My mother works for Border Patrol. You No, move your arms. Go ahead. Move your arms. Don't touch. Don't Don't go home. Can I go home? >> You can't go home right now. >> I don't even have shoes. >> My shirt is coming down. No, they push me down. They push me now. They They knocked me down. Please don't delete that. I want the cops. I want all I want everybody to see that. Please don't delete that. I want everybody to see. >> On May 31st, 2024, Fort Lauderdale police responded to Sway Nightclub after reports of an intoxicated woman involved in a physical altercation. What began as a routine disturbance call escalated into charges for battery on a law enforcement officer, possession, and resisting arrest without violence. This footage examines the officer's tactical decisions and the subject's conduct during this volatile encounter. >> Says that you I bet you it's not evening on. >> Is it on? So it shows you not doing. What's your name? What's your name? No. No. No. No. No. As a as a citizen, it's my right to know your full name. No. Nick what? Nick what? Nick Miller, thank you for that. >> Rick Rick >> RK I C Miller Miller. >> All right, >> Rick Miller. >> The body cam begins with officers on scene at Sway Nightclub. A 23-year-old woman is visibly intoxicated and agitated. Notice the officer's positioning as he approaches, maintaining a safe distance while attempting to assess the situation. The subject immediately begins speaking to the body camera, aware she is being recorded. Here we see the critical moment that leads to the battery charge. The subject pokes the officer's vest and body camera. Under Florida statute 784.0 to7, battery on a law enforcement officer occurs when a person intentionally touches an officer without consent while engaged in lawful duties. The touching doesn't need to cause injury. The intentional contact itself meets the legal threshold. This single action transforms a potential citation into a thirdderee felony charge. >> No. And I can't wait for you to lose your job. Oh god. >> Yeah. My y'all. My mother works for Border Patrol. You >> No. And I want others to see that they just saw that he did not protect me. No. Move your arms. Go ahead. Move your arms. >> Wow. God's not allowed. Everybody saw that. No. Don't touch me. Don't touch. Don't. >> I didn't do nothing. I did not. I did not. No. No. I don't do nothing to you, baby. I don't do nothing to you. >> No. In your phone, >> put your hand back. >> Your phone's going to tell you I don't do nothing to you. >> You're just choosing to do this. >> You're just choosing to do this. >> [music] >> Can you have 1430 making square? >> Hey. Hey. >> Hey, guess what? I'm not resisting. >> I'm not resisting. Hey, I'm not resisting. >> Turn around. >> Hey, can you guys show I'm not resisting. I'm not resisting. >> I'm not I'm not I'm not resisting. >> I'm not resisting. I'm not resisting. I I'm not resisting. All I feel is that I sold All right. I'm so >> Yeah. Now, now I'm with this. >> All right. You can stand right there. >> Yeah. I can I can see. >> Oh, like have your shoes on. I'd like to have my shoes on. I'd like for this not to go further. I'd like for this not to go further. But you saw everything that happened. You saw everything that happened. You saw everything that happened. Why would you do this to me? You saw everything that happened. You saw. Come on. Listen to me. You saw everything that happened. >> Very slippery. >> I'm not. No, I'm not. >> So, I can't handle myself. >> I am I'm I'm less than slipped. >> We're going to put your handcuffs in the back. You going to >> That's fine. >> Okay. You going to relax now or No. >> I am so super cooperative. >> Okay. >> I would like No. No. >> You're all slippery, too. So, put your hands behind your back. >> Yeah. >> Like you should have done before. >> I You didn't ask me to do it. Hey, can we put on statement that he never asked me to put my arms behind my back? Yeah, he did. >> Wait, wait. No, he don't. >> Whoa. >> Whoa. SW. >> Nobody. No, he didn't. I I would have put but he never asked me to begin with to put Can you grab my stuff? >> Yes. About an hour and a half ago. >> I'm I'm already I'm relaxed. I'm relaxed. Can you grab my stuff? Can you grab my stuff? >> Calm down. >> I'm already calm. Calm down. He never did. You hear him say, "Put your arms behind your back." >> All I hear is you and I need calm down. >> I need you to answer the questions. >> I need you to be quiet and calm down. >> You're not doing what I'm >> Yeah. Are you doing what you're I'm asking you. Just calm down and relax. Okay. >> The officer attempts to gather identifying information. Standard procedure during police contact. The subject becomes confrontational, demanding the officer's name. While citizens have a right to know an officer's identity, the aggressive manner combined with her intoxicated state escalates the tension. The subject's behavior becomes increasingly hostile. Making threats about the officer losing his job and