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Cops have to deal with all sorts of violent and horrifying criminals in their job. But what happens when it's
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their own children that they have to arrest? Just stand in the car. You're arrested
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for DUI. On the 28th of December 2022, a witness had observed a white vehicle strike a traffic light and then quickly
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drive off. A part of the vehicle's bumper had fallen off in the road after the hit. Around 15 minutes after the
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call, police located the suspect's vehicle at a gas station across the road where the driver was the last person
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they expected. Come back from Applebee's? Yeah, I had a drink. Okay. How old are you? 21. My dad is a
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Listen. Your bumper's in the road over there. Did you just hit that pole? No, I promise I did not. No? The very thing
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21-year-old Teresa says is that her dad is an officer with the local PD, possibly hoping that he'd come and get
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her out of the situation. But the cops at the scene are sure that things are way past that. You left Applebee's?
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Yeah, I left Applebee's. You cut through the plaza. You came out by Lowe's and Chick-fil-A. Did you hit the traffic
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pole that's right there? This part was hanging off already. I hit a deer in Pennsylvania cuz I go to
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school in Do you smoke marijuana recreationally? I do not smoke marijuana universally.
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Universally, smoking marijuana isn't the only part of her story that doesn't make
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any sense. She's saying that her bumper was already hanging off from an accident
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in Pennsylvania around 25 miles away, and it just happened to fall off right as another car identical to hers struck
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a traffic light. But Teresa has a trick up her sleeve that might just get her out of this.
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At least, that's what she hopes. You see this? This piece fell off at the traffic light
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that you hit, that you knocked over. 670, do you have another unit out with you?
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Hang out. Over the course of just a few minutes, Teresa brings up her dad over five times, obviously praying that he'll
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be able to find a way for her to get out of this. But before he can come to rescue her, the cops are starting to
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zero in on what really happened and begin to get at least some of the truth from Teresa. Did you drive away cuz
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you're scared cuz you had maybe had one drink and you think you're drunk and you
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might get arrested, but you don't seem like you're drunk? So you want to just tell the truth? Yes,
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I'm telling you the So when after Applebee's, did you hit a traffic pole? You can't miss it. It lights up. It's
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red, green, and yellow. I hit a curb. You hit a traffic signal. No, I hit a curb. Yeah, you went up the curb. You
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hit the traffic signal. The traffic signal fell down, and you left. Okay. Well, listen.
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Here's the thing. Your dad the sheriff's officer wasn't driving your vehicle tonight. In just this one short
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conversation, Teresa admits that she did hit something, that she's more intoxicated than they realized, and that
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she was texting while driving. Three driving faults that can each come with their own punishment. So now that the
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truth has come out, the detectives decide to speak with her father John. But it turns out he's not there to help
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her. Sheriff's office to brief us going on. Hey John, how are you? So your daughter hit a traffic pole.
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Okay. Where's the damage on the car? Okay, the damage on that car on the car there, I think it was like the front
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right front bumper. John explains that Teresa did hit a deer earlier and that the damage was on the front right
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bumper. But it was nowhere near as serious as the damage the car was currently sustaining. Can I come out?
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You guys out there? Uh that's up to you. I'll I'll see if she wants you to come out, if she wants, you know, you to
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drive her home. Yeah, I I I appreciate it. I'll let me let me come out there and then and I'll see you guys. Be out
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in a minute. Thank you. Okay. All right, sounds good. It looks like Teresa isn't
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going to be getting the salvation she was hoping for from her dad. And just 5 minutes later, he arrives at the scene
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to talk with the cops. So what she's saying like and where the damage was there, it just doesn't really
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make too much sense, so tried to get some more information out of her, but with that that piece of bumper there. Is
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this the one? The other one wasn't just like the bumper wasn't hanging like that.
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Yeah, no. So what it was is basically this was intact. Okay. Um this piece was missing and there's scratches here.
