TASER. TASER. >> WOW. TASER. [screaming] [screaming] >> AGAIN, if you don't RELAX a house to check me out, then he stops. >> What? That's >> Well, that's my right. And you cannot deny my right. >> Good. a little we have a party and um I try to explain to her that we should wait before we drive but she wanted to leave. >> Okay. So she's low. >> Okay. >> And uh as she was driving obviously she was not able to drive. >> We have a witness putting you behind the wheel. >> That's not proof of me being under the influence of alcohol. On October 1st, 2023, Ohio officers responded to a vehicle crash involving a suspected impaired driver. The driver was arrested, tased at the hospital, and charged with OVI, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. This is that encounter. What makes this stop analytically significant is the driver's systematic misidentification of legal rights that do not exist. No, I'M ENTITLED TO MY RIGHT. 10 on three. >> Ma'am, >> ma'am, step out of the car. Step away from the car right now. Not an option. Step away from the car. Come on. Let's go. Step away from the car. Come over here. I need these guys to check you out real quick. Where are you injured? >> They should know, right? They asked me, right? Okay. All right. Let's go. Come on. Come up here. >> Excuse me. >> Excuse me. >> Are you saying no? >> I am. >> We can go straight to jail or we can do this the easy way or the hard way? >> I need my shoes. >> Yeah. We're not going to mess with those right now. >> You know what? No. I need my shoes. >> Okay. >> So, give me a moment so I can get my shoes. >> You don't get the moment. Not anymore. Let's go. Come on. >> Come on, ma'am. >> What's your name? >> It it I'll give you everything you need. Let's go. Come on. >> What's your name? We'll give you everything you need to have. >> I am a >> You can call and complain. You can do anything you want. I'll give you everything you need to do that. Let's go. Come on. Let's go. I need you to go over here and be checked out by these guys so I can check your injuries and then we can move on. >> I will sit here. >> Go right over here so you can be checked on my [ __ ] >> No. No. We're not doing that anymore. We will get that in a minute. Right now, you're walking over here. Not an option. Are we clear? Let's go. >> No. Are you clear? >> Ma'am, please don't do this the hard way. We're not going to do this. I I can either put handcuffs on you and we just go straight to jail or we can do this the easy way and you can get checked out by these guys and we can >> you know what a hospital check me out than these guys. >> What? That's what >> and that's my right. And you cannot deny my right. >> Okay. All right. Come on over here. >> You understand what I'm saying? >> Come on over here and sit down. >> Thank you. >> Let's go. Make sure I have my keys. >> That you don't need to worry about your keys right now. >> You don't need to worry about my keys because this is my property. >> All right, let's go. What I'm trying to tell you. >> Let's go, ma'am. Step over here. >> You know what? >> I'm trying to be cooperative with you. I don't want to do I don't >> I am trying to be collaborative with you. >> Let's go. >> Let's go. Come on. >> No, I'm not. >> Ma'am, get out of the car. >> I'm not in the car. >> I step up here so these guys can check on you. >> Step up here so these guys can check on you. Get on me. >> Let's go. Step up here. Come on. >> My shoes because I'm >> I will get them illnesses. >> Walk 5T. Walk 5T. I will get your feet. >> You can tell me what toing do. >> You don't understand. >> All right. >> Be empathetic. >> I'M AWARE. >> YOU'RE NOT A AWARE. >> NO. [screaming] NO. >> We're the hard way. >> We're not doing [ __ ] the hard way. >> We are. I just need my shoes. That's all I'm asking. >> I'm going to give you 3 seconds to walk up here and get checked out by these guys or we're just going to do it the hard way. >> Let's go. Come on. >> So, you know what? >> There we go. >> Come on. >> Come on. >> 319. Do not touch me. >> Ma'am, you don't want to do this. Not Not this way, >> sir. >> Not this way. Come on, ma'am. Sir. Sir, do not touch me. >> Let's go. I will put my hand off as long as you start cooperating and walk up here. >> I'm just trying to find the piece that is missing. Sir, >> the deputy right here has your phone. >> No, does not. >> Come on. >> He does. >> Who? >> The deputy right in front of you. Let's go. >> Give me your phone. >> I did not put his hands on. Let's go. Give me my phone. