You're not supposed to do that. I NEED MY LICENSE PLATE BACK ON MY CAR. I HAVE 6 DAYS. DON'T TOUCH ME. >> So you're going to call more people? >> I'm going to call MY PEOPLE SAY COME GET MY KIDS. ARE YOU STUPID? I'm a thoracic cardiac surgeon. I got my cell. I'm on call and I think call from the hospital. My patient is dying. I need [music] to go. You won't believe the scene when a woman defies the police and even threatens violence right [music] in the middle of the street. Don't touch me, sir. Back up. You're making IT WORSE CUZ I DIDN'T TOUCH YOU, SO DON'T TOUCH ME. So this side, as you can see, we've got a Missouri this car is not registered. It's a unregistered motor vehicle. [music] This tag is not assigned to this vehicle. You're not the registered owner of this vehicle either. This vehicle comes back out of Wisconsin, not Missouri. [music] A dispute over speed and a temporary license plate escalates into a terrifying rage. This woman insists she [music] wasn't speeding, but the radar says otherwise. The first confrontation with the police will leave you breathless. You're not supposed to do that. I NEED MY LICENSE PLATE BACK ON MY CAR. I HAVE 6 DAYS. DON'T TOUCH ME. So you're going to call more people? I'm going to call my people SAY COME GET MY KIDS. ARE YOU STUPID? DON'T TOUCH ME, SIR. BACK UP. You're making it worse CUZ I DIDN'T TOUCH YOU, SO DON'T TOUCH ME. A temporary license plate sparks a tense showdown. She demands the police return it, but who does the law actually side with? I haven't drank yet cuz I'm telling you where I was going. >> Cuz you're you're doing 35 >> you want to do a breathalyzer or not? Okay. Okay. So the temporary license plate has expired today and is no longer assigned. You have a new license plate on the front of the vehicle. >> days to get a new license plate. Can you put my license plate back? No, this license plate is no longer assigned to this vehicle. You have a new license plate assigned to it. Okay. Well, I haven't picked it up yet. That one hasn't expired yet. So can you put my license plate back today? So I still got 6 days to go get it. So I would like for you to put that back. No, that's not how it works. >> And in the state of Florida, you have up to a 6 more days to drive with a expired license plate, temporary. So I need you to put that back before I be suing you. You can sue me. Okay. I need you to put that back. >> When I run the license plate, it's no longer assigned to the vehicle. It is assigned to the vehicle. So, I need you to go put that back. It's a separate Do you need to see my registration? No, I don't because this is no longer assigned to the >> Okay, I have 30 days to get a temp This is This is expired today. Yes. So, I have 6 more days to get my license plate. >> No. Yes, I do. We're not going to argue on the side of the road so I can get hit by a car while I'm talking to you. >> to put on my car? No. >> to put that one back. >> need to go get it. >> Exactly. So, put that back so I can get it. >> not assigned to the car. I'm not Yes, it is because I have my registration in my car. >> a ticket today for speeding. We can go in front of the judge and we can explain how you were speeding today. There's a fine that you can pay or call it in and go to traffic court. >> back. I'm not putting the license plate back. You're free to go. >> I have my registration in here. >> Which you never asked for. >> need it. You're free to go. >> It's a temporary license plate. You're not supposed to take it. >> go. You are free to go. >> plate. How am I going to drive without a license plate? Make it make sense. Just drive. >> I need a license plate. How am I going to go drive without a license plate? >> I'm not talking to you anymore. You're free to go. She continuously yells, resists, and even threatens violence. You won't believe how the police stay calm in the face of this fury. Get back in your car. Get back in >> supposed to do that. You're not supposed to do that. I NEED MY LICENSE PLATE BACK ON MY CAR. I have 6 days. If you don't get back in your car, you're going to get arrested. >> to arrest me, hoe. If you don't get back in your car, You [ __ ] get back in your car. I should shoot your ass. Get back in the car. I have my license, [ __ ] [ __ ] with you. Get the [ __ ] OUT MY FACE BEFORE I SLAP YOUR ASS. GET THE [ __ ] OUT MY FACE. >> [screaming] >> DON'T TOUCH ME. FREEDOM OF SPEECH. GET YOUR ASS OUT MY I'M GOING TO ISSUE YOU A 94-219. GET YOUR ASS OUT OF MY FACE. DON'T TOUCH ME. IF I DON'T TOUCH YOU, DON'T TOUCH ME. SIMPLE. Get your ass out of MY FACE. YOU'RE GOING to be arrested. Get in the car. >> what? What are you arresting me for? Get out of the car. WHAT ARE YOU ARRESTING me