I'm sorry kid I'm sorry come on man if you want to take me to jail in front of my kid just do it oh my God y'all are holding us hostage now I'm not drunk y'all gave me all the test what did I do can you give me a sergeant you destroyed us I hope you happy on June 25th 2023 a Vigilant Deputy spotted a truck caring dangerously across the road the truck weaving perilously came dangerously close to colliding with not one not two but three unsuspecting Vehicles behind the wheel of this erratic machine was 37-year-old Marcus Stokes along with three children in the back seat stay in the truck stay in the truck oh my God I'm going to jail why is that cuz we just got through taking my kids to their event and we just got home I know I got a tail light out and a front light out you got no tail lights back there brother none whatsoever I have two brake lights there's no lights back there at all it's not true are you serious yeah I'm dead serious that's the reason I stopped you man I'm trying to get my home that and you were swerving all over the road I was never swerving was I no yeah you were you were swerving all over the road what I got to do man I know I'm going to jail crossed the middle line several times no I did not okay if you say I am bro I give you my license my I'm right here my house is right here okay where where's your driver's license let's start with that all right dri I'm working on it okay do you have do you have an ID I have an ID okay I'm working on my license I got to take my test and I'm almost done here's the deal M Mr Stokes let me tell you this I I don't take people to jail for tail lights and stuff okay that's not what I do okay all right no warrants I have no warrants I don't have no war don't have any Warr no Warr all right all right all right so just take a deep breath man I just wanted to get them home okay all right all right I'm sorry kid I'm sorry do you live at Quaker and and they live around the corner no we live at you guys yeah I'm right here where what's the address um 633 East 55th Street North I'm literally right here to my home okay I just wanted to pick them up from their friend's party okay I didn't want to come out cuz I know that I had a front tail light out I mean not a tail light a front light out okay all right all right all right just hang tight all right all right I'm going to shut this door real quick all right just hang tight one second what's that come here a second and talk to me okay yes sir hey sit there don't be scared don't start screaming come here yes sir I'm sorry that's all right man you don't have we just came from a pool came from a big spash pad party yeah s all right you don't have any like knives or anything on you I got my kids I'm a legit man no I understand just turn around my ass okay I'm just going to check okay yes sir here's the thing okay you crossed over the center line about six times okay yeah bro you really did okay okay and that's I'm talking quiet so I don't want the kids to hear okay okay so have you had anything to drink tonight no sir nothing I all nothing I have not I just picked them up just right now I haven't not have nothing here step over here I don't want to SK it yes sir okay so nothing they could tell you I haven't had nothing all right all my light I have one ta you know I have one front light open uhhuh so U I'm sorry I'm in the middle of the road but sir I have not and I'm almost home bro I promise you I do not I had been in enough trouble but here's here's why do you take any prescription medication or anything no sir I smoke marijuana no sir no okay because I smell alcohol okay you have you smell it cuz we was in the lake and we had a lot of stuff in the back of our truck being waste on and everything but I have not been drinking or nothing you got my kids my son is in the front he would tell you I did not I promise you man I'm just trying to get us home from their party I did not want to leave cuz I know my car and my situation I got tail lights and front lights out I know I should not be driving I work my ass off I have my my lawyer is his name is infant he helped me with my judge to get me get my license together I've been busting my ass you think I want to up anything I don't okay I promise you sir all right I I understand what you're saying okay I really do but here's the thing is with with the way you were driving and I smell a very strong odor of alcohol okay all right sir I promise you it's not an alcohol it's probably in the seats or anything cuz we have had moments that we spilled here's the thing I smell it on your person I smell it when you're talking to me okay sir so all right here's what we'll do to to I'm literally my house is there all right here's the thing we'll do some tests okay to make sure that you can drive all right I can't I can drive I don't want to drive my park my car is here at my home my heart my car is Park well here's thing you were driving okay so it's beside the point of whether or not you can want to how close you are and all that it doesn't matter at this point okay you were all right no I was not drinking and driving sir all right step up here yes I do not want to step right up here sir hey baby hang on I need my kids to see this and record this okay okay that's fine CU all right kids get out all right no they need to stay in the car sir they need to stay right there in the car this so okay it's all right here on body cam okay okay all