I hope nothing like this ever happens to me because I know I don't have that level of patience. Would they drop assault on a leo if all other charges leading up to it were BS?
@@JSAFIXITNope. You’d be cooked on that one. No matter how impatient you are, bite your tongue and keep your hands by your side or wherever the cop says. Cause I’ve seen tons of police body cam videos and resisting arrest (let alone assaulting an officer) is the charge that never gets dropped. Ever.
It's very spykful and polite and patient. And you could definitely tell the kid wasn't high on anything or drunk. He was just too clean and they wanted him for something. I didn't want him to outsmart them.
No. He didn't do bad on the test. He nailed it. He's suing them for rights violations and they are trying to sue him for putting the public accessible body cam footage out for the public. Dirty and corrupt department.
@@dicky7600 Ahh, americans and their "american rule" where all parties pay their own legal fees. Meanwhile, almost everywhere else in the world the rule that is followed is called "costs follow the event" which means that the losing party will also pay the winners legal fees. That drastically reduces the amount of frivolous lawsuits like these because it's a huge risk.
They counter sued him because he legally and lawfully shared public record which made them look bad because they did the bad things that made them look bad. The literally sued him because their actions made them look bad
the lawsuit was technically in regards to him saying the cop was a wife beater when he posted the vid. the cop has not been convicted of DV but has had a protective order placed against him multiple times, so it's not even defamation it's just true even if the thin blue line prevents his wife from getting justice. still retaliation and the cop is defo part the 40%
The idea is that they can detain you if they suspect you of a crime so you can’t keep committing it while they obtain proof. This is frequently abused though
Innocent until proven guilty is a fantasy. It only exists when you are on your private property and heavily armed so nobody will take a chance arresting you until after a court has issued a judgement against you.
“None” “But what does that mean? Can there ever be truly nothing? Is there ever _more_ than nothing? Are we all just something made of nothing? Are we even something?” “Bro just let me go home”
*If you are stopped by a cop! Say this 1 thing, ONLY* "Am I being detained? Am I free to go?" Don't get out of your car! Do not submit to any tests or searches! Just show ID/reg and keep repeating, "Am I being detained? _Am I free to go_ " Cops are incentivized to get away with anything/everything they can, DON'T LET THEM! Not you, not today! Even if you _have_ been drinking, play it cool, repeat the phrase, and don't submit to field tests. Eventually, they may try to detain you. They might bring you to the station and make you wait, but that's a _good thing_ bc it gives you time to get more sober. 3hrs later when they're testing you at the station, you're clean and they have to let you go. But usually, if you're this kid's situation, cops are just being bullies & trying to trick you bc they think you don't know your rights!! KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! AM I BEING DETAINED? AM I FREE TO GO? If you're not being detained for a legal reason, they have to let you go. Source: Several defense lawyers, including one who drives drunk but has no DUI on his record bc he uses this technique when cops try to bother him.
@@DLlama Its usually a better idea to say hello first. Break those questions out when they start asking you anything beyond "Do you know why I pulled you over?" and say "No."
His speech is clear, He walked a straight line perfectly. These officers are so disappointing to put him through this. These are the officers who do not need to be on the force.
They claimed he failed because he misheard how many steps to take. If I remember correctly, the officer also initially claimed to have smelled the overwhelming smell of Alcohol coming from the vehicle (PC for the Sobriety Test in the first place), but there was no alcohol. Cop either straight up lied or his brain is fried smelling stuff that isn't there.
@@LC-uh8ifcops lie. They can also lie about the FST performance. If you get a cop claiming to smell alcholol or weed and you know you don't have it, he's a liar and you should not do any of these tests except the chemical ones the state may require. No state requires the physical FSTs, that's a myth. The worst some states allow is for refusal to be used as evidence in court, but CA decent lawyer can argue that away.
Capitalism and politicians got us into this mess and I bet capitalism could get us out if we set up a business that competes with police forces. The company will make most of its profits from having lawyers sue corrupt cops, holding their own employees accountable when they go too far, and bodycam livestreams with either in the COPS show style or VTuber reaction commentary. In some areas the company wasn’t successful or the police stop getting funded or they’re both still around either working together or SPY VS SPY.
The kid was super respectful and obedient. He passed EVERY SINGLE TEST. The officer still arrested him and accused him. Just watch the video, you'll be blown away
That's why you NEVER consent to a test by an officer. They can't legally force you. All the police are looking for is something to confirm their suspicion, they don't really care about the evidence
It's sad because if they'll do that to cooperating citizens, think about the scared and/or uncooperative. This is WHY a lot of people don't cooperate 😢
Most likely not they did nothing that they were not allowed to do. Cops can take you in for any reason they want and all they have to say it you acted a little funny to get off.
@ryanclemons1 when it's thus blatant, and on camera and the video goes viral... you know there's bound to be a settlement of some sort and they're getting chewed out behind closed doors at least for the negative PR brought to the department.
The problem is that many of the cops get really mad for any reason whatsoever. The moment they put the badge on, their ego starts to inflate and they think that "they are the law" so they can do anything they want.
Same thing happened to my daughter. They pulled her over in alittle hick town she was driving through to get home. Accused her of DWI. She doesn't drink. They arrested her. She blew 0 on the breathalyzer & nothing found on blood test either. She was jailed all weekend and it cost $3000 for a bondsman to get her out. They STILL tried to charge her with DWI even with no evidence. Finally the judge dismissed it but she was still out the $3000 & 2 days jailed for doing nothing wrong.
I thought the whole idea of Posting Bond is that you only lose it if you don't turn up to the court date. Turn up to court, get the Bond back. That's the whole point of posting bond...
@thefridge7335 I can agree, as long as it's not something like roids (obviously an unfair advantage for someone playing sports) you should be able to do whatever you please.
“What do you mean none…” has to be just about the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard come out of someone’s mouth. It was a perfectly logical response to the question he posed.
What he meant to say "Liar" He had decided he was drunk the second he pulled him over. Even went so far to say he slurred his words when that never happen and the kid consistently spoke clearer than the officer. Cops deciding people are guilty and working backwards to find evidence to support their assumptionis a massive problem with police. When this cop couldn't find evidence, he just made shit up, and this is not a unique situation.
@@timrosencrans7955 He wasn’t guilty I saw the full video and there was no indication he was intoxicated he also blew zeros. Bro did you even watch the video? The piggy got his ego hurt so he decided to waste more of his time filling paperwork.
@@timrosencrans7955The breathalyzer showed he wasn't drunk and the drug test showed he wasn't on anything else. You should rewatch the video. The cop arrested him unlawfully.
@@timrosencrans7955in order to be arrested for a crime - you have to commit a crime. He didn’t. He got dragged away against his will and against his 4th amendment right. High beams are just a simple traffic stop and do not allow for arrests.
The convo the cop has on the sidelines away from the scene was really telling. Cop simply didn't like his attitude and was looking for any reason to fuck with him.
@linda... Exactly. They don't want to look bad so they'll come up with anything they can just to save face & not look like the fools that they are. 🙏❤😡
Lawyer is the first thing you say when they first arrest you and the only thing you say is that you want a lawyer from that point until you have one with you.
yep! they will try to be friendly to gain your trust, lie to you, or make you feel like you must be guilty for wanting a lawyer. ignore it. it’s your right and they legally have to cease questioning until your lawyer is present. i watch way too much true crime 😂
Yes, but if youre poor they lnow u wont beable to afford a decent lawyer. U only getting a public defender- they are so swamped they dont even read the case tikl right before they meet you
Trouble is that would lead to inaction from the cops on the risk. We don’t want that either. I can tell you that’s the case because it’s what’s happening in my country due to the cops having a low salary.
@@slicklolas long as the police from where you from don't have body cam, they wont ever lose any case because most of the time police words worth more.
Doctors have to pay for their own insurance, why do the tax payers have to pay for their mistakes. I'm currently dealing with a felony charge over possessing a hemp vape (legal in texas\thc ones are not) because a cop wanted to get that collar. I had the box and a receipt with me but he insisted I was lying and away to the slammer I went. Luckily I didn't get fired
When I got my DUI 14 years ago, my lawyer was an ex state trooper and he told me that those field sobriety tests are designed to make you fail. Even if you're sober, there is a high chance you will mess up. When they make you do the line walk, the trick is to listen to every detail he is saying on how to walk the line. Most people think as long as they walk straight they will be fine, but in reality most people fail by not putting your heel right against your toe. Most people leave a inch or two gap between the feet and fail. The lawyer said to always decline the field tests, agree only to breathalyzer
Would just saying "no, I'm not doing the sobriety test, take me to the station and make me do a drug test" work? I'm not gonna have charges for no good reason
My school did D.A.R.E when I was in 5th grade. The officer actually accused one of my classmates of being drunk at school. My classmate volunteered to try the test in front of the class. The kid had a break down and that was the second to last straw for the program at our school. Cherry on top I went to a private Christian school.
@@d_the_great”I do not answer questions without a lawyer and I do not consent to the field tests, get a warrant and I’ll happily take a blood test at the station.” Easy peezy Edit: They don’t need a warrant for breathalyzers! But they do for blood tests for drugs. Yes, you consent automatically to a breathalyzer when you get your license, but they can’t use force to do the tests without a warrant (which they can get pretty quickly over the computer in the car) If you know you’re not drunk, take it but you can refuse to take the breathalyzer and they can’t force you, so they’ll get a warrant and take you to the station for a blood test.
I saw this whole video. The cop just refused to admit that he was wrong and just kept doubling down, never once considering that he would end up looking worse than if he just admitted he made a mistake. Total D-bag.
@@Thule21 - I have never understood this whole “I can smell an odor of alcohol.” Weed, ok 👍 since that’s quite pungent. But, I’ve been around many friends when they were drinking and I wasn’t, and I have never smelled this elusive odor of alcohol from more than a couple feet away. These days, cops smell an odor of alcohol 15 feet away immediately after a split second of encountering the person. They’re like X-Men. 😂
Being placed in a position of power and authority as for instance a police officer has severe mental effects and can skew someone's behavior, which the US fails to train for
Thanks to the taxpayers of course. It's lucky for him he came across two complete douchebag police officers who are the epitome of what's wrong with cops. And while not all cops are bad, unfortunately some cops are just absolute pieces of human excrement
@@Rob-metoo527 I know, I’m just exaggerating because this guy has quite the payday coming. I know he’s not about to be a billionaire, but I’m just joking
Meth IS a hell of a drug. AND the Official Drug of the American Reich Wing. It, and steroids, are both beloved by cops because "ThEy'Re PeRfOrMaNcE eNhAnCiNg!" Yeah, Chris Benoit was a fine example of that, wasn't he?
It's pretty telling that other civilized countries don't do the roadside humiliation circus at all. Breathalyzer and if drugs are suspected a quick-test mouth swab.
