Why were you tailgating me? I was tailgating you cuz I couldn't read. I wasn't even tailgating you in the first place. >> You were tailgating me. Can you not shine that directly in my eyes, my guy? >> officer safety issue, sir. You don't have the right to shine that directly in my eyes. You're blinding me. >> Is that better? I'm going to I'm just going to get your picture another way. Garcia? Yep. Yeah, don't do this again, Garcia. Can you get your guys under control? He's putting his elbow up on me. He's grazing up against me. All rude. What >> He's shining his This other guy is shining his light right directly in my eyes. I couldn't see. He was blinding me. I have a right to be mad. This is going to turn into a huge lawsuit because you guys are acting like Huh? Is there anything else I can do for you tonight? >> care? I do care. Why don't you care? They pulled him over again for the same temporary tag they had already questioned multiple times, acting like they still had no idea what it was. And right from the start, the officer couldn't even keep his story straight, first claiming the plate didn't read, then immediately contradicting himself about tailgating. The driver pushed back instantly, calling out the lack of a real reason, and refusing to play along. And that's when things started getting messy, with the officer doubling into an investigation that didn't add up while shining light straight into his eyes and trying to control the situation. What followed turned into a tense back-and-forth where the driver kept pressing for answers while more officers showed up and made things worse. Watch how this stop spiraled and how he handled every move they made. Garcia with the Fort Worth Police Department. The reason for the stop is the plate on the back of your car didn't >> Why were you tailgating me? I was tailgating you cuz I couldn't read. I wasn't even tailgating you in the first place. >> You were tailgating me. Okay, sir, do you have your license and proof of That's why I slowed down and put my hand out the window. I didn't know you're a cop. >> your license and proof of But I was I was trying to get you to get off my butt. I was trying to read your plate, your fake plate. Do you have your license and proof of >> plate? Why is it fake? Do you have your license >> run it? Did you run it? Yes, I did, sir. Didn't come back to anything. Uh check Arizona. It's A dot. Go Go back and check. Go back and check. >> you have your license and proof of insurance? Go back and check. This isn't a legal stop and seizure. Search seizure. >> It is not. >> Yes, it is. You illegally stopped me. What's the crime? The crime is your plate isn't coming back to anything, sir. It's from A dot. Did you look that up? Okay, I will. >> I'm telling you No, I'm telling you that now. >> Okay, now I'm conducting an investigation, so I need >> Why? Why? For what? >> don't know if the vehicle's stolen. I don't know if the plate is stolen. I just need to >> You You No, you can't pull me over for no reason. That's not reasonable suspicion. Yes, it is, sir. >> It's not because you could have ran the plate. It's a normal plate. >> John 315. Can I get a supervisor in my location, please? What's wrong with you? Do you have your license and proof of insurance? Why are you following my camera? You don't want to be seen, right? I'm not following your camera, sir. You're not? No, sir. Cool. Do you have your license and proof of insurance? Huh? You don't want to give me your license and proof of insurance? I'm not I want to share I >> already called him. All right, cool. Do you have your license and proof of insurance? I do. You do? Yeah. >> Can I have it, please? You didn't pull me over for a reason, did you? Sir, your plate didn't come back to anything. I'm conducting >> Look at A dot. Go back and Go look at the Arizona system. I've been over this before. You want to be popular, too? You've been over it with who? You want to be popular, too? >> officer? Yep. All right, I'll be right back, sir. Sit tight, okay? Huh? Arizona? It said Arizona. It's ridiculous. I'm so tired of this. This guy was tailgating me. Like getting real close to me, and then I'm like, "Hey, why'd you tailgate me?" He's like, "Well, I was tailgating you cuz blah blah blah." And then he's like, "But I wasn't tailgating you." How do you do, sir? I'm Officer Morgan, Fort Worth Police Department. >> sergeant? Are you sergeant? >> No, I'm not. All right, then I don't want to talk to you. >> No, I'm I'm I'm I'm letting you know what's going on. Why isn't he I'll talk to one guy at a time. Okay. Are you Are you fine talking to me? No. Say again. I I I'd like to talk to the same guy. Okay. He said he's he's handling everything. My sergeant's on his way, but I was going to let you know Did he tell you why the reason he stopped you? So, the reason he stopped you is because >> Okay, you don't have to get