yeah what's going on so today we got a video from Red cam or Red Zone watch and the title of the video is entitled couple thinks they know the law better than the police so let's get into the video man you still can't smoke in the car Wasing you clearly somebody was smoking in the car step out of the car right now or you're going to go in handcuffs step out of the car or you're going to go in handcuffs you want on March 14th 2024 an officer conducted a traffic stop at 1:00 a.m. apparently a car's license plate light was not turned on which raised some suspicion and gave the officer enough reason to pull over the car and investigate the situation he there hey aler Danner upd not the end of the world just let you know your plate lights out so as long as everything checks out I'll just get you out of here with the morning yeah your Li your my lights on no no your your headlights were on I'm talking about your license plate light back here it's on it's showing your license plate light no is it's not on back here can I see it right quick see it's on yeah well you can deal with that after the stop though okay right now I just need your license your proof of insurance okay I love my license CU it don't give me a good reason what' you say what's the reason you stole me again is your plate lights out it's not the end of the world man as long as your stuff checks out I'll get you out of here with the written warning here we go man something so simple is going to turn into a disaster because he thinks he knows it all this is ridiculous bro fix it ticket man it's going to turn into some BS watch I'm sorry you have anything in the car you want to check you can see I just need to see your license your per insurance that's don't give me a good the reason why you pull me over I wasn't speeding my light is off so I don't have okay your plate light's not on so that's a lawful reason to pull you over so if you don't identify yourself or provide some type of identification even if it's providing me your name you'll be charged with obstruction yeah but can you call a supervisor and I speak to him because that's not a good reason can I see why I I am the I am the senior person right now for my department right now can you call some backup what' you say can you call can you call backup why do I need backup cuz I'm home it doesn't matter if you're home or not plus I don't know if you are home or not cuz I don't know who you are and my license showing my place showing before I leave I check it I check it every day I come from work so I came home shower then go pick up my girl you know what I'm saying so on my way so nobody stop me so why do you stop me when I'm coming home because that's when I first showed it or that's when I first saw it I left and I check it I already check my car see my light everything working perfect okay just because that's on doesn't mean your plate lights working now it's working I just left the gas station I just left the gas station what as soon as we're done I'll let you guys look at it I'll even show you after we're done here it's your license plate lights not on what your license plate light is outc your license plate light if you want to yeah the light bulb is not on right now my license plate your license plate bulb is not on can I check I can check you can check it right after right now I need to right now I need your name and your date of birth or I need some type of identification no I did you don't have a license on you do you have you ever been issued an ELO driver's license do you have an ID card I can give him my name you can Le it you going me in the system anyway okay what's your last name okay and you said you have a driver's license I do from Illinois no where's it from Maryland where I was in Maryland and Florida so I got two D Florida and where Maryland and Maryland okay sit tight for me like I said as long as everything checks out man we'll get you out here just a written warning okay reason to pull me over my it's a lawful reason to pull you over can you call some backup cuz only you here lying to me cuz I don't know if I'm not lying to me I'm not lying to you because it's the Illinois State Statute you're more than weling people over you call for back I don't have to do I need a reason I mean I I need to feel some type of safety for myself okay well I got my body cam going right now my dash cam going you're more than welcome to record if you'd like how do I know over code five I'll take another though what's up how do I know it open the camera how do I know it's rolling cuz it's blinking red right there and I got my dash cam on like I said if you both would like to record you are more than welcome you're more than within your rights to record I don't have to record okay well just stay right here for me I'm just going to go run your information and then I'll be right back out and then we'll get you your written warning and I'll let you go inside okay and then I can even show you afterwards your uh plate light and everything okay I you go in the car I'm going go check cuz I'm I live here you still need to stay in the car it's a traffic stop yes you do no that's a lawful order yes lawful list don't give meon to it's a lawful reason you have to stay in the car good reason I'm sorry ma'am what' you say ma'am I'm sorry I came to pick her up that's what she you came to pick her up she not help me out that's that's fine okay but during a traffic stop you're required to all know I don't know okay but during a traffic stop you're required to stay in the vehicle until we're done it's a lawful reason to pull you over you need you need a good reason to pull somebody over that is a good reason that is a good reason to pull you over I live ta I do things oh my God the license plate light you're required to have a license plate light over your license plate and it's just a simple thing the license plate lights out it's usually something I never write a ticket for it's just more or less to let you know that your license plate lights out but by law you have to have a light over your license plate so what's next so what's next is I'm going to run his information as long as everything checks out I'm going to write him a written warning which is not a citation and then I'll let you guys get out here okay I'll have fly tomorrow so I you have what I'm sorry I fly tomorrow but like I said I need you to stay here oh do you have your insurance card on you yeah okay can I see your insurance card I don't have my insurance card what' you say I have my insurance