You can't see? >> I'm completely paralyzed. >> Y'all know who I am. >> I need you to get out of the car, sir. >> I I cannot I do not have a wheelchair, you idiot. My legs do not work. >> Well, then we're going to search the car with you sitting in it. >> That's illegal, sir. >> No, it's not, sir. Odor of marijuana is a probable cause for a search. >> you can't search a vehicle with somebody in it. >> Okay, then you're going to have to get the out of the car, dude. >> All right, he doesn't have a wheelchair, sir. He cannot walk. Please, sir, HE DOESN'T HE CANNOT WALK. >> When officers in DeKalb, Texas believe they have probable cause to search a car during a traffic stop, they order the occupants to get out. The problem is the passenger is completely blind and the driver is paralyzed. >> Well, if you going to crawl, crawl yourself over that way, sir. >> At 12:45 a.m. on April 9th, 2025, two city of DeKalb police officers initiate a traffic stop after noticing a vehicle's rear tag light is out. While Officer Foster speaks with the driver, Officer Rhodes approaches the back seat passenger. >> Can't You're the one in there. >> I don't have any weapons or anything in here. >> Got pets in the car? She won't bite you, will she? >> My Yes, I do. >> No, I've had concealed >> I didn't No, he's super sweet. >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. >> He's nice and sweet. >> He's old. >> I love dogs. >> With the dog winning his affection, the interaction starts off somewhat cordial. But the occupants won't be on friendly terms with police by the end of the night. The driver, 28-year-old Jacob Jackson, tells the officer he doesn't have his wallet or ID with him and cannot locate his proof of insurance. >> Is there not insurance in the things, Jacob? >> What's up, babe? >> Hey, can you send me pictures of the insurance on the Cadillac? >> Where you all headed? >> DeKalb. >> Where are we going, Dad? >> Avery. >> Yes, sir. >> Avery and Jacob and Avery. >> Things quickly take a turn when Officer Rhodes asks Jacob's wife, Kaitlyn, an unexpected question. >> Is there any marijuana in here? >> No, sir. >> Okay. Cuz I can smell the marijuana. Are we sure ain't nobody got none on them? >> I I Yeah, no. I don't have any. Jacob don't have any. Dallas don't have any. >> Board-certified criminal defense lawyer Bruce Rivers reviewed this case and shared his thoughts on the traffic stop. Please note that all legal opinions expressed are solely Bruce's and not reflective of Ewu. >> I'm Bruce Rivers, a board-certified criminal defense lawyer. You know, that that's one of the reasons in Minnesota, anyway, um it's no longer a reason to search a vehicle. Because you could you could have smoked it at somebody's house and now you smell like it and you go in your car. >> Okay, I'm smelling some. Are we We're 100% sure? Will Will consent to a search? >> No, sir. >> Okay. Okay. Well, here's the deal. Odor of marijuana is probable cause for a search. So, I'm going to ask you to step out, okay? >> I'm not stepping out. >> Yes, sir. You are going to step out of that vehicle. Okay. >> He then turns his attention on the passenger, Dallas Bruce, who will have similar challenges complying with the officer's orders. >> All right, step out, man. >> Hey, mate. >> Yeah. >> I don't got my bind cane. >> All right, step out. Okay. Well, I'm not We're not going I'll help him out. >> Well, get your sergeant down here, please, sir. >> No, sir. >> Yes, sir. >> No, sir. >> Yes, sir. Right. Babe, start recording. Just put me out. No, sir. Do not You're not taking nobody out of this vehicle. >> Step out for me, sir. >> I do not consent to a search. This is unlawful. >> You have probable cause. >> With what? >> The smell of the marijuana. >> Brother, you walked up to the window and Did you smell anything? >> Okay. Okay. No, sir. No, sir. >> All right, step out for me, sir. >> You're out, man. I'm You You do what you want to do. He's not breaking my concentration. or >> about me not having my prosthetic hand? >> He's 100% blind. He's 100% paralyzed. >> Y'all know who I am. >> As a show of proof, Dallas removes his prosthetic eyeballs and holds them up for the officer to see for himself. >> Okay, I I don't know who you are, sir. I'm not going to I'm not going to let you walk into traffic. I'm going to help you out. I'm not going to >> All I know is I Can't Are you recording? >> I am recording that just >> All I know is I've been done dirty by y'all done dirty by y'all before, so I really don't trust y'all, honestly. >> According to videos on his TikTok page, Dallas was permanently disfigured by a gunshot wound to the face, an incident which the cap police responded to. For now, what's about to happen next will not leave him with any renewed faith in the department. >> I met you before, so >> Please, sir. >> Who is the sergeant? >> So, we don't have a sergeant. >> Where is Chief Assitant? >> He is the chief