You have pulled me over for 3 months now for the same bull that ain't even there. >> Okay. I give you my >> 79 decibels. >> I don't want to talk to you anymore. I want your supervisor, please. >> I'm sorry, sir. >> I would like your supervisor. >> I That ain't going to happen. >> This traffic stop from Higginsport, Ohio, is part of a months-long pattern of one officer repeatedly pulling over the same family. This family had been dealing with the same officer for months, getting pulled over again and again over issues that had already been addressed. Every stop followed the same pattern. The officer would come in with one reason, get challenged on it, then quickly switch to something else when his story started falling apart. This time was no different. What starts as a stop over an alleged violation quickly turns into a fishing expedition with new accusations appearing every time the old ones don't hold up. The longer it goes on, the more obvious it becomes that this isn't about enforcement anymore. Watch how a family exposes months of harassment while this officer struggles to keep his story straight. >> Why is he pulling you over? >> I'll find out. >> It's so funny, too, cuz we were literally like right by Casey's. >> Same old guy. >> Hey, how you doing? >> How are you? >> I'm sorry. >> I said, "How are you?" >> I'm doing all right. I believe I talked to you before about your loud exhaust, right? >> Yes, and I got it fixed. Thank you. >> Okay. >> I looked up Thank you for letting me look up the law on that, too. >> Okay. Loud exhaust and your tinted windows, sir. >> Uh the tinted windows are under >> I'm sorry, sir. Sir, listen. >> I'm listening to you. I'm tired of listening to you. >> Okay. >> You have pulled me over for 3 months now for the same bull that ain't even there. >> Okay. I give you my >> It's under 79 decibels. >> This vi- This traffic stop is being audio and video recorded. I understand you all, too, sir. The reason I stopped you was the exhaust is hanging down. It's a defective exhaust as well as a tinted window. I do have a meter here that will check We'll check your tint. So, right now, do you have a driver's license, proof of insurance, registration, sir? >> Um I do. >> Okay. I need that, sir. The state of Ohio requires that upon request of a law enforcement officer, you do have to provide your documents. >> I don't want to talk to you anymore. I want your supervisor, please. >> I'm sorry, sir. >> I would like your supervisor. >> I That ain't going to happen. >> I would like your supervisor. >> I'm going to take one of those. I need your driver's license, proof of insurance, registration. Thank you, sir. I need your proof of insurance, too, sir. >> You already know that. >> stop is not harassment. A traffic stop >> It is when it's uh 2 weeks later. I still got the ticket for it. >> vehicle violation is not harassment, sir. >> Mhm. >> I do need you to roll this window down a little bit so I can check your me so I can check your window with my meter. >> You can see it right there. >> Sir, I do have a window tint meter >> Okay. >> right here. This will not >> They came with >> I need you to >> Are you going to have a traffic stop complaint 3300 Erie They came with the cars. >> Okay. It doesn't make it legal, sir. This has been This has been tested. State law requires 50% or greater sunlight. Right now, you are showing 23% sunlight through your >> I'll do it back here where it's not dirty. >> Sir, 23%. If you want, you can clean this off and it will show 23 23% >> I said 50% or more. >> Okay. I'll look at the law on that, too. >> show 50%. >> You're just out to get it. All right, let me go ahead and get it. >> And I appreciate you video taping this as well as I'm video taping this as well. >> Oh, you're welcome. >> Now you were being non-compliant. State law requires >> I'm being compliant. I I'm tired of being pulled over by you all the time. >> You actually signed documentation saying upon request of a law enforcement officer that requests your driver's license, you will provide that. >> I gave it to you. >> And also there is case law that states that upon request of a law enforcement officer to exit the vehicle, you will exit as well as anybody and everybody in the vehicle. That is case law. Pennsylvania versus Mims, ma'am. And I appreciate you taping that because it's on Okay. >> Pennsylvania versus Mims says that upon request I can have you exit the vehicle. I don't know what's in that vehicle. For my safety and your safety, I had I can ask you to exit the vehicle. Okay? I got the information. Okay, you're good until September this uh this year. >> Correct. >> I appreciate that, sir. So, again, so why did you turn your vehicle off? Was it cuz of uh the defective exhaust or so you could hear me? >> No, I didn't I needed >> Well, sir, can you go ahead and start your vehicle for me? >> Okay. It idles hard. >> Okay, so that's under 79 decibels. >> It's >> No, sir. I didn't say Sir, I did not stop you for loud exhaust. I stopped you for a defective exhaust. It's different. Okay? I will be back with you. >> Yeah, right. >> 1 2 3 4 >> How old is the child in the backseat? >> Why is that relevant? >> I'm sorry. >> Why is that relevant? >> Because in Ohio, any passenger from the age of 8 to 14 in any seat in a motor vehicle must have a seatbelt on. He does not have a seatbelt on. >> Okay, I didn't know that. >> I'm sorry. >> I didn't know that he had it. >> Yes, sir. It's a law. >> I didn't know that. I know it's a law, yes. >> Okay, he does not have a seatbelt on. I hope you're recording this because he does not have a seatbelt on. >> All right. Yes. >> That's child endangerment. So, you're being cited today for one to ten violation as well as transport transporting a child failure to be secured in a seatbelt. As far as your exhaust, the law states it's not a decibel only, it's a defective or modified exhaust. You can buy any type exhaust and put that on there, but if it's defective, if it's hanging down, it's called defective exhaust. So, again, I don't have to show I don't have to tell you who I am cuz it's on the citation. I don't have to call my supervisor. I am a captain here. I don't have to give you my badge number by state law as well as our policy that says I don't have to provide you that, but I will provide you that because it's on the citation. >> Is my information correct on that? >> I'm sorry. >> Is my information correct this time on that? >> Well, it's whatever's in the BMV, sir. This is automated through the BMV. If there's a problem with it, then you might want to talk to BMV cuz everything on here is automated through BMV. >> How do I get my address from my license? >> Automated through BMV, sir. >> I'm just asking. I'm not being sarcastic. >> Let me explain this to you. Here's your information back. Okay. You're being cited today for a violation of 1200, failure to wear a child restraint in the back seat. It is payable. If you choose to show up in court, which is your right, to contest the citation, it's going to be February the 28th at 5:00 here in the Village of Higginsport. If you have any questions after today, here's an information sheet for you. It has the phone number if you elect to do credit card by phone, or if you want to go online and pay it. Either way, if you have any questions, you can call this number here. Okay? >> Cool. >> Any other questions, sir? >> No. >> Okay. Have a safe day. >> By the end of the stop, it becomes pretty obvious why this family kept getting pulled over by the same officer. Every time one excuse fell apart, a new one magically appeared. First the exhaust, then the tint, then paperwork. And when that wasn't enough, he even started dragging a child into the conversation just to justify writing something. This wasn't an officer following the facts wherever they led. It was an officer desperately looking for anything that would stick. This wasn't about public safety, compliance, or enforcing the law. It was about punishing a family that refused to roll over and accept whatever story the officer was selling that day.