Guys, what did I do? >> Yes. Stand by. >> What did I do? >> ALISON, YOU DID THIS TO ME. This is your fault. >> You just tried to >> just tried to bite me. >> I didn't I didn't try to bite anyone. You're waking me up. >> Shut up. Trying to get her off the car. >> A ride share booking is not a border crossing. Florida officers reach a bar after a reported altercation and find the women already sitting in a waiting car. One passenger refuses to step out, certain the ride she paid for places her beyond an investigation. Three bodies of law say otherwise. >> Complete miscommunication and misunderstanding. >> Hey Jeff, she just got in that car. I just got to talk to her. She's part >> Hey, hold on. You can't leave that. >> I understand that. >> Hey, miss. Come out and talk to us. >> I don't need to. I wasn't involved. >> I was I had literally I wasn't involved. I had I was already out of there, so I had nothing to do with any of those. >> Well, I want to talk to you anyway. >> Okay, follow. You can call my law if you'd like to. I literally just went to a bar and now I'm in my Uber. I ordered my Uber. Why do you need to talk to me? >> Some other things may have in between. >> Can you tell me what those things were >> and what my name is? >> Well, I figured you'd tell me. >> I don't have anything going on, so no. So long. Farewell. Agita saying goodbye. >> Nope. >> Oh, is that >> This ain't your car. >> It Babe. >> Sir, >> are you serious? This is like well against our rights. >> Sir, >> that's conduct an investigation. Would you like >> Would you like her to to leave your car now? >> I'll cancel the ride if you if you conduct an investigation. >> I mean, I work with Farrell Williams. You good luck. I mean, I don't want to [ __ ] up this guy's life, but like I don't have anything else going on. You have to get another Uber. >> Ma'am, I'll be honest with you. Right now, he's working on probable cause. We have to conduct a quick investigation to see what's going on with the area. >> Okay, fine. Whatever. >> Thank you. You do have to cooperate. >> I'm sorry about your fair man. >> Come on over here, dude. >> I mean, I'm not doing anything illegal. It's legal for me to drink in the United States of America. I didn't drink at all. Literally just ordered an Uber. Can you reimburse me? Can I get reimbured for my Uber? What are the >> No, wait. I have every right to sit in my car. I don't know. I have no like I can go. I didn't do anything. So, so long for all he does and No, you have no right. >> You're trespassing in this vehicle. >> Am I trespassing in your vehicle? >> I'm out. I'm out. I'm out. >> You're trespassing in this vehicle. Get out. >> Listen. >> Oh my god. I'm so glad I'm recording right now. >> And I'm on a Netflix show with Bro Williams. And y'all didn't even know the drama that has gone on. Apparently, I'm trespassing for being in this vehicle because we didn't fall for it. >> I did. I I ordered on Uber after all the drama. No, >> this is crazy. This is so crazy. >> We just want to talk to you. Do you have to ask a series of question? >> I don't I mean I would like to I didn't >> I don't have to call I know my rights. Can you read me my rights before I would like my rights before I vehicle? >> I don't have like read me my rights. >> Thank you. Okay. Yeah. I would like my age to be read. >> Can I approach it? >> Sure. Yeah. >> Before he runs you. >> I would like my to >> hold before we even stop. >> Do you see who's in front of us? >> Look at me. >> Look at me. >> You didn't see anything. >> See what happened? >> You called. Tell me what happened. >> Was we were having a conversation about it and she we were getting along. Everything was fine. She got to the door. She then at that point decided she did not agree with me cuz her friends were there. She threw a drink in my face and punched me in the face. And then her two friends jumped on top of me. >> In the face and the body. >> In the face and the body and the arms. Mainly in the head. >> Um pulling my hair in three different directions. They slam my head into the wall. >> Okay. Were they uh like closed fist? >> I've got a scratch on my face. I've got bruises on my arms. I know I have welds on my head. I'm missing hair. >> I won't ask you I won't ask you anything. You don't have to answer. All right. It sounds like they're trying to arrest >> Oh my god. Get off your phone. Get off your phone, please. >> No, I'm recording this because I don't cuz it sounds like I was accosted when I did the responsible thing which was ordering an Uber. >> Megan, >> which is what Uber the point of ordering at my Uber driver. >> You're being disrespectful cuz now he's trying to talk to me. I have a I have a job. You have a job. Listen to me. >> Okay. >> I don't care if I'm happy to listen to Stop interrupting. I don't care if you record me. Good. >> Good. I respect >> I don't care if you record. >> I understand. >> I'm