We're going to have a problem between you and I. Definitely. His body his body came on. His body came on. I don't have any idea on that's going to be it. >> Okay. >> At a Connecticut airport, an independent journalist armed with nothing more than a camera begins gathering content perfectly within his rights under the First Amendment. But when a state trooper approaches and asks what he's doing, things take a sharp turn. The auditor explains he's a journalist. Yet, the trooper isn't satisfied and demands ID for proof. From there, what started as a simple act of filming spirals into a tense clash over rights, authority, and the limits of the law. Watch closely because this encounter raises the question, where does public accountability end and overreach begin? >> I was just uh I was just explaining to uh Megan here that I made independent. >> You have every right to film. >> Yeah. As long as you don't uh fill in the X-ray screens because that's all sensitive. Okay. And and impede the operation, you're fine. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, I'm just an independent uh journalist gathering content for story. >> I think you're well within your rights. I think you know them. >> Okay. Thank you, sir. And your name was >> Brett Kavanagh. Brett. >> Wow. Like like like the Supreme Court justice. >> He was a king. That's really >> Brett Kavanagh. The Supreme Court justice. >> Morning sir. How are you? >> Good morning. How are you, sir? >> Leo with the state police. How are you doing today? >> How you doing trooper? >> Good. I'm here to find out what your business here is at the airport today. >> Uh nothing. Just uh gathering content for a story. I'm I'm an independent journalist. >> Oh, great. Do you have your ID on you? >> Uh I'm not going to provide you my my ID by a state trooper for your ID. You're going to have to provide this >> there. This Connecticut sir is not a stop an ID state. And unless you have reasonable articulable suspicion, I've committed >> to do that. I'm not here to get a legal advice from you. I'm asking legally >> an order from a state trooper to provide me your ID. You're causing alarm at the airport. Multiple people have come up to us asking what you're doing. >> There there's a TSA There's a TSA supervisor who just told me I was well within my rights, >> please. >> Sir, let's put your hands behind your back, please. >> I'm going to I'm going >> Put your hands behind your back, please. >> Sir. Okay, >> sir. Put going to I'm not going to close any longer. I don't >> Last answer. >> I don't have any. I'm not going to put any I'm not >> I don't even have any ID on you, sir. >> That's going to be okay. >> I can give you my name and date. I would like Do you have your body code on sir? >> 581 >> one detained refusing to provide ID. >> I didn't. >> Is there anything on you that's going to harm me? Poke >> anything sharp. >> I don't consent to any searches. >> I didn't ask you that. Is there anything on you that's going to harm me? >> No. >> Knives, needles, weapons? >> No. >> No. Where is your ID? >> I don't have one. >> No. >> What's this, sir? >> That's my car key, >> sir. I'm an independent journalist working on gathering content for a story. >> Okay. >> I have not broken anymore. >> No one said that you did. You're not under arrest right now. You're being detained. >> But why are you detained? >> You're interfering with my investigation. >> Sir, you need to have reasonable articulable suspicion. >> I'm articulating that's you right now. That you're causing a disturbance at the airport. >> No, but I'm gathering content. I'm an independent journalist. Sir, >> you need to stop trying to teach me your legal shaking. I'm not going to hurt you. You need to stop >> and listen to me. I'm trying to identify you because you're causing a disturbance at the airport. You refuse to provide me your ID. >> You're clearly doing this on purpose. >> I'm not. >> So, we're going to go through the book. >> I'm gathering content for a story. I told everybody I'm an independent journalist. >> I get that. Now, we're going to prove that, sir. >> There is There is no proof of that. The First Amendment grants me the the right to press. >> I'm I'm going to ask you a question and then I'm going to >> I'm going to ask you again. What's your last name? If I do not give you my name, sir, >> you're going to be under placed under arrest and taken to be fingerprinted to identify you. >> Okay. My last name is Reyes. >> How do you spell that? >> R E Y E S. As long as you as long as you say that, you know, if you say you're going to put me under arrest, I will give you my name. >> That's what we would have to do to identify you. It was not what I want to do. >> You have no >> I came over here just to identify. >> You have no right to identify. >> Your first name, Mr. Reyes. >> You have no right to identify. >> Are you going to stop arguing with me? Cuz this is causing a big problem now. My My first name is S E A N P A U L. One word. Can I get your supervisor here? Lavoy one. Under threat of arrest. I'm providing you that information. >> Can