involved. Uh I'm I'm about to tell you that you I don't I don't want to talk to 12 people. >> So, Cuz you guys end up asking me all this like you don't know what's going on with the situation. This isn't your This isn't your stop, is it? >> sir. >> This isn't your stop, is it? >> sir, but >> Are you the primary officer? >> any questions. >> the primary officer? The reason he stopped you is cuz of the temp tag, but he didn't know it was an Arizona plate cuz it doesn't say anything like that on there. I just told him So So So search it. >> told you Get me out of here. He told me >> it. Get me out of here. Your plate already came back, so you are free to go. Okay. All right, cool. So, if you just understand and let me know >> So, have a good night. Okay, you're free to go. Please leave. I know I'm free because I didn't do a crime. You guys are actually not free. You know why? Yeah. Because you're you're criminals. You're a criminal. What's your name? Morgan? What's your badge number? 4765. What's his name and badge number? Uh he can give that to you. I want it. Okay, I'll tell him to come up here and talk to you. All right. It's not a thumbs up, my guy. Say again. You got You It's not a thumbs up. You're wasting my time, so don't don't play cool. Okay. Don't play cool. Okay. This isn't cool. Where is the other officer? He's finishing up what he's doing. He's going to come talk to you. What's he doing? What's going so long? I just need a name and a badge number. Can you get his card for me or something? >> He's going to He's getting you his card and whatnot. He's writing it down for you. Uh So, why are you here? I don't want to talk to you. Okay. You just asked me a question, so you do want to talk to me if you asked me a question, and I'm answering that. >> I don't want to talk to you anymore, sir. Okay. Then you can sit there and not talk to me. I know what I can do. Don't tell me what I can do. You know why? Cuz you're Cuz you're not you're not you're not >> rights, the freedom of speech. Huh? It sounds right, doesn't it? To be rude? Why? When you guys pull me over? It's You have the right to be rude when you pull me over? No, you don't. >> No, you don't. You can. You don't have a right to. I I just want to say I'm not being rude to you. You know why? Because you You don't have a right to treat someone you know, disrespectfully without not not respecting their dignity. >> explain you what was going on. Or you're being bossy. No. Huh? Oh, is it Is this better to go at this point, right? >> just park. So, I I just need his name and badge number, and then I'll be on my way. Right now you're temporarily detained, but No, I'm not. He told me I was free. You don't even know what you're talking about, my guy. 1963. What's in 1963? Don't worry about it. Oh, you guys can ask me questions. Can I say don't worry about it next time and you guys won't harass me anymore? I know. Got him on that one. See him gulp right there. That was a big gulp, my guy. Hey, Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. I'm Officer Garcia, 4937, okay? Officer Garcia, 4937. What's your department? Can you Can you not shine that directly in my eyes, my guy? >> It's an officer safety issue, sir. You don't have the right to shine that directly in my eyes. You're blinding me. Is that better? No, you're you're still doing it. >> you're free to go, okay? Do you have any questions for me? I'm going to I'm just going to get your picture another way. Garcia? Yeah. Okay. 4963? Yep. >> Yeah, don't do this again, Garcia. Okay, drive safe. You have a good night. Hey, don't do this again, Garcia. >> Okay, drive safe. Have a good night, sir. >> that in my eyes. You rude rude person. A rude person. >> to go, Mr. Clark. Have a good night. >> rude people. You know what? I'll stay here. I'll let you guys leave. Officer Garcia, where is he? Oh, you're [ __ ] 4937, sir. There he is. That's Garcia. He likes to shine lights in people's eyes and blind them. Are you good now? Are you? Are you good, Garcia? I'm perfectly okay. The way you're acting is threatening manner. I'm acting I'm standing still. I'm just getting some recordings. Approaching the police officers like that, getting in their face is not okay. Well, he's shining his light in my eyes. You don't think that's okay? >> It's a light, man. You think that's okay? >> It's a dark area, so he's got to shine and see what He's shining it directly in my eyes to be an Okay, he's going to be >> I'm not trying to be a jerk. You're not trying to be an ass Sir. I think you are, Garcia. Okay, well, I'm sorry you feel that way, sir. Hey, Garcia, stop shining your light in people's eyes. >> It's my light in my hand, right here. >> That wasn't Hey, man, it just happened. It just happened. You need to calm down, sir. You need to calm down. Huh? Do I? Why? Your supervisor >> Why do I have to calm down? Am I Am I doing anything