Stop kicking around in the car. Just sit regularly, okay? >> On December 21st, 2024, multiple officers with the Orlando Police Department on patrol downtown witnessed a car driving erratically, screeching its tires while pulling into a parking garage. The officers also witnessed the vehicle scratch a parked car while attempting to pull in a parking space and suspected the driver of being under the influence. The officers then called the drug recognition expert officer to conduct field sobriety tests on the suspect. >> So, what's going on? >> So, we're walking in, walking in the parking lot. >> Okay. So, you guys were roaming? >> Yeah, yeah. He pulls up next to us, speeds off into here. >> So, he goes signal 12 up the ramp, speeds right past us. >> Okay. >> We were like, okay, this guy parks and we're going to pull out and just see what's going on. >> Okay. >> He pulls in here. >> Did his tire screech or anything? >> Uh when he came in this way, he like he cut the corner. >> heard his tire screech? >> He cut the corner, he screeched and pulled up like very abruptly. >> Uh-huh. >> And backed the car trying to get into this parking spot. As he did, he pulls in and hits the front the >> This is his car? >> This is the car that he had. And then he hits the front part right here, scrapes all the way through and this is his finished parking job right here. >> Okay. >> Um and then when we pull up, in the passenger side cup holder, there's a vape box. >> Uh-huh. >> And then when I went through the driver's side door >> still got that? Still have that? >> It's in there. >> Okay. >> And then on the driver's side, there's a vape box that was on his feet and he was actively trying to hide it. >> I got you. >> I called him out on it. >> Okay, cool. What's up, man? Is he cuffed? >> No. >> Oh, okay. Hey, man. My My name is Edwin. What's up? You guys need to sit down? What's your name? >> Can I have the phone? Can I relax in front of these handcuffs, please? >> What's that? >> Can I relax in front of these handcuffs? >> Uh yeah. Are you handcuffed right now? >> No. >> All right. My name is Edwin, man. You're good to relax, dude. >> But I don't think relax is >> I don't know what we're talking about. >> talk to you in in a separate video. >> You guys all right, can I just have one more here? I'm going to talk to him about my car. Come over here, dude. Hey, come on. Come over here, dude. What's your name? Yo, are you wanting to go over here and talk to me? You good? All right. What's your name, man? Hey, hey. Just come over here. We'll talk. >> No, just take the guy. >> No, no. All right. No, all right. Let's go. All right. You're not free to go, but you're going to come talk to me. You can stop yelling at me, but all right. >> I'm sorry. I'm not yelling. >> What's your name? >> Hey, I'm so sorry. >> You're good. >> This is my Indian my natural problem. Everyone say, "Stop yelling." >> What's your name, man? >> I'm I'm not yelling. That's my natural voice. >> I'm Akash. >> Akash? >> Yes. >> Okay, cool. Where are you Where are you coming from tonight, Akash? >> India. >> Where? >> India. >> You're coming from India tonight? >> No. >> Where are you coming from tonight? >> Orlando. >> Like where in Orlando? This is Orlando. >> Orlando is here. >> You live in USA? >> of USA. >> You're a what? >> Student of USA. >> Student of USA. All right, can you hang out right here? I'm just going to look What's your name again? >> Akash Gupta. >> How do you How do What Akash? All right, cool. All right, hang tight. >> Hey, Akash Gupta. >> Okay, hang tight. All right, Akash. Where were you coming from before? >> West Palm Beach. >> Today? >> Yes. >> And what are you doing here? >> I stay here. >> Like in this parking garage? >> In Orlando. >> What are you doing in this parking garage tonight? >> I just came out to have like just to have around like the uh a What is today? Friday, right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Just have a fun night with my friends. >> Were your friends with you tonight? >> They were. >> Okay. Where were you going to meet your friends at? >> They were coming with me in my car. >> And where are they now? >> These guys they have I asked them to leave and I said they go to the enjoy because I I'm sorry. Being an international student being all these shenanigans, I just know one thing. All these formalities might take time and I asked my friends to not to wait with me and to have fun. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> Just because whoever was faulty or not faulty whoever was whoever was on the wheel is the one who is under the inspection. >> So, also you just right now, I don't know what you're talking about. I'm going to I'm going to tell you what I'm doing, okay? >> This is an important turning point because the officer is making it clear that the investigation has changed direction. The crash itself is one issue, but now officers are specifically examining whether the driver's behavior is consistent with impairment. Notice the distinction. The officer says he cannot simply look at someone and determine an exact blood alcohol concentration. Instead, he is evaluating behavior and physical functioning through the investigation and field sobriety exercises. The driver has already acknowledged drinking while officers have described erratic driving and a collision. At this point, the evidence is beginning to stack up. But whether it proves impairment is exactly what these next tests are meant to determine. >> The officers over there observed you in the driver's seat