I It's not a threat. It's me telling you what has to happen. >> Can I Can I get Can I speak to your supervisor? >> Absolutely. Thank you. I appreciate that. Thank you. >> Do you know who I mean at the fuel pump? >> 1021. >> Do you have a Connecticut driver's license? >> Can you No, sir. Can you tell? already have a driver's license. >> Sir, I I don't want to since I'm being detained, I gave you my name under threat of arrest. I'm not going to answer any more questions till your supervisor gets here. Please invoke my fit. >> Okay. >> 581 Bradley. >> Let's break down why this detention is a problem. Under the landmark Supreme Court case Terry vers Ohio, 1968, an officer may briefly detain someone only if they have reasonable articulable suspicion that the person is involved in criminal activity. That means the officer must be able to point to specific facts. Not just a hunch, not just discomfort, but clear objective reasons that a crime may be occurring. >> I radio one. >> Name and date of birth unknown on the state. He's refusing to provide that. Let me know when you're ready. What state do you reside in? >> Sir, I I told you since you're detaining me, I'm not going to answer any more. I'm going to invoke my fifth amendment right to remain silent because I I want to speak to a supervisor. Please, cuz you're making a big mistake here. I'm telling you, you are. >> Unfortunately, sir, you made the mistake by not identifying yourself. >> I told you I was an independent journalist. >> That's great. You still need to identify yourself. You're in an international airport. Okay. >> That that the law >> the security of everyone here is more important than that. >> No, the Constitution doesn't It doesn't It doesn't end in an international airport. >> Once again, I'm not going to sit here and go back and forth with I'm not here to >> No, you can go back and you can do that with your supervisor. I'm here. I'm here. If you whatever you need me to do that you that you feel that you're going to arrest me over, I will comply with that. >> Mr. Reyes. >> Yes. >> There is no need for you to be handcuffed. You made it this way. You put yourself in a situation. Absolutely not. Not until my backup arrives. >> But why are you shaking? I'm not I'm not a threat. I'm not shaking. >> I'm not a threat. >> You're detained right now. You're my responsibility. If you fall over, you're my responsibility. You're saying that, but I don't know that. I don't know that you're not a threat to anything here at the airport. Sir, the way the world works, you can't just you can't handcuff people because you don't know if they're a threat or not. Sir, that's dangerous that you're acting like this. Really, you just because you're an officer doesn't mean giving you the right. >> I'm trying to provoke this, but it's not going to work. >> Sir, how am I trying to provoke it? I'm trying to I'm trying to instruct you and educate you, sir. >> That's not your job. >> It as a It is because I'm sitting here. >> You told me you're provoking your fifth amendment right to for >> Well, I can invoke it whenever I'd like, sir. Uh-huh. for for any answering any questions, but for education video. >> You just violated my civil rights. Seriously, I'm just Okay, I'm not going to say anything else. You did. >> This isn't our first time dealing with you, correct? >> I've never dealt with you before. >> You never dealt with the state police? >> No. >> Never with law enforcement? >> I'm not going to Are you supervisor, sir? >> Sir, are you a supervisor, sir? >> I am not. I can I get a supervisor here? My rights are being violated. >> We're working on that. Why are they being violated? Because I'm in cuffs and I haven't broken any laws, sir. >> I really want negative, >> sir. Sir, there is, as you know, an unlawful detainment. This is that you know that you know where that's going to happen, right? >> Are you trying to scare me? >> I'm just saying it's >> Are you trying to intimidate me? >> I'm trying to tell you that this is unlawful, sir. I've been nothing but cordial with you since you came up to me. >> Absolutely. Except you interfered with my investigation and failed to provide your ID. >> You have no authority, sir. You have no authority to ask me for ID, sir. That's just the fact. >> I absolutely do. Once you cause a disturbance at the airport, if you were just hereausing and no one came to me and reported me you to me, absolutely you're 100% right. You could sit here and record all day. That's not the issue. The issue is you're causing TSA TSA supervisor Brett Kavanaaugh came and spoke with me and told me that I have every right to film the security checkpoint. >> I did not deny that. Have you heard that from me at all? >> So what what what >> you're causing alarm and disturbance to the passengers. Multiple people came to me. I'm sure you saw me standing over there and I was asked to come >> and find out what's going on with the suspicious person at the checkpoint. >> Suspicion is not a crime, sir. >> It's not the crime. Can you articulate? >> I did not say that there was a crime