I'm getting out. You don't got to touch me. Get out of the car. You do not have to touch me. I'm getting out. I'm doing a car. Let's go. >> On October 4th, 2024, an Orlando Police Department officer observed a vehicle with excessively dark window tint and conducted a traffic stop. Also, the driver was found to have an outstanding warrant for Grand Theft Auto in another county. Yes, sir. >> How you doing, boss? What's up, lost? Orlando Police Department. You have your license registration on you? >> No. >> You don't have your license? >> All right. Can you roll this back window down about halfway for me? >> What? >> Roll the back one about >> because the reason for the stop is your tent. Your front window tent is illegal. And so is this one. >> Roll this down about halfway. >> What? >> Because I'm telling you to. >> About halfway, sir. Halfway. >> Roll it down a little more. >> You don't have a license. >> All right. Can you roll this down a little more? >> Roll it down from >> sir. Just roll the window down about halfway. >> Okay. It's down, >> sir. It's not. All right. You know what? [ __ ] off. Damn. >> All right. Yeah. 2%. All right. That's the reason for the stop. >> Have you ever had a license out of Florida? >> Yeah. >> What's wrong? Suspended. Yeah. >> How long has this been coming for? >> I don't know. >> Hey, I'm good here. Just >> man. God damn, dog. >> I might as well get out. You might as well put >> You're going to stay in the car for right now. >> Thank you, man. >> You might as well pull me out the car. >> Big dog. >> I'm going to cut the car. You can pull me out. >> All right. Cut the car off. You're going to stay in the car for right now. What's your first name? >> Man, I'm going to get out the car. >> You're going to stay in the car right now. >> I'm going to get out the car. >> You You are going to do what I tell you to do right now. That's how this works. >> Okay. So, I'm going to get out the car. That's why you see I >> You're not going to get out of the car right now. You're going to tell me your name is what's going to happen. >> Yeah. Okay. Just pull me out of the car. >> What is your first name? >> What is your first name? >> This is the moment where the situation really begins to unravel. The officer has repeatedly told the driver to remain inside the vehicle while the driver keeps insisting that he's going to get out. Notice the officer's warning. If he pulls away or resists, additional charges could follow. The officer is essentially giving him a clear opportunity to cooperate before things escalate. Instead, the driver continues challenging the instructions and questioning why the officer needs him to stay put. At this stage, the original issue was a traffic violation and a suspended license, but the encounter is rapidly becoming a physical detention. So, here's the question. If you were sitting in that driver's seat, would you simply follow the instructions and deal with the license issue, or would you have challenged the officer, too? >> All right. So, what's your first name? I still need to know your first name regardless. >> Cameron Brown. That's my name. >> What's your birthday? >> 7991. >> What's your middle name? >> Michael M. >> What is it? >> Michael M. M. >> All right. Listen. >> This is what's going to happen. You're going to put your hands on the steering wheel. I'm going to open the door. I'm going to have you step out. You pull away from me, anything like that that is resisting, you're going to go to jail for that. You try to run, you're going to get tased. I promise you that I'm running for >> I'm letting you know that. >> 31. Go ahead. >> Put your hands on the steering wheel. Put your foot back in the car. Danny, >> you got to touch me. I'm getting out. You don't got to touch me. Get out of the car. >> You do not have to touch me. I'm getting out. Get out of the car. >> You don't got to touch me. I'm getting out. >> Turn around. Turn around and face the car. >> Turn around and face the car. >> Okay. I'M DOING IT. What the hell doing? >> What you doing? >> Chill out, bro. We right here. >> Chill, bro. We right here. >> Right here. >> Resist. >> And now we're past the point of a verbal disagreement. The officers are physically taking the driver into custody while he repeatedly insists that he isn't resisting. That's an important distinction because the driver's words and the officer's interpretation of his movements are clearly different. He says he's simply trying to pull his arm away and that he never intended to fight anyone. But from the officer's perspective, pulling away during an attempted arrest can be viewed very differently, especially when an officer is trying to control the suspect's hands. This is exactly why body camera footage can become so important