not doing anything wrong. Quiet. They just want to know why they make >> Can you hang out with them for more words than I am? Can we just go home and go home? >> I just found the perfect wedding dress and I'm just trying to go home. >> Let's just make sure that nothing. >> You're ruining the night more because you're being extra dramatic right now. I'm not. You You are You are >> If you can just get on the car and go to the side, we can be quiet and everybody can move along. You don't want to You want to have dramatic video right? >> You realize we were not there. >> Yeah. >> We're just trying We're just trying to figure out what's going on. >> Was the one that called you guys >> was the one that spoke. >> That's it. >> The reason why we're here is because the one said girls said that you guys tried to jump them. Oh, well I was in there. No, excuse me. She had all her and her waiters. >> I'm just trying to explain to her why girl. >> Girl, the [ __ ] bartender that attacked me. >> That's why we're all here. >> When did she attack? I didn't see. I wasn't there. >> Yeah, exactly. Thank you. They get out of the car and let them do their job. Natalia was attacked. She is the victim. >> All right. Fine. >> Yeah. The problem is he's going to kick her out and then if she doesn't get out, he's going to ask us to get her out. If she doesn't get out, she put that. >> Yeah. Yeah. We don't want to We're not trying to make it worse than We're not trying to make it worse. >> I just don't trust I'm looking out for myself here and I'm respecting myself, which is that's my right as an American, >> which I'm sure you guys understand. Just listen to your friends. I just don't want you to make it worse than >> Yeah. Listen to your friends. >> No, I'm not making it worse. >> Um I'm listening to myself and I know my rights. Just so you guys are aware, I understand. I understand and I know my rights and I know you guys know that I know and understand their rights >> and I I'm I'm glad that they feel the proper way they feel. But you guys know that I do know I before any I'm going to listen and honestly he's he's going to lose his job. >> The [ __ ] [ __ ] attacked. Obviously she's got a reputation for being aggressive. So maybe she's the one that needs to >> Where's she going? >> I don't know. >> Megan, >> I don't know. >> What am I? You're being like very >> You can't You can't leave yet. >> My I'm sorry, but my my brother-in-law is on your is in your NYPD. He actually died. >> Are you recording? >> I No, I'm not recording right now. And guess what? >> Because why would I need to? >> I can't leave yet. >> Everybody over there is saying you started it. >> Me? >> That's what we're we're figuring out. Stop. Stop. This is not Virginia. THIS IS FLORIDA. YOU WILL BE ARRESTED. YOU ARE in >> Listen, you are walking away from investigation. THEREFORE, YOU NO, BECAUSE if in your world you think you're in Virginia, you're not. And you will be in jail. Think about your job. Think about your husband, your career. It is not worth it for you being drunk and stupid and not paying attention. Thinking you think you know your rights. It's different in every state. So, >> my rights haven't been read to me yet. >> Walk back. >> I'm not going to ask any questions, but you have to stay here. You just have to stay with us. Just stop. Is it worth it? Why? I'm an American. Stop 14. Stop. >> Megan, just stop. >> Shut up. >> What is wrong with you? >> SHUT UP. >> OKAY, YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF. I'M trying to [ __ ] talk to you. >> I know this is pissing me off. >> Hold on. Hold on. >> Anyway, listen. >> Let me let me explain this. I just explained this to you. >> Right now, we are investigating something. You are not free to leave. If you do walk off, >> let's just listen. Okay. >> Okay. If you walk off and you don't listen to us, you will go to jail. Why? >> You are not free to leave. >> Because we are investigating a investigating what >> I've already explained this to you and you're not from here. LET ME EXPLAIN. >> SHUT UP. [screaming] STOP IT. STOP IT. YOU HAVE NO NEED. MEGAN, STOP. STOP. MEGAN, just stop. Go for it. >> Megan, you're not paying attention. You're being ADHD. You're letting YOU'RE LETTING YOUR DISABILITY CONTROL YOU. >> READ ME MY RANDER RIGHT. >> THEY did tell you and you keep talking over. >> What did I do? What law have I broken? What law have I broken? What law did I break? What did I break? >> Stop. >> I'm not. >> You need to chill is what you need to do. >> Oh my god. >> You just talk like you're talking yourself into going to jail, which you don't have to. I've explained this to you several times. >> Don't get up on the ground. Get You stand up. Stop being you're awake. Stop. Just get up. >> I won't stand up. >> I know. I'm perfectly so acting. Scared of me. >> I'm not acting. >> Your friends are even telling you your friends are screaming