There are good cops as well as the corrupt ones. And on rare occasions, they defend the rights of violated citizens against their colleagues. Today, we will look at how good cops stand up to bad cops. On November 13th, 2023, Mr. Free traveled to the Northwest Mountain Regional Office for the Federal Aviation Administration in De Moines's, Washington to conduct an audit. This was prompted by a tip from someone who reported experiencing rude and combative behavior from federal employees while attempting to file a Freedom of Information Act request. Mr. Free recorded his interactions during the audit. Can I help you, sir? No property. Okay. What are you taking pictures of? Anybody, sir? Yeah, I'm making contact right now. Excuse me. Why are you worried about that? Because I do security. This is all federal property. You can't be on federal property unless you have an appointment. How confident of that are you? I'm pretty confident of that. Really? Yes, sir. Willing to make you a bet on that? Why are you on federal property? Why would I explain that to you? Because you're not supposed to be on federal property unless you have a reason to be on federal property. Really? Or you have a proper identification? Oh, so are you asking for my identification? Yes, sir. Do you have any identification? I don't. That's fine. My name's Gandalf. That's fine. Can I walk you off federal property? I'm not trying to be rude. No, no, I appreciate it. Yeah. No. Uh, you know, I'm going to politely decline that request. I I have to ask you to leave otherwise I Oh, I totally understand you have to ask me. I'm sure that's probably in your policy manual or something, but it is I'm going to deny the request politely. If you want to, you know, call maybe uh FPS. Oh, I know that. Probably want to give them a jingle. Call FPS. All right, great. The security officer asked Mr. Free to leave the property, but he refused, prompting the officer to call the Federal Protective Service. FPS, a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security, is tasked with securing over 9,000 federal facilities across the US FPS, also contracts private security firms to provide armed protective security officers or armed contract security officers for these buildings. While ACSOs handle duties like access control, patrol and responding to disturbances, they are not federal officers and their authority to arrest or use force varies by contract. In this case, it is likely that the security officer Mr. Free encountered was a contractor without the authority to physically remove him from the property. It will be hard to miss me. I am in a cleverly disguised orange and black mixed colored jacket. You You do blend in very well today, sir. If you guys want to go be warm inside, I'll just be uh mosying around. I uh won't be very hard to find. Like I said, appreciate the company for a few minutes. Well, we'll keep an eye on you. All right. I'm going to make a quick bet with you guys, though, that even if they do by some chance show up, that they'll leave before I do. Oh, they would be here. Yeah, I'm gonna They're in route. Yeah, they're I'm going to make a make a quick bet, though. They're going to leave before I do. Any takers? I'm not a betting man. Not a betting man. Oh, yeah. Yeah. No. Pardon me. Yes, sir. Did you guys want to come in? I got to do some uh work inside. [Music] So, Oh, hey, there. That was fast. Nice. Is there a pro on site by the way? H Is there a pro on site? You'll find out, sir. Okay. Well, well, well. How are you doing? Pretty good. How are you? What are you doing up here all the way from Portland? It's going to be you. How are you? It's pretty good. How about you? 1523. Pretty good. Pretty good. Or do you prefer? Do you just prefer Michael? It doesn't matter. Michael's fine. Bring all the way up here. Actually, I am in the area getting ready to do some business uh at the uh FAA. Okay, that's about it. How about you? What brings you up here? Did you just literally So, the thing is up from Portland. No, no, no, no. You you uh you caught me at a time last time when I was in Portland. I was just down there for a detail for a short time. So, this is actually where I'm stationed. Seriously? I mean, like I said, like I told you before, I'm not going to stop you from from Well, I know there is. I mean, honestly, I know there I'm not going to get any problem with you, Michael. So, I'm with Inland Auditing Media. Okay. So, yeah. All right. Well, I mean, you see, man, nice to see you, man. Yeah. No, that's great. How's uh 1414 doing? He's good. Did I catch him on a bad day? Uh, no. I think you were his first uh first amendment auditor, and I was letting him take it at first. Ain't nothing wrong with that. He's good. You know what? I think it helped. I think things like this help uh police just to to be involved in something like this and and get to know exactly what we're supposed to do and stuff like that. So, that's one of the beautiful things. You can agree to disagree. You can have a polite uh you know debate if you want and it doesn't have to be ugly or anything. So, nope. What's the name of your channel again? Inland Auditing Media. Well, uh like I said, you got business here. Well, I mean, you can I do. Yeah. Hey, really great to see you again, Michael