A video making the rounds on social media shows an El Paso Community College instructor being pulled from his car during a traffic stop and arrested while he livestreams the whole thing. The footage captures officers repeatedly ordering the driver out of the vehicle, the instructor shouting for help, and what onlookers say appears to be a stun device used as officers remove him from the car.
College affiliation
The man in the video is identified as Dr. Gene Thomas Morales, listed as a history lecturer at EPCC’s Mission del Paso campus, according to EPCC. College listings show Morales teaches introductory U.S. history courses and maintains class materials and a library research guide tied to the Mission del Paso campus.
What the video shows
The livestream, recorded from inside the vehicle, begins with a uniformed officer at the driver’s side window speaking with Morales before announcing that he is under arrest. The officer repeatedly orders him to get out of the car. Morales refuses and tells officers he will wait for another officer to arrive. Moments later a second officer approaches the vehicle and the officers move in, pulling him from the car while the audio captures him yelling and calling for help. Jail records and the station’s reporting show he was booked yesterday on charges of resisting arrest, failure to identify and speeding, and the outlet reports that officers said they would look into the incident, according to KFOX14/CBS4.
Booking records and detention
Public booking records referenced by local reporting list the April 25 bookings and charges tied to the stop. El Paso County maintains its detention and booking operations at the downtown detention facility at 601 East Overland Avenue, where county inmate and booking information is recorded and managed, per county documentation.
What we still don't know
Key pieces of the story remain unclear, including what led officers to initiate the traffic stop, whether a stun device was actually deployed, and whether additional charges or court filings will follow. Officials with the police department and EPCC had not released a detailed public statement at the time of reporting. Court records and official booking logs are expected to show the next steps as the case moves forward.
