Hey, good afternoon, sir. How you doing, man? Deputy Peterson, Sumter County Sheriff's Office. Couple things, I'm going to test it with my meter as well, but your signal back here you got to do it well more in advance than what you did. Man, it was like last second. I don't know if you're just like right here right here right when you turn by here. No, right here at this stop sign when you came here by the elementary school. That's the reason for the stop, man. You got your license, registration, insurance, bud? This is Mr. Hilbert, a young black man driving a Mercedes who was pulled over for a delayed turn signal. However, the situation escalated when Deputy Peterson claimed to smell green and called for a K9 unit. Do you think that just because an officer says the dog alerted they have the green light to ransack your car? Look at Mr. Hilbert's case. Sumter County deputies followed a familiar script. A minor stop, a claim of smelling green, >> [music] >> and a K9 hit. Here's your ticket. Wait, you said it was a take home? What? Appreciate it. You want to walk home now? Yeah. I'm at the You want to walk Tell him to just walk Tell him to walk from the school right at the elementary school. Yeah, this is good right here. And this registration and then uh Okay, just the registration? >> If you have the registration. In the glove. Okay, okay, okay, it is. I thought I had the the picture of >> There we go. There we go. It's on. No, I got it. I got it. All right. All right, just a tiny bit more, man. All right, let me get this checked out. Definitely some green. Smelling green. Yep. What's up, man? What's up? Doing all right today? All right, man. Listen, I'm Deputy Garrett with the K9 unit, okay? I just been requested here to walk my dog around the vehicle on narcotics, all right, my man? Do you have a medical marijuana card? They got you? I thought y'all put for for 10. Okay. Sir, do you have a medical marijuana card? Yes, I have it. Ma'am? I don't know who I'm not worried about who that is on the phone. I'm sorry. Okay, I appreciate that, but we pulled you over, not your mom. He's totally fine. I'm just asking him do you have a medical marijuana card? Tell him to shut the vehicle off. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Come on. Else. Else. Leave it. All right. Hey, Mr. Hilbert. Yes, sir. Hey, the dog did alert to this vehicle, okay? Need you to step out of the vehicle so I can search it. Hey, you've been super cool with me, man. Is there anything I need to worry about? I'll work with you, man. Yes, sir. I don't know. There's nothing in here. Yep. I don't know. It's It's Where Where's Where's Where's my paw? Okay. You can You can still talk on the phone. Just come on out so I can get He said get out of the I said talk on the phone. You heard me? I'm getting out now. Just do me a favor. Just Let me do a quick pat down with you. All right. Thank you, sir. Appreciate you. Just come on back here to my car. Right here on this side, please. You said what? I'm okay. Is there a good bathroom near you? All right. You good? I got him. You good? Yeah, you got me? Huh? You got me right on my phone? Yeah. Do what? Statistics show that in Sumter County nearly 80% of searches following a K9 alert are fruitless. This raises a massive legal question. Are officers queuing their dogs to create a false alert just to bypass the Fourth Amendment? In this specific case, despite the dog alerting, the search yielded zero evidence of a crime, forcing officers to release Mr. Hilbert with only a warning. Mr. I'll give you 35. I got it I got it already I got it already. Back up, buddy. How many feet you standing in front of me right now? Tell me that. How many feet you standing in front of me? You don't even know, so shut up. Following me all the way from the road. I know it. I already know. All the way from the Your old name. I'm glad y'all done this. I'm glad y'all done this. You just walked into it. Really, guy? I asked you to move. What is your name, bro? How far you standing from him, officer? What's your name? Deputy Garrett, sir. What's your What's your badge number? 60216. How far you standing from this car? Probably about 20 ft. No. Two basketball hoops here's to be. You way off, bro. Way off. What y'all pull him over for? Turn my turn signal. Uh, no talk. What y'all pull him over for? I didn't tell you I didn't pull him over, sir. All right. Who pulled him over? Which one of them pulled him over? Peterson. You ain't going to find nothing. Ain't nothing on there. We knew y'all was going to do this. Ain't nothing in there. Let's go. Let's go. Stop the town. I love it. Yes, ma'am. Mr. Hilbert. You got to say it again. All right. Hold on. Y'all done? I'm not done. Come on, let's talk. What you pull him over for? >> We're not done with the traffic stop yet. Okay. I want to know what the traffic stop is. I need to talk to y'all. They've been doing this all day. Y'all been harassing us. That's all right. We got them. We got them now. I love this. I'm glad they did it. I'm glad. I'm glad we on it. I got y'all up here all day doing the same thing, harassing. All day. All day racing taxicab one. All day harassing black people. All day. All day. This is all day. All day. Let me get your card, Dale. Let me get your card. I don't have any cards, sir. Sorry. I gave him my badge number. 60216 That's good enough. I know. You want to check your doors or something? I don't know, man. This is Y'all pulled him over. Y'all did it. What do you actually do now? This one I'm following you from out there. This one right here? 10 10 Ain't no damn 10 in the trunk. What's up? First offense, second you're going to jail. Let's talk. Officer, I need your card, man. I don't need to talk to you, sir. Well, I need a CAD for this car. I need a CAD number for this car. >> CAD number? Yes, sir. What's your name? Sergeant McPeters. McPeters, I know you. What's your badge number? 60275 Please step on this side, please, out of the road. I will. And all of y'all have All of y'all got your body cams on? We do. And Deputy Peterson, you say you don't need to talk to me. Is that Is that correct? >> Yes, sir. And you choose not to. Is that correct? All right. I put you in my name and my badge number as well. That's fine. That's perfect. What did he say he pulled you over for, John? The signal back there at the light. Yeah. He said he smelled marijuana. Mhm. He gave you a written warning? Gave me a warning. A written? Yeah, I'm about to write it out right now. Y'all tyrants, man. It don't make no sense. I know you probably just backing them up, but still you you you come on, man. Come on, man. Special investigations pulling over talking about traffic enforcement. Man, y'all y'all boy Lord have mercy. Case details. Initial reason for stop, delayed turn signal elementary school zone. Police claim odor of cannabis detected. K9 unit requested for free air sniff. 2025 [music] Florida Appeal Court ruling states odor alone is insufficient for a warrantless search. Dog alerted, but search was fruitless. No contraband found. Outcome, subject released with a written warning. Encounter recorded and challenged by a legal advocate on scene.