at you. Just stop. >> Lol. >> All right. >> My friends are terrified. >> They're scared of you. Thank you guys. It's your fault I got arrested cuz they're terrible. You >> fall on the ground. It's your fault. >> Why are you falling on the ground? Get up. >> My rights. Breaking my rights. My rights have been written. My rights. >> What did I do? What did I do? >> Now you're under arrest. >> What did I do? What did I do? What did you >> What did I do? What did I do? >> Are you going to get me? >> What did I do? >> Let her go. Let her go. >> What did I do? What did I tell her, dude? She's Look at Look at >> What did I do right now? Tell me. >> I don't know what you want us to do with her, but >> What did I do? >> Tell me. >> Yeah. Well, we we got to deal with THIS NOW. JUST STAY over there. >> What did I do? What did I do? >> You're under arrest. >> Right now, you're under arrest. >> For what? For what? >> Okay. Hold on. For what? >> It's called obstruction resisting arrest. >> No, but for what? Why was I being arrested? >> I've written this to you five times. >> You haven't told me what I was arrested for. You haven't read me my rights, my moral. >> I don't need to read you your rights. I'M NOT ASKING YOU WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR YOU. >> I'M NOT ASKING YOU ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY CRIME. >> WHY? This isn't saying, bro. >> Stand up. Stop being such a drama queen. Stand up. >> Hang on. Let's get her. >> I'm not being a drama queen. I'm not a Netflix show. >> I am actually Williams label. This is insane. He doesn't know how bad you're [ __ ] >> Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. You got it. >> Don't you bite me. >> I didn't bite you. >> Don't bite me. >> Why are you doing this? You >> just tried to bite me. >> My dad, >> you're going to get sprayed in two seconds. >> I'm done. Why are you doing this to me? >> Why are you doing this to me? What did I do? >> Stand by. >> What did I do? >> ALISON, YOU DID THIS TO ME. This is your fault. >> You just tried to just tried to bite me. >> I didn't I didn't try to bite me when you're waking up. >> Shut up. Trying to get her off the hop. No, I got Let me Let me watch this. >> I'm scared. They're trying TO KILL ME. ALISON, I CAN'T BREATHE. [screaming] >> They're grabbing me. Alison, they're trying to kill me. [screaming] >> They're trying to kill me. >> I can't breathe. >> They're choking me out. Sit down. >> I can't breathe. Oh my god. They're going to rape me. ALISON, [screaming] >> ALISON, they're trying to Alison. ALISON, >> TELL me when I broke the law. The law doesn't say I have to be loyal to you. I make more money than all y'all. >> Who cares about this? Does that matter? >> The law. >> You think I care about how much money I make? >> I know you don't. I know you don't. But do but do you care about following the law? Do you care about following the law? Does the law matter to you? THE LAW BREAK TO YOU. >> What law did I break? >> WHAT LAW DID I break? >> What law did I break? >> I explained it to you several times. >> No, you have not. You have not said anything. You have not told me one time. >> What law did I broken? >> Okay, it's all on camera. >> What law have I broken? I'm allowed to drink. This is the United States of America. Everyone's allowed to drink alcohol. >> Yes, ma'am. >> I haven't done anything. >> Yes, ma'am. >> What law did I break by saying that? didn't want to talk to you guys and I was literally in an Uber. Y'all accosted me in the middle of an Uber, pulled my ass out of the Uber for no reason. My Uber was a black guy who was terrified of y'all and literally said, "Girl, I'm so sorry. Stop. THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME. THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME." >> Hang on. >> Put her feet down. Put her feet. >> Put her feet down. He's going to start kicking. >> Stop pinching. [screaming] >> She's pinching me. Sergeant, I can't fight. >> I didn't I didn't do anything. I didn't do anything. Alison, >> she's hitting me. >> Yeah, I'm good. But >> come on this side over here. >> We got to do something with her. We >> got to get her in the house. >> This is because I didn't react. You're believing them. ALISON, I can't breathe. >> I'm going to go get some scream. Alison, if I die right now, you're going to never [screaming] >> You need to stop screaming. >> Yeah. Watch. >> She bit my hand. >> She bit She bit She bit Sorry, too. Right. >> I didn't do anything. >> All right. Can you >> Whose cars are around here? So, >> I know, but I got to go do that little 1017 down there. >> Alison, I'm going to die. >> These guys are going to kill me. >> They're specifically trying to kill me. Alison. Alison. They're trying to kill me cuz they use in the garage. >> Stop moving your head on the ground. You're making this worse. Stop. Relax >> everyone. They're trying to kill