[music] So, reason you're not free to go is because there's drugs in the car. Okay. I >> I don't I just hopped in that car. >> Cuz you're in a car that has drugs in it. >> But that's not my car. >> Okay. But you were sitting there and he found her right where your seat was at. >> She thought a few arguments would help her get out of a traffic stop. But the price that followed was greater than she expected. >> Get out the car. I'm getting out of the car. You don't have to >> Let's go. In just a few minutes of resistance, Karen turned what could have been a simple ticket into trouble that she would have a hard time arguing her way out of. With just a few questions about why she had been stopped, she turned a simple investigation into an increasingly tense argument. >> Your license is suspended. Okay. It >> It shouldn't be suspended. >> No, it's suspended again. All right. You got your registration. I ain't going to take you to jail. I just write your ticket. All right. >> I'm trying to figure out why you're suspended. >> Huh? Your insurance? >> I got insurance. >> Not on this car. Maybe another car. >> No, I have insurance on this car. Give me one second. >> No, I No, you have insurance on this car. Maybe you've had insurance on another car that insurance laps. >> No, I don't. This the only vehicle that I have. >> Did you have another insurance company prior to this one? >> No. >> Since you've had this car? Yeah, >> cuz you got two you got two suspensions and they're both for financial reasons and nine times out of 10 it's insurance related. Okay. >> No, I have >> I know you have insurance on this car right now. >> Well, what I'm saying is I'm not understanding why is my license suspended and I have insurance. If you know I have insurance on this card, then why my license? >> I I'm not with you every day. I wouldn't have an answer for that. Okay. >> Hello. >> Yeah. >> So, I just got pulled over state saying that my license is suspended. >> It's suspended. So, you pay you pay your ticket. I did. I paid all that. That's not for the tickets. It's not for the tickets. It's for the insurance. And I got insurance on my truck. >> Yeah, that you cut it just that way. >> Yeah, I parked my insurance just in time. Somebody else did the same thing. I got pulled over before the same for the same reason. He pulled me over said my license was suspended and he had to pull me up in the system and they told me it wasn't suspended. >> No, when I ran your tag. >> Yeah, >> that's when it say you're suspended. So then I checked I checked the other system and that said you're suspended. >> He ran the tag and everything. Well, I couldn't hear you trying to cuz he had no reason to know. But I'm I'm my my understanding is I don't know if it was you but behind me the first time when I had rolled by before I even went to the store then roll off went on the highway went up and they came back around and parked and waited for me to leave like for what? >> Cuz your license suspended. It wasn't even about the license at first because you had we were supposed I I understand Miss T was coming this way passing each other >> and then I turned around >> and you turned around to my I didn't give you a reason to turn around my tag because I don't have a tag in front of you. >> You didn't you didn't have I don't have to have a reason to turn around on you. All right. >> But that's my opinion. I I I understand Tazwell, but listen, you could be going to jail. You want you want to argue with me and I can just take you. >> But getting out of the car was not the end. She continued reacting aggressively, demanded badge numbers, and kept challenging the way the police were handling the situation. >> I'm not going to ask you again. >> What am I doing? >> All I'm not I didn't understand. >> So, what part of driving on a suspended driver's license? You can go to jail. Don't you understand? Out of the car. >> Okay. I I tell you what. I tell you what. I'm not here to play games with you. >> I'm asking you to get out the car. Get out the car. So, this the route you want to go down this morning? >> I'm going to jail for nothing. And I didn't do anything wrong. >> Unlock the car. >> Unlock the car and get out the car. >> For what, sir? What am I doing wrong? >> Okay, we're not going to do this. >> I didn't do anything wrong. >> Get out. Get out. >> I didn't do anything wrong. >> Get out. >> Because I caught him letting you know what's going on. >> Get out. >> Because I called my dad. Let me know what you were doing. That's crazy. You locked me up for nothing. >> Let's go. >> I didn't do any pulling. I'm getting out