Carlos, pleasure to meet you. Be safe. All right, you guys, too. [Music] So, I need to see if I can get a pro or I can go through. It's fine. But, um, I just need to get a foyer document if I could. That's right. Yeah, we just need to see if we can get him what he needs. Yeah. Uh, just go on the FA website. You're not coming in. Why not? Just go on the FA website. How come I'm not coming in? Cuz you're Who are you here to see? I'm here to do a freedom information access. Who are you here to see them? Whoever the pro is, public relations officer. Well, see, here's the problem. They're here only here for appointments. So, they're not Did you see our parking lot? How full it was? Far. So, your people I'm going to be I'm going to be real clear about this. Too far. He can come to the federal building and conduct business. There's no one here to see. That's fine. So So, all we have to do is let him know that, right? Give him a number. Give him a contact. Something like that. But there's nothing out here that says that this building's closed to appointments only. I understand. So the building's not closed. So he can come into the federal facility. There's no one here to see it. So is there a public relations office here? No. Okay. Yes. But no, but they're not here. Correct. They're only here one day. I I'll change it up. We need to get the information. Who's the name of the PIO? Yeah, the information. Well, there's Bill Myer. I'm the security guy. I I need to get the PO's information name and contact information. And also far I am going to come inside. Good for you. So let's get that process going. Okay. Yeah. Why not? Are you denying me access to the building? Yeah. Who are you here to see? I'm not going to tell you that. Are you denying me access to the boat? So see it's appointment only. It's escort only. Pardon? I'm going to make this real clear to you. Are you going to deny me access or not? Are what are you you my dad? Are you denying me access or not? You're the security person. You need to figure it out. Far. Are you going to process me or not? Let me get this straight. You're telling me what I need to do? Yeah, absolutely. Good for you. So, you going to are you going to prevent me from going in or not? He needs to be processed in. Perfect. Welcome to the FAA. Officer Michael tells the security officer that Mr. Free must be allowed access to the building. The FAA Northwest Mountain Regional Office, which serves several states, houses the FOIA service center coordinator. Federal regulations state that government buildings can only be closed to the public during working hours if necessary for orderly conduct. Since Officer Michael asserts the building isn't closed, it appears Mr. Free had the right to access the public areas of the facility. Do you have a photo ID? No, I don't. Oh, I'm not going to show you ID. Do you have any weapons or explosives? No. But this person is going to be able to give you the information you need. One of the executive managers here. Oh, okay. I've dealt with her. She's very nice. So, she'll be able to point you in the right direction for FAA, who the PAO is, how to do a foyer request. Yeah. All right. Go ahead and sign it for me. [Music] Yeah, you bet. If you have uh something, write your information down. I'll give it to you. Same for any federal facilities, public spaces. I'm not going to lie. is the executive manager here for FA. She'll be able to give you the information on how to get a foyer request for FA. I really appreciate that, Michael. No problem. Again, I hope you have a good rest of your day. Yeah, you too, man. Yeah, thanks. [Music] Where you going? Over there. No, you're not. Why? This is a lobby. Yeah, he he can go over there. It's No, he can't. It's not unrestricted area. It is. It is a restricted area. It's not restricted. Well, it says that it's restricted. Show me a restricted sign. Show me an employees only sign. Everywhere you go, you have to be escorted. Every visitor has to be escorted this building in restricted space. No, in all spaces. Restricted spaces. I'm telling you, I I'll have like the president being here. He can't even go back. Hey, Far, watch me. I'm going to walk over there. You can go over there and you're not going to do anything about it because you have these guys right here stop. Whoa. far. Think about what you're saying, dude. They're federal law enforcement officers that actually know what they're talking about. You need to stay in your lane. You really do. You got it. I will point at you. What are you going to do about it? You can point all you want. Security officer Far attempts to prevent Mr. Free from moving around the lobby, but Officer Michael clarifies that Mr. Free is allowed to walk and point as he wishes. The First Amendment protects filming in public spaces and federal regulations permit photography in building lobbies and other publicly accessible areas. According to federal guidelines, individuals may photograph in common areas of federal facilities as long as they do not disrupt business or intrude on restricted spaces. Therefore, Mr. Free was likely within his rights to film in the lobby as long as he did not interfere with government operations. You got to you got to cut it out at this point, man. I'm telling you right now on a contract