Here's your options here. You can sign the citation right here. Saying there you can either sign it or >> The other option is you're going to have to go to jail and post a cash bond. >> For what? >> Because you have to sign the ticket. This is >> Why do I have to sign it? You didn't see it. >> Here's the deal. >> You didn't see it. >> I'm going to have this officer It doesn't matter. >> Yes, it does matter. >> present this officer right here. >> Huh? >> He's going to immediately present this officer right here. >> Well, I don't know who he is. >> Police stopped a man on allegations of making an unsafe lane change based solely on the observations of another officer. The driver immediately denied the accusation, insisting he had committed no traffic violation and explaining that he had called 911 to verify the identity of the unmarked vehicle following him, exactly as the dispatcher instructed. When an officer began issuing a citation despite not personally witnessing the alleged violation, the man remained calm but firm, repeatedly demanding an explanation of the legal basis for the charge, questioning the validity of a citation issued based on another officer's account, and refusing to sign a ticket he believed was unsupported. Although he repeatedly emphasized that refusing to sign was not an admission of guilt, the officers continued pressuring him and warned that he would be arrested if he refused. Ultimately, when the man stood by his position and declined to sign the citation, the officers arrested him solely for refusing to sign it. >> All right. This gentleman right here, SO unit 151, which is Captain Miller of the Sheriff's Office, said he observed the following violation of an unsafe lane change towards his vehicle, which caused him to move off the roadway slightly. Said he had his lights on to try to get you to let you know at that point there that's when you came behind him, flipped your high beams on him. Uh I put notes in the call saying you tried to call 911 as well. >> I was on the phone with 911 and they told me to get the license plate number. >> He observed an unsafe lane change which caused him to shift to the left, okay? >> happened. >> Well, I'm I'm just Sir, I'm not here to argue with you, that's fine. I'm just >> didn't he pull me over then? Why did he let me keep on going down the road? >> Because he's trying to get a class, I believe. >> Huh? >> He was just trying to He was trying to just let you know that you just cut over on the parkway. >> So, so when 911 tells me to get a license plate number cuz they don't know who he is, he's in an unmarked vehicle, they didn't even know that he had me pulled over, Well, why And then they said they >> have to call 911. Here's the deal. >> Okay. >> All right. >> So, now I get a So I'm going to get a ticket. >> me out, please, okay? Let me Let me talk, okay? All right, here's the This gentleman had an observation he believes a violation of law, okay? I'm issuing a citation there, all right? All you got to do is call the recorder's court number. It's circled right there again, the citation number at the top. They're going to tell you how to take care of it. >> What is it? >> For unsafe lane change. You can go to court that day or um you can pay it online, whatever you want. >> So cuz he missed class, he's going to give me a ticket? >> No. >> Well, he didn't He didn't pull me over the first time he's saying. >> He was trying to get you out of the way, but when you started flashing your lights behind him >> he was trying to get me out of the way. >> No. >> You just said that. He was trying to get me out of the way. >> trying to let you know that you cut off a police car, sir. >> Well, I didn't pull up I didn't cut off a police car. >> That's And that's what the court date is for you to decide right there. You're innocent till proven guilty in a court of law. >> Cuz he's a captain. So now cuz he's a captain, he's going to tell you what's going on and then you're going to write me a ticket. >> a I work for a different agency, sir, but I will take the word of another law enforcement officer. Again, all this is is just probable cause that a violation took place. The court date is for >> care what it is. It's still a ticket. >> the deal, sir. >> Cuz I'm trying to do the right thing, trying to make sure our society's right, you're going to give me a ticket. >> sir. >> And cuz he's a captain, he's going to try to throw his weight around. That's all it is. You know that's what it is. >> No, it's not a mission >> And then y'all do it. Y'all do it. >> Sir, I'm trying to be nice and explain to you the citation, okay? >> You can be mean, I don't care. I'm already late for work. Just