Don't walk up on me like that. >> You're walking up on me, lady. >> DON'T WALK UP ON ME. >> YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO JAIL. NO. NO. NO. BACK UP. >> [cough and laughter] >> BACK UP. BACK UP. YOU GOT WHAT YOU TALKING TO HER FOR? BACK UP. >> WHY WOULD Y'ALL GET AGGRESSIVE LIKE THAT? >> Back up. >> Come on now. >> What I say? Out of the street. Go. Go. Out of the street. What's that guy's name? You keep walking. You're going TO JAIL, TOO. GET UP. GET OUT OF THE STREET. >> [music] >> HERE. >> DOWN. GET DOWN. >> Get on the ground. >> Who's got cuffs? >> On August 24th, 2025, officers responded to a nightclub that shut down early. One woman's car got towed for a parking violation. She ended up in cuffs, charged with resisting arrest. The real issue is not what she did after those cuffs went on. [music] It is whether the arrest that put them there was ever legal. >> We got two more people. I have them coming out right now. That's fine. I was just going to let you know we're about to tow that silver BMW, too. >> Is there Is there any phones collected? I lost my phone. >> ask really quick. Mike, do you have any apps? I don't know who that is, so give her >> It's a It's a pink iPhone. >> rolling now. I mean, if there was a bunch of people inside making an announcement, but there was only two. It's my car and I was being towed. No, it's being towed. It's mine now. Because it's parked at a meter that shouldn't be parked at. Don't go there. >> And don't walk up on me like that. >> YOU'RE WALKING UP ON ME, LADY. >> DON'T WALK UP ON ME. >> YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO JAIL. NO. NO. NO. BACK UP. BACK UP. BACK UP. YOU GOT WHAT YOU TALKING TO HER FOR? BACK UP. >> WHY WOULD Y'ALL GET aggressive like that? >> Back up. >> Come on now. >> What I say? Out of the street. GO. GO. OUT OF THE STREET. What's that guy's name? >> You keep walking, you going TO JAIL, TOO. GET UP AND GET OUT OF THE STREET. DOWN. GET DOWN. >> GET ON THE GROUND. >> Who's got cuffs? >> Here. >> He had no business doing that. >> Yes, he did. >> No, he didn't. >> He walked up on him. I don't want to hear it. >> Okay, get on. >> Slowly pick me up. I don't have no arm, no rotator cuff. >> Hey, bend this knee. Bend this knee. >> Hold up. Okay, help me up. Help me up this arm. >> Give me a second. Give me a second. I got [ __ ] going everywhere right now. Take your phone, please. >> Help me up this arm with my right arm, please. >> Which one? With the right arm? You got it? >> Help me up. >> Okay, ready? >> Yes. >> Step up. >> You don't walk up on a police officer. That's why you're going to jail. >> I understand that, but I'm trying to figure out why you told my car in that lane. >> You don't understand you're going to jail. >> All right, here. Hey. Who's got a closer car? That's fine, here. Just take it to ours. I got it. Come on. That's fine. I'll switch them out. You going to be cool if I switch these cuffs out real quick? >> Yeah, I'm okay. >> All right, here. You got anything on you? >> He walked up on me. No, I don't have nothing on me. I have my headphones on. >> What's that? What's that here? >> It's my headphones. >> Okay. Do you have anything in your bra at all? >> No. >> Okay. All right. You can sit down. >> He shouldn't have Why he walked up on me like that? He He chest bumped me. >> All right, here. Hey. >> [clears throat and snorts] >> I'm going to switch these cuffs out, hey. Do me a favor. Can you rotate this hand at all? No, that's fine, here. It's going to be really uncomfortable for a second, all right? All right here. Bend this arm a little bit. >> Why do you chest bump me? That's not okay. >> Yeah, open your hands if you can. I'm I'm going to move I'm taking these ones off and then I'll switch the other ones, all right? Just give me a second. All right here. Like I said, it's going to be uncomfortable. And will it be? >> You know what's crazy? TT chest bumped me first. That's not okay. I don't feel like I should be being arrested right now. >> Wait a second. Hey, do me a favor. Rotate this hand, make it look like you're praying in the back. There you go. >> I have to get home to my kids. >> Yeah, give me a second. Hey, wait. I'm going to rotate this one. All right, there we go. Now rotate your hand if you can. There you go. >> Here. This. You got my house keys? Can y'all give her Somebody has my keys. That's her phone. >> Miss, this is whose phone? >> That's her phone. The phone you got in your hand right there. >> Wait. Wait. Wait. I just want to make sure that was the key. I got it. >> No, she has her phone. >> Grab her headphones. Yeah. Rotate this one. I'm going to check this one. >> Okay, they got my phone. Yeah, somebody One of these officers has your phone. She She has your phone right there. >> The keys, there's nothing over here. There's no keys. >> It was there It was >> Give me 1 second. I'll go back and look, okay? All right, hey. Just take a seat, okay? >> Can I sit on the curb cuz I'm claustrophobic? I will pass out. I will pass out. I I can sit on the curb. >> Well, here. pass out. Well, I'll tell you what. I'll have an officer stand here if you just take a seat just inside the couple of kids at the door open. You do that at