you ready yep okay you can relax um so I'm gonna read your Miranda okay when's it right now you have the right to remain silent anything you say Canon will be used against you in a quarter block you have the right to an attorney if you cannot affordable one will be according to you before any question okay is there when's the last time you smoke weed I do not remember that tonight oh okay well I would I think it's tonight I've had no weeds tonight why do you think it's tonight why do you think I'll blew zero so now you're trying to think I smoke weed that's what's going on you can't do that man you really can't do that absolutely I can is he allowed to do that yes he is we're going home tonight okay I don't think you're I have no evidence or no information to suggest that you're under those drivers are at home on August 28th 2022 around midnight in Newton Iowa officer Nathan Winters pulls over 19 year old Taven galanakis for driving with his high beams on Winters immediately escalates the stop falsely accusing the teen of being under the influence hi there how you doing sir good how are you good my name is Officer winners with the Newton Police Department reason I pull drums because you have your bright lights on yeah but I have a headlight out so I just keep my brights on okay well that's not legal oh is it no yeah I try to win a cart when a car comes by to turn them off but like what you did with me oh you're close enough though you were like yeah you're a while back it has to be within 500 feet oh my bad I'm sorry and you're not supposed to have your brights on in the city limits I was unable to find an ordinance that says that you cannot use your high beams at all in the city of Newton Iowa Iowa State Statute says that you had to turn off your brights within a thousand feet of an oncoming vehicle or 400 feet coming up behind another vehicle after seeing officer Winter's Behavior throughout the rest of this video and the way that he lies it becomes questionable to me whether trayvan even violated this Petty Statute in the first place it's my fault my fault you got your license registration Insurance yeah is this your car yeah okay where you headed back home where's home it's right down um okay are you new to town or something no I just noticed you have eight Air county plates yeah I got it for my grandpa okay he lives in Greenfield Iowa okay hold on one second where are you coming from okay anything to drink over there I didn't hear what you said it's one of these need one of these right here yeah I mean that's a good start that's the registration I just got a new one so I don't know which one's the old one okay you guys need both of them okay I'll take this first one here all right got your insurance yeah yeah I got you would be that white card uh it could be that's one that expired in 21. I got the email version foreign howdy all right that'll work I'm gonna have you hop out with me okay cool car on or off uh you could probably leave the car off all right do me a favor put your gum on the on your dash there come on yeah perfect we're gonna go back here okay cool you don't have anything on you no bombs guns drugs no bombs with no drugs okay let's go back here I'm gonna have you have a seat in my passenger seat okay awesome good have a seat right on in there for me okay close the door behind you where are you coming from backed by uh his name is crayon his friend's house okay what are you doing at Creighton's house none of this is any of the officer's business recently a police chief took to Facebook to complain about how hurt his officers were that someone refused to answer his arbitrary questions he claimed that had this individual just answered his officer's questions he would have moved on and it would have been over this teenager was cooperative which ended up costing him a few hours of his life and being accused of being under the influence you're just hanging out and my girlfriend there I gotcha just got back from college okay get a William Penn okay you play football up there yes sir what position do you play my receiver okay I'm back for the weekend that's why you're home yeah I got you did you go to school here in Newton oh yeah okay played football here is he out here no yeah no how much have you had to drink tonight none what do you mean I had nothing to drink okay why would you uh why would your eyes be watery and bloodshot I just noticed you have eight Air county plates yeah I got it from my grandpa okay do you want to blow me real quick you know I don't want to blow you pause we'll probably get there um 19. okay I've had nothing to drink okay so your movements in the car with you fumbling over the registration yep um kind of say otherwise all right and so does the odor of alcohol coming from your person great let's let's do a testing we'll get to the test I can't wait so what happens if you know nothing pops up do you get in trouble no why would I get in trouble because you think I'm drinking but I'm not drinking I'm doing what I'm supposed to do all right let's find out real quick I'm not gonna get in trouble for doing what I'm supposed to do okay record it yeah absolutely what's your name my name is Officer Winters so officer Winters think I'm drinking tonight we're about to do a test and he's gonna find out I had nothing to drink he's gonna