I'm telling you that I was going around, Oak St. It's two blocks away. >> No, it is not. Is it It's literally two, three blocks away. Yes, it is. >> I know where I'm at. >> Where are you right now? Beloit April 4th, 2025. South Beloit, Illinois. A driver speeds through two stop signs and across a private front yard. What follows is a textbook DUI case and a master class in how every word spoken to police becomes evidence. Roll the window down. Okay, go ahead and shut the car off for me. What's going on? The the car like accelerated. I don't know if my brakes like I put it on my brakes. I don't know. Okay. That makes no sense. I put on my brakes my front old brakes. Okay, well, you turned onto North Street going very fast and then you blew the stop sign and then you blew that stop sign and drove through somebody's front yard. Well, I have my [ __ ] I have my um any brakes on me right now. Okay, go ahead and step out of the car for me. Oh. Yeah. Can I talk to my boyfriend? Step out of the car, please. That's fine. I do not need to talk to your boyfriend right now. You don't If you don't have to, I'm sorry. >> Okay, walk back towards towards my squad car for me. Okay. I got no idea. I think so, but Did you drive straight? Yeah, right there. Yeah, I was With sent it straight through that front yard. >> I'm sorry, yeah. This call will be recorded. Okay. Where are you coming from and where are you going to? I'm coming from Beloit, Wisconsin. I'm going to Beloit, Wisconsin. You're So, you're coming from Beloit and I'm going to >> Beloit. Yeah. Well, you were in South Beloit and now you're still in South Beloit. I'm going to Beloit, Wisconsin. >> Where in Beloit? Oak Oak Street, Beloit. So, how did we end up over here? Because my car is a little bit [ __ ] up. I'm not going to lie. It's a little bit [ __ ] up. It is now that you went through the front yard. Well, because I can't I can't handle the car. It's a little bit [ __ ] up. I'm sorry. Where where were you before you started driving? In Oak Street. Oak Street, Beloit. So, you went somewhere. You weren't at Oak Street going to Oak Street. I was Oak Street coming to Oak Street. I just went around the block cuz my car is messed up. You are nowhere near Oak Street. I'm telling you that I was going around, Oak St. It's two blocks away. >> No, it is not. Is it It's literally two, three blocks away. Yes, it is. >> I know where I'm at. >> Where are you right now? Beloit Oak Street. Oak Street is three blocks away. Where What road is this right here? Oak Street is three blocks away. >> is this right here? >> I'm telling you. You I'm asking you a question. What road is this? Now you turn it He's asking you where you you think you are cuz you you're not where you think you are. >> what I'm saying. I'm going to tell you where I was at earlier. Where did you Where did you >> I apologize that I was a little [ __ ] up. Okay, stand in front of my car right there. You got your ID on you? Stand in front of my car. >> I can't. I'm [ __ ] up. You can't walk towards me? I can't. You can't what? >> of your car. I don't want to do that. Where is your driver's license? >> My driver's license is in the car. Where in the car? In the front. Okay, my officer is going to grab it real quick. Is there Call my boyfriend. Okay, I I asked you where your driver's >> being a dick. >> Stop. Stop. >> You're being a dick. I asked you where your driver's license was and you told me it was in your car. >> And I said I don't have one. From jump From jump I said I don't have one. You're like Do you have an ID? You don't have a driver's license? I never said that. Sorry. Ma'am, do you have an ID? I don't have one. >> an ID on you of any kind? This guy is being a dick. I'm just Okay. Authority to stop rests on Terry versus Ohio. Reasonable suspicion is enough. When versus United States adds that the officer's motive is irrelevant. Running a stop sign under Illinois code 11-1204 is itself prosecutable. Probable cause is judged under Illinois versus Gates. The test is totality of circumstances, never a single fact alone. Driving conduct, impairment cues, voluntary admission, refusal together overwhelming. The exit order rests on Pennsylvania versus Mims. Officer safety outweighs a minor intrusion. No [clears throat] extra justification is needed. The voluntary admission of impairment is the most damaging evidence here. Under Berkemer versus McCarty, a routine stop isn't custodial interrogation. Anything volunteered before arrest comes in at trial, no Miranda required. I'm going to take the phone away unless you're going to have the conversation with me. Do I have to have the conversation with you? >> you do. Put your phone in your pocket. I need to know who you are. I need an identification from you. >> I already told you. How many times do I have to tell you? How many times do I have to tell you? That's the first time you told me your name. >> That's the first Rewind it. That's the first time that I told you my name. >> That's the first time that I told you. What's