me. >> Relax. >> You guys don't understand. You're doing the wrong thing. >> Calm down. >> I know. >> I got to go. >> Please look at me. >> Father, I'm right here so much. >> What did I just >> Hey. Hey. >> Look at me. >> You know what? Listen. >> Look at But you know what? You can breathe once you just calm down. >> I can't breathe. >> You can break. I can't. I haven't done anything. >> Listen. >> Watch. Watch. Watch. When I calm down, watch. >> Listen. Sh. You know, we calm down. They're going to start using our It is. >> Watch when I calm down. Watch this. >> Listen. Jesus is with you. >> You know, if I die, if I'm not going to be with you anymore, I Let me have these last moments with you. Ready? Breathe. >> You got me right to me. Together. Together. One, two, three. Okay. One, two, three. You know what? I'm I'm your only hope right now. >> I'm right here. I'm right here. We're helping you up. They're helping you. 1 2 3 up. 1 2 3 up. >> We're doing okay. >> We're doing okay, right? Thank you so much. >> Look at me. No one's around you but me. They don't want to see you like this. Listen, you can roll your eyes. >> I'm sorry, but I'm in extreme pain and I I completely understand. >> I'm about to die. So, my circulation is cut off. >> Who's here with you? Who's here with me? >> Every with you here. We got to contact Listen, >> I'm Thomas. That's a girl in America is allowed to do. >> Absolutely. >> And I would like my $500 bag back. >> Okay. Absolutely. We have your bag. >> I know you think it's against your right, but let's just get you out of this. Okay. >> I I just know for a fact that it is, but >> Okay. Let's just play the game. >> You're calming down. >> We have fire rescue coming to check her out. >> Why am I detained? >> Cuz you are. >> Why am I detained? >> Why am I detained? Why am I detained? Hey, sir. You guys chased me into another parking lot. >> Me and my Uber. >> I would like to know exactly how I broke the law. >> But you have to be quiet to listen. >> Okay. My friend isn't aware of her rights. But I am aware of my rights. >> I am and I have lawyers and I understand what I'm doing. I love my friend. She thinks she's doing what's best for me right now. However, I am looking out for myself. I understand the law. like to be told. >> I would like to be told why I am currently >> you. How is he supposed to listen? >> I'm currently I'm sure I have a video. >> How's he supposed to explain it to you if you don't stop? >> You police officer >> for humor. Let's just hit see what officer Turner has to say. >> I have a right. DO I NOT HAVE A RIGHT, ALISON? As an American, >> you know, they're trying to they're trying to protect your head smashing on the floor. >> Your head almost smashed on the floor. sixth time he's tried to explain it to you and you will not >> get your you won't even let me speak. >> You will not stop talking. That is the issue. That's what has just let >> Oh my god. You know, >> actually, he knows when he's talking. >> Yeah, absolutely. Whatever he hears. >> Okay, we'll help you walk. Shuffle your feet. Okay, man. >> All right, let me get you to the hospital. >> So, I'm hopping on. Do >> you want me to hop just like a walk? Yeah, >> if I if I wasn't if I could do it way better if I wasn't >> Yes. Take very small steps. >> So, currently I am knees >> not only by my wrist. Listen, >> I'm wrapped up by MY WRISTS BY MY ankles as well. >> Megan, we're going to take it off. It's okay. Hold on. Hold on. Relax. >> I There's nothing. I'm just saying the facts. Ask them what I've done to break the law. >> Megan, can you listen, please? >> Of course I can listen. I've been listening for a long time. And yet I know and they are allowed to sleep. But also my rights are being >> No, my rights are being expanded upon. I still don't know why I'm arrested. No one has told me why I am arrested and they're making it tighter. They're trying to kill me. >> I can't breathe. >> Jeff, is this you? >> They're going to rape me and kill me. >> No. Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn, come look at this. No one has read my rights. >> Kaitlyn, look. I can't even stand. >> Sit. >> Where's my bag? Where's my >> Look, she has it. Look at her. She has it. >> She has it. She >> Just sit down. Sit down. Sit down, sit down over here, >> Megan. You have to sit. >> Why do I have to sit down? So, so they can check you out. SIT DOWN. >> WHY? WHY? BRING ME MY RIGHTS AGAIN. MY RIGHTS have not BEEN READ TO ME. >> HEY, EVERYONE. MY RIGHTS HAVE NOT BEEN READ to me. >> Put your head down. Put your head down. Oh, my right. You're going to break my neck. >> You're going to break my neck. You have My rights have not been read. My rights have not been read. >> We will soon get to the hospital. Okay. >> Why? Why do I need to go to the hospital? >> She's going to have to go to the hospital. Seriously. >> But why? But why? Why? For drinking alcohol. >> They're not