[Laughter] Yes, ma'am. >> Still here. Still waiting for your ID that you won't give me. >> Yeah, >> I'm not a bad person. >> I'm not at all. I don't deserve it at all. >> It was the morning of August 13th, 2024 when cops pulled over a car that had been flying past the speed limit. The events that followed left even the most seasoned officers frozen. No amount of training could prepare them for the woman behind the wheel. >> It's actually speed at 35. You're going 53 this morning. What was that? >> It was It was three people in front of me now. I won't record this because this is outrageous. >> Okay. Have your driver's license and insurance. >> What am I? I don't understand why I was being pulled over. Can you show me the the uh what I was the speed I was doing? >> I want 53 and a 35. >> Can you show me I'm asking Can you show me be on the camera for port? >> I know. Can I want to see the camera now? >> I can't do that. >> Can I see your uh Can I speak to your supervisor? >> Sure. You have your driver's license and insurance? >> I'm asking for a supervisor. I'm asking for your license and insurance. >> I'm asking for a man a supervisor. >> Okay. In the meantime, I need your driver's license. >> I'm asking for a supervisor. Can I see a supervisor, please? >> The officer opened with a calm greeting, but her response wasn't warm. She shot back with excuses and protests and then pulled out her phone to record the entire scenario. >> Yes, my speeder is requesting a supervisor. >> Supervisor's on the way. I need your ID. Ma'am, I've asked for your ID repeatedly. >> So, you don't have an ID? >> Not an emergency. She's just not cooperative at all. >> She's mad. >> What? Did you give her a ticket? >> I mean, give me one. She was a stopper and said she was 153 and a 35 and she refused to give me her ID. She started requesting a supervisor from the start. >> Things were soon getting out of hand and the last thing officers wanted was trouble. They took every subtle act into consideration and called in for more units to handle her. >> Yeah, I figured you need to >> and it's a rental car. Yeah, let's do what we do. You want to try again? Is the sergeant on his way? >> I'm go see if she can hear her. Did you give the other officer your your ID, ma'am? I can't hear you. Ma'am, ma'am, just give me out for one second in case you didn't know. We don't have to show you our stuff. >> I have I'm recording. >> Yeah. Okay. You have rights, too. But we don't we don't have to show you that stuff, ma'am. >> You don't have to show So, I don't have to show you. >> No, that it does it doesn't work that it doesn't work that way, ma'am. >> What started as a brief exchange of words had turned into an argument about rights and laws. It's the kind of stunt people like her pull when things go south. What she didn't realize was simple. According to the traffic law, rights don't cancel responsibility. And she was about to learn it the hard way. our radar equipment. No, we don't. >> No, we don't. Ma'am, >> if you have you I want to verify. How you going to accuse me? It was officer. Listen, it was cars in front of me. How did she pick me out of all the people? Where's her proof? Can you ask where's her? >> Ma'am, may we please have your >> He's asking for your ID, dear. I didn't break you. >> Can we have ma'am, can we have your ID, ma'am? That's all we need. >> I just explained all that to you. And yes, I did, ma'am, cuz we don't have to show you what our radar stuff reading is. No, we don't, ma'am. Maybe for court, but not right now. >> Y'all know we are too, ma'am. phone raised and eyes locked on the officers. She tried to assert control over the officers, but that's not how traffic law works. In reality, officers don't owe drivers a roadside presentation of evidence. >> You can make this process go a whole lot faster. >> Very. >> Okay, I got I got time. >> So, can I speak to your supervisor? Can you bring your supervisor out? >> They're in route. Okay, >> try. resolved without a supervisor. >> See your supervisor come in. >> Okay. All right. We'll be back. >> You said this is a >> Yep. >> It's going. Yeah. I want you to also understand that by refusing to give your ID, you'll be subject to arrest or you will go to jail. If that's what you're waiting for to provide identification, you you can be arrested for not providing your ID. Refusing to hand over your ID at a traffic stop is a reckless gamble, one she seemed all too eager to take. However, no sin goes unpunished. And under US law, nearly 20% of drivers who refuse identification face arrest, a reality many like her learn the hard way. >> Under a threat of arrest, I will provide ID. >> Ma'am, can you at least keep your hands visible during the traffic stop? Put your hand on the steering wheel. You can record with your other hand, but take that other hand. Yep. Fantastic. I appreciate that, dear. Thank you very much. That's wonderful. I still can't hear you cuz this window is up. I still have no idea what you are saying, but I appreciate you for uh for putting it on. Okay. >> I can't What