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On August 28th, 2025, while on patrol, an officer observed a vehicle with heavily tinted windows and expired tags and conducted a traffic stop. What did you pull me over for? Your tint, tag expired. All right. Do you have your registration license now? I just got something saying that my tag expired, so I got to go back to New Jersey to >> get it. How long are you here for? How long have I been here for? >> No, how long are you here for? Are you living here or are you living in New Jersey? Well, I go back and forth, so I go here. I'm here for a month, then I'm back in Jersey for a month. I work in treatment. Okay. I got you. Your tag expired it looked like in December. Yeah, but I just got pulled over and June and he told me that and then we tried to register it online and it said that I had to go to Jersey to actually do it. So, I'm going to Jersey actually soon tomorrow on my birthday in September. Okay. Do you have the current registration even though it's expired? No, I don't, but I can try to get it to you. I got actually [ __ ] those standards of posting that down. I'm not in there. Y'all good? Yeah, we're good, man. All right, I'm just saying these over here are standing and leaning on this [ __ ] All right, Mr. Granville, do you mind stepping out of the car for me? For what? Just step out of the car, man. You're not in trouble. Just step out of the car, all right? We're going to talk outside, okay? For what, bro? I'm asking you to step out. Yeah, but am I arrested for am I >> not arrested, but you are detained, okay? For United States case law, Pennsylvania versus Mims, okay? If an officer instructs you to exit the vehicle, you must comply. If you do not, you are subject to arrest. I want to avoid that as much as possible, so just please step out. >> but why are you taking me out of my car though? Like you just step out of the car. You just space the car. for me, okay? Make sure you don't have any Make sure you don't have any firearms on you, okay? I don't have no firearms on me, bro. You You just said I'm not being detained. And now you're patting me down. You are detained. You're not being arrested. Just comply, okay? You're being detained. Am I not being arrested for You're not being arrested, you're being detained. >> why are you putting me in handcuffs for? Stop resisting. Stop. In handcuffs? Bro, I didn't even do nothing, bro. You're tripping for no No, the only one tripping is you, man. You're the only one tripping, bro. You're not complying. Don't get in my face. Do not get in my face. Stop. Come over here. Stop. Yeah, I do. All right, so we're recording your actions. >> I'm not doing nothing besides asking what You're resisting when we tell you to resisting arrest. You Am I arrested? Am I resisting being detained? Is that a Is that a crime? Is that a crime resisting being detained? Is that a crime? >> Yes. It is. Resisting being detained? >> Yes, it's called resisting arrest. You just said I'm not arrested. Doesn't matter. So, okay, but think about it. He just said I'm not arrested, so I'm not resisting arrest. >> Okay, if you want to play games, we can just take you to jail for resisting. You can find out real quick how illegal it is. >> Take me to jail for resisting bail out. You acting like you're scaring someone. I didn't do nothing wrong. I didn't do nothing. You can see it on me. I go home and sleep in my bed. You can sleep on a hard ass bed in jail. >> [clears throat] >> [ __ ] You're in a Okay. >> [ __ ] bro. [ __ ] Yeah. [ __ ] Is there anything in that car I should be concerned about? >> there was nothing in that car. The car is getting a >> Can't search my I can. Yes, I can. Can't search my car. >> car is getting a Can't search my car. I'm registered. Can't search my car. Stop getting in his face, bro. Can't search my car. >> Come over here. Sit down. Sit down. Sit down, bro. I'm trying to sit down. You grabbed Sit your ass down. I was just trying to sit down, bro. You didn't even You didn't give me a chance. You're a [ __ ] bro. Yeah. [ __ ] bro. What? You want to hit Stop. You want to hit me? Hit me, bro. Hit me. Hit me. I didn't do nothing wrong. You sitting here trying to take my car for what, bro? All I do is sit here, work, do everything I got to do. I send people rehab. Pull me for what, bro? I didn't do nothing wrong. I'm going to treatment. Stop. You want me to explain to you what I'm doing, yes or no? >> are you taking my car? Because it smells like burnt marijuana, okay? So, that gives me probable cause to search the car, okay? You have No, no. You have two problems, dude. Your tag and the car smells like weed. >> not enough to do with the [ __ ] you're Yes, it is. It's nothing in my car, bro. It's nothing in my car. Okay, so then why are you tripping? Why are you freaking out, man? >> Cuz look at this. This is crazy, bro. >> Because you're not abiding by instruction, man. >> I didn't do nothing wrong. You're not abiding by instruction. It's as simple as that. The only one tripping is you, dude. You're What? Cuz I I didn't even do nothing, bro. Put your leg over here. Crazy. >> I was calm, cool, collected with you the entire time. >> been