You done? >> I'm done. >> She thought a sovereign citizen script would save her. Did it work? Or did she just buy a one-way ticket to a shattered window and handcuffs? >> Can you put the window down for me? >> That's private information. >> Okay. I'm Officer Frank Blake Stephen. Please audio and video recorded. Reason I stopped you is your tabs are expired. 2024. Any reason they're so far expired? >> No, sir. I'm going to videotape this for my safety. >> Great. I am, too. I need your driver's license, registration, and insurance, please. I need your driver's license, registration, and insurance, please. It's a lawful stop. You're required to identify yourself with all three of documents. Traffic infraction, and now it's a lawful detention. Now you need to give me your driver's license, registration, and your insurance. Are you going to provide me with your driver's license, registration, and insurance? >> I'm not going to, sir. I'm traveling. >> Great. That's awesome. I need your driver's license, registration, and your insurance. >> I'm not >> It is obstruction for you not to provide that information for me. >> I'm not >> Didn't ask. I need your driver's license, registration, and insurance. You need to identify yourself. Driver's license, registration, and insurance. When my sergeant gets here, if you're not going to comply with that, we're going to break the window and pull you out of the car. We've got a traveler who doesn't want to give me any ID. And she's refusing to identify herself. So she doesn't need to. So she does. She's refusing to do so. >> All right, I'm on my way. >> Nope. Hi, ma'am. How are you? I'm Sergeant Heineman. So failing to ID is going to get you in jail. >> I'm traveling, officer. >> Okay. You're going to be traveling to jail if you don't identify yourself. >> going to be my vehicle. I'm not using it for commercial purposes. >> Okay. So driving is a privilege, not a right. And you have to identify yourself. >> I'm a sovereign citizen. >> And and you have to identify yourself, or you're going to end up in jail for failing to identify. All right, it's a misdemeanor. So either we can break this pretty little window or you can provide some sort of identification to my partner here. >> also sue you for breaking my window because I did not >> And you can claim to sue. You can try to sue. Or I can break the window, we can pull you out, and joyride to jail. The crime is failing to identify, like I just explained. It's a misdemeanor, and it's going to end up with you in jail if you don't do that. So, this is your last chance or else we're going to go that route. Have you provided my partner with identification? No. So, failing to identify is that RCW, and that's the misdemeanor. And I can give you a business card if you want so you can stop Huh? >> I got my business card right here. >> Okay. So, hop out of the car and we'll we'll cross that bridge when you want it. But as of now, you're under arrest for failing to identify. I can't hear if you're thinking I'm listening to whoever's talking on the phone. Okay. So, I can't hear him. If you're You have. Failing to identify is that crime. You're You're going to be traveling to jail. You're failing to identify. It's a misdemeanor. I provided you ample warnings to get out of the car and to cooperate, and you're not doing so. So, if you're listening to your husband, he's giving you bad information. 133. You just took down my whole name. So, you can tell your husband that I don't want to break your window. It is. You see the red light there? That is recording. Yeah. Your husband's not here, and he's not the reason why we're pulling you over. I'm going to give you one last chance to cooperate, and if you don't, then the window's going to get broken, and I'm going to we're going to end up taking you to jail. If he's talking to expect me to listen to him, I cannot hear him. >> He's like to >> Okay. So, ma'am, I'm going to explain to you one more time. If you do not cooperate, you're going to end up going to jail for failing to identify. >> Yeah, but why do you not I gave you my identification. >> Failing to identify yourself on a legal traffic stop is a misdemeanor crime. I'm going to end up breaking your window. The car is going to end up getting towed. You're going to end up in jail. I need to provide Give me identification. And you can go ahead and roll the window all the way down. You can go ahead and hang up the phone, too, because you're an adult. You can handle this by yourself without your husband. You done? I'm done. Okay. >> Yeah, can you have it? So, >> That was perfect. 