I mean ive been put through a field sobriety test and passed it. They made me cuz they smelled my vape in the car when they pulled me and thought it might be alcohol on my breath. Let me go no issues when i did the check and passed it. Its just a matter of if the cop wants to mess with you and if they do refusing to do a field sobriety test is NOT gonna help you. It gives them MORE reasonable suspicion to pull search warrants for your car or escalate it however they choose.
@@quappoNo you have every right to refuse and plead the fifth, it's your right. If they smell alcohol then ask for a breathalyzer and that's it, if they insist you're on drugs then the cops are corrupt anyways so one way or another you'll be getting detained anyways..
In some states refusing to take sobriety tests is actually viewed as an admission of guilt, so it’s so stupid bcz there no way out. They should just take what the breathalyzer says bcz that’s not subjective
@@tylisirnI failed a quick mouth swab test for methamphetamine, when I've never even been around the stuff... Luckily it was a pre-employment test and they just redid it to a negative result, but still...
i dont think you know what corrupt means... he just made a mistake, and not maliciously either, the kid sounded impaired. cop doesnt have to be executed for it just learn and move on
@@Itachi_awan no I think you watched too many youtube videos in a row of cops doing things like this thats why you feel like its more common than it is.
I remember seeing this story on local news and watched the whole 30 min body cam footage on the kids Facebook. He passed every single sobriety test and they still arrested him
Yes and he was calm, non combative, responsive, NOTHING to indicate he was under the influence of anything at all. Clear case of cops wanting to be right at all costs. A cop that cant admit that they are wrong shouldnt be cops, every one makes mistakes, EVERY one, to think you cant make mistakes make you a very dangerous person.
@@fredrikjohansson7854except when officer make mistakes, they are usually just granted qualified immunity, and taxpayers end up paying the court settlements, so they really don’t care most of the time
The fact that he passed all the sobriety tests/blew a 0.0 on the breathalyzer and then the cops proceeded to ask him how much pot he smoked all because he accidentally left his high beams on is absolutely fucking bonkers. They were just trying to get him to falsely admit to a crim he didn't commit simply so they could make an arrest. Welcome to the current state of America policing.
Saw the bodycam for this. Cops were rude af and this dude was just so chill. They immediately assumed he was drunk driving, and even when he blew a ZERO, they still arrested him for a DUI
To be fair I'm glad to see that anyone has ever been pulled over for driving with brights on as someone who is visually impaired already it is just as dangerous as driving drunk. I didn't see the video so they may have gone too far but dashes have indicators to show when bright lights are on and intoxication or lack of driving experience/license is the only excuse to not notice that.
@@calebz1448Yes but to arrest him for DUI is overboard, he was not drunk and not under the influence but still decided to arrest him for 0 reason. Even if his high beams were on, they should have pulled him over, let him know and tell him to be more aware, not just arrest the kid
@TomTheSwellow1 but can you argue that there are only those 2 excuses to have high beams on? He doesn't belong on the road with such little driving knowledge or such impairment even if it isn't evident it can still kill innocents(which he is not, guilty of high beams should be more points off a license than speeding)
@@calebz1448 high beams should not be points on a license, where i live it gets so dark at night that i can barely see the road. Also people who have a harder time seeing at night may need high beams to see. I understand it can be dangerous for other drivers, but we also don't know if he turned them off when passing other drivers, it should not be points on a license and there was no reason he should have been arrested
@@calebz1448dude you’re really going overboard with how severe you think this is, yes it can be annoying and detrimental to others but it’s really not requiring as much of a fuss as you’re implying. I’m sure there are plenty of things you’ve not noticed in your time that may have been obvious to, we all miss things from time to time.
@@bruhbruk4568 after being proven that he’s got nothing in his system. They still wrongly arrest him like how can you comment something like this and not genuinely think holy fuck I’ve just said the stupidest thing ever genuinely pee brain
never do a field sobriety test. they are subjective. the results can be whatever the officer imagines. The only test that is required by law is the breath test.
i saw that video- he did really well. He didn't challenge the officers or give them any reason to add charges, he just complied with instructions, said why he wasn't impaired., and asked for a breathalyzer. Now he has a great case for a lawsuit and the support of millions.
the issue is the cops get no punishment besides some bad press while us the tax payers get stuck with the bill, i think he should take them to court to get an investigation done and of course a payday for damage's
That's the precise issue here. They're looking for issues over a trivial thing I see many drivers do. And all the taxes that go to their equipment and vehicles and services that support their endeavours... What a waste of resources to spend on harassing a guy when there are reckless drivers, traffickers, abusers, murderers, thieves, and coordinated crime rings to stamp out? If he were more suspect, then I'd understand, but he was as cooperative as you can be and the pigs still treated him like they expected him to be guilty. That's a little thing called profiling, and it's against the law. Giving good cops elsewhere bad rep.
I'm like 99% sure he already sued and won I saw a video of lawyers reacting to this whole thing months ago like back during the summer this is some old ass news
@@fluviusgaming1125 There's lots online if you search his name. The case is still working its way through the courts. This happened in Aug of 22. In Feb 23 he sued. The cops countersued for defamation. most of their case (whining about the bodycam footage being uploaded to the internet being an invasion of their privacy) was dismissed. The parts that weren't, were accusations that officer Winters was guilty of DV. (if he has proof, it's not defamation and he'll win that one.) If only the mayor, city administrator, and chief of police didn't cover for power tripping cops arresting a guy because he wasn't using drugs . . . .This wouldn't have gone this far.
@@_yoshivolts_115Your logic goes both ways. Trusting all cops because some are good is similar to blind hero worship Especially considering it’s a government job that gives you power and authority over everyone else in society, the benefit of internal investigations done by peers in the brotherhood of police, qualified immunity, working relationships with prosecutors, etc etc. The high school bully to police officer pipeline is a known phenomenon for a reason
@@no-zy7bv Maybe we all not born englishmans ? Try to learn another language than your primary language that is english. You know why most of people know the basic english? Cause its the most easy language that even a fucking 1 brain cell could understand it...
As government employees operating in an official capacity, they shouldn’t be allowed to sue for defamation. Any person should be able to speak freely about their government without fear.
So, to clarify, if you get a paycheck from the government, then people should be allowed to call you a rapist, a murderer etc with no comeback? I can see no way in which that could go wrong...
It will get thrown out they were working in there official capacity he’s aloud to criticize them it’s in the constitution it’s called the first amendment
This is the shit that gets me when people say "well if you really didn't do anything wrong you'd have nothing to worry about" FUCKING IS THAT SO?!??!!?!? clearly not! It's insane.
@@heehoopeanut420- EXACTLY. Most good people have a hard time seeing how those in authority could distort fact, mislead, presume and make all sorts of incorrect and false statements simply to arrest someone. These good citizens think "Well I'm a good person and I'd never do anything like that. Cops are good people so they won't do those things either because they'd get into trouble". BUT these good people literally have no idea what it's like to deal with criminals literally every day for 8-12 hours a day. And what that does to someone. These cops literally think, "Everyone is guilty of something so if we haven't found it, we need to keep digging and eventually we'll find something".
I don’t trust these people. Bunch of power trips. Most of them don’t know the law they are supposed to be enforcing. They became cops. 30-45k a year because they can’t do anything else. These are not well oiled machines… most are over weight nut jobs. They get immunity because if they sent them to jail they would be dead.
@@heehoopeanut420i stg i hate that like bruh i know i didn’t do no wrong yet i got a cop talking to me like a an 8 time murders/pedo for driving 5 over the limit 😂 how are you not to be mad upset or nervous asf when the mf who can dictate if you get to go home or jail is already treating you like shit before anything is even done it’s wild to me how many cops lead with being a dick to you cuz they simply can
They don't have blanket immunity, but the evidence bar for hitting them with something like wrongful arrest is not terribly low. This is still important to protect good cops whom thugs try to go after, which is statistically far more likely than a cop doing this nonsense
@@Someone-qq6pj I'm just pointing out that police have hospitalized and murdered civilians for far less. What he experienced was a minor inconvenience compared to what some people have gone through.
@@rico5393minor inconvenience? He was literally kidnapped was falsely accused. He still kept his cool by the looks of it the cops wanted to get him to falsely confessed.😢
That right there is why people hate cops, I saw the full video of this interaction & anyone can see it themselves. That kid never sounded or looked like he was high or drunk, never showed any signs of it during the test either and even had a 0 rating on the breathalizer. I hope he sues for every penny
It's almost like the cops had a quota of DUI charges to fulfill. Hmmmm. There is an available lawsuit if the police, the city, or the county has a well-established pattern of such illegal arrests.
Cop was determined to find a problem where there was none, then they were so afraid of how normal people responded to the video that they took legal action
@@GlowBerryPumpkinits crazy too- those same cops wanna arrest or get money from mostly law abiding citizens. Yet look the other way with REAL criminals
And THIS is why it’s so important to have body cams on and recording 24/7. It should be illegal for police to interact with anyone without a camera on them
yup if it was the military it would be a dishonourable discharge dunno if the police works the same way but I don't think he's getting his next paycheck that's for sure!
These cops need to be fired and prosecuted. They abused their authority with there profession. They also wrongly accused and arrested this young man for no unforeseen reason. All their cases need to be investigated because who knows how many times they have actually done this to others. They were just too comfortable doing this.
They probably find nothing wrong with their officers and it most likely won't get that far. If they do get investigated, they'll probably not find anything wrong with their actions and it was in line with department policy. If they do get fired, they'll switch to a different department or they will quietly resign and switch to a different department Everyone talks about gang violence but no one talks about government sanctioned syndicates
@@raisin8051 Many of your country's Polices are Famous in entire world for being Clowns and do these, I once heard Polices do something evil and the Victim side cannot even sued Them bcz the Department or other will just closed the Case🙈🙈🙈🤣💀
Keep in mind that the officer’s supervisor was at the scene and allowed the false arrest to happen. The kid passed all the tests at night in the rain. The cop was mad the kid was playing college ball and he never made it.
I live in the same county. Cops out here don’t really like to follow the rules and I’ve been told by my friend that’s a cop that the older dudes on the force started quitting, as soon as they were required to wear a body cam, because “back in the old days, you could hit a guy a few times and send them on their way, instead of arresting them.” That’s verbatim what a lieutenant told him. They don’t want to be better, they just don’t want to be caught.
A buddy of mine is a cop who used to be on a DUI unit and explained all of the indicators of “intoxication”. Literally half of the people in this country would fail some of those tests dead sober and most of them are pretty subjective.
@@aaronh1372 - Hang on, hang on, that’s a valid reason to pull someone over. I’ve been blinded by others’ high beams and gotten disoriented in the hilly Georgia roads that have many turns. Two things ✌️ can be true at the same time : people should get pulled over for breaking the law, and cops often go too far. Let’s not lose the forest for the trees or throw out the baby with the bath water, or _____ (insert a more appropriate expression).
