You almost made this a thousand times worse than it is. Okay. So, where's your license at so I can make sure it's that I'm talking to. >> On April 26th, 20125, officers initiated a traffic stop. The driver exited her car and ran into her home, turning a normal stop into a potential fleeing case within seconds. >> Hey, get back in your car. Hey, Central time traffic. Hey, >> that first command is about safety and control, not attitude. And ignoring it forces the officer's hand. Once it's called out over the radio, the story shifts from traffic enforcement to non-compliance on record. >> Okay, get to the traffic stop. I got a traffic stop uh 9 300 block of Richmond. Eddie Tom 15177. The female driver is going into her house right now. Central passenger football when you get a chance. >> I saw the alley. >> Hey, where's Emily? >> Just one second. >> Okay. >> Okay. Cuz I I conducted What's that? >> Did something happen? >> I conducted a traffic stop and as I was conducting the traffic stop, she disobeyed my orders and she walked into the house. So, I'm trying to talk to her to if we can make this into a ticket instead of me towing her vehicle. We end up getting an arrest warrant. And this is the professional way to deescalate. Offer a simple path out while explaining consequences. Clearly, the irony is she had a chance to downgrade the outcome, but her choices kept upgrading it. >> That whole nine yards. Okay. So, if you could have her come talk to me. >> Is she in the house right now? >> Yeah. >> You mind if I come in and talk to her? >> Um, yes. You can come in. >> Okay. >> Emily. Emily. Emily. >> Come on. The cops are here. What's wrong with you? Open this door. Come on. Come right here. Come and talk to him. Let's go. >> Come here. >> What are you doing? >> Nothing. >> Why? Why are you not You see my lights? You know it's a traffic stop. >> They made contact here at the front door if you just want to keep the back. >> Okay. >> This line undercuts the I didn't know argument because it frames awareness and intent. In court, intent matters. And this is how intent gets documented. >> Okay, I got you. But we're conducting a traffic stop and I got to do my business. >> Okay. cuz you almost made this a thousand times worse than it is. Okay. So, where's your license at? So, I can make sure it's you that I'm talking to. >> Hey guys, there's uh 32 from passenger seat. >> Where's your boyfriend at? >> I don't have >> Where's he at? >> Boyfriend? >> Where's he at? >> Oh, there's somebody in the house. >> Emily, there's somebody in the house. >> There's nobody in my house. for 9500. >> People hear quiet and think disrespect, but in reality, it's often a safety command when the scene is chaotic. The more she argues physically and verbally, the more the stop turns into an arrest management problem. >> You're under arrest. >> She's under arrest. being at this location. >> Don't resist any further. >> What? >> You stop. >> Why are you being aggressive? >> You tell me what's happening here. >> I didn't do anything. >> I'll explain two things. They're going to the station. Okay. >> 7-Eleven. >> What are you doing? Come to me. >> Stop. For what? right now. Fleeing to stop it. Okay. >> Quiet. Quiet. >> Okay. Get her out. What is wrong with you? >> You got anything on your >> Okay. My sandals. >> Yeah. Those are good. >> No. >> Red sandals. We have sandals. >> Red sandals over there. >> Can I get my sandals? I don't want to disrespect you guys. All right. >> Okay, that's fine. >> If you if you didn't want to disrespect us, you should have just stayed. >> This is the comment section mantra. Comply first, complain later. Because the roadside is not a courtroom. Most stops end in minutes when the driver keeps it boring. >> The car to the traffic stop. >> Uh you guys were young, right? Say again. >> You guys were young, right? >> Young >> young like being badasses were >> Yeah. I don't got nothing, man. >> Okay. Yeah, I got to check you. >> I love you guys, man. You guys You guys are respectful. You guys are my >> I appreciate it. >> I appreciate >> these shoes. I don't have your shoes. >> You guys are disrespecting me in the way. >> You're You're hiding on THE FLOOR. DON'T GIVE ME THAT. YOU'RE hiding on the floor. >> You guys were young, right? You guys were young was right. >> That's not an excuse. >> EXCUSE ME. >> OPEN UP