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. Ma'am, you understand? Do not touch me. Then sit down. No. >> Sit down. I I do I'm I'm afraid right now >> and I'm not feeling safe. >> I'm not feeling safe. >> Sit down. >> All we're asking is have a seat and I need my phone to do that. >> So we can make >> Give me my phone and >> sit down and you'll get your phone. >> No. Give me my phone. >> Sit down and we'll work with you. >> I HAVE THE RIGHT TO UPHOLD my property. >> Ma'am, there's no reason for all this. Just sit down. >> You know what? There's no reason for you to hold my phone either. I've been as calm as I can possibly be. >> You know what? >> Let's go. Sit down. >> Stanford. >> Yes. I will give you everything you need to do to complain. Just sit down. >> I need my phone. >> Sit down. >> I need my phone. >> If I give it to you, will you sit down? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Yes, ma'am. Thank you. >> And I do not want to be restrained. >> Careful. Careful. Careful. >> We're just trying to make sure you don't fall. >> Can you scoot back here? Back back there. >> No. Check me out right where I am. >> Well, you're going to tip the scratcher over sitting on the edge of it like that. >> That's what happens when you got to Huh? >> You got to slide back. >> No, I don't feel safe. >> Ma'am, everybody here's trying to help you. You're You're making us difficult. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT. >> Do you want to stand back up and sit down on the side so that you can sit down further to where that rest is that's resting up like right like right like right like right like right like right like right like right like right like right here. >> Just stand up for me. Can you be a little more cooperative with me and kind of explain to me what's going on? >> Uh Daniel was driving and uh she was a little complicated >> a little. >> We left a party and um I kind of explained to her that we should wait before we drive but she wanted to leave. >> Okay. >> Um she's always >> okay. >> And uh as she was driving obviously she was not able to drive. >> Where were you coming from? We were coming from Ohio Springs. >> Okay. >> And uh like I said, she was not able to drive, but >> And you were riding the passenger seat. >> Yeah. She wanted to leave the party. So So we left the party and like I said, she was unable to drive. So now we're here now. >> Okay. >> Went to take my dog out and I heard her I barely saw the the flashers on the car cuz they were flashing. >> Right here. >> Yep. Right here. Okay. >> And I just heard her wailing inside the car. >> Okay. >> When I got over here, she was in the back. >> Okay. >> But I know she was in the in the driver's side of the car the entire time that I >> Okay. All right. >> I let him get together. >> Yeah. He starts squirting. >> Okay. Well, >> hey, thanks for your service. Good morning to you. >> Happy Sunday morning. >> We appreciate you guys. >> Calm down. Calm down. Come on this way. You come back on this way. She's out the bag. >> Hey, come on down. >> Here's what we're going to do. Here's what I want you to do. You okay? >> Yeah, I'm good. >> You all right? Here. I want you to come over here. All right. >> Obviously, you guys are like vinegar and water right now. >> But are you guys just friends? >> That's my girl. >> Okay. So, you guys are in a relationship? >> Are you guys fighting tonight? >> We're not. It's just that she's drunk, so she >> That's the way she acts when she's drunk. >> I hate to say it, but yeah. >> Okay. Unfortunately. >> All right. Here's what I need from you. Okay. >> Yes. >> Are you okay? >> I lost my phone. So, I'm already mad at her because I told her I wanted to find my phone at the party, but she wouldn't let me. >> Okay. >> So, she wanted to drive all drunk. So, this is where we're at now. >> Yeah. Your phone. YOU LOST YOUR PHONE BECAUSE YOU'RE IRRESPONSIBLE. YOU LOOK f because you passed my car. >> So get the out of my face and leave me alone. >> Then do it right now. >> Now get out of my face. >> Intimidating me >> now. >> Stop on me. >> Anything? I'm clear here. >> Get out. >> Sure. Thank you. Come on, have a nice day. Go home to your wife and your children and leave me the alone. Get the out of >> Do you guys need to get vitals? >> Antagonizing me. >> Do you guys just need to get vitals or what do you >> We just get vital. >> We got vitals. >> We got vitals. >> We can give her some drugs before we go. >> No, we're not. We're not We're not >> It's not a matter of me allowing anything. All right, listen. Here's what you're going to do. You're going to turn around. Put your hands behind your back. >> No, I'm not. >> Yes, you are. >> I'm You are Come on, turn around. >> I want them to help me. >> Turn around. Give me your hand. >> No. >> Listen to me very carefully. >> No, I want them to help me. >> Your hand. >> I want them to help me off. >> All right. >> I want them to help me. >> Put your hands behind your back. He said you're under arrest. >> I'm not under arrest. >> You're going to get tased. WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO TAKE ME WHEN I WANT MEDICAL HELP? >> Calmly put your hands behind your back. >> Sir, leave