This traffic stop started after officers claimed a driving issue, but immediately escalated when they approached the car with guns out and demanded the driver roll his window down. The man questioned the order and made it clear he did not feel safe complying while weapons were pointed at him. Instead of calming the situation, officers treated his refusal as defiance and used it to justify pushing further. As the stop continued, the driver asserted his rights refused to answer questions and challenged claims about odor and safety while the officers doubled down. What followed exposed how quickly a routine stop turned into a control issue once the officer's authority was questioned. Can you pull your windows down for me, please? >> Can you put your windows down for me, please? >> No, I'd rather not put my window down. Put your >> windows down now. He >> yelling. Roll your windows down now. >> I refuse to put my window down. >> Your windows down. >> Yo, is you serious, bro? >> Roll your windows down now. >> No. Oh my god, you got to be kidding me, bro. You're making this a lot more difficult than it needs to be. Roll your windows down. Roll your windows down, bro. Roll your windows down now. They're both sitting there with guns on their hand and they expect me to roll my window down. I feel like pulling off, not rolling my window down. Out of here. >> Roll your window down. >> I'm not. >> Open the door. >> No. Open the door. >> No. What you What you grabbing my for? >> Open the door. >> Why you grabbing my doors like that? >> What are you doing? Open the door. >> No. >> Roll down that window so he can talk to you. >> My window is down so he can talk to me. It's not my fault. He's scared to approach. You got gun. You got your hands on guns and you expect me to just N crazy. Nah, man. Y'all sitting here looking like y'all ready to shoot me? You mad cuz I won't roll the window down some more. Come up here. You just walked up here. Why is he scared to walk up here, man? Out of here. Now you ain't got no problem walking up here. >> What are you doing, man? >> What are you doing, bro? You got Bro, I was I was about to roll my window down and I sit there. You put your window down with your gun. >> How many times I asked you before I even went for my gun? >> Oh, well. >> What is the problem with? >> Is it a lawful order? >> Yes, it is. >> No, it's not. >> Yes, it is. >> What lawful order is it? >> I'm giving you an order to roll your windows down. I can't We cannot see in here. Oh well, I didn't know that. You're trying to protect a stop that would have been trying to protect myself. I'm trying to protect myself, bro. >> How are you doing that by not windows down? >> I ain't even see behind registration. >> Here you go. You want to answer that question? Driver's license. You want to cut yourself off and me off while I'm >> driver's license registration. >> Oh, all right. Here you go. It's been ready for you the whole time. >> Playing games for no reason. >> I'm not playing any games. >> Yeah, you are. >> No, I'm not. >> It's a simple command. Roll your windows down. just so I could make sure that I don't have any threats coming up to the vehicle. >> All right. Well, >> come on. >> I ain't like I like your saying that you're trying to protect How are you protecting yourself by not doing a simple order? >> Bro, I I feel like I should have pulled off. >> That's a bad idea. >> Hey, hey, I don't give a if that keep me alive, bro. You putting your hands on you, >> bro. I had two men with guns at the back of my car telling me to roll my window down. Yeah, >> that makes perfect sense for me to just do what I should have pulled. >> That's not my That's not my problem. It's not illegal for me to have my window out. You a cop. You should know that, >> man. Out of here. >> Hey, what's up, partner? >> What's up? >> What are you up to, man? >> Nothing. What's going on? >> You going to work or what? >> I'm just doing my thing. >> Huh? >> I can't hear you too well. >> How you doing? Hey, what's your name and badge number, sir? >> What's up? >> Barrera 0505. >> Barrer, how you doing, man? My name Orlando Rando. >> Yeah. When was the last time you smoked, man? It's coming. It's pretty strong coming out of your car, bro. >> That's I believe that. >> Any left in the vehicle? >> I don't smoke. >> I mean, I can smell it though. >> Um maybe you smell. >> When the When's the last time you marijuana? >> Who knows? You don't smell the car? >> Is that what you're smoking now? >> Yeah. >> The old hemp? >> Yeah. I mean, it's the odor, dude. Is there anything else left in the car? There's nothing illegal in this car. >> Okay. >> You live in uh you live in [clears throat] Frederick? >> I don't answer the questions. >> Okay, that's fine. >> You can hang tight. >> All right. Thank you. When I give you the commands, I need you to follow them. Turn the vehicle off. >> You asking me to step out of the car? >> Not yet. I'm telling you to turn the vehicle off. Put that out for me. >> Is your door open? >> No, it's not. >> You need to do that for me right now. Are you pulling me out the car? >> Yes, sir. >> All right, cool. You should have said that in the first place. You talking to me like I'm 3 years old. >> Keep that rolling, but it's not going to be in your hand. >> Keep it rolling, but it's not going to be in my hand. All right, I'm back. >> I'm locking the door now, please. >> I'll be with you in a