Well, how fast are you going? 60 65. Are you kidding me? I I I don't 103. No, no, no. I got a dash cam to prove I was doing 103. Sir, you were. I'm not a liar. You were. Welcome back to the Lackluster channel. Back in 2022, I broke a story in which a viewer named John was protesting speed traps created by the Delaware State Police. Here is a brief recap. You are not taking my property. What's your badge number? My badge number is right there. At first, we only had John's cell phone footage, which showed one of the most egregious incidents I've covered to date. Because conduct had your finger. Disorderly conduct. And here's what's about to happen. You're about to be arrested again for resisting arrest. The video shows trooper Nicholas Gallow and Corporal Steven Douglas harassing John for holding a sign that reads, "Radar ahead. two people to come up here. I got a man trying to steal my property. Tell me he's not going to let me do something that's constitutionally protected. No, I'm not. What's the statute for that? What's the statute? You wanted our attention. You got it. I mean, I don't want your attention. Go away, road pirate. You wanted You wanted our attention. Go away, road pirates. The troopers smile from ear to ear as they assault him and force him to cease protesting after they steal and destroy his sign. Put your hands on me. You see what this mother did? You see what he did? I'm Don't put your hands on me. Do not put Give me my property back. You piece of Give me my property back. You see this? You tyrant piece of After the troopers assaulted Jon, stole and destroyed his property. They stay on scene and wait until he leaves. Jon drove up to the next light, made a legal U-turn, and as he passed the officers who had just violated him, he flips them off, and the troopers immediately pull out to chase him down. Dash cam footage shows the officers responding to the unlawful traffic stop, traveling well above the 55 mph speed limit. Corporal Douglas's cruiser is seen putting the lives of citizens at grave risk by traveling 104 mph. Another trooper is shown doing more than 90. All to retaliate against demand for the content of his speech. Worse is that before arriving, the troopers conspired against Jon, communicating over the radio about what false charges they could hit him with. Fully aware that it would serve to do nothing but waste Jon's time and perhaps cost him money to fight. We can, you know, we can lock him up for uh disorderly conduct. It may not go anywhere, but we could definitely lock him up for disability conduct. The reason I stopped you is you had your your hand out the window with your finger. So what? It's constitutionally protected speech. Is the reason why you're doing that? Is the reason why you're doing that? You're stopping me for constitutionally protected speech, right? Cuz you had your finger your hand out the the window right now. You're you're being detained for what? Okay. You're being detained. I told you why I stopped you already, sir. for putting my middle finger up. That's correct. Correct. Exactly. You extended your arm out the window. No, I had my middle finger out the window. Okay, let's get your Let me get your ID. John was maliciously charged with a violation for failure to give a right-hand turn signal. After Jon is set free, the troopers fantasize of their future plans of locking Jon up, taking his son and his dog. Now, we going to have problems with that guy. But after he going to do something stupid, he's going to do something stupid. He got his kid in the car and dog in the car. I lock him up, put his dog in the impound, you know, but he'll do some catch. But for now, it is what it is. Corporal Box then calls his supervisor. You know, the guy's f you. I can do what I want. This that and the other. Um, well, Gallup took the guy's sign and ripped it up. So now he's pissed about that. He also admits to being aware that flipping someone off is not a valid reason for a traffic stop. gave the finger uh as he was driving away. Um Douggee pulled him over and then wrote him for uh hand gestures. So wrote him a a citation for hand gestures. Pulled him over for like giving him the middle finger. Yeah. Giving him Yeah. for giving him middle finger. So yeah, you can't do that. That'll get dropped. Yeah, it's going to get I told him that's going to get thrown out. But it it's just going to, you know, it's going to cause the problem. I tried to give I was going to give him back the sign, but already ripped the sign up. So, cuz I went and talked to him and obviously he didn't want to hear anything I had to say by that time. You know, the supervisor advised Corporal Box that they'd have to look for something stupid to lock him up for in the future. Yeah, we need to we need to look at something more that applies like maybe something stupid like, you know, parking the roadway. Right. Right. Right. You know, something like that. That'll fly. Unfortunately, I mean, yeah, you can't we can't pull people over. We can't write us tickets for telling us off or giving us a middle finger and stuff like that. Yeah. You know, that's that's their right to do so. Yeah. Remember, this call was made specifically to head off a possible incoming complaint for what both officers know was a clear injustice and a violation of their sworn oaths. But the supervisor doesn't sound concerned with getting his troops right. And instead of investigating their actions, he says he'll investigate Jon. All right, I'll do some more work up on this guy and uh I'll uh I'll pass it on. I'm sure I haven't got any emails yet said he called. Yeah, he did. He Yeah, he called. He called the uh he called uh Kurt. Kurt's on the desk. So, he did call. He said he stole a name. So, after talking with his supervisor, Trooper Box calls Trooper Gallow to laugh about inconveniencing Jon with the ticket. I I call pop and and I know he's like, "Yeah, oh well, we shouldn't have ripped the sign up." Yeah. And then number two, yeah, he you know, we have no real basis to write them. It's going to get thrown out any, you know, that it's going to get thrown out. Um that the hand gesture thing. Yeah. It's not It doesn't count for for for finger, you know, for fingers. Right. Right. Right. So now Yeah. So he's he's going to do something stupid one day where we are going to be able to lock him up for disorderly conduct. Trooper Box finally realizes his microphone is on and cuts it off mid call. These videos show a level of awe inspiring police misconduct with troopers conspiring amongst