on May 2nd 2024 at approximately 5:45
p.m. in Ohio an officer was conducting a
routine Patrol when she noticed a
vehicle with an expired registration
sticker the officer promptly initiated a
traffic
stop hi officer Bridges like Police
Department reason I'm stopping you guys
is did you know that the flates are
expired um are we technically still in
Lakewood what was that are we
technically still in Lake yeah so going
southbound is still Lakewood I'm saying
are we technically still in Lakewood
right now no you're in Cleveland right
now but since we observed it in Lakewood
we can still pull you over when you
turned on your license wear it l you
were still going south you out of your
jurisdiction but I no you were out of
your jurisdiction you literally out of
your jurisdiction we observed you guys
in lakeood you didn't observe me in
Lakewood you cannot do you have any guns
or knives or anything in the vehicle I'm
going home I'm I'm trying to take my
okay do you have your driver's license
and your insurance car with you I don't
got nothing with me I'm trying to myself
okay can you give me your
name out of your I don't feel
comfortable anything though be honest
I'm I'm being honest I don't feel
comfortable we so we were actually
sitting on Madison at coutant which is
in Lakewood and we pulled behind you
cuzz we saw you go past with expired
tags so you were still in Lakewood when
we observed the expired place the word
deserve but when you initiated to pull
me over were you in your jurisdiction
yes or no we this is technically
Cleveland and we are allowed to do that
that is not against the law we are still
within where we can
be all right I'm going to have you step
out of the vehicle okay can you unlock
the door for me why cuz I I can explain
your ticket to you and stuff
okay can you unlock the door for me you
think I am done can you unlock the door
for me how old do you think I am explain
to me why I'm car I'm going to explain
your ticket and everything that's going
on okay I I
never I Ain never had to step on the car
to get my ticket okay well I'm telling
you to step out of the car so can you
unlock the door and step out of the
vehicle for me Hey listen right now
we're just at traffic just step out for
us
okay no we saw you we saw you in
Lakewood that's not up
debate when you initiated the stop that
I that doesn't matter it it does matter
oh is that why is that why you didn't
stop and we had the lights on for about
a block I'm not pay attention think
get I got I hear you but right now we're
telling you to get out I'm trying to
feed my son in the back and everything
I'm not paying you no attention right
now right now this is just traffic let's
just leave it at you see her trying to
get smart with me you see her saying all
this extra [ __ ] bro you and it's like
what well look look you grabbing me
that's not explaining no ticket you're
not trying to explain no ticket if
you're touching me why are you touching
me though is y body cams on okay can you
step back can you step back you you get
the car just get out of the car you
don't even have a ticket in your hand
you talking about to explain the ticket
and you grab me soon just step out don't
let us don't make us grab you out of the
car I'm trying can you can you get them
back I don't feel I don't feel safe
stepping out with him this close to my
face if he just trying to explain the
ticket that's what I'm saying keep it a
100 like I said you're but you're being
confrontational with us I'm not
you're lying to me though you're not
being honest with me how you going to be
how you going how you going to expect a
grown person like come on bro we we
adults and you still trying to touch me
man man you still trying to you don't
have to
touch you're being detained not but I'm
saying why come to the window ly don't
come lying man like a man hey you got
want step out real quick not everyone is
man a man though take we do why that not
everybody not everybody we going to
treat every situation the same every
situation not the same come on man every
situation no they don't F you talking
about you don't got toest nothing I
don't need no help I don't need
no trying toed
my on they not going to pick me up just
went through this I just owe y money
like l i can't do you don't hand me
nobody's feeding my family y y'all at
work right now come on man everybody got
a life man H come on man we out your
jurisdiction huh what are you doing man
I was G dashing picking up food I don't
got nothing to feed my son like I'm
trying he at home hungry now if I get
the food home they going to eat come on
man y'all out y jurisdiction bother me
for no reason man I I ain't violate no
laws I was speed I didn't I didn't I
used all my traffic signs all that I
didn't violate no laws though but I
didn't violate no laws I didn't violate
why we that's why that's not my car I
don't know all that I didn't violate no
laws I did not violate no laws for you
to get behind me and and wasn't driver
