A longtime Oklahoma state senator was caught on camera confronting a sheriff's deputy after a traffic stop turned into a “highly verbal” ordeal.
Body camera footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows state Sen. Regina Goodwin, a Democrat from Tulsa, confronting Tulsa County Sheriff's Deputy Freddie Alanis in Tulsa, Oklahoma, just after 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11. They were seen arguing repeatedly.
The scene, recorded by Alanis' body-worn camera, began with a tense exchange between the lawmaker and an elected official. Alanis said Goodwin was pulled over after an officer observed him failing to stop at two stop signs.
“Ma'am, I'm not going to ask you any more. Can I get my driver's license or can I go to jail for running a stop sign?” Alanis pulled Goodwin over to her car. asked Goodwin, shortly after repeatedly asking for his license. “I won't ask anymore. It's not up for discussion.”
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The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) has released body camera video of an altercation between a deputy and Oklahoma State Senator Regina Goodwin over a traffic stop on January 11, 2025. (Tulsa County Sheriff's Office)
The two had a back-and-forth exchange, with Goodwin claiming the officer was “escalating” the traffic stop.
“That's not true. It's just not true. I was having a conversation and all of a sudden you said, 'I'm arresting you,'” Goodwin said.
“No, I said, 'Or you can arrest me if you want,'” Alanis said.
“I think you really escalated something,” she said. “No, sir, I mean, why would that be an option for you?”
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Alanis: “Because you're refusing to give me a driver's license.”
Goodwin: “I've never been refused a driver's license.”
The police officer responded, “I asked you to hand over your driver's license over five times and you kept arguing about it.''
“I wasn't discussing the driver's license at all, sir, that's not correct,” she replied.
Deputies asked Oklahoma Sen. Regina Goodwin for her driver's license more than a dozen times, but when she didn't comply, they handcuffed her. (Tulsa County Sheriff's Office)
After an initial contentious exchange, Alanis handcuffed Goodwin and placed him in a police car. Her attorney, Mike Manning, who witnessed the scene, spoke with representatives.
“I think you have a job to do, officer,” Manning said. “I know Sen. Goodwin can be a little headstrong at times, but don’t you think you could write her a certificate or something? She’ll give you your driver’s license. ”
“Yes, yes, you absolutely can,” Alanis said. “You don't have to ask her 10 times for her driver's license.”
Manning replied, “I saw it. I understand.”
“I have no problem writing her a memorial and letting her go, but I'm the one conducting the traffic stop, not her,” the officer said. “She blatantly ignored a stop sign twice, and I wanted to give her a verbal warning and tell her not to do that, but given her attitude, her demeanor… You can't.
If I don't allow others to do it when I make a traffic stop, I'm not going to allow her either.
Body camera footage captured a tense exchange between Oklahoma State Sen. Regina Goodwin and a sheriff's deputy. (Tulsa County Sheriff's Office)
The officer also called his supervisor to the scene and said he pulled Goodwin over on a Tulsa street for rolling over two stop signs and “dragging a cigarette butt.”
“She ran this stop sign and came back here, and the other one was a little further down, and she just came up and slowed down and then… [zoom] “She was driving so fast that when she hit a puddle, she just… [splash] shoot them dead. So I approached her and pulled her close. And when I was about to get out of the car, she got out of the car and said, “Why are you stopping me?” As you know, I've become a bit wordy. I asked her again and again for her driver's license and she wouldn't give it to me. ”
State Senator Goodwin represents Oklahoma's 11th District. She will be elected to the state Senate in 2024 and previously served in the state House of Representatives from 2014 to 2024. (Oklahoma State Senate)
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Goodwin was eventually released at the scene. with quotation Failure to stop at a stop sign. She will appear in court at 9 a.m. on Feb. 25 unless she pays her ticket in advance.
Goodwin represents Oklahoma's 11th District. She will be elected to the state Senate in 2024 and previously served in the state House of Representatives from 2014 to 2024.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Goodwin's office for comment.