Until their precious Qualified Immunity gets revoked that would force them to get malpractice insurance (like doctors and other professions), there will be no change or accountability. Keep in mind, when they 👮♂️ lose lawsuits, they don’t have to pay - taxpayers have to pay for their mistakes and taxes get raised on the entire community to pay out their malfeasance / misfeasance 🤷♂️
@@mikeradu2010 hold on, my word choice was not ideal. What I meant to imply was that using brights is an abuse of authority. Taking the original comment and flipping it so that police are no longer part of the issue, only the ppl who think their sight is the only thing that matters.
This happened to me when I came home late one night after visiting my family out of town on a holiday. I even joked that "I understand on a holiday night there a plenty of people driving around drunk". The officer still insisted on giving me sobriety test and kept telling me I had failed it. When I don't drink. EVER. He even asked my I was shivering when it was obviously very cold and I wasn't wearing a jacket. Eventually he called two or three other patrol cars to stop by and they all questioned me. I was eventually let go, but I was less then a block from home and had committed no traffic violation. The cop just felt like pulling me over and did. This is what cops do when they are bored.
Happened to me driving home late from work and they said I went over a "line" when I turned and I must have been drinking. I said I wasn't, that I had been at work. They said my car was registered to my dad who was an alcoholic, so they had to check. I said, do I look like Mike? Was I swerving? Or was it just the line ? They fumbled around and said well ide like to do a sobriety test and I asked on what grounds and they said the line and I said ide be happy to call such and such judge in the area ( I knew from my dad's trial) to confirm I was being treated fairly or if I was just being pushed around to drive up to tickets by a cop who was low on a ticket quota. He glared , said to stay in the lines and go. Proceeded to get pulled over in my college town ever week because of my car, because it was in my dad's name " just to check until I called the police department to say I was concerned the police were harassing me and pulling me over with no real justification.
Ah we found the repeat offender guys. anyone who uses pig or tyrant has most definitely a criminal record and cant accept they probably did something wrong.
@@mw3309 the officers used their power to arrest an innocent person. Even when innocent. So yes, they are tyrants for using their power to punish someone who is innocent
Yea. It is so obviously a case he can win since by every standard of law he did nothing wrong at all. He wasnt suspicious, he complied with all their demands, he even took all their tests willingly. Yet they still insist on detaining him for no justifiable reason and even bring him in to book him. No idea what kind of shrooms those cops were smoking but how on earth did they think it was a good idea to arrest him is beyond me.
That’s bullshit, everyone thinks getting rid of qualified immunity will change this. You have the city and the department to go after. Imagine for a minute the left wing funded groups suing every cop they wanted to for the stupidest shit just to bankrupt them. That’s not how the law is supposed to work where legit cops can’t do their jobs. I hate to see shit like this and yes there are some cops who do shit like this. At the same time there are cops that go above and beyond who do good work that don’t deserve to have their personal lives threatened every time they do their jobs. Look at the soros sponsored DA who don’t do their jobs and allow crazy acts to go unpunished. We don’t need groups suing cops for no reason in an effort to influence them.
QI is not the issue, QI when not used properly is the issue. QI should not apply for what the cops did to this kid. (I'm not sure it did) Also when they get rid of QI (a few states and cities have) they create a new worse version of QI and call it something else. The only way to get rid of the insanity that this kid went through is holding cops accountable for bad police work. Period.
If you are arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence never ever let the police perform medical tests on you ever they are not doctor's they cant do the job of a hosptial or doctor, get a shut up, get home call lawyer and let them deal with it, never refuse a breathalyzer tho makes it way worse
A lot of departments will send officers to become certified phlebotomists to be allowed to directly take blood at the department vs bringing into a hospital
@@travishamrick They had "probable cause" here. They believed, based on their training as officers that this young man, even though he passed the breathalyzer and the test at the department, was intoxicated. That's all it takes here in the land of the free my friend.
@@amoskowitz0103 Listen buddy you're talking to me but I don't know you. I'm going to assume you're a homicidal maniac so I'm going to have to get a full background check done on you. Just to be safe. We gotta assume you're guilty before we prove you're not right? It's all about public safety
Been with this story from the start and I'm ready for this kids name to be cleared and I think the cops should be held accountable for this. They almost cost the guy his whole football career.
If you've been with the story since the start, you would know it was already determined he performed so exponentially poorly on the field tests, which is why rhe police are counter suing
@@OberWanKenobii Although the officer stated on his radio that Galanakis "bombed the sobriety" test, I don't think the video backs that up. In fact, he appeared to pretty much ace it.
@dperreno Judge Stephen H. Lochner ruled that Galanakis' statements were defamatory, and thus, the defamation lawsuit is still moving forward in part. So, try again
oh well, maybe shouldnt have made a fool out of themselves and they wouldn't have been in thew situation. besides to defame someone is to spread false rumors about them in order to hurt their reputation. they did it to themselves and all he did was post the body cam footage, the whole thing/ nothing was left out nor taken out of context, this defamation case will be thrown out so fast
Defamation is Damaging the reputation of someone by liable or slander. He is only showing what they actually did. So they just gave him a case that is won by showing the evidence that he already has online. He can of course counter sue that defamation claim for costs and emotional damages. Which should net him another good payout... Do these 2 cops just want to dig themselves another bigger hole to jump in ?
I feel like if you refuse the field sobriety test and pass the breathalyzer they will automatically suspect drug use? I know nothing about this, just a thought.
@@tastynapalm1840 In that case, do not argue or get angry, it'll only make things worse for you. Let them take you in and prove it, then file a lawsuit. Unfortunately if you win, it's the taxpayers that foot that bill and not the cops that illegally arrested you.
The worst part is that after he posts the video the local sheriff's office police department whatever you want to call it tried to sue him for defamation
Which IMO should not even be allowed, since they have qualified immunity that shields them from exactly the same thing. Totally unethical. Thankfully, a judge recently threw out most of the police countersuit, leaving only one defamation claim.
How in the fuck is what he's done defamation ? Like defamation is making seriously damaging statements with the intent to damage the reputation of a person and/or company. He posted the evidence and let their incompetence speak for itself, that not defamation.
My favorite moment from Galanakis Officer: “Why are you shaking?” Galanakis: “It’s raining outside and I got shorts on, you’re false accusing me, I’m gonna be nervous man.” Officer: *Silence* Galanakis: ‘Nothing to say, exactly.” I’m not sure how that moment alone plus the fact that he blew zeros didn’t just immediately win him the case.
The best part is when the kid says something to the effect of "You're about to look really stupid." and then after they run him through the process and the actual testing officer concludes he wasn't impaired at all he calls the cop back in and says "Remember what i told you earlier..."
You can refuse a field sobriety test. Ask for breathalyzer or blood test. Even sober people can fail field sobriety tests. If you fail it's a DUI. Officer can interpret and administer test in such a way to make you fail just as a flex.
Happened to me earlier this year and the department “has no body cam footage on file” even though the cops written report says he turned it on right away
Like Steven said, lawyer. Caveat that I’m not a lawyer, but I’m currently a law student and generally if the court accepts that someone destroyed the evidence you’d need to meet the burden of proof, they’ll accept that instead (it’s called res ipsa loquitur)
That lawsuit is actually a violation of his first amendment right. He's allowed to video ALL police encounters and post it. Them suing is them trying to silence him, which since it's a law enforcement agency, it's government censorship, which is unconstitutional.
You'd think so, but there's lawsuits constantly over this that Do win 🤣🤣🤣 just not every one are millions of dollars that score national or even local news.
@@jpisback Bruh, so? Does that mean that the constitution is upheld 100% of the time? that every breach is punished? that every case is won? No. Cos it isnt this impenetrable space shield you want it to be. Whether thaths right or wrong doesnt matter, thats what happens. Constitutions doesn't mean shit.
A police officer plants evidence and he has qualified immunity. The kid post the video showing the illegal action done by the officer and the officer civilly sues the kid because he says it's defamation😂 cops are a fucking joke
@@MC-tn8pmBut there are many cases in which officers are in situations in which they should definitely be fired, charged, etc. But are not because QI can be stretched unreasonably in the officer’s favor.
@@MC-tn8pmgotta start with sovereign immunity. The idea you can't sue your government because they have a monopoly on violence is so Mafioso it's disturbing.
When a officer impedes your freedom of movement and doesn’t allow you to leave based on false charges and then they accuse you of everything to try and get you in trouble you have every right to be an asshole *but don’t live your life like this it’s exhausting I did it for years and I’m so tired now*. This kid will be set up for life if he’s wise with his earnings from the lawsuit.- I guess it’s been in my mind for a long time, and eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, treat people with kindness. Not enough of it now a days.
Dawg, if I did a field sobriety test, I'd fail, I have dyspraxia (I have really bad coordination and can't balance for my life) and I absolutely despise drugs and barely drink, it's crazy to me that you can fail because of a disease you can't control
@@jazzy4830 I can drive a car just fine, it's just I can't balance, if I pay attention to what I'm doing I can drive my car just as well as everyone else
Seriously. I was concussed after an accident with terrible balance (as well as eye teaming), and still struggle with it. I’m cleared to drive but would not be able to pass a field sobriety test. I don’t drink or do drugs.
Ppl nowadays think everyone should be fired for everything and vanish for life… calm the F down. It was a bad couple of hours for the kid, but nothing crazy
@@Balza504My guy, you do realize that wrongful imprisonment isa crime right? The cop was unprofessional and literally committed a crime, so yes he definitely does deserve to be sued.
Being a cop should come with larger risk. You’re enforcing the law, if you are found breaking/abusing it you should be charged 10x more than a civilian as you are abusing the system vs protecting it. I’m talking solitary cells for them. Being a cop means you should be trusted to serve the community, not abuse it.
sadly some states declining will automatically get u charged with dui and arrested. even when ur not drunk which is a beyond messed up law. like yeah ill decline but then yall automatically assume that means im guilty? i can understand i guess the one for refusing breathalyzer to a small degree. but the arrest and automatically being guilty for refusing field tests?! so dumb
@@autumnwillows7942I think it depends on the state, I’ve seen some where if you refuse to do field sobriety tests, they take you to the station to do a blood test (maybe they don’t have breathalyzers?) if you refuse to take a breathalyzer, I can see why they’d want to take you to the station (again, probably to do a blood test). So I think even the smaller details about the laws differ from state to state. And absolutely it is fucking stupid to take somebody back to the station after a breathalyzer showed 0 alcohol, even if it was pot, they had nothing showing that he smoked pot or had any in his possession.
