting for what?" He says, "Because you're laughing." She had been laughing at a deputy who had just warned her. The daughter, identified as Ray, was charged with resisting an officer without violence under Florida statute 843.02. First-degree misdemeanor, up to 1 year in county jail, and a $1,000 fine. The mother was not Baker Acted, she was not arrested. She was trespassed from the property, the original outcome of the call achieved despite everything that followed. The deputy gets an A. He offered multiple exits. He documented every warning. He never escalated beyond the moment. Under Graham versus Connor, officer conduct is measured against what was known at the time, and his decisions hold up at every step. Ray gets a D. She arrived to help and turned a simple trespass call into her own arrest. The deputy gave her at least three clear exits. She declined all of them. Florida law does not require physical contact to charge resisting, and she gave him more than enough without it. A lesson worth noting. Demanding a Baker Act while displaying the very behavior it was designed to address is a difficult position to argue from. She wanted the criteria applied to her mother. The deputy was watching her. The mother gets a C. Her distress appeared genuine. Her behavior was the catalyst for the original call, and her refusal to simply leave made an already difficult situation harder for everyone, including her daughter. If you want more body cam analysis, the interactions that don't go the way anyone planned, hit subscribe. We break it down every week. Drop a comment. Should the daughter have been charged, or did the deputy have other options? We'll see you in the next one.