on January 12th 2023 officer Jack lrey of the Bloomington Police Department was patrolling an interstate highway in Minnesota as part of his duties while on patrol he reportedly observed a vehicle occupying the center lane instead of moving into the proper lane officer lawrey chose to follow the vehicle for several minutes and ultimately conducted a traffic [Music] stop incident assigned [Applause] [Applause] hey man how's it going do you have driver's license proof insurance I got you reason why I stopped you I saw you on the uh Center laning there for a little bit want to make sure get the drive I'm watching traffic we have people with no headlights ask me officer laughrey approached the driver identified as Ricky Eugene pouncil a health and fitness entrepreneur Mr pouncil was informed by officer lawrey that he was pulled over for driving in the center lane and the officer wanted to ensure he was fit to drive in response Mr pouncil confidently stated to officer laughrey that he was perfectly capable of driving and had been CAU due to other vehicles on the highway without their headlights on notably the road conditions were icy making cautious driving appropriate where you head to tonight home are you still [Applause] Egan sorry what was that that's my uh I got you is this a rental car yeah is this the rental agreement or is this just the do you have the rental agreement I don't have the revised one no but I I rent them have got you I I said I was going to tell you a while a way back but the radio has been bouncing all crazy like I could get on the air till we got here so it's a little bit safer spot time we get hit by a car you know what I'm saying um you like all Val everything like that all good to go right with valid license everything I'm just I'm going to run you second I want to make sure okay following confirmation of Mr pel's valid driver's license officer lawrey inexplicably prolonged the verification process and engaged in unnecessary background checks following the arrival of Officer Taylor hus officer lawrey alleged that Mr pouncil was exhibiting uncooperative Behavior despite previous signs of compliance officer lafrey attempted to justify his suspicion by pointing out that Mr pouncil was traveling 55 mph on a road with a 60 MPH limit a claim that was without Merit it is becoming increasingly apparent that officer LA's unwarranted suspicion was based solely on the tattoos on Mr pel's face and underscored an unfounded assumption about his character license status valid ncic person [Applause] clear hey there ja what's going on um it's an interesting one rental status 4876 um can you send me a Crim history the name of the [Music] notes um rental car pretty distinct reaction to my to uh my presence and then going like 55 in Middle Middle Lane and um look at this dude's picture uh he uh wasn't really Cooperative with me at all didn't want to tell me where he was coming where he was going and uh let's see could probably could be just cuz he's been pulled over a lot but it could be just cuz he's probably been pulled over a bunch but anything got like MP or anything uh just PA courts um conviction of a felony of coercion so in 2010 and nothing since then so I don't know that's like traffic stuff but nothing else so shortly thereafter officer laughrey expressed a desire to do a quick 25 check on Mr pouncil indicating a plan to search both Mr pouncil and his vehicle in the hopes of finding something incriminating this suggests that officer lawrey was inclined to conduct unwarranted searches and to build an unsubstantiated case against against Mr pouncil just going do a quick 25 check and who [Applause] knows there's some Luggage in the back seat too there's what uh like some not like couple bags in the trunk okay area but just from PA courts and like everything like that nothing too crazy that I can see someone else the officers spent minutes on their phones seemingly reviewing Minnesota's laws possibly looking for ways to exploit the situation after officer lafrey stated his intention to pull Mr pouncil out due to perceived lack of cooperation Mr pouncil rightfully skeptical eventually agreed to step out officer L's actions attempting to search without a lawful reason appeared to violate the [Applause] law the federal time I'm going to he didn't seem super Cooperative so I'm just going to pull him out and try talk him about here I'm go this [Applause] way Ricky right all right hey Ricky I got no intention of writing any tickets I'm going to talk to you back here for a quick second we'll get you out here all [Applause] right we just talk to you back here just about you're coming and going want to make sure we're on the same page I just want to clear up some things that's it I'm I'm asking you to get out of the car well the thing is I really need a reason under no I don't need I'm badge 363 like I said man I'm just trying to clear a few things you're coming and going then you want to talk to me I'm trying to talk to you man to man okay sorry it's in your eyes bch [Applause] 363 all right so I just want to talk to you back here back to your car what I'll get you all the information a second man what 363 officer Lowry I know man I'm not going to try to keep that there any longer than I have to do me a favor can you just come around the front here thank you that'd be great [Applause] and we'll come back over here all you just want to go back to my partner so we're on the middle of traffic anything like that so we can go between my car and your [Applause] car all right hey I know it's cold out here you might feel the need to put your hands in your pockets I'll ask you to put your hands out of your pockets or I can either pat you down for your saf um officer LA's eagerness to search Mr pel's vehicle was evident when he shamelessly requested permission claiming it was to confirm or dispel suspicion Mr pouncil adamantly refused consent but officer lavy persisted threatening to bring a K9 unit despite lacking Reasonable Suspicion as no tickets were initially mentioned Mr pouncil eventually consented to end the situation and continue home so the reason I'm trying to talk you out here is when I try tried talking to you the first time you didn't seem super like I tried asking you where you're coming going you know you said you're headed where back home going home in is home Egan no I have a house over here man I mean all those questions really not necessary well again I mean can I get your I need your number B I so you said you're going home I'm going home period where where is your address at at home it's not you said it's not Egan no it's not Egan wait can you tell me I have my address over here address over here well you can follow me if you want I don't want to follow you know like you're harassing me I'm not trying to harass you yes you are I mean I haven't did anything I'm not trying to harass you you searched me I haven't did nothing I didn't