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Driver Calls 911 While Resisting Officers On I-4

Posted: 12:49 pm EST February 2, 2009Updated: 5:26 pm EST February 2, 2009

Eyewitness News obtained the 911 call made by a driver as he was being taken down by a trooper along busy I-4 near the Beachline over the weekend (listen to call).

Late Monday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol released the 911 call where the suspect can be heard screaming for help, even though the video shows him resisting arrest the whole time.


911 CALL: Driver Screams For Help
WATCH I-4 TAKEDOWN: Slideshow | Raw Video
VIDEO REPORT: Man Resists Arrest During Takedown

Investigators told Eyewitness News the man was following too closely behind a trooper on I-4. He eventually went around him and the trooper clocked him going 72 in a 65 and pulled him over, but the driver didn't want to give up his license, insurance and registration.

Eyewitness News was recording a Department of Transportation camera when the takedown happened (images | video). Kevin Allen can be seen swinging his arms in the air when a state trooper tried to arrest him Saturday. The trooper struggled to slam him to the ground while another trooper ran up to help and the two then struggled to get him under control.

911 CALL: Listen To It
TAKEDOWN: Images | Video

Eyewitness News obtained a copy of the 911 call Allen made minutes before the takedown. He told dispatchers the troopers were attacking him.

"I'm being dragged out of my car. This is ridiculous! He's yelling at me, grabbing me and he has maced me once. Okay, this is not cool," Allen told the dispatcher.

Eyewitness News counted at least 40 vehicles speeding by, including a large armored truck and a Lynx bus. One trooper's foot was almost in the roadway as he struggled with Allen.

It may have felt like an eternity for the troopers, but 12 trooper and sheriff's deputy squad cars were there within a minute. They blocked the far right lane of I-4 and help with the arrest. Allen was still on the phone.

"Dude, I'm not even fighting you. I'm not fighting you," Allen told the dispatcher as he was being restrained.

Allen was eventually cuffed and arrested. He's facing charges of battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and reckless driving, because he didn't think he deserved a speeding ticket.

"He told the troopers afterwards, it was a matter of principle, that he felt he did nothing wrong, decided to batter a law enforcement officer to prove his point," Sgt. Kim Miller said.

Eyewitness News asked and troopers don't believe Allen was on drugs. He has since bonded out of the Orange County jail.

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