and I tell him that I do have a freedom of speech you do and he comes up behind me and I tell him that he needs to pull over call your AEG put that away look at you have a seat have a seat don't get out of the carp come on let's go I was pulling you up get your hands off me you just resisting arrest I'm not resisting arrest then give me your stuff or put hands on your back do not do this sir on the car you stepped it up not me while driving home from dinner with his family a man noticed an officer speeding past without Hazard or caution lights switching lanes recklessly and without signaling under California vehicle code section 22350 drivers must not exceed safe speeds or operate their vehicles unsafely shocked by the officer's blatant disregard for the law the man yelled out of his window sto breaking the law Pig he continued straight while the officer turned down another road but moments later the officer appeared behind him at the next light do you realize that you were speeding you switched Lanes three times without a blinker and you went through a light without a blinker okay call your egg put that away look at you a seat have a seat don't get out of the car stop come on let's go I was pulling you up get your hands off meat get your hands off of me a seat you have no right to violate my rights you were the one that was violating laws don't touch my door that's my space it is was my private space it is now sit in it you need to call your supervisor we don't have it I'll give you my card you can call and complain okay well I want your Chief down here which one it all depends who's on right now okay so who's on that's fine I'm the senior officer working okay but you have a CHP over here right you have an office okay it's right around the corner can you ask your supervisor please to come down here we don't have one not today okay so who is your who is your supervisor then Todd Tibido he's our commander who's your um who is that supervisor in training or I mean in office we have three sergeants so Jeremy doler uh Reggie Whitehead and I know wad yeah one of my sergeants that's one of my officers friend of mine he's a sergeant I do okay this is determined to confront the officer about his dangerous driving the man signaled for the officer to pull over by extending his arm out the window under California vehicle code section 22107 drivers must not turn or move a vehicle from a direct course until such movement can be made with reasonable safety and an appropriate signal has been given as he pulled off the road the officer activated his red and blue lights initiating a formal stop the man stepped out of his vehicle phone recording only to find himself staring down the barrel of the officer's drawn gun his hands were clearly visible but the officer's aggressive stance terrified the Man's children this is what I do on a regular I keep you guys accountable okay okay you know why I stopped you today I know why you stopped me but do you know why I didn't stop you back there and why I hollered out the reason why I hollered out was because you were illegally doing Lane changes you're pulling people over and you actually didn't pull me over I waved you over before I even pulled over I need to see your driver's license registration and insurance you can do the same thing then I don't work for you I'm out here doing the you do work for me unfortunately you're paid by our tax dollars I am and I am you guys accountable account for me in your car I'm I have no problem standing right here I'm no threat to you you're you came out of your vehicle with a gun in your hand doing I hollered at you back there you already know what I'm doing well now I I'm keeping you accountable well let's start with driver's license registration insurance I don't have to give you anything you need to call one of your supervisors do you know about dues vers Hayes don't care I know you don't that's obvious you're a tyrant probably more than likely yes I'll give you the same choice I give everybody else if how long have you been here you got three stripes on you yeah and you're acting like that man the power has gone to your head dude probably have a seat no thank you okay what would you like to do this evening call your supervisor come on back let's go call your supervisor yeah I am going to we're going to come back here I'll be right here I'm not cranking my phone out when I'm standing on traffic side come on we'll stand over here you can film and record all you want I'll stand right here all right which one you want to talk to whoever's on duty right now nobody again I'm the senior officer working today okay so you're the senior officer yep who do you want to talk to or you want to come in tomorrow and complain that'd be fine too okay driver's license but I and insurance I need a complaint form we don't do that well you guys do something yeah you come into our office and complain do you realize that it's officers like you that give the rest of officers bad Nam dude get used to driver's license registration and insurance I don't care I'm not giving you anything else I'm silent from here on out I invoke my Fifth Amendment right thank you the man requested the presence of a supervisor invoking his right under California government code section 3303 which allows individuals to request oversight during encounters with law enforcement the officer refused stating no Supervisor was available frustrated the man cited numerous legal violations including the officer's reckless driving improper use of authority and refusal to address his concerns hey that is don't resist my arrest you just resist arrest I'm not resisting arrest then give me your stuff or back do not do this sir on the car you stepped it up not me sir you stepped it up I moved my hand away from you reaching for me I didn't touch you I haven't touch lawful request turn around and place your hands behind your back what is the lawful stop registration you didn't even notice that until you came back around after I had already hollered at you like to go if I see violation your supervisor serious let's go back here and do it then you're going to pull your own away from me let's follow the rules phone call we're going to hey you're the one who tried to place me under arrest I havea of the thing where you what I'm sorry I want to detain you because you're agitated and upset I'm not upset I'm perfectly calm I've leaned against my vehicle several times you've actually come over here I'm