of police and he is not here. >> Well, >> Thank you, sir. I need you to step out of the vehicle, sir. Okay, just turn around. I'm going to pat you down real quick. I'm not going to let you walk into traffic or nothing like that. >> This is ridiculous. >> What's your badge number, bro? >> I'm checking your pockets, sir. >> number, brother? >> Excuse me, sir. I'm asking you to identify yourself. >> All right, walk over here with me, sir. >> What's your badge number, bro? >> Okay, walk over here with me, sir. >> 806 5, brother. >> over there. >> Given the complexities here, if I was these cops, I'd give them a warning and let them go. Or get Or get a dog. Get a dog to hit on the car. >> Officer Foster guides Dallas toward the cruiser, while Officer Rhodes returns to the driver, giving him yet another order that he cannot physically obey. >> All right, I need you to get out of the car, sir. >> I'm not I cannot I do not have a wheelchair, you idiot. My legs do NOT WORK. JACOB. HE'S GOING TO GET You're going to lose your job, buddy. What's your What's your badge number? What's your badge number? What is your badge number? I've done asked you that three times to identify yourself and you have not. You are a tyrant. What is your badge number? >> Okay, I'm asking you to get out of the car, sir. Okay, do not crawl out and >> You did this. >> Okay, don't get out of the car, get out of the car. Get out of the car, don't get out of the car. I mean he's been given information that the guy doesn't have the ability to use his legs. Now, could somebody be lying about that? Sure. But given that his passenger just handed him his eyeballs, I think you probably can kind of believe him. Now, when you talk to the cop should you go you know, you probably shouldn't do that. You shouldn't take What if he just calmly said I don't have movement of my legs. You know, I don't have my wheelchair with me. I'm going to need assistance. >> Y'all need to get your sergeant down here right now. Kill the car, Caitlyn. >> Okay. >> Y'all need TO GET YOUR SERGEANT DOWN HERE right now. >> Okay. >> Right now. Sir, you have not identified I'm not talking to you. You have not identified yourself. I don't even know who the you are. Sir, will you please get somebody else down here? Please. >> Despite his pleas, the officer still doesn't call for a supervisor or identify himself to Jacob. >> Well, if you going to crawl, crawl yourself over that way, sir. >> How cruel. How absolutely insensitive and cruel. So insensitive. So insensitive. And I think this guy would have a claim under the ADA. >> I'm not I'm not moving. You asked me to get out of the vehicle. I'm out of the vehicle. This is over a tail light or a tag light. This is absolutely ridiculous. >> Okay, I'm I'm to get this young lady out. Just watching him for please. Do you have a leash for the dog, ma'am? >> No, sir, I do not. >> Okay, I'm going to need y'all to get out, ma'am. >> I can't get out of the car, man. >> I got my dog dragging out of the car, man. >> Get my car, man. >> Man, I want you to get me out of my car, man. >> He's blind and he's really impaired. >> Okay, I I I I understand. >> I I understand, sir. >> So, >> I'm just letting you know. >> Y'all y'all need to get out. >> I told you I had no wheelchair. >> Y'all they didn't know choice he has no >> no wheelchair. I'm blind. Can y'all drive? >> Having a blind man and a paralyzed guy out here. >> This is ridiculous. >> Caitlin remains in the grass with the dog on a leash. Meanwhile, Jacob is still sitting on the street. >> Okay, do we have a seat or somewhere for you to sit? >> No, brother, I told you I do not have anything. >> Okay. >> I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING. >> OKAY. >> And if I get a pressure sore on my ass because of you, buddy, >> Okay. >> I will have your job. I probably >> yourself on the ground, sir. I did not ask you to get out. >> Okay, then if you don't remove me, >> Okay. >> Jacob maneuvers himself back into the driver's seat and his legs can be seen violently shaking. >> Does that whenever I'm my messed up. >> He's paralyzed and he can't feel his legs. He's in a T11. Spine is completely severed. >> And the side does not follow. >> Okay, well, then we're going to search the car with you sitting in it. >> That's illegal search and seizure. >> it's No, it's not, sir. Odor of marijuana is probable cause for a search. >> You can't search a vehicle with somebody in it. >> Okay, then you're going to have to get the out of the car, dude. I'm Then get out of the car. >> That's what you call not having the presence of mind to to understand what's going on. You've made your decision to search the car. You could back off that, but you're not going to back off. Cuz it's his it's you against him now, and he ain't going to win. >> Then get me out. >> Then we will assist you out of the car, sir. >> If you drag me out of this car, I promise you. >> So, come