Traffic Stop Democrats Don't Want You To See contrasts Deputy Sean Singleton's empathetic handling of Caitlin Murkini, who received a warning after speeding while recovering from addiction, against accounts of alleged brutality and racial bias. While some claim unjustified beatings for resisting arrest or retaliatory stops for towing patrol cars, the episode highlights how these negative narratives often overshadow transformative police interactions. Ultimately, the discussion challenges viewers to question selective storytelling regarding law enforcement encounters. [Automatically generated summary]
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A Cop's Unexpected Kindness00:02:02
You won't believe what this cop did for this woman.
From the lens of Cabarrus County Deputy Sean Singleton's body camera, this view is nothing out of the ordinary.
A standard traffic stop.
Riza stopped just 61 and a 45.
But in his line of work, it's also not out of the ordinary to have an interaction like this.
You don't put your lights on until after I slowed down.
I was going to speed limit.
No, but I clocked you at 61 and a 45.
I didn't stop you there.
What's with the attitude?
Just curious.
Caitlin Murkini says she was heading home from church when she got pulled over that Sunday.
And I meet him with absolute attitude.
Just absolute attitude.
What am I allowed to have bad days?
No, everybody's title to a bad day.
I understand that.
I'm not going to be able to do her on a day is not fun.
I can understand that completely.
Okay.
But like, I'm trying to be nice and courteous to you.
And like, I'm getting a lot of heat.
I could tell immediately that it was not the best of encounters.
She was very aggravated.
I come from a background where I don't do cops.
I can't stand cops.
Keeping his composure, Singleton ran her license and decided, despite the heated interaction, to let her off with a warning.
I understand you're having a day.
So I'm not trying to make it any worse.
This is a warning ticket.
Pretty slow down.
That's it.
No court date, no fines, no nothing.
I'll ask you to pay attention to the speed limit signs.
Get to where you're getting too safely.
In that moment, something changed.
No, I could tell something was going on, but and you know, I just asked a question, you know, and sometimes it listens to an answer that you expect, and sometimes it listens to answer that you don't expect.
Are you good?
No.
No.
Anxiety is killing me.
Okay.
I come from a background.
I'm clean and sober now.
I don't like I've always had bad.
Okay.
Incidents caused.
Okay.
Deputy Singleton offering words of encouragement, having no idea what Caitlin was going through until this moment.
Is there anything I can do for you?
The Moment Everything Changed00:02:44
You smoke?
Do you need help with anything at all?
Do you need a hug?
Come here.
And I'm clean and I'm sober for four months.
Caitlin revealed she was in a fight for her life and sobriety.
Battling years of addiction and abuse, she had just moved to North Carolina, leaving her five-year-old son in Maryland so she could get clean and get him back.
I've never hugged a cop before.
I've always been put in handcuffs by them.
I'm sure there's a good reason for that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But so far, this is a great story.
Hey, but do you think that's inappropriate for a cop be hugging a suspect?
He could get in trouble for this.
What are you talking about?
I mean, you know how sensitive people are nowadays.
This is a big story.
I mean, I agree with you.
It's a damn good story.
I love this story.
People make me cry.
I'm just saying people on the left, you know, know he's pushing his patriarchy, patriot, calm down.
He's pushing his patriarchy on her.
He's putting advantage of her.
You see what I'm saying?
think it's beautiful.
I'm just saying no idea his humanity and kindness that day changed Caitlin's life and possibly saved it.
I told him, I was like, I'm ready to give up.
I was actually on my way to probably do something that wasn't in my best interest.
Take a deep breath, sorry.
Everything's gonna be okay.
Okay?
You're on the right, Matt.
Doing what you're supposed to be doing now, okay?
All right, don't lose that hope.
That traffic stop happened back in March.
And I left my family.
I left my son.
Now, six months later, this is one of the guys that helped save my life.
Caitlin's celebrating 10 months clean.
Can you say hi?
Doing good?
Can you say it's nice to meet you?
And introducing her son, Isaiah, to the deputy who gave her the strength to get him back.
How are you doing?
Well, you know.
Don't lose that fight to see me.
Okay.
Because there's something in you that's driving you to a better life, right?
Yeah.
Okay.
Don't lose that.
Hang on to it.
He saw me as a person and not an addict.
And he saw my heart.
From Jail to Family Reunion00:03:30
And he saw that I had potential when so many people had counted me out.
It's like in a time of desperation, really, like where I was like, question, like, God, where are you?
And he sent me in.
It's like an angel.
I don't know.
I'm really praying that Jesus blesses you for your kindness, sir.
Let me pray for you, too.
Thank you.
A great story, right?
This partner feels left out.
He feels left out.
Yeah, let me get a hug.
I'm having a rough day, too.
No, but that could have went left.
Yeah, yeah.
He could have tailored it.
He could have had some black fatigue.
He said, get your ass off the car.
Yeah.
You know what I mean?
But that was great.
Stop resisting.
Yeah, he could have done all that, but wow.
Yeah.
A little support goes a long way, man.
I've been put over and police officers have showed me this same kindness.
Having a bad day.
He should have probably took me to jail because I was leaving out of traffic.
But they cut me a break.
You had one experience where you wouldn't sign the ticket?
Yeah, the cops beat the hell out of you.
And your black ass deserved it.
When they took you to jail?
Yep, I deserved it.
I did.
Everyone signed the traffic ticket.
Yeah.
I ain't signing in.
I wasn't speeding.
I wasn't.
I wasn't speeding.
But I should have signed the ticket.
I should have signed the ticket.
But I wasn't speeding.
You wasn't?
I'll go to the grave with that story because I wasn't speeding.
I've gotten plenty of speeding tickets.
And I signed all of them.
I'll be damned if I signed a speeding ticket when I wasn't speech.
So he took me to jail, and this little white cop, he's probably about 5'4.
Yeah.
And a little Asian cop, they beat the shit out of me.
Why'd he do that?
I don't know.
I guess because as jealous, I was good looking.
I don't know.
It's not like I can fight back.
I'd have whooped both of those two cops.
You gave me some backstory out.
Was you in there acting up?
No, I was vulnerable and I was being nice.
I was being nice.
Those cops just came up to you while in jail.
What did they say?
We just teach him a lesson.
Well, let me explain to you.
I said, why did those cops treat me like that?
They said, well, you're a big guy, and they wanted to test you.
They wanted to test you.
They said they'd test you like that.
Like one of them grabbed my arm and the other grabbed.
They tried to break both my arms.
Yeah.
For no reason, yeah.
You know, I was seriously thinking about going back, finding those cops and doing something real bad then.
But you know what?
I listened to Christ.
But you was like, what, 21, 22 back then?
22, 23.
That's ancient history.
No, I always sign my tickets.
Yeah, that's good.
You know what?
I went to jail right now.
I can't tell you that it's not a mission of guilt.
Well, no, man.
It's a matter of principle.
I should have signed the ticket.
I would have got that ass beaten.
And guess what?
I ended up having to pay for the ticket.
I was found guilty and everything.
Cops showed up to court and everything.
Oh, you tried to fight it?
Tried to fight it.
Showed up.
Nope.
He was speeding, y'all.
But I wasn't speeding.
I was driving that Patrol 1 security car.
You know how we go to all the communities?
Yeah.
We write all those police officers' tickets.
That was payback.
That's retribution.
I probably had his car towed.
That's why he pulled me over and gave me that ticket.