This is nothing new cops be doing this all over America u got cops even arresting people for truspassing on public property cus there right to recored hurt people feeling so cops act as feeling police and illegaly truspass u for no crime when truspassing law for public property state u have to ether have comited a crime or creating a disrubson but courts ruled recording peaceful is not a distraction or dis
@@FabrizioPati-i6f No, one strike, you’re out. They can deal with it since everyone has gone through much worse. They can find a normal job where they don’t have the ability to perform armed kidnapping false imprisonment and ruin peoples lives.
@@pneulancer You aren't wrong. If this were anyone other than law enforcement, they would be charging them with conspiracy to kidnap and racketeering charges.
@@JacobSchmitt-j8p So what you are saying is..... if you dont liek a state where police abuse their authority to arrest people who didnt commit a crime, go somewhere else? Absolutely not. How about sue the living shit out of these cops, waste your tax payer dollars, let innocent people get rich off of tthese settlements, see police insurance premiums hike up, and elect officials who are going to uphold the law.
The roadside bozos walk away with no consequences from false DUI arrests, meanwhile it costs the victims thousands that they'll never be repaid, and for any victim employed in a profession where they have to answer to a licensing board like healthcare workers or need to obtain/maintain a top security clearance, the absurd 6-8 month wait to get the clean drug screen back will be devastating.
Taxpayers aren’t paying for bodycams to have them turned off. They should be on all the time except when the officer/trooper is on break, in a restroom, or on lunch
Cameras make them remember the good old days.. when they're weren't any cameras,, and it was "make it up as you go along"...try to imagine what was going on THEN....
@@4catsnow No imagining needed. We suffered in relative silence. If I told my dad what a cop did to me, I would have had to visit him in prison. If my friend David's dad had known what he did to his son.......
“Can state troopers just turn off their audio?” Absolutely not. Complete BS where cops somehow feel they have the power to arrest and convict anyone for anything by fabricating non-existent crimes and laws. If it comes from the top and this is sanctioned from above, then these crooked POSes need federal intervention and be dealt with by full force of the law the way the rest of us would be… But do we see POSes punished for these (and other) illegal acts? Not often enough. Probably investigated internally and found guilty of no wrongdoing….
@@karinaz8756 by the way I read some of your comment that you posted on another you said that you should not accept taking a sobriety test you do know that they can arrest you for not taking it right
I don't think qualified immunity will be a problem here, as it's already clearly established law that you can't arrest a sober person for DUI. It can always be raised as a defense, but I don't think the judge will be interested in even considering that direction on this case, given how straightforward and egregious these facts appear to be.
@@IRaoulDukeNot true not all PD's have immunity, I believe NM did away with it a couple years ago. Their greatest defense is the body cam, but unfortunately many officers manipulate this by shutting it off or muting. Without immunity officers still are able to get liability insurance much like constables or people in the medical field. This police state behavior has to stop.
@@HiThisIsMine - I can see the recruitment poster now: COME JOIN THE POLICE FORCE! Long 12 hour shifts $h1t working conditions Some of the lowest pay of any job in the nation Chastized and hated no matter if do your job good or screw it up The criminals can assault, spit and treat you like crap with no reprecussions. If you cant figure out how to wiggle through all the ten million court case laws to make a valid arrest, too bad, you still are gettting a bad evaluation. and if you act now!! Loss of all of your 4th Amendment privacy! Thats right folks! The same citizens who demand their privacy rights be upheld want yours taken away! a chest mounted body camera will follow you everywhere for 12 hours. In the bathroom, on every lunch break and will record every private and intimate moment of your life. if your wife calls your on your phone on break needing to discuss something private, then you can rest assured that it will be 100% out in the open! This is only for 12 hours.. half of an entire day! The government and society will know every detail of your life. Even though just about every other member of society gets some privacy measures at their job, they will expect you to forfeit all of yours. As an extra bonus... that pension that youll pay out of each paycheck that is 4 times what FICA deductions are to have? Society wants you to lose it if you make even the smallest mistake. So APPLY TODAY! We are desperately needing mindless 100% PERFECT thinking and functioning human beings to bring in the next generation of dystopian law enforcement! If you see this poster up, that means will are still hiring... hiring all the time because for some reason we cant get anyone to sign up! Maybe the citizens who suggested this should apply!!!!!