YOUR LEG. Open up your leg. >> Go. >> Lift it up. >> Go. Hey, [snorts] >> I'm uh from the Lucasi family. >> You guys know from the Lucas family? >> No. >> Lucas family? Colbo family? >> No. >> Colbo family? >> No. >> You guys don't know the Colbo family? >> No. Don't know. >> Some liquor bottles in there. >> Yeah. >> Sure. Probably been drinking. >> There's a gun. >> Is there? >> Yeah. We're heading between the sea and this >> once a firearm is mentioned officer safety beary mission and everything slows is legal concealment plus fleeing behavior makes the risk calculation brutal. >> Hey guys, there's a 32 front passenger seat. >> [ __ ] between the seat and the center console. >> It's right here. It's right in the front. >> Central 2900. Reference that traffic stop for 2910. There's a 32 on the front passenger seat. I can see it. It's tucked underneath like a sweater. If you roll Bonard to his location, please do me a favor. forget in the car. We're going to talk about it at the station. Okay. >> If you if you continue to resist, you're just going to add additional charges right now. Okay. >> What are my charges? I didn't do anything. >> He initiated a traffic stop. You guys disobeyed and you guys walked into a house. >> During a lawful traffic stop, you're not free to leave until the officer completes the stop. And that's why walking away is treated as escalation. Traffic stops are recognized as seizures under the Fourth Amendment. And that's the legal backbone of this entire conversation. When he lights you up and it's a traffic stop, you guys are You guys are supposed Everything's on camera. You're supposed to stay in the car. You can't walk away from a car and go inside the house. It's a lawful stop. You're supposed to wait. All right. Everyone knows that. >> All right. So, get inside the vehicle. We're going to go to the station and we're going to figure everything out. Okay. >> Do me a favor. Just have a seat. >> I don't want to have to drag you in the car. Okay. What's your name? >> Emily. >> Emily. Emily, make this easier for yourself. Okay. >> Make this easier for yourself. Just get inside the car. Just have a seat. >> Don't resist. Okay. If you resist, you're going to get additional charges. Okay. >> What are my charges? >> Right now. Right now, it's fleeing. Fleeing and looting. Okay. >> You fled from the police when he initiated a traffic stop. packages. >> This is where the narrative becomes painfully clear. She can debate speeding later, but fleeing is visible, timestamped, and undeniable. Body cam doesn't care what you meant. It records what you did. >> Did you stay in the Did you stay in the car? >> You walked away, right? So, that's where you're being charged with initially. Okay. So, do me a favor. Have a seat. >> Turn around. >> I'm asking a question. Where's the Where's the other person going? >> The other guy's going to the station, too. >> At the same place. >> Yeah, you guys are both going to the same station. Okay. Just have a seat. >> Do me a favor. Slide in backwards. It's going to be easier for you. Okay. Did we pat her down? Just make sure. >> Check her face. >> So, let's start. Um, just kind of right at the beginning. Obviously, you were driving the vehicle, right? Where were you guys coming from tonight? >> Were you guys down downtown by like Lakes Shore Drive area? Okay. >> And then did you come drove drive straight home from directly there? Did you guys stop anywhere in between that or No, >> you came back from Lake Shore back home on Richmond. Okay. So, no stops in between then. All right. Um, and that's Anthony. Who's Anthony to you? Is he your boyfriend or somebody you're seeing? >> Not my boyfriend. >> Not your boyfriend. >> Okay. Americans will roast this instantly because it's the exact setup where I didn't know what he had. Turning into your problem anyway. When you control the car, you inherit the consequences of what's inside it. >> Like friend or situationship. >> This is the first time I hooked up with >> Okay. First time he turned off. All right, I got you. You met him at work. >> Okay. Um, was Anthony. Anthony was in the passenger seat the entire time, right? Okay. Why when I stop when I throw my lights on? What are we trying to get away from? >> I was just trying to go. >> Right. But you understand it's a traffic stop and you can't just walk away from a traffic stop until we finish conducting our business. Right. So that's why I'm trying to figure that part out. Like why are we leaving? >> Because I just want to deal with the police. I just want to go home. >> You didn't want to deal with the police. just want to go home. Okay. Did it have anything to do with the fact that there's a firearm located in the passenger seat in the co? >> I don't know what he has going on. >> You don't know what he has going on? Okay. >> You know, did you see him with that firearm tonight? >> No, he just came into my car. >> He just came into your car? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, you never saw him with a firearm? So, >> I've never seen anything that he just came into my car. That's all. >> Okay. So, you don't know the firearm is not yours is what you're saying. >> I don't have a firearm. >> You don't have a firearm? >> No. >> Okay. But that black coat that I was in, was that his coat? Do you remember? Or is Do you know whose coat that was? >> No, I don't own a coat. >> You don't own a coat? >> Okay. >> That's mine, right? >> Okay. That's your coat. All right. [clears throat] 2020. >> Why in that time frame of me making contact, coming up through the door, coming into the house, why are we trying to hide him? >> Right now? >> Because I don't know. >> You don't know? Because to me it kind of seems like you knew that he had a firearm and we were trying to say oh >> you didn't know anything. >> Okay. >> We just wanted to go home and we just didn't want to deal with anything. >> Just didn't want to deal with the police. >> No. >> Anything you'd like to add? >> So like why is this my fault? >> Why is this your fault? Oh um well I'll just break it down to you real quick. Uh, your vehicle broke my radar. You're going 46 to 30. Turn around to initiate a traffic stop. At that point, you start driving pretty evasively, right? We're making a >> This is textbook explanation. The legal reason for the stop, then the behavior that escalated it, then the myth busting about going home. If you want to win an argument about a stop, you do it in court with a lawyer, not by sprinting into your hallway. >> A lot of rights. >> Okay. >> Trying to get away from me. >> Went to my house, >> right? But that doesn't make the traffic stop void, right? It's still a traffic stop. There's no homebased rule. That's not a thing. >> And then did you hear me when when I said stop, get back in your vehicle? Did you hear me say that? >> I did hear you, but I just want to go home because this has nothing to do with me. Like if he has stuff on him, that's >> Well, you were driving the vehicle. Do we agree on that? >> I understand. I was driving the vehicle, but >> And you broke a traffic law. Yeah, like 10 10 speed >> radar was already enough, but the admission gift wraps the case for court. Numbers don't care about vibes and speed limits don't turn into suggestions because you're tired. >> 16 mph over the speed limit. So, we admit to that. Okay. So, then it is about you too because you're driving the vehicle >> and then you're ignoring my commands which are lawful. I >> whatever he has going on with his own life that has nothing to do with me. >> Okay. I I get I get that portion of it, but the portion [snorts] that it it doesn't make sense. >> I don't even know him. >> I just met him today. >> I got you. All right. >> He came into my >> I got I got that point. We're We're going with You didn't know that he had a fire? Whatever he has going on with his life, [clears throat] he's like that what does that have to do with me? >> Okay. And so your whole reasoning for disobeying >> doing what I do. I just I'm just having a good time. I'm just like doing nothing. I'm not even doing anything. So that's his fault. >> Okay. >> Why [snorts] is he doing stuff like that? >> Well, I'm trying to figure out why you're doing stuff like what you did. >> I wasn't even doing anything. I mean, I went over the speed limit, but that's okay. I'm trying to try to go home. That's his fault. He needs to like do what he has to do. Like that has nothing to do with me. I don't know why he's doing stuff like that. But >> this is how a simple speeding stop turns into cuffs. Flee first, argue later, and sprinkle a firearm into the mix for extra chaos. The smart play is boring. Stay put, comply, then fight it the legal