and they saw your your behavior. >> Yeah, that's what I said. >> Let me Let me out. Let me finish, right? They saw you um driving and it as a result you hit the other car. There's no question about that. I have that from the officers. They have a document on their body worn cameras. >> I know. >> And there was alcohol in the car, right? >> I agree. >> I'm here The crash investigation's over. All right, what I'm doing is called the changing of the hats. That means I'm investigating your driving behavior and I'm investigating DUI, all right? >> Yes. >> Okay, you understand that? >> Yes. >> Do you have any mental health issues? >> No. >> Do you have uh Have you ever had a TBI? Traumatic brain injury? Concussion? >> Based on my uh advisor saying if I don't know what TBI stands for, I don't know what it is. >> Traumatic brain injury. >> That's what I said. >> Have you had a concussion? >> No. >> No? Okay. Do you wear glasses? >> No. >> Okay. Do you take any medications? >> No. >> Are you under the care of a physician? >> No. >> No? So, overall, you're pretty healthy? >> Yes. >> All right, cool. Um how many drinks do you have tonight? There was one in the center console. You smell like you've had some alcohol. How many? One and a half what? >> beer bottles >> Beer bottles? So, that's alcoholic beverages. You got to go to the >> And according to my blood alcohol concentration, I'm like 225 lbs. If I drink like according to BAC four legal drinks, I'm legal to drive under 0.08 BAC legal driving limits. And I'm right now on legal drinking driving. >> Well, I don't know that. >> You can check me if you want. >> Okay. That's so I'm going to ask the use of me to some exercises so I could see how you're functioning. I don't know what your blood I can't look I can't look at you and tell you what your blood alcohol level is. I'm not I can do is see if if you're impaired or not. And I'm going to ask you to do some exercises and if you're willing to do that, that helps me. >> if all of these things had not happened, I would have gone to a restroom really quick. >> Okay, but that's neither here nor there because all those things did happen and we're here right now. Okay? >> Yes, but it took me already like 10-15 minutes. >> Okay, so you're willing to do these exercises? >> Yes. >> All right, thank you so much. All right, so um the first thing you don't wear contacts. How are those shoes? Are they pretty comfortable for you? >> Okay. >> Do you want to keep them on or turn them off? Take them off. >> I'm fine with these shoes, I'm fine. >> Okay, well we'll go through the first one. I just want to look at your eyes and stuff, okay? Are you okay with that? All right, can you do me a favor? Just make sure cars don't come. You can come over here for me. And then come over here. I don't want a car to hit you, okay? >> Here is where the driver's argument about being under the legal limit becomes important. He believes that because of his weight and the number of drinks he consumed, he should still be legally able to drive. But officers are not accepting that calculation as proof that he is safe to operate a vehicle. A person's estimate of their own blood alcohol level is not the same thing as an actual test result. That's why the officer explains that the field exercises are being used to evaluate impairment. And remember what led officers here in the first place, alleged speeding, tire screeching, and a collision inside the garage. So now the field tests become a critical part of the investigation. >> Can you put your feet together? And your hands down to your side. Your hands to your side. Like this. All right. This is called a stimulus. You blew to pen, all right? Can you see this stimulus? Yes or no? All right, can you touch that stimulus? >> Uh-huh. >> Can you touch it? Perfect. Now put it back. All right, I want you to follow this with your eyes and your eyes only. Do not move your head. Do you understand my instructions? All right. All right, perfect. All right, um do you take any medications or anything like that? Um you said you're not under the care of a physician. When's the last time you ate something? >> Around 8:30-ish. >> Okay. Did you have a normal night's rest? >> Yes. >> Yeah? Okay. All right, cool. Can you do me a favor? You see this line right here? All right, can you face that way? Just right here. Just like this, all right? Perfect. >> Is there something I should be worried about? >> Uh I mean, uh the floor's pretty flat, right? I This is a flat part of the garage. >> no, no, no, no, no. Not about the test. I'm not afraid about the test. >> Okay. >> The only thing if I ever ask you if I'm afraid about is your uh conclusion based on which I might >> not done. >> No, no, no, no. I know, I know, I know. But, hear me out. Okay. Hear me out, please. I'm sorry. >> Sure. >> If I have to tell my mom, who is sitting thousands of miles away like, "Mom, I'm sorry. I didn't realize." >> How old are you? >> I'm 38. >> You don't have to tell your mom anything. Okay. Do me a favor, can you put your left foot on that line? >> Just like this? >> Right. >> Left? >> Oh, all right. >> This one, right? Left foot on the line, just like that. >> On the line? >> Yep. And then your right foot, heel to toe, just like this. Now, hold Hands out to your side. Hold that position. Hold Hands out to your side. Hands out to your side. Right here. Hands out to your side. All right. All right. Hold that position till I'm done explaining. Do you understand? >> Uh-huh. >> All right. When I tell you, you're going to take nine