Here, here, I get it. Listen. Unfortunately, these are your options now. These are your options now, okay? These are your options. You're under arrest and you need to get out. It's either we're going to take you out of the car or you're going to step out on your own. Take your pick. Take your pick. You have 10 seconds to decide and I'm done. Take your pick. The clock's running out. What's it going to be? You want your car smashed or you get out? What's it going to be? You want the window broke or are you going to get out? Take your pick. Okay. Okay, we're we're moving it. We're going to break your window. We're doing it. You're under arrest. >> On the 9th of July 2025, a Flagler County deputy stopped a vehicle for an obstructed license plate intending only a warning. Under Wen vs. United States, 1996, any observable traffic violation constitutes probable cause for a stop. The stop was legally valid. Fla. Stat. Section 316. 605. 1. Requires the state name on a plate to be plainly visible. That element was satisfied here. The subject drove away from initial contact. Under Fla. Stat. Section 843.02. That act alone constitutes obstruction. Obstruction without violence requires no physical resistance. Refusal to submit to lawful authority is sufficient. The arrest was legally initiated before any forced entry occurred. That sequence is constitutionally critical under the Fourth Amendment. >> [snorts] >> Can >> you roll your window down? >> No, sir. Can I help you? What did you pull me over for? >> I'll explain it to you. You're going to roll your window down. >> No, you're going to answer my question first. >> You're going to roll your window down or I'm going to open your door. >> You are not going to do that. >> I am. >> No, sir. >> Okay. 224, supervisor en route. Can you roll your window down lower so I can explain you why I stopped you? >> You're not going to force your way into my vehicle because you're not going to attack me. >> Can you roll your window down so I can >> You're going to answer my question. Why did you >> No, you're going to do what I tell you. That's not how this works. >> Sir, I'm going to pull this car into [clears throat] a parking lot. >> No, you're not. >> me to and you can tell your supervisor that. >> You're not You're not going to go anywhere. Stop. >> Vehicle taking off race track. All units, 10-83 driving vehicle taking off from the race track. >> What is your target? >> She's resisting. She's trying to back into a parking spot. >> She's still in the parking lot. >> Dispatch has been updated. >> She took off from me and now she's parked in a race track parking spot after I told her not to. >> All right, careful. Put her terminator down behind the tire if you can. >> I got her semi blocked in. >> Just report the situation. >> Been updated. >> She refused to roll the window down and uh listen to what I was telling her. >> Yeah. >> All right, careful. Do you need the channel still or is she >> Sheriff's office, step out of the vehicle. Do it now. Step out of the car. Sheriff's office, step out of the car. Do it now. >> 911, what is the location of your emergency? >> Yes, I'm here in Palm Coast at a gas station and was attempted to walk. First of all, an an officer practically harassed me throughout the uh >> Okay, which which gas? >> Will you please tell them to stop threatening me and like making something out to be like >> Where are you at right now? >> I'm at I'm at I'm being threatened and I don't feel comfortable. I'm at the racetrack on uh 100 uh um right by 95. >> Okay. >> towards Summerwood, the one towards the beach. >> Okay, at Old Kings? >> Yes. >> All right. All right, you need to get off the phone with me and you need to speak with law enforcement, okay? >> I tried to ask them why they pulled me over. He told me that he was going to force his way into my vehicle, break my window, and uh wouldn't answer any of my questions. I'm like shaking in fear now because I have two officers here bombarding my car. I told him that I was going to pull into a parking space and that he could call whoever he was calling. I don't feel comfortable with them like >> Okay. >> like shouting orders, possibly pointing guns at me. I don't know cuz they have all the lights pointed in my eyes. >> Okay, there's a supervisor en route over, okay? Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. >> I'm not opening my door. I'm not I'm opening my window anymore for anybody. >> Okay. All right. Um like I said, a supervisor is en route over to you, okay? >> Graham versus Connor 1,000 989 Force must be objectively reasonable from the officer's perspective at the moment of the decision, 5 minutes of non-compliance, 40 plus commands ignored, spike strip deployed. Under that standard, the window break clears the Graham threshold. Illinois v. Caballes, 2005, confirms that lawful stops may expand when independent grounds arise. The obstruction charge did exactly that. Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 1977, permits ordering a driver from the vehicle during any lawful stop. Sustained refusal provides independent obstruction grounds. >> Call somebody. >> Yes, sir. The phone call >> I'm not moving. >> I'll make time. >> Well, I'm still trying to put the spike strips out. >> I don't I'll go. >> I want you to get out of the car and leave the passenger inside. >> Hey! Get out of the car! Sheriff's office! Get out of the vehicle. Do it now! >> I want to know are you still there or what is >> I'm here. >> I just got my answer. She needs the supervisor and the other officer to come to the location. I'm going to tell you what we need before. All right, total return last call to supervisor standing out there on the phone. >> Amanda! He just said he can't get out of the vehicle. Where's the Terminator? Yeah, it's on. >> Dude, time's running out! >> Roll up Roll your window down. Roll it down. All right, look. Just roll your window down? We'll talk, okay? Just it worked. Just I tell you what. Hey, put Hang on. Listen, just listen to me. Listen to me. I'll tell you I don't know. I wasn't here. Okay. >> Hey, all right. Who's got the shatterball? >> We're going to break your window out. Here's the What? Here's the deal. Listen to me. Listen to me. If you don't want to talk, okay? Okay. Here Here I get it. Listen. Unfortunately, these are your options now. These are your options now, okay? These are your options. You're under arrest and you need to get out. It's either we're going to take you out of the car or you're going to step out on your own. Take your pick. Take your pick. You have 10 seconds to decide and I'm done. Take your pick. The clock's running out. What's it going to be? You want your car smashed or you're going to get out? What's it going to be? You want your window broke or you're going to get out? Take your pick. Okay. Okay. We're We're moving in. We're going to break your window. We're doing it. You're under arrest. >> Hands up. Hands up. >> Hands up. >> Hands up and get out OF THE CAR. GET OUT OF THE CAR. GET OUT. >> TAKE YOUR SEATBELT off and get OUT OF THE CAR. TAKE YOUR SEATBELT OFF AND GET OUT OF THE CAR. Take your seatbelt off and get OUT OF THE CAR. Take your seatbelt off and get out of the car. >> Push it. Push it. >> Put it in park. >> Take the seatbelt off with your right hand. Take the seatbelt off with your right hand. >> to unlock it? >> Put it in park with your right hand. I got I got I got it. I got it. I got it. >> Put your hands on the steering wheel. Okay. >> With your right hand, take your seatbelt off. Right hand. >> Take off your seatbelt. Crawl over here. Do it now. Yes, crawl to us. Do it now. >> I'm over this way. I'm over this way. >> All right. Step out. STEP OUT. NO, IT WASN'T AGGRESSION. >> OH MY GOD. PLEASE STOP. >> CONGRATULATIONS, AMANDA. You've turned this into something that really didn't need to be. >> It was just going to be a It was all it was going to be was a warning. >> Come over here. That's going to search you. >> Colorado versus Bertine, 1987, authorizes warrantless inventory searches of impounded vehicles. Contraband discovered is fully admissible. Flaw statute section 381.986 prohibits smoking marijuana in a vehicle and requires sealed labeled packaging during transport card or not. An expired card at the time of seizure cures neither violation. Schedule four pills fall separately under flaw stat. Section 893.13 The 911 call from inside the vehicle carries no fifth amendment implications. Miranda versus Arizona 1966 applies only to custodial interrogation. Under Arizona v. Gant 2009, a vehicle search incident to arrest is limited to the arrestee's wingspan or evidence of the arrest offense. The inventory search under Bertine, however, is not subject to that limit. It covers the entire vehicle and is conducted pursuant to standard policy. >> Oh, Jesus. >> What? >> Big ass Titos. >> Nice. >> She said she had five shots of espresso. So, she was amped up. >> Okay. >> Is she in the car? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. >> She's going to jail. >> So, what's she got in the car that's >> Uh well, we're going through it right now. There's a bunch of pills in the car. We've got marijuana in the car and some other stuff. >> she's got marijuana. She's got She's got her man She's got her card. >> It's been expired. >> Since when? >> I don't know the exact date, but I know that we checked and it was expired. The card itself is expired and then we checked to see if maybe it like it was renewed. >> it She just got it renewed. And which window did we break in? >> The passenger's side. >> Wonderful. >> Hey. It was literally going to be a warning because of the uh something to do I don't know the exact traffic infraction, but it was going to be a warning and then when the deputy walked up to try to talk to her >> She's fearful, that's why. And I I don't and I understand. So, whatever. >> I mean, we gave her a minute we didn't just like give her one chance and there so >> I'm sure she's I just know how she is so I'm sure. Okay, whatever. So, where's your where's your So, the car's getting towed? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Great. >> Yes, ma'am. It's going to our impound lot. >> Where the hell Where's that? >> Uh it's going to ours, like where they're seizing the car. >> Where at the Okay. I I've worked at the I worked with the sheriff's office. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Um Okay. Can I talk to her? >> Uh she's not in my car. Um let me go ask the the arresting deputy and I don't think it's an issue, but let me go ask. This is Mom. Mom was asking if she can talk to her daughter. >> If you want to stand by for a couple of seconds >> Yeah. >> We didn't ask you to come here. >> No, I I got to get up anyway. Okay. >> All right, dude. Hey, ma'am. I'm going to stand with you if she >> I'm going to explain everything to you. >> Might as well. >> Um I was just doing a simple traffic stop. >> Yeah. >> I was just going to give her a warning for her license plate. >> Yeah. What's wrong with the license plate? >> It's obstructed. >> How's that? >> Uh in the state of Florida, the state on the license plate has to be visible. I was just going to give her a warning for that. >> Yeah. >> She refused to listen to me and then she drove off. >> Okay. >> I told her to get out of the car over 40 times and she refused to do so. >> Yeah. >> Well, which led us to having to break her window. >> I see that. >> Um And then placed under arrest and she has several narcotics in her car as well. >> Like what? >> Uh there's some schedule four controlled substances, and marijuana, and >> Well, I know that marijuana >> She doesn't have it properly packaged, so we have to >> If she's got it, he said to her marijuana marijuana license is expired. >> Yeah, so there's two >> I just brought her to get it renewed. >> Yeah, she so she's probably getting it renewed, but there's two things. So, her car reeks of burnt marijuana, and even with a medical marijuana card, you're not permitted to smoke inside your car. Um and then all of these marijuana items are not properly packaged, which is violating the medical marijuana card section. >> All right. Last time she's trans- she's Never mind. I I I've got to figure out how she can do that, cuz she's >> Yeah. >> She's had surgery, so that's where I'm getting woken up. >> Yeah, yes. You can talk to her if you want. She's just going to stand next to you. She's right here. >> I know. Well, just next time this is the sheriff's office, just comply. I mean, you know, it's I've lived in private county a long time, so This Well, you going to Well, then now you getting arrested. Now you getting arrested. Next time just comply. All right. Well, I'm going to go and open this. Um can she take my wallet and you search it? >> Um you'll have to ask that to the constable. >> Where's your car keys? >> Huh? >> The car keys got to come with us. >> Okay. Huh? >> We're we're we're seizing her vehicle. >> Yeah, I heard that. >> [ __ ] Just lost everything. >> Grades. Initiating deputy, B minus. Stop and arrest were legally sound under controlling law. Failure to state the reason for the stop when directly asked materially accelerated the subject's fear response and the escalation. No taser, no strikes. The window break was the least intrusive forcible option available at that stage. Supervisor, B plus. Arrival tone and communication approach were textbook de-escalation. The 10-second countdown, while lawful, undercut the calm he had established. A longer window may have achieved voluntary compliance without forced entry. Subject, C plus. No violence. Compliance after breach. 911 call was lawful. Driving away, refusing 40-plus commands, and transporting improperly packaged controlled substances compounded every charge against her. A warning became an arrest, an impoundment, and multiple drug charges caused entirely by the decision not to comply. Lessons learned. For officers, state the reason for the stop immediately upon contact. That single step eliminates most escalations before they begin. De-escalation is a tactical advantage, not a concession. Repeated commands without explanation consistently produce resistance. For citizens, you may ask why you were stopped. You may not drive away before receiving an answer. Calling 911 is lawful. It does not suspend your obligation to comply. Courts evaluate conduct, not emotional state. A warning became felony exposure in under 2 minutes. The outcome was shaped entirely by decisions made at first contact. Let us know if there is an interaction or legal topic you would like us to cover in the comments below. Thank you for watching. Don't forget to check out our second channel Street Body Cam for more police interaction and courtroom content.