She Demands Speeding Evidence — Officer Responds With Taser Threat And Arrest

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:04][music] >> Hold on. Yes, put your phone down.

[00:00:10]You're not Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.

[00:00:12]I'm done with you talking over me.

[00:00:14]Walk that way.

[00:00:16]For what?

[00:00:16]>> Now. What for? Hold on. Hold on. No, no, no, no. You don't need to forcefully No, hold on. You're going to get taken to the ground.

[00:00:22]>> Hold on. Hold on. Don't do that. Don't do that. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on, man.

[00:00:27]>> Stop. Hold on.

[00:00:29]Stop. Hold on.

[00:00:30]HOLD ON.

[00:00:31]OH, [ __ ] NO, I'm not doing this.

[00:00:35]>> Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. You can't resist. I know, but dude, I gave him my ID. I gave him my ID. You can't resist. You can't resist.

[00:00:44]I know, dude, but I gave him my ID.

[00:00:46]>> stop.

[00:00:47]Like, I gave him my ID. Hold on. I need you to stop. Hey, can you go tell Amber that I'm being taken, please? Yeah.

[00:00:54]Yeah. Okay. And it And my ID is right there. I need my phone. Put your phone down. Yeah, but like Put your phone down.

[00:01:01]On October 10th, 2024, at 9:00 p.m. in Lowell, Arkansas, Cynthia Sanchez Rosses was driving home when Officer Lockland Hicks of the Lowell Police Department pulled her over, telling her she was doing 40 miles per hour in a 25 miles per hour zone. Cynthia disputed it immediately. She asked one question, "Where is your proof?" And that single question turned a routine traffic stop into a taser threat, a physical takedown, an arrest, and an impounded car. Both the body camera and dash cam captured every second of it. This is that footage.

[00:01:34]Hello.

[00:01:35]Oh.

[00:01:36]I'm Officer Hicks, Lowell PD. Stopping you for doing 40 in a 25. 40 on a 25?

[00:01:41]>> Yes, ma'am.

[00:01:42]>> That's not true. It is true. That's not true. Okay. Do you have your license and insurance?

[00:01:45]>> have the um Do you have your license and insurance?

[00:01:48]>> have my license and >> Okay. Please produce it.

[00:01:51]Do you have the evidence where I was running 40 miles >> Please produce your license and insurance.

[00:01:55]Next time I have to ask, I'm going to arrest you for obstruction of government operations. You can't arrest me for that.

[00:01:59]>> Yes, I can if you don't if you don't identify.

[00:02:01]>> the I will. I will.

[00:02:03]Step out. Nope, you wanted to play games. Hold on. Nope, you wanted to play games. Yes, I can. You wanted to play games. Get out. Get out of the car. Get out of the car.

[00:02:12]>> No, I'm giving you my ID.

[00:02:14]>> out of the car. Get out of the car.

[00:02:16]>> I'm giving you my ID.

[00:02:17]>> 1394. Get out of the car. I'm giving you my ID.

[00:02:20]>> of the car. I asked for a proof. I'm giving you my >> Get out of the car or you're going to get tased. Get out of the car. Hold on.

[00:02:26]You don't need to do that.

[00:02:27]>> Question, I got one trying to block me from the seat belt. I'm not trying to block you from the seat belt.

[00:02:30]>> let me get her out. She's just not listening to instructions. She's probably about to get tased. No, no, no, no.

[00:02:35]>> Get out.

[00:02:35]>> need to tase me, dude.

[00:02:36]>> Get out. Hold on. Get out now. Hold on.

[00:02:39]You don't need to tase me though. Get out.

[00:02:41]>> And I'm coming back to work, man.

[00:02:43]>> Get out.

[00:02:44]>> to tase me. Hold on.

[00:02:44]>> Get out.

[00:02:48]Officer Hicks pulls over Cynthia Sanchez Roses claiming 40 in a 25. Cynthia's immediate response, that's not true.

[00:02:55]Officer Hicks believed he had reasonable suspicion of a speeding violation, a lawful basis for a traffic stop. Cynthia disputed the speed from the very first second and wanted proof before complying. Reasonable suspicion, an officer needs articulable facts to justify a traffic stop. Speeding observed by an officer can meet the standard but the exact speed matters legally. Officer Hicks asked for license and insurance. Cynthia asks for proof of the violation first. That exchange, less than 60 seconds, is where everything starts to fall apart. Officer Hicks saw non-compliance as obstruction, a refusal to cooperate with a lawful order.

