Most traffic stops end with a warning. This one ended with an arrest. After being pulled over for reckless driving, one driver refused to follow even the simplest instructions. What started as a routine stop quickly escalated into a confrontation that added new criminal charges before the night was over. Before we get into the footage, subscribe to Body Cam Vault for real body cam documentaries with original commentary and analysis. >> Stopping me, man. >> Turn the car off. >> I I want to know the reason why I'm getting stopped, brother. You're stopping cuz you're driving recklessly. >> I'm driving recklessly. >> Okay, turn the car off. I'm going to tell you one more time. >> I'm saying what? >> I observed you driving recklessly. Turn the car off. Hand me the keys. >> What keys? You not No, that's my property, brother. You're not giving my keys. >> Okay. Do you have a Florida medical marijuana card? >> I don't got no weed in here, brother. What you talking about? >> Do you have a Florida medical marijuana card? >> I don't have weed. >> That's not the question I'm asking you. I'm asking if you have a Florida medical card. Do you have any hemp products on the car? >> Ain't no drug. You can search the car. Okay. >> Stay in the car. >> Nah, man. You doing too much. >> Search in the car. >> Listen, bro. >> You're not in charge. >> Hey, listen, brother. I'm telling you. I got my seat, bro. I don't got no dope. Let me I'm going give you my license. You do what you do and leave it alone, bro. I don't want like I don't want to deal with you, brother. >> Are you done? >> Yes. I don't got no key in the car. Yeah, it's on. >> No, you're not getting my keys, bro. >> Can you move? >> No. You are not in charge. I will dictate when you get out of the car. You are going to listen to me. You are not in charge. >> All right. Listen, I'm not talking to you. I'm going to call my lawyer. >> Okay. Put your right hand on top of your head and your left hand on your chest. >> Well, I'm going to jail. >> Easy. I didn't say you're going to jail. You're being detained. Do we understand each other? Put your right hand on top of your head and your left hand on your chest before you go to jail for obstruction. >> Which one? Here. >> Your right hand on top of your head and your left hand on your chest. >> All right. Here. >> Your left hand on your chest. What you >> Okay, you're going to stay like that until I give you further instructions. Do we understand each other? >> Understand, boss. >> Do we understand each other? You are not in charge. You are not free to leave. You are detained right now. Your car smells like marijuana and you are driving recklessly. That is why you're being detained. >> Listen, sir. I was turning the light. The lady was taking her sweet >> and then you made a big turn and then you cut someone else off. There was two officers in our police car. We both saw you do it. Okay. That is reckless driving. That is two or more moving violations at the same time. Keep your right hand on the back of your head and your left hand on your chest. We are done. You listen. No, you're No, you're going to listen to me. You were detained. You were not in charge. Put that right hand back on top of your head. >> But why I'm being detained? >> Because you're uncooperative. Okay. And I'm allowed to have anyone step out of the vehicle. And your And your And your car smells like cannabis. >> I don't have no cannabis. >> Okay, that's fine. Put your right hand on top of your head. I'm going to search your car. That's absolutely fine. They'll be on the way home right now. They'll be on the way. I want to talk to you. I want to call your supervisor. >> No problem. All right. When I ask you to step out and not until I ask you to step out. I want to talk to your supervisor. I don't want to talk to you. >> Okay, that's fine. When I ask you to step out and not until I ask you to step out, you're going to get out and face that way. >> Sir, I'm not talking to you, man. >> Okay. >> Keep that right hand on the back of your head. >> Sir, >> hey, listen. I ain't >> get out of the car and get on the ground. >> He says, do what he says. >> Get out of the car and get on the ground. >> Do what he say. >> Get out of the car and get on the ground. >> Why? >> Get on the [ __ ] ground. >> I'm saying what you doing, man. Put your hands together like you're praying. Interlock your fingers like you're praying. Give us the air. >> Interlock your hands like you're praying. >> You're about to end up on the ground. Do we understand each other? >> Sir, I don't have nothing, bro. >> Okay, now you're under arrest for obstruction. >> Why I'm under arrest? >> Cuz I just grabbed you and you pulled away from me. >> I ain't pulled away, man. >> Stand up. Put your feet up. Put your feet apart. >> Ma'am, >> put your feet apart. >> I'm Get up. >> I don't have nothing, >> sir. >> Except for >> the reason why I snatched, bro. Like I ain't know what you was going to do, man. >> Okay. Well, you're under arrest now, so I hope it was worth it. >> Sir, I for what? >> You're under arrest for reckless driving and resisting without. So, I hope it was worth it. >> Sir, stop [ __ ] tensing up. You're still pulling away. >> You're done. You're under arrest. You're done. >> Relax, ma'am. I'm not >> No, you've been combative the whole time since you gota since we stopped you. You've been combative the whole time since we stopped you. Just stop talking. Okay. 10:15 for signal 12 and resisting. Listen, I'm resisting arrest. >> You're still doing it. You're still tensing. >> I'm not. I'm >> so lean on the car. I'm holding on to your muscles and you're tensing and bracing and pulling away. >> It's