Stay in the car. Stay in the car. >> NO, I DON'T HAVE TO stay in the car. I DON'T HAVE TO STAY IN THE CAR. >> WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? >> You >> You're driving by. You're over here giving gang signs, FLIPPING ME OFF. >> GANG SIGNS. YOU DON'T EVEN DUDE your tal education has failed you. >> You're the one that's causing all this attention. >> I'm trying to go for a walk and I'm being harassed by a little cousin. >> A little cousin? >> Yeah. Go away. You open my car. I got it all, dude. Ma'am, I stalk YOU BEFORE. >> DON'T MA'AM ME. >> What are you? >> You can call me veteran cuz that's what I am. >> I don't know if YOU SERVE. >> LOOK AT MY PLATE. YOU WERE RIGHT behind me, you idiot. >> A New Mexico sheriff's deputy initiated a traffic stop after claiming the driver had taken her hands off the wheel. But the situation escalated because he was actually upset that she had flipped him off while driving past. The woman, a military veteran, immediately challenged the legality of the stop and refused to hand over identification, arguing the deputy had no lawful reason to detain her. As the deputy tried to justify the stop with shifting explanations about careless driving, she stood her ground, accused him of harassment, and demanded a supervisor, making it clear she believed the stop was driven by ego, not law, and what happened next put the deputy in an awkward position he did not expect. loser. >> Yeah. No, I don't like the police cuz you know fitness standards for paychecks. Why are you bothering me? Go away. Don't bother me. >> You're bothering me. How much more can I pull over for you? >> How much more do you need? I'm just trying to go for a walk. I'm not real happy about all the construction and then this guy pulls me over. >> Stay in the car. >> Stay in the car. >> No, I don't have to stay in the car. I DON'T HAVE TO STAY IN THE CAR. >> What's your problem? >> You >> You're driving by. You're over here giving gang signs, FLIPPING ME OFF. >> GANG SIGNS. YOU DON'T EVEN DUDE, your tal education has failed you. >> So, what's going on? >> Your high school education in Tal has failed you. >> I need your driver's license. >> No, you don't. I don't have to give you nothing. I do. >> I didn't break the law. >> I didn't do nothing. I'm in my car. >> Your hands off the wheel. That's careless driving. >> No, dude. You're making stuff up. You're No. Go away. >> Call your supervisor. [laughter] >> Call your supervisor. >> Yeah. Call your supervisor cuz you know you're wrong. Dude, I read law for bedtime stories. Yes, I do. I didn't do anything. Go away. >> Your hands are off the wheel. >> I Hey, I got one hand on the wheel. >> So, that's careless. >> No, no, no. You don't. You can't. You can't. You are arguing with me. Go away. >> I need your license. I'm going to go. No registration. You don't get nothing from me. I didn't break the law. You picked You pulled me over because you don't like my attitude. That is not unlawful. I saw your No, I did not have both hands off the wheel. You could not see in my vehicle. You were behind me. Go away. >> What were you doing? >> I'm trying to go for a walk because bureauats are annoying. >> Yes. Go away. You're the one that's causing all this attention. >> I'm trying to go for a walk and I'm being harassed by a little cousin. >> So, go away. >> A little cousin. >> Yeah, go away. >> Okay, whatever. >> Go away. >> Ma'am, I need your license. >> YOU DON'T GET my license. I didn't do anything wrong. You couldn't see in my sight inside my car. You're behind me. You're making things up. I don't appreciate you. I'm a female veteran. I just try to take care of my mother and go out for a walk a couple times a week and then you're bothering me. >> Go away. >> The reason for the stop now if you leave I will have more deputies on your >> car. You can't get into my car. >> Get out of my car. You are not allowed to open my car, dude. >> You open my car. >> You open my car. I got it all, dude. I got it all. I'm sorry. >> I'm singing in my music. I'm listening to my music and you pull me over for no reason. >> So, I have my sergeant coming to talk to you now. Okay. >> Then go away. Then let me break it out to your sergeant. Then you go away. >> Break it out to him. >> Gonzalez. >> Ma'am, >> don't ma'am me. >> But you're not going to leave here >> cuz you're a troll freak, dude. >> Ma'am, I stopped you. Don't ma'am me. >> I don't like it. >> What are you? >> You can call me veteran >> cuz that's what I am. >> I don't know if YOU SERVED. >> LOOK AT MY PLATE. YOU WERE RIGHT behind me, you idiot. >> How do I know that belongs to you? >> Cuz your deductive reasoning skills haven't failed you. >> I think something's failed you. Cuz right now you're being really uncooperative. >> Dude, you pulled me over for going for a walk. >> I pulled you over for careless driving. No, dude. You You're behind me. You You can't even see in my car. I'm singing my music. I'm jamming out and you pull me over because you don't like how I look >> cuz your hands were off. >> No, dude. No, you're grasping, dude. You're grasping. You can't see my hand. I No, dude. You're freaking making stuff up. You're wasting your time. You're wasting my time. I only have so much time that I can leave my mother. >> Well, LET ME SEE YOUR LICENSE. >> NO. GO AWAY. >> MOM, we can you want to go see a judge right now? >> Dude, I didn't do anything wrong. You have no probable cause. >> I'm telling you the probable cause. >> No, you're making stuff up, dude. That's what you small town sheriffs do. You don't like somebody and then you freaking give them a hard time because you don't like somebody. That's egoomaniacal. That is nothing to do with God. Dude, check this out. I'm even a pastor, dude. You're freaking You're freaking giving Clary a hard time. >> Look how you're acting. >> Because I got PTSD and I'm being HARASSED BY A LITTLE BADGE. THAT'S WHY. I'VE BEEN TO WAR, DUDE. I WAS IN operation Iraqi [ __ ] And that's why all this is so stupid. >> That's cool, dude. >> No, go away. Hey, just go in YOUR CAR AND WAIT TILL YOUR SUPERVISOR. GET AWAY FROM ME. >> I don't have to listen to you. I'll stand by for that. >> My sergeant over here. Okay. He's going to talk to you. Thank you guys. >> [sighs] >> proceed. [sighs] Singing is not probable cause. You [ __ ] stain for brain. Can I talk to you like a reasonable person? >> Go ahead. Say everything you got to say. >> No, ma'am. The whole reason for the stop was because I saw you have your hands off the wheel. You can you can give me all the gestures you want. Okay. That doesn't bother me. But when you take your hands off the wheel, that's a concern. That's careless driving. That's why I pulled you over. Okay. >> Mhm. So, all I'm going to ask, ma'am, is you just keep your hands on the wheel. Okay. >> Okay. >> You continue on with your day. All right. >> All right. Have a good one. >> Flipping him off wasn't a crime. It was protected speech. And that's exactly where this stop unraveled. The deputy let his ego turn a simple hand gesture into a detention, then tried to patch it up with a weak, careless driving claim that didn't hold up. No real violation, no lawful basis, no justification to pull her over. This dumb officer should have ignored it and kept moving. But instead, he created a situation that never legally needed to exist.