no stop it don't [ __ ] I don't on July
23rd 2022 at 11:27 p.m. in Georgia
officer Elliott observed a vehicle
repeatedly failing to maintain its Lane
in response the officer initiated a
traffic stop to address the irantic
driving as the officer approached the
vehicle and engaged with the driver
James Powell he immediately detected the
strong odor of alcohol on James breath
how you doing
you got your ID with you man
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yes do you live up in New York or do you
live I I'm visiting my sister you're
visiting your sister okay where are you
coming from I'm coming
from okay how much have you had to drink
tonight not much not much much how much
how much do you think you had just a
couple of drinks what kind of drinks
just a oil okay um my cap taken a couple
tests for me to make sure that you're
good to drive so I can just let you go
along your way you can just step out for
me I mean is this
legal yeah it's legal I'm just asking
you to take a couple test to make sure
you're good to drive I don't think I
want to take a test that's fine I just
still need you to get out for me though
240 can you start me a second
I'll we just head to the front of my
car so let's get no no no I need you to
get to the front of my car I
don't I need you to come to the front of
my car and we'll I don't want to do that
well I want my ID back sir you need to
go to the front of my car please no I
don't want to do that sir go to the
front of my car please well I'll explain
everything I'm scared because you're
white and I'm black okay sir please no I
don't want to do that please I need you
to go in front of my car I don't want to
do that well sir you don't have a choice
here need you to go in front of my car I
understand that but I need you to go to
the front of my car you're going to be
fine I just need you to go the front of
my car because why why did you stop me
so I stopped you because you're failing
to maintain your lane quite a lot
actually and then I smell the odor of
alcohol coming from your breath no if
hold on no no no no no no no no just go
to the front of my car no it's not it's
not you didn't do those no I asked you
why did you stop me because you failed
to maintain your lane but I did not fail
to maintain my Lane no I did not yes you
did no I did not yes you did so show me
the evidence sir I don't have to show
that to you right now you do no I don't
yes you do sir please go to I come from
a family of lawyers so you want to do
this that's great you want do need you
go to the front of my car please you
want to do this sir please go to the
front of my car you want to do this
please go to the front of my car you
want to do this yeah sir you failed to
maintain your lane when I came up to
talk to you well listen listen you
failed to maintain your lane so what why
are you stopping me cuz you failed to
maintain your lane so why are you
stopping me cuz you failed to maintain
your
Lan
okay hold on can you can turn
around look here's the thing right no
but this this is the whole thing list
but you sto me before you talking about
your smelling you stopped me correct for
failing why do you want to stop me I
don't want to be with you right now so
just do what you got to do and let's get
this over let's go let's go can I can I
talk to no I don't want to talk to you I
just want do you want to take any any
test let's go you said you want to you
want to you want to do this so let's
just do this I'm asking you if you take
a test to make sure you're good to drive
so let's just do this you want to arrest
me so sir I I want to check to make sure
that you're good to no you want to
arrest me that's what you want I never
said that it's fine go ahead do you want
to do you want to take the test that's F
no I don't want to take the test no I
don't know my rights right now so I want
to call my sister and I want to know
what my rights are and I want my ID back
I'm not giving you ID back so can I call
someone to know what my rights are so I
want to know what my rights are actually
sir I this this is this is me stopping
you asking me and I want to check to
make sure you're good to drive no but
you're asking me if I am I'm fine TR to
drive okay but you failed you did you
did you realize how much you're failing
to maintain your land there no I'm
asking I'm saying that I am fine to
drive okay but I want to know that
you're fine to drive so I need I don't
need you to know that I want to go back
in my car legally and I want to drive
home and be home if you want to take me
home that's fine no but so so it doesn't
matter if you want to take me home why
don't we park my car you can take me
home and then it's
fine okay so just put change on your
deck no I don't want to be arrested put
your hands behind your back no put your
hands behind why are you ARR me resting
ARR your behind your back that put your
hand behind your back no that's not no
hey let go let go all right go
so what happens when you resist arrest
man don't be an idiot you guys are
idiots okay here watch on your side on
your side bend your knees we're going to
get you to stand up bend your knees no
I'm not go go ahead sir all right man
stand up man go
ahead stand up
man no I didn't you didn't tell me you
were going to do this well shouldn't
have resisted man no you
white you're going to have to deal with
this you're going to deal with this
you're going to deal with this you want
to go on the news we're going on the
news we're going on the news we're going
on the news we're going on
the news no we're going on the news
we're going on the
we're going on the news my sister works
at Amazon she's the general counsel no I
didn't do anything I someone T it
someone take it I didn't do anything I
did not do anything I didn't do anything
I did not do
anything no I didn't do anything someone
tast it someone tast someone tast it
please
no I didn't do anything I did not do
anything I didn't do anything back to
the
ground no I didn't do he did not tell me
he was going to do this to me he did not
tell me he was going to do this to me he
did not tell me he was going to do this
to me he did not tell me he
