Put your phone back in your vehicle. I have the right to to record you. No, sir, you don't have the right to record me right now. You have the right to stop hindering my investigation. >> It's a phone. Put your phone in the vehicle or I will take it out of your hand and put it in your vehicle. Sir, I know my Call your supervisor. Right now, you need to answer my question. What is your address? Okay. Let me tell you something. Not every citizen is ignorant on his rights. Okay? I don't know if they teach you that in the police academy. You have to tell me your address. >> is constitutional rights. In this video, he got pulled over for allegedly not dimming his headlights, but instead of playing along, he immediately shut down every question that had nothing to do with the stop. The officer kept pushing, asking where he was going and what he was doing, but he made it clear he wasn't there to chat. That's when the tone shifted. The officer started pressing harder, demanding answers, even questioning a random noise in the truck like it was something serious, and then tried to control the situation by ordering him out and even telling him he couldn't record. It quickly turned into a back and forth where the officer looked more focused on gaining compliance than handling a simple traffic stop, while the driver stood firm on his rights, forcing a supervisor to step in as things started getting out of hand. Watch how this officer keeps pushing and ends up getting checked on his own scene. How's it going? Prior police department. The reason I pulled you over is failure to dim your lights. You had your bright lights shining in my face. I'm sorry about that. Do you have a driver's license and insurance verification, sir? Yeah, I do. Where are you headed to? Oklahoma. Where at in Oklahoma? Let me just find the insurance first. Where are you headed to? Hm? Where are you headed to? I told you, Oklahoma. Where at in Oklahoma? Is there any problem? Huh? Huh? Well, at the moment, I'm just wondering where you're headed to and you can't seem to tell me. Do I have to? I guess if you don't want to, you don't have to. Yeah. What's that? I just don't feel to answer any questions. Do what? I just don't feel to answer any questions. Okay. What was that sound that just happened in your truck? That you do need to answer. No, I don't have to answer that thing. Okay. Do me a favor, step out of the vehicle for me. Is there any problem? At the moment, there is. Step out of the vehicle, please. This is my hands. I see your hands, sir. Unbuckle your seatbelt. >> That's my phone. I see your phone. Leave your phone where it's at, sir. I'm recording. I'm recording. Leave your phone where it's at, and unbuckle your seatbelt. >> you call your supervisor? My supervisor will be making an appearance in a minute. Unbuckle your seatbelt and step out of the vehicle. Okay. Leave your phone in the vehicle, sir. I have the right to record. I have I'm recording right here. >> the right to record. I have a recording right here. 28 >> denying me to record this in- interaction? Step out of the vehicle, sir. >> I will I I will I'm not going to ask you again, sir. You step out of the vehicle. Is there any problem? Yes, there is a problem, sir. What is it? Right now, it's your lack of cooperation. Put your phone down. You can leave it recording, but it stays in your vehicle. Step out of the vehicle, please. >> I'm going I'm going to I'm going to step out. Can I Can I turn it off? Can I turn it off? Can I turn it off? >> Turn your engine off. Turn it off. Step out of the >> Okay. Here is the keys. Step out of the vehicle, sir. Put your phone back in your vehicle. I have the right to to record you. No, sir, you don't have the right to record me right now. You have the right to stop hindering my investigation. It's a phone. It's a phone. phone in the vehicle or I will take it out of your hand and put it in your vehicle. >> Sir, I know my Call your supervisor. My supervisor is right there. Put your phone >> Okay. Here is my hands. Here is my phone. Put your phone back in your vehicle. >> Why you don't want to be recorded? Are you going to do something wrong to me? >> I'm recording right here. I want to record, too. I have the right to record. This first amendment right. Sir, put your phone back in the vehicle and stop hindering my investigation and then step back here. >> detained? Yes, you are being detained. >> For what? Right now, for a traffic violation. >> Okay. And a lack of uh answering any questions that I ask at whatsoever. So, >> Do I have to answer your questions? Yes, certain questions you do have to answer. Put your phone down. Step back here for me. >> Is that your supervisor? >> That's my supervisor. Put your phone down. Excuse me. Can I talk to you? Can I talk to you? That's my keys. That's my phone. Okay. Okay? Uh I told him I'm just going to record this interaction, this traffic stop. He's telling me, "No, you don't have the right to record." You have every right to record. >> Okay, so Okay. And I asked him, "Am I being detained?" He said, "Yes, because of a traffic interaction." I said, "Okay, that's fine." He said that I have to answer every question he he asked, some of the questions he asked. I told him because he keep asking me questions, you know, I really don't don't feel to answer any question. Okay. And he start to escalate. He put his his hand on the gun and he start to tell me, "What's this sound inside your vehicle?" I said, "I don't I don't need to answer none of your questions. You asked me for the license. Here it is. registration >> You asked me I asked you what what was going on in your vehicle. I didn't see your hands and I heard a noise come out of your vehicle and I asked you You never You never said you never saw my You showed me your hands after I asked you what the noise was and you said, "I don't feel like answering your questions." I don't have to answer any questions. What's your name? Officer Foster. What's your badge number? 