cool, bro. No, you have not. No, you have not. I told you to sit down. >> And you're pushing against me. You're a [ __ ] bro. Hey, is there anything in there? When did I push against you? >> When I told you to sit down. When did I push against you? When I told you to sit down. Protecting and serving what? Everyone's selling drugs. Everyone Yeah, everyone's selling drugs up the street. What are you protecting and serving right now? Huh? They're up in the store right now selling drugs and what are you protecting and serving right now? You're getting me for tint expired tags and I'm trying to Okay, if you were calm, it would have been a ticket. And that was it. >> Bro, I I said, bro. What do you mean if I'm calm? You got We're raising in my [ __ ] face, of course I'm going to Yes, him. Bro, he's raising, bro. He just tried to [ __ ] slam me on the ground. You said I said, "Give me a second, I'll sit down." When you >> No, you did not say that. I swear to God I did. I said I'm trying to sit. It's all on body cam. Okay, review it right now. I can't. Okay, that's what I'm saying, bro. You're acting ridiculous for no reason. >> not, bro. You guys just slammed me on the ground for no reason. What are you talking about? >> Cuz I told you to get out of his face. You don't get out of his face. >> I didn't get I didn't get in his face, bro. I was sitting right here, bro. >> And I told you to sit down. You were resisting the whole time. >> and I told I couldn't sit because you He had He had a leg lock on my leg, bro. >> one had a leg lock on you, bro. He didn't I I leg swept you. He had >> I leg swept you. >> Okay, but you just said no one had my leg. No one did have your leg. >> But you just leg swept me. You had my leg. So, you had my leg if you leg swept me then, right? >> I I didn't. I leg swept you. >> just said you had my leg, right? Okay, that's having my leg. That's a leg sweep. >> You're just ignorant. Come on, bro. You're ignorant. You just contradicted yourself. You're going to find out real quick how much you were resisting. Going straight to jail. All right. No one resisted, bro. Yeah, you were It's all on camera. Yeah, you're right, it is. It's on camera and I got a lawyer. You don't got a dumb Florida. You got a smart I got lawyers that got money. Well, why don't you go back to where you came from then? Go back to where I You go back to where you came from. I grew up here. You ain't from here, bro. I am from here. >> Nah, you're not from here. You don't know me, bro. [ __ ] Yeah, you're right. You're [ __ ] Yep, you're You are 100% correct. No, y'all [ __ ] with a [ __ ] badge on. Y'all can't do [ __ ] Okay. You know what probably would have happened today, man? If you had just stayed cool. I was cool, bro. That's what I'm saying, bro. Bro, all I said was why is he tripping like that, bro? And I said, "What you pull me over for?" Cuz I didn't do a traffic violation, bro. >> Here's the thing, man. As an officer, we only have to ask you one time to step out of the car. >> Okay, so I was Okay, but you see as a black man why I'd be [ __ ] scared that you're asking me to get out the car. He's already got his hand on his gun, bro. I was Oh, now it's what I You >> were with me. I was the one who pulled >> You just you over, bro. >> Okay, and you were cool and I asked you, bro. I was like, "What am I being detained for, bro?" And then you're like, "Okay." And I was getting ready to get out the car. I opened the car door, didn't I? Yeah. Okay, and I was getting out, right? So, how was I not complying? I just got a problem with the dude who's aggressive in my [ __ ] face and I'm about to get [ __ ] You told me I wasn't getting arrested. You could have me sit here. You could have me do whatever. But I'm being detained, bro. If I'm being detained, why do you automatically put me in handcuffs? All I asked was why the [ __ ] am I getting put in handcuffs if I'm getting detained, bro? I was trying to cooperate. So, what the [ __ ] is y'all talking about? >> the way to solve that problem, Brandon, is I was asking a question. Okay, will you just let me talk for like 2 seconds, please? >> I was asking a question, bro. Will you let me talk? You Y'all didn't let me do [ __ ] You didn't let me do [ __ ] bro. You didn't let me do [ __ ] You need to do is just comply. Okay, but >> You get put in handcuffs, I'll explain this to Okay, but but but you understand? Okay, but All right, but if he told me that if he told me that Will you stop resisting, Brandon? He didn't tell me that. He said He said, "Bro, he said you're just He said, "Get out of the car, you're being detained." I said, "Okay." And then he said and then he's putting and then he's putting cuffs on me. I said, "If I'm not being arrested, why are you putting cuffs on me?" >> Because you can be The cuffs come off as easy as they go on. Okay, but if you literally just sat there for 30 seconds and explained it to me cuz Just cuz the cuffs go on doesn't if you literally sat there for 30 seconds and explained it to me cuz I All I asked was and then you should have explained it. If I'm not arrested, why am I being handcuffed? That's all you had to say, bro. >> would have explained it to