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St get out get
out stop resisting when a routine
traffic stop escalates to a young mother
being tased after refusing to exit her
vehicle it's nearly impossible to
imagine how everything could have gone
so terribly wrong put it in park okay
show me to get tased put the
car put the car in park help me help me
please kill me please even more
incomprehensible is that the reason for
this hysterical reaction actually stems
from a brutal killing that took place
nearly 30 m away you're about to
encounter some of the most insane and
unhinged body cam footage we've ever
seen as this shocking incident plays out
on the morning of September 22nd 2021
officer Bailey with the perin Police
Department located in Texas was
patrolling the section of road in front
of a local elementary school setting out
traffic cones and monitoring the flow of
vehicles at around 82 2 4 a.m. his liar
picks up a car coming up at a dangerous
speed of 48 mph and he steps into the
road in an attempt to slow the car down
and speak with the driver it's likely
the officer was just going to issue a
warning and send the driver on her way
but then this
happens tell me what the is going on so
I can go y'all already kill my brother
I'm not going to do this this one pull
over no what's going on pull over we's
going on are you telling everybody else
to pull over are you telling everybody
else to pull over pull all right in
response to the young driver's irate
reaction in subsequent flight officer
Bailey jumps on his Patrol motorcycle
and pursues her unfortunately for this
young woman she's about to learn the
hard way that driving nearly 50 mph in
an active school zone is in fact against
the
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law
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she is she is at the moment let me
go
me I'm gone I'm gone cuz he won't tell
me what going on gone why the driver is
19-year-old Janisha Lewis traveling with
her 3-year-old son in the early hours of
the morning to purchase breakfast you
pulling me over leave me alone I'm
trying to go I'm trying to go I'm trying
to go leave me alone you kill my brother
I'm done I didn't kill anybody I'm done
I'm done leave me alone I'm craving my
brother just got you for no no leave me
alone he want to [ __ ] with me early this
morning and I just too nasty get away
from me put it in park put it in park
you're fixing I have a whole lot of
problems okay shoot me put it in park
okay shoot me kill me send me where my
brother's at the brother Janisha is
referring to is 30-year-old Dion leit
who had died in a shootout with police
just two days earlier later interviews
with Janisha would reveal that she saw
her brother as her protector and that
she was afraid of police for this reason
however what Janisha doesn't mention is
that when the Houston Police
Department's major offenders division
arrived at fugitive Dion's home to serve
the latest and a long line of arrest
warrants on responded by opening fire on
them through the closed door injuring
one police officer and killing another
since 2008 Dion had been arrested 18
times and had obtained two felony
convictions his runin with the law
included arrests for aggravated assault
of a family member aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon and evading arrest
among others clearly it was a dangerous
situation and it ended terribly put it
in kill me in my job that ain't going to
happen put it in part I'm trying to do
my job you're making it difficult you're
way out of control okay okay let me go
I'm officer Bailey I'm officer Bailey
police why you stop me why you stop me
for speeding in a school zone I was
speeding I was speeding how many miles
were I going 48 and a 30 man get the put
the car in park no in par put the car in
being in park man get the put the car in
park can open my door this is is against
my
right the officer is taking appropriate
action by ordering Janisha to exit her
vehicle Under Pennsylvania V Mims the
United States Supreme Court held that
allowing police to require a driver to
exit their car was only a mere
inconvenience to the driver in
comparison to the safety benefits to
police here Janisha isn't complying with
any police orders such as putting the
car in park and calming herself down
despite that this is a valid traffic
stop these types of orders aren't deemed
to infringe on 1 fourth fifth or 14th
amendments namely freedom of speech
search and seizure self-incrimination
and due process put the car in park no
no officer Dela Cruz arrives on the
scene to assist officer Bailey B I'm
about to break the window up
man put the car in
par stop put the car in par stop put the
cor par stop if they hit me I'm a beat
leave me alone Homer come get them Homer
is homero Ortiz jisha's longtime
boyfriend and the father of the
three-year-old child still strapped in
the backseat of the car Homer has been
on the phone with Janisha the entire
time in fact he's the one who convinced
her to stop in the first place no you're
not taking my K to get
