10-4, show you 10-15 at 10-43 hours. 10-4, 10-15 >> Stop the car. 10-46, St. Johns. >> 10-46, call your car. >> Stop the car. >> 46, >> Stop it. Stop the car. Get out. >> I did. >> Get out the car. >> Why? >> Cuz I'm telling you to stop. You're not stopping. Get out the car. >> Why? >> Get out the car. >> Why? >> Cuz I said so. Get out the car. >> Get out the damn car. Get out. Before I rip you out. Get out. Ma'am, get out the car. Get out the car. >> Please. Please. >> Get out the car. >> Okay, stop it. >> Put your hands behind your back. Get on the ground. Put your hands behind your back. Tonight, 10-46, one secure. >> 10-44. 10-4. >> Let's back up. Before the handcuffs, before the commands, before any of this, an officer was on foot patrolling the parking lot. A car started doing donuts right in front of him. He told her to stop. She drove past him. She laid on the horn. Then she tried to drive away entirely. Not a misunderstanding, not a miscommunication. She saw him. She drove anyway. When she finally stopped, the officer gave her a simple command, get out of the car. She refused. She asked why. He told her again. She refused again. That pattern continued for almost two full minutes. >> Get on your side. Sit up. What are you doing? I'm telling you to stop back there. You're laying on the horn. You won't stop. You try to evade me. >> Can I get a unlock, please? >> A what? >> An unlock. >> Unlock what? Your hands are >> unlock. >> No. >> Why? >> Because I'm trying to figure out what you're doing. >> I have no clue. I don't use glue. You want to switch sunglasses? >> No. What is your problem? What Who are you? What are you doing? You don't see me standing right there. >> I can't see out of anything. >> Are Are you okay mentally? Is there something wrong with >> Can you help me up? >> I'm not letting you up. Why would I let you up? >> I've been hurt. >> Okay. Well >> Sit down for a second and just talk to her. >> What are you talking about? >> The fact that I'm standing right there and you about hit me with your car. >> Oh, okay. >> You're laying on the horn. >> go to the bathroom. >> Where are you going? >> Gone. >> Where are you going? >> Gone. >> You're in nowhere, are you? >> What's your name? Uh where are my glasses? >> They're probably in your car, but what's your name? >> My name? >> Your name. >> T E R A >> Tara? What's your last name? >> Where are my glasses? I can't see. >> Is this your car, Ms. Tara? >> My eyes are Hold on. >> I'll take that from you. >> Okay. >> She was doing donuts over there in the parking lot. Um She is being arrested. I told her to stop. She was laying on the horn over there. Drives right by me. I'm telling her stop, stop, stop. She won't stop. She tries to basically get out and get away from me. So, because of that, she's being arrested. I tell her to get out of the car. She refuses to get out of the car. So, she's getting hit with resisting and fleeing and eluding. All right, and then criminal mischief depending on the damage. So, we're going to release the car to you. You Are you >> I'm not going to answer that. >> Are you the RO of the vehicle? >> No, that's my other daughter, but she isn't able to drive it. >> All right. Um >> That um she took the car by force. >> All right. >> Basically. I mean, she's Today she was supposed to have a some doctors coming to evaluate her, but police were there yesterday and made a report. Because she's uh just >> That's my >> All right. So, obviously she was over here. I'm not sure if these are also her. >> We know she was driving. >> It's wrecked and it's I can stick a roller on it. >> How much is that? $1,000? >> Yeah, we're talking labor and just bringing equipment out here, 1,000 bucks. Cuz we If it was a fresh field and they had grass, now we're getting into some money. But we don't want to mess with the grasses. It's hurting anyway. There was turf out here. It could be 5,000 or 10,000. >> She have a kid with her, did she? >> No. >> So, you guys want to pursue charges on this? The 1,000 bucks? >> Yeah, hell yeah. Stupid enough people to do it. >> Roll your window down. >> You left it. >> I need your license. >> I don't have nothing on me. >> You didn't have your seatbelt You didn't have your seatbelt on. >> Yeah, I got it on. >> You didn't have your seatbelt on. >> on. I got it on. >> Open the door. You didn't have your seatbelt on. >> I'm not opening up nothing. >> Give me your license. >> You're not pulling me over. >> Give me your license. >> You're not pulling me over. >> Give me your license. >> pull me over. >> You did not have your seatbelt If you Listen, if you don't get out the car, you're under arrest. >> You cannot arrest me. >> Listen, you are now under arrest. Get out the car. Get out the car. Get out the car. Get out the car. >> Get out of THE CAR. >> GET OUT OF THE CAR. GET OUT OF THE CAR. >> OH, I'M OUT. I'M OUT. >> GET OUT OF THE >> I'm out. THIS IS HER >> GET OUT OF THE CAR. I GOT TO PARK THIS. GET OUT OF THE CAR. >> LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DO Y'ALL SEE THIS? >> Pepper spray? >> No, you get Get out of the car. >> I know where he is. Oh my god. >> I tell you to get OUT OF THE CAR, YOU GET OUT OF THE CAR. >> YES, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST. >> FOR WHAT? I DIDN'T do anything. >> Resisting because I told you to give me your license. >> I don't have my license Sir, I don't have my license on me, okay? Like Like you're being aggressive with >> have on your seatbelt. I told you to give me your license. Yeah, pull over here. Oh, direct her. Listen. Listen. Listen to me. >> Wow, like this is all on a dash cam, too, right? This is on a dash cam, right? >> Oh, absolutely. It's on the >> Okay. >> Let me grab my uh >> Okay. >> the box out of here. >> Wow, this is crazy. You're detaining me for nothing. >> No, no, no, no. I told you you did Listen to me. You did not have on your seatbelt. I explained to you you didn't have on your seatbelt. I needed your license. What did you tell me? >> I put my seatbelt on. >> That does not make a difference. >> y'all taking my car? That's not even my car. That's my mother's car. >> You are