Cellphone footage of a Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office deputy conducting a traffic stop in Patterson is making its rounds on social media — with some calling his use of force excessive.
The video, which begins partway through the stop, shows the driver of a car on the phone with a 911 dispatcher. The driver — identified as by the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office as Joshua Rhodes — tells the operator he’s calling because “I don’t feel safe.”
At the beginning of the video, the driver asks for the deputy’s supervisor. The deputy responds by telling the driver, “Hang up your phone or I’m placing you under arrest.”
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