standpoint, you got to stop. Go to the loading dock, whatever you need to do. You need to go on a patrol, but you can't be here. Okay. All right. Go. I'll walk with you. Hey guys, thank you for standing up for my liberty. Seriously, I really mean, man. Thanks. My primary reason for being here today is I had heard and it appears to be the case. I received a tip and a lead that somebody came here to in fact seek assistance with a foyer regarding the FAA and they were turned away and treated poorly. I'm guessing based on FAR's response that's probably who it was. I didn't get a name or anything. I can't I can't speak to that. Yeah. No, I I'm sure you can't. I mean, I I'm going to take this real quick. You bet. I'll leave you with these guys. Be safe, guys. Have a good day. [Music] Wow. Wo, that was insane. After completing his audit, Mr. Free left the FAA building. He also did not mention filing a complaint or pursuing legal action. On September 6th, 2023, Britney Trevino drove past Officer Patrick Acres of the New Brunfell's Police Department in Texas, expressing her displeasure by raising her middle finger at him. This was after a previous contentious encounter where she had been forcefully detained. The interaction was recorded on Officer Acres's body camera and later on Trevino's cell phone when the officers turned off their cameras. [Music] Boy, 5 million. [Music] 35 256. If it's possible, could you make my location? PD26, put me at the,00049 of Gardinia. 1049 Gardinia. 257 35. Officer Acres claimed he stopped Miss Trevino for flicking him off and allegedly failing to signal before changing lanes. However, the Supreme Court's 1989 decision in Texas v. Johnson protects expressive conduct like giving someone the middle finger under the First Amendment. Texas's disorderly conduct statute only prohibits gestures that incite an immediate breach of the peace, which the courts have determined does not include nonviolent gestures, like flipping off an officer. Even if Officer Acres used the failure to signal as a pretext for the stop, as long as there was probable cause for the traffic violation, the stop would likely be deemed constitutional. However, body camera footage suggests that Miss Trevino may have actually signaled when changing lanes. [Music] So, this is that female Trevorino. She flicks me off as I'm going back to back. My patrol car fails a single left hand to go into the left lane. She flicks me off. So, I just wanted a second when made contact with her. How's it going? Hall Sagers, New Bron Police Department. Okay, I know who you are. That's fine. Well, the reason why you being over for flipping you off. No, ma'am. The reason why you are you are retaliating against me. You turned your sirens on and everything. Ran over here like a crazy person. Okay. Well, ma'am, the reason why you're being contacted is you failed to signal a lane change when you flicked me off. Okay. Okay. So, go ahead and step out of the car. Step out of the car. I have three officers here. He's hurt me before. Please don't let him. Yeah. Could you would you mind Henderson go ahead and detain her? In cuffs cuz he's he was legal to me. Okay. All right. [Music] You're under arrest or fail to signal lane change? I'm under arrest for failing to signal a lane change. Yes, ma'am. I'm under arrest for failing to signal a lane change. Yes, ma'am. I'm Stay still. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You guys just know this is [ __ ] You guys just know it is. You guys know it is. Officer Acres informed Miss Trevino that she was under arrest for allegedly failing to signal, which is a misdemeanor under Texas law. While the law allows arrests for such minor infractions based on probable cause, the arrest's legality hinges on whether Officer Acres had probable cause. If a court determined he lacked probable cause, the arrest could be deemed unlawful under both state law and the Fourth Amendment. Please get it. You want me to transport or you you think better? Danny can do it. Danny, would you mind just transport? You don't have to do anything else other than transport. I'll be there. PD2B6. Go ahead. Can you go ahead and give me next rotational record? That female is my custody. Uh I believe it's going to be Britney Trevino. Next question in custody of 839. driver's license. What's that? Yeah, she has a driver's license. But I'm going to turn this off. Yeah, she has a driver's license, but this arrest for Well, she she comes down the street, comes right towards me. As I'm walking back by the car, didn't do nothing, she flicks me off. Mhm. And then as she does that, she gets on the lane, fell a single lane change. Huh? You think it's going to be an issue in your history? Yeah. So any other person you would write a ticket to, right? Yeah. So that's how you have to treat every interaction. So you would normally write a ticket for this person for this just because that you know patch you've done this this and this right this is something that you would normally write a ticket for you Sergeant Scott ordered officer Acres to release Miss Trevino arguing that an arrest wasn't justified for a minor offense that typically warrants a citation. While probable cause usually defeats First Amendment retaliation claims, the Supreme Court in Neves v. Bartlett allows