This may just be a coincidence, but, the bully in high school who stole my gloves with his gang backing him up and a vicious smirk on his face, went on to become a deputy sheriff
“Can state troopers just turn off their audio?” Absolutely not. Complete BS where cops somehow feel they have the power to arrest and convict anyone for anything by fabricating non-existent crimes and laws. If it comes from the top and this is sanctioned from above, then these crooked POSes need federal intervention and be dealt with by full force of the law the way the rest of us would be… But do we see POSes punished for these (and other) illegal acts? Not often enough. Probably investigated internally and found guilty of no wrongdoing….
Well what the fact that there are so many cases like this proves is that they can just say you're DUI... It can be a guess or they can be lying but we know that they don't know for a fact...
The cop just KNEW the kid had pot on him (he obviously didn't), so he staged a false arrest for an excuse to search him and search his car (I still don't understand why they towed it when the mom could have driven it home, but that gives them an excuse to search the car before it is towed). So basically a kid went to jail because a cop couldn't admit he was WRONG about his hunch! Yes, there should be SEVERE consequences for that.
We can thank MADD (Mother's Against Drunk Driving) for this. That's exactly what they do, award cops simply for the number of arrests, not convictions of DUI made They award cops with vacations, cash, and even new cars!
@@Timbrock1000 I had a PO complain about MADD - a lot of probations can be shortened based on the discretion of the PO, but not DWI's in my state, and she said it was because of lobbying from MADD
Any law enforcement that turns off the camera or sound should be fired and go to jail for one year. Because you are doing something wrong if you have to cover it up
Treat it like destroying evidence in any other case: assume that whatever was said is exculpatory. Let the defense lawyer tell the jury what he thinks the officer was saying, and the officer doesn't get to object.
Here's the problem nobody is talking about. These officers know the man is sober, they know that once test come back, he's negative, they know he's innocent, but still arrested him for whatever reason, it was personal, power trip, whatever, but the main point is, they know they have immunity from a lawsuit, that YOU the taxpayers will paid for the lawsuit, and if they get too much heat, they simply resigned and moved over to the next county.
@@RodCornholiothis can ruin someone’s life. There are plenty of jobs that can fire you on the spot for a DUI or DWI. It’s more than taking a ride. It may take a year and thousands of dollars to get that charge dropped.
@@karinaz8756 You can beat the charges, but you can’t beat the _consequences_ of being charged. That’s the meaning of, “You can beat the rap, but you can’t beat the ride.” Voting has not solved this decades old problem.
@@RodCornholio I get that. But a DUI is not like an arbitrary disorderly charge. A DUI can end a career. You have to pay to get your record expunged. It’s a serious charge that shouldn’t be taken lightly aka beat the rap. It can take a year to get resolved.
I got stopped by THP just before getting on the interstate last year. Claimed I was doing over 65 in a 55…I knew he was behind me from the time I entered the road four miles back. When he realized I clicked the save button on my dashcam, he handed my license back and said have a good day. I double checked the video, that I still have, and I was maybe doing 57-60 coasting downhill. Now I kinda wished I had waited until he gave me a ticket, then showed the video to a judge. Sometimes I think THP takes having a bad day out on the first opportunity. Some deserved, some not. I certainly hope this turns out well for the kid.
You did it right, give the road pirate the opportunity to walk away. Going to local court you could easily run into a corrupt judge who would toss your camera footage out and/or simply dock you for 60 in a 55, which likely carries nearly the same fine and points as 65. At that point, appealing to a higher court means hiring a lawyer to the tune of several thousand dollars, a pyrrhic victory if you even win.
“Can they turn their audio off?” They can do whatever they like as long as nobody punishes them for it. They are like children and will seek the boundaries.
These troopers need to be arrested and charged. The criminals on scene are them. They are abusing innocent citizens and practicing malicious retaliation, false arrest, kidnapping, lying under oath. They need harsh punishments of 5-10 years in jail. Where is justice?
Any cop that mutes or turns off a body camera for any reason should be charged with tampering with evidence and have their certification revoked permanently. Any cop that arrests someone without evidence of a crime should be in prison for at least 10 years.
@Sportfury4400 I am a 71 year old white man and used to be a "Support The Police" guy no matter what. But with the citizens now learning and knowing their rights, the phrase " just comply and they'll be no problems" crowd is dwindling fast. With the police corruption on the rise and the suspension and firings or charged and convicted cases rising, it's hard to respect them. I'm all for getting the people doing serious crimes off the streets, but dragging a pregnant woman out of a car over a taillight or going to the wrong address on a search warrant. These things happen daily somewhere in this country. Respect for them is fading, and they've earned the lack of respect.
@@kendallcoleman839 I agree with you, more people are waking up. Unfortunately there are millions that just won’t. Millions think the economy and country is and has been doing well since 2020.