suspicious nothing I didn't violate no
laws for you to give behind me further
investigation revealed that the
passenger in the vehicle had two felony
warrants from another County one of
which was for a weapons offense step out
for us really quickly
hello put your put your phone
up I'm going to jail M I'll call you
when I get to jail
did she say
break back up
here 7 that copy you can confir
those okay he also has one out of
veril
issues negative anybody no I
appreciate am I confirming a driver
yeah yes pleas from that please you want
me to sit in the back of the car no cuz
we're so what we're did he explain what
we're waiting on I already know you
waiting on to see if they going to say
if they want me or not and if they don't
want you we're going to it's just a it's
just a traffic that's what I'm saying y
I don't I don't want you to think I'm
run I don't need the extra attention or
none I
don'tu this is protocol for everyone
that has warrants okay we're not trying
to treat you that's why I said you want
me sit in back in the car well no cuz
there's no reason for you to have to sit
back there okay I'm trying to be as Cal
and collected and cool with you but
you're being very confrontational with
us and we're trying to expl being
confrontational by voicing my opinion
and you're allowed to invoice your
opinion I didn't resist anything I
didn't show no sign of aggression I just
talked very sternly and that's
confrontational I mean trying to get
info and stuff you didn't want to give
your info right away because your outra
George I
made you pull your sergeant out here
honestly I hav been through this time
and that I could made you call your
sergeant out here I could have made you
call your sergeant out here I could have
I could have made it a big deal I could
have literally locked myself in the car
and made it a big deal okay but did I
did I do that no okay then
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what you
say can I get my phone just in case not
right now okay I'm saying off the seat
so I if somebody get the car I call my
wife she come good car well we're still
trying to wait if they even want you or
what's going they're not going to want
me or not or nothing but I just need to
let her know to be on her way and we can
let you do that once we get that all
figured up okay I'm not going to prevent
you from do you fine I didn't want to
you could have called
the officers removed his handcuffs after
citing him for driving with a suspended
license however he quickly demonstrated
why he shouldn't have been freed from
the restraints expl this to you real
quick we got to take your go ahead go
understand you're getting a ticket for
the expired plates send me $5 real quick
you're also getting a ticket because
your license has beened understandable
do you understand that you're going to
have a mandatory court date on May 7th M
at 1:00 p.m. have to attend and also
since you do not have your insurance
with you I checked to no on here and I'm
also putting on here that I informed you
that you have to bring a copy of your
insurance card otherwise they can
suspend your license again okay do you
understand all that any questions for
me all right I need your signature here
signing it's not admission to guilt it
just says you understand that you have
dat
right we're not going to wait all day we
wait over there come on what's going on
are We inventorying it we're Towing it
they coming right now it's literally
right just wait right there if they can
beat the tow truck that's fine what you
mean these people right here all right
well if they can beat me inventorying it
stand back here can I just grab I can't
grab right here I can't grab this T
right here you wa when he's done
what inventori what if y'all not taking
it if she about to come pick up y y y
really y' contradicting y'all really
saying
opposite Rich saying told that the car
was just released nothing got fixed last
timeo Len y'all saying opposit y saying
saying honestly bro if I
said you talking about some when is
coming when is coming I don't you
rushing me come on
Fam I'm not the one
driving rushing me out the
St cuz you in cuz you in come on bro cuz
your Mo like come on bro body cams on on
the whole
timez s here watching the lift that that
don't even make logical
sense yeah I'm about to call the lift
driver hey hurry up please come on fam I
even
know on wait what do she need to come up
here or what bro that's what I'm saying
bro is it like what's the point probably
just tell her to stay at home like come
on
fam stay back over here I I need my
phones I'm about to walk home I need my
house keys I don't got to go no it's a
free country I can stand
where stand I want to stand wherever I
want to I I ain't did no I ain't commit
no Crimes by standing right
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here cool though actually my you stand a
little CL with that key so I can roll
these windows up no he'll do
it I can't roll in my own windows I
