I'm not. >> That's a bad sher. That is a bad shot. >> That's fine. Put your hands behind your back and you go to the ground. >> Stop touching my shot. >> Stop pulling away. >> What is the kind of shooter? Stop. >> On July 14th, 2023, a sheriff's deputy in Illinois pulled over a woman for an expired tag and found an active arrest warrant in her name from Tazwell County. Stay with this one because I'll break down the legal decisions that most people watching this footage will miss. >> Hello How are you? My name is Tommy. I work for the sheriff's office. Only reason I stopped is your license plates expired. Do you have a driver's license? >> I was on my phone. >> That's fine. I I'm not >> I have to check in tonight. I have the car only playing hospital. That's why I have my bag. So, I need to hurry up. >> This is not going to take very long at all. I just need to make sure you have a valid driver's license. >> I'm just making sure. >> No, >> hold on. Um, passport. >> I just need someone with your name and birthday and I will make sure you have a valid driver's license. I'll get you on your way. >> My passport right there. >> Okay. Just have your name and birthday on it. >> You have a passport and my insurance. >> I believe you have insurance is uh >> your middle initial the the >> Okay, I'll be right back with you. I'm going to get her out. When she gets out, I'll have her meet me. She's not going to want to get out of the car. If she says she's not getting out of the car, pull your car around. Okay. >> Can you hop out for me? >> No, because I Are y'all going to follow me to Bloomington? >> I asked you nicely to get out of the car. >> Sir, if I miss this surgery for my shoulder. >> Okay. There is no there's I can't reschedu this. So y'all need to call the ambulance or something. >> 14. >> So call the ambulance or something which y'all need to do. But I'm not getting out this car. I will not be driving this car if I didn't need to be driving this car. You're not telling me why I need to be stepping out this car. >> Because the Supreme Court says you have to. >> Because of what? >> The Supreme Court says you have to. >> Why am Why am I stepping out of the car? >> Because Pennsylvania versus Mims. It's a Supreme Court case in the state of Illinois. Okay. It's out of the Supreme Court. Okay. The Supreme Court of this country. Is it a police officer? >> I have a warrant or >> a police officer says you have to get out of the car. You have to get out of the car. >> I have a warrant. >> I'm asking you to get out of the car. >> I'm asking. >> The officer has now named the warrant and cited a US Supreme Court ruling. She still refuses to move. Every second of that refusal is building a criminal record in real time. >> No, I need shoulder surgery. Y'all don't override medical. I have surgery at 3:00 in the morning. They have MRA. They have lab. I cannot miss this surgery. This is This has been hitting for 3 months from my shoulder. >> Ma'am, I asked you nicely to get out of the car because I don't have to give you eventually, but >> Okay. Well, I asked you to do it now. >> Okay. Do I need to have him call my sister? Because at this point, what? Why am I getting on? >> Because I asked you to. >> Okay. Why are you getting spiced? What? >> Because I asked you to. We're all on body camera. Because I asked you to get out of the car. >> Cuz I asked you to get out of the car. >> Okay. So, can you stop blocking my car so I can move my car back? >> Right here. No, cuz you're going to tow my car and you're not 14. She's refusing to get out of the car, but she's boxed in, so she can't get anywhere. We're secure for now. Sam Okay, I'll get on. >> That's ridiculous. Ridiculous. Step away from the window. Thank you. >> Okay, so my feet are planted on the ground. >> Get out of the car. >> Get out of the car. What is wrong with you? >> Cuz I asked you nicely six times. >> No, you didn't. You didn't even bring my passport back. What is wrong with you to leave? >> I am telling you I have to go to Car McClean County in Bloomington. Call an ambulance cuz at this point y'all are not going to make me miss my surgery. >> We're not going to do that. >> Yes, you are. Why are you telling me get out the car? >> Because I asked you. >> I am asking you. I I told you my proof of insurance and y'all are not saying nothing. You're not saying nothing yet. So, where's your supervisor? >> My supervisor on the way. You can >> Okay. So, yeah. Get your supervisor. >> So, you can yell at him when you >> No, I am because it's ridiculous. You have to call them. No, I'm not supervisor. Supervisor. >> You think that's how it works? >> No, I'm calling a supervisor because I'm going tell you, you don't. Y'all do not It's a law. I'm a nurse. Y'all do not override medical. Y'all don't. Y'all don't. You don't. You literally went past me. You passed, you sped over me. You got in front of a black car, got in a turn lane, and got the back over >> cuz you committed a traffic violation. Your license plates expired. >> It don't You passed me up. You should have been put your lights on. Do you really think I would be driving a car with expired tags on it if I don't need an emergency? >> You can have You have expired tags. I know, but I'm saying if I didn't have if I didn't have a valid reason to be driving in