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Brief overview

A routine open-container traffic stop escalates into refusal, a foot chase, a crash and four charges.

  1. A misdemeanor turned into four chargesThe officer offered a warning for the open container; the refusal and the run produced failure to comply, obstruction, marijuana and open container charges.
  2. Requests became a lawful orderAfter asking several times, the officer said plainly: those have all been requests, he was now ordering him out of the car.
  3. The chase hurt bystanders tooThe pursuit caused a hit and skip at Brown and Johnson, leaving a driver with side airbags deployed and a car that had to be towed.
Executive Summary AI
  • On March 3rd, 2023, Officer Sprague pulls over Brandon Whiteside and immediately asks whether there are firearms in the vehicle.
  • Seeing open bottles of Patron in the back seat, the officer says the open container gives him probable cause to search the vehicle, calls it only a misdemeanor, and offers to put the bottles in the trunk and let him go with a warning if he steps out.
  • Whiteside stays in the car, calls Micah on the phone and says he is scared for his life, so the officer turns his repeated requests into a direct order to exit.
  • When told to interlace his fingers on his head he runs, is broadcast as a black male in a black winter hat and red sweatshirt and possibly armed, the pursuit causes a hit and skip at Brown and Johnson, and he is taken down face first and arrested.
  • After his rights are read in the cruiser and his family is warned back from the scene, Brandon is charged with failure to comply, obstruction, possession of marijuana and possession of an open container of liquor while operating a vehicle.
Key Quote
“Hey man, real quick, with the new constitutional carry laws in the state, are there any firearms in the vehicle?”
— Officer Sprague
Key Quote
“I got no problem just putting the bottles in the trunk and letting you go with a warning,”
— Officer Sprague
Key Quote
“Now, I've asked you several times now to exit the vehicle, all right? Those those have all been requests i'm now going to order you to get out of the car”
— Officer Sprague