You don't have the right to get out. >> I have the right to do whatever I want. If I can get out of my car and get out of my car, you cannot tell me I cannot get out of my car. >> Yes, I can. >> How can you not? You're not my boss. You're not my dad. You don't >> There's a Supreme Court ruling that says you need to get back in your car. Now, get back in your car. >> A driver insists she has every right to step out of her car. The officer insists she does not. Between them sits a suspended license, a seized tag, and a courthouse visit that may have changed nothing. What unfolds on this Florida roadside shows how fast a paperwork dispute can become an arrest. >> No, I went to the courthouse yesterday, >> right? You made the payment, but you didn't take care of everything else. >> How do you know? >> Because it says in my record. >> I just did it yesterday. Maybe I couldn't drive. >> Okay. Well, I'm telling you you can't drive. Your license is suspended. You don't have the right to get out. >> I have the right to do whatever I want. If I can get out of my car, I can get out of my car. You cannot tell me I cannot get out of my car. >> Yes, I can. >> How can you not? You're not my boss. You're not my daddy. You just >> There's a Supreme Court ruling that says you need to get back in your car. Now get back in your car. Let me see the paper. >> Google it. Get back in your The license is suspended four times. You have an FR suspension. >> Stop. License registration, please. >> Thank you, ma'am. >> Jasmine, the reason why I'm stopping is cuz I run the plate. Your license actually comes back suspended and you have a seized tag order in reference to your car insurance. >> Oh, I mean you do. >> No, I went to the courthouse yesterday. >> Uhhuh. >> Made payment, >> right? You made the payment, but you didn't take care of everything else. >> How do you know? >> Because it says in my record >> I just did it yesterday. Maybe you didn't say I couldn't drive. >> Okay. Well, I'm telling you you can't drive. Your license is suspended. >> It's not. If I went to the corner, they came. >> Jasine, when's the last time you had a ticket? >> I haven't been pulled over. You're the first person to pull me over a month. >> So, you've never had a ticket before? >> No. Only red light cameras. >> Red light cameras. Okay. Has your license ever been suspended before? >> No. >> No. Okay. And the address here, is this correct? >> Yeah. >> Well, which one? The one on your license here or the Conway Road? >> The one on my license. >> The one on your license. Okay. Cuz they don't forward deal information. That's why. How long has it been since you lived in Conway? >> Only a couple months. >> A couple months. Okay. So, you just moved back here? >> Yes. >> Okay. And what do you have there? You were trying to show me something else. What's this? >> This is the paper I did at the park. >> Okay. This shows you live in CMI. The paperwork that you filled out yesterday. >> I'm sorry. Well, because you have to have the correct address on your license. That's a civil infraction. >> That's correct. >> The CMI one. >> The one on my ID. >> Okay. Well, why would you write incorrect information? >> I didn't write incorrect information. >> I'll be right back. Stay in the car, ma'am. >> Yeah, but you're doing something. You have to tell me what you're doing. >> I don't have to tell you right now. Have a seat in the car and I'll be right with you. >> Okay. Well, that's incorrect. That's very >> So have a seat in the car. >> I already told you you have a seized tag order. Have a seat in the car and I'll be with you in just a minute. >> Okay, but where's my license? I have to go. >> Your license is being returned to the state of Florida as well. Have a seat at your car. >> Have a seat at your car when I'm done. Ma'am, I don't care. You have a seat in your car. >> Okay, listen to me. You don't have the right to get out. >> I have the right to do whatever I want. If I can get out of my car, I can get out of my car. You cannot tell me I cannot get out of my car. >> Yes, I can. >> How can you not? You're not my boss. You're not my dad. You won't be >> There's a Supreme Court ruling that says you need to get back in your car. Now get back in your car. >> Let me see the paper. >> Google it. Get back out. >> I'm not googling. That's >> okay. Ma'am, you're losing your car today. I'm impounding the car. I'm taking your license and I'm taking your tag. >> How are you? >> So, if you want to call somebody to come get you, that's the best thing. >> I'm here by myself and I apologize. Your license is suspended four times. If you have an FR suspension and you have not cleared everything up. >> I just I showed you the >> everything is not cleared up. >> What do you mean? Then why did she tell me that? I asked her any other problem. She didn't say nothing. >> Well, I'm telling you what there is. I will give you all the court. >> I will give you all the information. Your car is getting impounded. >> What do you mean by that? >> It's going to go to the record yard. It's going to go to police impound until you get a valid license. So you physically go down to the DL office and reinstate your license. >> Why can't