second. You already told me you taking the camera out here. >> I lock the door down. You're locking. I'm giving you commands. I need you to listen to them. Are you clear? >> Yo, what's the commands, man? I got Dude, what's up? Cool. Interlock your fingers behind your head. >> Hey yo, >> interlock your fingers behind your head. >> All right. What's What's good? should be petty. Why your stance? Widening your stance. You know what that means? >> I just did, man. Stop. Hey, bro. You're not going to get nowhere with me acting like that, bro. >> You on probation or something? Man, >> I don't answer any questions. Just meet up on the golf. >> I'm not relaxed at all. >> That's fine. Just lean up on the car. >> I'm not going to lay on the car. >> Okay. >> What's all What What are you upset about? >> I don't like the way um your coworker >> Can I help Can I help you understand what's going on? >> I don't I don't First off, >> first off, I don't believe you smoked any in that car. So, my car's being I'm a grown man with my with grown man going through >> I don't like the way that that man's talking to me and that's my problem. >> Well, every action has a reaction, man. You're being you're being tense. You're being a little deceptive. >> I'm being tense and I'm being order in your vehicle. Okay. >> All right. >> So, because of your behavior, that's why he's he's stepping it up a little bit. >> Okay. Stepping it up. >> You're making him feel uncomfortable. >> What am I doing illegal? I'm making him feel uncomfortable. I got three men with guns in my face and I'm making you feel uncomfortable. >> Gun in your face. >> No. Well, when they way, you weren't there with the way they approached my car. So, that's that's what set the tone for me. >> This is my This is my first interaction with you. >> That's cool. That's cool. But it's your first interaction after a reaction with your man. So it is what it is. I'm pissed off. It is what it is. I understand you're being real respectful. My bad. You're being real respectful and stuff like that. >> But I haven't done nothing illegal >> since this whole stop. >> So I don't care if he feels a certain way and he's stepping it up. I haven't done nothing illegal. I don't answer questions. That's my right. I didn't roll my window down. It's my right. And that's how >> is not not illegal. It's decriminalized in Maryland. I know you got Virginia tax. That's why I was asking you where you from, man. I don't got it ain't nothing illegal in my answer. You don't want to answer questions. I'm I'm going to explain to you what's going on. Okay. So, Maryland decriminalized. Anything under 10 g is considered a civil citation. Anything over 10 is criminal. >> I'm very aware. >> So, you have you have odor in your vehicle. So, he's going to find out. And that's why I asked you, is there anything else in the car that we need to know about? But you didn't you told me you didn't want to answer questions, right? >> So, so based on the motor, he's going to search the car. going to pat you down. >> Let me ask you Let me ask you a question. If I were to answer your question, >> it makes it a lot easier. >> No, you would have still searched my car. That's >> what it Okay, so what do I You said so if I did I didn't answer the question, so you're searching the car. This >> Yeah, >> you guys going to do this anyway. I'm going to make you do your job. It's just that simple. I'm not answering any questions and and that's fine. I appreciate you being very professional while you dealing with me, but other than that, the way he acting, I'm set off. So he stepped it up, I'm going to step it up. Okay. Um, it's just that simple. >> I I refuse to have somebody a dude with a gun and a bulletproof vest on and talk about heing for his safety. That's I don't want to hear that. I ain't with that. That's ridiculous. Fing for my Oh, man. >> You're good, man. You can lean up on it, boy. You catch up. >> No, I'm all right. I'm fine. It's a nice day. It was about 54°. Doing all right today. Hey yo, be careful with my bro. It's wasting my time. >> We're not doing all that right now. I need you to stand right here. >> Look, I'm standing off the street. >> I don't need you to do it. Just stand right here, man. >> I'm not doing nothing illegal. I'm not going to move, bro. Sir, >> you're going to stand right here. You ain't going to stand here and just record and do what you want. >> I'm not going to just going to record and do what I want. >> Stand right here. >> Just not Stop pushing me. Stop pushing me. >> All right. Well, stand right here, bud. I don't want >> you telling me to stand in the street. You don't want me at his window. I'm at his window. >> Look, I've been >> lock me up if it's illegal. >> I've been respectful with you. I'm asking you >> until you just push me in. Yeah. >> You're not listening. >> What am I doing? That's a problem. I'm standing ass. You can't even justify telling me to stand on the street. >> You're not going to come up. >> I'm not going to stand here. >> I'm going stand back from this window. I'm out of here. Yo, can't impede my right to record. As simple as that. I'm not >> Your attitude is going to get this reaction. >> My attitude is going to get this reaction. You going to get my reaction every time people talk to me like that. My attitude is not against the law. Now, you've been respectful this whole time. Why don't you keep it professional and stop trying