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That's correct. >> Hello. >> Hi. Is that as low as it goes? Do you speak Spanish or English? >> 2:00 in the morning and officers find this car parked in a dark alley, engine running, lights off, the driver crouched down inside. >> I can't hear you. I can't >> Watch how she answers them. She cracks the window one single inch, slurring, barely responding. Here is the thing. You do not have to chat with the police. But when an officer has a reasonable suspicion, you do have to identify yourself and follow lawful commands. The 1-in window is not going to work. >> Okay, thank you. Do you live here? >> No, you're fine. >> Do you live here? >> Um no, I don't. >> You don't? Okay. Do you happen to have an ID on you? >> No, I don't. >> You don't? Where are you from? Well, I'm just kind of checking on your health cuz you seem kind of kind of out of it. >> I'm not out of it. I'm good. Thank >> You're mumbling a lot. Do you mind turning off the car for me? Ma'am? >> Yes, sir. >> Do you mind turning off the car for me? I wouldn't want you to roll back and hit my car or a building. Okay. Is there a reason the car's still on? No? >> The officer asks her to do three simple things. Turn off the car. Unlock the door. Step out. She refuses all three. So, here is the law. >> You said you don't >> During a lawful stop, an officer can order you out of your vehicle. And that rule comes straight from the Supreme Court. Refusing is not standing on your rights. It is obstructing and that is its own criminal charge. Listen to how calm he stays and the warning he gives her next. >> I'm the police, ma'am. She speaks English just fine. She seems like I don't know if she's intoxicated or what the deal is. Are you having a medical issue? No? Okay. Well, ma'am, considering that I'm kind of worried about your level of intoxication behind the wheel, I'm going to need you to step out, okay? I'd rather not force you out, okay? Ma'am, I will break the window if I have to. So, go ahead and lower it. >> He warns her plainly, "I will break the window if I have to." Instead of stepping out, she puts the car in gear and now it gets dangerous. She backs up with officers standing right beside the car. One of them says it out loud, "She's going to kill one of us." This is the moment a DUI stop becomes something far worse. Backing a car at officers is aggravated fleeing and the car becomes a deadly weapon. They deploy spike strips to end it. >> Watch out, she's going to hit Yeah. Oh, she's going to hit your car, dude. She's going to Yeah, she said you should go ahead and get your car. >> Yeah. >> Get out of the >> Cornered, she still will not get out. So, the officers do exactly what the law allows after she refuses. They break the window and pull her out. And yes, they can do that. Once you are under arrest and refusing lawful commands, officers are allowed to use reasonable force to take you into custody. The screaming and the language you are hearing are not the crime. The resisting is. >> Get out of the car, you're under arrest. >> I'm going TO FINISH THIS. >> WITH THE POLICE. YOU'RE under arrest. >> See, I will just speak in English to her. She speaks English. >> I'm under arrest. So, >> You're under arrest. Put it in park. >> IT'S IN [ __ ] PARK. >> ALL RIGHT, UNLOCK THE DOOR. UNLOCK THE DOOR. UNLOCK THE DOOR. GET OUT OF THE CAR, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST. >> I'M OKAY, BUT BUT WHAT >> HEY, let her get Let her get out. >> Oh, okay, but but but what >> Just get >> What? What? What? [ __ ] you. >> Hey, get out of the car. GET OUT OF THE CAR. >> OKAY. I GOT YOU. I GOT YOU. >> PLEASE, GET OUT OF THE CAR. >> OKAY. All right, ma'am. Where you going? You got it. You got it. >> Relax. You're >> Let me up, [ __ ] >> Relax. All right, relax. >> Let me up, [ __ ] >> Yeah, she speaks English now. >> Let Let me up, man. >> All right. All right, we're going to do THAT RIGHT NOW. >> GET HIM. ALL RIGHT. WHY [ __ ] MAN CHARGE ME, [ __ ] >> BRING YOUR KNEES TO YOUR CHEST SO WE CAN lift you up. >> GRAB ME, MAN. MAN, I I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S UP, MAN. [ __ ] >> Bring both your knees to your chest. Knees to your chest. >> I I got you, I got you, man. [ __ ] >> Hold on, I'll put her underneath the car. Don't get out. Hey, let's fight her. >> That's what I'm talking about, man. WHAT THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, MAN. >> Bring your knees to your chest. >> What? What? That's what it is. That's what doing, man. >> Then sit on your butt. >> Well, [ __ ] I I >> Every time you lay on your stomach, we can't GET YOU. >> WELL, GO [clears throat] [ __ ] That's why And and >> At booking, she refuses the breath test, which in Illinois triggers an automatic license suspension. She gets written a notice to appear, and she would have walked right out that door, except she had an active warrant from another state with full extradition. So, instead of going home, she went to county. Six charges, a car used as a weapon, a broken window. So, here's the question for you. Did the officers handle this the right way, or did anything they did go too far? Tell us in the comments. And the full case file is linked below. >> You my [ __ ] [ __ ] >> THAT'S RIGHT.

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