on. We're We're going to put you in the back seat of our car so you're not sitting on the ground, sir. Okay? I do not comply. I do not comply. You're not You cannot do this. You need to call and get a wheelchair down here just like every other state trooper that I've ever been pulled over by. You need to do You need to do your due diligence as a police officer and you need to do your job, buddy. You still have not identified yourself. >> Yeah, they didn't got the >> Officer Foster contacts their supervisor, Lieutenant Norman, asking him to come out to the scene. Meanwhile, Officer Rhodes quizzes Jacob on his driving capabilities. >> How do you drive if you're paralyzed? >> What do you mean? The hand controls. >> Said you >> The hand controls. The hand controls. >> Do what? >> Where are the hand controls? >> Well, there's a cruise control. There's a I don't know. Oh, it's out there on the ground. >> Yeah, I got a I got a dark soul state driver's license. I'm just saying I'm just curious I'm just curious. >> How do you drive, dude? >> [laughter] >> How do you get to and from the car without a wheelchair? >> I got it if you would have been listening when I was talking to your partner. I got in the chair and then we didn't have enough room for Dallas's stuff in the trunk plus his bags in the back seat. So, she set my wheelchair out, which is why my wallet's not in the ride either. >> Okay. >> Now, he See how he's talking a little more calmly? This is how you talk to cops. So, when you get pulled over, don't take an attitude. >> While waiting for the lieutenant to arrive, Jacob faces a medical situation that quickly becomes urgent. >> Do I have catheters in here, buddy? What? Is it okay if I get a catheter out of this bag, Foreman? >> No, we're not doing anything till our lieutenant gets here. >> Okay. So, I got to piss on myself? I have to piss on a schedule. I mean, I'm not I'm just asking. Okay. Okay. >> After several minutes of waiting, Jacob reaches under the back seat to look for a catheter, and the officer issues a warning. >> Hey, stop digging around in there, man. >> Brother, I'm I'm not going to piss on myself. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Do what you got to do. I'm looking >> Stop digging around in there, man. >> Right there. Right there. I don't know what the you're on, but you can get out of my face, buddy. You want to hold them for me? >> So, the other thing is, a lot of these officers are also medically trained. You know, they they a lot of them are EMTs, or they should be if they're not. And, you know what? He's having a medical issue. Who does this? Nobody's going to do this just to mess with the officers. So, the officer, in my opinion, should really go out of his way here to help him do what he needs to do here. >> What? >> If you pull your dick out, I'm charging you with indecent exposure. >> Every Everything is you versus me. You It's It's me versus you. How many times has somebody peed on the side of the road? I mean, the side of the road is littered with piss. And guess what? Whip it out. Do what you got to do. And if the cop uh charges you, they'll get dropped within 2 minutes. >> But, I have to pee. >> I'm letting you know that now. I'm letting you know. I'm letting you know that. >> What do you I can't >> you know. I'm letting you know that. >> I cannot piss on >> I'm letting you know that. >> Piss on himself, sir? I don't understand how this is legal for you to do that, sir. >> You're serious? >> That's crazy. Jacob. >> Jacob. >> Jacob, look at me. Do not do it. Wait until whoever is going you here to be here. >> You notice you notice I'm I'm constantly shaking. Here in a minute I'll start sweating. No, stop baby. I'm >> Let me get me down. >> Baby, I'm not I'm not I'm not. But it's called autonomic dysreflexia. And and it's because my bladder is distended and it's because I have to piss and and it literally I use this straw to poke my bladder to pee and I have to do that. Okay, I have to do that. >> I'm just letting you know if you expose yourself I'm charging you with it. >> Thank you. Thank you. I have a UTI. >> Just piss on yourself dog. >> With officer Rhodes adamant that Jacob will be charged, Jacob pleads with officer Foster instead. >> Yeah, you can't have you pulling that out on the side of the road. >> Him sitting on the side of the road Yeah, I I do know for a fact that that somebody in that situation can suffer um medical conditions because of what he was going through. Allowing him to relieve himself on the side of the road would not be um what did he call it? Indecent exposure? It wouldn't I mean what's what's indecent about that? Because the penis is somehow an indecent piece of equipment? It's how you do it. I mean if you and necessity is a defense. That insensitivity to somebody who didn't have the ability to walk is astounding. >> Finally, the lieutenant arrives at the scene and is caught