I am cooperating. YOU'RE VIOLATING MY FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS. OUTSIDE. >> my fourth amendment rights. HEY, YOU GUYS CANNOT COME IN HERE WITHOUT A SEARCH WARRANT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE I'M VIDEOING. YOU NEED TO COOPERATE. I'M COOPERATING. THERE'S NO I'M NOT FIGHTING YOU. I'M NOT FIGHTING YOU. OUTSIDE NOW. OKAY, OUTSIDE SO YOU CAN TALK. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. ENOUGH. ENOUGH. ENOUGH. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. YOU JUST TASED ME FOR NO REASON. Do you have a search warrant? We don't need a search >> need one. Yes, you do. The violent >> want to go to school and learn the law. >> I already know the law. In this video, police responded to a neighborhood dispute involving a motorized bicycle and an argument between a father, his son, and a neighbor. Officers claimed someone reported a possible gun. When police arrived, the situation quickly escalated at the family's home. The father invoked his fourth amendment rights, while his young son, who was remarkably aware of the law for his age, also challenged the officers as they pushed their authority beyond constitutional limits. Stop. Outside. What are you doing? Stop. Stop. WHAT WHAT AM I BEING DETAINED FOR? OUTSIDE. What am I being detained for? >> RESISTING. >> I'M NOT RESISTING. I'M NOT RESISTING. NO, GO TAKE HIS PHONE. DON'T TAKE HIS PHONE. DON'T TAKE HIS PHONE. I'M GOOD. I'M GOOD. I'VE CHILLED THE WHOLE TIME. I haven't done anything. I haven't resisted. I'm trying to just talk TO YOU. I AM BEHIND MY BACK. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. >> NO, I know. This is unbelievable. search warrant. >> unbelievable. It's on film. Get my camera. It's on my phone, too. >> phone. He The whole thing is on film. The whole thing is on film. Jack, follow me and record. Follow me and record. Give us space. I'm not Give us space. >> Okay. What's your space? What's your space? Give us space. Does this look like enough space? What am I doing? You don't twist the handcuffs. You're injuring me. I'm I'm Daddy, do not LET HIM IN MY HOUSE. YOU SAW THAT. You saw the whole thing and it's all been recorded. >> It is. I didn't resist. I know. I didn't do it. You know. See, he acknowledged that I didn't resist, Jack. >> Yeah, I have it on video. I didn't resist. >> you to stop, right? >> I did I didn't do anything against your instructions. You came This guy came into my house without a warrant, without any probable cause. >> Let me just talk for a second. >> I DON'T KNOW anything and he tackled me in my house. Under the Fourth Amendment, the Supreme Court has repeatedly described the home as the place where privacy protections are at their strongest. For officers to enter legally without a warrant, they typically must demonstrate exigent circumstances, such as immediate danger or the risk of evidence being destroyed. >> He told you to stop, right? >> not say anything of THE SORT. >> OFFICER, EVERYTHING IS ON VIDEO. It's all on video. It's all on video. It is. It's all on video. It is. Dude, he That guy is out of control. I'm filing a complaint against him. I want him nowhere near me. He's That guy is crazy. >> Officer, excuse Okay, yeah. I'm fine. No. No, he can talk. He can talk. I can talk because I was in this situation. No, we're not going to arrest you. Okay, then calm down. Then just what what We want to talk to you. We want to talk to you. He recorded the whole thing. This guy is out of control. Okay. What's your badge What's What's your name? Step back. I'M NOT I'M NOT RESISTING. I'M NOT >> YOU CAN RECORD ALL YOU WANT, BUT YOU'RE STEPPING back right now. This guy I'm A A Don't touch me. Stop harassing me. I'm going to talk to you if you'll stop yelling. I'm videoing this. You can video this. Please stay out of my personal space. No. Yes. You're You're not going to You're not going to interfere with what we're doing. >> This is my property. You're not going to interfere with an arrest. I'm chill. I've been chill all day. You can record all you want, but you're not going to get close to what we're doing. I'm on my property. Move out of my personal space. I'm going to stand right here. This is my personal square. Please move. I'm going to stand right here. >> Please move. You're in my personal space. What's your name? Yeah, I do not need to give you that. Yeah, you do. For what reason? I know. I'm involved with this, yes. But this guy threatened me and called the cops on you. And what's your What's your badge number? What's your name? What's your badge number? Badge number. That says name. 3K12 Okay. Now, what's your name? I'm not making any statements. You're not making any statements? >> Nope. Okay, I have the right to identify you. You understand that, right? Then you can search up my face and