referencing her mother's border patrol employment. Family connections to law enforcement provide no legal immunity from arrest. Having witnessed disorderly conduct, battery, and escalating aggressive behavior, the officer decides to arrest her. Can I ask you to do me a favor? Can you go grab my stuff? >> Hey. Hey. >> Hey. Ask gra stuff on the >> This is why you're acting ridiculous. >> That's not mine. What are you >> Hey, relax. >> What are you talking about? I've never had >> What are you talking about? I've never I've never on my Oh god, you guys areing corrupt. You guys are corrupt. I've never had I'm sorry. >> Please don't do this. I've never had >> What? What do you know? How you know what it is if it's >> because obviously I'm from Brown County. Please don't do that. I'm from Brow County. Of course I know what it is. I live in Laria Lakes. I live in Lar Lakes. I know what looks like, too. But did I have it? No. Where? Oh my god. Oh my god. >> That's not even >> Can somebody pull down my shirt? Can somebody pull down? >> No, we're not pulling down your shirt. Do not pull down. I'm going to pull down my shirt cuz you guys are some weirdos. You guys are some weirdos. This is up. This is uped up. It's up. It's up. It's up. And what's up? It's up. I've never been arrested in my whole life. Please. I was even trying to argue with him. I was arguing with a different guy. I was arguing with a guy and the guy and the guy pulled over at the cop. And I told the cops, >> I never had anything on me. I promise. Go through my whole purse. Please go through my to go through my purse. I promise my purse has nothing in it. I promise my birth has nothing. Please, man. I promise. >> How old are you? >> I'm 23. Please, please go through my birth. I >> have no reason. >> You know what? I don't even want to cry. >> About an hour and a half ago, you and I was talking. >> Hour and hour and a half ago. >> Exactly. So why do you security guard? >> So why do you think >> remember? >> So why do you think I would change? >> But your whole behavior >> why do you think I would change >> your whole behavior from that point till now? >> Yeah. >> From here all the way up to here now. >> Okay. Because why do you think I would want to? I don't want to with him. I don't. I promise. I promise I don't want to with him. But the people who are with me left me. That's it. >> I saw you walking around. What are you talking about? >> You know, you saw me walking around with people. >> You No, you was walking with one other female. >> No, from over here. You left. >> And guess what? And that female left me and she's over. And you was walking at the end of the street right there. >> You was walking with someone else. >> She's at the den right there. Her name is She's right there at the den right there. I promise. >> She didn't leave you then. She's like at the >> No, she did leave me. She left me. I promise you it was not something that I would want to do. I'm not I've never had >> You did it already, so can't take it back. >> What? What did I do? What did I do? What did I do? Can you tell me what I'm getting arrested for? >> Your whole shirt is upsideing down. >> Can Can you please please I I promise you I did not do anything wrong. All I wanted to do was make sure my home girl went home safe. All I wanted to do was make sure my home girl got home safe. >> Please. You saw me earlier. All I wanted to do was make sure I could find her. >> Do me a favor. >> You don't got to talk anymore. >> I've never rested a day in my life. Please. Please. I've never rested a day in my life. I don't want to act like this. I just wanted to make sure she got home safe and she left. >> I just wanted to make sure she got home safe and she left me. And then and then I don't even understand what so embarrassing. I don't give a if it's embarrassing. This is so It's like torture. I don't I don't want to be here. I don't I don't care about the people around here. I don't I I'm sorry. I just I just wanted to I was trying to calm down somebody else. Does nobody understand that? I was trying to calm down somebody else. >> I was just trying to calm down another friend. And my other friend, >> what's your name? >> And I have to stand you up. We're going to walk you car. Okay. Go home. Can I go home? >> You can't go home right now. Okay. >> I only have shoes. >> Two shoes. Don't worry. >> My shirt is coming up. We're going to get you inside the car. Don't worry about it. Okay. >> Yo. Can we Can we go in that door? Can we go in that door? >> [music] [music] >> No, they push me down. They push me down, baby. They knocked me down. Please don't delete that. I want the cops. I want all I want everybody to see that. Please don't delete that. I want everybody to see this. Please, please don't delete that. I want everybody to see that. I want everybody to see that they knocked me over. [laughter] Please take me home. I've never done anything wrong. Please take me home. Please take me home. >> I'll be right over