In this body cam footage, officers stop a woman driver who refuses to hand over her license and vehicle documents. Even after being told her car will be towed. Instead of cooperating, she grows increasingly combative, turning what could have been a routine traffic stop into a heated standoff. >> Cannot. >> Stay in the car. Get in the car. >> All right. I will stay here. >> Now get in the car. Close the door. >> What did I do wrong? No, I'm not. I got to use the back. Mom, can you come outside? He wait till I get home to pull me over. I got a [ __ ] bad as hell. Like I'm gonna be real. Like I'm getting mad to been talking to me smart. Like I ain't with that. You telling who you getting smart for? >> Cuz you open the door. >> Okay. You said I'm I'm talking to you like I'm I'm not understand like a then don't open the door. Y'all got to make you talk to see a female. Nill chill. >> I got a poop. Mom, just chill out. Let him talk. >> Give me your license, registration, insurance. >> Yeah, you can get all of that. But deem >> your voice at >> He I had to drop him off. You know, I work every day. He waited till I got home. >> Can I ask you why you pulled me? No, I >> When you get your stuff When you get your stuff. >> Mom, you got to tell me why he pulled me. I >> And and lower the window. >> Yeah. >> There is a reason. Now, don't worry about it. Get inside. >> See, you see how much of a dick he has been? >> No. No, >> there is a reason. Don't worry about it. >> Hi. Excuse me. Is there Is there a reason why you >> Now give me Give me your stuff and I will give it to you. >> Just give him I am. I am. But can I ask him a question? I need to know why I was pulled tonight. >> Yo, you're going to shut the hell up before you get arrested for a suction. All right. Cuz you going to piss me the off now. Get your ass inside the house. >> You see how rude he is? >> Just give him the stuff. >> I am. >> Joey, start pulling up here. Matter of fact, just write me a ticket for not having my [ __ ] I don't give a >> I need additional unit. >> I don't got my license on. I don't know where it is. >> Just be quiet. >> Go in the house and be quiet. >> These neighbors got to sleep. Just be quiet. >> That's weird as heck here. I don't know this song. Take this. >> Thank you. >> Just give him what he want. Damn. >> Mom, I need it. Mom, it do matter. He's doing his job. >> It do matter. I need to know why he pulled me. I didn't do nothing wrong. >> She's just getting aggressive. I was by Okay, just >> finish getting this stuff because I do got to go. >> We got family members coming outside the house. >> No, just go just give him >> a no reason I should be getting pulled anyway. >> Give him stuff. He going to go right there. Run it. What matters is why I got pulled too. Now I'm giving you stuff. >> Maybe you're the only one that's being reasonable. Can you just do me a favor? Sit over there. >> You not you not being you're not compromising with me. I asked you why did I get pulled tonight >> and I'm telling you I will tell you when you give me all your stuff. You're making you're making it long. You said you better use the bathroom. You're making it long. >> [ __ ] I don't got my license. I told you that. Write the ticket for I don't got my license. I told you that. >> Yo, watch him too on the top window. >> He ain't doing [ __ ] in the window. He don't even get out. >> No, he don't know how to relax. Officer, what? What's >> Munos? Munos. >> Munos. >> Relax. >> Yo, this is expired, too. >> That probably expires. >> Look. Did you look me up when you wasn't behind me? You looked me up, right? >> I did look you up. So, let me get where you say you don't have a license. >> I have license. >> So, where's it at? >> I don't have my license in here on me. I'm telling you, my license. >> Yeah, you got a picture license. I >> definitely do. >> All right, that's fine. >> This is so uncalled for it. >> Mom, please. Because I don't know why I'm getting pulled over tonight. >> Mom, I'm asking why did I get pulled over? It don't work like that. It don't. Period. You can tell he been a dick. It don't just work like that. I ain't never hear no cop not tell me why you pull me over >> when you remember when I told you if you give me your stuff I just tell you >> it don't work like that. No cop ever pull me over and said that [ __ ] >> No, that's that that's not me cop. That's a different cop say that [ __ ] Yeah, ahead cops. Officer Muno, >> hurry up and give me a license. >> Don't Don't rush me. It's the way you talk to people. Watch how you talking to me, dog. >> All right. All right. >> Wrong with you. >> Yo, chill out, man. >> No. Tell him to stop talking to me how you talking to me too much. No, I can't. I'm mad cuz I ain't I don't even know why I'm pulled. >> Yo, but I get you mad, but this isn't helping anything. >> I don't care. >> I can't. I got a [ __ ] and I'm mad. I got to work in the morning. I'm cool for no reason. You won't even You won't even tell me why you calling me. There you go. >> You won't even tell me. >> My new one didn't come in the mail yet. >> Yeah, that that the one I got is expired. I just lost it like a couple days ago. Like literally, I don't know. It's probably in my car somewhere. Like I'm all over the place. Honestly, I'm being right there. >> If you would have stopped like right there. >> It's just the fact that I was right here. >> Yo, this would have been like so much easier. You know that like you got like 1 2 3 four people. No. No. You open the door. When you open the door on me and I'm here, what am I supposed to think? >> You could come out with a goddamn gun for all I know. So when I