right I need you to put your feet together and your hands down to your side just like this bro you're really me you don't want to do any of it no I know how the routine is if I don't I don't not these test these tests are for your benefit okay it's not my benefit you hav take me ja regardless you already know what you're going to do no they're for your benefit you say you haven't been drinking they're for your benefit I just picked him up so do you want to do the test or no yes let's do it okay then feet together hands down to your side okay no I've been I have okay sir you have to understand I can't do your test like you want me to do why cuz I just got into an accident my ankle is broken oh no I'm I'm I'm going to do I'm going to do an eye test okay d duh please do that all right okay you ready yes what you think I'm feeling lazy then worth yeah hey ask my kids please look at my son is 13 he can talk to you and do anything you want if you we're our house is right there if you look at it listen Mr Stokes here's the issue man you're trying to give me a case for nothing I've been busting my ass I'm not trying to give you a case for anything okay my kids is going to think this my daughter want to be a police officer for some reason okay and I understand I respect that okay I'm not in no bad influence I I'm not saying that you're a bad you're trying to figure out what I have and what am I doing wrong no Mr sto I'm not what I'm saying is that what I'm saying is that keep your hands out of your pockets for me okay what I'm saying is that can I pull my pants up yeah you're more welcome to do that okay what I'm saying is that I believe you are under the influence of alcohol and operating a motor vehicle I'm not under the influence of the alcohol or anything or Mo I have not but just get them and get them home I didn't have no choice I'm a single part father of three kids I didn't have no choice but get them home no one helps me I bust my ass I have if you understand if you look at my I give you my information you look at my record you see what I have been building I can pull up I can pull up everything right so if you see what I'm doing you'll see that I've been building my situation that I do not put myself in bad situation like this I wanted to go get them I did not want to but my son begged me okay here's here's what's going to happen Okay I'm going let let me talk for a second okay what's going to happen there's somebody that's going to come over here okay and he's going to administer the test team you okay it I'm telling you it is in listen listen to me it is in your best interest to do those tests okay I just did your test and what did you say about me how you feel you feel like I'm drunk you feel like I'm under influence you feel like I am yes I do why because for several reasons one Give Me One Reason one you're driving yes sir and you see me come out of two lanes three times right six times I saw you cross the center L six times sir was you really behind me yes I was right behind you okay I believe you okay okay from Poria to here when you turned on to Garrison okay okay so for that number one number two number two I heard smell a very strong odor alcohol that's cuz it's wasted in the truck in the back of the bed sir I promise you that's why I smell like that I'm not going to have an argument with I'm not going to have ARG with I respect what you're doing I respect and I respect as a man father list these tests are going to be in your best interest your sergeant or anybody out to do other test can we at least get to my home can we can I walk there my home is right there can I put my kids in the house and they don't see this they no we can they they have they right no they can't stay here and watch what you're supp to do cuz they know what no they can't what do you mean they can't stay they they got to have the they got to go home children and they're children cannot let them just walk home like that no no sir no sir he's a teenager by law he's actually you know the rules you know the law right I do know the law and he's not 18 so you're telling me my teenager cannot look out for his daughter his sister everything he's 13 and 15 I have two of them in there exactly he's not 18 they're not legally bound to watch the kids after the fact he's not 18 are you sure sir positive okay I'm not going to argue with you with this okay but I know that my kids should be able to step out record what's going on how I feel and what's What's happen if they want to sit in that window right there and record they more sure they cannot really sir really you're making me you you just gave me a test and you didn't get nothing from me and now you want people to come to test me and you don't want them to see what's going on with meok I gave you the opportunity to do them and you said and I did it for you I just gave you a test did you not want me give your test I gave it to your test right sir didn't I that you did one I gave you one that's what all you asked for right and you did not do very well on it and you did not want to do the other two sir you're telling me you cannot complete the other two I can complete whatever you want but you said you bringing someone else you stopped me from your first test and tell me you bringing someone else no I I did the first one come on man if you want to take me to jail in front of my kids just do it and I go on by my business but I know that