@@autumnwillows7942 you won’t get in trouble for refusing a field test. You can however for refusing the breathalyzer or chemical test. You have the right to refuse the field tests but not the chemical ones because when you get your license you sign a thing saying you’re willing to take them
I had something similar happen to me when I was 19. Pulled over. My eyes were red because I wasn't getting any sleep from previous days. So then the cop says " I smell marijuana" To which I said, "You need to get your nose checked, no one smokes in this car." They are always looking for ways to harass citizens.
This is so important to do when they claim the smell of alcohol or marijuana is to verbally object. If you do not verbally object and in court, they can try to claim that since you didn't object verbally that you are basically accepting that the officer is correct. Don't incriminate yourself but do dispute any assumptions that are being made that are flat out false.
Okay mom. Missed the point entirely. I was 19 then and seems like you are dismissing the officers actions. I wasn't swerving or driving recklessly. I got pulled over for not having working taillights THEN he saw my eyes were red and ASSUMED I was under the influence. So clearly, he was mistaken and I explained what my situation was and STILL HE accused me of smoking and was still was given a field sobriety test with a breathalyzer test. If you are the type that likes wasting your time with nonsense and getting harassed all the time by law enforcement then by all means, be my guest. That's how people get shot by "mistake". By making fake assumptions and accusations like: "HE'S got a WEAPON!" only to find out later that the child was really only carrying the remote control to his TV and now he's dead. You shouldn't lead with that mentality as a law enforcement. True story by the way. That really did happen to some kid. @@myouniverse0613
@@michaelscott181 Bro Idc what the cops did to you. I never said they dealt with the situation properly. I'm talking about YOU needing to take accountability and admitting you were wrong for doing that. I said YOU shouldn't be driving while sleep-deprived for the same reason people shouldn't be driving while intoxicated. Drunk people make the same reasons you just did why they still drive. They think they can handle it. But sleep deprivation messes with your brain the same way alcohol or drugs does. If YOU don't want to be responsible for accidentally taking away people's lives, YOU shouldn't be driving while sleep-deprived.
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I watched the whole video, bro he proved them wrong in the most respectful ways. He didn't even get close to losing his patience.
where is the full video.. I couldn't find it.
I hope nothing like this ever happens to me because I know I don't have that level of patience. Would they drop assault on a leo if all other charges leading up to it were BS?
@@JSAFIXITNope. You’d be cooked on that one.
No matter how impatient you are, bite your tongue and keep your hands by your side or wherever the cop says.
Cause I’ve seen tons of police body cam videos and resisting arrest (let alone assaulting an officer) is the charge that never gets dropped. Ever.
It's very spykful and polite and patient. And you could definitely tell the kid wasn't high on anything or drunk. He was just too clean and they wanted him for something. I didn't want him to outsmart them.
@@krisfriederich610I think I saw it on the lackluster channel
No. He didn't do bad on the test. He nailed it.
He's suing them for rights violations and they are trying to sue him for putting the public accessible body cam footage out for the public. Dirty and corrupt department.
So if it’s already publicly available that’s an easy thing to defend against
@@calebshotsauce Still will cost the dude money up front for a lawyer. Granted, he should be wealthy after this BS.
He got a phat cheque out of it and it paid for his entire college education and he didn’t have to work at all thru college
@@allison4976 hell yeah
@@dicky7600 Ahh, americans and their "american rule" where all parties pay their own legal fees. Meanwhile, almost everywhere else in the world the rule that is followed is called "costs follow the event" which means that the losing party will also pay the winners legal fees. That drastically reduces the amount of frivolous lawsuits like these because it's a huge risk.
They counter sued him because he legally and lawfully shared public record which made them look bad because they did the bad things that made them look bad. The literally sued him because their actions made them look bad
It's an intimidation tactic. Nothing more.
@@a-human-interface4991 it is a crime as well.
They're throwing a hissy fit
They are being criminals trying to silence the victim they already committed crimes against.
the lawsuit was technically in regards to him saying the cop was a wife beater when he posted the vid. the cop has not been convicted of DV but has had a protective order placed against him multiple times, so it's not even defamation it's just true even if the thin blue line prevents his wife from getting justice.
still retaliation and the cop is defo part the 40%
The cop is literally doing everything he can to get this guy to prison. Tayvin, i hope you win
Of course he will win “oh no our own body can footage makes us look corrupt and incompetent it must be the victim’s fault”
@@mmhhjj34 yeah well with the current justice system we have right now, it decreases the chances of winning
Operation while intoxicated 1st offense is a serious misdemeanor. You might get 2 days in jail. Idk where the fuck you're getting prison from.
And probably seize the car
Police are the enemy of freedom
The fact that they can just take you in with no hard evidence is sickening. We’re all guilty until proven innocent.
The idea is that they can detain you if they suspect you of a crime so you can’t keep committing it while they obtain proof. This is frequently abused though
Innocent until proven guilty is a fantasy. It only exists when you are on your private property and heavily armed so nobody will take a chance arresting you until after a court has issued a judgement against you.
My friend, this is Russia. We're all guilty and waiting to be arrested.
Wait till you find out that men accused of rape often spend years in prison without a lick of evidence.
Land of the free....
“How many drinks have you had ?”
“NONE”
“What do you mean none ?”
The cop sounded like he had more than a few and needed a drug test
The right answer to that question is "I"m not talking about my night officer." and if they push it plead the fifth.
For this exact reason.
"What do you mean one?"
"So where did you drink these 2 shots at?"
"Where you alone when you drank the six pack?"
"Which bar was it you emptied?"
Dude literally doesn't know what none means.
“None”
“But what does that mean? Can there ever be truly nothing? Is there ever _more_ than nothing? Are we all just something made of nothing? Are we even something?”
“Bro just let me go home”
Gotta point out the cop definitely got his ego hurt and arrested him. Because he was answering with so much confidence that the officer got intimated.
*If you are stopped by a cop! Say this 1 thing, ONLY*
"Am I being detained? Am I free to go?"
Don't get out of your car! Do not submit to any tests or searches! Just show ID/reg and keep repeating, "Am I being detained? _Am I free to go_ " Cops are incentivized to get away with anything/everything they can, DON'T LET THEM! Not you, not today!
Even if you _have_ been drinking, play it cool, repeat the phrase, and don't submit to field tests. Eventually, they may try to detain you. They might bring you to the station and make you wait, but that's a _good thing_ bc it gives you time to get more sober. 3hrs later when they're testing you at the station, you're clean and they have to let you go.
But usually, if you're this kid's situation, cops are just being bullies & trying to trick you bc they think you don't know your rights!!
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
AM I BEING DETAINED?
AM I FREE TO GO?
If you're not being detained for a legal reason, they have to let you go.
Source: Several defense lawyers, including one who drives drunk but has no DUI on his record bc he uses this technique when cops try to bother him.
@@DLlama Its usually a better idea to say hello first. Break those questions out when they start asking you anything beyond "Do you know why I pulled you over?" and say "No."
@@ashleythompson7879100 percent. Yep
High beams got him all this harassment? Slow night, officers?
Males and their egos 🙄
Im pretty sure the officer says himself that the kid passed the sobriety tests better than he could
J
Yeah, i wonder why that is.
His speech is clear, He walked a straight line perfectly. These officers are so disappointing to put him through this. These are the officers who do not need to be on the force.
He also blew a 0 watch the full video
They claimed he failed because he misheard how many steps to take. If I remember correctly, the officer also initially claimed to have smelled the overwhelming smell of Alcohol coming from the vehicle (PC for the Sobriety Test in the first place), but there was no alcohol. Cop either straight up lied or his brain is fried smelling stuff that isn't there.
@@LC-uh8ifI'll take "he lied" on that one.
@@LC-uh8ifcops lie. They can also lie about the FST performance. If you get a cop claiming to smell alcholol or weed and you know you don't have it, he's a liar and you should not do any of these tests except the chemical ones the state may require. No state requires the physical FSTs, that's a myth. The worst some states allow is for refusal to be used as evidence in court, but CA decent lawyer can argue that away.
Just comply, right?
Cops next week: "we investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong"
as punishment the officers will have to stay home with pay for two weeks
@@TechneMakre bruh
The CIA actually did that when they were accused of assassinating JFK.
Capitalism and politicians got us into this mess and I bet capitalism could get us out if we set up a business that competes with police forces.
The company will make most of its profits from having lawyers sue corrupt cops, holding their own employees accountable when they go too far, and bodycam livestreams with either in the COPS show style or VTuber reaction commentary.
In some areas the company wasn’t successful or the police stop getting funded or they’re both still around either working together or SPY VS SPY.
you act like yttie doesnt have rights
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The kid was super respectful and obedient. He passed EVERY SINGLE TEST. The officer still arrested him and accused him. Just watch the video, you'll be blown away
No I won't! They nailed me similarly. Only they got away with it! No evidence was even needed.
That's why you NEVER consent to a test by an officer. They can't legally force you. All the police are looking for is something to confirm their suspicion, they don't really care about the evidence
@@bigdipper620yup! That’s how it is. Their opinion is always taken more seriously… even thought they FUCK UP ALL THE TIME
It's sad because if they'll do that to cooperating citizens, think about the scared and/or uncooperative. This is WHY a lot of people don't cooperate 😢
ACAB
That corrupt officers should face charges for false imprisonment.
More likely they'll be immediately rehired somewhere else to continue doing this crap.
Bro is about to hit the lotto on that wrongful arrest/detainment lawsuit. 😂
A lot of places have caps on what they can get he will probably get 10-80k but still nice chunk
@giveme5minsliterally anything. I’m broke
Most likely not they did nothing that they were not allowed to do.
Cops can take you in for any reason they want and all they have to say it you acted a little funny to get off.
@ryanclemons1 when it's thus blatant, and on camera and the video goes viral... you know there's bound to be a settlement of some sort and they're getting chewed out behind closed doors at least for the negative PR brought to the department.
@@Spartantag676 I guess we will see but my money is on nothing really happening.
“What do you mean none?”
😭
I would have asked the cop if he was drunk, high, or dumb that he didn’t understand the word none.
Imagine having to explain the concept of zero to someone like it was 3000 BC in Mesopotamia.😅
@@hadensnodgrass3472 like 🙅♀️
@@2002mattyusk the cop would shoot you for being a threat to their emotions.
They get real mad when you show their corrupt behavior.
Psychopathic minds act on impulse, ego driven
@@nedrickgrundyand what kind of minds have we seen in America become cops? Those.
Its why they hate cameras.
The problem is that many of the cops get really mad for any reason whatsoever. The moment they put the badge on, their ego starts to inflate and they think that "they are the law" so they can do anything they want.
This
Same thing happened to my daughter. They pulled her over in alittle hick town she was driving through to get home. Accused her of DWI. She doesn't drink. They arrested her. She blew 0 on the breathalyzer & nothing found on blood test either. She was jailed all weekend and it cost $3000 for a bondsman to get her out. They STILL tried to charge her with DWI even with no evidence. Finally the judge dismissed it but she was still out the $3000 & 2 days jailed for doing nothing wrong.