look stupid ain't that right I've had nothing to drink zero and we're about to find out cartoon dad's name but got it from Grandpa yep all right so let's go up on the sidewalk here and I'll talk with you up there okay cool you have contacts in you said not right now not right now you take them out yes yes okay are you supposed to have them in when you drive no okay all right so I'm gonna actually have you stand right here sorry for now I'm gonna have you staying with your heels and Toes together with your arms down your side okay I'm gonna check your eyes cool okay what I want you to do is follow my finger with your eyes and your eyes only and do not move your head okay yep if you have any questions nope what color are your eyes Hazel Hazel do they ever change colors nope okay not that you know of okay can you see my finger clearly yes sir okay Taven is so sober that he's able to pass the test with flying colors while engaging in a conversation with officer Winters how many more we got well this test is about two minutes long get some big features you play football I did what position d-tack one right tackle here nope we're at Knoxville oh we we just beat Knoxville big time yesterday yeah then when I played though what year were you uh 2012. you play college football too many concussions you want me to start the point yeah fell on my finger all right so I want you to put your left foot on the line okay take your right foot put it in front of your left foot with the heel of your right foot touching the toe your left foot just like this okay stay in this position until I tell you to begin okay perfect you got any questions nope okay so from this position you're gonna take nine Heel To Toe steps touching Heel To Toe each time keeping your arms down to your side okay that's just gonna look something just like this one two three you're gonna go all the way up to nine okay when you get to your ninth step leave your front foot on the line turn by taking a series of small steps turn and take nine Heel To Toe steps around two three just like I did you're gonna walk after nine steps you're gonna take a serious small steps to take nine steps back okay during this keep your arms down to your side watch your steps count your steps out loud and once you've started walking do not stop until you've completed the test okay perfect any problems with your ankles knees hips or back just my right ankle what's wrong with your right ankle messes up you're in football okay does it prevent you from walking just a little bit but I'll be able to do this okay does it hurt right now no okay I have all my weight on my left foot right now all right if you don't have any questions you may begin [Applause] so you want to get to nine I guess so how do I turn uh take a series of small steps 13 steps in Carpenter heel toe [Applause] come on man it's too easy let's do the breath now you two for two well sir I don't believe you are two for two how many steps did I say to take like eight or nine I said nine why'd you take 14 and then 15. I thought you're gonna tell me where to turn I said to count your steps out loud um so the next test is I want you to stand with your heels and Toes together stand right here in this flat part you're a rookie bruh okay I want you to stand with your heels and Toes together with your arms down your side is the first year no no way no oh wait when I say begin I want to see how many false accusations you got zero it's about to be your first um we'll see um what I want you no he knows it too he knows about the passage what I want you to do when I say begin is raise either your left or your right foot whichever one you want and raise it approximately six inches off the ground and keep it parallel to the ground okay perfect it's going to look something just like this okay during this watch the tip of your toe keep your arms down your side and count out loud in the following manner repeated directions from where to where so you said six seconds hold it up no you're gonna hold your foot approximately six inches off the ground and keep it parallel to the ground gotcha do you have any questions all right during this keep your arms down your side why are you shaking so much it's freezing man look at you you got all these clothes on and I got shorts on it's raining and you're false accusing me so of course I'm gonna be a little nervous yeah nothing to say exactly look you in pants I'm in shorts and it's raining now I wear shorts when it's 30 below congratulations questions about the test nope okay if you don't have any questions you may begin keep your legs straight is that six inches to you yep it's ridiculous okay you can relax I got one more test for you I'm gonna check your eyes again okay all right I'm gonna go in a circular motion around the outside of your face but I'm not gonna I'm gonna come in towards the bridge your nose but I'm not gonna touch it and make sure well me too man give me a little blow I will no zero I will here in a minute so they're gonna they're gonna tell me who's supervisor thank you thank you rookie move Rook don't think so so you just follow my finger with your eyes and your eyes only don't move your head okay gotcha you want me to cross my eyes or what I want you to follow my finger all the way in I see it okay all right a couple more tests here