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Those were all that's all from uh the deer that she Who's all smoking? So right now, this is going to be my
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call. That's your prerogative coming out. Okay, got you. It's going to be my call. Details. Okay, who's your
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supervisor? Sergeant Campbell. Not that one. Dude, it's All right, I'm just asking. The cops who were first at the
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scene almost seem as though they're expecting John to try and make excuses for his daughter and get extra nervous
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when he asks who their supervisor is. Obviously, there are countless examples of corruption where officers, especially
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those in the higher ranks, are able to use their power to prevent their family from getting into trouble. However, the
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officers quickly realize all he's trying to do is gather all the information on the incident so he can make a fair
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assessment himself. This quickly becomes evident as he checks his text messages from her to try and create a timeline of
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events. I I want to show you this so you can see it. You home 10:39. Who do you think time do you think that initial
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call came? Because she probably hit it and was like, "Dad, what the [ __ ] do I do?"
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Somewhere between 10:45 and 11:00. That's about right. I'm going to be talking to her as close to the time as
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we can. I mean, lying to her cuz she knows that I'm a cop. She knows she knows not to do that. Well, maybe she
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didn't even Do you think she not once? I'm saying she didn't lie. Okay. I want to be very clear about it. But she might
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not even look at the freaking car. It doesn't make any difference. However, despite John's willingness to help the
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officers out, the sergeant at the scene asks him not to get involved so to guarantee the integrity of the
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investigation. So far, everything other than Teresa's conduct has been perfect and is a great example of proper
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policing. So, it's back to focusing on what Teresa had mentioned earlier. She says she'd only had one drink at
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Applebee's, but it's starting to seem as though she may be a little more drunk than they realized. Suspicions that were
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only confirmed after some field sobriety tests. Oh, your dad's right over here. You can stop with this [ __ ] Stand in
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the car. Okay. You're arrested for DUI. Got it. Have a seat. After being forced into the police
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vehicle by her own dad, Teresa was driven to the police station where her blood alcohol level was tested. It came
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back as .17%, over twice the legal limit. As of this upload, Teresa is still awaiting her
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penalty, but has been issued a court summons for driving under the influence, reckless driving, and failure to report
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a car accident. Teresa's dad followed protocol perfectly, but Kenneth Adams' dad did the exact opposite when he tried
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to abuse his power as a commissioner to try and save his son from prison. Tell me who I call to find out why he's in
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jail. You want me to sue the son of a [ __ ] county sheriff? In November 2022, Kenneth Adams was pulled over for
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running a stop sign. But as it turns out, Kenneth was in much more trouble than he realized. How's it going? Good.
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What did I do wrong? Okay, so the reason I stopped you is you didn't come to complete stop at the stop sign.
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I did. And then you didn't have your turn signal on. I sure did. Okay. I know for a fact I had my turn signal on.
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Okay. That's why I was surprised you're pulling me over, but whatever. The officer then took his license and ran it
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through the system where he would discover Kenneth had a warrant out for burglary and theft of a vehicle. All of
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a sudden, Kenneth becomes defensive and refuses to exit the vehicle. All right. Can I Can I get you to step out of the
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vehicle with me? What are you doing? No, what what's going on? Seriously, what's
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going on? You have a warrant. How do I How do I have a warrant? I don't know how you're having a warrant,
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but it's on our system right now. You have an active warrant out of 7th District Court here in St. Louis. I've
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gone to No, that's incorrect cuz I've gone Well, it's on our system right now. I'm not going to argue with you about
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it. You're going to go to jail tonight on that warrant, okay? No, I'm not. Dude, this is absurd.
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you do have an active warrant for your arrest. And you And well, who who issued the warrant though? The court has issued
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it. For For what though? Cuz I've gone to court for everything. There should not be an active warrant for me
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anywhere, dude. Kenneth claims that he's already been to court for his previous crimes, but the warrant still calls for
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his arrest. For the majority of smaller cases, the suspect is tasked with turning in the documents that prove that
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they've been to court and completing any classes they were made to attend by the
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judge. Without those documents, the court cannot confirm they attended anything. So when Kenneth forgot to turn
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his in, the warrant remained open and the police had no way to tell that he had in fact been to court. Issued
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October 13th. For what? It has felony charges, burglary charges. Dude, I've been to court for that. No, no, I've
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been to court for that. You want to know the charges? Yeah, I do. So it has two burglary charges
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listed, a theft charge, criminal mischief. That's all my old case. Uh three charges of burglary of a vehicle,
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criminal trespass. Yeah, why why why is that floating up now? Kenneth was taken away to the station, but this is when
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his father, Bruce Adams, turned up, who turned out to be the county commissioner
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for the local area. How convenient for Kenneth. Immediately after arriving at the scene, Bruce demanded to know what
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was going on and quickly started to show signs of corruption. Where's Kenneth? He's in jail. They took him. You all
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right, took him to jail? They took him to jail and I sit here with the car. Why? For a warrant.