me alone. >> No. Okay. >> Put your hands behind YOUR BACK. >> STOP. >> NO. >> AND THAT'S A DOCTOR. DO NOT TOUCH your >> Do you want us to help you? >> I WANT YOU TO HELP ME AND I WANT YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE. >> OKAY. >> LEAVE ME ALONE. >> LOOK AT ME. >> LEAVE ME [screaming] ALONE. >> YOU ARE ANTAGONIZING THE SITUATION AND YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. >> OKAY. IF IT WAS YOUR CHILD OR YOUR [screaming] DAUGHTER, YOU WOULD NOT BE IN THIS SITUATION RIGHT NOW. >> We're going to give you ANOTHER CHANCE. >> LEAVE ME ALONE. LET THEM LEAVE. >> OKAY. know me from [ __ ] ARE YOU >> ARE YOU HERE TO TALK [ __ ] >> BUT [laughter] AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU DON'T KNOW ME AND I DON'T KNOW YOU CUZ I DON'T JUDGE YOU. >> I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT. THAT WAS NOT my fault. >> Okay, go ahead and lay down. >> I DON'T TRUST YOU. I DON'T TRUST YOU. I DON'T TRUST YOU. I DON'T JUDGE you because OF WHAT YOU SAID. I don't trust you, but you said what you said. >> You don't KNOW WHAT YOU SAID. YOU SAID I WAS INTOXICATED. >> WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE PROOF OF THAT. SO, DON'T SIT OVER HERE AND TELL ME WHAT I AM. >> HUH? >> Hi there. >> Okay. >> How you doing? >> Here's what we're going to do. Okay. Listen. Your your girlfriend's not being cooperative at all. Okay. I don't want you anywhere near her because of what I saw back at the scene. >> So, the female officer that was out there, okay, I'm having her come here to pick you up. So, go ahead and step out cuz your girlfriend's going to go to jail tonight. >> That's Yeah, that's just how it's going to have to be. All right. >> So, where's your proof of me being? >> Under Ohio Revised Code 4511.19, the probable cause here rests on three independent pillars, each of which alone would carry legal weight. First, an independent witness, a neighbor walking a dog, observed the vehicle before and during the crash and identified the driver by physical description. Second, the passenger, in a voluntary and unsolicited statement, confirmed the driver had been drinking at a party immediately before the crash. Third, the driver's own conduct at the scene displayed classic indicators of intoxication, including slurred speech, impaired coordination, and erratic behavior. Taken together, this evidence far exceeds the probable cause threshold set by the United States Supreme Court in Illinois versus Gates 462US 213 1983. Under that decision, probable cause requires only a fair probability based on the totality of circumstances that a crime has occurred. The driver's demand for an on the spot blood test reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of Ohio's implied consent framework. Ohio Revised Code 4511.191 provides that any person operating a vehicle in Ohio has already consented to chemical testing by the act of driving. That testing is scheduled by law enforcement according to statutory protocol, not by the driver's timing or demand. Officers were under no obligation to conduct roadside blood testing at the moment the driver demanded it. The most important legal confusion in this footage is the driver's belief that her right to refuse medical treatment extends to refusing arrest. These are two entirely separate legal doctrines that operate in different domains of law. A competent adult has a well-established right under principles of informed consent to refuse medical treatment. That right, however, does not create any parallel right to refuse a lawful seizure by law enforcement. Once probable cause has been established, the fourth amendment authorizes a warrantless custodial arrest for even a minor criminal offense. This rule was reaffirmed by the United States Supreme Court in Atwater versus City of Lago Vista 532US 318201. The officer's command to step away from the vehicle was independently authorized under Pennsylvania versus Mims 434US 1061 1977. That decision holds that officers conducting a lawful stop may order occupants out of a vehicle as a categorical matter of officer safety. The taser deployment at the hospital is analyzed under the objective reasonleness standard set by Graham versus Connor 490US 3861 1989. That standard evaluates three factors. Severity of the offense, immediate threat posed by the subject, and whether the subject is actively resisting. The first factor was heavily for the officers. Operating a vehicle impaired resulting in a crash is a serious offense in Ohio. The second factor is moderate. The subject was intoxicated and unpredictable in a hospital with vulnerable patients and staff nearby. The third factor is decisive. The subject clearly transitioned from verbal non-compliance to active physical resistance. Under sixth circuit precedent, Hagens versus Franklin County Sheriff's Office decided in 