"if i blood test you right here--" yes please. "no, and i'm also arresting you for DUI." wait, so you don't actually take people's blood and test it, like you said? what about a breath-- "and we don't use breathalyzers either. oh well, better luck next time, bub" *impounds your car*
They don't do breathalyzer because field sobriety tests are subjective - so everyone will ALWAYS fail. That means the car can be towed (and you can be damned sure someone is getting a cut of those towing & storage fees), plus they can charge for the blood test no matter what comes back from that. Its all about money for them. Pay to fight it (and likely win), but they still get paid! Literal highway robbery.
When the judge sees that the body camera was muted during court proceedings, the case should be dismissed. And any cops who muted their cameras should be disciplined and fined.
I don't think your comment says what you wanted it to. This is no longer a criminal case about the DUI; it is now a civil lawsuit against the troopers and the department for the wrongful arrest. The muted body cam evidence would help the case not get it dismissed.
At the very least, put them on a list of unreliable witnesses. Next time they go on the witness stand, the case gets thrown out immediately. They need fysical evidence to even write a ticket. Their word is never believed again.
In these sorts of cases, even if chaefes are dropped, best case you spent time in jail then had to pay $$$ on a lawyer. Many can't afford that, put them in a deep hole. Often a lerson loses job bc of being absent or just bc of the weight of the charges. Aperson could end up losing their housing. This could all ruin a persons life, even IF charges dropped. Cop won't see any punishment, so free to do again. Ruin more lives. Some might end up wrongly convicted, and ruin life beyond repair. All bc of cop ego.
Depends sometimes the judge will always side with the cop and help with qualified immunity. Hope that isn't the case here since millions of people will see this video.
They don't want the conversation heard, so it's reasonable to assume they're behind the car committing criminal conspiracy, which should result in tossing all charges against their victim, and vigorous prosecution of the cops as if their "we hold ourselves to a higher standard" is actually true. Never happening 😂
A lot of times people will dislike a video because of the message or content. Like adding an angry face to a post that pisses you off. Troopers arresting innocent people more than likely pissed a few people off.
Unlawful arrest! Them 2 THP, should be fired & fined $350,000 per false arrest, false reporting! The false arrested victim, should get a settlement of $1.5m!!!
first off, do not resist. cooperate to an extent. you do not have to answer any questions. if a cop pulls you out of your vehicle, he has already determined you are going to jail. there's nothing you can do to fight it on the side of the road except politely refusing a field sobriety test. make sure their body camera's and audio are on and recording. hire a lawyer.
They were hoping he would be on drugs. Almost every one is on some type of prescription medication or smokes weed or drinks once or twice a week or actually does drugs, and at least one of those will almost always show up and can be used to justify their arrest. Anyone who's been arrested for DUI for years has known this, their field sobriety test is useless if not recorded anyway because they are not doctors and even if they were there are a hilarious number of other reasons you would fail, like disorders that prevent your balance or mess with your eyes, neither of which you are legally obligated to reveal to them because they don't effect your driving abilities anyway because you don't need to be able to balance in a car and it doesn't actually effect your vision if your eye muscles don't track motion perfectly because your brain compensates for it and no one can see through your own eyes. Like for instance having a lazy eye causes you to fail, especially if you have one that isn't immediately noticeable and never needed to be corrected. And having ataxia will make you fail because you can't balance right
As long as law enforcement officers have qualified immunity they have no incentive to change their behavior. Tax payers pay the lawsuits not police departments.
Police officers are by far some of the biggest liars, they will lie if it means it will better the case against someone. I would imagine 9 out of 10 wouls do this
No, they've always been like this. There's just more cameras now. It's why cops hate body cams; they can't frame people or commit other crimes as easily as they used to. It bears out in their clearance rates which have steadily dropped since standards of evidence have increased. They are by-and-large incompetent criminals and now they are recording evidence of their own crimes but are too stupid to realize it.
Don't do breathalyzer by the side of the road. Wait for them to arrest you, then take a blood test or a *calibrated* breathalyzer. The one on the side of the road can't be used as evidence, only as probable cause to arrest you.
Do not, under any circumstance do a field sobriety test. Good luck suing the cops, qualified immunity will protect them. He can sue the department and likely get a nice chunk of tax payers $ for his time.
That's why they formally arrest people before ever giving them a shot at an official breathalyzer, and many don't carry PBTs "because they aren't admissible in court". More like they are a good way to clear drivers of drunk driving. Of course, other impairments require a blood test, but the ol' "strong smell of alcohol coming from breath" lie could be dispelled.