the car. I'm getting out the car. You don't have to. >> Let's go. doing too much. >> All right. >> Now, put your hands behind your back. >> All right. Somebody record this. SOMEBODY RECORDED MY PROBLEM before you get burned. >> Drop the cigarette. >> I can't. >> Drop. >> Just for me. Me. >> Drop this cigarette. >> For me. Get it out my hand. Get it out. Get it out my hand before you >> Don't worry about it. >> I didn't do nothing wrong. I need your badge number in your name. Back. You had no husband for no reason. >> Let's go. >> Can you stop this way? >> What you're not going to do is keep pulling on me. >> Let's go. >> That's what you're not going to do. You're not going to keep hearing him on me. >> Do what I tell you to do. >> But what you're not going to do is keep pulling on me. >> Car in the car. >> You're not going to keep on me wrong with you. >> The is wrong with you. Get some badges. INTO A LITTLE CORNY OFF. >> The longer she was detained, the more she insisted that she had fully complied, then demanded that a supervisor appear to prove that the police were the ones in the wrong. >> Crazy, bro. HE TAKE ME TO DRIVE. I GOT I JUST GOT MY LICENSE, BRO. I I'm I'm licensed fories. I worked in I'm a sinner and all. Come on. >> What is your name? >> Tama. I didn't I didn't do nothing wrong. Tena, when an officer asks you to get out of the car, you don't need to come. I gave him my information. He asked for my information. Can I get a sergeant out here, please? >> Listen, >> can I get a sergeant out here? >> When a When an officer asks you to get out of the car, it don't matter. >> He didn't give me time to do anything. >> It don't matter if you give him your stuff or not, we allowed to ask. >> He didn't give me time to do anything. He didn't do GIVE ME TIME. I RODE PAST this man. He rode past me. He was going towards the um the ballpark and I went to go get gas. He waited for me to GET GAS. HE WAITED TILL I GOT GAS. TURNED AROUND ON ME FOR NOTHING. So what? I want your sergeant out here. Please. >> You're allowed to We're allowed to wait. >> WAIT FOR WHAT? HE ROLLED PAST ME AND TURNED AROUND ON ME FOR NOTHING. I DIDN'T DO NOTHING WRONG COMING OR GETTING OFF FROM WORK. THENING gave you a shift for work, bro. I didn't do nothing wrong. >> You didn't comply when he asked. >> I DID COMPLY. I GAVE HIM THE STUFF. >> I GAVE HIM MY STUFF. HE ASKED ME TO GET OUT FOR NO REASON. >> HE ASKED me to get out for no reason. >> Okay. I didn't do I want a sergeant out here, please. >> Yeah, we'll get somebody out here. >> I need a sergeant out here. Y'all not calling him though. >> We did. He just called. >> No, he didn't. >> Yeah, he did. You screaming >> like that's crazy. I'm not screaming. It's just up, bro. >> Well, you didn't. Listen, >> I didn't do anything wrong. That's why you don't understand. >> You would have just GOT A TICKET. >> I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T KNOW. I GAVE HIM MY INFORMATION. I was on the phone. He got mad cuz I was on the phone. He got mad cuz I'm on the phone. >> Being on the phone had nothing to DO WITH IT. YES, IT HAD BEEN. You You didn't get mad until I explained it TO MY BOYFRIEND. YOU GOT MAD WHEN I explained to my boyfriend that I ALREADY PAID FOR THE TICKET. >> The you just got mad. >> But just when she believed the situation was turning in her favor, one detail from inside the vehicle suddenly made things more complicated. >> Was on camera. Okay. So, I don't have to have Listen. Listen. All you got to do is listen. The reason they didn't talk to you out there is because every time my lieutenant said something to you, you talked over him. Okay. So, hold on. Hold on. So then, so then the major said, "Hey, you know what? She don't want to listen. We're done talking." >> I was listening. >> So, come on. Look at me. Let's talk. >> So, I had a I had a reason that'll take you to jail. I come up there. I said, "Hey, listen. I'm not going I'm just going to write you a ticket." >> I didn't do nothing for you to do that. >> Driving on a suspended driver's license is a crime. >> And I was telling you my license [laughter] is not suspended. See, look. The same thing. You're not listening to me. >> And I was listening to you. Didn't you drag me out of the car? You want me to listen to you? >> Because Because I asked you to get out of the car >> for nothing. For nothing. I GAVE YOU MY INFORMATION. >> OKAY. SO, we're back to the same spot. We're back to >> You trying to put it on me? >> Put it on you. >> You trying to put everything on me when you drag me out of the car for nothing. AND I GAVE YOU MY INFORMATION. I GAVE YOU