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Turn around and put your hands behind your back. >> Your badge number, sir. >> Turn around and put your hands behind >> do you suspect me of committing? I'm I'm not committing I'm not I'm not I haven't committed any crime. You're not going to play these games with me. Police responded to a reported burglary after neighbors noticed activity at a home where mail had piled up. When officers arrived, a man entering the property immediately questioned why he was being detained and what crime he was suspected of committing. Family members quickly confirmed he belonged there and had lawful access to the home, but officers continued demanding identification, turning the stop into a Fourth Amendment dispute over detention and police authority. Yeah, I got this guy is getting in the door. Can you send the other unit here? >> In fact, I'm going to go back in my house, man. Back in my mother's house. >> Well, you know what, dude? Am I being detained? Am I free to go? You're being detained. For what? What crime do you suspect me of committing? Right now, you're being detained for what >> crime do you suspect me of committing? For breaking in the the home. Did someone call you to say that someone was breaking and entering here? Did someone call you for that? For what? Who? >> That that somebody was in this car. >> that was. Somebody was in this car. Okay, that's my brother. Okay. Okay, he lives here, actually. Okay. Okay. Then what's the what's the issue? All you got to do is give up some ID. >> have to give you no ID. That's the problem. What's your name and badge number? >> Officer Iglesias. >> Okay, your badge number? 2210. Your badge number, Officer Iglesias? >> Turn around and put your hands behind your back. >> Your badge number, sir. >> Turn around and put your hands behind your back. >> me of committing? I'm I'm not committing I'm not I'm not I haven't committed any crime. You're not going to play these games with me. Hey, you know what? You should just leave my property, man. Sir. >> Tell this dude to leave my property, man. I'm not I'm not playing these games with you. I haven't committed any crime, sir. >> Turn around. Tell this dude, man, please. I know who you are, but he wants to see my Where's your ID, then? I don't have to give him my ID, man. I'm not in the mood I'm not in the mood for this [ __ ] man. Come on. I kindly ask for your ID. Listen. I don't know who called you guys and said the mail was piling up, whatever. This is my brother. He can give you ID all you want, but I'm not You know who I am. Tell him who I am. I'm not under no obligation to give this man my ID, man. I just don't like that crap, man. I don't like that crap. I understand he can buy cuz the mail was piling up. I explained to him. That's what I said. >> [clears throat] >> My mother died October 16th October 13th. Of course, the mail's piling up. We've been coming getting the house ready to go get This is my my equipment, all my stuff over there. Yeah, so you know, all that, you know, flexing and let me see some ID. I don't I don't play that [ __ ] man. I I don't play that [ __ ] I'm not I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it. Well, there's no burglary in progress. That's cool. It's been solved. Tell him it's been solved, man. There's no burglary in progress. This is my mother's house. He's checking in, I guess, man. You know who I am. Tell him who I am, I guess. No, I'm not doing it, man. You know who I am, dude. I'm not I'm not doing that crap, man. No. No. No. No. I'm just not doing it. Okay? But wait, if he wants to arrest me, man, go ahead. I ain't got I ain't got nothing but time on my hands because I I could use a good lawsuit for the city for false arrest. I'm just not playing it, man. I'm just not in the mood for this crap, man. My mother died October 13th, man. I just This dude sees me almost every Sunday right here. So, he knows who I am when he worked at Life Center. Yeah, so it's all good. But the ID thing? The [ __ ] I don't have to. That's the issue. All that let me see some ID and all that, man. I don't play that crap, man. Okay, well, it's been verified. I told him. There's no Do you have Does he have any reason to suspect that I'm lying to him? That's the That's the issue. They can tell you all they want, man, I guess, man. I'm just not playing that crap, dude. I'm I just got off work over at Life Center all day, man. Ready to go home. Stop by here to I stopped by here to get my mom's cable click boxes. Okay. Yeah, I seen you drive by here. Came by here to get my mom's cable click boxes so I can disconnect her cable and you know, get it all taken care of cuz I'm tired of paying the bill. I already paid one month of mortgage, man, you know. Not going to pay that Yeah, everybody has keys to the house here. My brother, my sister, we all got keys, man. >> [clears throat] >> So. Margot Cunningham. Okay, thank you. There you go. How do you spell Cunningham, please? C U N N I N G H A M. What you doing in the house, what? Yeah, what what you at? What you want here to get? Huh? All right, man. So, I'm in a hurry, man. Am I free to go? You are free to go. Thank you, sir. This encounter focused on whether police could continue detaining a man after the original burglary suspicion had been resolved. Throughout the stop, he repeatedly asked what crime he was suspected of committing and challenged demands for identification. Officers later acknowledged the situation had been verified and that family members lawfully accessed the property, raising Fourth Amendment concerns over continued detention without clear reasonable suspicion.
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