an exception if someone is arrested in retaliation, while others in similar situations are not. Since Officer Acres admitted he would have issued a citation instead, M. Trevino may have grounds for a retaliatory arrest claim under this exception. North 35 cancel. [Music] So, let's write the ticket. Go about it that way. Sounds good. All you're going to do is give her more animal. All right. Yep. So, write the ticket. Fill it out. [Music] All right. I did mine. Start your pickup. Yeah, I did. For some reason, my car is not working. What's that? Come here. You go by the back of the car, please broadcast. It's going to be the 25minute block of 46 West. Callers advising a red Lincoln SUV. Female swerving and putting her makeup on. have a license plate of Nor San Henry 9090. Do you have an email address? What? What? [Music] It is. All right, Britney. No, you don't make dinner. Well, yours is very nice. Mhm. I don't know. cuz I never stabbed to it. I was always like, bro. And they're like, you could stab right through it. And I'm like, what do you mean you can stab through it? You guys want me to wear this for bullets? You kidding me? What do you mean you can stab it? I've never tried. They didn't tell me that right finalizing. All right. So, here this is going to be your second receive report date is 9 2723 address right here. This is a QR code to check it online. Here's more options down here about taking care of it online. Okay. So, um, you're good to go. So, I understand that you flick the officer off. That's right. So, my question was, did you click the officer off? Yeah. Okay. So, so here's the thing. Regardless of what your history is with Officer Acres, your your intense hate caused you to look in and you committed a traffic violation. Okay? Had you just gone on about your day, get a signature and not worried about flicking people off or anything like that, none of this would have happened. Oh, no, I didn't. Let me get yours. So [Music] that's not pleading guilty. That just promises to take care of that ticket. Okay. None of it ever is good on those automated ones. So here's the thing, right? Had had you just gone on about your day one at a time. So your your intense hatred is causing you to do other things that is that is drawing attention to you. You need to move on with your life and move along. Okay. Something wrong here. I always you know and I always always and I never thought of situations that happened to me ever could have happened in a million years. I never would have thought I'm not here to debate this situation with you. I watched the video. I I know everything that occurred. Okay. I know about the court stuff. Everything that occurred if Officer Acres had done anything wrong, he wouldn't be here right now. Right. That's 100% truthful. It is. So, you need to move on and not be running around flipping people off, right? I get it. That's your first amendment if you want to flip people off. But what it did is it caused you to create a to create a hazard and do a traffic impression right in front of an officer. Right? So, with your citation, you're all complete. So, you're good to go whenever you want. But my advice is to move on, right? Because you clinging on to this is causing more problems, right? It just did right now. Correct. I understand that bad things will happen to me if I [Music] No, that's not what anybody's saying, right? You flicking people off, I know, right, has caused you to do a traffic infraction right in front of an officer and caused you to get a ticket, right? You could you can choose to be defined by the your past or you can decide what you want to do. Right? That's but if you choose to be defined by what happened to you in the past, then you will always continue to be that person, right? You understand what I'm saying? That's regardless of what y'all's history is, you need to move along with, right? [Music] Don't forget your phone's on top of your car. Want you to drive off without it. After receiving a citation and a lecture from Sergeant Scott, M. Trevino was allowed to leave. There is little information available about this encounter, and it's unclear whether Miss Trevino contested the ticket, filed a complaint, or plans to pursue legal action. On January 14th, 2021, a Hornet County resident reported her dirt bike stolen to the Fukay Vina police. 16 days later, she identified her bike being sold by Malcolm Ziggler through Facebook. After confirming the bike's vehicle identification number, she contacted the police, who then dispatched two officers to Ziggler's home to investigate possible felony possession of stolen property. Okay. What's your name? Malcolm. Malcolm. Yes, I have. What's your last name? Malcolm Ziggler. Yeah. Okay. You got your ID on you? No, I do not. Okay. But that wasn't us riding. We haven't done it all this week. Where do you Where do you stay? You stay here. Yeah. Okay. Okay. I haven't heard at all today. He could have just came by here. Who's that guy? Who's that guy running down the street? That's his friend. They say somewhere up there. Okay. Do me a favor, man. Go and put your hand in hand back for me. Okay. Within minutes of arriving, the officer placed Mr. Ziggler in handcuffs without verifying the facts, raising questions about the legality of the detainment. The