don't trust other people with my
property you trust people with your
property we we going yeah well guess
what I don't get my shut up okay so I
don't have to trust anyone with
MYRY
get okay hit hit the jump first hit the
190 all
muscle can't okay oh you proud of
nothing with me can't do nothing with
congratulations p on me don't mean
nothing I don't got to go nowhere it's a
free country all right sit here and
talk yeah I'm Stever I want get out of
here s here
kissing walk me to my car when I ask you
to take care of your
warrants I'm free am I going to jail
over them am I going to jail over am I
going to jail over them yeah yeah look
at you you saying relevant [ __ ] okay you
still got warrant my face and I'm still
free I'm about home and sleep in my bed
talking about yeah that's fine
warrants
okay it happens it's a human thing you
wake
up but it's [ __ ] what time okay i'
been yeah I
know I'll let it
go getting hot gotot mouth thirsty
my it's nasty now was my time okay Fu
all right we we done in the car he's
throwing it now get one more thing and
you're done hey hey you don't tell me
get out of here you don't tell me now
you don't tell me you don't tell me
nothing okay you don't got
to you got to do nothing I ain't
interfering okay let him work I'm not in
that man way I'm not in that man way he
ain't say nothing to me he ain't say
nothing to me I'm not in that man boy
look you want to touch me so bad do it
do it so you can lose your job yeah okay
back
man get from in the car I'm not
bothering this car I can stand wherever
I please my good sir you see him right
there man bro back up off me bro don't
touch me please don't touch me get away
from the car please don't is y'all
witnessing it you seen this man
harassing me get away from the car you
can leave you and and you can leave too
you can walk away too not to the car
it's a free country what what you want
to do something come here here you want
to do something bro why walking do you
want to do something bro all I said is
back up why the you walking up in my
grill like that do you want to do
honestly like I said something lose your
job [ __ ] you better stay back there do
something I can stand whereever want to
stand this a great country my feet I'm
not in your face at all exactly so stay
right there so why the get in my face
that's what I'm asking
you holl at me I be onth all the time
Sumer set all that come holl at me shut
up come holl at me you told just shut up
I'll be outside take come out at me bro
that's what I'm saying I can catch you
outside off duty you won't do a thing I
promise you I would and I'm remember
your face boy iise if I ever catch you
on plane clothes I'm you going to do
what all right you going don't touch me
don't touch me that was a threat that
was mening going to
SL no you're Min come
here like I said you just touch me you
can see it in your face no no no no you
grab this come on no that's no no no no
no no if you run that's a charge no no
you're not taking me nowhere that's out
you're not taking me
nowhere her to sit with
him
hell I I'm not allowed to leave all
right
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did that was a that was
medicine he don't come to get I'm taking
him to
jail oh I know and when he come going to
hook him
hey
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go come get him tough guy he said he's
going to yeah he said
he that's what he said come grab him
tou come grab him can you not touch
myself he grab that I don't want
to no you're not grabbing
it's a country he can't stop
bro that man is trying to you don't see
the anger in his face come grab it and
walk come
grab you Myer sir no what's it going
with
me that man just try to grab me don't
know
grab it
get
like what you
want I'm not
doing they don't have nothing else to do
with me I'm free you going for another
car you you not see what he trying to do
oh he walked up on and that's out back
up off the M it's that simple it's that
simple it's going to be instructing if
you don't come over here now that's
another
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one it's going to be
instructing you me y me my
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I 17 who's the other car coming come Ono
you ain't got nothing else to do right
here bro you wait this you waiting this
on
my around the other side where this fale
and the Orange is standing you said
because we got four over already right
that's why yall taking and that's what
you
said got already I'm get it she get a
ticket too even if she didn't show I'm
just saying nothing to do with any of
this that's what I'm saying though I'm
saying it do though it do because he
couldn't wait he he he had no
I'm he had no patience no you you need
to calm down I'm not no you f you need
to calm down
while we don't have footage of his final
arrest the incident report shows he was
swiftly caught and charged with
obstructing official business
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