2012. Taser deployment against actively resisting subjects is expressly authorized. The deployment here was preceded by multiple clear verbal warnings and meets the constitutional standard for objective reasonleness. The documented patience throughout this encounter substantially protects the officers against subsequent civil liability. >> We'll we'll work on >> No, no, no. Because you're not going to have a witness putting you behind the wheel. >> That's not proof of me being under the influence of alcohol. Ma'am, >> step out here and we'll we'll go from there. But it's not. >> So what I what I need is is me some my clothes. No, sir. >> The slurring the stumbling. >> Stop. No. >> Come on. Let's go. >> Crying. >> You know what? If you were an accident, hey, if if we go in here and get you your address, >> will you come up? If we go in here and get you your dress and your birth, >> will you come out? Will you come out with us? >> I'm trying to interrupt me. >> Will you or won't you? We're just trying to wrap this up because we don't want you standing here butt naked. >> You know what? I don't want to be here butt naked, but here I am. >> If we get your address, will you come with us cooperating? >> I want my phone. >> Okay, we'll get that >> and I want my phone call and you're not going to arrest me for [ __ ] that I didn't do that you don't have proof of. >> Okay. Are you going to do that for us? >> So, what I need >> take you down here and get your address. Will you do that for us? >> We'll do what? >> Go cooperative with us. >> Go cooperative. What? >> Yes. To jail. You're going >> That's That's it. >> Arrest her. >> Okay. All right. Let's go. Come on. >> So, what I need? >> Come on. >> What I need is my dress. >> Get out of the room. Let's go. >> Come on. Do not touch me. >> Ma'am, I don't want you Do not touch me. >> I don't want to do that. >> Do not touch me. Please, sir. Do not touch me. Let me get my dress. Let me get my dress. >> Let's go get it. >> Okay. GO GIVE ME MY DRESS SO I CAN WALK OUT. >> STOP. STOP. [screaming] STOP. STOP. STOP. GIVE ME MY [ __ ] [laughter] I'M NOT [screaming] A MEI. MY BLOOD >> AND THEN I GET THE OUT OF MY FACE. Don't hurt. >> NO. GET MY [ __ ] HERE NOW. YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO TAKE MY PROPERTY. >> THEN LET'S GET MY [ __ ] HERE NOW. >> NO. >> So I GUESS WE'LL BE STANDING HERE. >> NO DOWN. IT'S UGLY. THAT'S NOT WHAT I CAME IN HERE WITH. >> It's better than standing me >> enough. You respect me and I'm a I am doing my job and I'm doing my I AM A MOTHER. I AM A CHILD. I am a child of God. My dress and give me my face. NO, I DON'T TRUST YOU GUYS NO MORE. YOU TREAT ME LIKE A CRIMINAL FOR NOTHING. I DID. >> WE GOT YOUR dress right here. >> GIVE ME MY WALK OUT HERE AND GET MY DRESS. I CAN'T HEAR MY MOTHER. MY OTHER [ __ ] >> BE NICE. >> GIVE ME MY STUFF. >> BE NICE. >> I HAVE BEEN NICE UNTIL NOW. >> I HAVE BEEN VERY NICE. >> I HAVE BEEN NICE THOUGH. UNDERSTAND? >> YOU'RE NOT UNTIL YOU'RE IN MY SHOES. UNTIL YOU'RE IN MY SHOES. I PROMISE. I MEAN, YOU GOT THINGS. >> Get the dress on. >> Give me my things. >> Get the dress on. Then you'll get your things. >> I'll wait. >> We'll wait all day then. >> I got two. >> You got time? >> Mhm. >> I got time, too. >> You are not making all the demands. >> I did not ask for my things to be taken. I did not ask for my EX TO CRASH MY CAR. I DID NOT ASK FOR NOTHING. >> WE UNDERSTAND THAT. >> NO, YOU DON'T. >> YES, we do. WE ARE DOING >> ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M under test my blood. Where the is the nurse at? You want to test me and say I have a OBI? TEST MY BLOOD THEN. OTHERWISE, GET THE OUT OF MY FACE ABOUT A OBI. DON'T ACCUSE ME OF NOTHING WITHOUT PROOF. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. >> PUT your dress on. >> It's not right. >> And you're entitled to your opinions. NO, I'M ENTITLED TO MY RIGHTS AS A US CITIZEN of this this country. >> You have the right. >> I have a right to also have equal rights and privileges. Also, smart. >> Let's get the dress on. >> Where's my stuff, Sam? >> Here's the deal. >> WHERE'S MY STUFF? >> We're done messing around. >> Where's my stuff? 