[00:03:30]Cynthia believed she had the right to see evidence before complying, a reasonable instinct but not how the law works in this situation. Arkansas Code 27-16-601.

[00:03:41]During a lawful traffic stop, a driver is legally required to produce their license upon demand. This obligation is not conditioned on the officer first proving the violation. If you are ever pulled over, produce your license immediately. Disputing the reason for the stop on the side of the road does not work in your favor. Comply first, challenge it in court later. That is where you actually win. Within seconds, Officer Hicks threatens arrest for obstructing governmental operations.

[00:04:05]Then comes a taser warning. Officer Hicks believed taser deployment was authorized by departmental policy for non-compliance with an exit order. Walk back this way.

[00:04:16]Take your phone and your shoes out. Yes, put your phone down. You're not Shut up.

[00:04:20]I just want >> Shut up. Shut up. I'm done with you talking over me.

[00:04:23]Walk that way.

[00:04:25]For what?

[00:04:25]>> Now. What for? Hold on. Hold on. No, no, no, no. You don't need to forcefully No, hold on. You're going to get taken to the ground.

[00:04:31]>> Hold on. Hold on. Don't do that. Don't do that. Hold on. Hold on. Stop. Hold on. Hold on, man.

[00:04:36]>> Stop. Hold on.

[00:04:38]Stop.

[00:04:39]HOLD ON.

[00:04:40]OH, [ __ ] NO, I'M NOT DOING THIS.

[00:04:44]DO IT. DO IT. Do it. Do it.

[00:04:45]You can't resist. I know, BUT DUDE, I GAVE him my ID. I gave him my ID. You can't resist.

[00:04:51]You're under arrest.

[00:04:52]I know, dude, but I gave him my ID.

[00:04:56]Like I gave him my ID. Hold on. I need you to stop. Hey, can you go tell Amber that I'm being taken, please? Yeah.

[00:05:03]Yeah. Okay. And my ID is right there. I need my phone. Put your phone down.

[00:05:07]Yeah, but like It's right in front of you.

[00:05:10]I know, but like I gave him my ID. I asked him for proof that I was going 45 on a 30, which I wasn't.

[00:05:17]>> that way bigger than it needed to be.

[00:05:19]Yeah, but I was not going 45 on a [ __ ] 30.

[00:05:22]>> Get up.

[00:05:23]This is not necessary, man.

[00:05:26]113, lock one resisted. I was not resisting. Dude, I gave you my ID.

[00:05:35]I was not going 45 on a 30.

[00:05:37]Dude, I'm getting back to work. Not anymore, you're not. You're going to Benton County.

[00:05:41]Oh my god. You're under arrest.

[00:05:43]Yeah, I was not going 45 on a [ __ ] 30.

[00:05:46]You're doing 40 in a 25.

[00:05:48]>> No, I You first said 45. No, I didn't.

[00:05:51]Yes, you did. You can have a lie on the body camera. Okay.

[00:05:57]And I asked you for proof.

[00:06:02]Cynthia was suspected of a minor traffic violation, made no threatening movements, and was not attempting to flee, making taser use legally questionable. Graham v. Connor 1989, use of force must be objectively reasonable based on severity of crime, immediate threat to safety, and whether suspect is actively resisting. A minor traffic violation with no safety threats sets a very high bar for force. You're under arrest. Okay, I was You're under arrest for obstructing governmental operations.

[00:06:27]>> love to >> Resisting arrest.

[00:06:29]>> I was grabbing my wallet.

[00:06:31]>> I was not speeding either. Sit down.

[00:06:33]And your car's also getting impounded.

[00:06:38]The warning symbol I worked on the taser, she got out. And then I said, "Hey, walk over this way."

[00:06:45]She's like, "Why?"

[00:06:46]And she she's like, "I'm not you know, just argue with me, right?"

[00:06:50]So, went to go keep telling her, she wouldn't listen.

[00:06:54]And so, um went to go hands-on, she pushed back, tensed up. So, still tried to Who was the guy? I don't Security. I tried to tried to arm bar, it wouldn't work. She was tensing up cuz she's a lady.

[00:07:08]Still trying to go as easy as I can, and um she wouldn't, so I leg hooked her, slammed her on the ground. I saw that part. Yeah.

[00:07:17]So, >> What were you saying to her at first on the radio seatbelt or >> Yeah, she I went to go I was like, "So, you'll see." So, I went to go like tell her like, "Hey, you need to I told her the reason for the stop." She was arguing, "I wasn't doing 40 in a 25, wasn't doing that." So, I guess you were. So, I and then she she's like, "I want to see it."