1941 resisting with cut cord negative on there. >> I'm at the Arco on 9. I 9. Where are you taking me, sir? >> Jail. >> Where? Which one? >> We'll we'll tell you in a second. You're the adult. We'll talk to you. You're here. >> and my purse. >> Do you give me permission to access your vehicle to get your phone and your purse? >> I do give you permission. >> Didn't ask for that. >> I would like my purse and my phone. >> So, this is why I'm talking to you, ma'am. If you give me permission to get these things for you, I will happily do so. >> I would like I give you permission to get my phone and my purse and backpack, please. >> Say it one more time. >> I give you permission to get my phone and my purse and backpack. It's on the on the dashboard. Yep. >> You can hang out here so you can watch what I'm doing for you, okay? Phone, giving it to my partner, and what else? Gray bag, black bag? >> Black bag. That black bag, and then I have a green purse. >> Black bag, green purse. Okay, is there anything valuable in this backpack because the jail might not take that cuz it's too large. >> Okay, just my green purse then. >> Uh >> It's >> Forward? >> Yeah, it it might have fallen down. Yeah, it's kind of >> Can we go around to the other side so I don't climb over? >> need to unlock >> It looks unlocked. Let's walk you over there. >> Okay. Okay. Can you put it on me? Okay, this is a little weird. >> Do you have keys for this? >> Actually, can you take it off? I can't have that. Um >> You want it forward? >> Yes, that's better. >> Cool. >> Um >> Are there keys for this? >> There are, but >> Oh, it is. >> Yep. >> Okay, I'm actually going to have my other partner search you. This is her. You mind doing a search for me? I appreciate you. This is Officer Van Cook. She's going to search you incident to arrest, okay? >> Okay. >> 1940 next rotational for the cell. >> Stab me? Um no. Yeah, I have a t-shirt on and a bra, and I have a EMS device around It looks kind of funny, but it helps >> What's going on with this? >> Radiation. Oh, I I was moving today. >> Okay, it does it come off? >> Yeah. I don't think I have a back pocket here. >> I don't think so. All right, I'm going to just take the hat off, make sure nothing in here. All right, back of my hand. >> have my belt my belt back on, please? >> I didn't take Oh, the moving belt? >> Yes. >> Um once we get through with this. Um okay, is it a regular bra or sports bra? >> Like this? >> Regular bra. >> Okay. >> All right, so The of my hand. >> Okay, that I Do you want it split out of your way at all? Is it a hat? >> I I like it kind of um split in the back and coming forward in my hood. Like when I'm wearing a hood. Does that make sense? Like kind of part it in the back and bring some hair forward on my right, hair forward on my left, and then I push my hood up. Other side. And then kind of scrunch my hood up a little bit. >> All righty, ma'am. Okay. $16 in cash. >> Okay, great. >> Okay. >> Go right over this way. >> Is he going to take care of my items? >> Um yeah. I mean, we're going to have the car towed. Is that what you're asking? >> No, I mean, like >> Of your purse? >> Yeah. >> Yeah, everything that can go with you is going to go with you to the jail. And then they'll book you in the jail. >> Yeah, they're tight, actually. >> Are they >> Can they They're way too tight. They're very tight. >> Let me kind of see. So, I can get my whole finger through here, and that means it >> on this side? Cuz this >> Yep, same. Same. So, maybe if you rotate your wrists, um cuz they're they're an oval shape. Okay. So, he'll be with you in just a second. All righty, ma'am. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. You have the right at this time to speak to a lawyer and have them present while you're being questioned. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before questioning if you wish. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any questions. Do you understand these rights as I have explained them to you? >> Yes. >> Perfect. So, your wallet's going to go with us. Phone's going to go with us. The purse has a bunch of other random things in it that went back into the car. So, I grabbed your priority items. They're going to go with us to the jail, okay? >> Can you >> And then >> The window's broken. Can you cover it up with like the backpack and the stuff so someone doesn't just get it? >> It's going to get towed, and then we'll do an inventory of the things that are in there. >> Okay. >> And then, is there a way you want this turned off so you have battery? >> That's a good question. Yeah, it'd be good to turn it off. >> All right. Cuz there's >> It's the top right button, and then I think the second button down on the left. Um and I I Oh, there you go. Yes. >> Perfect. >> Okay. >> The interaction observed in this body cam footage highlights the legal misconceptions surrounding the sovereign citizen movement and the assertion of traveling versus driving. Under motor vehicle statutes, operating a vehicle on public roadways is a privilege requiring operators to produce a valid license, registration, and insurance upon lawful demand during an investigated traffic detention. Refusal to provide required documentation during a lawful traffic stop actively hinders a law enforcement officer's ability to conduct their duties, elevating a simple infraction to a criminal offense. Failing to identify oneself when lawfully detained is a misdemeanor classified as obstructing a public servant. Officers are legally authorized to use proportional force to affect an arrest. This incident serves as a critical educational example of how non-compliance based on legally unfounded theories can rapidly escalate a minor civil infraction into a custodial arrest. The driver now faces potential criminal charges for driving with expired tags, failure to identify, and obstruction of justice. The resulting property damage and impoundment demonstrate the tangible repercussions.