Police Counter Sue Over Teen’s Viral Bodycam Video
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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.
Fabricating charges like this should be a felony
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.
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
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
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.
Intimidated by honesty? 😂
*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?
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....
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
“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”
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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How can you sue for putting publicly accessible information out to the public?
I don’t think you can. Pretty sure he’s suing the cops.
Civil rights, gentleman. We are citizens and police are under our control.
@@anxious_and_avoidantthe cops counter sued for just that
@@dreamsteal4773 oh, Jesus. Cops just keep getting worse.
Don't worry the kid got a FAT check and he had all of his college paid for
That officer needs to be sued and fired. This is why people hate cops.
“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.
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.
They get real mad when you show their corrupt behavior.
We need police reform
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
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
I mean of course.
They didn't like being publicly exposed for their sheer incompetence and falsifying bogus charges to incarcerate an innocent individual. How else are corrupt cops supposed to react to being exposed??
The courts have agreed to hear a defamation claim by the officers against their victim. The judge dismissed many portions of the suit but is hearing the claim that the boy defamed the officer by insinuating he was convicted for beating his girlfriend when in fact he had merely been given a restraining order. I don’t know what they expect a jury to do with that other than spit at the officer.
False imprisonment is still a major issue that doesn't get enough attention. This is one of many cases.
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
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
That corrupt officers should face charges for false imprisonment.
I hope this kid gets compensation.
“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😂🤡
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_Angel_slayer okay Nazi
Im so glad he called it out.Bravo sir
Could’ve been a “hey man, could you turn your high beams off?” But they just had to arrest someone that day.
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
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?
This is why you NEVER commit to a field test.
Always refuse the field test , its not to prove your not intoxicated its to gather more evidence against you, whether you take the test or not your going to a jail cell that night , the field test will only be used against you in court. The only breath test that counts for you in court is the one at the station.
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
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@@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.
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
I hope this kid gets a hefty settlement and a public apology. I saw this video and cops were out of line. I heard they were suing him. I don't know laws there, but I can't imagine the police will win on this. Bodycam footage is for public awareness and we all have a right to view how our police force is doing their job.
He won 25k and the counter claim was thrown out
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!
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...
“What do you mean none” 😂😂
They should write him a ticket for that broccoli haircut.
lmaoo
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.
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
In South Dakota High beams seem to be required at all times.
So NOW its Police Harrassment, False Retainment, and False Arrest.
A Lawyer can get him LOTS OF MONEY.
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
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!!
The police man really called ethan winters and Chris. (main characters in resident evil)
Love to the Police doing such an amazing job of protecting and serving the people. They truly are such vital pillars to our communities
I shudder to think what might have happened if that young teen wasn’t put in handcuffs and carted off
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?
“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...
💀💀💀💀
"What do you mean none?"
Thay speech alone shows innocence, in the Officer's mind is an impossibility.
Bro got the the DWB lite experience
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. 🙏❤😡
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.
Anything but a simple traffic stop
This is why you never perform the field sobriety test. You have no legal obligation to take a field sobriety test.
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'
My lawyer would eat this up for breakfast Lmaooo
Wild how the cop didn't smell any weed *until the kid blew 0.00 on the breathalyzer...*
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.
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
@@tommyl5319 🤓
@@tommyl5319end qualified immunity. If the cop doesn’t break a law, he has nothing to fear, right???
The cops sue for showing how bad and/or malicious they were on that night, and it only makes the malicious part look even worse.
sounds like they were trying to fit a quota. this is why we need to make sure the police are there to serve and protect, not harass and abuse.
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
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
Imagine just learning how to drive and accidentally switching on the wrong lights
This same thing happened to a friend of mine. He wasn't inebriated, he has MS, but even though he disclosed that to the cops they still took him in for the night
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.
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
School records of bullying should disqualify individuals from a police job or entering the academy until they are psyche evaluated.
That cop needs to be put on a list.
Honestly those cops should be fired, and out in prison for 10 years for abusing the public
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.
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
When he calls back up, before anything else, he stressed that this kid "is a smart ass "
In the end of the video after they cleared him he says "how does it feel" 😂😂😂
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.
"what do you mean none?.."
My braincells rotted slightly with that lol
Imagine going through this very thing then being rejected 20 years later for jobs because there’s an arrest on your record. This cop should not only be fired but charged with a crime.
Weak bullies
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.
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.
Cops can never admit to being wrong
Im pretty sure the officer says himself that the kid passed the sobriety tests better than he could
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?
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
A relative of mine switched from being criminal lawyer to divorce after 2 decades. He always said American justice system was corrupt and inept, there was a case where his client was a victim of brutal police beating 2 decades ago. But word of that cop and his buddies put the victim away in jail. That cop had to retire because of another incident(instead of going to prison) and karma came for him as he ate his gun soon after retirement.
I can understand some people forget they got their high beams on but most don't
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
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.
I wonder if he had something undetectable in his system LOL
"I smell marijuana"
"Then maybe you should have left it in the squad car before walking up to my window"
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.
Try not to be a corrupt cop
Challenge impossible
That's their job lol, not to protect people, but to arrest people to generate profit for the state. It's why there's so many poor people in prisons AND false arrests.
Dumbest comment ever
Mexico be like.
@@DukeTheSniper01the fuck does mexico have to do with this lmao
Yet homie will call em for help second he’s in trouble 😂
🤡 shit bro
Lawsuit time...
This is why you refuse field sobriety tests.
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
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.
My teacher showed this in my Criminal Justice class about what not to do
Cop had a quota to meet. Simple and clean.