tased me my is here what the [ __ ] you
doing tell them to stop man how you
going to break my arm unlock the car
unlock the car leave me alone move
you're about
to car kill me is trying to kill you get
out the car he P me about to
get [ __ ] Mo take that seat belt off
take the seat belt off take the seat
belt off I don't have to do I have a
Nisha repeats this phrase several times
throughout this altercation but never
elaborates on exactly what that right is
bust my window your name take the seat
belt
out listen to me man' put the car in
fire it's unclear at this point what
jisha's strategy is but it should be
noted that no matter how loudly you
scream at police they're not likely to
just go away you're just stressing my
baby I'm s your department I barely pass
the [ __ ]
light car
in you put the car you need get out of
the car I'm not getting out you get out
of the car I'm not getting out the car
you need to get out of the car no you're
about to get tased you need to take that
t me for sitting in my car with
aat call your Deputy I need to you're
under arrest you need to get out I'm
under arrest you're under
arrest
according to Texas law it's a crime to
willfully refuse to obey the lawful
order of a police officer and Janisha
has already done so Twice first she
refused to yield when the officer tried
to stop her this offense is often
referred to as failure to yield or a
similar variation depending on the state
in which it occurs second she refused to
get out of the vehicle another failure
to obey a lawful order in addition since
the officer has grounds to arrest
Janisha and likely intends to do just
that she's also now added obstruction
charges and possibly resisting arrest
charges as well and Janisha only makes
it worse for herself when she starts
jerking her arm to the back seaty don't
reach in the
back get out of the car get out of the
car do not reach in the back you're
about to get T you're about to get
tasted again right there get out of the
car this get out of the car Ching me get
out of the car under arrest
no
window my baby help me help me help me
please I'm pregnant please please I'm
pregnant
get K relax nobody's trying to kill
you I'm going to break your
window no she's refusing to get out of
the car we need another unit get out of
the car cuz you're not getting out
you're under
arrest
go
stop my life and my life but let
my don't do me in front of
my get
out we're going to get you out either
you're going to get out by yourself or
we're going to get you
out me
I'm get out my my in the car give a
please alerted by jisha's piercing
screams onlookers from cars parked on
the opposite side of the road have now
gathered to gawk and film The Encounter
Janisha perhaps thinking that these
people are on her side and might be
willing to help her begins to direct her
screams at them pleading with one of
them to come get her son out of the car
though what they're supposed to do with
the child once they have him isn't
specified officer Bailey and officer
Dela Cruz after giving her nearly 50
verbal warnings have no choice but to
force her to comply come get
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my
me get out get
out stop resisting stop resisting you're
going to get TI again get out get out
get
out get down get down
put your hands behind your back put your
hands behind your back please grab my
child
please please please gra my please come
get my please
3ek my brother just got K by the police
dayso we're not trying to do that
despite her continued shrieks none of
the onlookers who are filming her are
willing to interfere with the arrest to
grab her 3-year-old from the backseat of
the car that's surrounded by police
please
please
please please come get my baby please
come get don't Rec please I didn't Don
nothing officer Bailey pulls her to her
feet as she continues yelling and guides
her over to one of the additional police
cars that have since pulled up give a
baby move are you going to talk to my
husband yeah if you'll give me a minute
go talk to him go talk to him I can't
with dealing with you right
now I'll sit right here until my husband
come y'all can't put me back there y'all
have to wait till he come I don't have
to wait y'all have to I don't have to do
anything my child is in that car
meanwhile officer Dela Cruz takes the
opportunity to speak with Homer who's
still trying to talk to her through the
car's Bluetooth speaker function stop
yelling okay can you hear me on the
phone hear you okay listen to mey try to
catch the breath
okay are you famar
with
relax to my husband
get talk to my husband talk to my
husband relax talk to my husband you're
not listening he not listening my
husband's on the phone please M you
have mama I told you to calm down oh my
gosh mama
business own hey look stop trying to
talk to her okay right now she's under
arrest look I'm out here is this your
son
yes okay are you hold on man hold on are
you familiar with with h with
Fairland though the officer grabs
jisha's phone and starts using it this
likely isn't a violation of her Fourth