playing again you're violating my rights let's go driver's license know what 45 USC 1983 is I don't care okay what is 18 or 45 USC you know what you took an care either cuz you don't know it you took an oath right I did to defend and uphold the Constitution and support and defend it absolutely domestic and you know so what about what about the Fourth Amendment due process not only that we can talk about all of that if You' like and why did you pull me over in the first place you were going down that road down there at that light until I hollered out stop breaking the laws stop breaking okay again you can call and complain come in and complain they'll write me up if I did all those things and you have the evidence to support it I'll get written up okay that's how it works you're violating laws though sure laws what ones vehicle codes okay which one you're violating vehicle codes name one I just told you what you were doing back there name one I'm not going to look it up on my phone you don't even want to you don't even want to pull your phone you were unsafely switching lanes you didn't signal on switching lanes you were speeding well over 15 mph over the speed limit what's the speed limit 30 mph right back there okay you were doing at least 45 somebody else I know for a fact who I have it was you okay everything we I saw your face before where's the camera at it's up right by those red and blue lights perfect awesome cuz I'm going to do a full request for that as well come on in and complain they know exactly how fast I'm going at all times my vehicle's track so if that's the case they'll right me up let's start from the beginning I stopped you with those red and blue lights you stopped me hold on no hold on let's let's get the corre talking abouts can I speak sure before those lights came on my hand was out the window doing this pull over pull over that's called a citizen's arrest that's called being pulled over okay so now here we are this ain't my first time I'm sure it's not the people whose first time don't talk to us like this they want to go on their merry way with their family exactly I'm not trying to sit here and have my rights violated over you breaking laws and then you're going to and then you're going to come over here about registration now you're going to dig the man stood outside his car and questioned the officer's actions pointing out that he had initiated the stop the officer demanded personal information but the man invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent the officer frustrated tried to handcuff the man despite him committing no crime escalating the situation without cause the man remained calm asserting his rights while the officer abused his authority you can fish all day that's fine I'm not giving you any information okay what would you like to do tonight call your officer or call your sergeant I already offered to do that you want to talk to who's who do you have available all three of their phone numbers are probably at home where why Hall's fine Reggie Whitehead Whitehead yes okay what do you want to talk to him about about his officers being properly trained you got and being held accountable for their actions let's see if he answers hey s how you doing awesome baby what's up hey I got a guy here on the side of the road that would like to talk to you is that all right hey sge Chris McDaniel here I spoke with you probably about 6 months ago about uh holding officers accountable and uh what happened was I was following behind one of your officers just past the park here in Jackson he was speeding switching lanes without any kind of turn signals and took a without any kind of turn signals I hollered out the window stopped breaking the laws next thing I know he's right behind me I signal him to pull over he flips on his red and whites and then pulls me over now he's requiring that I give him identification for a traffic stop that I personally initiated that I asked him to pull over now we're doing this back and forth thing on the side of the road you already know I know what I'm talking about we've already had this conversation before um I'm sure that we are not trying to have a bad interaction here your officer tried to place hands on me three different accounts I do have this on video and I'm asking him to just leave me alone um so what I'm asking him for is just to leave me alone stop doing this illegal activity and misusing his power um I told him he was acting like a tyrant he said yeah probably so sge I or sge I'm pretty sure you guys don't want this kind of image for the department and that's not what I'm trying to do for you either all I'm doing is keeping your officers held accountable and he wants to pull me over now and we're now having a conversation on the side of of the road so he just wanted to say his piece cuz he doesn't like what I'm doing all right I'll told I gave him my car told him to come in and complain sounds good have a good night Serge all right I will I will see you guys tomorrow cool let's start with driver's license registration and insurance I'm I'm not going to do any of that okay all right thank you have no excuse wa you're done and you're detained excuse me for ripping your hand away that's resisting i p my hand I lifted my hands up so now we're going to do it as tensions peaked the officer forcibly detained the man ignoring his protests and the clear misuse of power this incident highlighted the dangers of unchecked authority and the urgent need for accountability within law enforcement can you get a hold MIM and Co or Mima and papa please and let them know that I'm being physically assaulted on the side of the road by one of the officers now after you slam sir after you slammed my hand in my door stop it stop it we're done you're going to crush my finger now don't do it now you're resisting me do don't Che you're taking call your officer you need to call you didn't tell him what you're doing though you need to tell him what he's let's be done let's come back here I'm done with this I'm not going to fight with you sir we're not going to do this whoa whoa whoa whoa excuse me illegally detained I'm being illegally detained here on the side of the road until we're done we're going to do this I'm in cuffs right now camera and I tell him that I do have a freedom of speech you do and he comes up behind me and I tell him that he needs to pull over okay iy we'll be done shoot keep recording got it okay I can get my stuff