card you don't have your is there an insurance card in here for the vehicle I'm still wearing on the mail it come okay so you don't have any insurance bro if I'm yo they have been nothing but uncooperative and annoying and they think they know it all and like come on man like listen I'm going to make it a big deal since y'all want to make it a big deal I'mma make it a big deal you see this thing right here the vehicle you see this thing right here that's hanging from the from the mirror technically obstructing view you know what I'm saying you know how many little things there is to nickp pick about that you know they they don't you know it's it's BS you know what I mean just like if let's say you go to the dealership right and let's say you buy a new car from I don't know from Sha gotam dealership that's you you come to Sha you go to shy gotam dealership and you buy a fresh new whip from me all right and you know a lot of times car dealerships they like to advertise or whatever so they'll have um like a license plate uh thing like holder that you could that you put like around the border and stuff like that that is technically illegal you know what I'm saying it's like little things like that you're not supposed to have a border or none of that it's supposed to be clean with the light underneath like it's mad little stuff that we all do on a everyday basis you know what I'm saying and do on our car like everybody hangs the air freshener from their mirror and stuff like that you know what I'm saying it's things like that that cops could really nickp pick about but they don't but just because you being an [ __ ] I'm going to start the nickp pick now now you got me you know now I'm going take a little look around see what you got going on man this would be done and over with if they was just cooperating and I don't even know what the female talking about she just need to mind her business and let men do men business you know what I mean she just sit there and be a passenger okay whose vehicle is this it's my mom's it's your mother's okay would your mom have an insurance card for the vehicle yeah we got for both of them I mean that one come I think earlier this week okay one cuz she had to re it do you want to call your mom and see if she can get you the insurance card to her okay stay right here I'll be right back okay did you hear me I'm going to shut your door for right now okay no it's fine no I'd like you to shut the door I need some safy okay you can roll down your window my window don't go down I'm sorry it don't go down it can't it can't it can't go down okay we'll just leave it crack then okay just stay in the car for me okay while the officer runs the guy's name through the system backup arrives to help investigate the situation and to no one's surprise it doesn't take long for them to find something there's a roach in the see say Canabis roach right here so you pull him out all right yep Hey sir do you have anything with your name on it any photo ID or anything he's coming somebody coming you want to be a prick now we going to start looking around what do you mean it's coming my big brother coming okay your big brother's not involved in this I just need something with your name on it something with your picture preferably I'm sorry I can't hear you I'm I mean I'm about to go to Florida and to gra my stuff I just moved here you just moved here okay but you said you had a driver's license out of Florida and Maryland right yeah okay where are those at in Florida they're in Florida how do you spell your name no I'm asking you how you spelled your name here's what we're gonna do that's not the same uh birthday you gave me earlier so I have reason to believe you're not telling me the truth I'm telling the truth you're not telling me the truth but my I'm sorry the main reason is you lying to me but my my light not showing that's the no I'm not actually that's the main point no I'm not in fact I just had another officer verify in fact officer Spence you will you verify it also can I see is the uh tra or is the license plate light out I mean you guys can see it if you driving behind me right you still have to have a light by law license plate a license plate light can I can I law on Google what' you say what do they okay here's my next question when was the last time you smoked in the car the last time smok yeah why now why what' you say why smok because I can smell marijuana yeah oh yeah you still can't be smelling it in the car is it I mean so if it's legal if it's legal so do you have something blind then did you s smoking what' you say did you see me smoking I can smell it hey light come here I can smell it you said you saw something in there the that's why I pull my light on so okay so I take it you're smoking in here then W that's look it's it's not even out look it's not even out it's I mean it's not even light it's a w so okay yeah so it's a roach then let me no we're not calling L right now what I'm going have you guys do is I'm going to have you step out real quick quick search the car one more time the yeah we're going to search the car real quick I'm sorry that's possible it's possible cuz you just showed me marijuana right here but you still can't have it like car you can't you you can't get luck up for this you can't switch my car yes I can that gives me probable cost of search so I'm going to have you guys step out real quick we're going to do a quick search of the car where's the B only one car I seen any car yet my backup's right here behind me where they're right here they're two officers right here there's two car you're arguing over basic facts so I'm gonna have you step out of the car right now over look at me hey M Mr you're going to get arrested if you don't step out of the car you don't have a choice right now smoking in the car wasn't smoking there's clearly a roach right here that gives me probable cause to search the car legal it's you still can't smoke in the car I wasn't smoking you clearly somebody was smoking in the car step out of the car right now or you're going to go in handcuffs step out of the car or you're going to go in handcuffs you want to go in handcuffs that's a good reason for me to pull over in my car do you want to be placed under arrest you're obstructing right now what what why was it I wasn't smoking why what P me over for for what step out of the car you're going in handcuffs I wasn't smoking somebody was smoking I have to search the vehicle do you want to be placed in handcuffs yeah I don't mind go from