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Who do I call to find out? To find out the warrant? You're a police officer. Tell me who I
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call to find out why he's in jail. I got to be careful with this stuff, Bruce. Do
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you understand that? Okay. That's the warrant. Okay, so it says warrant status active, offense burglary,
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burglary, theft, criminal mischief, burglary of a vehicle, burglary of a vehicle, burglary of a vehicle.
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to court over that. It's You saw the warrant right there. I even I showed you the He's already been
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charged with that and he has a plea in the bay. It's on all of it. What do you want me to do? I
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want you to turn him loose. I can't turn him loose, Bruce. Who can? Nobody can. He's been arrested
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for a warrant. The courts can. And the warrant's false. Huh? The warrant's not false.
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Who do you want me to sue the son of a county sheriff because he arrested my kid on a false warrant? The warrant's
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right there. Bruce is obviously trying to abuse his position and influence the commissioner to try and save his son
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from the law. But luckily, this officer stands his ground and refuses to cave in. Eventually though, Kenneth was
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released from jail, the warrant was withdrawn, and no further action was taken against Bruce. But the officers
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that arrested this law student weren't as lucky. Marion Humphrey Jr., son of retired
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county judge Marion Humphrey Sr., was pulled over after an officer allegedly witnessed him driving dangerously.
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Footage shows him swerving slightly after missing his exit. Marion is lit up by the officer and pulled over. He's
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then told the officer witnessed him nearly wreck his car and is suspected of dangerous driving.
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Yesterday. When did that happen? Sir, is this your vehicle? I'm trying to figure out
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Yeah, cuz you're super nervous. So, I'm trying to figure out why you're so nervous. Being a law student, Marion
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asks if the officer has probable cause for pulling him over. The officer struggles to give a good answer before
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claiming Marion seems super nervous. First of all, being nervous isn't a crime and isn't evidence towards a crime
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either. And secondly, Marion actually carries himself incredibly well in this situation. He complies with the
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officer's requests, asks why he's being pulled over, and why he's being held. He
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even calls his dad to listen in on the entire arrest, something the officer clearly didn't like as he then asks to
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search Marion's U-Haul. If you bring a dog, is he going to alert on anything? No, he's not going to alert on anything.
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Yeah, that's all and I'm sorry about that. It just It happens. I know it happens.
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You can I don't want you to bring a dog because I don't think that's fair to me.
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As a As a citizen, as someone who If the only thing I did was kind of I had I did not almost wreck Well, if you
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don't want to bring a dog, just let me look in here real quick and I'll get you down the road.
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I don't think I can bring a dog. I just think that's so invasive on my rights, but you can look in here if you like to.
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Marion does an extremely good job of eloquently showing how terrifying it can be to be stopped by the police while
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maintaining a calm and respectful tone with the officer the whole time. But regardless, Marion is placed in
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handcuffs for over an hour while the cop searches vehicle with a dog. According to the officer, the dog smelled
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narcotics and alerted the officers before even entering the U-Haul. The dog alerted on narcotics in the vehicle, so
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I detained him and he's in the back corner while I search the vehicle. No, but he almost did, so that's
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probably why he's back And he's arresting me. He's arresting me. Give me your other
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hand. He's arresting me, dad. Where's the Where's the nothing in the I didn't do anything. Predictably, the
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cops find nothing in the vehicle. Marion has since opened up a lawsuit against the officers claiming they violated his
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fourth and 14th Amendment rights. As of this video's upload, the case is still ongoing.