Amendment rights there's no search of
the phone and while this may classify as
a seizure we must consider whether or
not it's an unreasonable seizure in this
case having the child's father on the
phone when the mother is being arrested
and then using that pre-established
conversation to secure the child and
provide for his welfare would likely be
seen as a reasonable act with minimal or
no implication of the Fourth Amendment
there's likely an officer safety
argument here as well where the officer
would want to establish the nature of
the conversation to see if the mother
had asked others to show up to the area
and potentially threaten the officers
however this is a much weaker argument
under these particular circumstances
since it was evident the father of the
little boy was trying to get Janisha to
calm down and listen to officers Officer
Dela Cruz explains to Homer where they
are located and get some basic
information from him as Homer ask the
officer if it's all right if he sends
other family members to the scene to
collect his son he explains that they
can get there much faster than he can as
they're wrapping up their conversation
Homer offers something on jisha's behalf
a heartfelt apology do they he hey man
listen to me you don't you don't have
anything to apologize for man you you
didn't do anything wrong
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so I'm so sorry at this point officer
delar Cruz turns his attention to the
small pair of eyes peeking at him from
the back seat is this your dad on the
phone how old are you
man
you're 3 years
old okay mom's okay all right mom's just
a little upset she was screaming and
yelling so she's okay okay she's going
to try to calm down
and go from there but yeah you could uh
go ahead and send uh send somebody to
pick up your child well get a hold get a
hold of your grandparents and I'll check
up on you in a little bit but that's
exactly where we're at okay yes sir
thank you so mucher I do appreciate it
make theone right now y'all bust my
windows y'all play ass in my eye for
what for speeding no
Forrest for you busted my window sure
did everything's on camera yes it is
right here I didn't resist nothing you
told me and I said I wasn't getting out
of my car that's
res bust my windows bust my windows bust
my windows go talk to my husband cuz
he's on the phone and go get my baby my
baby's crying yeah you you did that to
him 3 weeks pregnant I can L my child
what the I my brother just died two days
ago I'm sorry that happened but that had
nothing to do with me no way you're AC
y'all are terrible that's why y'all are
going to suff y'all are going to suff
y'all we suff what Janisha means by
suffer will probably never be known
because at this point she spots another
officer and immediately calls out to him
seemingly convinced he will be more
willing to help her Z can you get my
baby
please please please I want to talk to
him I don't want to talk to you s can I
please talk to you please get him away
from me I want to talk to you alone
please get him away from me that tases
me I'm 3 weeks pregnant my child is in
the car can you get my baby okay tell me
what's going on first no get him away
from me I can't do that get him away yes
you can I can't do that yes you can
what's going on talking
please I'm here to help you please why
are you doing this tell me what's going
on you my brother you going to do this
too what you're right along with him
you're not telling me anything you're
right along with them what's going on
nothing I was going to get donuts with
my son like what
the and then your officers don't know
what the they're doing cuz just because
even though my window was raised down he
decided to go bust my other window and
get glass in my eye and he raised the
voltage on the tasing I'm 3 weeks
pregnant you think I want to be double
tased twice once she spots her
3-year-old son in the arms of Officer
Dela Cruz placing him in the police
cruiser to await his grandparents
arrival she immediately loses her cool
again let take don't let him get my
child please don't let him get my child
don't let him get my child don't let him
get my child we're trying not to let him
see all this no don't let him get my
child put him in my car you put him in
my car he's in his car he's fine don't
let him touch my baby don't let him
touch my baby I have a right over my
child don't not don't not have a right
over my child we're trying to protect
your child from seeing all this I don't
want him around my child well can you
handle my baby get him away from me get
him away from me you can get him away
from me get him away from me away away
me please please please please away from
me
don't get him away from me please I
don't want him by me please he hurt me
too much please please I don't want him
by me please get him away please you
relax but Janisha is either unable or
simply unwilling to do so her behavior
is only making her situation worse
eventually officer Sears is forced to
place her in the back of the squad car
though she continues to be uncooperative