search you I just patted yes you did you patted me now I I need your information too can you have a card on ask question go ahead ask me the question so you said over here is yeah over there have a house in Bloomington in Bloomington yeah but I don't need to give you my address okay my address is right here where where were you where were you coming from coming from Lifetime Fitness Life Time Fitness which one in e in E Yeah Okay um what do you do for work what do you mean what I do for work I have my own business what you do for your business yeah okay um how long you this rental car for I keep this rental card a whole year um and then last thing uh what was what what up with like the the bag like workout bag yeah workout bags back thereout bags yeah and how many bags are there in I don't know three or four workout bags um let me ask you this is there anything illegal in the car no is there any uh no it's nothing illegal so guns not that [ __ ] man it's cold out here I know no marijuana no I don't smoke marijuana no cocaine no no I don't do drugs metham dude I do not do drug what's your name what's your I'm officer L Officer Larry I'm not sure why you harassing I'm not trying to harass yes you are you have me in the can I try to exp anything I try to explain to you my my my regional susp to explain everything okay but I'm just saying what's the you haven't really been super quieted with me man I understand people don't like you got my license man it's cold have it back you can have it back it's C reason why I'm asking these things I want to confirm or dispel any possible suici that I may have okay you haven't been super you haven't been super talking with me my turn you contact you okay you Haven been super quop with me all that stuff and you don't really want to talk to it's fine I just want to scratch scratch all these boxes okay SC there's nothing IL legal in the car okay you have the right to say no you the right to say yes I said No period no what no it's nothing dude I I want to it's cold out here and you have me out here for no reason you don't have Prof no you don't you keep cut you keep cutting me off man okay let's get to this point here my intention right now is I want to search your car for any to confirm or topel any suspicious what are you searching my car on I'm telling you know you can't search my car okay that's fine what I'm going to do right now is I'm going to call my K9 see if there's going to alert that's fine if that's what you want to do but you're doing it for no reason I don't have nothing in the car nothing you have the right right now you can hang out right here bump of my car right in the back of my see my car with the windows down with the door open whatever you want whatever you feel more sear the car if that's going to make you happy I don't care can we just get on with this yes we can and I don't I don't want you to feel like I'm you're very harass me search car I have nothing in the car hold on if you're going to let give me a consent search your card and I want to make sure I'm not trying to curse you into it I want know say it's cold out here I don't want to be in in the car I can get in the car you have no reason to detain me okay so let me get so so we're on the same page you're saying that I have the right to search your car yeah but you have no reason to detain me because I haven't did anything you have me in the cold what I'm trying to say to you Ricky keep cutting me off it's going to keep taking this longer you have the right to take away your content anytime if you don't want me to do it you don't have to I just said yes okay if that's what you want to do hang on here with my partner I don't want to keep you longer than I have to we'll get you going okay will you not tear the whole car up yes sir officer laughrey spent a significant 8 minutes thoroughly searching Mr pel's vehicle attempting to find anything suspicious despite his efforts officer lafrey found nothing illegal in an attempt to justify his action officer laughrey seemingly came up with something though insignificant to further question Mr [Music] [Applause] pouncil get in there I'm sorry what I just want to make sure it's unlocked okay thank you [Applause] [Applause] oh [Applause] s I you guys [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] make let so check [Applause] oh [Applause] what [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] self-made is that the brand what under one of them other brand what you mean what's other brand War selfmade just a self-made a soling brand I got remember [Applause] mother [Applause] [Applause] I all right we're just about down here man last question the um like the bag of pills or whatever it is like I was in vitam kind of do you know what kind name they are you take them if you want I don't care I don't want to take I just want to know you like the brand name I don't know name of them you don't know the name of them no um what kind what kind of vitamins are they there vitamins just random vitamins yeah there vitamins like you help me understand like what kind of vitamin they're just vit vitamin C's as far as I know vitamin C capsules yeah like a told you there nothing illegal well like I said man i' show no there vitamin C capsules all they are you know where you got them from TNC I don't remember the day well I don't think you know the day no idea what kind of brand name they would be or no I do not so I'm looking I'm trying to figure out what they what they would be you know you can take them if you want man and get a man Al there's nothing wrong with well I don't want to take anything from you it's not any you know one second than all right man I'm not going to worry about them I could be a fool I could be something or they could be F so you got a card on you I do thank you uh do you want me to try to explain it to you anymore right now or I'm my attorney contact you guys okay um all I need is your card yep thank you very much uh any questions no all right have a great night you're free to go no take nothing like that all right Officer lawrey proceeded to question Mr pouncil about his vitamins and even went as far as searching for them to ensure they were not illegal adding to the embarrassment officer lafrey went back into Mr pel's vehicle to scrutinize the vitamin before finally allowing Mr pouncil to continue driving home following the incident Mr pouncil up uploaded the body cam footage and launched a GoFundMe campaign providing additional details according to Mr pouncil Officer lrey had stated in his police report that the stop was prompted by observing multiple criminal indicators despite Mr pel's complaint the Bloomington Police Department allegedly neglected the matter stating that they had reviewed the video and decided not to take any action at that time as of the current date Mr pouncil has not indicated any plan plans to file a civil lawsuit against the officer or the department