committed, sir. I tried to identify you to make sure that there was no issue here >> and you refused to do that. I >> if I were you, >> I would not put your hands behind your back. >> If I would invoke if I were you, I would invoke your your own right to remain silent, sir, cuz you're just digging yourself deeper in hole. You just said there's no crime. >> Come on, man. >> Not at this point. There isn't, >> dude. There was never Yeah. Okay. Okay. Go ahead. You're right. You're right. There was never a crime. There's not going to be a crime. And >> I wasn't I wasn't The Your body camera will show I've been nothing but cordial to you. I just was If invoking my rights puts me in cuffs, I mean, I guess that's I guess that's just where we are. >> You feel it was your right to not provide me your ID when the state trooper requested it. >> That's how you feel. That's fine. Yeah. See, the problem is you think you're you think you're above the law and you think you're above you think you're above a citizen. >> You see, now you're projecting your thoughts because I'm in uniform. So you're assuming because I'm in uniform. >> I'm assuming because you put me in cuffs. >> Yeah, you're detained. That's 100% right. >> Failure to comply. >> An unlawful detainment. Okay. >> Okay. >> Is the supervisor is coming? >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Okay. I'm sure he's going to explain it to you. I'm sure he is. All right. Cool, man. It's all about education here. I'm not mad. Trooper Lavoy, good you got body cameras. This is good. Great transparency for everybody cuz my my phone wasn't Imagine you did. This is what I'm talking about for law enforcement. Imagine you didn't have a body camera right now. >> My my phone is off. I'm not recording. >> Okay. >> So, what type of accountability would I have against you if you didn't have a body? That's why body cameras are important. >> It's good. >> Okay. >> It's good. Do >> you know that state police have had body cameras for over 5 years? >> That's great. That's good to hear. Really? It is. >> Is there anyone that's transporting? I'll be out inside the >> Where I'm from, they don't have body cameras. So, it's it's a I'm I'm an advocate trying to uh promote that. >> You should We're still trying to find out where you're from. So, it'll be interesting to find out who doesn't have body cameras. >> Deescalation. If you do a little bit of deescalation, things might go a little bit better for you and anybody else. >> You could have, too. I I just All I did was tell you I want to invoke my right supervisor. >> No. >> Come on, man. Can I get a supervisor here? He's going to explain to you guys to release me immediately. I haven't broken any laws. This is insane. >> You'll be released as soon as you're identified. >> This is I'm sure that there's nothing being done here. >> Dr. Cruz and Lavoy. >> Sir, can I just ask? >> I I've been very transparent, sir. I told you I'm an independent journalist gathering content for a story. exercising my first amendment right. That's all. >> The TSA the TSA supervisor told he just told me I have every right to film this checkpoint. >> Absolutely. >> He's the TSA supervisor, >> right, >> Mr. Reyes. You understand that? I've never denied that. That's not why you're detained. That's not why you're suspicious. >> You're detained because you weren't cooperating with me when I was trying to investigate what was going on over >> because I wouldn't provide my my my identification. >> Absolutely. understood. >> Well, we can have a different We can have a difference of opinion. This is Absolutely. But but the only thing we can't have a different difference of opinion on is the law. And you're a law enforcement officer, so >> I guess. Okay. >> Can I just ask why like an officer asking for ID, why you wouldn't provide it? Like what is the big deal? >> It it it's part of my right, sir. I don't have to provide ID. That's not It's not >> If you didn't have a right to do something, why would you? It's a right. It's not a privilege. >> Were you just arrested recently? >> I don't answer questions. >> The answer is yes. >> So why you answer Why are you asking a question? You know the answer to >> because you're I think you're just trying to be different. >> I just don't want to answer any questions. Is that >> you have an agenda here? That's what that's what I'm telling you. Like you have some kind of agenda. >> Agenda for I didn't put myself in these cuffs. I I told him I told him I'm a journalist. TSA didn't put me in cuffs. >> People tell us people tell us stuff all the time. doesn't mean that we necessarily believe them until they >> You can't lie to us. >> Just just because you have trust issues that doesn't mean you could put citizens have trust. >> You can't put free citizens in hand. The >> nature of our job. >> This is an unlawful detainment. >> Now filming in public, even at an airport, is not a crime. The auditor here identified himself as an independent journalist, which is also not a crime. At that point, unless the officer could articulate actual suspicion of