heel-toe steps. You're going to plant your lead foot, take a series of small steps, and take nine heel-toe steps back. I'm going to demonstrate Hold on. >> So, you're saying front and back. >> Watch my demonstration. Look at me. All right. From the starting position, I'm going to do three steps. You're going to do nine. Do you understand? Watch my demonstration. One. Two. Three. All the way to nine. Plant your lead foot, take a series of small steps. >> One question before you >> One. Two. Three. All the way up to nine. I got >> Before you do the another three, one curious question. >> Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay, try it again. Here you go. >> You are a trained professional in one sense. Whatever sense you are trained professionally, I might be under un- In your constitution, I might be under the influence of alcohol, or I might be untrained. Either of the case scenarios. >> I Do you understand I want me to explain them again? >> I do not, but I need to ask one question for clarity. >> Sure. >> I do not understand it. That's why I want to ask. >> That's fine. >> Either of the both scenarios. >> This section gets increasingly complicated because the driver repeatedly questions exactly what the officer wants him to do. The officer keeps demonstrating the instructions while the driver argues that there is a difference between understanding the instructions and understanding the rules behind them. That distinction may sound strange, but it matters because field sobriety exercises depend heavily on whether the person actually follows the standardized instructions. The officer gives another demonstration and asks whether he understands. The driver eventually agrees to perform the exercise, but the back-and-forth creates another issue for investigators. Is this genuine confusion, nervousness, language difficulty, or behavior associated with impairment? What do you think? >> I could demonstrate it again if you like. >> no, no, no. I don't care about the demonstration. My question is if I am wriggling like this, would you consider this as drunk or just like unsober? >> I don't Do you understand my instructions? Yes or no? Want me to re-explain it for you? >> No. >> So >> help me. >> What's not going to help you? >> Even though you re-explain it to me, it will be the same instruction. If you want me to conduct it, I will conduct it. >> my instructions? If you >> I will I do not. >> Okay, do you want me to demonstrate again? >> No. >> So, I can't if you >> loophole. I'm sorry. It's a loophole. >> So, are you refusing to do the exercises? >> No. I'm I'm doing the exercise. I'm done. >> So, do you understand them now? >> I don't understand your English. >> If you're not If you don't understand >> explain those answers in my language. Explain me my own language. >> I don't speak your language. If there's a different language, would you want me to demonstrate it again? I'll demonstrate it again. So, from the starting position, you're going to Can Nine heel-toe steps. Sir, watch my demonstration and then I'll do it again cuz I said there's clearly some confusion. Watch, from the starting position, I'm going to do three, you're going to do nine. Watch my demonstration. One, two, three, all the way to nine. Take a series of small steps and just say one, two, three, all the way to nine. Once you start, don't stop. Count every step aloud and keep your hands out to your side. Do you understand? Do you understand? All right, you may begin. >> I understand to your instructions >> Okay. >> but not to the rules. >> That is a rule. >> Instructions, but not rules. There's a fine line difference in both of them. >> Now we're finally seeing the exercise itself and the interaction shows just how difficult this investigation has become. The officer repeatedly explains the starting position, the heel-to-toe movement, the number of steps, and how the driver should count. The driver continues asking questions and requesting clarification while the officer keeps returning to the same instructions. This is exactly why the earlier explanations matter. The officer isn't simply watching whether the driver can walk. He is also observing whether the instructions are understood and followed. At this point, viewers can judge the behavior for themselves. Was the driver genuinely confused or were these repeated questions making the situation more difficult than it needed to be? >> Nine steps, you said, right? >> Nine heel-toe steps. Plant your lead foot and take a series of small steps. That's not one. So, watch my demonstration. >> So, I can do this as my walk? >> No, that's not the Watch, we'll >> start I'm going to get you in the starting position. Put your left foot here. Do it. Left foot. Your right foot heel-to-toe. Right foot next You have to do it. You're not doing it. Hands out to the side just like I'm doing. All right. I'm going to do three steps. You're going to do nine. Watch my demonstration. One. You have to be in the starting position. Okay, but you're not in the starting position. No, you're not. That's not one. So, I said watch my demonstration. Put your Go back to the starting position. Sir, go back to the starting position. Hold that position until I'm done explaining. Hands out to your side. Hold that position until I'm done explaining. So, starting position. Take a series of small steps. 