are you saying? >> No. No, I cannot. You're No, you're currently uh this is a traffic stop. >> Okay, that's good. I don't know that. >> I I've never met you before. I I don't know what's in your car. Please keep your hand on the steering wheel, dear. Thank you. >> Making me nervous. >> Okay. >> Are you nervous right now? >> Making me nervous. You're not providing your ID. >> Okay. >> Given the circumstances, most drivers hand over their ID without a fight. Fear of the law usually does the work for them. But she wasn't like most drivers. Instead, she was the kind who thrives on attention. >> That's what we do, ma'am. On a traffic stop, we walk up. do any I didn't do anything wrong. How can you prove that? >> It's on my LAR gun. >> I do. >> It's called probable cause, dear. That is the standard that we have met today. >> Yeah. Probable cause of a traffic infraction. >> What's your name? >> Hey, I can't hear anything you're saying with your window. >> What's your name? >> I'm asking for your name. >> Riley. Right here on my See, right there. Can you read? >> Yep. There you go. >> Officer Markham. >> Officer Markham. Yes, ma'am. >> What's that? >> My supervisor name. The supervisor coming here. >> That gentleman is not my supervisor. >> What's his name? >> I actually don't know his name. That's a daytime traffic unit. I've only seen him a few times. I hear they're rare. >> By now, it was obvious which angle she had picked, demanding names while keeping hers tucked. A perfect example of someone steeped in superiority. Meanwhile, the officers couldn't help but laugh. your car. >> That's correct. >> Oh, because you're refusing to provide your identification. >> So, you stole my car for nothing, but I didn't. >> No, you did not provide your identification. That is what you did do. >> I do that. >> I believe she said you were speeding. Is that correct? >> Instead of providing your ID and uh possibly getting a speeding ticket, you're now your car is now getting towed. 12:00 and this could have gone completely different. That was on you and there's not no reason. You have refused to provide your ID >> and I didn't even do anything. You say that I >> you you say you didn't do anything. >> You said that I was >> I did say that and you were >> said I was correct. >> Yes. 53 and 35. >> So I was doing 53. So everybody was doing 53. >> Then came the moment she couldn't argue past her car being towed. It was a natural fallout of ignoring the law. But that's not how she saw it. Instead of being responsible, she started arguing that everyone else was speeding, too. Daring to turn her defiance into a universal excuse. >> And she's admitted to speeding now. It's impressive. >> Right. Correct. >> No. >> So, I was the only one. So, was it cars in front of me? >> No. >> It was cars cars in front of >> There were cars in front of you not going 53. >> There were cars. So, how are you going to get to a tow truck? Where's the supervisor at? How you going to tell someone when I ask for a supervisor? I don't need a supervisor to tow your car, ma'am. >> I do not. >> You can go viral. >> No. >> Good day, sir. >> I don't know how you guys do it. >> I could not do it. I I I just don't have no patience. >> No patience. Yeah. Yeah. >> If that cracks in the window, my teeth are going. I'm serious. I ain't got time for this. Determined to become the punchline, she carried on so over-the-top that even bystanders were raising eyebrows, struggling not to judge or laugh. And her recording that was clearly destined to rack up millions of views. The same kind of attention she seemed to crave. >> Oh man, there's always there's always one somewhere. >> People that might really need your guys' help. This >> Yeah, I know. >> I watch those videos and I'm like, what in the hell does this world come to where a cop can't do their job? >> Yeah, I know. Yeah, more people are going to show up. She's calling her calling her family. >> Time to uh move her from the car. >> Okay. Dear, dear, I'm going to ask you I'm going to give you a lawful order to step out of the vehicle. Ma'am, I'm giving you a lawful order to step out of the vehicle. Okay. Lawful order to step out of the vehicle. You're you're failing to provide your ID at a lawful traffic stop, which is a crime. >> Okay. So, you can either you can either roll the window down or I will break it. Her desperate calls to reach out to family were pointless. As under US law, refusing to hand over ID isn't harmless. Officers are empowered to enforce it, and continued defiance can lead to arrest or towing, which is exactly what happened in this case. >> Right. >> So, ma'am, you've been given plenty of opportunities here. You are you going to provide your ID? >> Are you going to provide your ID? >> Are you serious? >> Absolutely. Are you going to provide your ID? >> What? What did I do wrong? >> Speeding. Speeding was the reason for the traffic stop. Are you going to provide your ID? Are you going to provide your ID? Okay. I've asked you several times. You refused to answer. Are you going to step out of the vehicle? >> Are you going to step out of the vehicle? >> Okay. Ma'am, you are now under arrest. You are under arrest for obstruction of official business and pre failing to provide your ID. Step out of the vehicle. Step out of the vehicle or I will break the window. Step out of the vehicle or I will break the window. Ma'am, I'm telling you one more time. >> When calm doesn't work, procedure does. And in that instant, her choice turned a roadside squabble into an arrest. The officers were left with no choice. She was arrested for obstruction and failing to identify herself, joining the thousands each year in the US who face the same charge. And the consequences were telling. 