You should sue them in civil court to recoup the costs. No lawyer needed.
It's crazy why they even try doing this stuff.. are they just on a power trip? Stupid? It boggles the mind.
Federal Civil Rights lawsuit (Bill of Rights #4 and/or #5, I think).
@edgeldine3499 Small towns use it as tax revenue and they use bullshit charges against every out-of-towner they can pull over to pad the budget.
I thought the whole idea of Posting Bond is that you only lose it if you don't turn up to the court date. Turn up to court, get the Bond back. That's the whole point of posting bond...
Additional info: he was part of his school's football team. They do weekly drug tests, he stated this as well.
This will be even better for his lawsuit
I'm so glad I'm not American. Imagine being drug tested at schools, jobs etc. What people do in private is none of their business 😬
@thefridge7335 I can agree, as long as it's not something like roids (obviously an unfair advantage for someone playing sports) you should be able to do whatever you please.
@@thefridge7335were glad you're not American, too
That's right! I thought this video was familiarQ
“What do you mean none…” has to be just about the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard come out of someone’s mouth. It was a perfectly logical response to the question he posed.
What he meant to say
"Liar"
He had decided he was drunk the second he pulled him over. Even went so far to say he slurred his words when that never happen and the kid consistently spoke clearer than the officer. Cops deciding people are guilty and working backwards to find evidence to support their assumptionis a massive problem with police. When this cop couldn't find evidence, he just made shit up, and this is not a unique situation.
Smh yup believe everything online......the kid was stoned af so the cop thought he was drunk still a DUI
@@cedoboston2616 he literally passed a drug test back at the station if you pay attention…
“bElIeVe eVeRyThInG oNlInE” says the guy who doesn’t even understand the context of the wrongful arrest x]
@@cedoboston2616😂🤡
The NERVE to counter sue him after a false arrest like that is completely mind boggling
There was no false arrest he was guilty. The video shows it.
@@timrosencrans7955 He wasn’t guilty I saw the full video and there was no indication he was intoxicated he also blew zeros. Bro did you even watch the video? The piggy got his ego hurt so he decided to waste more of his time filling paperwork.
@@timrosencrans7955The breathalyzer showed he wasn't drunk and the drug test showed he wasn't on anything else. You should rewatch the video.
The cop arrested him unlawfully.
@@timrosencrans7955in order to be arrested for a crime - you have to commit a crime. He didn’t. He got dragged away against his will and against his 4th amendment right. High beams are just a simple traffic stop and do not allow for arrests.
@@ricasiogaming7873don't feed the troll
Criminals always get angry when someone exposes them to the world.
The convo the cop has on the sidelines away from the scene was really telling. Cop simply didn't like his attitude and was looking for any reason to fuck with him.
Way too many cops gonna teach somebody a lesson. “Respect my authority!”
@@peacefulpossum2438 as Cartmsn says “Respect my authoritah”
As someone who has seen and known extremely respectable and professional police officers, the kind in this video make me really sad to see
Because they have to be right. Their ego gets bruised.
They be like, "I'M the one with the uniform on!" Like my mama says, uniforms cover up a lot.
Youre supoose to pee in your pants when the officer says anything
They’re probably narcissists
They have nothing better to do
@linda... Exactly. They don't want to look bad so they'll come up with anything they can just to save face & not look like the fools that they are. 🙏❤😡
When law enforcement have an unchecked ego, you are guilty until proven innocent.
That’s also just standard police training.
@@richardnoah2922speaking from experience orrrr....
especially if you are a minority
@@richardnoah2922standard practice is innocent tell proven guilty wym lol
@@richardnoah2922it's just that officers never follow this, and abuse power
Cops this days think they are detectives in a tv show lol 😂
Fabricating charges like this should be a felony
15k likes, guess everyone agrees 🙏
it isnt sadly... however in some cases it can get you suspended or even kicked from the force if its severe enough.
It’s typical for cops to lie on their report
@@Confused_Masterand then they go to the department in the town next door
It is…it’s called false arrest
I am like number 1k.
Those cops are absolutely despicable. They should both be fired and prosecuted. No wonder people hate police.
Lol I see this as them doing him a favor what are you complaining about id be smiling yes sir 😅
Police are awesome bicht
Fired, prosecuted AND prevented from ever becoming LEOs again....ever!
@@connerwestgate2915ftp acab even the one you know
@@jeffmonson_666 okay Nazi
Dirty cops need to be held accountable
accountable means fired and blacklisted
That's hard to do when it's dirty cops that are supposed to hold them accountable
Accountable means promotion
so most police
Of course sir we’ll suspend them with pay of course!
So maybe it's time to start making public these departments information.
Lawyer is the first thing you say when they first arrest you and the only thing you say is that you want a lawyer from that point until you have one with you.
yep! they will try to be friendly to gain your trust, lie to you, or make you feel like you must be guilty for wanting a lawyer. ignore it. it’s your right and they legally have to cease questioning until your lawyer is present. i watch way too much true crime 😂
@@KEJosephFavorites never trust anyone who is allowed to lie to you.
Yes, but if youre poor they lnow u wont beable to afford a decent lawyer. U only getting a public defender- they are so swamped they dont even read the case tikl right before they meet you
@@deelee4639 That is unfortunate but, it is still better than no council.
No...lawyer is the first thing you say when a cop APPROACHES you. Don't even say hello.
the payments from courts should come out of cops paycheck not the police departments...then these creatures would behave
The police chief has backed his power tripping officers.
Creatures is a great word to describe cops who abuse their power. It’s needs to be said that not all cops are bad cops, but enough are.
Trouble is that would lead to inaction from the cops on the risk. We don’t want that either.
I can tell you that’s the case because it’s what’s happening in my country due to the cops having a low salary.
@@slicklolas long as the police from where you from don't have body cam, they wont ever lose any case because most of the time police words worth more.
Doctors have to pay for their own insurance, why do the tax payers have to pay for their mistakes. I'm currently dealing with a felony charge over possessing a hemp vape (legal in texas\thc ones are not) because a cop wanted to get that collar. I had the box and a receipt with me but he insisted I was lying and away to the slammer I went. Luckily I didn't get fired
The lab: "We ran his tests, he's as clear as glass"
Nuh-uh
😂😂😂
“What do you mean Clear” 😂
THE FUCK YOU MEAN 'NUH UH'
"This guy has earrings and a jawline. He does pot."
When I got my DUI 14 years ago, my lawyer was an ex state trooper and he told me that those field sobriety tests are designed to make you fail. Even if you're sober, there is a high chance you will mess up. When they make you do the line walk, the trick is to listen to every detail he is saying on how to walk the line. Most people think as long as they walk straight they will be fine, but in reality most people fail by not putting your heel right against your toe. Most people leave a inch or two gap between the feet and fail. The lawyer said to always decline the field tests, agree only to breathalyzer
Would just saying "no, I'm not doing the sobriety test, take me to the station and make me do a drug test" work? I'm not gonna have charges for no good reason
My school did D.A.R.E when I was in 5th grade. The officer actually accused one of my classmates of being drunk at school. My classmate volunteered to try the test in front of the class. The kid had a break down and that was the second to last straw for the program at our school. Cherry on top I went to a private Christian school.
@@d_the_great”I do not answer questions without a lawyer and I do not consent to the field tests, get a warrant and I’ll happily take a blood test at the station.” Easy peezy
Edit: They don’t need a warrant for breathalyzers! But they do for blood tests for drugs. Yes, you consent automatically to a breathalyzer when you get your license, but they can’t use force to do the tests without a warrant (which they can get pretty quickly over the computer in the car) If you know you’re not drunk, take it but you can refuse to take the breathalyzer and they can’t force you, so they’ll get a warrant and take you to the station for a blood test.
No. Any basic functioning human being should easily be able to pass all tests completely sober
@OberWanKenobii you don't have to fail the tests for the cops to say you failed
I saw this whole video. The cop just refused to admit that he was wrong and just kept doubling down, never once considering that he would end up looking worse than if he just admitted he made a mistake. Total D-bag.
How much have you had to drink tonight?
_None_
[He does a negativeon the breathalizer]
I can smell an odor, when did you smoke weed last?
@@Thule21 - I have never understood this whole “I can smell an odor of alcohol.” Weed, ok 👍 since that’s quite pungent. But, I’ve been around many friends when they were drinking and I wasn’t, and I have never smelled this elusive odor of alcohol from more than a couple feet away.
These days, cops smell an odor of alcohol 15 feet away immediately after a split second of encountering the person. They’re like X-Men. 😂
A dirty cop will never smell the truth
Being placed in a position of power and authority as for instance a police officer has severe mental effects and can skew someone's behavior, which the US fails to train for
Typical cop behavior
Congrats on the full scholarship and new car and house payment bro. You earned it
He’s white. He’s already privileged. It would’ve been better if he gave all that to a person of color
Thanks to the taxpayers of course. It's lucky for him he came across two complete douchebag police officers who are the epitome of what's wrong with cops. And while not all cops are bad, unfortunately some cops are just absolute pieces of human excrement
No. he's not even going to get close to that money.
@@Rob-metoo527 I know, I’m just exaggerating because this guy has quite the payday coming. I know he’s not about to be a billionaire, but I’m just joking
@@Rob-metoo527you do know that these are crooked officers who should be fired right on the spot after that happened 😂😂 Dumbass!!
He posted his own video and PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE footage and they are suing?
NEVER trust any law enforcement officer as long as shit like this happens.
Plot twist the officer was the one who was intoxicated and high.
In Iowa? More likely than you'd expect...
Meth IS a hell of a drug.
AND the Official Drug of the American Reich Wing.
It, and steroids, are both beloved by cops because "ThEy'Re PeRfOrMaNcE eNhAnCiNg!"
Yeah, Chris Benoit was a fine example of that, wasn't he?
You are correct Sir. Congrats 🎉👏 🏆
Nah this real though 💀 swear I’ve had a cop pull me over on cocaine
This exact scenario happened to my father in the USSR 😂 officer wanted a bribe.
if a 19 year old sober athlete didn’t pass the tests
neither will you
don’t consent to sobriety tests
It's pretty telling that other civilized countries don't do the roadside humiliation circus at all. Breathalyzer and if drugs are suspected a quick-test mouth swab.
I mean ive been put through a field sobriety test and passed it. They made me cuz they smelled my vape in the car when they pulled me and thought it might be alcohol on my breath. Let me go no issues when i did the check and passed it. Its just a matter of if the cop wants to mess with you and if they do refusing to do a field sobriety test is NOT gonna help you. It gives them MORE reasonable suspicion to pull search warrants for your car or escalate it however they choose.