out of my own pocket you don't need to place hands on me you are violating my rights right now it's okay I can take it we identify him he gets a ticket we leave that's it what is he getting a ticket for expired registration expired registration so you come out of your [ __ ] truck with a gun well you don't get out of your car when we stop you I stopped you remember he pulled you over why don't you get it we stop each other I waved you over let's get it straight the officer approached the man with aggression using force in a situation where it was not necessary according to California Penal Code code section 835a an officer is permitted to use reasonable Force when making an arrest but only when necessary and within the bounds of law the officer escalated the situation by pulling out his weapon creating an unsafe environment for the man and his family the officer actions were a blatant overuse of force violating the standard for what constitutes a reasonable arrest this Behavior was entirely disproportionate to the situation and went beyond the legal limits of authority you want to write in me a ticket get somebody out here to write you a [ __ ] ticket too and that's what get somebody out here to write you a ticket You' got that to write me a ticket somebody out here to write you supervisor out here we already talked to my sergeant you already talked yeah before he escalated as soon as the sergeant I went to step into my truck and he slammed the [ __ ] door with my hand in the way slammed it slammed his entire body against it you're getting sued you're getting [ __ ] shut the [ __ ] up I'm done hearing your [ __ ] annoying ass voice I want the supervisor right now I want him out here now he's not on duty today can well you need to get someone out here because obviously you don't know what the [ __ ] you're do swing your legs in we'll be done in a minute I'm not going with you identify I'm not going we're shutting the door dude I got cuffs on where the [ __ ] am I going to go my kids are right here where the [ __ ] go where why would he run away where is he going he's in cuffs his children are in that car and this is is his mom I will be here just the door we're all going to stand you're not going to [ __ ] arrest me and take me I'm not being kidnapped period I'm being kidnapped yes I am I'm in [ __ ] CU what do you call that well we have to take you some place for that is called [ __ ] kidnapping all right swing your leg and I'll shut the door where you going to be done not good just listen your leg in we're going to be done soon good look at what you're doing I know what I'm doing you obviously don't know what the [ __ ] you're doing you're violating my rights you took an oath to the office and you're still sitting hereid 29 ask was somebody higher up 49 French bar David 3241 1413 second unit M I grab my phone please look I'm trying to keep this as chill as possible you Ste it up twice I don't want to do this anymore I stepped it up you came out with a gun slam me into the car and I pulled you over you're not the first listen you're not the first [ __ ] officer that I have placed under in arrest and you're putting me in cups cool you come out cool have a seat a dude you have no idea what the [ __ ] you're doing your your law seat's going to work make you guys money I'm making I'm making me famous get my [ __ ] done all right hurry the [ __ ] up so I can get my [ __ ] back we'll be done in a minute take these [ __ ] C off piece of [ __ ] hurry up with that ticket you got one coming too trust me a supervisor was present at the scene but failed to intervene or correct the officers misconduct under California government code section 3304 supervisors are responsible for reviewing their officers actions especially in cases where excessive force or misconduct may have occurred the supervisor's inaction signified a lack of accountability allowing the officer's overreach to continue unchecked the failure to hold the officer accountable perpetuates corruption and undermines the Integrity of the department this lack of oversight Fosters an environment where officers can act without fear of consequences now it's conspiracy what the hell oh my God there's so many 241 and 242 there's so many you're going to [ __ ] know dude I'm not a threat I'm a minor I'm not telling you nothing we want a supervisor you dud I'm not telling you nothing somebody H this [ __ ] I want them here now because obviously they can know what they're doing and right now you guys are conspiring to violate rights look at this this this is ridiculous this absolutely ridiculous and I pulled him over and then he turns his lights all of it I did I have it all on video they got it on video the judge will see it too and I'm getting a fer request for the video off your [ __ ] car I need your Cruiser number too make sure my information is there for you for me to be able contact you yep Ser all reduce once I got him in C he could have de escalated but he slams me in theck door instead so I'm the same Department as him okay so what we're going to do is we're going to have you two step back to the vehicle if you're in that vehicle if not go back over to your other vehicle but I am going to listen to you I'm going to talk to you all that get our jobs done and that's to do right now want to watch it dude don't worry I'm going toyer request it yeah I don't know anything about it I he he was breaking the law I have it all on video I asked him to pull over he pulls me over with the lights on gets out of his car with his gun in his hand here's the thing I don't know anything about it okay I'm telling you it's all on video you'll get filmed and I'm going back away from right now though all right right now though please back off my right now now back off my daughter we will have an escalation if you don't back off my daughter right now back up EXC she is not in I'm good we're going we're going to work with you don't worry okay put back up this way here that's not a Lo do you want to be [ __ ] the next one against you right now offer go so we have to be able to work here to help you okay so go ahead and back up why don't we back up in the parking lot we're good cuz you can film from right there right right here no no on that side of the wall you can film from that side of the wall just as easily as you can right there correct ma'am back up now please that's me you're too young to now talk to me that is a little I'm a miner he doesn't even have a weapon