a thunderstorm with no clothes on to go to Bloomington, they just had told me I have to come because of trying to beat the thunderstorm. Do you really think I'll be driving this car with a expired tag from October? >> No. >> For real? >> What does it matter? You're driving it? >> No, it doesn't matter because I don't have no family support to take me. >> Okay. >> My grandma is 73 years old. Her license is done for. >> Okay. Well, your license is good. >> So, why the are you pulling me over for a expired tag? >> Because Because you have an expired tag. >> 100%. Yep. >> Okay. I expired tag. Give me a ticket so I can get the on my way. >> Okay. Well, here's the deal. You have a warrant. That's why this is all about. You have a [ __ ] traffic warrant. Okay. So, like if you just go where? >> Taswell County. >> Okay. Well, can y'all call them or something? But baby, I cannot miss this surgery. >> Okay. Well, here's how this is going to work. Okay. You're gonna get out of the car and then we're going to confirm to see if Taswell County actually wants you. It's for a traffic warrant, so it's not a big deal. Okay, it's a traffic warrant, >> but if we have to take you out of this car, I guarantee >> No, that's what you want. You want to bust my windows out. You want to do that's what you want to do. >> No, don't over my vehicle. I keep telling y'all y'all want to see proof of my appointment. What is wrong with y'all? >> We'll gladly have you. >> No, no, no, no. Y'all not slick. No, you're not slick. Excuse me, supervisor. Excuse me. >> He's not my supervisor. I don't care who he is. >> He's on his way. >> This is no longer a single officer traffic stop. Illinois State Police are now on scene and the legal exposure for the subject just multiplied a second agency means a second set of witnesses and a second body cam running. >> What's your first name? >> He got my passport. >> You can't tell me. >> No, he got my passport. up here. >> I pulled her over. She's got a dazzle and she's refusing to get out of the car. So >> ma'am, I'm with Why are y'all saying all these abbreviations? >> Illinois State Police. You have a warrant out for your arrest. You can either cooperate or I will pull you out of the car. >> Y'all want to pull me out so bad, don't y'all? >> No, we don't. You start up yelling. You started getting out the car. Don't touch me. >> Don't touch me. Don't touch me. >> Put your hands behind your back. >> That's a bad sher. That is a bad shot. >> That's fine. Put your head behind your back and you go to the ground. I'm not playing a game. >> All right. Get rid of your phone. Get rid of your phone. All right. >> Get rid of my phone. >> It's right here on the roof. >> Stop touching my shot. >> Quit pulling away. Get the I dislocated a shooter. Stop. >> Get against the car. Go down. >> Stop playing with me. Take me down, but don't move my shoulder cuz it's dislocated. >> She just stated her shoulder is dislocated. That word is now in the record on camera spoken by the subject herself. And it will matter the moment any review of the cuffing technique begins. >> Is making this a lot worse. >> You got resisting arrest now, too. Okay. >> No, I'm not. >> 14. I have one in custody. cruel. You're getting shot. >> Shut the I don't give a >> All right then. You don't care. >> Now you're not going home. >> I don't give a I'm going home and I went to the hospital cuz you just grabbed my shoulder. >> All right, we're going to this car right here. Passenger side. >> I'm just lying with y'all. >> Which which truck? >> So that gives you the right to do whatever you want. Shut up. >> Shut up and stop pulling on my mother. >> Let's go. >> You can pull on the left or the right all you want. Don't pull on the left. >> You got a wonderful attitude, you I don't give a y'all mother start off. >> Double check for >> check. Hurry up and and call the ambulance. >> Let's double up. >> Don't touch me. >> Lock it. >> I'm going to double >> technically you're not supposed to put my hands behind my back because my shoulders up. Put these mothering cuffs in the front. >> Yes. >> Okay. Well, call the ambulance. >> We're going to fix your >> Call the ambulance. No, my [ __ ] is alreadyed up and y'all stopping the [ __ ] Stupid asses. parking lot. >> Stop touching this arm. >> What the [ __ ] >> It's called a blanket hold. It's a tactical arm. >> That's not how this works. >> My rotator cuff don't even go. Stop. Stop mother touching my arm. >> Stop moving. >> You're under arrest. You got to touch my ar my cuffs go to the front. What the is wrong with y'all? >> Can't go to the front. >> Yes. No. My [ __ ] don't go far that far back. What the [ __ ] >> Put two cups on you. >> No. This [ __ ] hurts. What is wrong with y'all? That's why I want to bro now for Carl and bring this [ __ ] to the front. Damn. Y'all don't give a Y'all just want to mother, don't y'all? >> Stop. >> Stop resisting. >> Listen. Listen, listen. If I tell you one more time, stop grabbing my mother arm. >> You need to put your hands behind your back. >> Behind your back. >> Y'all mother doing it. Ain't y'all It's not bending. >> I'm not going to bend this cuz it's not going to bend out of place. Y'all trying to pop my [ __ ] out of place on purpose. Call the ambulance. >> All right, we'll get to that in a second. >> All