you're not being honest with me I'm being honest with you I did what you asked me to do you need to lower your voice I'm and we're not being aggressive to each other escalate the situation right okay so I'm dis escalating sir I just want to make sure mine I didn't want to get my ass out you think I wanted to get out the bed I work three jobs I'm an entrepreneur I'm a contract you think I want to get my ass up the bed and pick these kids up I didn't want to do this but I did it and you get you pulled me over your sound swerving I did your test you gave me one you say you want everybody else I'm doing everything you want sir I'm not trying to be alloud with you but come on bro come on bro like let me go by my home I'm not going to have this conversation with you we're going to wait till the other Deputy gets here okay okay if you're going to be your Deputy you're you're more than welcome to sit right there on your bumper and tell but I need my kids to be home please can you take them there when they right there when we're done when we're done then they'll be they will be able to to go home as long as an adult is with them there don't need adult he's old enough to be a adult he not 18 years old what is your law do you not know your law I do 18 okay I know mine I I I hey get my phone let me call my lawyer this is getting over way it's getting overwhelming and I respect you why don't you sit right there and wait yes sir I will do whatever you want bro all right yep no disrespect to you man I'll talk that's my black I hope you don't think nothing wrong no I don't I don't come on bro why are you doing this I'm not doing anything Mr St you did your job you made sure I was not underu you made sure I get my home my kids saf Mr St that's the thing the reason I'm calling somebody else over here is because I do think you're under the influence but you made your point you made your part you made sure me and my kids are getting home safely we did not do nothing wrong I did everything I could to get them from their destinations to here you think I wanted to get out of this house I did everything right I'm a single I'm a single father it's not easy but I appreciate what you're doing I'm not beating you down for what my daughter wants to be you okay she looks at you like Liberia in there wants to be you and she would not as how you acting right now she'll be the same way cuz she wants to feel that way and build that way I teach my kids that way then one day then one day she will understand understand but how are you understanding if you're keeping us from our home you're not letting this you could do this in front of our home no I can't I cannot couldn't no we're right here sir that's not the way it works Mr Stokes it's not the way it works but you pulled me over I your hands outet yes sir I'm sorry I chose to pull here cuz I felt like it was safe okay I could have pulled to my home there been more right cuz I was passing through more situations right if I kept driving and it came to my home didn't be issue but I felt like it was safe to talk to y'all and tell you hey there nothing's going on sir I'm here for my kids trying to get them home from their party what what are you expecting from me man if you want them man take care of them then for me cuz I need somebody I need someone to help I bust in my ass I just changed everything in my life i't busted my ass I got my life license I'm in class I did all my classes I right now if you go and look at my glove compartment you will see my classes that I passed and I did and I paid and I did everything to be a great father these kids depend on me my son has a grow he has a business a landscaping business cuz I helped him for it that's sir that really is you feel like I am oh un influen that you have to have someone keep my kids or not be at home bro why feel like they will be get to go home Mr sto sure that's not I'm not oh they're going to go home no matter what but this situation I with between I get your your your supervisor everything out here I'm okay I know what I am I know my rights okay sir and I respected you I didn't want to go there cuz you've been a you're my daughter's inspiration bro you have not been ruled you have not been nothing you're the person that is against me right now they're feeling like they can't get home they came from a party okay they can't get home you're stopping us for telling us that you think I am drunk and I'm like bro I don't want to fight with you I'm far from drunk I just want to get home well is and like I said as soon as the other Deputy gets here and if you if you will keep your hands I did everything you asked me to do though so well how many other tests do you need after the deputy get here that's there's a total of three I get you yes sir I do whatever but you have to understand these have to I need you to put my camera on you're not watching what's going on put the phone on he wants us to know that Daddy got to show his I did a good test for him but he wants Daddy to show his other Deputy but he's a good guy he a good police offic so like you his name is m m Moody M oh M Moody police officer right Mr stes do you have family around here I'm right there you know what I'm saying do you have other family around here I have my my my wife and my grandmother is in my home right now if you let us you can come I will get it I will not go nowhere just let us get to our house let them go with them