tell you to sit in the car, what do you have to do? >> No, bro. It's the way you talk. Excuse me, ma'am. If you ran my >> I don't know who you are. I don't know who you are. Okay. But >> so just don't open the door. I'm not going to argue anymore. All right. I'm not going to take this. Take this. I'm not arguing with you. >> You should understand that as a person that owns the car that's driving the car. You didn't know nothing. >> So why the hell you opening the door? >> Because I'm live here. I got to use Listen, I just got diagnosed with having a bad stomach. My stomach hurt now. I got to work in my little annoyed just because I don't even listen. You got pulled over for your tent. You have 5% tent on this window. >> Thank you. >> All right. That's it. That's it. >> But now you look what you caused cuz you don't want to stop. >> You see what I'm saying? I didn't cause this. >> You just being a [ __ ] for Can we not I got to go to work, please. >> I'm sorry. Like I I just I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don't mean to cause no problem. I just didn't know. Like I I ride around with tits all the time. State troopers, they don't pull me. I know you guys be doing do pulling people, but I didn't know. I I did everything right. You follow me for a while. You get what I'm saying? That's why I'm like, "Well, what did I do this? What did I do?" >> Cuz I want to make sure that we're in a good spot to pull you over. >> Yeah. I wanted to make sure too because I'm like well I'm right here and you see I stop right there and I'm like well let me just come right here. >> So when you Okay. So when you stop there and then you pull up here it's weird and then when you open the door it's weirder. >> Okay. >> You see what I'm saying? Yes. >> All right. That's all you needed to say from the >> I'm sorry. >> That's all you need to say from the jump. >> I'm not a th I'm sorry. >> It's not funny. Can I poop now? Can y'all write me a ticket or something? >> You are getting tickets but it's going to come in the mail. All right. >> All right. >> You're getting a ticket for no license. >> That's fine. >> You getting for expired reg. Oh [ __ ] Can wait if I can if my mail here and that's in there. Can can I give it to y'all or no? >> Mom, can you see if my license came? >> All right. >> Huh? >> Let me just expired. >> It's expired. >> The one they just gave me is expired. >> Yeah, that one. Can you look me up then and see that that I'm not expired? Thank you so much. >> Is that Ramirez? Can you call I'm going to need to get out the car for you. We'll throw in your car. >> You can't hold me. >> You can sit there all you want. That's fine. >> He said he said this is uncalled for, man. >> No. Please get off me. >> Can you stop? No. You're being aggressive to her for this. The only way I work everything, bro. Please. Mom. Mom. Hell no. Hell no. No, I'm not giving it to my kids. Please, please. >> Don't try to hurt me. You're no respect. >> I can't even hear. I did bite you. I did not bite you. >> Let go of the key. >> Just let go of the key. >> Stop. I bite you. I bite you. Okay. Okay. Get the off. What the hell are you doing? Thank you. >> As you can see, this encounter spiraled quickly, but it didn't have to. The officers followed her home and chose to tow the vehicle because her license was expired. She in turn refused to cooperate and things escalated from there. Here's the reality. Situations like this are often about control, not resolution. While it's debatable whether towing someone's car truly makes the public safer, refusing to comply on the spot usually gives officers more justification to use force. The smarter move is to often stay calm, document the interaction, and fight the decision later through legal channels instead of on the roadside. This does not excuse heavy-handed policing, but it shows how knowing your rights and keeping composure can prevent a traffic stop from turning into a physical confrontation. >> God, I want to work. That's up, man. No. Wait. Wait a second. Stop. You got to wait. Wait. Wait. Just wait a second. I'm asking y'all to wait a second. I can't breathe. Stop. Ow. You're hurting me now. I can't breathe. Mom, it hurts. [Music] >> We're going to set you up. Okay. >> Ready? Let me talk to you. >> Let me talk to you. What's up, >> man? He was being real [ __ ] to him, man. He was being real, man. When he first pulled him over, he wasn't even trying to. Nah, she was cooperating. Look how she acting. But that's how All right. >> All right. But that's after the fact. You know what I mean? That's after the fact. >> This is not normal behavior. >> All right. But that's after the fact. What's >> you up? Come on. >> Off to me. Y'all get the man off of me. Mom, what the name is? What the name is? Yo, what the [ __ ] is his name? Excuse me. I got the right to know what the [ __ ] is his name. >> No off stupid dumb. I didn't invite you work. I got kids to feed. You aed up individual. I hate you. You ugly like this. You wouldn't. >> No. Leave me the alone. Period. You talking about take this. Leave my [ __ ] >> Yo, stop charging me. >> I'm not doing that. charge. >> What? I didn't charge at him. I'm getting my shirt. >> Chill out. >> Put a shoe on. >> Give me my shoe. Please. I'm asking for my shoe. You just had my shoe. Why you being smart? No. My shoe. Okay. We'll give it to you at the station. >> You guys are evil. station. Wow. Sorry. Expired. >> Valid. >> It's valid. >> It's valid. >> It's valid. >> You're right. Expired. >> It's expired. >> The one they just gave me is expired. >> Yeah, that one. Can you look me up then and see that that I'm not expired? >> Thank