Come on. No, stay right there. Let me get out? I need a fire truck All right, we ain't doing this. Disgusting. On September 22nd, 2024, deputies from the Escambia County Sheriff's Office saw a silver Ford Edge cut dangerously across lanes without warning. The car jumped from the far right lane all the way to the left turn lane. Officers pulled the vehicle over and approached the driver, a 36-year-old woman named Megan. I'll take two. Catch up to him. Catch Come on, dude. Yeah. 20-418 copy 10-31. Stay with him. Come on. Florida tag on a silver Ford Edge making for Market and Deltona. Market and Deltona. When the deputy explained why she was stopped, Megan didn't want to hear it. She insisted she stopped, said it was legal, and claimed she knew the law better than the officer. Hey, Deputy Wine Caster with the Sheriff's Office. How you doing? So, the reason I stopped you is because you cut across the traffic in front of that car back there on Fairfield. What's that sign? I cut across? With no U sign, I cut across before to go. Okay, I got you. It was right in front of the car without your turn signal. Okay. Do you have your driver's license with you? Listen to me. You cut in front of that car. He had to hit his brakes to keep from Cut in what car? The car in the left lane. You didn't even see him when you went across that lane to go in the median. Tell me when I stopped. You didn't stop. I did. You cut in front of him. I did not. It's on video. And you can all be in agreement. Okay. Come on, man. Please do not argue. Wait, please. 20-418 another What sign am I missing? and I know I stopped because I had to look to make sure traffic was coming both ways. No, it doesn't work that No, I stopped. And I promise we going to argue this in court. Any more? [snorts] Then came the license problem. Megan said she had one but wouldn't show it. Instead, she tried arguing that telling them her ID number and showing a picture was enough under Florida law. Do you have a driver's license? That's what I gave you. Does that say driver's license on it? It's educated by license. Where? >> It's educated by license in the system cuz I don't have to give you a copy. No driver's license? I do. You got it? Where is it? Put it in the system. Where is it? That pen and pad on your show? Mhm. Can I get out? Huh? Come on. No, stay right there. Can I get out? You ain't got no warrant, so let me stop. Okay. Why are you acting like >> Let me GET OUT. CUZ I KNOW MY LAW. I KNOW MY LAW CUZ I STOPPED. I STOPPED. I know I stopped before I crossed over the traffic. I STOPPED. >> WHY are you making this more difficult than >> Because I'm not making this difficult. I'm telling you my law. But I'm willing to get out the car, please. Here, no, stay in the car. You want me to stay? Stay in the car. Please calm down. SHUT THE [ __ ] UP. MHM. I'm sitting right here and waiting. You don't need a warrant. I want y'all back to your deputy number. Don't worry, we're going to check. Lan- Lancaster that Lancaster Lancaster? Lancaster? Mhm. If you don't shut up. Oh. Bro, you still talking? Come here. And bow bow I want you to BE QUIET. >> SHUT UP. THEY DON'T GIVE A [ __ ] ABOUT YOU WHEN THEY CAME up to the do it. I want you to >> They don't GIVE A [ __ ] ABOUT YOU. WHY WON'T YOU BE >> THEY DON'T GIVE A [ __ ] ABOUT YOU. >> LICENSE? BECAUSE I DO VALID. I don't have to give you my ID. I can tell you my number and I can show you the picture on my license and you got to accept it cuz the Florida law says you have to. Oh, okay. You know that. So, am I am I under arrest? So, Am I under arrest? >> Where is your driver's license at? Am I under arrest? Megan started asking if she was under arrest, demanding to know her charges, refusing to cooperate unless she got answers. She ignored every warning. Eventually, officers had no choice but to detain her for non-compliance. You're You're saying you got a driver's license. >> arrest? >> You going to answer my question? >> I promise I'm going to get out the car, please. Okay. Am I under arrest? You are right now. