All right, sir. There's your information. >> Thank you. >> I did cite you for the stop light stop sign violation. The fine amount is 113. >> The first citation was for rolling the stop sign, which Joel did [music] not dispute. However, Officer Bowen issues two more tickets, seemingly in retaliation. And the events after this incident make it appear as though Officer Bowen, despite his many years of public service, may be one of the most anti-American tyrants to infiltrate the system. >> I also cited you for having a tinted cover over your license, which makes it unreadable. That fine amount is 103. >> Officer Bowen claims for the second citation that Joel's license plate cover [music] was tinted, making it unreadable. But the license plate cover is observably clear. And the officer's body cam footage [music] shows Officer Bowen reading the plate to dispatch without difficulty or not. Officer Bowen returned with the ticket already issued and never inquired as to whether Joel possessed current proof of insurance. >> [music] >> However, it's important to note that in Missouri, this citation requires a mandatory court appearance, offering the possibility of Officer Bowen writing the ticket intentionally to inconvenience Joel as much as possible. >> It is a mandatory court appearance set for February 4th, 2:30 in the afternoon, courtroom G in George downtown. Have any questions? >> Yeah. >> What's that? >> Is there a reason why you cracked the rest of my license plate cover? >> Because it is an awful order for you to do that. Have a safe day, sir. >> Stop sign ticket. However, Jared was told that a note had been placed on the file notifying the assistant prosecutors that they were not allowed to negotiate a plea agreement, and that Jared would have to speak with the head city prosecutor directly. When Jared met with her, she explained that Officer Bowen had called her personally to complain that Joel pasted a photo of the officer on Facebook along with some comments criticizing the officer, and that because of the post, she was refusing to make the standard plea offer and requested numerous additional conditions, such as a 4-hour driver improvement course and 10 hours of community service. Jared reviewed the Facebook post and determined that it was clearly protected speech. He also noticed that despite decades of experience without promoting, the officer had mistakenly used the code for an expired license plate in 2025 when the citation was issued in 2024. Jared emailed the prosecutor with the footage and proof of insurance requesting a dismissal of the two superfluous tickets. He also expressed concerns over the additional conditions suggesting that they were improper and only served as retaliation for protected First Amendment speech. As a show of good faith, Joel even voluntarily completed the 4-hour driver improvement course hoping the prosecutor would negotiate, but she declined to dismiss the charges or amend the plea offer. Today, Officer Bowen is closer than ever before to retirement and teaches police officers how to cope with trauma.