Cop Followed Him Two Blocks — Had No Reason To Stop Him

A driver in what appears to be Dothan, Alabama, was followed by a Dothan Police Department officer for approximately two blocks before being pulled over on September 7, 2017. The driver, who identifies himself as Kevin, had not committed any observable traffic violation. He immediately began recording and questioned the officer's stated justification for the stop, asking repeatedly for the specific probable cause or reasonable articulable suspicion that prompted the encounter.The stop implicates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable seizures, specifically the Terry stop standard established in Terry v. Ohio, which requires that any investigatory detention be grounded in reasonable articulable suspicion of criminal activity. The driver's demand for justification before producing identification raises questions under Alabama's stop and identify statute, as well as whether the officer's claim that he had pre-run the license — before having the driver's date of birth or social security number — constitutes a credible basis for the stop. The sergeant's arrival and subsequent contradiction of the original officer's account raises further questions about unlawful detention and whether this traffic stop met constitutional muster under the Fourth Amendment.Watch the full encounter unfold and decide for yourself whether the law was followed. If this kind of content matters to you, subscribe for ongoing coverage of police accountability, ID refusal encounters, and your constitutional rights during traffic stops. Original Video Link:    • Dothan Alabama Police Department harass an...   ⚠️ Copyright Disclaimers and Fair Use • We use images and content in accordance with the YouTube Fair Use copyright guidelines • Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” • This video could contain certain copyrighted video clips, pictures, or photographs that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyright holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use.