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? Cuz if I'm under arrest, I'm going to be under arrest. No, bro. Oh, bro. No, if I'm under arrest, what is my charge? Please, no. >> You're being disrespectful. Get Get Okay, I am. I am. Get the key. Come over here. Get in the car. Come over here. I am, please. Cuz I'm I'm under arrest, I promise I'm going to be good. I've been waiting to go to jail. And [ __ ] going to be dropped before I get there. There's no reason why you have to detain me and the the car There's No, nothing wrong with the car. >> There's nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong. I stopped at the red light. I didn't do nothing wrong. At this point, deputies were just trying to get her to hand over the keys and cooperate, but she wouldn't stop yelling, demanding to speak with a sergeant, repeating herself, refusing basic commands. No, they need to get >> Come over here. Give them the key. I'll give them the key. Stand right here. >> Stand right here. >> Give them the keys. Give them the keys. Do you have anything ON YOU? NO. GIVE THEM the keys, sergeant. I'm going to give them the keys. >> Give them the keys. >> have anything on you? >> Give them THE KEYS. NO. GIVE THEM THE KEYS. RIGHT NOW, TURN AROUND. >> I WANT SERGEANT. GIVE THEM THE KEYS. I'M NOT MOVING. Give them the keys, please. Turn around. Give them the keys. >> Turn around. >> Give me a sergeant. Turn around. Let's give me the keys. >> Turn around. >> the keys. Give me the keys. Stay right up here. >> Give them the keys. Give them the keys. I don't care about all that. Give them the keys. You don't have to do this. >> Give them the keys. Give me sergeant Lewis. I'M NOT TIRED. GIVE ME SERGEANT LEWIS. GIVE ME THE KEYS. IT'S ALL RIGHT. Sergeant Lewis, give me the keys. You can get out. Sergeant, come on. Give me the keys. Give me the keys. Let me pat her down. You ain't patting me down. Okay. Stop. GIVE ME THE KEYS. YOU'RE NOT GOING to sit here and yell. No. Get in. Give me that. Get in. All right. Sergeant. I'm going to push you in this car if you don't get in. As they tried to arrest her, she pulled away, twisted her body, and kept fighting back. Over and over, she shouted that they had no right to lock her up. QUIT. SERGEANT LEWIS. NOPE. NOPE. DO IT ALL DAY. Cuz you ain't got no right to lock me up. Come on. No right. No right. No right. No right. YOU'RE RESISTING ME. YOU AIN'T GOT NO RIGHT TO PUSH me in here. No. OH MY GOD. NO. YOU'RE DOING ALL THAT SAME NO. NO. CALL THE LEWIS. CALL THE SERGEANT. I'M DOWN. FRANK, WHAT DO WE DO? >> IN the meantime. The officer stayed on her, trying to get control, but she kept yelling about her wrist being hurt, accusing them of cutting her, screaming she was in pain, but also still resisting every step. Ow, MY WRIST. OW. OW, EBONY. SIT UP ON YOUR KNEES. YEAH, HOLD YOUR WRIST together like that. That actually hurts. You better. You're right. That hurts. >> [music] >> Even once on the ground, Megan refused to roll over, refused to sit up, refused to stop screaming. She accused the deputies of everything from violating her rights to physically harming her. Kick me again. Sit up on your side. You kicked me again. Sit up on your side. No. I'm down on my face. I am. You. I'm annoying as But you ain't got no reason to detain me. You. Cuz you ain't got no reason to detain me. I wasn't doing nothing to y'all. You talking about? Third-degree burn. On my soul, on my face. I promise I'mma burn you. No, they said stop IT. STOP IT. THEY SAID PEACE. I ain't do [ __ ] You putting me in the car. You talking about? Call sergeant. Call sergeant. Call sergeant. I do GOT A FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO WHY THE [ __ ] YOU DETAINING ME? NOW, answer that Answer that question with the You didn't provide it. RIGHT? RIGHT? RIGHT? YES, THIS REAL LIFE. THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. THEY TRIED TO DETAIN ME WITH MY RIGHT? AIN'T NO FEMALE COPS. RIGHT? RIGHT? YEAH. I. I. I'M GOING TO GET HIGH. Cuz y'all put me in cuffs. You sergeant? Are you sergeant? You sergeant? The officers tried to keep her still, but she kept twisting around, pulling on her cuffs, and shouting louder. When one deputy asked