okay I want you to stand with your heels and Toes together with your arms down your side when I say begin I want you to estimate the passing of 30 seconds close your eyes and tilt your head back okay estimate the pets in three seconds yes sir pack counter allowed if you want any questions okay during this you're gonna have your eyes closed in your head tilted back okay eyes closed and head to the back yeah okay go ahead if you don't have any questions you can close your eyes and tilt your head back okay [Applause] 30. what'd you count to 30 how'd you count there just did in my head one two three one Mississippi two Mississippi One Mississippi okay all right one more test here hold up I'm able to get this video what so would it be easy to do that all right I want you to stand just like you are make a fist rotate your hands facing me and extend both index fingers I was I would record it but like my phone's at one percent heal okay rotate your palms just like that I'm gonna give you a series of commands Okay the command is going to be either left or right okay whichever hand I say I want you to bring that hand up touch the tip of your nose with the tip of your finger and bring your hand immediately back down okay questions so you do get it's my left am I right not your left I'm not sure right yes all right and when I mean the tip I mean right underneath your nail bed okay not your pad now you're not going oh I know all about tips okay any questions all right go ahead the trick is you're gonna have your eyes closing your head tilted back okay you got any questions all right go ahead and tilt your head back farther okay left right what right right what the blue let's blow real quick stop doing all these damn test let's blow let's get to business up my permit man got this done I used to love doing cops I used to love them never give me no problems until now my beams were on because I have a tail light out and my tail light one of the bulbs up front yeah that's why I pulled him up okay I didn't know it was illegal let's go to the front of the car here let's do this love zero zero ready for it because you're showing some very strong signs of impairment I mean I was kind of nervous all right what I want you to do is make a Tight Seal around this and blow outwards like you're blowing up a balloon okay oh all right you ready yep okay you can relax um so I'm gonna read your Miranda okay right now you have the right to remain silent anything you say Canon will be used against you in a quarter block you have the right to an attorney if you cannot affordable one will be important to you before any question okay is there when's the last time we smoked weed I do not remember that tonight oh okay well I would I think it's tonight I've had no weed tonight what why do you think it's tonight why do you think I'll blew zero so now you're trying to think I smoke weed that's what's going on you can't do that man you really can't do that absolutely I can is he allowed to do that yes he is you think I'm on drugs that's ridiculous I would during my field sobriety I it is indicative of impairment so let's let's be honest I'm being honest you throw some weed at your friend's house no if you hit a pin nope okay otherwise all right and so does the odor of alcohol coming from your person great let's let's do it why is your field why is your field sobriety so poor well what why is your field sobriety so poor and why are you so lethargic and slow moving and speaking with a slurred speech and your eyes are watery and your eyes are bloodshot you know what they're watery I guess we're in rain right now dumbass uh it doesn't affect them in the car or in my car well I don't know what you're seeing because I can't just see my eyes no weed I don't smoke weed I play college football I told you that we get tested every Friday okay don't smoke me today's Saturday okay it's 30 we stays on your ship for 30 days so if I did a test next week I'd be off the football team dumbass come on come on I want that video too okay but I think you're impaired I think you're under the influence you think I'm impaired yes well I'm not okay do you uh you want to talk to another officer oh yeah get him over here do you want to do a drug recognition evaluation or a drug influence evaluation what's that uh there's an officer who checks your blood pressure does a whole bunch of tests yeah let's do it okay I don't have to do I call my parents or something I call my mom I didn't Target here's my situation I stopped this guy for having his brights on I got six with me too um I stopped this guy for having his gripes on um he's he fumbles around with his uh registration three four five times he uh um he bombed sobriety llc's present finger to nose is bad modified Romberg was 38. um he I asked him I said I ready Miranda PBT triple zeros um so he he says he'll do an evaluation but he's kind of a smart ass um would you want to talk to him or all right that's what we'll do then okay but I obviously have enough for to charge him with the sobriety so I'll I'll ask him and I'll let you know just start heading to the PD and I'll let you know um I spoke with the drug recognition expert and he said that he's willing to do an uh drug influence evaluation on you um we would have to go up to the PD right now yep I don't want to do that right now