trying. They won't [screaming] >> Watch your Watch the cake. Watch the cake. I can walk fine. Do you need me to like >> sit down? >> I can hop if you'd like me to. >> Sure, I'll hop. I have great physical stamina. Actually, you don't have to hold me. I can hop all >> I just I got to make sure you don't fall. Have you seen >> Oh, no. I can do it. I think I actually have such great physical stamina. I can land in here perfectly. Would you like me to say, Officer Carter? >> Sit. Have a >> Sure. Absolutely. >> I know. I work out a lot. Do a lot of yoga. I don't drink much. Honestly, have you written my Miranda rights? No one has told me yet. >> The law that decided this encounter was settled long before the first question was asked. In Terry versus Ohio, the Supreme Court held that reasonable, articulable suspicion permits a brief investigative detention. In plain terms, a named victim pointing at a specific car is enough to make that car's passenger stay. Adams versus Williams extended that reasoning to information supplied by a known accountable informant. A complaining employee standing in the lot describing her injuries is the strongest version of that. The demand repeated dozens of times on this recording rests on a misreading of Miranda versus Arizona. Miranda protects the fifth amendment privilege against self-inccrimination and it attaches only to custodial interrogation. Both conditions are required together and custody alone has never been enough. Rhode Island versus Inis defines interrogation as express questioning or its functional equivalent. Handcuffing a person, securing her, and driving her to a hospital is custody without a single question asked. No warning was owed and nothing said that night could have been suppressed because nothing said was ever requested. Florida Statute Section 776051 closes the remaining argument. A person is not justified in using force to resist an arrest, even one she sincerely believes is unlawful. The remedy for an unlawful arrest is a courtroom, not a parking lot. That distinction is what separates Florida statute section 84302 from section 843.01. The first is resisting without violence, a misdemeanor, and the second is resisting with violence, a felony. A bite to an officer's hand is the sentence that moves a case from one column to the other. Graham versus Connor supplies the standard for the force itself. Reason is judged from the perspective of an officer on the scene, weighing the offense, the threat, and the resistance. When a rid share driver pulls up and the door closes, the car feels like private ground. It is not private ground. The moment a driver withdraws consent and cancels the trip, a paying customer becomes a stranger sitting in someone else's vehicle. Florida statutes section 810.8 calls that trespass in a conveyance and it converts a refusal to move into a second offense. When an officer says there is an investigation, the useful move is to separate two different refusals. Declining to answer questions is protected, and saying so once is enough. Declining to remain where a lawful detention is placed, a person is not protected, and it is the act that creates a charge. The distinction is small in words and large in consequence. When a bystander watches an arrest and hears no rights being read, the instinct is to assume the arrest is defective. That instinct comes from television, not from case law. Warnings matter only when officers intend to question a suspect in custody about a crime. And an officer who asks nothing owes nothing. When a restrained person shouts that officers are trying to kill her, every camera in range records it, including the ones she cannot see. Accusations invented in the moment survive on those recordings far longer than the arrest does. They also spend the credibility that people with genuine complaints of police misconduct depend on. When an argument shifts from what happened to who a person knows, the legal position has already collapsed. Naming an employer, a recording label, or a television credit changes nothing about reasonable suspicion. The officer's answer on this recording was four words long and it was the correct one. When a person is held face down and says she cannot breathe, the words carry weight whether or not they are accurate. Officers are trained to move a restrained subject off the prone position as soon as it is safe and to check breathing rather than infer it. Here, the officers seated her, called fire rescue, and transported her for evaluation, which is what a contested restraint should look like afterward. The charges reported in this case were later abandoned, though no court record has been located to confirm it. What survives is the recording itself, it stands as a 20inute demonstration that confidence about the law is not the same thing as knowledge of it. Comments naming an interaction or a legal question worth examining next are always