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Bizarre moment drunk-driving suspect performed a backflip during a police sobriety test, before asking what the cops meant by ‘walk in a straight line’
- Tanner Watson, 27, was pulled over by the Broadview Heights Police Department in Ohio on November 23 for speeding.
- When asked to walk in a straight line during a field sobriety test, he did a backflip.
- After being told that he would still have to walk in a straight line, he began to argue with the officer about what the definition of a straight line was.
- Watson, who admitted to drinking three or four beers, was pulled over for an OVI and speeding
This is the rare moment a drunk driving suspect did a backflip to convince police he was sober, before arguing with the bureau over its definition of a straight line.
Tanner Watson, 27, was pulled over by the Broadview Heights Police Department in Ohio on November 23 for speeding.
When officers approached the window, they said they smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from the four occupants and that Watson had made an awkward stop when he pulled over.
Watson, who admitted to drinking three or four beers, was taken out of the car for a field sobriety test, where he impressed the officer by doing a backflip after failing a horizontal gaze test.
Tanner Watson, 27, was pulled over by the Broadview Heights Police Department in Ohio on November 23 for speeding. He was charged with an OVI and speeding
During a field sobriety test, when asked to walk in a straight line, he performed a backflip instead.
Despite making the difficult move, he was told he still had to walk in a straight line and began to argue with the officer over what his definition of a straight line was, leading the officer to arrest him.
‘Your driving is pretty bad, your eyes are super bright. I can smell the alcohol coming off you so I want to give you some field sobriety tests,” the unidentified officer said.
After showing six signs of impairment during the gaze test, according to cleveland 19the officer tells Watson to walk in a straight line.
Moments later, the youth performs a backflip, prompting the officer to laugh.
“That’s good, man,” the officer said. ‘I can’t do that, I’ll tell you.’
Despite his Olympic-level move, Watson was still told he had to walk in a straight line, to which the allegedly drunk man asked, ‘I ask you, what do you want me to do in a straight line?’
Watson’s confusion about what a straight line is causes the officer to ask if he “did you take any psychedelics today, man.”
Watson tells the officer ‘no’ and then gets arguing, telling the officer, ‘To me, I imagine a straight line compared to your straight line, it would be obscured.’
The officer then asked the man to put his hands behind his back and he was arrested for an OVI and cited for speeding.
Watson goes on to ask the officer if he has “any proof” that he is drunk, and the officer replies, “Tanner, you can’t even tell me what a straight line is.”
Watson later said he was “disappointed” that he was unable to convince the officer that he was sober, according to WKRG.
Watson was arraigned Thursday on an OVI charge and has been released on bail.
He also asked the officers what ‘evidence’ they had that he was drunk. The young man also admitted to having drunk three or four beers.