90 days in jail and fines close to $750. At this point, she had an option to either cave in and give up or put up a fight. Guess which one she went with. >> Step out of the vehicle or I'm going to break the window. >> Okay. >> Oh my Oh my god. >> Step out. >> No. I didn't do anything wrong. Okay. >> I didn't even do anything wrong. >> Oh my god. This is crazy. Oh my god. Your hands together like a frame. Wow. Are you serious? >> Oh yeah. It's on. Wow. Okay. Can you switch your legs for me? Her screams filled the car, but the charge was already written. In traffic stops across the US, broken windows rarely bring sympathy. They bring cuffs. Court records replay the same scene year after year. Glass splintered, doors forced open, suspects dragged out screaming. And now she was living that very statistic. >> Is this the supervisor? >> Yes, it is. here. >> Can I speak to your supervisor, please? >> Sure. Have a seat. >> No problem whatsoever. >> That's what you're here for. >> I don't have a seat when there's all this stuff right there. >> Scoot in around your fine. >> I'm trying to sit down, ma'am. >> Are you the supervisor? >> I am. >> And what's your name? Sergeant McDonald, >> I have done nothing wrong. I have done absolutely nothing wrong. Officer, I promise to God on my dad's grave. My dad is deceased. And they she pulled me out over I asked her and it's all on my recording on my phone. I asked her, "Was there any like how did you pull me out of the lineup out of all these people that was driving on the vehicle?" I asked her, "Was it I said, "Was I only was I the only one on the road?" She said, "Yes, I was not officer. It was vehicles in front of me." >> While trapped in the patrol car, the moment she had been demanding finally arrived. the supervisor's arrival, but the grand entrance barely ruffled her. If anything, it only made her that much more bolder. Watching closely, you'd see she was the kind who could stoop to any level to protect her sense of entitlement. And she proved it right there by invoking her late father's memory. How did you pick me out of all the people? That's why I don't understand. I was not I was not speedy at all. I'm kind I was going to the shop. That Oh my god. I was going to the shop. I'm I'm trying to look for a stolen car. Yeah. >> Why? Your car? >> Yeah, it's I've worked for a business. >> Who do you work for? >> For Mor rental cars right down the street and I was going there to to put information so I could have in the system. >> So I guess the whole thing is ma'am if she said she got you speeding. >> She did not I >> You can't say that. You don't know how these machines work. You don't know how they >> And that's the thing. I was not speeding. That's the funny part about I was not speeding. How why would I speed? >> That's not That's not something that we debate on the side of the road. If that's how you feel, then that's something you got to go to court for. And >> that's fine. I'll just go to court for that. I'll go to court first. I'll just go to court. >> If she says that she had you speeding and she writes you a ticket, you still have to give her your information and go that route. This is >> I have to speak to a manager. I asked to speak to a supervisor. She >> You see, she openly admitted working in the car business. But when it came to speeding, suddenly it was some foreign concept she couldn't grasp. >> They them two had pulled up and I asked to speak to a supervisor. They was like, "Okay, well, he's on his way." And then he broke the glass and everything for no reason. All I said was, "Let me speak to a supervisor." You didn't have to go through that extent to do all this extra stuff. >> Calling other people to come here and everything else. >> The owner. That's the own. Oh my god. I called the owner. I'm scared. You guys are >> Did you ever give them your information? >> I didn't because I didn't understand what I mean. But listen, you got to you got to look at it this way. You are being uncooperative with them from >> How am I? No. How am I being uncooperative? >> You get pulled over by the police and you're driving. I didn't even do anything talking over me. You're required to show them your your drugs. >> Why am I required? I don't have rights. Where's my rights at the end? >> So, I don't have rights. If you're part of a traffic, I'm not saying you don't have rights. I'm saying you are required to