and there's this much this is for nothing this is all for nothing the officer's actions not only violated the man's rights against unlawful arrest but also his first amendment rights the man attempted to speak out against the officer's unlawful actions yet the officer attempted to silence him which violated his right to free speech under the First Amendment individuals that have the right to express their opinions even if those opinions are critical of law enforcement as the man was arrested and transported to the station his wife approached the supervisor questioning the officer's conduct the supervisor however failed to provide any satisfactory explanation or take action allowing the officer's abuse of power to go unchecked so I'm going to jail now because I wouldn't listen this is now kid when it was a registration thing really I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow what are we doing anything the what's that anything in the vehicle nope not a [Applause] thing so that's her pH there was no consented search do you want do you want to give the names of everybody that's in the vehicle for the report Destiny McDaniel Chris McDaniel thank you have a good night so we can calm down the kids and know I know I I get it they're hysterical hysterical they're crying they're going to flip Tak them away that's all right they are going to flip okay I don't I don't know well I was in the vehicle the story was he switched Lanes three times without signaling anything and when you say he I don't know Ma I'm sorry the cop the officer officer okay switched Lanes three times without signaling mhm he was in the turn lane and turned with no signal and he was speeding okay very far okay there was a car going the speed limit in front of us and he was just gaining more and more distance okay dad said to stop breaking the laws he shouted it after he turned and he the cop turned around and came after us okay looking for a reason to pull us over dad signaled for him to pull over and he flipped on his lights okay okay I again I came after obviously okay so why is he being detained no he was arrested well right why is he beinged the reason the officer gave was obstruction of justice okay so that's the reason the officer gave and again I don't know the reason to stop she just explained the reason to stop because I wasn't here you know I wasn't here we responded after right so the officer said hey I got a person that's was not agreeing with me so request another unit so that's what it was okay so you have the vehicle vehicle wasn't stored toad imp pound anyway right you have that vehicle he's going to go to the county jail Amor County Jail we called a supervisor as well um over the fact that his officer was not behaving correctly okay so we don't have a supervisor working I'm the the officer in charge I guess you could say okay so and that's just kind of the way it works all right if you don't have a supervisor working you just you get to talk to the OIC it's called OIC officer in charge okay so we just all three our aren't working all the car for because when dispatch centers our Dispatch Center is in Stockton and when they say hey I've got an officer that's requesting a second unit saying hey just in case there's a fight I don't want anybody to get hurt just in case there cuz obviously we have emotions that are up elevated saying hey bring me another unit because I need to deescalate this I'm going to help I'm I need somebody to help me deescalate it if if you listen to me but if you listen to me okay so if if that officer and that person is not they're not working for whatever reason the personalities aren't messing well and he's obviously upset your family member right sometimes other officers can help deescalate that okay so okay so obviously you saw his his demeanor in the car and we just the officers soon as the other officers got here the deputies in fact the sheriff's department they left right once we knew that everything was stabilized you guys were over here because you're right on top of a troll car in between the officer and that person you were right on top of it basically what we can do is separate everybody out talk to you as we're doing right now and try to deescalate and stabiliz okay that's kind of how it works all right and what's going to happen your officer was very out of code and rude very rude he reached he reached for the car's door handle our car's door handle with no consent okay and was telling him that you need to get back in your vehicle when Dad was the one that had done a a citizen's what was it citizens not arrest um he was just pulling him over to war him bre the law he was breaking the law he wanted to inform him that he was breaking the law the officer got out of hand and the officer stepped out of his are you saying that the that your family memb I'm sorry her dad dad was essentially stopping the officer yes so your dad was doing a traffic stop on a marked unit he's done it before he done it before he has we caught a sheriff one time the bumper was kind of half hanging there and he was feeding it was dangerous so he had do you think do you think that's normal it's normal when he's trying to have officers years I'm telling you it's not normal okay so yeah but that's not the that's not the job of anybody to say hey I'm going to pull over a marked patrol car and just do that okay because your your car has to be marked specifically there has to be laws and author behind that cops are only upheld by the citizens okay they are only held accountable by the citizens how old are you I'm 14 almost 15 you're 14 years old okay under California penal code section 837 PR private individuals may perform a citizen's arrest for a public offense committed in their presence in the end the officer issued a ticket for the alleged expired registration the original reason for the stop but the man's arrest was unwarranted according to California penal code section 849b a person arrested for a misdemeanor offense that does not involve violence must be released after a reasonable period the man's arrest which was based on an unjustified escalation of a routine traffic stop resulted in unnecessary charge and further distress this case highlights the need for greater accountability and transparency in law enforcement as the officer's misconduct went unchecked the incident ultimately left the man facing charges for obstructing an officer even 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