Deputy Sukoup and Sgt. Fraley of Spartanburg Sheriff's Office

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• published: 07 Sep 2014
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Noticed a black SSO Charger with HEAT making multiple traffic stops. So, I walked up the public right away to record. I recorded the traffic stop which lasted about 10 minutes(trimmed for time). After the traffic stop Deputy Sukoup(badge # 63 I believe he says) backed up to question me. I invoked my 5th Amendment right to remain silent. At this point Deputy Sukoup begins talking on the radio. I have to ask him about 4 times for his name and badge number before he finally provides it. He then proclaims that SC does have a Stop and Identify law and unlawfully orders to see my identification several times, which I lawfully refuse as he has no suspicion that I have committed a crime. Which I make him acknowledge several times. Deputy Sukoup's demeanor is obviously confused and surprised throughout the clip that I don't fall for his intimidation tactics. I pressure him in to calling his supervisor out to the scene(27-A is suspicious person by the way) and as you can see in this clip that changes his demeanor completely. Deputy Sukoup even invites me to sit in his patrol car as it was a hot day. Once in his patrol car we had a conversation ranging from the weather to Deputy Sukoup's career in law enforcement(again I've trimmed this for time, I will include both good and bad encounters). It takes about 15 mins for Sgt. Fraley to arrive. I explain to him what happen, making a verbal complaint of Deputy Sukoup's behavior before he was called to the scene. After this I ask if I'm still being detained or am I free to go. Deputy Sukoup then makes the claim that I wasn't being detained in the first place. Even though I didn't make any other attempt to clarify this, do you really think I would have been free to go. Some clips are missing particularly the end because my wife called several times which messed up the recording. Flex your rights everyone.