done. You're going to jail. It's over. I didn't have to be there. But for what, man? >> For reckless driving and resisting without violence. >> Reckless driving, sir. I told you what happened. >> Can you stop tensing up? I'm really tired of it. >> Ma'am, I'm not testing up, man. Like this guy. >> Research him or relax. I need to get to the other. Ma'am, can I talk to a supervisor or something? Yeah, you'll see him at the station cuz you're under arrest. >> But for what, man? >> I told you. >> But can I call somebody to get my car, man? >> Stop. >> [ __ ] stop. YOU'RE STILL TENSING UP. YOU'RE DONE, >> MA'AM. Oh my god. I'm not doing nothing, bro. >> You're done. You're going to jail. It's over. Okay. >> But for what? >> Reckless driving for the last time. Reckless driving and resisting without. >> Sir, I told Man, I wasn't even When I turned, I wasn't even doing a 100, brother. >> Has nothing to do with that. >> I turned I turned to search. immediately searched. >> I need to get >> But listen, I'm >> Oh my god. I'm telling you, I understand I did it, bro. But can I get a ticket warrant, bro? >> That went out the window once you started being on. >> The officer had explained why the stop had occurred and gave clear instructions to remain in the vehicle and comply. But instead of focusing on the traffic stop, the driver challenged nearly every instruction, insisting the officer had no authority over him. According to the officer, there were also additional concerns, including the reported odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and the observed reckless driving. As each instruction was ignored, the officer's attention shifted from the traffic violation itself to whether the driver would comply with lawful commands. I'm >> not. >> My discretion went out the window once you started being uncooperative. >> Sorry, man. >> We're done here. Once you pulled away, you put your hand on my hand and pulled away. So, you're lucky I'm not charging with battery in a law enforcement. >> I didn't, bro. I got baby oil on me, man. >> Yeah. No, that's not the way it works. When you take your hand and push my hand away and then I grab you again and you then pull away again. >> Cuz I got my I'll work on both. My hand was hurting. >> Well, we'll use this as a We'll use this as a learning lesson cuz you're under arrest. >> Is this pocket empty? >> Yep. Done. >> Is there anything I'm going to find in the car? >> Nothing. Okay. >> But listen, >> do you have any warrants? >> You got an open container. Oops. Sorry. So, this was probably completely preventable and you had gotten the ticket. >> Say, bro, listen. Like, >> you did the mo. You did the most tonight and now you're going to jail for it. >> I'm sorry, bro. >> No, man. You're a telephone tough guy from the second we pulled you over. So, >> Bro, I work. >> We're going to jail. We'll deal with that later. Okay, come back here. >> But listen, hold up, man. Stop walking, >> ma'am. Hold up, man. Can I >> hold up? What am I? God damn. Can I call somebody to get my car? >> If you pull your arm away from me one more time, I'm putting you on the ground and you'll stay there until we're done. >> Bro, I'm just trying to get >> You're constantly tensing your muscles. You're still doing it. >> I'm trying to I'm trying to tell you, can I call somebody to get my car? That's >> No, it's being towed. >> Sit down. >> But for Sit down in a roadway and you're under arrest. Sit down. >> Sit down, boss. Please >> sit down in the car. >> Oh my god, man. >> Did we find an ID for him yet? >> Uh, it looks like there's a wallet back over there on the grounds if you go around to the rear passenger side. Uh, I told already requested. >> Awesome. Oh, well, this also makes sense. >> Yeah, I told you. >> Yep. So, we got a open container of >> Budweiser. >> Budweiser, which is cold to the touch and still has some remnants in the bottom. So, that's captured on body camera. Car smells like weed. So, we might be finding some drugs. >> Can I get a number on my phone? >> Yeah, we'll work on that. >> I'm sorry, bro. >> All right. >> You want me to get a bag? You have a bag in the >> um run him. >> Yeah. Give me a second, man. He pul he like I went to pull him out of the car. He pushed my hand away. And then I grabbed him and pulled my taser out and grabbed him again and he like started pulling away again. So he just slammed him into the car. >> We stopped him. He stops in the middle of the road and I was like, "What are you stopping for?" I told him to pull over. We pull over here. Car smells like weed. I'm talking to him. He's not listening. He wants to argue the whole time. And then I go to get him out and I grab his arm and he immediately like pushes my hand away from from me. So I pull my taser out, grab him again. He's pulling away again. So then we just slammed him into the car. >> A misdemeanor. >> It's two misdemeanor. Three misdemeanor. Sorry. >> What? >> Reckless driving, resisting an uh open container in a motor vehicle. The beer, the Budweiser that was in your driver's side door and the brown paper bag that was still cold to the touch and had beer in the bottom of it. It's all could have been prevented, man. You might have left here with like one or two tickets. >> It's all up to you. >> Well, it's not all up to me when you pull away from me. When you pull away from me, I I >> Man, like I got a dislocated shoulder, man. >> So, you would think that you wouldn't want to fight cuz I could have been a lot more rough than I was. I decided not to tase you. >> Like if you touched my shoulder, it really hurt. >> I didn't touch your shoulder. I touched your wrist and you pulled away from me and yanked your arm