you don't want to do it right now why not because you had me on this damn rain we would go to the PD where it's whatever I'm gonna do that I don't want to do that now I want to go home you wasted my time right now you're being placed under arrest for operating while I'm talking skater okay I'm not intoxicated under the influence of a narcotic iPhone nothing else on here come on Haley man I see that drugs okay let's go back here it's too soon I'll get you out of handcuffs soon look first of all have a seat so you don't want to do the drug recognition evaluation you can do it [Music] and he's running here though no I had a hard time reading it sounds like you're being just fine I can't believe I can literally can't breathe to my another through your nose yeah [Applause] I just use it please keep it on me for a reason so when's when when we use weed last it's honestly so long I can't remember I've done it really long time definitely definitely over here's registration looks at it says is the insurance card [Applause] s so he reaches like a watering lethargically he's got young mouth and I said [Applause] come back I said sobriety I'm very much on hgn what did you guys do with the fields uh 200 block uh 100 bucks off Third Avenue West okay like I I didn't just in the rain though he didn't it was just starting oh okay okay yeah and then um welcome turn we take 14. and then in proper term we stopped walking off offline and uh 15 back okay and never used his arms one like stands fine loc can't only read size complete I don't know so then I said well do you want to do with drug influence evaluation sure no oh and that's when we tried to put them under arrest I understand [Applause] um okay um are you all caught up on your podcast yep I've written everything all you need to do is make phone calls if you want okay um what do you say modified Romberg was like 30 77 38 okay so it's close he's got okay all right um anything in the car no it was just the the brights the brights and the I'm starting from the brights okay we'll figure it out so he's like yeah what's his name okay okay I'll I'll see what I can do with them and we'll go from there you want to do one or not but I'll try and calm him down if you want oh just to cool down yeah and then just keep an eye this thing within shouting reach and watch me on the camera or something I should be okay okay thanks man [Applause] good good so my name is Drew uh we're here at the police department all right so it sounds like you got traffic stopped yeah um just for my brights and then accuse me of being drunk and I was like sure um like alcohol I'm like okay let's blower I blow and all of a sudden he's like do you smoke weed after you say that I smell like alcohol so he's really trying to force it he's trying to pour something even though he knows I'm on nothing he's a special he's trying to be right even though he's wrong go ahead I'm being completely honest with him yeah like you look at my record nothing's on my regular house I play college football so I don't do drugs sure it has to be wrong okay okay my straight okay um so here's where I come in right um I have different certifications and officer winners um I'm called a I have a drug recognition expert um certification yes sir um so my training um it does involve field sobriety uh so I'm I'm gonna ask you to do some of the stuff you've already done [Applause] [Applause] foreign two three four five six bottom line up front uh we're going home tonight okay I don't think you're I have no evidence or no information to suggest that you're under those closer drivers are at all thank you rookie move Rook don't think so so you just follow my you know I Oscar winners is a very talented officer I wear shorts when it's 30 below congratulations um he's so like I said when he does he's very good at these right now you're being placed under arrest for operating while on top skater okay um he does the same ones I do the same way I offer him to you so is he still here yeah he's around here if you want um I was just going to take you home okay yes I don't speak to him okay I'll I'll let me get outside I'll see if he's busy um and he can come out and talk he would like to speak with you and Nate okay foreign what's going on so uh I just want to know like how does it feel how does it feel remember I told you when you first pulled me over I had nothing to drink he's gonna look stupid you're like you're impaired you're on drugs you drink alcohol turns out I'm not on any of that okay really dumb decision about you today I'm really disappointed in how you can about your job I based my decision on your field sobriety tests was it really fair though I was it was pouring outside it was terrible cement okay but like I said I'll blow right away I do everything there's also steps that I have to go through did you really thought I was drunk and the way I first spoke with you and your movements I believe something was off that's crazy man was this your first false accusation no this is have been wrong many times yeah I can tell news reports claimed that the incident is under investigation but when I called the department they informed me that Winters himself is not under investigation and that he is still out on the streets victimizing innocent people 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