@@quappoNo you have every right to refuse and plead the fifth, it's your right. If they smell alcohol then ask for a breathalyzer and that's it, if they insist you're on drugs then the cops are corrupt anyways so one way or another you'll be getting detained anyways..
In some states refusing to take sobriety tests is actually viewed as an admission of guilt, so it’s so stupid bcz there no way out. They should just take what the breathalyzer says bcz that’s not subjective
@@tylisirnI failed a quick mouth swab test for methamphetamine, when I've never even been around the stuff... Luckily it was a pre-employment test and they just redid it to a negative result, but still...
Blatantly corrupt cop
america smh
i dont think you know what corrupt means... he just made a mistake, and not maliciously either, the kid sounded impaired. cop doesnt have to be executed for it just learn and move on
P
@@gunshotNrun there are too many mistakes like these for it to be counted as mistakes
@@Itachi_awan no I think you watched too many youtube videos in a row of cops doing things like this thats why you feel like its more common than it is.
In the amount of time they spent trying to get someone who clearly wasn't inebriated they could've caught someone who was actually driving drunk
I remember seeing this story on local news and watched the whole 30 min body cam footage on the kids Facebook. He passed every single sobriety test and they still arrested him
America's police is trash real talk
Yes and he was calm, non combative, responsive, NOTHING to indicate he was under the influence of anything at all.
Clear case of cops wanting to be right at all costs.
A cop that cant admit that they are wrong shouldnt be cops, every one makes mistakes, EVERY one, to think you cant make mistakes make you a very dangerous person.
@@fredrikjohansson7854except when officer make mistakes, they are usually just granted qualified immunity, and taxpayers end up paying the court settlements, so they really don’t care most of the time
i dont@@fredrikjohansson7854
The fact that he passed all the sobriety tests/blew a 0.0 on the breathalyzer and then the cops proceeded to ask him how much pot he smoked all because he accidentally left his high beams on is absolutely fucking bonkers. They were just trying to get him to falsely admit to a crim he didn't commit simply so they could make an arrest. Welcome to the current state of America policing.
Saw the bodycam for this. Cops were rude af and this dude was just so chill. They immediately assumed he was drunk driving, and even when he blew a ZERO, they still arrested him for a DUI
To be fair I'm glad to see that anyone has ever been pulled over for driving with brights on as someone who is visually impaired already it is just as dangerous as driving drunk. I didn't see the video so they may have gone too far but dashes have indicators to show when bright lights are on and intoxication or lack of driving experience/license is the only excuse to not notice that.
@@calebz1448Yes but to arrest him for DUI is overboard, he was not drunk and not under the influence but still decided to arrest him for 0 reason. Even if his high beams were on, they should have pulled him over, let him know and tell him to be more aware, not just arrest the kid
@TomTheSwellow1 but can you argue that there are only those 2 excuses to have high beams on? He doesn't belong on the road with such little driving knowledge or such impairment even if it isn't evident it can still kill innocents(which he is not, guilty of high beams should be more points off a license than speeding)
@@calebz1448 high beams should not be points on a license, where i live it gets so dark at night that i can barely see the road. Also people who have a harder time seeing at night may need high beams to see. I understand it can be dangerous for other drivers, but we also don't know if he turned them off when passing other drivers, it should not be points on a license and there was no reason he should have been arrested
@@calebz1448dude you’re really going overboard with how severe you think this is, yes it can be annoying and detrimental to others but it’s really not requiring as much of a fuss as you’re implying. I’m sure there are plenty of things you’ve not noticed in your time that may have been obvious to, we all miss things from time to time.
Those cops should be fired and charged
ah yes because being cautious and making sure another family doesnt get run over by a high/drunk driver warrants firing
@@bruhbruk4568 after being proven that he’s got nothing in his system. They still wrongly arrest him like how can you comment something like this and not genuinely think holy fuck I’ve just said the stupidest thing ever genuinely pee brain
@@bruhbruk4568the dude was obviously sober the cop just didn't want to admit he was wrong
@@bruhbruk4568 never was drunk, they arrested someone without reason… stfu bch
@@bruhbruk4568 Then he shuld stop wasting time and go stop some actual drunk and high people then?
never do a field sobriety test. they are subjective. the results can be whatever the officer imagines. The only test that is required by law is the breath test.
i saw that video- he did really well. He didn't challenge the officers or give them any reason to add charges, he just complied with instructions, said why he wasn't impaired., and asked for a breathalyzer. Now he has a great case for a lawsuit and the support of millions.
the issue is the cops get no punishment besides some bad press while us the tax payers get stuck with the bill, i think he should take them to court to get an investigation done and of course a payday for damage's
Yeah Millions from taxpayers funding municipal insurance for cops. This false accusation is why people distrust cops to be facilitators of justice.
That's the precise issue here. They're looking for issues over a trivial thing I see many drivers do. And all the taxes that go to their equipment and vehicles and services that support their endeavours... What a waste of resources to spend on harassing a guy when there are reckless drivers, traffickers, abusers, murderers, thieves, and coordinated crime rings to stamp out? If he were more suspect, then I'd understand, but he was as cooperative as you can be and the pigs still treated him like they expected him to be guilty.
That's a little thing called profiling, and it's against the law.
Giving good cops elsewhere bad rep.
I'm like 99% sure he already sued and won I saw a video of lawyers reacting to this whole thing months ago like back during the summer this is some old ass news
@@fluviusgaming1125 There's lots online if you search his name.
The case is still working its way through the courts.
This happened in Aug of 22. In Feb 23 he sued.
The cops countersued for defamation. most of their case (whining about the bodycam footage being uploaded to the internet being an invasion of their privacy) was dismissed.
The parts that weren't, were accusations that officer Winters was guilty of DV. (if he has proof, it's not defamation and he'll win that one.)
If only the mayor, city administrator, and chief of police didn't cover for power tripping cops arresting a guy because he wasn't using drugs . . . .This wouldn't have gone this far.
This is a perfect example of why so many people don't trust or flat out hate cops.
Same mentality as racism. "I met a bad one, therefore they're all bad".
Ehhhhh..... I dont it think this is quite why.
Ehhhhhh, hating all cops because some are bad is kinda immoral, generalization never helps anything
@@_yoshivolts_115Your logic goes both ways. Trusting all cops because some are good is similar to blind hero worship
Especially considering it’s a government job that gives you power and authority over everyone else in society, the benefit of internal investigations done by peers in the brotherhood of police, qualified immunity, working relationships with prosecutors, etc etc.
The high school bully to police officer pipeline is a known phenomenon for a reason
@@_yoshivolts_115I bet if the pigs had dog shit on their boots you would still lick them
"what do you mean none?.."
My braincells rotted slightly with that lol
When the cops are so high that they assume everyone else *must* also be.
“I literally DID NOT drink neither I smoked weed, officer”
*”Nah”*
I hope you don't speak this way, the way this is written you're saying you smoked weed
Maybe check your grammar?
Nuh uh
@@no-zy7bv Maybe we all not born englishmans ? Try to learn another language than your primary language that is english. You know why most of people know the basic english? Cause its the most easy language that even a fucking 1 brain cell could understand it...
💀💀💀💀
Imagine how many times these officers have done this before and nothing was ever said
Look up “slushygate” and how the whole department knew about it, and did nothing, and are still patrolling the streets years later
Exactly.
Yeah, ask any black person.
They need to be fucking FIRED.
Every arrest they made without hard evidence; especially for sobriety issues will be questioned. Lawyers are eyeing this up i figure.
This is what blatant corruption looks like. Sadly this is all to common. Thanks.
America legalized corruption a long time ago. What do you think special interest groups and letting gun manufacturers give millions to politicians is?
As government employees operating in an official capacity, they shouldn’t be allowed to sue for defamation. Any person should be able to speak freely about their government without fear.
So, to clarify, if you get a paycheck from the government, then people should be allowed to call you a rapist, a murderer etc with no comeback? I can see no way in which that could go wrong...
This cop is so corrupt it’s insane
All cops are tryina fulfill dere quota
It's run of the mill.
Not a corrupt cop if this shit is what he is paid to do.
The Bonehead Police Officer just couldn’t say my bad have a good nigh?
Usually corruption involves money, I don't see how that's the case here. If we're talking about corruption in the sense of morals then yes for sure
If we can’t sue individual cops and can only sue police departments - a cop shouldn’t be able to sue an individual citizen either!!
amen
The cop cant sue. Only the individual can
@@claytonneal3364 a cop is an individual. You gotta add an "s" to make it plural.
1 individual cop vs multiple cops.
You're welcome 😊
It will get thrown out they were working in there official capacity he’s aloud to criticize them it’s in the constitution it’s called the first amendment
@@claytonneal3364you havent heard the cop and police are suing the dude for defllamation
I remember this. College athlete. Super polite kid that was awarded by being arrested
This is the shit that gets me when people say "well if you really didn't do anything wrong you'd have nothing to worry about" FUCKING IS THAT SO?!??!!?!? clearly not! It's insane.
@@heehoopeanut420- EXACTLY. Most good people have a hard time seeing how those in authority could distort fact, mislead, presume and make all sorts of incorrect and false statements simply to arrest someone. These good citizens think "Well I'm a good person and I'd never do anything like that. Cops are good people so they won't do those things either because they'd get into trouble". BUT these good people literally have no idea what it's like to deal with criminals literally every day for 8-12 hours a day. And what that does to someone.
These cops literally think, "Everyone is guilty of something so if we haven't found it, we need to keep digging and eventually we'll find something".
@@jontnoneya3404they signed of for the job??? If they can't handle it they should work at McDonald's
I don’t trust these people. Bunch of power trips. Most of them don’t know the law they are supposed to be enforcing. They became cops. 30-45k a year because they can’t do anything else. These are not well oiled machines… most are over weight nut jobs. They get immunity because if they sent them to jail they would be dead.
@@heehoopeanut420i stg i hate that like bruh i know i didn’t do no wrong yet i got a cop talking to me like a an 8 time murders/pedo for driving 5 over the limit 😂 how are you not to be mad upset or nervous asf when the mf who can dictate if you get to go home or jail is already treating you like shit before anything is even done it’s wild to me how many cops lead with being a dick to you cuz they simply can
The amount of stupid reasons they have to pull you over is astounding.
No more immunity for these guys
They don't deserve it!
Ikr, this isn’t Survivor, no one should be immune from the law like they are
They don't have blanket immunity, but the evidence bar for hitting them with something like wrongful arrest is not terribly low. This is still important to protect good cops whom thugs try to go after, which is statistically far more likely than a cop doing this nonsense
@@IfImCommentingStopMe 🤓
@@IfImCommentingStopMeend qualified immunity. If the cop doesn’t break a law, he has nothing to fear, right???
They protected and served the hell out of that kid.
But did he die?
@@rico5393 no! Why on earth would you think that?