away, which would be you hurting your shoulder. And then on top of that, I could have tased you. I could have punched you in the face. I did none of that. I just decided to put you into the vehicle and detain you with the least amount of force necessary. Cuz I could have used more force than that because you were actively resisting. So >> you probably seen me on the road. You was like, I'm going to get him in that [ __ ] I've never seen you. I have I have no I had no clue what your name was until I found your driver's license. I have no I had no clue about who you were before I stopped you. So if we're going to go back to you being that way and I'm not >> listen. So like we were just saying when we went to stop you, you stopped the car in the middle of the road. You try to jump out of the vehicle. >> I ain't trying to jump out. I'm running. >> You tried to get out of the car. Okay. No, there's no more listening at this point. You dictated >> you dictated the course. Your actions dictated the result. Your actions dictated the result. >> But still like you could have been like, "Okay, LISTEN." >> NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. When you don't show courtesy and respect from the beginning when we try to talk to you nicely, why should we give that respect back? >> You don't understand what I'm going through. >> That doesn't mean anything. You don't understand what I'm going through. Okay. Everybody goes through [ __ ] Everybody in this car with your mom and dad with your mom. >> You have no idea. You have no idea. That doesn't give you an excuse. Doesn't give you an excuse. >> I'm just trying to make it. I ain't doing nothing. I ain't out here robbing nobody. I'm going to work every day. >> Like, yeah, I play my music loud, but I don't mean like whatever the rap say, that's what they do, man. Like, I work every day, bro. And I have to go to work tomorrow. So, thank you, officer, for Thank you, sir. >> Sorry, I can't hear you. What was that? >> Nothing. >> Oh, okay. God bless you. That's all. >> Oh, okay. Cuz I thought you said you hope I get an accident and your family, brother, man. >> Okay. >> Have a good night when you get home. >> I hope everything's all right when you get home, too. >> I don't know what that means, but knowledge of God, bro. >> Yes, there is. >> I hope it's race work, too, brother. >> All right. Well, I can give you a little bit of advice. I'd stop making vague threats before you pick up a charge called before you pick up a charge called threats to a specified individual. So >> I ain't threatening nobody. >> I say you. I'm just saying. >> You said I hope your brakes work and I hope your family's good when you get home. So you're really teeter tottering, man. So if you want to, you know, stop. That's what I'd advise you of cuz you're everything's being recorded on two bodywn cameras and has been this whole time. >> You I'm just saying God bless you and I hope everything >> God bless you too. Okay. Thank you. We were nothing but courteous to you until you became unc courteous and then we became unc courteous. >> [ __ ] man. You You came at me with an attitude, man. >> Like you been had something with you, man. I want to get Hey, I want to make a complaint, too, cuz you had me over here overheating, brother. >> Okay. Well, definitely. >> I hope you got that to report. >> You're definitely not overheating cuz the AC's on. >> I'm about to catch a heart attack. I'm sweating bullets right now, brother. >> Okay. >> A matter of fact, I think I'm about to catch a heart attack. So, you think can you take me to the hospital, please? >> You got it. >> Please. >> Yeah, we're going. >> Help. >> Damn. I can't breathe, man. Help. I need help. >> Hey, sir. I can't breathe, man. >> Okay, we're going to the hospital. >> I can't breathe. Can you cut the lights on? Hey. I got asthma, man. >> Show us for routing to the uh hospital. >> I need some friends there, man. >> There you go. >> Help. I can't breathe. >> 420. >> All right. You ready to go inside? >> I'm late. We can get out of the car. >> All right. You ready to go inside? >> I'm get out of the car. >> All right. We're at the hospital. You want to get out so you can get medical treatment? >> I'm weak, man. >> Okay. Well, let's walk inside so we can get you medical treatment. >> You really really stop. >> Really? Pick him up. All right, coming up at the hospital. >> So good. >> Okay, well then stop doing this. You want to go to the hospital? Walk. Come on, man. >> Okay, then stand up and walk. >> I'm not letting you go. >> Stand up and walk. I'm not letting you go. You were completely fine saying threats to myself and my family. And then you want to say that you have no AC, which is false. You >> understand each other? This case raises an important. >> Do we understand each other? You are not in charge. You are not free to leave. You are detained right now. Your car smells like marijuana and you are driving recklessly. That is why you're being detained. Escalated the encounter. I was turning the light and then you made a big turn and then you cut someone else off. There was two officers in a police car. We both saw you do it. Okay. Reckless driving. That is two moving violations at the same time. Keep your right hand on the back of your head and your left hand on your chest. We are done. You No, you're going to listen to me. >> You were detained. You are not in charge. Put that right hand back on top of your head because you're uncooperative. Okay. And I'm allowed to have anyone step out of the vehicle and your car smells like cannabis. Okay, that's fine. Put your right hand on top of your left. That's absolutely fine. They'll be on the way.