you can search up my record. Okay. Okay. Well, you're going to sit tight for me. You're not going anywhere. I can go in my house if I want. Am I detained? You're detained. For what reason? For what? That guy threatening me? Why isn't that guy going to jail? That guy threatened to beat me in his ass. So, why aren't you guys arresting him? Why are you tagging? Yeah, he can just lie? I'm literally in my space and this guy's just touching me. I didn't touch you at all. I have it on video. I've been recording this whole time, buddy. Okay. Okay. Well, I already know your name is Jack and I'll get your last name. Cool. You're fine. You're fine. You're fine. Step back. Do not step forward. What did I just tell you? Hey, PLEASE GET OUT OF MY SPACE. I do not have to. You cannot interfere with what we're doing. >> I'm not interfering when I'm on my property. >> step towards the car. >> I'm not. Then you You did step towards the car. I told you not to. What's your name? Officer Ware. Okay, and what's your name? 3110 this is Officer Proctor. Okay, I I didn't go over it. Don't Stay back. I'm going in my house. >> Stay back. I'm going in. If you try and come past me, you're going to go on the ground face first. Do you understand me? Okay, AND THEN I'M GOING TO FILE A COMPLAINT against you. Don't give me your camera. Yes, I'm allowing you to do that, but you cannot walk in my house. There you go. Okay, bye. I have three cops on me and I'm 15 years old. Cuz you guys intruded my house. your attitude. were the one driving up and down the street on the motorcycle? Uh I was on my gas bicycle. Okay, that's gas-powered vehicle. You have to have a driver's license. Um no, you don't. >> Yes, you do. Not when it's 50 cc and you have a permit for it. I'm standing next to my car, so I'm going to go talk to him over here. Can I go around him? Yeah, go ahead. Please don't walk up behind me, okay? Um I asked him, so. >> Okay. Did Did they threaten to like beat Did he threaten to beat us up or anything? >> Yes. Okay, thanks. He goes, he goes, "That bike is illegal." I said, "No, it's not. It's a 50 cc bicycle, and I have a permit for it." >> Okay. And he said, "Get out of the way." He was on his little road bike. He said, "Get out of the way. I'm going to beat your ass." So, I don't If you guys want to believe him, and we have two witnesses, he has zero. Okay, hold on. Calm down. Calm down. Calm down. No, I'm pissed off cuz you guys just came in our house. But we tried to come here to ask a question and figure out what's going on because what we got told is a gun was involved in this incident. So, we're going to take this a little No gun No gun was involved, not at all. I don't know why you have to We don't know that when we got here. >> We don't know that. That's what >> That's what I'm saying. I understand Yes, I totally understand that, but you can't just tackle him and But when he's told to stop, he has to stop. That's a lawful command by an officer. But you can't just come in the house without >> Yes, we have to control the situation and >> Do you have a search warrant? We don't need a search warrant. Yes, you do. The law says you >> want to go to school and learn the law. >> I already know the law. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. Please don't talk to me, so I'm Get out of my way. Okay. This is my case. That's your case? >> to you as much as I want. >> Okay, well, I'm not going to respond to you. You don't have to respond to me, but I can talk to you. >> Have a good day. Okay. So, told you to get out of the way or he's going to kick your ass, beat your ass, whatever it was. >> Yeah. Then what >> Beat my ass, and I rode my bicycle back here. He ran back with me. I closed the garage, and I told my dad. Okay. >> My dad was like, "Who is this?" I I'm If If anything goes further, I'm going to have to call the police. He He walks outside to see where the guy is. Your Your dad walks out And the guy comes out, and he steps and he like For instance, he walks and he goes like this. He walks right here in front of his face. >> So right here or down there? >> no, right down there. At the corner where you guys were parked down there. And he walks up right to his face like this. And he said step back because you're violating my like his personal space, one. And two, if he steps one more close or he touches him, he he has the right to defend himself. And that is easily the right to defend himself. So there's no reason why he says a gun is involved. It wasn't him that said it. He doesn't even know about this. This was a completely other parties that were watching the whole thing happen. There was no gun involved. There was no gun involved. >> Okay. Well, if I'm just saying what we were told then it was tucked in his back waistband {slash} pocket and they seen him as he's walking