can can your son call your wife and have her walk around the corner he can walk no I need her to walk around here no no she won't he can walk there that's not the way it's going to work I'll I'll get with the Sun real quick and have him call you can walk with him bro no he's not going to do that either she's one of them is going to have to come to us I I'll give I'll work okay oh my God is your mom at the house or Grandma whoever I don't know he said she said they your dad said they are time I seen I don't know yeah they said they are can you give them a call real quick we're going to have them come pick yall up okay get your sisters come here no no no they're not coming out of the car Mr sto tell have to do that y'all are holding us hostage now no sir that's what did I do to you man to make me you feel like that I'm very under fluence you test me I did your test I passed it so what am I wrong now sir I'm doing everything you ask Mr Stokes lower your voice I'm too loud for you I'm sorry I'm not trying to be hostile I'm disal I don't think you're being hostile I just think I just think you're talking Extremely Loud for no reason okay no I'm not talking l I I'm a very country guy okay so I'm a very I'm not from here so I'm I'm very country okay so what are you want me to do my kids is my kids are not going to do that I'm not sir please do not talk to my kids talk to them he's he's trying to get their mother to come around here get out girl kids they cannot stop yall go to the house Mr Stokes sir please please don't sit in you're going to try to tell my kids that they can't go to their home we're right there at our home he he is getting the he is getting the other adult from your home to come around here and get them no girls get out and go home sir please don't make this more complicated than it need to be you're making harder than what it is Sir it it does not need to be this way okay you're trying to make me a profile my kid no sir I'm not okay I'm not your profile sir no sir you're not I'm not profiling anybody okay I wait for your supervisor this is not right supervisor you test me well your supervisor has to come no sir he does not sir can I request your supervisor please you're more than welcome to request but he's not coming I thought you was going to do this easier than what I thought I was going to respect and take whatever salutations cuz I know I was wrong you could take you could talk my I know this meant to be told I know it's not right I had two tail lights out and the front tail light out I didn't want to go get them but I did what I could do cuz that's my kids what would you do for your kids okay you have kids sir Stokes yes sir why don't you let us call whoever is at the house to come get the kids cuz I am a single father you just said their grandmother and mother at the house my grandmother I take care of her she can't walk she's in the house can't walk you just said their mother was there single father you said their mother was there no they're not that's my grandmother she can't walk sir you look at my look at my information I don't have no one in my life okay well that your information doesn't tell me that okay sir no I don't have no one I'm a single parent 7:22 104 help me get on right I've been busting my through right help me bro I need a sponsor I'm a coach for the Salvation Army I do great things I don't have no one and it's hard look what my situation I'm in right now you think I won this and I got to be at coaching on Monday I got to be at church on Sunday that's what I asked for this is what I asked for come on sir be there man take my take my number research my lawyers I I deal with judges everything they help me they help me get my license they help me do everything cuz they know what I'm going through I don't think that they're label me differently than everybody else but they just know what I'm trying to do I'm not the ordinary out here trying to you know do dumb nobody ever said you were no I didn't say you did I'm just telling you with the situation that you're having you doing your job you made sure that I was not my kids is not going to be in danger going right here to that house you did your job sir and if you want to do more I'm okay I'll sit here and deal with this but sir sir hey I'm going to walk them home okay sir no no no sir I need to hear them understand it do you imagine wiping your grandma ass and I know how to do with everything I did not want to get up and go get these kids I have no choice Sir Mr stopes yes sir this is what's going to happen the kids you want the kids to go home this is the only way that they are going to go to the house right now if there is another adult in that home then son and my other daughter that Deputy will walk them around the corner to the house okay so what is going stoping us what is what is what's happening there are you charging with something I keep your hands out your pockets yes sir I'm sorry are you charging with anything you know I've been very corporative so you shouldn't be threaten toward my hand there was no threat it's a standard procedure I know take a deep breath for me okay all right like sir like I've explained to you I just told him we had a heart to heart real quick Mr Stokes like I've explained to you okay the deputy that's coming please don't touch my kids sir your kid about to pee either go home sir I I asked y'all let us go home Stokes listen to me like I've