goinge in minut
open please someone tell me Noone please
calm down someone tell me calm
down you're
under no I didn't do anything I did not
do anything you didn't tou me you did
not tou me you did not tou me you did
not test me you can't accuse me you
cannot accuse me of a DUI you did not
test me you did not test me you did not
test me I didn't do no he didn't test me
he did not test me don't have to you're
under arrest away no no no no no
no
no stop
it I
don't the officer trying to push him
into the vehicle but due to his
resistance they redirected him to the
ground to find a better way to get him
inside listen man you were going to jail
no matter what no I don't I don't give a
you didn't touch me you T me you did not
tou me you didn't tou me what are you
arresting me for you did
not no no you guys are doing too much
for me like I college educated you are
some
white no no no no no I didn't do
anything get off of me get the off of me
get off of
me I
got go go go
go dude come on man get off of me you
know who I am I don't care who you are
underest that's who you are no I didn't
do anything what did I do I didn't do
anything I did not [ __ ] do anything
to you guys I didn't do anything I did
not do anything no I didn't do anything
I did not do anything why are you all
arring
me I scored that you better than all of
you I got his legs I got his legs no
ready no I'm down no no got his no why
you me grab that shoulder grab that
shoulder no no
no come on come on dude calm
down Okay hold it hold in there
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yeah calm down man no get your hands off
of
me you good watch this
show it's still in there 33 open the
move your toe
no I
don't want
to yeah I lost mine somewhere what's he
doing over
there okay you're
okay
like0 you check on 230
I got it this is
mine did he kick you bacon I know he
kicked us too but did he kick you yeah
he definitely kick me several times he
kick you or Buckeye I me
sing it was a straight kick to my down
to the ground twice is that correct one
two and then he went down on the third
time on Zone okay so pushing out of here
so those three times had to get to the
ground well the first time the first
time we took him down because he was res
he like kept trying to bring his he
brought his arms to the front as I got
one hiccup on and then we couldn't get
the other hand behind his back so I went
to the ground got to the second one he
was literally standing on like the the
outside part and screaming so we
couldn't get him in that way so we took
him down again and then when we say take
him down are we talking leg sweep are we
talking about
just yeah and then we
just yeah and then the third time he was
in the back of the car we were about to
shut the door uh bacon was trying to
shut the door and he basically pulled
himself out like you know like kicking
up get away from me hey man listen I got
to read get away from me he listen I I
got to read this to you for me to go to
the hospital get away from me all right
imply consent notice for suspects age 21
are over the state of Georgia has
conditioned your privilege to drive upon
the highways
of your submission ad minister your
blood breath Ur or other Bly substances
for the purpose of determining if under
the influence of alcohol or drugs if you
refuse this testing your Georgia
driver's license privilege to drive on
the highways of the state will be
suspended for a minimum period of one
year your refusal to submit this blood
or urine may be offered into evidence
against you at trial leave me alone if
you submit to testing results indicate
an alcohol concentration of8 G or more
your Georgia driver's license are
privileged to drive in the highways of
this state may be sup minimum period
of after first submitting to the
requested state test you're entitled to
additional chemical test of your blood
breath urine or other B substances at
your own expense and from qu qualified
Personnel of your own choosing will you
submit to the state administer chemical
test of your
blood will you submit to the state
administer test of your blood should
asked
that will you submit to the state
administer chemical test of your
blood it's a yes or no sir it's before
you put me in this handcuffs I want to
go to the hospital I'm not answering any
more of your question okay that's a no
okay so Mr pal I'm I'm Sergeant go as I
spoke to you earlier right so here
here's what's going on I don't the the
arrest isn't going to go away I don't
want to hear about any I don't want to
go inside I don't want to hear your
voice I don't want anything okay so so I
don't want to hear anything just do what
you have to do I don't want to hear
anything so the arrest isn't going to go
away I'm just explaining to you I don't
talk like ad do not care because if you
talk to me like an adult everything I
say to you that I actually want to know
you're not going to give me any answer
so just leave me alone we tried to have
a conversation asking you to leave me
alone that can't happen so I'm saying to
you I'm going to get a doctor to see if
they can come out and check you you
mentioned I am saying I'm refusing to be
seen by a doctor that is my right by hi
but you're also in our custody at this
point so that I don't give a your slave
you know that ended in 1863 completely
so so that's not the case you're in our
custody at this point right now okay so
it doesn't mean but does change but it
does not change the fact that you don't
own me I don't have to get checked out
by but when you're in our custody you're
our responsibility so we're trying to
make sure you're okay so I'm going to go
talk to a doctor okay do not I am
telling we're not going to force him to
go inside if it's going to be like that
we're I'm going to go see if the
doctor's willing to come out and talk to
him
theb is since James refused to exit the
vehicle or be examined by the hospital
staff the officers transported him
directly to jail he was charged with
driving Under the Influence failure to
maintain Lane and two counts of willful
obstruction of law enforcement officers
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