@@rico5393u think them not killing him justifies them doing a sh1t job?🤨
@@Someone-qq6pj I'm just pointing out that police have hospitalized and murdered civilians for far less. What he experienced was a minor inconvenience compared to what some people have gone through.
@@rico5393minor inconvenience? He was literally kidnapped was falsely accused. He still kept his cool by the looks of it the cops wanted to get him to falsely confessed.😢
That right there is why people hate cops, I saw the full video of this interaction & anyone can see it themselves. That kid never sounded or looked like he was high or drunk, never showed any signs of it during the test either and even had a 0 rating on the breathalizer. I hope he sues for every penny
It's almost like the cops had a quota of DUI charges to fulfill. Hmmmm. There is an available lawsuit if the police, the city, or the county has a well-established pattern of such illegal arrests.
Cop was determined to find a problem where there was none, then they were so afraid of how normal people responded to the video that they took legal action
@@GlowBerryPumpkinits crazy too- those same cops wanna arrest or get money from mostly law abiding citizens. Yet look the other way with REAL criminals
right... and he handled it a hell of a lot better than i would have.
Yeah people are very irrational and lack a basic understanding of logic.
And THIS is why it’s so important to have body cams on and recording 24/7. It should be illegal for police to interact with anyone without a camera on them
That cop is a legal liability.
yup if it was the military it would be a dishonourable discharge dunno if the police works the same way but I don't think he's getting his next paycheck that's for sure!
@@Dr.Kryptanicali was once a military kid. And from what my step father told me the military police department are alot stricter on the rules.
You mean like every cop in the us?
Imagine how many others have been falsely accused.
@@cyborgrat not big of an imagination, that's a damn low number.
These cops need to be fired and prosecuted. They abused their authority with there profession. They also wrongly accused and arrested this young man for no unforeseen reason. All their cases need to be investigated because who knows how many times they have actually done this to others. They were just too comfortable doing this.
They probably find nothing wrong with their officers and it most likely won't get that far. If they do get investigated, they'll probably not find anything wrong with their actions and it was in line with department policy. If they do get fired, they'll switch to a different department or they will quietly resign and switch to a different department
Everyone talks about gang violence but no one talks about government sanctioned syndicates
Probably entire Department do these, I wouldn't be surprised if Their boss also did the same😃😃🙈🙈🙈
@@raisin8051 Many of your country's Polices are Famous in entire world for being Clowns and do these, I once heard Polices do something evil and the Victim side cannot even sued Them bcz the Department or other will just closed the Case🙈🙈🙈🤣💀
You say that like there are cops that don't lmao
Judge denied qualified immunity last week to the cops and green lit the 1983 lawsuit.
Keep in mind that the officer’s supervisor was at the scene and allowed the false arrest to happen. The kid passed all the tests at night in the rain. The cop was mad the kid was playing college ball and he never made it.
Acab throughout the entire department
@bapiivxx8868 happened to me with my local police and im pissed
@@yourstonersensei1907 super sorry man, hope you can get something good out of it
I live in the same county. Cops out here don’t really like to follow the rules and I’ve been told by my friend that’s a cop that the older dudes on the force started quitting, as soon as they were required to wear a body cam, because “back in the old days, you could hit a guy a few times and send them on their way, instead of arresting them.” That’s verbatim what a lieutenant told him. They don’t want to be better, they just don’t want to be caught.
A buddy of mine is a cop who used to be on a DUI unit and explained all of the indicators of “intoxication”. Literally half of the people in this country would fail some of those tests dead sober and most of them are pretty subjective.
There needs to be consequences for this abuse of authority!
Ikr! Forcing authority over other drivers using high beams is sickening.
@@aaronh1372The fuck are you rage-baiting this for? To prove to everyone you have a room temperature IQ?
@@aaronh1372 - Hang on, hang on, that’s a valid reason to pull someone over. I’ve been blinded by others’ high beams and gotten disoriented in the hilly Georgia roads that have many turns.
Two things ✌️ can be true at the same time : people should get pulled over for breaking the law, and cops often go too far. Let’s not lose the forest for the trees or throw out the baby with the bath water, or _____ (insert a more appropriate expression).
Until their precious Qualified Immunity gets revoked that would force them to get malpractice insurance (like doctors and other professions), there will be no change or accountability. Keep in mind, when they 👮♂️ lose lawsuits, they don’t have to pay - taxpayers have to pay for their mistakes and taxes get raised on the entire community to pay out their malfeasance / misfeasance 🤷♂️
@@mikeradu2010 hold on, my word choice was not ideal. What I meant to imply was that using brights is an abuse of authority. Taking the original comment and flipping it so that police are no longer part of the issue, only the ppl who think their sight is the only thing that matters.
This happened to me when I came home late one night after visiting my family out of town on a holiday. I even joked that "I understand on a holiday night there a plenty of people driving around drunk". The officer still insisted on giving me sobriety test and kept telling me I had failed it. When I don't drink. EVER. He even asked my I was shivering when it was obviously very cold and I wasn't wearing a jacket.
Eventually he called two or three other patrol cars to stop by and they all questioned me. I was eventually let go, but I was less then a block from home and had committed no traffic violation. The cop just felt like pulling me over and did.
This is what cops do when they are bored.
Happened to me driving home late from work and they said I went over a "line" when I turned and I must have been drinking. I said I wasn't, that I had been at work. They said my car was registered to my dad who was an alcoholic, so they had to check. I said, do I look like Mike? Was I swerving? Or was it just the line ? They fumbled around and said well ide like to do a sobriety test and I asked on what grounds and they said the line and I said ide be happy to call such and such judge in the area ( I knew from my dad's trial) to confirm I was being treated fairly or if I was just being pushed around to drive up to tickets by a cop who was low on a ticket quota. He glared , said to stay in the lines and go. Proceeded to get pulled over in my college town ever week because of my car, because it was in my dad's name " just to check until I called the police department to say I was concerned the police were harassing me and pulling me over with no real justification.
Same
I hope you sued
These officers be making up fake charges like a Minecraft recipe 💀
Tyrants doing what tyrants do.
ACAB
Ah we found the repeat offender guys. anyone who uses pig or tyrant has most definitely a criminal record and cant accept they probably did something wrong.
@@mw3309 the officers used their power to arrest an innocent person. Even when innocent. So yes, they are tyrants for using their power to punish someone who is innocent
@@mw3309 Nigga they forced a teenager into a cell when he succeeded in a breathalyzer. You are defending the refuse of human society right now.
every fake bodycam this guy uses has Axom Bodycam 3 on them...
FRAUD
I remember this. Im glad the kid didnt let it go.
Yea. It is so obviously a case he can win since by every standard of law he did nothing wrong at all. He wasnt suspicious, he complied with all their demands, he even took all their tests willingly. Yet they still insist on detaining him for no justifiable reason and even bring him in to book him. No idea what kind of shrooms those cops were smoking but how on earth did they think it was a good idea to arrest him is beyond me.
Take away qualified immunity and I guarantee you there won't be stuff like this.
That’s bullshit, everyone thinks getting rid of qualified immunity will change this. You have the city and the department to go after. Imagine for a minute the left wing funded groups suing every cop they wanted to for the stupidest shit just to bankrupt them. That’s not how the law is supposed to work where legit cops can’t do their jobs.
I hate to see shit like this and yes there are some cops who do shit like this. At the same time there are cops that go above and beyond who do good work that don’t deserve to have their personal lives threatened every time they do their jobs.
Look at the soros sponsored DA who don’t do their jobs and allow crazy acts to go unpunished. We don’t need groups suing cops for no reason in an effort to influence them.
You’d also have mass riots and civil unrest. What if you got frivolously sued for bagging my groceries wrong?
@@cochran321you do not know what qualified immunity is
@@chromiumearth I do in fact know exactly what it is, you must not.
QI is not the issue, QI when not used properly is the issue. QI should not apply for what the cops did to this kid. (I'm not sure it did)
Also when they get rid of QI (a few states and cities have) they create a new worse version of QI and call it something else.
The only way to get rid of the insanity that this kid went through is holding cops accountable for bad police work. Period.
If you are arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence never ever let the police perform medical tests on you ever they are not doctor's they cant do the job of a hosptial or doctor, get a shut up, get home call lawyer and let them deal with it, never refuse a breathalyzer tho makes it way worse
A lot of departments will send officers to become certified phlebotomists to be allowed to directly take blood at the department vs bringing into a hospital
Abolish “Qualified Immunity” for police and it all goes away…
Qualified immunity is only applied to cases where there is probable cause for the arrest and the officer correctly places the suspect under arrest.
@@travishamrick They had "probable cause" here. They believed, based on their training as officers that this young man, even though he passed the breathalyzer and the test at the department, was intoxicated. That's all it takes here in the land of the free my friend.
@@NaatClark And that's EXACTLY how it should work. Public safety is more important than a minor inconvenience for a 19-year-old.
@@amoskowitz0103 It's all fun and games, until some muddy blue pulls you.
@@amoskowitz0103 Listen buddy you're talking to me but I don't know you. I'm going to assume you're a homicidal maniac so I'm going to have to get a full background check done on you. Just to be safe. We gotta assume you're guilty before we prove you're not right? It's all about public safety
Been with this story from the start and I'm ready for this kids name to be cleared and I think the cops should be held accountable for this. They almost cost the guy his whole football career.
If you've been with the story since the start, you would know it was already determined he performed so exponentially poorly on the field tests, which is why rhe police are counter suing
@@OberWanKenobii Although the officer stated on his radio that Galanakis "bombed the sobriety" test, I don't think the video backs that up. In fact, he appeared to pretty much ace it.
@@dperreno Not what was determined in court, hence the counter lawsuit
@@OberWanKenobii Galanakis' suit hasn't gone to court yet. Neither has the officer's countersuit, though most of his claims were dismissed by a judge.
@dperreno Judge Stephen H. Lochner ruled that Galanakis' statements were defamatory, and thus, the defamation lawsuit is still moving forward in part. So, try again
Those cops are now suing this kid for "defamation" lmfao you cant make this shit up 😂
JFC. Id add another counter suit on that for harassment. That poor kid
oh well, maybe shouldnt have made a fool out of themselves and they wouldn't have been in thew situation. besides to defame someone is to spread false rumors about them in order to hurt their reputation. they did it to themselves and all he did was post the body cam footage, the whole thing/ nothing was left out nor taken out of context, this defamation case will be thrown out so fast
Defamation is Damaging the reputation of someone by liable or slander. He is only showing what they actually did. So they just gave him a case that is won by showing the evidence that he already has online. He can of course counter sue that defamation claim for costs and emotional damages. Which should net him another good payout... Do these 2 cops just want to dig themselves another bigger hole to jump in ?
The kid should sue them for defamation, they almost ended his football career and the charges are still on his record.