to impede my right to >> Why don't you keep it professional? Stop. >> I'm not professional. I'm I'm a citizen. I don't have to I don't have no way to conduct myself when you pull me over and push me >> into the street. What I'm saying is off the street up. >> You cannot justify why the I need to stand in the street >> and not stand by his window. >> But it's officer safety. >> It's officer safety. Well, I stepped I perfectly stepped back and now I'm stepping back even further and now you're just impeding my right to record. So, what good reason do you have what good reason do you have? What good reason do you have for me to move away from this window and record this officer for his safety while you sitting here with a gun and badge? Taser, gun and badge. I'm >> Yeah, that's you and I both know >> trying to stir up certain emotions. >> I'm not trying to stir up any emotions. I'm trying to record this officer like I was doing and you're trying to stop me. That's what's happening. You're you're angry about other things, but you're not letting us know. >> Ask a question. What's the difference recording him right here or right in the front? >> I could see when I was by his window. He told me to step in front of the window. >> You could reach in and touch it. That's what he's saying. >> Okay. Well, now I can't. So, what's the reason for telling me to move, right? All right then. Simple as that. You just worry about doing your job and not controlling people. >> That's part of our job. >> Controlling people. >> Yes. >> Okay. Well, I'm not in danger. Not in the street. You're not in danger where I was standing at. You can't justify that. Simple as that. It's not going to be do what I say or this. You already told me searching my car because I went to answer some questions out of here, man. We going to all Okay. Well, you searched the car and you didn't find what? So what now? >> So now he's just paying attention. >> Okay. Cool. Cool. And now I'm sitting here recording and my right in record is being impeded. You're not recording. >> I am recording, right? >> I'm recording everything. >> So, what's being impeded? >> I was recording him. >> You want We can We can act We can act like We can act like We can act like You going to say I was inside the window. >> I mean, you were very close. >> I was very close. Okay. And I stepped back and that wasn't good enough. That wasn't good enough. >> Then I stepped back some more and this ain't good enough cuz now you standing in front of the window I was recording. So, so here we go. So, God damn. >> I don't know. >> I'm not being professional. I don't have to be professional, bro. I just got pulled over and I really don't know why >> you almost crashed. That's why >> I almost crashed cuz I fish cuz I fish. >> You were all over the place. >> You're right. >> You asked for the conditions. >> I didn't tell you the white line. >> I didn't. >> I didn't hear this until just now. That's my That was my question. >> You know why? Cool. >> You know why? >> What's your name and badge number? >> I'm Wolen. >> That's how you pronounce it. >> Yep. Right there. What's your badge number? >> We don't have badge numbers. >> You don't have no uh numbers that identify you at all? >> My ID number is 481. >> 481. I appreciate it. >> And all his stuff will be on the ticket. >> Yeah, that's all that's really important. But I do appreciate y'all for maintaining a level of professionalism except for you when you impeded my right to record. I don't play with my rights just like it's my right to roll my window up, keep my window up. >> You don't respect is mutual, right? >> Respect to have I disrespected you. >> Yes, you have. >> In what way? Please, please tell me so to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> My whole demeanor is disrespectful. >> Yeah. When you go back and review your GoPro video, >> you'll see what >> you going to be able to reg it, too. >> Disrespect is a widely overused word. >> No, it's not. >> Okay. >> Disrespectful. >> It's disrespectful, but I don't listen to what you tell me to do. That's not disrespectful. I just didn't want to listen. >> It's disrespectful for you to push and yell at somebody, though. That's what you did. That's what you did. That's what you did. >> I'm not going to listen to any any order that's unlawful. Simple as that. You took an oath to uphold the Constitution. You should respect that. But you find it disrespectful. As you said, that's terrible. It's all good. It's not your fault. You weren't well educated. What you got for me? And what's your name? >> Leay. That's cute. >> 581. >> What's your What you got? >> There you go. That's your copy. Do you want to take it or no? >> Stop. >> Do you want to take this? >> Can you hold it still so I can read it? Cuz you ain't explained it to me, which is the professional way to do it. That's protocol. >> Oh, it's failure to stop it. Oh, let's do this. All right. >> Good luck proving that one. You have a good day and you very much. >> Yep. >> The encounter ended with officers relying on attitude and compliance instead of clear lawful reasoning. The driver stayed calm, recorded everything, and forced their actions to stand on their own. The more he asserted his rights, the more the officers revealed how much of the stop was based on assumptions and pressure rather than facts. By the end, the cameras told a very different story than the commands being given.