right, get in the car. >> Get in the car. >> Call the ambulance. the call. >> I have the right to request medical attention. >> We are going to get you immediat. Okay. All right. Thank you. >> White ass. >> Oh, yeah. There you go. >> Hi, Sarge. >> Hey, bud. >> I snapped her for expired tags and then she had an attitude from the jump. I came back and ran her and she had a warrant. She refused to get out of the car. We boxed her in. We were talking to her, waiting for a couple more people to show up. Crew showed up and we told her she had a warrant. She didn't want to get out of the car. She hopped out. We put her handcuffs. She enlisted us and now she's screaming for an ambulance. I'm after I'm running out of Carl. No. >> No. >> Nah. She's She wanted to go to USF. Um stopped her for expired tags. Didn't want to talk to me at the car. She had a warrant. Wanted to get her out of the car. You know about her yet? >> Nah, I'm going to go fill them in. You want to get her out, Cody? You guys, she hates me, so just try to get her out and I'll go on. >> Hi. >> Can we have a conversation real quick? >> Yeah. >> Hi. How are you guys? >> Waiting on you cuz that's where we're going to go. >> My body cam's on, but she's uh combative with us. She just doesn't like the fact that she's going to jail. Um apparently I'm the worst guy ever. Um cuz I pulled her over. She's complaining of shoulder pain. She said she was going to the hospital to get a surgery, but she had a warrant. So, and then she resisted us. So, all she has to do is get cleared for jail. If the jail clearance for you, >> just clearance for you. That's all we need. She's going to yell and scream at you and call you mean words. Just so you know. >> No worries. >> All right. Thank you. >> I'll go get the >> We're going to come in this way. >> Hi, ma'am. My name's Cody with the sheriff's office. Okay. You going to be cool for me? Can you take these cuffs off my shoulders, please? >> Okay. If we put them up front, are you going to behave? >> I am 200 lb with no clothes on. Look like I'm going to run. >> I'm just asking a question, man. >> What? I'm going to swing on y'all. >> I'm asking. >> I can't even lift my arms. >> Just asking a question. >> Can you take these off my shoulders? >> Okay. Hop out for me, please. >> I'm a traveler. I'm not going to catch a case with y'all. That is my nursing license. >> You're a nurse? >> Yes. >> No. >> Yes. Don't you think? All right. Please. >> Golly. >> All right, let's go. >> Can you take this off my shoulders? I'm dead serious. >> Okay, hold on. >> I will let them I will let y'all see my mic chart. >> Let's go in here. I'm not worried about your mic chart. >> Okay, give me a second. Chill. >> Hi there. Hi, >> I'm Nicole. I'm one of the nurses. Come on in here with me. >> Are you okay if they go from here to here? She wants to get her to calm down. If you want to do that, go ahead. >> Okay. >> Jesse was against on your call. >> She hates me. >> I was supposed to check in tonight cuz I pushed it up yesterday. >> All right. What was your first name again? And can you please make sure I get my passport from your fellow officer that drove me here? >> Okay. >> Please. >> We will talk about that. You can go and stand up. I will move your cuffs up front >> for for you. Your cuffs can go up in front of you. >> Yes. Yes, they can. They can stand up. >> They can. >> I'm going to trust you're going to cooperate. I don't know. How about a birthday? >> Please. >> Dr. Lockage is on tonight. He's going to come in and check you out. >> All right. Let's put your other hand right here. How about you go like this for me? >> Can you turn this? Turn this. >> Okay. >> I have a suspicious person call that way. >> All right. Are you almost finished up? I think you should be up around that way, right? >> Yeah. >> Okay. And my $600 trunk better, my silver $600 trunk better be my trunk cuz I seen them pull it out. >> Uhhuh. >> And I do band for Illinois cuz I'm a band nerd. >> Okay. >> They better put that $600. >> Like Illinois State, you buy. Which one? >> Yes. No, I'm an alumni, but >> Okay. >> They better put that $6 ISU. ISU or you >> ISU. >> Okay. >> And I also play for Bradley. They better put that trunk back. >> Okay. >> Well, the best part about your situation, ma'am, is all these are running. It's all on video. So, if something's missing, you will have a case on your hands. >> Okay. You know, put your feet on those. All right. Let's work through the law. The traffic stop itself was legally clean. Under 625 ILCS5 section 3413, an expired registration plate is a valid and sufficient basis to initiate a traffic stop in Illinois. The order to exit the vehicle was not a request. It was a lawful command. Under Pennsylvania versus Mims 434US 1061 1977, a law enforcement officer conducting a lawful traffic stop may order the driver out of the vehicle as a matter of course with no individualized suspicion required. The warrant removed every remaining option the subject believed she had. Under 720 ILCS5 section 107-2, a valid arrest warrant issued by a court of competent jurisdiction is sufficient probable cause for a custodial arrest. A medical appointment does not override a court order. The claim that law enforcement cannot override a medical emergency has no legal basis in Illinois. There