your birthday? Cuz I What's your birthday? >> come to No, you want to know my birthday? Yes, I have to figure out who you are. Let me speak to your assistant. >> there. He already has been. Do you have an ID? Do you have an Do you have an ID or any identification on you at all? I need you to hang up the phone. Did you get that? But what What is your car from? I'm trying to talk to you. >> And I'm trying to do the same thing. An officer has stopped you for driving through somebody's yard. >> to be cool. So, what What is the problem? >> asked you now three times for your identification. >> And I tried to say, what is your badge number? Two times. >> on the phone. Two times. You didn't give it to me two times. Do you want to participate in field sobriety tests this officer is going to conduct field sobriety tests on you? Field sobriety tests, really? Are you willing to participate Really? Are you willing to participate in field sobriety tests? Cuz you don't have no reason. Okay. You have no No, no, no. Okay, you're over here. Front of my car. Stand in front of the car. Face the car. Hands behind your back. I got to have you put your license in your pocket real quick. I heard your feet fall on me. Go ahead and go. It is. Yeah. Take your phone out, please. Put your license in your back pocket. What pocket? All right. Put your phone in your pocket, please. I That's fine. It doesn't matter. I have given you a warning to motorists. A warning to motorists. Warning to motorists. I'm going to read it to you and if you have any questions after that, I'll answer them, okay? I don't have to. I don't have to answer any questions, so you don't have I know. I'm saying I have I'm just telling you stop. I know. Okay. Please stop. I literally have to read this Please stop. I don't have to answer anything like a [ __ ] Okay, I'm just saying I Please stop. No, I'm just saying please stop. I literally have to read this to you. Stop. No, I'm saying you literally don't. That's all I'm I'm saying you literally don't. Okay, I need to read this to Stop. Please stop and I will stop. I literally have to Stop. No. Stop and I will stop. Yeah. Stop and I will stop. Subsequent to an arrest for driving while under the influence of alcohol, other drugs or intoxicating compounds or any combination thereof, DUI or section 11-401, leaving the scene of a fatal or personal injury accident, you are hereby notified that as provided in section 11-500 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, you are a first offender unless within the last five years of this arrest for DUI or leaving the scene, you have had a previous conviction or court assigned supervision for DUI or a similar provision of a local ordinance. If you have not had a prior 12-month disqualification of your CDL privileges, your CDL privileges will be disqualified for 12 months. If you have had a prior 12-month disqualification of your CDL privileges, your CDL privileges will be disqualified for life. Any questions? Field sobriety tests live in a hybrid zone. An NHTSA validates three: horizontal gaze nystagmus, walk and turn, and one leg stand. In Illinois, refusing them pre-arrest carries no automatic penalty, but the refusal itself is admissible at trial. Post-arrest chemical testing works very differently. Illinois implied consent, section 11-501.1, applies the moment you drive. Birchfield versus North Dakota, Breath tests are allowed incident to arrest. Blood needs a warrant. Refusal won't block prosecution, but triggers automatic license suspension. 12 months first offense, 3 years for any prior refusal. Handcuffing is judged under Graham versus Connors objective reasonableness standard. No resistance, no escalation force stay at the lowest tier. The verbal insults implicate the first amendment. City of Houston versus Hill protects criticism of police, even profane criticism. Only fighting words and truth threats fall outside, neither applies here. Officer grade B plus. Clean observations, correct NHTSA sequence. Warning to motorist read in full preserving the state's authority. Only deduction, open-ended questions to a clearly disoriented subject. Driver grade D. Volunteered admissions, shifting answers, self-defeating conduct. The grade stops short of F only because there was no physical resistance. Four lessons every driver should take from this footage. One, silence is a right you must exercise. The officer will not invoke it for you. Identify yourself. Hand over documents. Then stop talking until counsel arrives. Two, know which test is being offered before you answer. Pre-arrest field tests are usually optional. Post-arrest chemical tests are not. Three, arguing at the roadside never erases probable cause. Defenses are built on procedural errors, not on protests. Four, phone calls, insults, and apologies all become evidence on camera. The law rewards composure. It punishes impulse and self-incrimination. If there's an interaction or legal topic you'd like us to analyze, leave a comment below. Thank you for watching.