Democrat State Senator Handcuffed After Refusingto Show Driver's License at Traffic Stop

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👮 Oklahoma State Sen. Regina Goodwin was pulled over after police said she ran stop signs in Tulsa

A longtime state senator in Oklahoma was caught-on-camera going head-to-head with a sheriff deputy after a traffic stop dissolved into a "very verbal" ordeal.

Body camera footage obtained by Fox News Digital showed State Sen. Regina Goodwin, a Democrat from Tulsa, repeatedly arguing with Tulsa County Sheriff’s Deputy Freddie Alaniz shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The scene was recorded by Alaniz’s body-worn camera and began with a tense exchange between the deputy and the elected official. Goodwin was pulled over after Alaniz said that he witnessed the official fail to stop at two stop signs.

"Ma’am, I’m not going to ask you again. Can I get your driver’s license, or can I take you to jail on running a stop sign?" Alaniz asked Goodwin shortly after pulling her over and asking repeatedly for her license. "I’m not going to ask you again. It’s not for debate."

The pair went back and forth, with Goodwin arguing that the officer was "escalating" the traffic stop.

"That is not true. That is not true at all. I was having a conversation, and you just all of a sudden said, ‘I’ll arrest you,'" Goodwin said.

"No, I said, ‘Or, I can arrest you if that’s what you want,'" Alaniz said.

"I think you really escalated something," she said. "No, sir — that is, why would that even be an option for you?"

Alaniz: "Because you’re refusing to give me your driver’s license."

Goodwin: "There was no refusal of me to give you my driver’s license."

"I asked you over five times to give me your driver’s license, and you kept debating your driver’s license," the officer responded.

"I was not at all debating my driver’s license, sir, that is not correct," she replied.

After the initial contentious exchange, Alaniz detained Goodwin in handcuffs and placed her in his patrol vehicle. Her attorney, Mike Manning, who witnessed the scene, spoke with the deputy.

"I realize you have a job to do, officer," Manning said. "I realize Sen. Goodwin can be a little bit strong-headed at times, but don’t you think you can write her a citation or something? She’ll give you her driver’s license."

"Yeah, yeah, I can absolutely do that," Alaniz said. "I don’t need to ask her 10 times for her driver’s license."

Manning replied: "I saw it. I realize."

"I don’t have an issue writing her a citation or letting her go, but I’m the one that’s in command of the traffic stop, not her," the officer said. "She blatantly ran two stop signs, and I was just going to give her a verbal warning and tell her not to do that, but her demeanor — the way that she was — I can’t have that."