But I've asked you to step out of the car >> possibly for no reason. >> Because you need to step out of the car. >> Step out of the car. >> What happens when you refuse a citation and argue with an officer? This intense body cam footage shows the shocking consequences of resisting a lawful command on the roadside. >> Hey there. I'm Corpal Morgan with the Hurst Police Department. Reason why you're getting stopped, you were just driving through a school zone going 40. It's a 25 through there. Do you have your driver's license, proof of insurance with you today? >> Where y'all heading to this afternoon? >> Home. >> Coming from >> Why? >> Just a question. >> Not of your business. >> I'm sorry. >> It's none of your business. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah, it is. Okay. Do you have your insurance? >> I'm showing the back. >> Any reason for the hurry this afternoon? >> I I wasn't in a hurry. I didn't even I didn't even see a school. >> Oh, there's a flashing signal as you were driving through directly on the side of the roadway. Can I see your phone? That's good till March. Let me go check on your license. I'll be right back with you. Y'all just stay in the car for me. Okay, Tanisha, you'll be receiving a citation today for the speed. I just need to get a signature from you. This is not an admission of guilt. >> It's a promise. You're not going to sign it? No, I'm not. >> That's fine. I'll just put refuse. Um, I need to get the VIN number on the car real quick. I'll enter that. I'll print you your copy and send you on your way. Where's your registration sticker on the car? >> I just bought this car, so I'm waiting for it. >> Any more questions? >> I'm just asking. >> Okay, I told. >> Do you have your bill of sale with the car then? >> No, I don't. >> Okay. You should probably carry that with you if you're not going to display your registration sticker. Well, I wasn't told then. So, we might need to get updated on the loss. All right. Give me just a second. All right. Here's your copy of the citation. As far as the bills, you don't want to take it. >> Well, it's going to take it cuz it's your citation. >> That's your citation. That's littering. Step out of the car. >> No. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Yes, ma'am. Step out. >> I'm not stepping out. >> Step out. >> 6963. Yes. I'm not tell I'm not stepping out [ __ ] Call [ __ ] supervisor. I am the supervisor. You're not the supervisor. I am the supervisor. I'm not off. Get your hand off me. Get your hand off me. I will step out. I'm the supervisor. I am the supervisor. Nothing. Get your hand off me. Get your hand. I'm not letting go. Let you You littered. You took the ticket. Not me. >> I put the ticket in the car. >> You dropped the ticket because that's your copy. >> You dropped the ticket. Not me. Get your hands off me. >> Take the ticket and go. You're touching me. Give me the ticket. You're touching me forcibly. You're holding me tight and you're being out of line. Sir, I'm sorry. She just get the ticket. >> No, you stop. You're Why are you holding my arm like this? >> Because I gave you the ticket and you proceeded to dropped the ticket. >> I put it in your car. >> I told you I did not want it proceeded to throw it out of the car. >> You dropped it. You're doing too much. I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU. Get your hand. >> That's fine. But I've asked you to step out of the caribly for no reason. >> Because you need to step out of the car. Get your hands off. >> Step out of the car. >> NO. WHY AM I >> IS THERE anything I can do to get you to comply? >> Look, Mom. He just said take the ticket. You threw the car out of the car. >> No, I DID NOT. YOU DID THAT. YOU THREW THE TICKET at me. >> I gave it to you so you could leave. And then you grabbed it and threw it out. It's on your phone video. No, we're be We're past that. You're under arrest. Step out of the car. Literally. >> Step out of the car. You are under arrest. >> When Yes, ma'am. When your colonel gets >> No, we are beyond that. Step out. Step out. Getting out of the car. I'm with my child and I'm not I understand you're with your child. Step out of the car. I'm not. Step out of the car. Step out when when another officer gets here. I'm not I don't trust you. You're You're holding me too strong because I don't trust you. >> Hold me like I'm not going anywhere. Where am I going to go? will stop holding you if you step out of the car. >> I'm not stepping out of the car. >> You need to step out of the car and I will get out of the car. This is resisting arrest. >> I'm not resisting arrest because you're not answering my order. What am I under arrest for? I I didn't litter. You did that. No, I did not. You did that. YOU DID THAT. IT'S ALL on camera. When your colonel gets here, then I will step out. I have my child with me. I'm getting out of You have a You have a supervisor. Okay. I am the supervisor on duty. >> Supervisor gets here. >> He is not. I am the highest ranking supervisor. I don't have anyone else. >> There is someone else. >> Not right now. >> There is someone else. >> You need to step out of the car. Stop. Get your [ __ ] away. Please stop. Stop. Get out. Stop. Get out. Stop. Sir, please stop. Get out. Stop. Stop. Please stop. Please stop. Please stop. Stop. Stop. STOP. STOP. STOP. ROLL OVER. >> Roll over. >> Roll over. >> Roll over. >> How am I going to roll over? >> Roll over. Lower to the left. Pull your hand up. All you had to do is take the ticket and leave. >> She's in custody. >> Get my phone. >> All right. Uh, get her set up and have her sit up against the bumper of the car. This way, step up. My feet, please. There we go. This car back here. Place them under right there. Spread your feet for me. No guns, drugs, knives on you. Right. No guns, drugs, or knives on you. >> Yes or no? guns and iPhone. >> He doesn't know. That's why he's >> I don't know. That's why I asked you. It's a yes or no question. >> Okay. He's in the back of my hand. >> Get my phone. Getting there. The incident in this body cam footage highlights the legal obligations drivers have during a traffic stop. Under the law, a signature on a citation is not an admission of guilt, but rather a promise to appear in court. When the driver refused to sign and subsequently discarded the ticket, she escalated a routine civil infraction into an uncooperative fan defiant encounter. Pursuant to the Supreme Court ruling in Pennsylvania versus Mims, law enforcement officers possessed the legal authority to order a driver out of their vehicle during a lawful traffic stop. The officer repeatedly issued clear direct commands to step out of the car. The driver's persistent refusal to comply constituted a direct violation of a lawful order justifying the arrest. Officers are permitted to use reasonable force to effectuate an arrest when a suspect actively resists. The driver's physical resistance and verbal hostility necessitated the officer's physical intervention. This footage serves as a stark reminder that the roadside is never the appropriate venue to litigate a dispute with law enforcement. Such matters belong in a courtroom.