[00:07:34]So, I was like, "No. Do you have a license?" We went back and forth for a little bit, and [clears throat] then she kept trying to argue about it. And so, I was like, "All right, get out." right?

[00:07:44]And so, she wouldn't, so I opened her door, went to go get the seat belt, well, she blocked me from getting it.

[00:07:50]And so, so Yeah, so that was So, I was pulling the Taser out, I hit the warning, she's like, "All right, don't you don't have to tase me, do you? Don't tase me, dude." But then, in reality, in reality, I could have >> [snorts] >> tased her with that one, but it just wasn't >> warning worked, look at that. Yeah, well, until we started having to wrestle on the ground.

[00:08:12]No, I didn't tase her. Okay. So, You want to get a 10-11? Uh, no. 10-21.

[00:08:20]Good job. Thanks.

[00:08:23]They got speeding, construction resistant? Yeah. So, um question. Yeah.

[00:08:29]And this is As I understand the policy, I would have been green-lighted to tase her, but want to understand in this specific scenario. So, she finally gets out after the warning, I holster the Taser.

[00:08:40]We're talking, she's arguing, I tell her to walk back this way. She refuses to do it, I go to grab her, she pulls away.

[00:08:46]And she started And like, I go to grab her again to armbar, she's strong-arming it and won't, you know, won't comply at all.

[00:08:54]With this one, I think I made the right choice.

[00:08:56]>> Yeah, that's active resistance, which in this situation you could, but like Garcia said, we shouldn't. I mean, you, a female, shouldn't rely on the Taser.

[00:09:04]>> Yeah, exactly.

[00:09:05]You know. Yeah.

[00:09:07]I just want to make sure >> that's active resistance.

[00:09:10]That would fit the policy if somebody was to ask. Okay.

[00:09:14]Well, yeah, that that's cool. The warning, that actually got her out, that's that's kind of cool. Yeah. She was arguing, yeah, yeah. You'll see it on the body cam.

[00:09:21]Yep.

[00:09:22]Cool. I'm going to go ahead and transport her to Benton County. Okay.

[00:09:25]All right, I'm good. Officer Hicks later told colleagues the Taser warning was to force compliance, not to address a safety threat. That distinction is legally critical. Courts draw a clear line between the two. If an officer orders you out of your vehicle, exit immediately. Pennsylvania v. Mimms established that an officer can order any driver out of a lawfully stopped vehicle. Refusing that order creates legal consequences that are very difficult to undo. Cynthia exits the vehicle, but the encounter does not end there. Officer Hicks orders her to walk back. She asks why. Within seconds, a physical struggle, a leg hook, and a takedown to the ground. Officer Hicks described Cynthia as tensing up and strong-arming, which his supervisor later characterized as active resistance justifying force. Cynthia had already handed over her ID and was no longer refusing to comply, making the level of force applied a legitimate question.

[00:10:15]Cohor v. Smith 2020 plus Tatum v.

[00:10:17]Robinson 2017, non-compliance and arguing alone do not constitute active resistance. Physical struggling crosses into active resistance, which can justify a higher level of force. Officer Hicks made no attempt to de-escalate before going hands-on. A brief pause to allow Cynthia to respond may have resolved the entire encounter without physical contact. That absence of discretion is the most significant professional failure here. If you are ever in this situation, do not physically resist under any circumstances. Physical resistance carries criminal charges that a courtroom challenge does not. Your strongest weapon is always the camera, not your body. Cynthia Sanchez-Rosas was charged with obstructing governmental operations, speeding, and refusal to submit to arrest. Her car was impounded.

[00:11:00]The outcome of these charges remains unknown. Officer Hicks believed every action he took was within departmental policy and legally justified. A woman who disputed a speeding ticket ended up arrested, physically injured, and facing three criminal charges, none of which existed before she asked one question.

[00:11:17]The side of the road is not a courtroom.

[00:11:18]Cynthia was legally correct that the speed evidence mattered, but legally wrong about where and how to challenge it. That gap cost her everything in this encounter. After any encounter like this, document everything immediately.

[00:11:30]File a complaint with internal affairs.

[00:11:32]request body cam and dash cam footage through a public records request, and contact a lawyer before your court date.

[00:11:38]This is how you actually fight back.

[00:11:40]Officer Hicks had the legal authority to stop Cynthia, demand her license, and order her out of the vehicle, but legal authority and sound judgment are not the same thing. And on this night, one was present, the other was not. A taser threat, a takedown, three criminal charges, all because a woman asked one question before handing over her license. At what point does enforcing the law stop looking like the law?