Police Traffic Stop Incident

Probable cause to pull you over, right?

Okay.

Just 'cause you-

Whoa, whoa.

Nope.

That's way-

Put your hands up

... whoa. Are you serious?

And watch your fingers on the back of your head.

We've got code red cover coming.

Hey, what's up? How's it going?

Hey, how you doing?

Good. Hey, um, I'm stopping you 'cause you got no front

plate and your window

tint's too dark.

Uh, I actually got a fix-it ticket for this

one.

Did you?

Uh, it was two weeks ago. I got stopped on Arden right there by

Hostess-

Can you roll down that window-

... Bakery factory

... for me real quick, partner, please?

Oh, okay.

Thank you. So you got a, you got a ticket for the,

the tint already?

Yeah.

Okay.

And I did-

Roll down the window

... I did. Hey, how you doing?

Roll it all the way down.

Do I got to?

Because I just told you to.

No, I'm saying I got it right. I got that up.

For my safety and the officer's safety.

And for my safety also. This is all being audio recorded, by the way,

too.

Okay, that's fine. It's right here too.

Yeah. Okay.

Okay, so you got a fix-it ticket for the window

tint.

I got a, uh, fix-it ticket for that too also.

And the front plate.

And which is not due until, uh, I don't know. I got to check that now, so.

Okay.

Yeah.

All right. You have your driver's license on you,

sir?

Uh, yeah, it's in my backpack in the back.

Okay. Here, I'll just take your name and birthday.

All right.

What's your name, sir?

Uh, Rudy. R-U-D-Y.

What is it?

R-U-D-Y.

R-U-D-Y.

Uh-

And what's your birthday?

6/14/95.

And just to make sure, I got the last name spelled right.

All right, you have a valid driver's license,

correct?

Yeah.

Okay.

Everything, insurance good, registered.

Okay.

All that, so.

Probation, parole, anything like that?

No.

Nothing? Okay. And you're the registered owner of the

car?

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

All right. Sit tight for me, okay? I'll be right back.

All right. So you said for your safety?

Yeah, for my safety.

Yeah.

And I want you to keep your hands in my, in your lap for my safety, okay?

Yeah, no problem.

I'm sorry?

I said, "No problem." Feels like I'm back in Nazi

Germany or something the

way you people get treated like this, you know?

Do you know your history?

I do.

Okay. So you understand what I'm saying?

No, I don't.

You don't understand Nazi Germany?

I don't see the correlation.

Okay.

We were hailed by a citizen regarding your car. Why would a citizen have hailed us?

For my car?

Yeah.

Uh, I mean, whatever y'all got going on, you feel me?

I don't know nothing about that.

We were doing something completely else-

Oh

... and somebody took time out of their day to

come over and flag us down regarding

you. Why would they have done that?

Re- regarding me?

Regarding you and your vehicle.

No, that's, that's false.

Any weapons in the vehicle?

Uh, yeah.

What kind of weapon?

It's, it's a registered firearm in my name.

Okay.

Yeah, it's a Smith & Wesson.

This is also, you know, got a business under my name too, so.

Okay, just go ahead and keep your hands on the steering wheel

for me.

Yeah.

You know this person right here?

No.

He says there's a Smith & Wesson in the vehicle registered to him.

Okay. Yeah, he just had, just saw it across his head.

Okay.

All right.

Probation, parole?

Uh, I didn't get that far.

Okay.

He came back. He says he's not. Where, where's it at?

It's in the trunk.

It's in the trunk?

Yeah.

Okay.

You good with him for a second?

Can I talk to you for one second? Just keep your hands on the wheel, okay?

We were keeping an eye on him a lot. Yeah. You're on the 62.

All right.

I don't know if he's got the trunk. We can, we can pull him over

and make sure.

Take a glance at it real

quick, just to see.

Okay.

Just to see.

That wasn't super, telling me that we're in Nazi Germany

and just recording us on

my phone and stuff like that, so I'm just a little concerned that he

was so

nervous, and now he's telling me there's a firearm

in the vehicle.

Yeah. He was trying to slink away from me like I

didn't see him.

No, I didn't.

That's why I got concerned.

Okay. Um, I don't know if you want to finish running him or not,

but I, I feel like

we have enough for a Terry pat search of the vehicle.

That would make me a little more comfortable-

Yep

... standing up here knowing that-

Yep

... I don't know where the gun actually is.

Okay.

Okay, perfect.

All right, sir. Hey.

Yeah.

Just 'cause you got a firearm in the car, okay, we're just gonna do this the safe

way, okay? So what I need you to do, can you undo your seatbelt for me?

Uh, can I call a supervisor please?

What?

I would like a supervisor.

Well, no, you can talk to him afterwards.

Sir, I would like a supervisor.

We're, we're gonna talk to him afterwards.

I, I need-

But you need to do what I tell you to do

... uh, can you call him on your radio?

Huh?

Can you call him on your radio?

I-

He's not trying to call-

Hey

... his supervisor on the radio.

Listen, I'm just, we're, we're-

Okay. I'm, I'm a citizen too, bro-

Okay

... and it's like, and you, and you work for the public and safety.

You, you're doing your job.

Hey.

What, what's your, what's your cause of-

Hey, hey

... what's your cause-

Calm down. Calm down

... what's your cause of stopping me is what I wanna know.

You didn't even give me a cause.

Okay.

You said for your tint. I told you I got a ticket.

That's probable cause to pull you over, right?

Okay.

Just 'cause you-

Whoa, whoa.

Nope.

That's way-

Put your hands up

... whoa. Are you serious?

And watch your fingers on the back of your head.

We've got code red cover coming.

Whoa.

Okay. Undo your seatbelt with your right hand.

Oh, wow.

We're not gonna play this game, sir.

Hey, it's all good.

Turn around.

It's all good.

Move more towards the seat.

Wait, this way?

I'm sorry, towards the steering wheel.

You mind

switching spots with him?

Yep.

All right. Do not move. Got it? Hop out. Hey, Sparky.

Wow.

See, I was trying to do this low-key.

Yeah, low-key, putting the gun to my head.

Hey, hey. Keep your hands where they are, all right?

Put the gun... You wanna put the gun to my head, right?

That's crazy.

Okay.

Yep.

Do not resist.

I'm not resisting.

Do not resist.

Wow. Why am I being detained?

Gerald, they gave me handcuffs.

So-

Should I do?

... I pull you over, okay?

I don't have a better place for you.

You're nervous, all right? Then you tell us there's a gun in your

car.

I ask you to just cooperate with me, get out of the car, okay,

so I can check and

make sure that the, that it's your gun.

And this is exactly, this is exactly why I want a supervisor.

Okay.

For stuff like this.

Well, you can tell him that now, okay?

She pointed a gun to my head.

We're all recording it. We are all recording it.

Okay.

She pointed a gun to my head.

All right. Thanks, dude