you if you would have just >> Okay, but do you understand from my point of view, bro? >> No, Brandon, I don't because you know why? Cuz you're not a [ __ ] black man, that's why, bro. My skin color is not making me a He can't Bro, yes, it does. He came in with a hand on his [ __ ] gun. That dude right there came over to my [ __ ] car, shotgun, hand on his [ __ ] gun. I was cooperating, bro. I said, "What do you It's literally nothing when I'm sitting in the car. I said I said I send people to rehab. I do this. My bad, my car is unregistered. This is what's going on." If you just said, "This is what's Oh, cool. It's nothing else in the car, bro." I would have been cool. Search the [ __ ] car. But when you guys play a game, that's deceitful. >> not playing a game, bro. All right, so why don't you tell me what's up until you handcuff me, bro? That's deceitful. If you let me talk If you let me talk, I'll tell you why. That's not deceitful. You want me to tell you why? Why? Because in our job multiple times and I've been on the job for 5 years, multiple times it takes 30 seconds for things to go bad. 30 seconds for things to go bad. You say you have all this training. I see the Muay Thai gloves, all that crap and crap, right? Let me finish. Let me finish, bro. Let me finish. I see all these gloves. I see all this stuff, right? I don't know you from Adam, bro. I've never met you before, >> that's a good thing, right? >> right? >> 100%. It's a good thing. No, it was not cuz you're going to meet me again now cuz this [ __ ] happened, bro. >> Okay. But you are a I don't think But things break bad in our job and So, we're going to get you secure first >> then you're going to make me lose my job >> And then I will explain. >> and then we'll explain. >> and then how the [ __ ] do you think I'm going to get money to get a new car, >> To get a new car, bro. bro? >> That's >> You These are are results of your your actions, >> do you mean, bro? I was just asking what the [ __ ] was going on, bro. >> Okay, stop asking and just comply and we'll explain it later. Why can't you tell me what's going on if you're not trying to be deceitful, bro? operate, bro. Because So, that's the definition of being deceitful. No, it's not. Okay, let me trick this into getting out the car. Let me put his hands on his back and let me tell him what the [ __ ] is going on. Yeah, we're going to handcuff you. >> Okay, okay. So, he should have told me that I'm going to handcuff you rather than you're being detained for a second. That's the same thing. No, it's not, bro. Cuz you could be detained and sitting on the curb. You could just be sitting there on the curb detained without handcuffs on. You're detained the moment we put our lights on. All right, bro. That's crazy, right? Yeah, but I'm saying, bro. >> level of detainment doesn't change with >> Okay. the handcuffs. >> Okay, okay, bro. But what I'm saying is if I'm just detained and not arrested and I'm sitting there cool, I'm getting out the car. I step Bro, when I stepped out the car, I was cool. I turned around, let him pat me down. He asked if I had anything on me. Let him pat me down. He start putting handcuffs. I said, "Whoa, bro. What are you putting handcuffs on for? Can you explain it to me why you're putting handcuffs on me? Because I don't understand why you're arresting me." We'll let you know. The next time this happens to you, >> bro, bro, what do you mean next time, bro? You just everything up. >> Okay. If there's a next time that this happens, we'll >> just took my car for no [ __ ] reason, bro. Do you see how Do you see how this works? Y'all get mad, so then y'all want to [ __ ] I'm not mad at all. All right, you guys are swinging right now. You're mad, too. Bro, you just tried to slam me on the ground and you couldn't, so you got mad, bro. I don't even want to hear it. I I definitely did slam What? Okay, and I and I under Okay, I understand, but I did not know that. That's what I'm saying. So, I told him I did not know that till June. And I tried to get it registered. Okay, I tried to get it registered. It said I had to go up to Jersey. I told him my birthday is in September. If you look at my ID, that's a fact. I was driving up there to get my [ __ ] done, bro. All right, Brandon. You need to stop resisting. Go in the back of the car. You got to tell him I'm Yep. To work? Uh I'll tell you in one second. I got a double No, I got a double lock on your handcuffs on one second. Just open your hands like this, Brandon. Yep. Open your hands like this. There you go. I got to get some key holes to loosen them up a little bit for you. You know call my dad. You know call my dad. >> Hold on a second. Open this hand. You got to do that if you say you say you work. And when am I getting charged with? Resisting arrest. That's it? That's it. All right, have a seat. Have a seat. Take a seat, Brandon. Yeah, probably. He was charged with resisting arrest and cited for operating a motor vehicle with an expired registration for more than 6 months and having illegal window tints. Share your thoughts in the comments below and don't forget to like and subscribe.
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