for? GET OUT OF THE WHAT ARE YOU ARRESTING me for? Get out of the What are you arresting me for? I need to know. What are you arresting me for? Get back IN THE CAR. WHAT ARE YOU ARRESTING OKAY, SO WHAT? I CAN STAND OUT ON THE STREET if I want to. I can stand out on the street. I can stand on the street. Do I have A GUN? NO, I DON'T. SO, YOU CAN'T ARREST ME. LET me go. LET ME GO THEN. STOP. I have kids. Let me go. Get out of the car. I'm not getting out of the car. Get out of the car. >> Let me go cuz you arrest me for no reason. LET ME GO NOW. LET ME GO. I'M NOT RESISTING. You arrest me for no reason. Let me Stop. Stop. Don't pull me. Do not pull me. I'm going to call my people. Okay. Let me go. >> sit here until my my backup gets here. I don't care. Don't touch my phone. You're stupid. Don't touch me. So, you're going to call more people to >> TO CALL MY PEOPLE TO COME GET MY KIDS. ARE YOU STUPID? YEAH. SIR, GO GET MY KIDS. ARE YOU STUPID? STOP. I have two kids in here. Stop. Stop. Don't touch me, sir. BACK UP. DON'T TOUCH ME. I'M TELLING YOU DON'T TOUCH ME. >> YOU'RE making this worse. >> You're making it worse CUZ I DIDN'T TOUCH YOU, SO DON'T TOUCH ME. >> You're making this worse than me. >> Don't touch me. I'm calling MY FAMILY TO SAY COME GET MY KIDS. ARE YOU STUPID? >> Get out of the car. Don't touch me. Get out of the car. >> Don't touch me. DON'T TOUCH ME. STOP TRYING TO TOUCH MY PHONE. >> REALLY MAKING THIS WORSE THAN ME. >> my phone. I have the right to use my phone. This is my phone. Yes, sir. >> are under arrest. I'm telling you right now you're under arrest. >> for anything. You are resisting. I'm not under arrest for anything. Back up. You're under arrest. Back up. Let me go, sir. >> You're going to be tased. >> Let me go. >> get tased. For what? With young children in the car, continuous threats, and defiant actions, what must the police do to control this dangerous situation? I HAVE TWO YOU ARE STUPID. HE KEEPS TOUCHING ME. I HAVE TWO KIDS IN HERE. GET OUT OF THE CAR. I GOT TWO KIDS. I NEED SOMEBODY TO COME GET MY KIDS. YOU'RE SCARING MY YOU'RE SCARING YOUR NO, YOU ARE. I NEED SOMEBODY TO COME GET MY KIDS. GET OUT OF THE CAR NOW. I'M NOT GETTING OUT OF MY CAR. I'm not getting out of my car. This is incredible. >> touch you, so don't touch me. Get out of the car. I didn't touch you, so don't touch me. You arrest me for nothing cuz I said I'm going to shoot you. That's not okay. So, what? It's a freedom of speech, sir. It's a freedom of speech, sir. I can say what I WANT WITH MY MOUTH. It's a freedom of speech. You're mad? You're mad cuz you're racist? You're mad cuz you're racist? Yeah, you're racist. You asked me what I wanted. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. Like I said, don't touch me. Wait till your other officers get here. Don't touch me. I'll let them arrest me. You don't touch me. You're [ __ ] You don't touch me. Don't touch me. I'M OVER HERE ON VINE, Roseier Street. By my house. He's arresting me cuz I told him I'm going to shoot him and I don't care cuz you're racist, sir. You're racist and I got my license. I don't care. I got a restaurant license. Get out of the I got a restaurant license. Don't touch me. He keeps touching me and I told him not to touch me. No, I'm not. I got kids and I'm not going nowhere without my kids. No. Hey, I don't want you to touch me. I want somebody else to touch me. I don't want you touching me. I'll let somebody else In the end, she was taken into custody and every action was recorded, but the legal consequences of her defiance are even more severe than you think. Ma'am, I'm trying to help you. >> I'm not talking to you, sir. I was walking back to my car. She got out of her car and started walking towards me, said that she was going to shoot me. She called me all kind of racist names cuz I took her expired temporary license plate. I tried to 10-15 her. She got back in the car. She started calling people to get out. My license PLATE EXPIRED TODAY. It's not even the end of today yet. Ma'am, you just need to calm down. Put her in the car. You took my license plate for no reason. She's got kids in the car, too. I am suing you. I am suing you. I am suing you. You cannot take my license plate if it's NOT EVEN PAST TODAY. If it was the 27th, I would understand, but it's the 26th. You cannot do that. So, you're going to jail. I'm telling you I'm suing y'all. I am definitely suing y'all. I'm not playing. I am suing y'all. And you touched my phone. You hung up my phone. Yeah, I'm suing you, sir. Did you write that down already? No, I didn't. I am suing you. Her gloves are just a body suit, so I think that it's I think it's a step back. I don't think she has any