28 Your name, sir? Sergeant Flam. Your badge number? Okay. So, Step back here in front of my vehicle. Can I close my door? Yeah. Absolutely. Okay. So, you're going to ask me my question yet? What was that sound that your vehicle is making? The sound coming out of your vehicle. >> Sir, I don't feel to answer any question. I would like to be fairly in my way. You'd like to what? Yeah. Huh? Step back over here so we don't get So, I'm going to put my keys in the Just step over here so we don't get hit by other vehicles. This officer, you know, he he he You need to give him more training. You know that? Well, I'm not the one that trained him. But the way he approached me, you know, it's like he is approaching. I couldn't I told him, "I don't want to answer any questions. I have rights, right? I have the first amendment right. I have the fourth amendment right. I have the fifth amendment to record." But he, you know, he start to put his hand on the gun and "Get out. You know, what is that sound? You have to answer my questions. Put the phone down. You cannot record me." I mean, come on. No, you have every right to record us. Yeah. That's why I told him to call the your supervisor. >> [sighs] >> This car Can I put my jacket? Can I put my jacket? Yeah, I don't care. Yeah, it's it's right here on this side. Okay. You don't have any weapons or anything in there? I have no weapons. I'm not I don't have no ill will. I have nothing. Okay. That's the jacket right there. Okay. You want to You want to look? Do what? You want to come here and see? Yeah, I'll go with you. I'm not going to climb in there. You tried to work in the oil field and then you became a police officer? Yeah, I was in the military and then came back home. Uh worked in the oil field for a little while. Oh, okay. >> became a police officer. What's your name? What's your current address? Whatever is in the driver's license. Am I getting a warning or something? Am I getting a warning or a ticket? It's on your license. Am I getting my ticket or a warning? I'm asking you a question, sir. Answer my question. You You answer my question, I'll answer yours. Right now, you need to answer my question. What is your address? >> Okay. Let me tell you something. Every citizen you stopped W- W- Not every citizen is ignorant on his rights. Okay? I don't know if they teach you that in the police academy. You have to tell me your address. >> But there is constitutional rights. There is the first amendment to record. That's what I'm doing. There is the fourth fourth amendment. Are you not going to get There is a fear search and seizure. And there is the fifth amendment to to refuse to answer any question. It doesn't matter what is it. That's the fifth amendment. So, when if if I choose to answer your question, that's fine. I choose to. If I say, "Sir, I want to remain silent." That's my right. Okay. What's the matter, officer? >> Uh-huh. On this program, it does both citations and warnings. To fill out to do our job I'm sorry. I'm not trying to give none of you a hard time. It's just, you know, the way you approached me was kind of scary. And all I did is invoking my rights. Okay. But what's your name? >> Yeah. We do our job correctly on this system. We need your address. That's what I told him. I answered his question. I told him, "Whatever is in there is my address." Okay. So, whatever is on your license, that is correct. Yes. Okay. >> [snorts] >> So, what is that? Am I getting a ticket? No, sir, you're getting a warning. Okay. But that's true, right? What's that? If I don't want to answer questions, I don't have to answer questions, right? You're fine. Yeah, I just want to know that. I always try to dis- de-escalate, you know? Cuz not everybody you stop is a criminal or a bad man. There is some people are nice, but they choose not to answer. They choose just to remain silent, you know. And that's their constitutional right. All right, sir. What this is I wrote you a warning, okay? Okay. It's not going to cost you points on your license. There's no court date associated with it, no money, okay? All right. Here's your copy of your warning. There's your insurance verification. I need to sign right there. Just states that I gave you the warning and explained it to you. What's your phone number, sir? Area code first. I don't wish to give you that one, too. I got to have it for my system, sir. Do I have to give you that one? Take from plate. Our job, we have to have it. You can give us your company phone number if you want to do that. Give a phone number. For what? For our system, like I said, it is You have You have your paperwork you have to fill out. This is our paperwork. It It's on there. You can see >> You got my driver license. You got my name. You got my birthday. You got my address. What else you need? You don't need my phone number, sir. >> my system requires a phone number. >> I just don't wish to give it, sir. You got everything. My insurance, my plates, my You got my whole life right there. So, I don't know why you need You need my phone number. So, can I get my driver license so I can be free free to go? Here's your driver's license. Free to go, sir. Thank you. Be safe. Have a good night, man. You, too. Once the supervisor stepped in, everything changed. The same officer who was demanding answers and trying to control the situation suddenly backed off, while the supervisor admitted the driver had the right to record and didn't have to answer unnecessary questions. After all that pressure and attitude, it ended with nothing more than a warning, showing how quickly things fall apart when someone actually knows their rights and doesn't give in.