for my law I know my law did so you're not going to step out of the car no are you going to get do you want to be charg theu then yeah I don't mind your hands your back was smoking get out of the car the car get out of the car get out of the car you're going to go in handcuffs yeah I'm going in the car yes you're going into handcuffs one you don't have your correct name right now two you're being aggressive three you have marijuana in the car that's illegally packaged okay you I'm sorry that right what's that you search like sech no I probably cause search the vehicle what no no no stop that you know don't nothing ask to step reason man there's a roach the door you're not going to listen no no don't say that don't say that I just want to know what's going to exct okay so here's what happened we pulled the vehicle over it's a simple plate back right there or he was driving he was driving he was on the road when I pulled him over okay so simple thing the plate light was out it's a simple thing just to let you know the license plate you have to have a license a light over your license plate okay I was bring it to his attention okay he's been aggressive the entire time also there's marijuana that's in the door okay Mar the step you still cannot be smoking inside the vehicle get on the if you're not involved get on the step back as if things weren't bad enough already now the whole family decided to get involved to make matters even worse the officers find a couple of surprises when searching the suspect's car freaking plate lighted out that's all I was was going to be there you go probably something at some point what's that security tag nice the seater bottle beer bottle in the back ask them which one of them's uh Mr ask him which one's Mr you talking about he's giving me the name Mr and that's clearly ID that's him right there that you have in custody yeah so he's giving me a fake name so that's going to be one thing on he giving me a fake name he suspended too cool that vehicle I mean the vehicle's hit on flock it's hit on flock it's hit on flock before and I think the registration was suspended uh I do remember that cuz I tried running gave me the SL and wanted what's he wanted for I'm pretty sure warrant will you double check on that real quick the name oh he's I thought he was already attached all right so put that on real quick okay so do you want me to explain everything that was going on okay so you have warrants so we're going to take you in for that okay also you're going to be placed under arrest in charge with obstructing identification okay cuz you clearly gave me a fake name you couldn't even remember the uh date of birth that you gave me okay it's my brother name what' you say it's my brother name okay I'm not going to charge you with the uh the weed that we found in the car cuz you have to have it charge me because it's it's legal I I can because it's not in the proper container I I can take it to call okay you want me okay fine I'll be I'll be more than happy to charge list we know the law not only you guys I'll be more than happy to charge you for it then that's no big deal okay also you uh have no driver's license and you're driving right now okay so I'm not for that okay huh I have a permit it's not a valid permit that's what my damn who the hell taught this guy to law God damn he said he said you're driving but I got a permit you don't got a driver's license but I got a permit you can't charge me for the weed uh yeah I can it's not in the right container uh no you can't I know my laws okay fine just here you go add another charge whatever extra piece of paper you know what I mean like okay talk yourself into the more charges who the hell talk this guy the law like like telling me okay so we're going to take you to CPD okay is there anything you would like to bring with you would you like to bring your phone one more thing theny says this was the real kicker right yeah you clearly gave me a fake name you get you couldn't even remember the right date of birth or whatever I gave you my brother's name no no crap that's why you getting charged with it no duh you know what I'm saying like it's like yo what this guy man yeah you going to learn something in the law library man you better go to the law library and and and brary you know what I'm saying n you know what Barry man forget it law law La Berry man it's a li Berry man but no uh anyway yeah and learn a thing or two man pick up a book man maybe read something you know your phone okay is there anything else my I'm sorry my vape your Vape I can't let you bring the Vape into the uh police department okay but we can bring your wallet okay is there anything else you'd like can you call go ahead can I kiss my girl he soon as she's done talking to them so I have to double I'll double check on all that okay if it is if I can't cut El tonight I'll be more than happy to okay but I can't make any promises okay so you want your phone your wallet whose car is that is that yours okay who would you like me to keep the leave the keys to my mom your mom that's the lady up there okay I'm going to go do that right now okay so here's what's going to happen man we're going to go inside um as soon as I can I'll take those handcuffs off of you and we're just going to be two adults sitting down doing paperwork okay sound good regardless of how things went down out there even though you guys listen you guys guys reason to P somebody over just No I gave you a lawful reason he's still going man and I'll explain everything more in detail when we get inside okay regardless of everything that happened okay it's a bra Blank Slate with me right now if you're cool I'm going to be cool with you okay okay let me here's the marijuana man that ain't a blank slate with me man I'm holding grudges man forget that man you have been a jerk the whole time oh if I could cut you loose tonight I'll cut you nah you sitting man you wait till you see the judge tomorrow man you sitting man I ain't yeah no can I kiss my girl no cuz she was an [ __ ] too no that we got from the car yeah so that shouldn't be in the P that's that's nothing it's still at marijuana that you can't transport that way my man still going don't know when to shut up after a long night of arguing with the cops yeah like that ever Works our suspect was finally booked and charged with driving with a suspended license obstruction and possession of Canabis in a motor vehicle watch when I get in the mood no time for the face when you see me I see you no FaceTime my shig