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Guys, use your power, your authority to [ __ ] people's lives over. >> If that's all you want. >> We're sleeping. >> On the late night of October 9th, 2025, in a parking space along a public roadside in Florida, the young couple Seth and Andrea were sleeping soundly inside their car. And a resident living nearby, seeing that this car had been parked near their house for several consecutive days, placed a call to 911. But the caller explicitly informed the dispatcher on the phone that the people inside the car were very likely just sleeping without any illegal or criminal activity, and that they were calling solely in hopes that the police would come perform a welfare check. After receiving the call, Officer Jimenez from the local police department was the first to arrive at the scene. And without saying a word, he directly shined a high-intensity flashlight into the car window and began pounding heavily on the vehicle door. >> Put down the window. All the way down. >> Actually, I don't have to. You're being kind of disrespectful and I'm not going to roll my window down that way. I haven't done anything wrong. >> I'm sorry. Well, it's not that I'm being disrespectful. >> Ma'am, this is a public road. I see people parked here >> we got a call about your car being parked here. >> Okay. >> Even though Even though it's a public road Where's Can I have your ID? Both of your IDs? >> Can you please articulate the crime that I have committed? >> Well, there's not a It is a crime because we got a call about suspicious vehicle. So, I'm now I'm asking you to identify yourself. >> I'm just sleeping with my wife. >> And I understand that, and that's why I'm making contact with you. >> Hi. >> Hi. >> Awoken from their sleep, the couple felt extremely confused. And facing the officer's command to immediately show their identification, the two acted very rational and asked the officer which law they had violated. According to the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution and the provisions of Florida's stop and frisk law, officers have the authority to forcibly detain and demand identification only when they possess reasonable suspicion, meaning clear and objective facts proving that the party has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime. Whereas a normal welfare check legally belongs strictly to a voluntary encounter, where citizens have the absolute right to refuse to provide identification and choose to leave.
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