in criminal cases. It gives investigators, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and potentially a court a chance to examine what actually happened rather than relying solely on competing versions of events. >> We got him on camera. Give me your hands. Who the resist? >> Give your hands. >> I'm not resisting. Okay. Give me your hand. Put your hands behind your back. I never resist. >> Put your hands behind your back. >> I never resisted. >> Put your hands behind your back. >> Get your hands now. >> Stop touching me. I never resisted. >> Break your own, >> man. Suck my hand. Suck my suck my Take my hand. TAKE MY HAND. [laughter] >> YOUR HANDS NOW. >> Take my hand. Take my hand. Take my hand. Let's go. >> I got this. Oh [ __ ] >> That was stupid. Is that my one more unit? >> Saw that coming. >> Shouldn't fight the police. >> Get my phone. STOP. >> Get my phone, BRO. SHUT UP. STAND UP. Hit me up. Get my phone. At this point, the encounter has become much more serious. The driver is repeatedly asking for medical attention, and officers are also noticing injuries, including bleeding around his face and scratches on his arm. Whatever your opinion is about the arrest itself, once someone is visibly injured and asking for medical care, that becomes an immediate priority. And notice what happens next. Officers begin arranging an ambulance while also dealing with the vehicle and preserving the driver's property. This isn't simply about getting someone into handcuffs anymore. There are medical concerns, evidence concerns, a vehicle that needs to be handled, and multiple potential criminal charges developing at the same time. The situation that began with window tint has now escalated dramatically. Let me get the >> No, I got to circle first. >> Hold on. >> I ain't got nothing out. Huh? we eat. >> What's that for? Right. >> Exactly. Exactly. >> Exactly. >> Stop bracing. Pushing. Stop pushing. >> What are we waiting on? >> We waiting on you. >> We waiting on you. >> Let's get him out of here. >> Separate your feet. >> Face the vehicle. I need I need medical attention. I need medical attention. I need medical attention. I need medical attention. I need medical attention. I need medical attention. [laughter] >> I need medical side. >> I need that side. Just dragging the car. Let's go. >> That's his phone. Don't lose that, >> Danny. Unlock it. Huh? Where'd that go? >> Sorry. Am I bleeding? >> No. >> Huh? >> Good. All >> good, sir. Huh? >> Here's where the legal consequences become much clearer. The officer tells the driver that he is facing charges, including battery, on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license. The driver immediately disputes the battery allegation, arguing that he never hit anyone. But the officer explains his position. During the struggle, the driver pulled away and the officer fell. That's important because a battery allegation doesn't necessarily require someone to throw a traditional punch. The exact legal elements depend on the applicable law and the facts prosecutors can prove, but the officer is clearly saying that physical contact occurred during the resistance. The driver maintains that he was only trying to get his arm away. Now the question becomes, was this resistance an accidental movement or something prosecutors could prove beyond a reasonable doubt? >> I need medical assistance. >> You're going to get it. Don't worry. >> Yeah. Yeah. UC or do you want me to? >> They're not going to accept any bleeding. Meet him at the mercy mark. >> Yeah. The car smells like 95. I need to search the car. Make sure there's nothing else in there. >> Okay. >> And Danny has my mag. I need to get that. I I'll go through it. >> Danny, you got my mag. >> I I'm going to need FD at the start. Yeah, he's bleeding from his face pretty bad. >> Are you bleeding? >> I don't know. My arm My arm's all scratched up and >> Okay. Well, I'll call you at the hospital. >> Do we need to do we need to >> I need to search his car. The car smells like 95 >> and he's going to need to see at least an ambulance if not the hospital. >> I need the ambulance now. >> I'm thinking now. I feel like my nose broke right now. Sorry. You want me to leave him here or take him up there? >> I need ambulance. >> I need to move whatever car this is behind. >> I need ambulance now. >> Hey, don't worry. It's coming. >> I need ambulance. >> You just take the car to Mercy Mart or >> I need >> I'm going to tow it anyway. >> Huh? >> Yeah, that's not him. >> Sergeant, WE'LL GO WHEREVER. WHAT HAPPENED? >> Your car. >> He's getting towed. >> I'm at the house. >> Hey, do you got my phone? >> Yep. >> Can you call my girlfriend? >> Negative. >> I can't use your phone. I don't have consent. >> And you're in handcuff, so