@@albratgaming2348 let's see what these cops do. Imo them suing for defamation just hurt their own reputation even more
He's also a college athlete who'd get kicked out of school if he was on something. This cop was a tool
Btw everyone. Never ever consent to a field sobriety test. Only do breathalyzer. The field test is never used to exonerate only incriminate.
Follow this advice.
It’s crazy they even exist, other western nations require you know an actual reading on a breathalyser or drug test
I feel like if you refuse the field sobriety test and pass the breathalyzer they will automatically suspect drug use? I know nothing about this, just a thought.
@@tastynapalm1840 In that case, do not argue or get angry, it'll only make things worse for you. Let them take you in and prove it, then file a lawsuit. Unfortunately if you win, it's the taxpayers that foot that bill and not the cops that illegally arrested you.
Exactly what the other guy said. Exercise your 5th amendment right, sue them, then make bank. @@tastynapalm1840
The worst part is that after he posts the video the local sheriff's office police department whatever you want to call it tried to sue him for defamation
"How dare you defame us with our own evidence" 😂😂😂😂
It's not defamation if it's true!
Defamed by their own awful behavior 😂😂
Which IMO should not even be allowed, since they have qualified immunity that shields them from exactly the same thing. Totally unethical.
Thankfully, a judge recently threw out most of the police countersuit, leaving only one defamation claim.
How in the fuck is what he's done defamation ? Like defamation is making seriously damaging statements with the intent to damage the reputation of a person and/or company. He posted the evidence and let their incompetence speak for itself, that not defamation.
My favorite moment from Galanakis
Officer: “Why are you shaking?”
Galanakis: “It’s raining outside and I got shorts on, you’re false accusing me, I’m gonna be nervous man.”
Officer: *Silence*
Galanakis: ‘Nothing to say, exactly.”
I’m not sure how that moment alone plus the fact that he blew zeros didn’t just immediately win him the case.
Cops counter suing because they're embarrassed ? Make cops start paying for their own lawsuits, embarrassment would be the least of their worries.
Did you drink anything. No. Did you smoke anything? No. I've heard enough, straight to JAIL!
Yeah, no lying to cops. Not even lying the truth.
@@rubenproost2552we dont condone such truthful lies here😡
"You just made my night too easy, jail."
The best part is when the kid says something to the effect of "You're about to look really stupid." and then after they run him through the process and the actual testing officer concludes he wasn't impaired at all he calls the cop back in and says "Remember what i told you earlier..."
State sponsored intimidation
The CIA after 2001: 🤔
I agree.
Well put.
You can refuse a field sobriety test. Ask for breathalyzer or blood test. Even sober people can fail field sobriety tests. If you fail it's a DUI. Officer can interpret and administer test in such a way to make you fail just as a flex.
Happened to me earlier this year and the department “has no body cam footage on file” even though the cops written report says he turned it on right away
Lawyer. Right now.
Like Steven said, lawyer. Caveat that I’m not a lawyer, but I’m currently a law student and generally if the court accepts that someone destroyed the evidence you’d need to meet the burden of proof, they’ll accept that instead (it’s called res ipsa loquitur)
@@stevenmckay2900 problem is people wont lawyer up... they just take the bs
@@relguiatmont7336because most of the time they can't afford a lawyer
Disgusting, makes me think this is just to make as many random arrests on Americans to demoralize ppl. Sorry that happened to you.
That lawsuit is actually a violation of his first amendment right. He's allowed to video ALL police encounters and post it. Them suing is them trying to silence him, which since it's a law enforcement agency, it's government censorship, which is unconstitutional.
To make it worse, it’s their video.
and nothing will happen cos the constitution has no strength.
You'd think so, but there's lawsuits constantly over this that Do win 🤣🤣🤣 just not every one are millions of dollars that score national or even local news.
@@jpisback Bruh, so?
Does that mean that the constitution is upheld 100% of the time? that every breach is punished? that every case is won?
No.
Cos it isnt this impenetrable space shield you want it to be.
Whether thaths right or wrong doesnt matter, thats what happens.
Constitutions doesn't mean shit.
@@JakkiFN0rmus all that idiocy and not an ounce of comprehension.
Unlawful arrest. Lawsuit.
A police officer plants evidence and he has qualified immunity. The kid post the video showing the illegal action done by the officer and the officer civilly sues the kid because he says it's defamation😂 cops are a fucking joke
Time to get rid of qualified immunity. We need reform.
Qualified immunity isn't what you think it is. It only protects cops that don't do anything wrong. If they act criminally then they don't get QI.
It’s easier to rip away the foundation of corruption than try to remedy it.
@@MC-tn8pmwow second world country lol figure your shit oit
@@MC-tn8pmBut there are many cases in which officers are in situations in which they should definitely be fired, charged, etc. But are not because QI can be stretched unreasonably in the officer’s favor.
@@MC-tn8pmgotta start with sovereign immunity. The idea you can't sue your government because they have a monopoly on violence is so Mafioso it's disturbing.
More than just those cops need to be held accountable. The entire station and department allowed that process to get out of hand.
Wasn't he released after the drug recognition test was negative?
@@1diggers1yeah but he was still wrongfully arrested on zero grounds
Yo this is the guy who was straight up roasting tf outta the cops😂
Rightfully so!!
I don’t blame him tbh
When a officer impedes your freedom of movement and doesn’t allow you to leave based on false charges and then they accuse you of everything to try and get you in trouble you have every right to be an asshole *but don’t live your life like this it’s exhausting I did it for years and I’m so tired now*. This kid will be set up for life if he’s wise with his earnings from the lawsuit.- I guess it’s been in my mind for a long time, and eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, treat people with kindness. Not enough of it now a days.
@@ToriE1073 I’m not about to get arrested over BS and be all sunshine and rainbows…
@@MaximusB-02 my apologies. Big faux pas I was replying to a totally different video. My bad and you’re right.
Guilty even when innocent. GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
I am so sick of these scumbag corrupt cops!
Dawg, if I did a field sobriety test, I'd fail, I have dyspraxia (I have really bad coordination and can't balance for my life) and I absolutely despise drugs and barely drink, it's crazy to me that you can fail because of a disease you can't control
You probably shouldn't be driving anyway in that case. Maybe stick to public transport.
@@jazzy4830 I can drive a car just fine, it's just I can't balance, if I pay attention to what I'm doing I can drive my car just as well as everyone else
What does balance have to do with driving cars?@@jazzy4830
Seriously. I was concussed after an accident with terrible balance (as well as eye teaming), and still struggle with it. I’m cleared to drive but would not be able to pass a field sobriety test. I don’t drink or do drugs.
@@WhenYoureAlexa it's silly that an outdated test is grounds to bring you in to the station to get tested for drugs💀
Those cops should be fired, and the department put under investigation.
Ppl nowadays think everyone should be fired for everything and vanish for life… calm the F down. It was a bad couple of hours for the kid, but nothing crazy
@@Balza504and in those bad couple of hours, the American constitution was violated and stepped upon.
@@Balza504you take the infringement of your rights so we’ll don’t you piggy 🤡
@carlosbalza504 it was an abuse if authority by small dicked losers
@@Balza504My guy, you do realize that wrongful imprisonment isa crime right? The cop was unprofessional and literally committed a crime, so yes he definitely does deserve to be sued.
Being a cop should come with larger risk. You’re enforcing the law, if you are found breaking/abusing it you should be charged 10x more than a civilian as you are abusing the system vs protecting it. I’m talking solitary cells for them. Being a cop means you should be trusted to serve the community, not abuse it.
Classic example of why you SHOULDN’T DO FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS even if you’re not intoxicated.
sadly some states declining will automatically get u charged with dui and arrested. even when ur not drunk which is a beyond messed up law. like yeah ill decline but then yall automatically assume that means im guilty? i can understand i guess the one for refusing breathalyzer to a small degree. but the arrest and automatically being guilty for refusing field tests?! so dumb
@@autumnwillows7942sounds like a 5th ammendment violation to me.
@@autumnwillows7942I think it depends on the state, I’ve seen some where if you refuse to do field sobriety tests, they take you to the station to do a blood test (maybe they don’t have breathalyzers?) if you refuse to take a breathalyzer, I can see why they’d want to take you to the station (again, probably to do a blood test). So I think even the smaller details about the laws differ from state to state. And absolutely it is fucking stupid to take somebody back to the station after a breathalyzer showed 0 alcohol, even if it was pot, they had nothing showing that he smoked pot or had any in his possession.
@@autumnwillows7942 you won’t get in trouble for refusing a field test. You can however for refusing the breathalyzer or chemical test. You have the right to refuse the field tests but not the chemical ones because when you get your license you sign a thing saying you’re willing to take them
@@autumnwillows7942 What they don't tell you is that it is a lot easier to fight those charges than ones from a "failed" sobriety test.
That officer needs to be sued and fired. This is why people hate cops.
I don't hate cops. People don't hate cops. People hate corruption and most cops are not corrupt.
I had something similar happen to me when I was 19. Pulled over. My eyes were red because I wasn't getting any sleep from previous days. So then the cop says " I smell marijuana" To which I said, "You need to get your nose checked, no one smokes in this car." They are always looking for ways to harass citizens.
This is so important to do when they claim the smell of alcohol or marijuana is to verbally object. If you do not verbally object and in court, they can try to claim that since you didn't object verbally that you are basically accepting that the officer is correct. Don't incriminate yourself but do dispute any assumptions that are being made that are flat out false.
Okay but you also shouldn't be driving while sleep-deprived. It's nearly as bad as driving under the influence.
Okay mom. Missed the point entirely. I was 19 then and seems like you are dismissing the officers actions. I wasn't swerving or driving recklessly. I got pulled over for not having working taillights THEN he saw my eyes were red and ASSUMED I was under the influence. So clearly, he was mistaken and I explained what my situation was and STILL HE accused me of smoking and was still was given a field sobriety test with a breathalyzer test. If you are the type that likes wasting your time with nonsense and getting harassed all the time by law enforcement then by all means, be my guest. That's how people get shot by "mistake". By making fake assumptions and accusations like: "HE'S got a WEAPON!" only to find out later that the child was really only carrying the remote control to his TV and now he's dead. You shouldn't lead with that mentality as a law enforcement.
True story by the way. That really did happen to some kid. @@myouniverse0613
@@michaelscott181 Bro Idc what the cops did to you. I never said they dealt with the situation properly. I'm talking about YOU needing to take accountability and admitting you were wrong for doing that. I said YOU shouldn't be driving while sleep-deprived for the same reason people shouldn't be driving while intoxicated. Drunk people make the same reasons you just did why they still drive. They think they can handle it. But sleep deprivation messes with your brain the same way alcohol or drugs does. If YOU don't want to be responsible for accidentally taking away people's lives, YOU shouldn't be driving while sleep-deprived.
My first reflex would be to answer with a smarta** "Well stop smoking it then, officer!"
They need to federally investigate them