pockets. I'm not afraid. My last time I got arrested before, so Well, I'm I'm helping. Listen to the I'm ready. HOW FAR YOU WANT ME TO GO? Step back. >> The partner did illegal [ __ ] He did illegal [ __ ] I highly doubt it, but we're going to figure it out. He took my license plate for no reason. Today's the 26th. Why did he TAKE MY LICENSE PLATE TODAY? I haven't been here. Okay. My license plate is expired, isn't it? I'm confused. Is that expired? Well, give me a minute. That's illegal. >> got here. I'm trying to bend my legs. I can't stand up like that. >> What's your name? Jamila. Okay, take it to me. All right. So, once she's with a body cam, she should be good. I'll help you out. I'll help you out. I'll be able to explain it to you. We got you. I will be able to explain it to you once I know what else is going on. Okay, I understand. But, I want I want to ask you a question. If my license plate expired today, I have until tomorrow TO GET A LICENSE PLATE, RIGHT? We're going to get in the car, okay? All right, get in the car. In Florida, resisting an officer can be punished with up to 1 year in prison and/or a $1,000.00 fine. Making violent threats can carry up to 5 years in prison and/or a $5,000.00 fine. And using a temporary license plate improperly can result in up to 60 days in jail and/or a $500.00 fine. The woman was taken into custody on charges of resisting an officer, making [music] violent threats, disputing a temporary license plate, and endangering the safety of children in the vehicle. Next, the police pulled her over just for an obscured license plate, but the woman's reaction instantly turned the situation explosive. You just hit me because you saw my Ma'am, I've never even met you. >> Okay. I don't know who you are. Do you have your license, registration, and proof of insurance? I'm going to ask you one more time, and then this is going to go a completely different way. >> to arrest me? If you would refuse to give me the documents I've requested, yes, we're going to go down that road. >> What is my infraction? I will give That's not how that works. No, that's how it works. This is my traffic stop, and you are not going to dictate how this is done. Ma'am, officer, ma'am, ma'am, I am not complaining about you stopping me. I am asking you my right to know why you have stopped me. And I What is my infraction? explained to you three times now. I am not going to give >> Once you provide the documents Okay. if I did not commit a crime. That's fine. Because you are discriminating on me. Okay. Okay. Here's my driver license. That's what you are going to do. Just to verify who you are dealing with. Why do you have three different licenses? Did I just Did you just say what I said? I didn't, actually. You didn't, because you don't care. See, you don't care about people. Okay. I'm sorry you feel that way. No. >> Can I see your other ones as well, please? >> No, you cannot. It's a crime to have more than one This is not a crime. This is my my life Okay. Do you have the registration and proof of insurance as well, Miss Maria? First of all, I'm a doctor, and I I earned that because I study anti-aging philosophy, and I see so many officer shot in the chest, and I regret it since I met you. Okay. I'm sorry you feel that way. I'm sorry you feel that way. Okay. Okay. She refused to show her full documents, citing her rights and threatening to call the mayor. A showdown of authority erupted right on the streets of Atlanta. From the tires on the It comes from the tax collector's office. Why are you doing this to me? I mean, right there. You make me shaking in my boots for nothing I committed. Please stop it. I'm asking you, please, on my knees, stop it. You know, just just for your record I'm coming from my husband who is dying, just for your record. Okay? And I'm sorry that I am out of my mind. I don't know if you have a husband or a or a girlfriend or whatever you have. But my husband is dying. And it's not a lie, okay? And this happened 2 days ago. He's on life support. F- emergency, please. Okay. Well, again, I've asked you three times for the registration and your proof of insurance. >> registration. Okay. Do you have your proof of insurance? I do have my proof of insurance. >> Okay. Listen, I have never been stopped in my life. This is my first time. My first time. Check my record. Okay. As you can see, her tag is flipped up, clearly indicating that there's no way to read the tag. It says it's out of Missouri. I can't find my driver's license. >> Okay, but at no point does it say that we're required to explain anything to you about the reason for the stop. Explain. I asked, "Why would you stop me?" Well, that would be an