provide information >> and and you're the supervisor. >> I want I I can't wait for this all to be on documentations. >> Okay, that's fine. >> She believed that dragging a third party into the scene might soften the fallout, genuine panic mixing with performative fear, but she quickly ran into a wall claiming confusion over her ID. But US law doesn't excuse not understanding. At this point, the officers cut straight to the point, labeling her plainly as uncooperative. >> It's It's like driver's ed 101 that you're required to show your driver's license when you get pulled over on a traffic stop. >> Are we done talking? >> Have a good day. >> That's funny that y'all could do all this, but y'all can't find a stolen car that I've been looking for. >> We just found a different stolen car today. >> We're just too busy. Was it a Jeep Cherokee? >> Yeah. >> Was it a Jeep Cherokee? >> Uh, no. >> Oh, yeah. That's what I'm looking for. A Jeep Cherokee that's reported stolen. It's I have documentations that it's stolen. That's why you see that contract in the vehicle. >> I'm sorry. >> Yeah. >> So, ma'am, uh I don't know if you've been informed. I already told you you're under arrest, but you're also going to be going to Summit County Jail today. Is there anything in your purse that would be considered contraband? Any uh marijuana, anything like that, or uh uh tobacco products? Mm- not that I'm aware of. >> That's the owner right there. >> The owner of the vehicle? >> Yes. >> It's basic driver's ed 101. Show your license when stopped. Yet here she was arguing as if that rule were optional. Distractedly questioning the officer's priorities while clinging to her story about chasing a stolen car. >> I work for a a rental car company. >> Oh, I gotcha. >> And I have done nothing wrong. I'm trying to tell you I did not do anything wrong. >> You did fail to provide your ID after being >> But I did not do How did I She didn't even verify me speeding. I wasn't That's the funny part. I was That's what court's for. >> But I did not I was not even speeding. That's the crazy part. >> And that's what court's for. >> If you weren't speeding and she can't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, then you can't be convicted of speeding. But uh out here on the streets is not where we can argue those things. >> This is crazy. Can you at least get my keys that's in the vehicle and put them with my belongings? >> Uh, they got like your house keys on them. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Let me grab >> Could you at least look for that Jeep that I'm looking for to check these cameras? >> I I promise you, dear, if it's stolen and uh it's We have a list of of vehicles we all actively look for. >> Cuz I noticed I when I called the detectives yesterday and spoke with the detectives, they were saying that it was like hanging off a copy like through the cameras. >> Oh yeah, probably. Yeah. Even in handcuffs, all she cared about was the stolen Jeep. What she seemed to forget and the officers reminded her of was that she was officially under arrest, heading straight to county jail where her protests would have to continue behind locked doors. >> What's your head? >> First, this could have been avoided. It was a speeding ticket. >> I wasn't even speeding. >> Traded all of this. >> I'll fight you in court, that's all. Dude, I I don't I got to go sit on some. This is not going well this morning. >> Warrants this. It was a speeding ticket. Speeding ticket. >> So bad. So bad. >> What are all your charges? >> I don't I didn't even do anything. That's a crazy mother. I was so confused that I had to speak to his supervisor. I was just giving the information. >> Her supervisor showed up. >> I had to speak to his supervisor. He wasn't even happy like a supervisor. They was like rest. I'm just so scared cuz I didn't do anything. I didn't even do anything. >> When everything unraveled, tears followed. Not from regret, but more from the disbelief of being caught in the chaos she created. The best part, even the supervisor's arrival didn't register as enough. She still seemed to be searching for someone higher who could untangle the mess she insisted on making. >> All was just going to the shop and that's all I'm looking for. I work for my business. I'm looking for a stolen car. I was like speeding. I'm not even like that. That was so crazy. And that's all I was asking was to start. I was trying to put the key back up and I asked for the G. That was it. And I was about to go by [Music] and then we just had this person come out and just listen to me. He wasn't even trying to be listen to me. That's the sick part about it. Like I didn't even do anything wrong. I'm so hurt right now because it's like I'm not even a bad person. I'm not a bad person. I'm not at all. I I don't This is so heartbreaking for us right now. >> The woman was eventually taken to jail. And yet, even staring down the consequences, she refused to bend. In the end, she was charged with just one thing, obstruction. 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