themselves to violate the rights of a citizen after assaulting him, stealing, and destroying his property. Worse is that it shows that the leadership ranks are rotten to the core. And this clip seems to incriminate the local prosecutors as well. It's all good. Of course, I'll see him in court at some point. You know, I'm going just make sure police prosecution doesn't drop it. John filed the lawsuit and the Delaware State Police agreed to pay $50,000 or unlawfully preventing him from engaging in peaceful protest. No word was ever given on whether any of the troopers faced any consequences for their actions. But recently, I was sent a new video from Matt, an elite status lift driver who works between 50 and 80 hours a week for the company. He is ranked in the top 5% of drivers in the Philadelphia area and covers DC, Manhattan, Long Island, New Jersey, and all over Pennsylvania. In early April of 2025, he was on his way to pick up a client at 4:00 a.m. and had to pass through Delaware in the same district of the troopers named in John's lawsuit. Fortunately, Matt has a dash cam that displays his speed and provided me 3 minutes of his driving prior to the following encounter. The digits, however, are not easy to read, but as seen on screen, his current speed is 69 mph. Delaware State Trooper James Agnore was parked here in a small lot that enables him to view both lanes of traffic. The first possible moment he had available to see Matt was as he passed over the top of the Summit Bridge nearly a mile away. Per the dash cam footage at that location. Matt appears to have been driving 72 mph, slowing into the 60s as he approached the turn. Warning you. Well, Delaware corporations tend to be owned or I mean, well, we've got millions of them, but there are a lot of Delaware corporations that are listed on a public stock exchange, the shares of which owned by a diverse range of investors all across the country and the world. Uh, they will have some interest in well, h how does Delaware regulate or how does it how does it administer its corporate law? So that's why you you've got a lot of institutional investors, so big money managers, asset managers, pension funds, um you know, who manage the money of individual human beings, um saying, "Gee, we don't like this." Our guest is Larry Cunningham, director of the University of Delaware Weineberg Center for Corporate WDEL. It was touched upon, Larry, on this final day of the of the vote and also we did earlier about where things may proceed with this this corporate council group that had so much input into the legislation. Good. [Applause] Morning. Quad state police. Good morning. License and restoration insurance. Thank you. Now, the insurance, is it all right if I have a picture of it on my phone or do I actually have the pepper paper? I don't know if I have the uh updated one. I get one every like 6 months, but I haven't. I'm on my way to pick up a take somebody to the airport. Just be there 8 minutes. You're supposed to be what? I got to be there in 10 minutes. Well, I got I got till 600. Well, how fast were you going? Uh, honestly, I'm not sure. I was just cruising along here. I will say you were cruising along. How fast were you going? I don't know. I was so probably 60 65. Are you kidding me? I I I don't How about 103? No, no, no, no, no. I got I got a dash cam that proves I was doing 103. No, I swear to God. I got a dash cam, too. And my radar just calibrated is 103. You're the fastest vehicle on the roadway. I I No, I haven't done over 100, officer. I swear to God. I do this every day. I'm a top driver with lift. I Okay, sit tight. Okay. Uh, you have your insurance or not? Uh, I have it on my phone. Let me see I mean, I um have to uh Yeah, I I I swear to God I There's no way I was doing 103. I would love to see your dash cam when it comes time to trial. Okay. Yeah, sir. I'm I'm sorry. I got four kids. I'm just trying to work. I swear to God I wasn't doing 103. Sir, you were I'm not a liar. You were. I watch you increase speed. You went from 84 coming over the top of the bridge to 103. I I don't know how. Do you have the insurance? Yes or no? I'm I'm looking for it. I'm looking for I mean if I can get into my app, but I got a picture of it over there. I can't drive without insurance for Okay. Well, I'm sorry. I'm I'm just here trying to make a living. I just got a speed and ticket um a couple months ago from Claymont, but I mean I was I might have been doing 75, but I I swear to God, I'm sure I was not doing 103. I No, you were doing 103. There's no way to There's no possible I wouldn't know if I was doing 103. That's the problem, sir. That's I mean I can Can I bring the dash cam up and and show you? I mean, I swear to God. Does it show you the actual speed? Uh I'm pretty sure I've only had it for about a month. Okay. I mean, that's up. I'll be right back. All right. Matt shuts off his dash cam to ensure that he saves the videos and to show trooper Agnore. But when the trooper returns, Matt shows the insurance on his cell phone and attempts to provide the trooper with the video proof that he was not driving 103 mph. But trooper Agnore had grown impatient and had already written the citations. The first was a warning for a license plate frame that the dealer had installed prior to Matt purchasing the vehicle. But on top of that warning, he was issued three citations. One for reckless driving, one for failing to have insurance in his possession, though he showed it, and the third for speeding. His first mandatory appearance is in late April, and if he is unable to get the charges dismissed, he will lose access to Lyft for 7 years. This would be especially damning as it is the primary income for his wife and four children. Matt has filed a complaint with the Delaware State Police Office of Professional Responsibility and is waiting for the investigation results from internal affairs, but he tells me that when he made the report, they didn't seem to care too much. And despite being told the investigation would be concluded within a few days, he has yet to hear back from them. So, keep an eye out on my community page or future videos for an update on this case. And if you don't have a dash cam, and specifically one that shows your speed, check the pinned comment and description for my recommendation. If you'd like me to break your story and be featured on the channel, use my form in the pinned comment to submit your video. As always, if you like this episode, be sure to check out another one linked on screen. [Music]