YOU ASKED FOR MY LICENSE and registration. I DIDN'T NEED I COMPLIED WITH YOU. I DID NOT refuse you. I did apply with you and I gave you that. Can I talk to my boyfriend on the phone? >> If you compile with me, we wouldn't be in this situation. >> I I GAVE YOU MY REGISTRATION AND MY LICENSE. I was on the phone AND YOU GOT MAD >> because on camera. I'm not mad with you being on the phone. No, I'm not. >> That's a You were on the phone when I walked up there. >> I was not on the phone. The phone was ringing when you walked out. >> You were on the phone with me. >> You was a liar. >> You was a liar. The phone was ringing. I gave you my license registration. >> I tried to talk. Like I said, >> you trying to TALK AND YOU DRIVE ME OUT THE CAR. >> She was charged with driving with a suspended license and resisting/obstructing police without violence. Next, as soon as she was asked for her identity, she immediately invoked the law to refuse. But just minutes later, the situation inside her wallet changed the direction of everything. >> Michael comes back with suspended license. Thank you. You have an ID on you, my man? Thanks, dude. Do you have an ID on you, ma'am? >> No, I'm not driving. So, and by law, I don't have to give my ID because I'm not driving. >> Okay. All right. >> I'm not driving. >> Hey, that's fine. Ain't nobody Why should I have to give my >> Ain't nobody coming at you sideways. >> Thank you. I just want to know. >> Okay. All right. Just hang tight. I'll be right back with you. Okay. You got any uh dope in the car, man? >> No. No. >> Okay. What's the uh baggie up there in the front? >> No. No. No. >> The bag? >> Yeah. And then >> I don't know. >> Okay, dude. If it ain't much, I ain't going to hit me up on it. >> No, I ain't done nothing. >> Okay. >> Not that I know. >> Nothing you know. Does she have anything on or anything? >> No, I don't know. >> Okay. Can I check and make sure? >> You don't want to do what you think about it. I don't >> know. I ain't got nothing. >> Okay. What's What's I know that's a little bit of dopenness in a console, man. I'm just If it ain't If that's it, we ain't going to hit you. >> Is that it? I I don't I don't know. I don't know. >> Okay. All right, man. If you want to, dude. Quick. You can just sit right here, dude. >> Home. I'm trying to get back, too. And food in the oven. >> All right. >> Why? >> Okay, hun. Can I talk to you real quick? >> Yes. >> Okay. So, reason you're not free to go is because there's drugs in the car. Okay. >> I don't I just hopped in that car. >> That's perfectly fine. But that's why I'm telling you why. >> Are you serious? >> Yeah. So, I'm going to have to search you real quick. Okay. >> What? Search me for what? >> Cuz you're in a car that has drugs in it. >> But that's not my car. >> Okay. But you were sitting there and he found her right where your seat was at. Also, >> I found what? >> Drugs. I just told you. >> Don't tell me what drugs, ma'am. >> We can go over there when he tested. >> Please. Uhuh. Cuz I know you have your search. No, I don't. I Why am I being searched? That's his car. >> Just I just told you why. You're a passenger. He just found drugs and you were up in the seat. Call Listen. Call our family lawyer right now. >> Okay. >> He was driving. It's his car. Why am I having to be being searched and I haven't done anything wrong? It's his car. I just called a ride to the store. >> She began complaining of dizziness and stomach pain and repeatedly mentioned diabetes. But amid the chaos, the police discovered an even more notable detail. >> It's not my car. Why am I being searched? >> My search is a little baggy. >> That's crazy, man. Why am I being searched? My damn chest starting to hurt and everything. >> That's okay. There's no reason to get all upset. >> This don't make no sense, man. Run with somebody. Catch me around with somebody. I'm a I'm a diabetic on top of it. >> Are you feeling okay right now? >> My I'm feeling lightheaded and everything, ma'am. I'm a diabetic. Is >> your medicine on you? >> No. No. I took some insulin before I left. >> Do you want some of your gummies in there? >> No. And then by law, I'm not driving. They don't how asking me for my ID. I haven't done anything. And that's stupid of him to be wrong like this. >> So everything changes whenever there's drugs in the car. >> That's crazy. >> So, >> and then it's it's under his daddy name, their car. You know, I'm I just caught a ride to the store. I have a kids. I literally haven't been gone not even a good >> 10 minutes. It's just my insulin needles, my cigarettes, and Yeah, that's it. >> Okay. >> You're