Look at it from a modern cop's POV. Reduce your IQ to 89 for a moment and consider that bringing out the breathalyzer is a wasted 5 minutes. If you use it, get a 0.00 reading, and can arrest anyway "because drugs," that's 5 minutes that could've been spent eating donuts & watching pr0n in the squad later in the shift. Cop points to his brain and says work smarter, not harder.
If an armed man wants to shackle you and drive you somewhere in the back of his car, you might want to use your constitutional rights to defend yourself.
Why are these Troopers still on the job when it appears they conspired to violate his civil rights? Now Tennessee Highway Patrol is covering up the Troopers crimes?
they get awards from MADD for arrests, not convictions. the awards sometimes carry prizes like vacations. they have a monetary incentive to arrest innocent citizens. and thanks to qualified immunity, they face no consequences.
DUI is big business for local "justice" systems. A bunch of arbitrary field tests administered by biased, unobjective road pirates. Seems they're even giving up on the arbitrary 0.08 BAC number and just go straight to "you must be on drugs then, now +1 for my arrest numbers."
@@stephenb3348 and, if you want to fight the charge, you need an attorney. that costs a lot of money. or else you have to accept the sentence, which is usually a counseling program that costs you money. plus court costs. and victims' compensation fees. etc. etc. the justice system today is just another way for business to gouge average people for money they don't have. there's an entire industry built on the backs of wrongfully charged citizens who lacked the ability to fight the charges. want to see the biggest crooks in america? look no further than your local police force and district judge.
100%. The people least likely to abuse power are those who avoid obtaining it. Once upon a time, I had a two day gig (just few hours) writing parking tickets that resulted in fines and tows. The sense of power - just that TINY amount - was intoxicating. I never wanted that again. It corrupts.
This happens a lot. I remember the young college kid in Iowa was arrested for DUI and he was sober. It will continue to happen because the people who are doing it will get off without any serious consequences. Taking away someone's freedom unlawfully should be the biggest outrage in the country.
MADD is the reason the police do the false arrests. MADD grades police departments for arrests and they don't care about innocent people. Ergo, MADD should be named in the law suits.
I would agree. In fact, someone blowing a 0 should result in the officer being jailed and the victim taken back to their car. If the car has already been impounded use the officer’s owed pay to release the car.
I hope they are allowed to sue the government for everything they can Hope also any law enforcement officer accusing an individual of a crime has the evidence if not any law enforcement person should be held accountable!
"we cant comment because the case is pending". Translation, we are furiously working on an answer that will get our officers off the hook. There is nothing about a pending case concerning an officer of any department that precludes the department from citing their own policies. Police policies are supposed to be available to the public they (pretend to) serve. Period.
This happened to me. Arrested,taken to jail,car towed. I blew a 0.00. They kept me for 24hrs. I had to pay to get my car back. I was out of town and had to have a friend come get me. Vigilance committees are the only chance left.
The more DUI arrests an officer makes, they can get preferential shift assignments. They also get banquet dinners with gift cards & trophies from MADD. Then they will apply for grants from the federal government saying "look at all the drunk driving arrests we have, we need $ to fight this".
I keep reading the Karen's at MADD provide them with benefits, and any arrests they make help them to get promoted. What started out as an organization with good intentions (MADD) has turned into a self righteous monster.
@@perryelyod4870 no MADD is just a lobbying group. the public supports this bullshit (and lot more of it). just look under any video on youtube the hordes of comments cheering and excusing the cops doing bullshit. society has been totally brainwashed
"We don't do breathalyzers"??? So how tf do they determine if someone is drunk?? Field sobriety tests are completely arbitrary so those mean nothing, clearly. This is just insane to me. Innocent citizens being arrested for absolutely NOTHING. The way this pig acted proves that not only is this a regular practice for them but that he knows he won't get in trouble for it. He won't get even a slap on the wrist; and tax payers will foot the bill again for their crimes. I KNOW there are good cops out there but Jesus are they few and far between! Defund the police. Abolish qualified immunity.
One reason might be because every year M.A.D.D. gives a CASH REWARD to the cop that makes the most DUI ARRESTS in the country. Not who gets the most CONVICTIONS, but ARRESTS. The cop gets the reward even if EVERY case he generated got thrown out.
@@mayhem7455 The cops were convinced that he was a weed smoker. You don’t even have to be under the influence of weed to be convicted, it just has to be in your system. They were betting on him being a smoker.
@Michael_J_M14 yeah, I know. That's why some departments don't do breathalyzers, they only do blood tests so they can see what's in your system but doesn't affect your driving, and then charge you for it.