explained to you numerous times okay what is happening is the Deputy that is coming is going to administer the test to you if you listen to me I gave you one that you failed drastically say that I passed it and you said that Len to me sir to me we are down the street from my house it's okay I've been yeah the no okay don't turn around okay so how about you're not going to you're not going to argue with us I'm not arguing with you he's going to take the kids home so they don't go to DHS that's why we wanted you to stop and you're not doing it and I'm not going to sit I need y'all to understand what I'm saying you are your breath stinks so bad of of I'm not going to sit here and smell your breath cuz it's disgusting sir that's not the case pleas you didn't want you did not want to do this I wanted you to do what I asked you to do I don't care what no sir I asked you to do what because of you can you help me this could have been avoided Mr Stokes in front of the kids you do this it could have turn around just take turn turn around he's taking them to the house what's your address sir sir sir okay I'll do please don't no you're not I'm not going argue I will I'm not arguing with you I'll do anything you ask can I talk to you come here come back my car come back here to my car back I'm [Music] [Applause] [Music] sorry hey take a deep breath okay calm down guys take a deep breath okay can I get a sergeant is he the sergeant that's not the way this works that's not I get a sergeant not like you see on TV Mr St no it's not a sergeant can you give me a sergeant bro that's not a sergeant y'all are beating me and making me feel no this is not right sir he felt like I was under influence I he said I swer three or six times from Peoria to gr exactly let me finish pleas sir he said I finished it I turned in I pulled over for him to get the safe spot I told him let my kids go there and be at their home and he do whatever he want with me sir I've no did nothing wrong with pick up my kids cuz I'm a single parent I don't have no one to help how much have you had to drink tonight nothing nothing at all nothing nothing sir I you you smell beer and thing cuz it's in my truck I went fishing a couple of weeks a couple of days ago I went to the pond I got hella if you go look at you smell my floorboard it smell like beer cuz the whole beer spilled I have nothing sir I'm sorry for disrespecting you not yet I'm sorry for disrespecting man I not you take his test or not hey I I took his test sir so why I got to take more I'm asking you do you want take my test I'll take it but why did come on can can I ask for something if I take your test calm down a minute let him talk sir you did this what's your name my name is Marcus derell St Marker Marcus real Stokes okay Marcus listen I know my whole name I'm not drunk bro okay Marcus why would you do this to Mar I want you to look at me okay I want you take a deep breath just breathe in into your out your mou okay I don't need to breathe I'm okay well I want you y are killing us listen Okay I'm going to check your eyes Okay I'm going to check your do you see the top of my pen I'm crying right now I understand that do you see the top of my pen yes sir I did that he did that I need to look at it okay okay yes my eyes are watery okay I get that okay look at look at the top of my pin do not move your head use your eyes only do you understand yes sir I know yeah I'm sir I'm not far from drun I'm promise you okay be real honest I'm very very honest how many beers did you have nothing I just picked them up I promise you in my car smell like liquor you go go sniff my board I give you I give you proper search to go search it if you sniff it it smell like hell liquer it was not our fault bro I was just going to pick them up I just picked them up down the street this guy seen me come back from um 50 40 well we on 56 from louw coming down to 56 to por Oria he said I swear six times going from 56 Poria to Garrison I didn't think I said it my kids didn't think we said it we turned here I seen his flashing I pulled over here I made sure that I pulled over for him I talked to him he know man that I'm not I just want to get them home we're right there we literally a five step from our house don't let my kids I'm not failing you bro and you will never regret what you did today I promise you you you did not figure out a drunk guy that's hurting some kids or something you have a person that really you think I want to up my life if you did you research me did you pull up my record sir I don't want sir here bro somebody get my kids to please I'm not drunk y'all gave me all the tests here I'm going to turn off my lights now I got to do another test we're trying to help out okay yes sir you understand that yes sir we're trying to help you out okay I'm not drunk bro just just listen to us yes sir yes sir now this BL he's going to he's going to do the same test okay I just we just want to look at your eyes all right please can I can you tell my kids okay they're going to be fine I promise sure my kids in there talking to y'all and not knowing what's going on we'll talk to them listen to me the kids are going to be fine if you if you want to help your kids you need to listen to the deputy okay okay God y'all this is the third test now my finger yes quit moving your head I'm not moving yes you are sit in the AC for a second no I don't want to sit in the AC I don't even want