explanation, right? Well, why did you stop me? I just told you. A brand new car, temporary plates, and incomplete paperwork. What seemed like a minor issue quickly escalated into a high-tension legal showdown. Well, that's what the police department >> [music] >> stopped a cardiac thoracic surgeon on his way from the hospital. Mhm. Right? Just because you don't like the Mercedes, don't like the face, and my plate is covered, which I don't even know because this is a brand new car. Are you the supervisor? No, no, I'm not. This is our way. And my first time in 63 years. I'm 63 years of age. But I never stopped. For no reason. No reason. I have five cars. This car is brand new. I mean, just shipped from from from So, and for no reason she stopped Okay. >> No reason. She had no other reason. All right. The supervisor's on the way, so So, um excuse me. Yes. Yes. I'm a thoracic cardio surgeon at Atlanta Health. I'm on call and I think of on the hospital. My patient is dying. I need to go. What we're going to do is Uh let me go ask real quick. Please. So, she said that she is a surgeon at Atlanta Health. Mhm. And she just said that she got a text from the hospital that her patient is dying and that she needs to Don't care. She's going to need She's going to have to wait for me to go get my car. Leroy. She claimed to be a surgeon rushing to save a patient, yet the police remained firm. Tension escalated by the second on the streets of Atlanta. Uh What >> That's why I was trying to come and explain. What what's the citation for? It's a criminal citation. She has to sign it. She has uh the court date is on the bottom. You sign where the X is. The attached tag is not assigned. So, this tag, as you can see, is out of Missouri. This car is not registered. It's an unregistered motor vehicle. This tag is not assigned to this vehicle. You're not the registered owner of this vehicle, either. This vehicle comes back out of Wisconsin, not Missouri. I just want to start a car match. Okay. Well, I'm telling you what my teletext is telling me. Okay? All right. Uh so You know, we're going to look at the stupid reports. So, she You're telling me that that's all this is because I was driving That's not what I'm saying. I did not say the vehicle stolen. I said the tag is not assigned to the vehicle. The attached tag that you have on this vehicle is not assigned. So, which tag is attached to it? Not this. It's not registered. There's no tag assigned to it whatsoever. That's what I'm telling you. Excuse me. So, that that made No, excuse me. Okay, fine. I agree with you. What's the What's the serial number on that plate? There is no serial number on that. So, what piece is a VIN? A VIN, yes, correct. >> Can you just give me the VIN on the car? That's not That's not the issue. You're not listening to what I'm saying. The VIN comes back to a vehicle out of Wisconsin. This car was never in Wisconsin. I'm just telling you what they're telling me. When you run the VIN, it comes back out of Wisconsin, not Missouri. Uh so so And it is not Excuse me, excuse me. Mercedes SLKs are being assembled in Wisconsin, in fact. Oh, surprise, surprise, Wisconsin. That's where they manufacture the vehicle. Missouri is the tag. Yes, but that's the VIN number, man. >> Look, 10 of 24. We are in April of 25. The vehicle is not registered. That is a criminal offense. You can be going to jail. Instead of me taking you to jail, I wrote you a criminal citation to go to court. I am. It's right here. Well, that's only if you want to take me to court. I'm going to follow you. Please do it. You [music] can sign right there. No, please take me to court. That's another thing. You see how she talks? I I think she's just being straight up. No, she said me, "If you don't sign this, I will take you to jail." I have never been to jail in my life. So, since [music] since it's a criminal ticket, you're you're by law you're required to sign. 10-4. Hold on a second. Let's Let's Take me Take me to jail. I'll take you to jail. I'm not going to argue anymore. Take me to jail. Let's go. Let's go. Come on, let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Take me to jail. Take Instead of making an immediate arrest, the police issued a criminal citation, and the woman refused to sign. Who would come out on top in this standoff? After finally signing, the case ended without a direct arrest. [music] Always stay calm, respect the law, and communicate reasonably. It is not only your right, but also your moral responsibility as a citizen in society. Hey everyone, what do you think about this situation? If you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like, subscribe, and support us with a donation. Thank you so much.