fourth amendment protects citizens from arbitrary arrests and unreasonable searches requiring some objective justification for any seizure. In previous rulings, the Supreme Court has determined that probable cause is necessary for a lawful detainment. At the time of Mr. Ziggler's detention, the officer had no objective evidence, relying only on hearsay from the complainant. This lack of substantiating evidence could lead a court to rule the detainment as unlawful. I s show you that I bought it. Yeah. Yeah. We'll get all that taken care of, man. But what I what I need to do, just hang tight for me right here. Okay. What did I do? Just hang tight for me right work on getting you out of there soon. Okay. Just keep cooperating with me. I appreciate it and we'll we'll get away. Stole before. I don't sir. I'm trying to find this building. See, I have And I'm not saying that you stole it right now. What we've got is we just got a stolen motor vehicle. Um, we're not saying that you stole the vehicle, okay? I'm not saying that at all, okay? But it it still is. The officer informs Mr. Ziegler that possessing stolen property is a crime, even if he didn't steal it. Under North Carolina law, to be guilty of this crime, one must know or have reasonable grounds to believe the property is stolen. While proving this knowledge is necessary for conviction, an officer can still make an arrest if there are objective reasons to suspect it. Mr. Ziegler offers to show a bill of sale to prove the dirt bike was bought legally, challenging any claim of criminal intent. So, he your dad he's talking with your dad right now. Um, I can tell you I can show you if you can go I can you can go on my phone. I can show you exactly what I bought. Okay. Hey, how you doing, sir? Hey. Um, Dad, I need that bill of sale. Reason all this is going down, um, that vehicle's been at a stolen international crime information center. Do you have the bill of sale by any chance, sir? I don't I don't know where it is. It's either in my room or in the garage. You got to tell me where it is. I saw y'all sign it, but what did you um, what is the guy's name that sell you the bike? I think it's like Tony or something. If you go on my phone, you can look at Facebook profile. Okay. Tell me where the bill is set. Go on the counter and see if it's on there. What counter? Inside the kitchen. The first one that has all is he or 1095? From what I heard 1095. And that was before I even verified the van. Okay. But that's why the first thing I asked. That's That's what I now I'm not 100% certain, but I believe I heard 109 I heard essentially 1095 before I was even able to verify the van. Hey, is he detained or he he's detained right now? Because he is 14. He's 14. Yes. Okay. So, I already explained to him he's detained right now. I told him that. So, why is he detained? Because that's a stolen motor vehicle. Okay. So, I mean, Diggs verified the VIN number, right? Did you is that before all that that you verify it before you? I I detained him and then we asked if he was 1095 or detained. He's detained. Okay. So obviously he's a juvenile, right? Yeah. You're not charging him with larseny of a Nope. Okay. Cuz that didn't happen. Yeah. So worse you have is what? Vehicle, which is you going to think you get secure custody and all that? Probably not. Or a petition. All right. 14. Me personally, he ain't going nowhere. You here with what, dad? Mhm. Ain't no sense having him sitting in the car with handcuffs on. We You ain't If he was 18 and you might be taken to jail for possession of stolen property, different, but we ain't you ain't going to take him jail, right? It's going to be a petition. Mhm. The confronting officer questions the need to detain Mr. Ziegler given the differences in handling minors versus adults. He emphasizes that the initial officer lacked a solid reason for detaining Ziggler and suggests reconsidering the situation before deciding on any charges. Ultimately, the initial officer agrees to release Ziggler, but still considers whether to charge him with possessing stolen property. Yeah. Um, so supposedly, I know they're working on getting the bill right now. I haven't asked him any questions, but he's been running his mouth. He said that he got it from some guy off in Lilington. Okay. My whole thing is I know legally he can still be charged. Um if he's got a bill of sale, me personally. Yeah. I have grown up racing dirt bikes, buying four-wheelers. I got three four-wheelers at the house now. Yeah. I've never once had one run until I was a cop. Yep. And basically what you're saying is if he has a bill of sale, he wouldn't end up finding the vision. No, but I'd have him, you know, talk to Lake County and he got it from what? Hey, where all do you think that Bill? So, you can step out. We're going to take the handcuffs off. The officer removed the handcuffs after Meister Ziegler found the bill of sale. The officers explained the Ziggler family could seek restitution and left without filing charges. The full body cam footage was later released and Mr. Ziggler's parents held a press conference calling for police reform and suggesting race played a role. The mayor defended the officer's actions as standard procedure. It's unclear if the Ziggler family will pursue legal action.