1 minute to get the dress on or we're just going to force you out of here. >> Where is my stuff? >> You're calling us. >> Answer my question. >> We will get your stuff. It's right down the hall. >> So, why is my stuff not here? Because you're not listening to us. >> Put your dress on. >> So, if I put my dress on, where's my stuff? >> Right down the hall. We're going to walk right past it. We'll grab it on the way out. >> Earlier, I gave you because you listened. You sat on the gurnie and I gave you your phone because you were wanting it. So, this is what we're doing. We're asking you to put your dress on and we will get your stuff. It's pretty simple. Don't complicate it. >> I need my stuff and I need medical attention. I don't need to be behind no medical whatever forced out of nothing. >> I'm I'm just got to take her. Doctor says she's good. She only had a couple small abrasions. Doesn't feel like anything's injured. So, >> I'm just going to have to force her out at this point. She's got to go. >> All right, Danielle, listen to me. I just talked to the doctor. Okay, they're going to release you out of here. So, here's what we got to do. Okay, I need you to cooperate. I need you to do this very calmly cuz we don't want to do what we're going to have to do if you don't cooperate with us. Okay, we're not going to explain anymore. >> We've wasted enough time at at this doctor's office. This is what we were >> not checked out. >> This is what we were trying to refrain from doing, ma'am. We've worked with you all along, okay? We've we've let you do everything that you wanted to do. >> And at this point, we're we're past that point. Okay. >> I have not been checked out. We have paperwork discharging you. You are good to go. Okay. We have done all that. >> No. And I have not been checked out by any medical doctor or nurse. >> Danielle, I'm going to ask you to step up. Okay. And I'm going to ask you to do it calmly so that we don't have to work. >> We don't have to be aggressive. We don't have to do anything. We don't have to do anything harsh. That's what we do not want to do. Okay? >> Do you understand that? No, I don't understand that because I have not been checked out. Do not touch me. >> Go ahead and step up for me. >> Do not touch me. >> Step up for me. >> Do not touch me, sir. Do not touch me. WHY ARE YOU GUYS TOUCHING ME? STOP. STOP. STOP TOUCHING ME. STOP. I'VE NOT BEEN CHECKED OUT. I'VE NOT BEEN EVALUATED. I WAS JUST STOP TOUCHING MY HEAD. STOP. STOP. STOP. [screaming] STOP. STOP. TASER. TASER. >> WOW. Do it again. IF YOU DON'T RELAX. RELAX. >> PUT your hand behind YOUR BACK. TAKE THE OUT OF ME. TAKE THE OUT OF ME. >> Stop touching me. >> Stop touching me. STANFORD STANFORD. STOP TOUCHING ME. Stop touching me. STOP. You okay? >> You okay? >> GO AHEAD. A SECOND. >> GIVE ME A MEDICAL HELP. AND I'M SAYING THIS ON THE RECORD. THEY DID NOT MENTALLY TREAT ME OR DISCHARGE ME. Hey Danielle, get in the car. >> Where's my property? >> At the time of this analysis, the final case outcome remains unknown. Based on the record, charges include OVI under Ohio Revised Code 45511.19, disorderly conduct under Ohio Revised Code 2917.11, and resisting arrest under Ohio Revised Code 2921.33. The responding officers receive a grade of B+. Their probable cause was well supported by three independent pillars. Their patience was extraordinary over a 23-minute pre-arrest window, and their taser deployment was lawful after multiple warnings and documented active resistance. Points are deducted for a single unprofessional comment about the subject's physical appearance, which has no place in any professional interaction and creates unnecessary civil liability exposure. The driver receives a grade of F because every escalation in this encounter flowed directly from her own decisions. It began with the choice to drive after being warned against it and continued through refusal, disruption, and physical resistance. Her assertion that officers were violating her rights described no legal right that actually exists under Ohio or federal law. The passenger receives a grade of B for advising against the drive and providing a truthful, voluntary, and unsolicited witness statement to officers, though she did accept the ride. The medical staff receive a grade of A minus for maintaining professionalism and making a proper clinical judgment under extraordinarily difficult conditions. Lesson one, the constitutional right to refuse medical treatment is not the same as any right to refuse a lawful arrest. Confusing those two doctrines produces exactly the outcome seen in this footage. Under Atwater versus City of Logo Vista, consent to arrest is not required once probable cause is established. Lesson two, Ohio's implied consent law under Ohio Revised Code 4511.191 means chemical testing is triggered by lawful arrest, not by the driver's on demand request. Demanding a blood test in the moment does not force officers to conduct one, and it does not preserve any legal defense. Lesson three, verbal non-compliance becomes active resistance the moment a subject pulls away or physically blocks handcuffing. That transition legally opens the door to intermediate force, including taser deployment under sixth circuit precedent. For officers, patience, and repeated warnings, as demonstrated here, protect against later civil liability. Let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic you would like us to discuss in the comments below. We read all of them. If there is a body cam interaction or legal question you want covered, let us