you can't give consent. >> Huh? >> You're in handcuff, so you cannot give consent. So, I'm not illegally allowed to use your cell phone. >> What are we going? Well, you have a warrant out of Elatchua County and then you're going to get charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license. >> I got battery. >> Plus, when you fight the police, that's called battery. >> Security. >> When you fight the police, that's battery. >> Actually, I didn't I didn't fight. >> Okay. >> I didn't hit nobody. >> Pushing and all that is fighting. Just so you know. >> Pushing people is fighting. >> I never pushed nobody. >> Okay. I tried to pull my arm. >> Uh-huh. >> I tried to snatch my arm away. >> Okay. >> So, what I got a one out of Electro County for? >> I don't know. I I don't work for Electro County. You got a warrant for grand theft out of Elro County. $100,000. >> $100,000 bond. >> No. $100,000 and grand theft. $100,000. I don't know what what you stole. >> What's the bond on? >> I have no idea. They'll let me know when when we get there. You don't you're not going to have a bond though because of the bat Leo charge. >> Because of what? the battery on a law enforcement officer charge, so you have no bond." >> This conversation gives us a revealing look at how quickly choices during a police encounter can compound the consequences. The officer tells the driver that the original situation involved the suspended license and the vehicle, but argues that the driver's decision to get out and struggle created additional problems. The officer even explains that he had not initially told the driver he was going to jail. According to the officer, the situation escalated because the driver refused to remain calm and ultimately pulled away during the arrest. Whether the driver's actions were intentional resistance or a reaction to having his arm controlled is something the evidence would have to establish. But one thing is undeniable. What started as a window tint traffic stop ended with injuries, an arrest, and multiple serious charges. I didn't hit no officer, so I ain't get a battery charge. >> All right, boss. Look, we're going to the hospital right now so they can look at your face. Okay, >> I don't want to go to the hospital. >> If you look, I'm going to explain something to you. I have to take you to the hospital because you're bleeding from your face. Okay? If you do not want to spend time at the hospital, that is not up to me. It's up to the nurses. You can tell them you refuse. And what they decide to do >> pushing people is battery. Okay. All right. Well, look, in the process of you pulling away, you pushed me and I fell. So, you might not have intentionally did it, maybe. But I still fell because you pushed me. >> That is battery on law enforcement officer. >> Are you on probation right now? >> No. >> All right. We'll talk about at the jail. All right. >> We'll talk about it at the jail. I don't know what the whole thing with fighting was then. Like, why why why are you pulling away in the first place? Man, I even told you before cuz I was trying to calm you down. If it was just the license, >> all right? And I was telling you that if you would have just calm down and then you yell yelling at me that I'm not touching you, bro. That's how this works. All right. I didn't say you were going to jail yet. And but you you put yourself in those handcuffs. >> Yeah. >> All right. We were just talking. Look, you were coming out of the car cuz your car smelled like weed. All right. You were coming out of the car. I was going to search the car. We were going to have a conversation about the license. All right. and you get out and start doing all the extra stuff. You You tied my hands up with that your corner there. He's been All right, boss. >> What's that? >> I can't hear you. >> That's not >> I do have to I have to put my hand on you just to hold you just because >> you're in our custody right now. All right. Can you press the How are you doing? How you doing? >> And that's where this encounter ultimately lands. According to the closing information in the video after being medically cleared from the hospital, the suspect was transported to the Orange County Jail and charged with assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting law enforcement with violence. The encounter began with excessively dark window tint and a suspended license. But the discovery of an outstanding grand theft warrant and the physical struggle dramatically changed the stakes. The driver repeatedly argued that he never intended to fight the officers. While police maintained that his physical resistance resulted in an officer being pushed and falling. The broader lesson is clear. 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