now under arrest for resisting. >> Can I please >> the car. >> Listen. >> Get in the car or you will be pepper sprayed. Get in the car. I'm not going to tell you again. Get in the Get in the car. >> to contact my mother. >> in the car. >> Okay, but I need to contact my mother, officer, please. That is her vehicle. >> Get in the car. >> Okay, but that's That's her car. Like Why are y'all taking me to the police department? >> Mhm. >> And that's the >> Not booking. >> Y'all going to take me to the booking? >> First stop is the the police department and then booking. >> But why am I being arrested for resisting arrest if I was never If I was never Like Like what y'all doing is illegal. >> I understand what you feel. >> I'm going to fight this thing in court. >> Well, you have your chance You have your option of fighting this thing. >> I am going to fight this thing in court, and y'all going to pay for all of this. >> Yeah, by law you have the right to fight in the court. >> I didn't do anything wrong. Nothing. Absolutely nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong. >> I got you. >> And then he's going to take my phone? >> Here is what that refusal cost in Florida. Resisting an officer without violence, Florida statute 843.2 is a first-degree misdemeanor. Up to 1 year in county jail. That is a separate charge added on top of whatever started the stop. The reckless driving alone, doing donuts near a standing officer, that is Florida statute 316.192, willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property, a criminal charge, not a traffic ticket. And the surface she tore up was turf, not pavement. The officer ran the numbers on site, $5,000 to $10,000 in damage. In Florida, criminal mischief over $1,000 is a felony. So, before Tara said a single word after being detained, before anyone mentioned charges, she had already accumulated reckless driving, potential felony criminal mischief, and resisting arrest. Three charges from one parking lot in under 2 minutes. The officer asked if she was okay mentally. She said she had been hurt. He told her to sit and talk it through. She asked about her glasses. He kept the conversation moving, patient, methodical, building a picture. What emerged from that conversation is important. The vehicle was not Tara's. It belonged to her mother, who was on scene. The mother said Tara had taken the car by force that morning, and that doctors had been called the day before to evaluate her. Police had already filed a report. That context does not erase the charges, but it will come up in court. Mental health status affects competency assessments, sentencing considerations, and plea negotiations. The officer had no obligation to resolve that in a parking lot. Terra left that scene facing five charges: reckless driving, criminal mischief, failure to obey a law enforcement officer, obstruct without violence, and battery on a law enforcement officer. Five counts from one parking lot stop. That last charge is the most significant. Battery on a law enforcement officer under Florida statute 784.07 is a third-degree felony, up to 5 years in state prison. It did not come from the donuts. It came from the arrest itself. She created the most serious charge after the cuffs came out. Same shift, different call. A second officer pulls over a vehicle for a seatbelt violation, as routine as a traffic stop gets. The driver's first response, "I don't have nothing on me." Not an emergency, just a seatbelt stop that was about to go the same direction. The officer asked for the license. She said she didn't have it. He asked her to open the door. She refused. He explained the seatbelt violation. She disputed it. He asked for the license again. She said he couldn't pull her over. All of this within the first 90 seconds. Notice what the officer did not do. He did not match her tone. He gave repeated lawful requests, documented each refusal, and gave her every opportunity to comply before moving to arrest. That is the job, executed correctly. Jaquan's charge sheet includes two counts. Resisting an officer without violence and knowingly driving on a suspended license. That word, knowingly, carries real legal weight. It means the prosecution can establish she was aware the license was suspended before she got in the car. That is what separates a civil infraction from a criminal misdemeanor. She told the officer she was going to fight this in court and that they were going to pay. She had every right to say that. She also had the right to remain silent from the moment she was detained. One of those choices generates evidence. The other one does not. The dashcam comment, "This is all on dashcam, right?" landed differently than she intended. Yes, it was on camera. What that camera recorded was a driver who refused a lawful command, escalated repeatedly, then claimed the officers were acting illegally. The camera is not her witness. It is the prosecution's exhibit. The officers on both stops get an A. Separate incidents, same shift, same composure. Commands were lawful, escalation was measured, and warnings came before force was threatened. Every decision documented, every action defensible. Textbook execution on back-to-back difficult stops. Tara gets a B. Reckless driving brought the officer to her. That charge existed the moment she started those donuts. But reckless driving is a misdemeanor. The criminal mischief, the resisting, the battery on a law enforcement officer, those she built herself, one refusal at a time. She turned a misdemeanor stop into a felony case. Jaquan gets a D. The seatbelt stop was lawful. The license was already suspended before she turned the ignition. And 4 minutes of arguing about whether the stop was valid did not change either of those facts. It just added a resisting charge on top. The right to remain silent exists precisely for moments like this one. If you want more body cam footage, the moments that suspects do not expect to end up on camera, hit subscribe. We post every week. Drop a comment. Given everything you just saw, what do you think the sentence should be for each of them? We will see you in the next one.