wrong? Illegal? No, I'm not. >> You're acting in a threatening manner right now, sir. Why am I threatening? How? You just You're just being a little extra, sir. A little extra? You just had your light in my eyes, my guy. That was pretty rude. >> mind. Who is this guy? He's searching through my car like weirdo. That's not searching. Oh, he's That is searching. He's shining his light and looking around. He didn't enter it, so it's not illegal, but it's still weird. It's still weird. >> perfect. Do you have any questions? You know what my question is? Can you guys stop harassing me, all of you guys? When we told you you're free to leave, sir. Huh? All you cops All you Huh? Stop giving us reason to pull you over, man. >> Why? Why? What was the reason? You got a fictitious >> What was the reason? It's fictitious? Oh, he just bumped into me, this guy. What's your name and badge number? What's your name and badge number? You just put your elbow on me, guy. It's time to go, bud. What's your name and badge number, my guy? Say it to my front license What's your name? You're You're getting physical with me now. And I don't have a right to be upset? I'm acting threatening? What's that, my guy? Huh? You tough? Take off that badge, my guy. This is Texas. It's mutual combat here. >> any drugs >> Huh? You want to do mutual combat? Have you smoked anything You want to do mutual combat? Huh? Sorry. I would love to do it. It's mutual combat here in Texas. We can go to a jujitsu club. Sergeant McKinley here with the You want to go do jujitsu with me or boxing? Let's do it. We'll put gloves on. It'll be a real fun time, my guy. So don't don't put your elbow on on me. Huh? You can do whatever you want. You put your elbow on me, my guy. It's on camera. You were right up on me. Huh? Huh? It's not active? I'm already Look at this guy. Now he's doing it. He's rubbing up on me. They're all rubbing up on me. Look at these Look at these Look at these Huh? Can you get your guys under control? He's putting his elbow up on me. He's grazing up against me. All rude. He's shining his This other guy's shining his light right directly in my eyes. I couldn't see. He was blinding me. I have a right to be mad. This is going to turn into a huge lawsuit because you guys are acting like Huh? You don't care? Why don't you care? Are you going to correct your your your subordinate, sergeant? No? Why not? Why not, sergeant? You know why? Because you guys are you're terrorizing me. Y'all you work for You work for the Why? Huh? Okay, then. Huh? Why is that? Huh? How can I have a good one, my guy? You guys are freaking harassing me. You guys are idiots. Huh? You guys shame on all of you. Hey, look up. Huh? It always turns into a thing with these guys. I'm going to go talk to this guy, see what they're harassing him about. Amen. What he said times two, my guy. That's a hit [laughter] man, me. Well, I'm going to. Hey, so you called for me to come out here. What else can I do for you? Sergeant, I want you to tell all your subordinates that they need to do their job before they pull someone over. And then when they pull someone over, don't shine their light in their eyes. And just be be civil the whole like I It shouldn't have gone this far. I just told him to run the the thing and he just kept going at me and going at me. Like, oh, where's your license? Where's your license? I don't need to give him anything because I didn't do anything illegal. There is nothing he needs to have. If he sees something, he needs to look into it as far as he can. And then you know, if I tell him, "Hey, if I explain it, he should just go back to his car, check it, come back, apologize, say have a good day." It shouldn't be this long. And then he shouldn't flash his light in my eyes. And then when I go to get his face to make sure everyone can see it, you know, he shouldn't his his his buddy shouldn't be shoulder rubbing up into me because he's all tough and they're telling me I'm acting threatening. Well, he just had his flashlight glaring in my eyes. I told him to stop. He literally like moved it from the the center of my eyes to like, you know, like maybe a millimeter. So it's still directly in my eyes. That That sucks. So why are they harassing me? Why are they getting all confrontational? Huh? If people are getting confrontational That's not a traffic stop. Is That's how you guys do traffic stops? Why? Why? Why? Because Why? Yeah, I do. 817 817 Yeah. Wait, 8173923647. 392 3647 Cool. 3999 Yep. 3999 This whole stop fell apart the moment they couldn't justify why he was pulled over in the first place. And instead of correcting it, they dragged it out and made it worse with attitude and pressure. He didn't give them what they wanted, kept challenging everything they did, and forced them to eventually back off while still trying to save face. Nothing about this looked like a clean or justified stop, and it showed.