I owe money? Because you're not allowed to drive. I cannot let you get in a car and drive again. >> I went to the courthouse and she said there's no problem. >> I I'm just telling you what's going on. >> Well, you can take it up with the clerk. >> I was just there yesterday. >> Hey, Ron. Come on over. Ma'am, I can't I can't help it if she doesn't do her job. >> I can't help that. How are you going to take your car? Do you not understand what I'm telling you? Two kids. >> Go stand by your car. >> I thought you're going to >> go stand by your car. Go stand by your car. >> I paid over 200 car. >> You're this close to going to jail. >> Don't give a [ __ ] >> You're this close to go to jail. >> Go have a seat by your car. >> Ron, don't let her go. 241. >> Get out of the car now. >> What is >> Get out of the car. Turn around. Put your hands on the back. >> What is your problem? >> Get out of the car. >> What is your problem? >> What is your problem? >> Relax. Relax. >> You're hurting me. YOU'RE >> RELAX. GET OFF OF ME. >> RELAX. >> Get off of me. Get off. [screaming] >> THAT HAND. >> GET OFF OF ME. You get off of me. Get off of me. >> GO TO THE >> NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE GROUND. GET OFF OF ME. I have to go GET MY KID. NO, YOU ARE NOT PUTTING THESE ON ME. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? [screaming] >> What are you doing? >> ROLL OVER. STOP RESISTING. >> Stop resisting. [screaming] >> I am not resisting anything. [crying] I'm only 130 lbs. Get off of me, please. Get off of me, please. Get off of me, please. I'm only 130 lbs. >> Stand up. >> My arm. What you did to my hand? >> Stand up. >> You What the Oh my god. What did I get my kids? What is wrong with you? Look at my hammer blue. I didn't do nothing to you. What the >> You can't take out on a traffic stop. >> Get in. It's all on video. >> Traffic. I was at the >> Get in. >> You're such a >> And they tell you you're telling get arrested. >> I don't know. That's between you and them. >> Unfortunately, you'll go to jail today. The officer told the driver a Supreme Court ruling required her to get back inside her car. That claim points to Pennsylvania versus Mims, a decision worth understanding. Mims allows an officer to order a driver out of a lawfully stopped vehicle for safety reasons. But Mims does not create a universal rule forcing a driver back into the car on demand. The stronger authority is a related case, Brenland versus California. Brendan holds that a traffic stop is a seizure of the driver, not a conversation she can simply end. So, while the officer named the wrong rule, his underlying point stood, she was not free to leave. The suspension itself falls under Florida statute section 322.34, driving while license suspended or revoked. How serious that charge becomes depends on what the driver knew and on her prior record. when she tried to walk away from the active stop, a second statute came into play. Florida statute section 316.1935 addresses willful flight after a driver has already stopped for police. The key element there is intent, a knowing attempt to leave despite a lawful stop. Her physical resistance during handcuffing raises Florida Statute Section 8432, resisting an officer without violence. Verbal disagreement alone rarely satisfies that statute. Physical interference with a lawful arrest is what matters. Finally, the force used to take her into custody is measured under Graham versus Connor. That standard weighs the severity of the offense, any immediate threat, and whether the person resisted or fled. When a record's dispute feels unfair, the roadside is the worst place to litigate it. Even if a cler said everything was resolved, the officer on scene works from the record in front of him. The remedy is the court cler or the licensing office, not an argument that ends the stop. When an officer gives a lawful command, complying first and contesting later usually protects a person's case. Stepping out and refusing to return turned a citation level problem into a fleeing allegation. Nothing about the paperwork improved by leaving. only the legal exposure grew. When hands go on a person during an arrest, physical resistance changes the legal picture instantly. Pulling away and going to the ground can support a resisting charge and justify added control force. Staying still, even while stating disagreement out loud, keeps the encounter on the person's terms. When child care or work obligations are pressing, they are real, but they are not a legal exit from a detention. Those hardships belong before a judge who can weigh them, not in a choice to drive away on a suspended license. Announcing an urgent errand does not dissolve an active stop. When an officer misstates the law, that alone does not make the stop unlawful. A wrong case name can still sit on top of a lawful seizure. The place to test an officer's legal theory is a courtroom where a judge decides who was right. A traffic stop is a narrow temporary seizure. Yet the choices made inside it can echo for months. Knowing where a dispute belongs is often worth more than being right on the roadside. The law rewards patience far more often than it rewards defiance.