welcome to look in. I don't mind. >> It's okay if I hold it real quick. Thank you. >> Go ahead. And >> do you have like some of your insulin with you? >> No, I don't. And my stomach hurt real bad. Yeah, man. It's about to throw up. >> It says your name, Michelle. >> My name is Denise. Denise. Who's Michelle Maddox? >> You just have all her cards. >> Yeah. >> From Denise Smith to a completely different name, the story surrounding her identity became increasingly tangled. And that was when the situation began to spiral out of control. >> And tell mama, can I get my light out of there, please? And tell mama what's going on. >> Where was that? >> And I'm about to pee on myself. >> Negative. Is there any kind of way I can use the bathroom? I got to pee so bad. And being a diabetic, you have to it like it's hard to hold your pee and I'm on water pills because I got fluid built up on my leg. >> Okay. >> You sure you're don't want any of your um gummies to make you feel better? >> No, I don't. >> Okay. >> I don't. If I have to, I'll go to the hospital. >> Do you find your lighter? >> Yeah, I got it. Is there any kind of way that I can either step on the side and pee or something or I'm going to pee on myself? >> Um, yeah, I can block you over here. >> Block me over where? >> Over here behind everybody so no one sees you. >> Okay. Do you got tissue? Oh my god. So, I got to literally piss outside. Get mama on the phone. Get her walk down. I got two villages. They kiss outside. >> Where'd you get them from? Pick her up from where he come from? I was coming from I was going from my house. Oh, wow. Said that was your girlfriend. I know my friend. >> So, you don't know your friend's name? >> Yeah, I just met like yesterday or two days ago or yesterday. >> Is it Michelle Maddox? Would you just go look at her picture? I can't tell. >> She continued trying to explain, calling relatives and mentioning a lawyer, but by this point, the reason the police were keeping her there was no longer inside the vehicle. >> That stuff behind you. >> Okay, put your hands behind your back, please. I got carpets on them. Can you try not to do it so tight? >> Okay. Is that good? It's not going to be comfortable, but it's something. I'll double cuff for you. Okay. >> This thing is Okay. This girl that I met and I didn't have my ID, my license on me, so she cashed um my check for me. >> Yeah. >> And I tried to give her the $280, but she went take it. So, I don't know much about the case. That's not my warrant or anything like that. >> So, how long would I want to be in there? >> Um, that I do not know, but once I go pick up the warrant, I can hopefully try to get a little more information, but the jail will be who you'll have to talk to. >> Oh, that's all it is for you. >> Just a warrant. Yeah. >> Okay. I need to get over anyway. >> Yep. It's better to handle it now. I mean, music going on for like >> I just didn't want to happen to you cuz I got my kids and a dog and all this stuff. >> You said someone is at home with them though, right? >> Yeah. Yeah. So, what what was in the car? >> Um, looked like cocaine. I'm not putting it on anybody. I'm being very gracious for that. >> Yeah, because I'mma tell you something. that chevron that that the first one right here. You can ask the lady and she'll tell you I just left from there playing the machine. >> That stuff can get thrown away. >> Like I wasn't even I just left from there playing the machine. >> Okay. >> So, >> well, I'm not putting it on anybody. Okay. I'm just taking you for the warrant and that's about it. At least you get to get this handled, you know. >> Yeah. Right. >> Um let me research just your body area. >> Yes. Um my license. I'm sorry. My license and my debit card is in my bra. >> Okay. Put some gloves on. Anything else? >> No. >> Okay. No. >> Cuz if they find it at the jail, then they're going to stack another charge on there. So, I just got to make sure >> No, I don't have anything. Okay. >> Like, she went through my bag. I don't have Yeah. >> I mean, most of this stuff in my bag is makeup. >> So, this is it. >> Under Georgia law, forgery can be a felony, carrying a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, [music] depending on the value. Michelle was arrested on a warrant related to forgery and fraud. The suspected drugs in the vehicle were not charged against her in the video. She caught a ride and ended up making a stop at jail along the way. Hey everyone, what do you think about this situation? If you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like, subscribe, and support our fundraiser. Thank you so much.