if she had taken anything, drugs or alcohol, she denied it. You You ain't working today. Oh. Just put her in the car. We're done with this. Stop. Stop. Stop. Hey. This on y'all camera that PUT LET ME GO. THAT PUT Put her in that Put Hey, let me go. It's Have you done any drugs? Uh, no. Give me your address. And this dress put us in the mother Put her in the She's doing She's hyped up too much. HEY, I GOT LOOK. LOOK. YOU DIDN'T DO THAT. BUT HEY. PUT HEY. IT'S LEAKING. All right, just let her let It's leaking. They trying to break my arm. No, don't put her in the car. >> It's leaking. Look look look over there. She got the camera on. Hey. She got the camera on. Go ahead, give me your address. She got the camera on. Probably. Let me go. Yeah, this night She got the camera on. Where you want to put her? There ain't no no females out here. She got the camera on. She got me camera All right, I'm running out with handcuffs on my back. All right, you got to make them stop like that and stay there a little bit. Y'all got charges on her? Right? >> They ain't got No, THEY DON'T. I STOPPED THE STOP SIGN. WHAT YOU GOING TO MAKE FIVE TIMES? Why would you Why would you make >> Cuz I stopped the stop sign. You did what? I stopped the stop sign. >> That's it? Yeah. SO, ASK THEM WHY BOTHER WITH AND THAT [ __ ] RIGHT HERE GOING TO GO PUT charges on me. Let's go. Cuz I got police Hey. Hey. Hey, fool. Girl, what you had to say? Put I mean other than that, what you had? Okay, I I get you. So, what is it you had? Put They stopped me? No, they stopped me cuz I Cuz I'm pretty pretty with a big G. Megan made every decision harder than it had to be and she wasn't done adding to the list of charges. She complained that her dress was riding up, asked officers to pull it down for her, accusing the deputies of harassment, and accused them of trying to embarrass her. You see that that the chain? You see that? Is that too tight for you? I swear to God they holding it. Is that too I said holding it. If they let her go >> it. Hey, can you sit there? I've been down here. Okay, stay still. Let me get you out of the car, okay? >> me go. Hey. Let me go. LET ME GO. LET ME GO. [ __ ] LET ME GO. I AIN'T DO [ __ ] TO YOU. WHY are you yelling? I AIN'T DO [ __ ] to you. Before you tag me, Mhm. don't you don't you know it's illegal? Don't you know you can't ask for my ID without a warrant? Look. Okay, he didn't tell you to stop. Harassment and stuff. I'm in the office. I'm not going nowhere. Boy, I swear to God I ain't going nowhere. Can we Can I pull my dress down so they won't see my Yo, can y'all pull my banana down? Thank you for actually doing something. Okay, are you hot? Told you. Told you. Who drunk? No, but I actually don't do no illegal stuff. I I'm right. I'm going to need you to stay calm. We're going to try to figure out what's going on. >> Boy, I swear God, cuz I I stopped. Okay, they were with you? I swear to God, I stopped. Stay right there. I'm going to go ask them. I'll be right back, okay? Just just chill out for me, all right? We'll be right back. What's his name? Do you know his name? Dale and Clay. Dale? Okay, I'm right there. All right. I will take this. >> Let me ask you something. Have you taken anything that makes you a little loopy or anything like that? All right, you're not going to get in trouble. >> No, cuz that No, listen. The Tito's shot that 199, I chose not to drink and drive. Both. So, everything I know is going on right now. When they asked her to sit on the car bumper to stay safe, she kept fighting. She accused one officer of being violent, calling him domestic, and daring him to hit her. Okay, it's not my car, but I'm just asking. You want to have a seat? You want to sit on the front bumper? You can sit there. Let me go. Let me go, please. Just let her go, MAN. LET ME GO. WHERE I'M GOING? LET ME GO. HEY, HEY, chill out, boy. PLEASE, LET ME GO. WHY are you yelling? >> What, you want to beat my ass? You domestic, too? You're not supposed to. You domestic, too? No, you're not supposed to do that. YOU NOT DON'T FIND DO what they tell you to do. Be a good boy. Once medics were