and to make demands of the
officers
I don't want him to hold my
baby I will put my okay relax where's my
husband y talk to him you w calm down so
we can do
anything no why you letting him on my
baby I asked you for one day because you
won't let me why you got my B why you
let don't do that to me get my
baby why you doing got to relax can you
get my baby I don't want him to hold my
baby I have a right over my child hey
your your baby's going to your
grandparents no at the end of the day
that's where he's going so he's good no
you don't need to be I don't want him so
my
baby understand what he did to my don't
understand Len listen you need talk to
but I don't want you yelling no I'm not
talk to you but I don't want you please
so please your kid going your grandma
please okay
you get him away from my
child where is my child my child is in
the car with the man I just told you not
to let him your child is my child is in
the car with the man I told you I didn't
want him around y'all could keep him
around him I wish I would die I wish I
would die jisha I need you to sit back I
can't sit back until you tell me my baby
is away from them me I don't want to sit
back until you get my baby to another
how let you give him to any police off
take your child if you sit back in the
car you're lying but you won't sit back
in the car you're lying okay you want
your child with him or you want with me
I want it with you but please don't do
to ride with him don't do this okay that
means you're going to ride with him okay
cuz you're going to jail today Point
like period cuz if I sit right here
you're going to tase me like he did why
do I need to tase you cuz I have my Sho
on with him and he still tasing me
through my window I don't I'm not going
to tase you you're going to tase me just
like you did you're going to do the same
thing no
me you're no why did he CH me though why
I Y going to do something about are y
going to get all do is sit down and I'm
going to walk straight over there I need
you to come in so I can can you tell me
is
thato I'm look into it but despite the
officer's assurance that the incident
will be reviewed fenicia state of
hysterics continues kill me please
once you inside the vehicle kill me kill
me cuz you will spare me you will really
spare
me you didn't get the officer driver's
license ID or nothing they didn't tell
me nothing okay well you're going to
give officer Sears that since you have a
good rapport going with him you're going
to give him your information your
grandparents you don't want to talk
grandparents are coming you don't want
to talk to me I don't want to talk to
you you going to give me your
information I will give you my
information but tell me that one thing
is no butt we not right here okay well
I'll just be right okay so check this
out if you don't want to do that what
I'm going to do is I'm to place you
inside this vehicle because I don't care
about this issue anymore I'm trying to
get you to jail your son right now he's
okay I can't go check on his can you
check on my son can you check on my
checked on I can't on this no my baby in
my stomach please don't do that don't do
that please my baby in my stomach please
come
on sit back why you like cuz y'all Hur
me
me you're going to me why are you doing
this are you going to tell me what's
going on now at the doorstep we going
put no are you going to tell me are you
going to tell
me tell me tell
me cuz now I might lose my child please
please tell me what you have doing there
please don't do this don't just ignore
me you're going to make me ha Poli even
more than I do
now I look for y the same thing and
y'all do this every
time y'all treat us like we're dogs even
though y'all are the same color as our
skin you let them walk over you leave
them walk over you let them Tas me you
let them bust my window you let them see
me as a threat this continues for the
duration of the ride to the station are
they going to do it no they're just
going to AR me and say I was violent and
I did this and I did that is somebody
going to guarantee me a new child if I
lose my
baby are yall going to give me a new
baby please momm are you going to run
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the after her transport Janisha Lewis
was booked at the city of perland jail
she was charged with evading and
resisting arrest and entered a
subsequent plea of not guilty and was
released on a $266,000 bond the
onlookers who'd been filming the
altercation posted did limited Clips
online where they gained initial
attention for seemingly depicting
excessive use of force though the NAACP
investigated and concluded that the
perin police had followed protocols when
being interviewed after release she
commented to a waiting news crew that
not pulling over for the police was the
wrong thing to do based on court records
it appears that Janisha took a plea deal
and agreed to plead guilty to a
misdemeanor of resisting arrest in
exchange for the felony charge of
evading arrest having and dismissed

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