1 2 3 all the way to 9. I did three, you do nine. You may begin. Out loud. The way I explained it to you. Plant your lead foot. Take a series of small steps and take nine heel-to-toe steps back. Plant Plant that lead foot and take a series of small steps. The way I explained it to you. The way I explained it to you, sir. All right. So, we're done with this. We're going to go on to the next one. Okay. >> Come over here. >> Thank you. >> You can come over here, sir. All right. So, the next one is the one-leg stand. All right? You could pick any foot you choose. Your left, your right, it doesn't matter. It's completely up to you. I'm going to use my left foot for demonstration purposes only. And then you could pick whatever foot you want. Do you understand? When I tell you, you could raise whatever foot you choose approximately 6 in off the >> me putting my hands in my pocket? >> Keep your hands out to your side for me, please. All right? >> Thank you. >> Here, let's come over here. Now that the road is being blocked off. All right. You could pick any foot of your choosing. Your left or your right, it doesn't matter. For demonstration purposes, I'm going to use my left foot. You're going to raise your left foot approximately 6 in off the ground. That's like a soda can, right? You're going to keep that foot parallel to the ground, and you're going to count aloud. 1,001, 1,002, 1,003 until I tell you to stop. Watch my demonstration. I'm using my left foot. I'm raising it. 1,001, 1,002, 1,003. >> Is it acceptable if I raise it in the back? >> The way I instructed you. No other way other than how I instructed you. So, watch my demonstration. Right using my left foot, raising it approximately 6 in off the ground. 1,001, 1,002 until I tell you to stop, okay? >> Not in the back. >> What's that? >> Not in the back. >> Not in the back. Just how I showed you. 1 second, let me All right, you may begin anytime. >> And now the investigation reaches its decisive moment. After the field sobriety exercises, the officer tells the driver he is under arrest for DUI. The driver immediately becomes tense, and officers repeatedly instruct him to stop resisting and relax his muscles. Whatever the driver's intentions were, the situation has now moved from investigation to arrest. The officer also explains that continued resistance could lead to another charge, making compliance especially important. This is a major escalation from where the encounter began in the parking garage. What started with erratic driving and a scraped vehicle has now ended with handcuffs and a formal DUI arrest. >> All right, breathe in and out. >> Nope, you're good. All right, come over here. Take two steps. Now you're going to turn and face this way. This way This way, yep. You're going to go like this. All right. And the next one you're just going to put your hands behind your back like this and then look that way. All right, you're under arrest for driving under the influence. Don't tense up. You're going to get another charge if you tense up, sir. You're not So, you're going to catch another charge if you tense up again. Stop resisting. >> I'm not. >> Stop resisting. >> I'm not. I'm not. >> Stop resisting cuz you're tensing your muscles. Stop resisting. >> I'm not. I'm sorry. >> Look forward. Stop tensing your body. All right. This way? What else do you have on you? Do you have anything to poke me, stick me, or hurt me? >> No, just a phone. >> Just a phone? That could go with you to property and evidence, okay? >> Can you do me a favor, please? >> What? >> Please, please, please. >> Can you just say yelling? What's up? >> Can you please just give me a call to one of the friends. >> You're going to get a phone call after this process. >> I don't remember the number. >> You're going to have your phone with you. >> Oh, thank you. Can I make a phone call? >> You're going to make a phone call once we're done with the processing. You do not have the right to have a phone call till you get to the jail. >> All right. >> Okay? Delta 11, can you change this to a signal one, and I'll have one Oscar Mike 10-15. Here we go. >> Hey, you all the way down over there? You're all the way down? >> Scene secure. Talking to fellow officer. Don't do that cuz you're going to end up getting what's called safe booking, and you don't want that. That's when they strap you down to a chair because you're kicking around, so don't do that. You understand? >> I'm sorry. >> Stop kicking around in the car. Just sit regularly, okay? You don't have to be sorry. Just go with the program, and everything will be fine for you, okay? >> So, let's put the entire encounter together. Officers reported seeing the vehicle drive erratically inside the parking garage, including tire screeching and a collision with a parked vehicle. They then investigated the driver's condition, questioned him about alcohol consumption, and conducted field sobriety exercises. The driver repeatedly challenged or questioned the instructions, but ultimately completed the exercises before officers placed him under arrest for DUI. The final piece of evidence came at the DUI testing center, where the breath sample reportedly registered 0.135, according to the footage. He was then taken to the Orange County Jail and booked on a DUI charge. This case shows how quickly a questionable driving incident can turn into a full DUI investigation when multiple observations begin lining up. Do you think the officers handled this investigation fairly, or do you think the driver's explanations raised legitimate questions? If you found this case as shocking as we did, make sure to hit that like button, share your thoughts in the comments, and don't forget to subscribe for more jaw-dropping courtroom breakdowns.