up to speed, but he hasn't come with a wheelchair and any hope that his presence would change the course of the night collapses immediately. >> So because he's paralyzed he thinks that means he doesn't have to get out of the car. No, for a probable cause search. >> Okay, we're still going to get out of the car. Okay. So let's do that now. Go for it. I'll grab some gloves and we'll make it happen. Grab a set. We can get you up and walk you back and sit you. >> Well, I can't I can't walk. I can't walk. >> We can walk you. >> I told you we can assist you. >> I hear you. >> Declining to let the officers physically handle him, Jacob begins to move himself backwards toward the trunk of the car. >> Is that how you want to do this, brother? >> I don't know. I don't know. >> While Jacob sits on the ground behind the vehicle, the officers begin a warrantless search of its contents based on their earlier claim of probable cause due to the smell of marijuana. >> Open container. Got weed? >> I don't think so, man. >> After a thorough search of the car and their belongings, officers do not find any evidence of marijuana. However, the open container of alcohol is set aside for later. >> They had a a probable cause to search the vehicle. The smell of marijuana in most states is is enough to search a vehicle. And they find an open container of alcohol. You can't drive around with an open container of alcohol. You're the driver, you're going to get tagged. It's as simple as that. But, he was mistreated. >> Yeah, y'all can get back in the vehicle. Can you see? >> Yeah, no, I can't see that. No, there's not that in this hill. >> Calm down. Let's >> Let me offer him help. >> Let let it Yeah, I must say we we can manage, brother. >> Here. >> You got the corner to corner of the car right here. Corner to corner. Up there. >> I got you. >> You got it? >> Yeah, let go of me, man. >> Might as Dallas grabs me real quick. >> I don't >> We do this all the time. We we're brave we like I said, follow us on social media, man. We're brave and blind. It gets a million views. >> I know that about you. And what sorry showed up or sensitive bastard? >> Normally. >> Yeah. >> Tell Tell me I got you. >> I told you to be quiet. >> Yeah. >> Hi, Jacob. >> That's not all of us. >> That's your old buddy, man. >> And they had that in the vehicle. >> So >> They all three get it? Or should my client >> Give it to the driver. >> According to police records, Jacob Jackson received a citation for the open container violation and a warning for no license plate light. >> I will be getting a tag light fixed tomorrow. >> This is a lesson in what not to do in terms of police work. Police officers have big time discretion in how to exercise that discretion. On the side of the road, in the station, in a home, in any kind of scenario where they're in control. And this is a situation where they really should have exercised a little more discretion. You don't need to take an attitude with cops like this because you can sort it out later. But when a cop is faced with a difficult decision backing off a little bit what's to be lost? So, this is just one lawyer's opinion. >> According to court documents, at a hearing held on May 20th, 2025, Jacob Jackson was convicted of possession of an alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle and fined $250. However, his defense later argued that his due process rights were violated when he was deprived of his constitutional right to counsel and forced to attend a trial for which no notice was provided. Jacob's motion to set aside judgment and request for new trial was filed in August of 2025, but denied by a judge in September. He spoke about the outcome of his case on his own TikTok account. >> As of right now the lawyer that reached out and was going to take the case has let me know that the appeal did not go through and that we can't get the open container removed, so I don't think he's interested in moving forward with the civil the civil side of things uh if we can't get the criminal side of things dropped, you know? >> In the weeks following the public release of the body cam footage, which led to national backlash, the Cap Police Chief Chris Atkinson and Lieutenant Alexander Norman submitted their resignations. Mayor Lowell Walker stated in a press interview, "This was a personal decision on their part. It was something they felt they needed to do." As for the two officers who initiated the traffic stop, according to a Facebook post from the Commerce Police Department, Officer Rhodes relocated to their agency, but was terminated during his probationary period in November of 2025 for violating department policies. Officer Foster is still listed on the City of DeKalb Police Department website as an officer under new leadership. Get less restricted content and an unfiltered look at our cases. For extended coverage, join us on Spotify and see what you've been missing.