is no statute, no appellet ruling, and no constitutional provision that exempts a named defendant from a lawful warrant arrest because of a scheduled procedure. However urgent that procedure may be, the physical resistance during handcuffing created a second criminal charge entirely independent of the warrant. Under 720 ILCS 5 section 31-1, knowingly resisting or obstructing a peace officer in the performance of any authorized act is a class A misdemeanor under Illinois law. The force used by officers during the handcuffing is evaluated under Graham versus Connor 490 US 386 1989. The standard is objective reasonleness judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene at the moment of the decision, not in hindsight. Active sustained resistance to a lawful arrest justifies physical control measures. The subject's demand for front cuffing due to a shoulder injury sits in a legally complex space. No Illinois statute mandates front cuffing for injury claims during arrest. However, under the due process protections of the 14th amendment officers who are on notice of a specific credible physical condition and disregard, it may face section 1983 civil liability if documented injury results. The decision to transport the subject to the hospital for medical clearance before booking was the legally correct response to her injury claims. Under Estelle versus Gamble 429US97 1976, deliberate indifference to a serious medical need of a person in custody constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the ETH amendment. The subject's passport and personal belongings were lawfully retained following the arrest. Under Illinois versus Lafayette 462, US6 41983 officers conducting a lawful custodial arrest may inventory and retain the arresty's property. That property is returned through the standard booking and release process, not at the scene. Officer Tommy receives a B+. The stop was legally clean, the warrant was verified correctly, and his citation of Pennsylvania versus Mims in the field was accurate. That is not something most officers do. His tactical decision to bring in Officer Cody at the hospital showed self-awareness. The deduction is for the delayed response to a specific on camera shoulder injury claim during the cuffing sequence. Officer Cody receives an A minus. He stepped into a hostile, physically exhausted situation and deescalated it without drama. The front cuff accommodation at the hospital was correct and it should have happened earlier. His transparency about the body cam record protecting the subject's property claim was exactly right. The deduction is for not pushing that accommodation decision into the cuffing phase. The subject receives a D. The medical circumstances were real. The surgery was real. The shoulder pain was real. None of that changes what the law required of her in that moment. She refused a lawful order, resisted a lawful arrest, directed racially charged language at officers on camera, and converted a warrant recall into a standalone misdemeanor charge. Every decision in this footage made her situation worse. Before the lessons, this footage shows exactly how one avoidable decision branches into three legal problems. The tag was expired. That was the only issue on July 14th. The warrant was a pre-existing problem she already had. Everything after the first question from officer Tommy was a series of choices, not circumstances. Lesson one, a warrant does not pause for personal circumstances. An act of arrest warrant is an order issued by a court. Medical appointments, surgery dates, family obligations, and personal emergencies. Do not suspend that order. The time to resolve a warrant is before you are on the side of the road at night in a thunderstorm. Lesson two, Pennsylvania versus Mims is settled law. During a lawful traffic stop, an officer may order you out of the vehicle. You do not have the legal right to stay seated and demand an explanation. Refusing that command when a warrant is already in play is not a civil rights stand. It is a second charge waiting to be filed. Lesson three. If you have a genuine injury, document it clearly and then cooperate. State it once specifically which joint, which side, what the condition is. Fighting officers while claiming an injury does not protect the injury. It eliminates the good faith argument you need when you challenge the cuffing technique in court. Lesson four, everything you say on body cam is evidence. racially charged language, profanity directed at specific officers, statements of intent. All of it goes into the record. That record reaches a prosecutor, a judge, and in some cases, a jury. The camera does not forget, and it does not edit in your favor. Lesson five, comply first contest later. The legal system has mechanisms for challenging an improper warrant, excessive force, or a wrongful arrest. Those mechanisms require you to get through the encounter with your rights intact and your charges limited. Every act of resistance you add at the scene is one more thing you have to explain in a courtroom. If there is an interaction or a legal topic you want us to break down, leave it in the comments below. If this analysis was useful to you, give it a like and subscribe to the channel. It is the simplest way to stay current on the next breakdown.