to be out here with my kids sir sit for a second just sit for a second my kids is in there Comey you can you can come right back out just go in I didn't do nothing bro y'all are telling me sit Mr keep Mr sit come on I don't need nothing bro come on I don't need sh I need my kids to know that I'm safe swing your legs in for a second what your kids would do if you see them in a situation huh come on what's your last name it's Moody Moody what would your kids do if you see them in this situation they just want to make sure you're okay sir listen to this come on make give me citation let me go by my business Marcus it's not that simple man okay you've been arrested for what and you you were requested to submit to a test or test I gave you the test are you going me finish this please yes sir go ahead your request is submit to a test or test to determine the presence and or concentration of intoxicants in your body the test will be a breath test will you take the state's test I already took it three times that's not a breath test I'm asking will you take you ask me to take all these tests what do I need do will you take the state's breath test I told you I take whatever I just did three tests y'all all three gave me testes and I passed them so why are y'all holding me what did I do here's the thing you didn't me and my kids is on the way our house is right there let us go home will you take the state's breath test man bro or a no so y'all are holding me for what you got to answer it's a yes or no why are y'all holding me Mr Stokes you have to answer this question can you answer my question why are you holding me we're driving Under the Influence did I not pass your test it's not a pass or no did I not pass your Breer y you okay sir can I get a sergeant there is no Sergeant can I get no Sergeant take St test can I get a lieutenant we don't have lieutenants you don't have no Lieutenant no can I get somebody out here a white caller Stokes that's not the way it works it doesn't work like that I did not do nothing I drove home I gave yall you and him and him gave me three tests and I still passed you need to answer his question what what my daughters man can somebody take my I that truck I don't know what y'all want me to do okay tell me how do I understand this how is this the law okay we believe tell me the law you have noed of alcoholic beverage on your breath and person no I don't you have slur you lying have red watery eyes no I don't yes you actually do sir please come on man give me to my kids bro let me put my kids in the house man that's not how this work why are y'all doing this I passed all three your tests no you actually didn't pass yes you did you said it was okay no I didn't say it was okay I said you weren't you're moving your head come on bro this is sad you know what the outcome is going to be I didn't do nothing wrong man I did everything as me to do Step Up man' step up this is what you wanted sir Step Up get in there why you bro please don't B my head against the worldall I'm not banging your head against anything I want you to man there you go can I least see my kids before y'all take them away from me man I need you to sit in there man why what did I do can you give me a sergeant no give me a why I can't get a sergeant or Lieutenant here I am requesting a sergeant Oren yes it is no sir okay notv let me get it's not TV I know it's not it's real life get in man come on but y'all are letting my kids know that I get in man I'm a criminal and I'm not a criminal bro I bust my to take care I pay my taxes just like y'all I pay y'all taxes I make sure y'all are took care of okay why are you doing this put your fo in ma'am my hand I want a sergeant a lieutenant why I can't have nobody why would you do this bro what you feel oh I hope you sleep well at night you and your kids sleep well Sir Mr Stokes listen to me leave me alone hey I'm going sue you sue you listen to me very carefully you you gave me every test I got witnesses listen to me very carefully I got cameras you you're wrong I hope you live with that listen to me it's about your kids listen to me where are my kids they're right there can I take them home listen to me give me a chance to take them I need to know something is there an adult at your house no it's me I'm want to single is there an adult that would you do this is there an adult that we can call to live with that give me my phone I will I can't give you your phone why not what whose name is it that I can call give me my phone I can call it for you I need just tell me who it is I don't give me my phone you you destroyed us I hope you happy okay listen here's the deal this is your one last opportunity if you don't tell me who it is they have to go to DHS okay they mama or they my grand under where's my kids going well they're going to go uh to our office and then we're going to call DHS office sheriff's office I have my pick them up he didn't let me help let me m sir we were past that okay why are you past this cuz I I passed every test you had no you did not how did you say that did you put it on record what did I do do you want to take the state's breath test do you want to take the gave you three test do you want to take the state's breath test I already gave you three test sir is that a yes or no I gave you three test okay Stokes was charged with three counts of child endangerment DUI third or more offense and driving under suspension