there. >> Please just take me home. Please. I was just going to Please take that now. >> Please take me home. >> Down knows me. Please just take me home. And I I should I don't even know like how I even got Please just take me home. Please, please take me home. I've never been a messenger in my life. Please just take me home. Please, please take me home. Please take me home. I'll literally never come downtown again. Please just take me home. Please take me home. This hurts. This hurts. And I've never I've never been here because this hurts. Please take me. Please take me home. I did criminal justice one and two. I did EMT and firefighting one and two. Please take me home. Please take I don't believe ining uh excuse my language. I don't believe in in like illegal stuff. I don't believe in that. I just want to go home. Please, can I go home? Can I go home? Please, please go home. One person got mad at me and other than that, I don't know what happened. Please go home. Please. Please, I just want to go home. I've I've never ever ever been arrested before. Please just go home. I went to Fort Lauder High School and I did criminal justice one and two and I did EMT one and two and I did firefighting and do >> I just want to go home. I just want to go home. Can I just go home, please? >> The arrest becomes physical as the subject resists handcuffing. Under Florida law, this constitutes resisting an officer without violence. Notice the contradiction. She repeatedly states, "I'm not resisting while actively struggling." This is common in arrests where subjects believe they're cooperating while their body language shows otherwise. Officers maintain reasonable force using control techniques rather than strikes. Once secured, the subject experiences emotional distress about clothing exposure. During search incident to arrest, officers discover apparent contraband leading to possession charges. Her claims of innocence and request to go through my purse show a misunderstanding. Once probable cause exists, officers aren't required to conduct searches to disprove guilt. The subject experiences an emotional breakdown, stating she's never been arrested and expressing confusion. While a clean record helps during sentencing, it doesn't provide immunity when laws are violated. Her statements about criminal justice training suggest someone who should understand legal procedures, making her claimed ignorance inconsistent. During transport, the subject continues pleading to go home. Officers maintain professional demeanor, showing appropriate emotional intelligence with intoxicated subjects. However, once charges are filed and arrest made, officers cannot release someone based on promises of good behavior. Proper procedures require a female officer for thorough searches of female subjects, protecting dignity and preventing impropriety accusations. The subject's compliance improves once physical struggle ends. Typical as reality settles in and adrenaline subsides. In the patrol vehicle, the subject expresses regret and confusion. Her criminal justice education background creates irony. Someone with legal training should understand battery consequences. This highlights how alcohol impairment overrides judgment and training. >> We got to let the team officer search [music] really quick, right? >> For what? >> Got to check your bra and all that. You have nothing. You got nothing else on you, right? >> My watch. Stay down. [music] All >> [music] [music] >> right. [music] [music] Did you prop it? Okay. Okay. Following this incident, The subject was charged with possession, battery on a law enforcement officer, and resisting arrest without violence. Battery on a law enforcement officer is a thirdderee felony punishable by up to 5 years. Resisting without violence carries up to one year. Combined with possession charges, she faced potential penalties of 6 years prison and $6,000 in fines. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The Fort Lauderdale officers receive a B minus. They handled a difficult situation with appropriate restraint and professionalism correctly identifying battery and maintaining reasonable force. They showed patience during the breakdown and followed proper female search procedures. However, earlier deescalation attempts might have prevented escalation to physical resistance. Enhanced deescalation training could improve outcomes. The subject receives a D+. Despite emotional distress and inexperience, her actions violated multiple statutes. She committed clear battery, physically resisted arrest, and engaged in disorderly conduct. Her intoxication explains, but doesn't excuse criminal behavior. She deserves minimal credit for eventual compliance and showing remorse. Her criminal justice background makes this particularly troubling, demonstrating how alcohol overrides education and common sense. Let us know if there's an interaction you'd like us to discuss. Thank you for watching and check out Audit the Court for more content.