Step out. You got to shut that window. Open it now. Step out. Right here. This young driver is pulled over for allegedly making a wide turn. When he rolls up his window and calmly says it's for his safety, the officer treats it as suspicious and escalates the stop. As the driver's father records the encounter, the officer claims interference and orders another officer to arrest him. The incident raises serious questions about Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable detention and the First Amendment right to record police in public. 320, going to send me a unit when you got available. Hey, roll your window back down. What's up? My name is Sergeant Schimdt with the Kel Police Department. You're being stopped today. You made a wide right turn when you turned from 17 or 9 to 377. Any reason why you're rolling your window up when I walk up to this car? No, sir. You had You've been driving it down for the past mile. I just rolled it up. All right. Step out of the car for me. Step out. You got to shut that window. Open it now. Step out. Right here. Face that direction. Face that direction. Put your hands right behind your back. Don't move. You understand? One scene for a routine traffic stop. Ain't nothing going on. You rolled your window up. What does that look like to me? I mean, I'm just rolling it up because I I just like my safety. For your safety? Yeah. Nothing. I rolled up my window. >> Take off. That's my dad. Yeah. I rolled I rolled up my window. 320, give me a unit code now. And he got mad cuz I rolled up my window. Step right here. I rolled it up. Separate your feet. Yeah. >> You're about to be arrested for blocking the roadway if you don't park and get out. I rolled it I rolled >> Park over there. >> I said I can. It's my right. >> You are interfering with my job. You need to go park over there. I'm just recording you. I rolled up my window like you said it was my right to roll up my window. >> No, it's not. Do you have any weapons on you? >> No, sir. Is your ID in your wallet? >> Yes, sir. Why on earth are you acting like this? I'm just nervous, man. Look. Okay. I'm sorry. It was a routine traffic stop, all right? I've never met you before. Yes, I know. And then the first thing Look, to me if you're rolling up your window when you walk up a So, it's even more suspicious, right? You've been cruising It's a hot day. You've been cruising around with your window down. >> Yes, sir. And the first thing I do when I walk up is Here the officer focuses on how the driver's actions look suspicious. Under the Fourth Amendment, officers must rely on specific and articulable facts, not subjective impressions alone. I can roll roll my window and then shut the door and lock it. That's what I was told. By who? >> My dad, by the the law, the government. >> Okay. When you're doing that, you're taking away I can't see anything. Mhm. Apart from the fact it's it's it's rude. I It's rude, is it not? I'm trying to have a conversation with you. You rolled up the window. And I'm trying to do my job and now you're taking away Just watch him. I'm to what? I'm to stand here? Yep. Hurry up. Arrest him. For what? For blocking the roadway. Blocking the roadway? Yep. So, he starts acting nervous as can be. I said about to step out of the car. He proceeds to roll out of the car. And I thought he was going to drive off on me. Pulled it out open. Step He This is neighbor. He lives over here. He's feeding uh son. Told him what kind of a situation And I said, "No, no, sir, you leave." I said, "Sir, if you do not If you don't leave," I said, "you're you're going to be detained for uh for blocking the roadway here." So, then he proceeds to back up all the way, parks over there, and he he walks up into my scene multiple times. I said, "You're done. You're under arrest. I'm going to take you into custody for the traffic violation, interference, and uh he resisted, so he got sprayed. We took the kid right now. He's only detained to sit in the back of my car. We've had a very lengthy conversation. He's been reasonable. I'm quite certain there's narcotics in the car, so I think I'm going to go ahead and arrest him for the wide right turn. In his official report, the officer claimed the second vehicle driven by the young man's father approached from behind and refused to move, a claim contradicted by the footage. He justified the arrest as blocking the roadway for officer safety. After an internal investigation, he was demoted. The incident highlights how changing justifications during a stop can raise serious Fourth Amendment concerns. Will the First Amendment protect the right to record police in public?