least. >> can do that. >> Okay, thank you. There it is. I'll throw him a stick up. Um, can you get this officer's name and everything, please? I'd appreciate it. Last name? First name? >> Bianca. B I A N C A >> What's your middle initial, Bianca? >> I don't have a middle initial. >> Phone number? Phone number? >> Yep. >> You said you have a kid at home? >> I do. That's [clears throat] why I'm just trying to get home, too. That's why I'm on my way to >> Who's the kid with right now? >> She's with my goddaughter. >> How old? >> She's with her god daughter. >> Okay. >> I don't think so, either, but No, I don't think so. >> Hey, what's her first and last name? >> Bianca. Bianca. >> He did this last to me, too. The last time I had an encounter with him. Not my first. >> Bianca. B I O N C A B I A N C A >> Perfect. All right. >> Welcome. Call the rig. >> I can move my car. >> Yes. Get one. Go ahead, yeah. >> He just bumped me. It's not my first time walking. He just bumped me. >> About midway through the footage, the officer takes Bianca to the ground. Under Graham versus Connor, force must be judged by three factors: the severity of the offense, whether the subject posed an immediate threat, and whether she was actively resisting. All three factors sit at the low end here. No weapon, no flight, and the alleged offense was approaching an officer during a tow. Still, if the officer believes she initiated physical contact, the immediate threat factor is live. That is the counter-argument that matters because the body cam did not clearly capture who made first contact. That evidentiary gap is where this entire case turns. >> They have to take me straight out. I will pass out. I have a medical condition. I will pass out. No. I just came to go to my car. >> That's it. We're done. >> bare minimum. >> What? Um >> You didn't have to walk up on me aggressively like that. >> You didn't have to do it either. >> I didn't do it. I didn't >> You definitely did. >> No, I didn't. I asked him why I didn't see a receipt. Why was he taking the plates off my car? >> No, you walked out of that door screaming and yelling. >> No, I did not yell like that. >> I did not. >> You want to be seen for getting your car >> We already got a medic on the way. >> Okay. >> Yeah, that's uh >> Hold on. >> It's old. >> I'm going to call on the radio. >> Get out of your way. Thank Yeah, I've I've been able to get him on the radio. >> All right. >> Cool. >> Yeah, if she if she can't sign it Okay. Are you right-handed or left-handed? >> Right. >> Right-handed? Do you sign >> finna do nothing to y'all. >> No, you good. >> I just I just wanted to go home. I just don't understand why you was doing it. He He chest bumped me. >> Here. >> That's not okay. >> Stand up for me. How flexible Is it You're right-handed, you said? >> Okay. Here. Could you rotate this hand over to where you can see a little bit? There we go. >> Perfect. So, this is just a parking via the parking citation. Okay? So >> Okay, what's this Explain it to me. >> So, 28-302, which is >> what? >> That is you were parked in front of the meter. And you had a thing on it that said park here it's going to be towed. >> Okay. >> So, again, with all of our citations and everything, it's not admitting to guilt or anything um for it. All this saying is that we found enough probable cause to give you this citation and this is giving you all the information on it. And it just needs you to sign, just stating that you understand you got this citation. And then there's going to be how to take care of it and everything else on the portions of the ticket. >> I don't sign it? >> It doesn't matter. I said you're not admitting to be guilty or anything for it. >> just put refusal to sign if you don't want to sign it. >> Yeah. >> No, I'm asking him a question. I just want him to explain it to me. >> So So we'd like for you to sign it and again, it's not admitting that you're guilty of doing this. We're just stating on our side we found a probable cause to give you this citation and we're asking for you just to sign it so that you're understanding that it's kind of like if we sign a piece of documentation that you bring to us, we both have understood the documentation. That's all it is. It's just that we're both at an understanding of what this is. >> It's not saying you're guilty. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Do you all mind if I ask my cousin what that means, please? >> Hey. >> I understand what you're saying. >> But I just want him to clarify it for me. >> Give me a second. Let me show you. >> I know. I just want him to clarify it for me. >> Um so they give you a number for you to call on here and then if you It shows you everything on here on how to take care of it. Is it >> No, we don't have to sign it. Yes, you should have. >> She's fine getting that problem. >> Yes, she is. >> It's not a huge It's not a huge deal for you to not sign it. No matter what you're going to get the citation. It's just a matter of if you're going to sign it, you sign it. If not, then not. No matter what you're going to get it. That's all we're saying. If you sign it, it's not admitting to you being guilty. It's just you stating that we both are here, we both see it, you signed