Singer with 'counterfeit' diplomatic tag on vehicle stopped, pulled out of car in viral video
The woman is reportedly a Latin singer who goes by the name 'Sessi'
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A woman who was stopped and removed from her car in Florida was reportedly stopped for using a fake diplomatic tag on the vehicle, an Audi Q5.
"The woman, identified as 32-year-old Ceceilia Mercardo, is a singer who goes by the name Sessi and has over 195,000 Instagram followers," NBC 6 reported.
Mercardo's Instagram and X accounts do not indicate any posts about her run in with the police as of the posting of this story.
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The video shows police officers pulling Mercardo out of the car as another occupant in the vehicle yells at officers.
"Please bring your supervisor now, you're reaching inside our vehicle, I feel threatened!" the person yells in the video. "You're reaching inside our vehicle, I feel threatened, I feel threatened, I feel threatened!" the man yells at the officers in the video. "Get off of her right now, get off of her right now."
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"They have no jurisdiction over you," the man says. "She is not a United States citizen, they have no jurisdiction."
Another local outlet released video of Mercardo appearing to leave jail after being "bonded out."
In a short interview, Mercardo appeared to contradict claims in the original video that she was not an American citizen. "I'm a United States national. I was born in the Bronx Navy Yard," she said.
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"You are going to get fired from your job and she is going to get $250,000," a "passenger" tells the officers in the video, per NBC 6. "I will see you in court, I will see you in court. Hey, if you wanna play, I will see you in court."
"The video posted online does not capture the full incident from beginning to end," a Sunny Isles Beach Police statement released to NBC 6 reads. "[S]he repeatedly refused to comply with officers' orders … it was determined that the diplomatic tag that was affixed to the car was counterfeit and the female driver was arrested for driving with a counterfeit tag."
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Mercardo did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.