away. So that's So I'm just telling you we can only go off the information we're provided. >> that. >> Okay. So But we have two witnesses that were literally like on site and we're telling you the truth and he's telling you the truth, so. >> But no one's talked to us yet and that's where we're trying to get >> I understand that. >> Okay. All right. So that's what So and then what happened after that point? After separated or Um we walked back inside and uh yeah. And now you guys are here coming in the house. And I don't know why he's detained. I don't know why he's getting arrested. Well, that's I'm not going to get into that and talk to you about that. It's not >> Well, you can cuz he's my dad and it was on my property. But >> Okay. Well, it's not your property, it's your dad's, but we're not going to get into that, okay? Actually, technically it is cuz I'm underneath his guardian, so. >> Okay. Well, we're not going to get into that, okay? I'm just trying to find out where you know, what we're trying to get situated is what took place between you guys being here. >> Okay. And I'm filing a >> Okay. What's called on him because he touched me when I did nothing. Okay. You want Do you want to have a like a actual conversation? >> he going? To Summit County Jail. So okay. Okay? I'm more willing to talk to you, but I'm not going to play these stupid games, okay? >> You kind of are cuz >> Okay. We're done. Okay. Okay? Can I have the case number right now? Huh? Can I have uh water I can give it to your dad. No, no, right now. I need it here. Okay, I'll tell you what. You can go in the house, you can do whatever, but we're done with you guys. You guys aren't being cooperative. We'll leave it at that. >> being cooperative. We just told you. >> You're just being mouthy. How? >> Where's the You're just being mouthy. >> being mouthy, so I'm not. Where's um Here. We're fine. We're fine. My parents are at my house, sir. I'm just going to go talk to them real quick, just so they know that we talked and whatever. I gave I think I gave you my address, so you can just go tell them. You got their phone number? Yeah, do you want to Just give them the number. We can call. Can I just call them? All All All we need to do is just Yeah, I just need to let them know that we talked. That's all. And you can tell them nothing was wrong cuz nothing was wrong. Look at this [ __ ] Just for some dude saying that they my dad had a gun. Saying my dad had a gun. One, he has a concealed carry permit. And two, we had five cops pulling up to the house, a fire truck, and an ambulance for no reason. He got tased three times in the stomach for no reason. This cop is intruding our property for no reason. He's coming in and [ __ ] and tasing him. He's arresting him for resisting arrest in his own house, and he can't Both officers, cop there and other officer with no hair, the other with white hair, walked in, tased him three times, and came in the house without a search warrant, and he never stepped outside cuz I watched him. What's his name? This guy? Yeah. Officer Rodriguez. Officer Rodriguez, is he a lieutenant? Is he He's an officer. He's an officer. All right. You're like begging me for my identification. Just give me I'm not talking to you. You're required by law. Jack, let me explain something to you. I'm not talking to you. Jack, the reason we're here is because of you racing your motorcycle or your gas-powered bike or whatever. >> That has a That I have a permit for. Okay. So, I don't know why you're here. And you're here You're here because he told me because someone called the cops saying that there was a gun involved. So, you don't have to lie because I know that guy. >> No, we found out there was a gun involved later. No, when someone called. You got He told me you guys came here for that. I have it on video. You I don't care. You guys can say whatever. Have a nice day, all right? That is what he wants to hear, so thank you. Have a nice day. Following an internal investigation, Officer Rodriguez was found to have violated five department policies, Sergeant Thor three, and Officer Wear one. Layer announced that the entire Park City Police Department would undergo First Amendment training. Rodriguez and Thor received disciplinary reprimands, but failed to complete required corrective actions and were terminated. This encounter raises a key constitutional issue often seen when police confront citizens at their homes. The Fourth Amendment generally requires officers to obtain a warrant before entering a residence. While limited exceptions exist, police must clearly justify any warrantless entry. When arrests or force follow such entry, courts review whether probable cause, consent, or an emergency truly existed showing why understanding constitutional limits on police power is essential.