it, I handed it off to you. It's kind of like a notary without the notary. You get what I'm saying? >> I got you. >> Are you going to be willing to sign it for me? >> Not today. >> Okay, that's perfect. There you go. >> I have I have insurance on that car. And if you would have just told me, "Hey, we you don't have insurance." I'd have been like, "I can prove it to you with the set of car." >> Um >> Just bumping me. >> Give me a second. Where is my phone? Anybody else got bunch of scratches, anything? >> No. >> I need I need to write this down. All right. >> We can put her first thing on the microwave. >> I understand you're claustrophobic, but at some point we have to get in the back of the car and we have to close the door. >> You said that I have to get in the back of the at the at the paddy wagon. I'm okay with that. I will >> If we're going if we're going to sit here and wait for the wagon, then that's fine. If that's what's going to happen. >> I can sit on the road. I ain't going to do nothing. I'm not going to >> it. I get it. But at some point, I'm just saying we have to. >> That You have to put me in the wagon. >> If we're going to sit there If If you want to sit and wait for her to do that. >> Yeah, that's fine. >> Or I can have Bailey just sit cuz I don't think he's got any paper to do. I just have to do all of it. So, that's fine. >> No, that's fine. I told her >> Uh do all of what? >> I will I when I tell you >> doing all this. No. No, no, no. I got other paper. I got two other I got two other reports I got to do. >> I get it. I will be at OSF and I don't want y'all to do the extra paperwork. >> No, I I I just have extra paperwork I have to do on my side. That's I got other reports I have to do. >> I just don't want to me passing out being extra paperwork. >> good. No, you're fine. >> I can sit on the car. >> No, we're just talking about who's going to sit with you while you sit out. So that someone's at least with you at all times. That's all we're talking about. >> Okay. >> But you're all good. >> Yeah. >> If you need just let Bailey know. I'll let Bailey be Yeah. You grab her stuff and bring it over, please. I'm going to start trying to type this out. And the other one. >> Resisting arrest only holds if the underlying arrest was lawful. The Fourth Amendment requires probable cause for any custodial seizure. A chest bump directed at an officer could constitute simple battery under most state codes, and that would provide the probable cause the arrest needs. The problem is the footage cannot confirm it happened. On the speech side, the Supreme Court in City of Houston versus Hill held that verbal challenges directed at police are protected under the First Amendment. Bianca asking why the officer was being aggressive cannot serve as a basis for arrest. The speech did not trigger the arrest. The physical proximity did. That distinction is critical. The footage also shows the officer skipping steps on the use of force continuum. Jumping from verbal commands directly to a ground takedown with no visible intermediate step. That proportionality gap is exactly what Graham versus Connor was designed to catch. Modern de-escalation standards from the Police Executive Research Forum require intermediate options first. Post-arrest, the picture changes. The officer adjusted the cuffs for Bianca's rotator cuff injury, called a medic, and accommodated her claustrophobia by keeping the car door open. The 14th Amendment's due process clause requires officers to address known medical needs of detainees. That standard was met here, and it matters for the full picture. Bianca also stated this was not her first encounter with the same officer. If that allegation is substantiated, it opens a potential claim under 42 United States Code Section 1983, which provides a federal civil rights remedy for constitutional violations under color of law. A pattern of conduct changes the entire legal posture of this case. On the officer post-arrest handling was professional. But bypassing intermediate force options without documentation is a proportionality problem that good post-arrest conduct does not erase. On Bianca advancing on an officer managing an active scene created the conditions for escalation. Post-arrest she cooperated fully, declined the citation signature within her rights, and surfaced the prior incident allegation. First lesson, when your vehicle is being towed, stay back and keep your voice level. Do not advance on an officer managing a scene. Physical proximity reads as physical threat. Second lesson, do not resist arrest, even if you believe the arrest is unlawful. Resisting a bad arrest gives the prosecution a charge that can survive even when the original arrest gets dismissed. Third lesson, if you have a prior incident with the same officer, document it formally and immediately. Written complaints and dated accounts are what build a pattern of conduct case a court can act on. At the time of this analysis, the outcome of the resisting arrest charges unknown. Whether it survives depends on whether probable cause for the initial arrest can be established beyond this footage. If there is a body cam interaction or legal issue you want analyzed, drop it in the comments.