like he's late for his meeting, I'm late for work. >> Okay. >> So now we're both even, except for he's got one up. He's going to give me a damn ticket. >> It's just a citation. >> BS cuz I was trying to do what the 911 officer told me to do. They told me to get his license plate number. I couldn't see I flashed my light and then I shut it right off. I didn't have it on long. >> Sir, this is just something that can happen during court that day. This is not saying you're guilty. This is just a citation to take it to court that day. >> Yeah, I got TO GO TO COURT. SO NOW I MISS ANOTHER DAY OF WORK. >> YOU HAVE FOUR options you can take it to court >> CAN PAY A DAMN ticket for something I didn't do. >> Okay, well, I don't know >> Because this [ __ ] got TO MISS HIS CLASS. >> SIR. >> Who wants to pull his weight around. They didn't even know who he was. I'm trying to do the right thing cuz one of your officers at this patch asked me to do something. >> Okay. Again, there's two sides to every story and that's what this >> That's the truth. >> I don't know that >> That's the truth. >> That's fine, sir. Here's the deal. You can sign this citation >> That's the truth. >> It's not an admission of any guilt. It's this is a a copy of the citation. >> KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I DON'T even have your card. Just cuz you got a badge on doesn't mean [ __ ] to me. >> You're recording the conversation, I see. So, you know who I am. >> But, you didn't see the incident, did you? >> That's right. He did not. >> Then then he Then why are you giving me a ticket? >> his information on here. Here's the >> It doesn't matter. He's not He's not You're not the officer to pull me over. >> You sign the citation? >> I'm not signing it cuz you You're not the officer that didn't pull me over. >> All right, listen to me, sir. >> And I was on 911. I did exactly what they asked me to do. >> Okay, but at that point there was a violation of >> No, there wasn't. >> You made an unsafe lane change. >> No, I did not. >> That's fine. >> No, I did not. >> Let me explain your options here, sir. >> Well, did you see it? Did you see it? >> I already explained to you I did not. >> Okay, then why are you giving me a ticket? >> You need to calm down. >> I'm not signing a ticket unless it's from him. >> Let me explain something to you, sir. >> No, I'm not signing unless it's from him. You didn't see anything. >> Here's your options, sir. >> No, my options are I'm not signing it cuz you didn't see it. >> Sir. >> You did not see it. >> Listen to me, please. >> You didn't see it. >> Stop and listen, please. >> I was trying to do the right thing. This is all going to I'm going to send this to the news, too. >> That's fine. Listen to me. >> Cuz I'm trying to do the right thing. >> Sir, listen to me, please. >> I'm trying to do the right Why don't you listen to me? >> I'm listening to you. You're saying that >> a civil servant or not? >> I'm a police officer. >> Okay, then you're a civil servant. >> I'm a police officer. >> to vent to you. >> Okay. >> I'm telling you exactly what happened and you're not listening to me. You're going to take his side and you're going to give me a ticket that he's never going to show up for cuz he's probably got a meeting. >> All right, are you done, sir? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Here's the options here. You can sign this citation right here saying that you can either sign >> signing it. >> The other option is you're going to have to go to jail and post a cash bond. >> For what? >> Because you have to sign the ticket. This is >> Why do I have to sign it? Cuz you didn't see it. >> Here's the deal. >> You didn't see it. >> I'm going to have to sign this. It doesn't matter. This is this officer right here. This is this officer right here. >> Huh? >> There's no immediate process of this officer right here. >> Well, I don't know who he is. >> He's an officer. He's got his ID right >> Cuz he's a captain? Now, you're going to do what a captain tells you to do? >> A certified peace officer that was in his presence under the law, yes, a citation can be issued. So, here's your options. Sign the citation. >> So, why why wasn't I pulled over in the first time? Cuz he was trying to get a class? >> I explained that to you, sir. >> So, now after the fact that I did what a officer another officer told me to do. >> I need you to sign the citation, please. >> I'm not signing it. >> All right, sir. That's your option? >> It's not from him. It's not from him. Okay. Why am I going to jail? >> You refused to sign your driver's license citation. This deputy said you just refused to sign the citation. Have a nice day.