you so much. >> Is that Ramirez? Keep going. >> This moment shows why composure is everything. If the woman had stayed calm and rational, the situation could have turned in her favor. Think about it. The officers admitted the car was valid. If they had gone ahead and told it anyway, that would have been a clear-cut lawsuit. But when emotions took over, the one officer claimed she bit him, that potential case was thrown out the window. Allegations like assault on an officer shift the focus away from the officer's misconduct and place all the pressure back on the civilian. The takeaway here is simple. Staying calm under pressure can sometimes be the strongest legal weapon you have. Because every emotional reaction gives them more leverage, while composure keeps the spotlight on their actions, not yours. >> Okay. Still under arrest. >> What paperwork does she give you? >> It should be in the car somewhere. So then he start. [Applause] >> All right. So, come here. >> So, you looked up the tag as and verified that it's it's not expired. >> It's up to date. So, what documentation did she give you? >> She gave me some of the stuff from March. So the registration you gave you said was from March. Yeah. Is that a stool in the car? >> It should be. I don't know. I don't know. [Applause] >> Where's the registration at? >> When she hand it to me, I can hand it back to her. I don't know where she put it. Then you guys can [Music] Um, what is they looking for? >> The red paper. >> Did she say she had a registration? You can run the back of the tag. >> Yeah, but we just need to verify the registration that he gave the officer. That's all. >> I don't know. >> Give me like a white slit. >> I don't I don't know if she should if she got >> your mom, right? You said yes. >> How old is she? >> She Na is 25. >> 25. Okay. So, she's not. >> No, she's not defeated. Mr. You can stop acting like, "Oh, she's not a kid." We know she's not a king. >> Okay. So, listen. We're done here. The car is up to date. Correct. [Applause] >> So, what did you have? Where was your car stopped? >> It was on Parker West. >> She didn't want to stop. She came here. She stopped here. And then she was getting out the car. So, I came out. I was like, "Yo, don't get out the car." Started giving me all this crazy attitude. I guess it's your family. You know, her family start coming out crazy. I'm like, "Yo, just pulling you up." I was going to get all her information and then tell her what she's doing. She's giving me all this crazy [ __ ] She's still trying to get out the car. Okay. >> About her life. That's why I called you guys and all. >> Okay. I just pretend. >> All right. So, so you tried to stop her, she wouldn't stop. >> Yeah. And she don't have her license. She didn't have her license on her. >> She eventually stopped over here. >> Yeah. And then tried to get out the car. >> Okay. >> All right. So, you giving her tickets for what? >> She didn't have her license on her. >> Mhm. for >> does she have does she have a valid license? >> Her she gave me her picture of her license and it wasn't valid. >> That's fine. So it wasn't valid. The picture she showed you. So it's not it's expired or it's not it's not suspended. It's expired. >> All right. >> You guys good? >> All right. We can clear. We can clear. We can clear. Listen, Mom. I hope you guys didn't think I'm trying to, you know, I'm on a power trip or anything like that, but her behavior was unnecessary. >> You're right. That's correct. >> That was absolutely unnecessary. >> That is correct. >> Okay. We we came here. We're trying to do a regular car stop. >> Who knows? He could have just gave her a warning. >> All she had to do is just cooperate. But you saw how she was behaving. >> All right. Look at the street. We have all these police officers here. We have other cars that we could be handling. >> Mhm. >> All right. So that her behavior is on call 4. >> Mhm. >> That's why she's under arrest. I literally try to grab the keys from the car. >> Okay. Because I didn't want her to jump in the car and try to take off after we told her we going to her car. >> She She decided to bite me. Why? >> She She bite you. >> Yes. You got to charge her. That's what she You know what I'm saying? Like she shouldn't have did that. That's You got to do what you got to do. She going to lose her job. That's all. She shouldn't have did that. That's all. You're right. She shouldn't have did that. >> You know, so that's where we're at right now. >> Something she has to She's grown. She has to handle that. She shouldn't have did that. >> Listen, it wasn't even going to be a big deal. I was going to stop her. Probably give her a warning. I don't know why she decided to open the car door. So from my experience, I'm like, "Wo, if you open the car door, that's that's alarming to me. I don't know what the hell she's going to do after that." So to act all crazy after that is just now you got what 10 cop cars coming out here. >> This her car keys. >> All right. I mean, like I said, we we were able to verify everything is up to date on the car. >> But again, based on the information that they also provided me, >> that's why I told her car is getting towed. >> Okay. >> All right. But it would it would have simply been >> us verified the information >> and then boom. Oh, we apologize. Your part is actually your part is actually good. We don't need a tow. Here you go. Have a good night. But she took it further than where it needed to go. >> You know what I mean? >> So that's where we're at. But like I said, we we'll get her process and everything else. Um, you know, maybe one of you guys can go pick her