called in, things only got worse. Megan refused help, shouted at paramedics, and tried to walk away from the scene. Deputies warned her she'd be placed on a stretcher for everyone's safety, but she wasn't having it. Tell me what's your name. None None of your mother None of my business. That's all right. Well, we're going to get you on the stretcher, all right? I'm not going. Yeah, you are. >> You are. Naked. >> You're going. Okay. We'll come up. >> Y'all know I don't need y'all help. I'll walk away. All right. Walk away. They can't walk. WALK AWAY. WALK AWAY. I DON'T NEED Y'ALL HELP. WALK AWAY. ARE WE JUST CHECKING HER OUT? SO, SHE GOING >> I DON'T need y'all help. Walk away. Y'ALL CAN'T VIOLATE MY ORDER. SHE NEEDS TO BE ALTERED. YOU KNOW WHAT she said. Um Y'all know what I don't know if it's narcotics or if it's alcohol, but she's been acting erratic, trying to fight us as we're trying to put her in the Tahoe. So, that's why I was calling y'all out here. All right. Probably going to be okay. Okay. She is putting When he don't come He's strong. He's cool. When he don't come Oh, yeah. Oh, she's strong. Oh, don't forget All right. All day. Let's go. Wait. Yes. She can't get her straight. She can't get her straight. Put her in the Tahoe in there. Copy that. Help me. She's upside down on the floor right here. I got her arm. Nope. I'm not going. I said I'm not going, [ __ ] That's what I said. Can you bite? I'm going. Oh. Got his leg. Oh, oh. Oh. I'm not going. Oh, I'm not [snorts] going. All right, I got her. Hold tight. What? What? Hold her. >> She screamed that she wasn't going anywhere. At one point, she even spit at them, which led to more charges on the spot. She cursed, lashed out, and physically grabbed at deputies during the struggle. That's another charge. Hey, do not bite. I ain't bitched. Do not I said I don't know. I know she's spitting in her mouth. I'm not spitting. Watch your fingers. She's now biting me. Let go. Stop. You're breaking my neck. Who all got spit on? Me. They're breaking my neck. I can't breathe. Get your knee off my neck. I can't breathe. Okay, you can come back. Spread those arms. Nope. I need Jesus. Hey, let go of the car. Man, let go of the car, please. Let go of the car. Woah. Woah. Woah. Hold on. I got another one if you need it. Look at me. Let go. No. Let go. You put it on my purse and leave it positions. I know. Why you acting like a a child? >> Why are you being a piece I don't know. I guess I just felt like it. Cuz you a [ __ ] I guess so. You ain't got no girl power. I should probably work on that. You ain't You ain't You only on the school and now you ain't now. You tried to be with a black [ __ ] and he don't want your cuz you ain't That WHAT MILKED IT. GOD DAMN ICE HEAD IS. YEAH. OKAY. You know it. Your family Yeah. You ice head. Brittany and Julani ice head. All y'all ice head. Yeah. What you going to do now? Hey, let's put your thing What you going to do my life 6 months ago. Think I'm ready. Hold on. Her behavior was so out of control that one officer suspected she might be under the influence. But when asked, she denied using any drugs. Still, her actions told a different story. Hey, don't touch me. Touch you. All right. Please do not let her grab that. Grab that. Yeah. It's the whole one on her. No. No. No. Hey, taser first. Taser first. Taser Taser didn't go over the head. That good. GOD DAMN IT. TASER FIRST. That's so [ __ ] gross. Gross you trying to say that. Do these drugs not work on her? They're not on drugs, [ __ ] Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I GOT ALL RIGHT. OKAY. GET YOUR HEY. HEY. Can you go and grab the bag? My hands out. Let them go. Eventually, she was taken to jail, but once there, officers made a disturbing discovery. A plastic baggie hidden under her right breast containing 38 g of cocaine. In total, she was charged with resisting with violence, five counts of battery on law enforcement, smuggling contraband into a detention center, possession of cocaine, possession or use of other drugs, possession of marijuana under 20 g, all from one traffic stop. A year later, her case is still open.