unlawful activity, there was no legal basis to demand identification or escalate. This is where the line gets crossed. Refusing to provide ID by itself is not grounds for detention. Courts have consistently held that silence or exercising one's right not to engage does not automatically create suspicion. The officer needed more than just curiosity or frustration. He needed lawful cause. So when the officer detained the auditor, not for a suspected crime, but for not presenting ID, he stepped outside the protections laid out in Terry v. Ohio, what we're left with is a detention not based on law, but on authority being stretched past its limit. >> And when the supervisor gets here, he's going to let you guys both know that and he's going to tell you to release me. >> We're going to release you as soon as we're able to do that. I'm not keeping you detained just cuz I feel like I want to. You understand that, right? >> Yeah. No, you you want to cuz you put the cuffs on me. You definitely did. >> Well, I was here by myself and you weren't cooperating with me. Yes, you were handcuffed. >> I was not aggressive. >> No one said you were aggressive. >> And all I and all I told you was I'm not providing my deed because I don't have to legally. >> I'm I'm following >> until you were given a lawful lawful order from a state trooper to do so and you've chose not to. >> That is an unlawful order, sir. >> Okay. >> And you're going to learn that. >> Well, I'm glad you cooperated with it because it was getting close to the point that you weren't where I had to physically put your hands behind your back for you, >> sir. I don't I don't I don't know. I don't comply with unlawful orders and and that's just my right as a citizen to not comply with you might think it's a lawful order but it's not it's not it's not >> got one two three >> well until we could get the supervisor everyone came for you >> all right sir um multiple people came up to me including TSA saying this guy was acting very suspicious at the checkpoint I observed him recording which there's nothing wrong with However, when I went to identify him to find out what his business here at the airport, he refused to comply. Wouldn't provide me any ID. Um been he's like pushing the limits. Uh he's trying to test us, I think, and see, you know, he's saying I uh what I um violated his first amendment right and that he didn't have to provide ID and that's why he didn't when I asked him to put his hands behind his back cuz he wasn't being compliant with me and I was investigating, he refused to do so. It took me four or five verbal attempts to get him to do that. Had to physically put his hands behind his back. He's been compliant since, but constantly questioning what I'm asking. Um, just being difficult. I don't think there's anything major here. I think this is what he was here to do. He says he's a journalist and he was recording. Um, but he has no documentation of that. And I just did a pat down. I didn't do a search obviously. >> Well, he was What did you find though? >> He was literally right here recording everyone, recording TSA. >> Oh, so he wasn't on the other side? >> No, he's on the unsecured side recording the TSA checkpoint, recording passengers. And people were just alarmed and disturbed by what he was doing. >> So, I wanted to make sure everything was safe. >> Okay. And not sure where you're at. We're at >> Hi, Sergeant. >> Sergeant Drummond. Yes. >> Sergeant Drummond, I would like to be uh released immediately from this unlawful detainment. I have not broken any laws. Your officer did, your trooper did not have any reasonable articulable suspicion to identify me or in any way. I talked to supervisor from the TSA, Brett Kavanagh. He told me that I have every right to film the security checkpoint. This is a public building. I'm I'm an independent journalist. He's vi violating my first amendment right of freedom of press. And like I said, I would like to be released from these handcuffs. >> And he turned off my phone. Just, you know, I would like to be released from these handcuffs immediately. I have not broken any laws, sir. >> Okay. All right. Why were you videotaping? Just out of curiosity. >> I the same thing I told your trooper. I I'm I'm an independent journalist gathering content for a story. >> Okay. >> I'm not going to divulge until the story is published. Now, I guess the story has changed to an unlawful detainment by your officer, by your trooper. Sorry. And uh like I said, the longer I'm in here, the longer you guys are violating my rights. So I would as a supervisor, I would advise you to to do the right thing here, sir. And and have me undetained. >> Okay? >> Cuz I have not broken any laws. >> Okay? >> And your trooper has a grave misunderstanding of Connecticut uh Connecticut law saying that a trooper if they ask for your ID, you have you are obligated legally to provide it. I know that you do not that you need reasonable articulable suspicion. Right, John? Okay, go ahead. I'm sorry. >> You need reasonable articul suspicion and I think you're I would like to file a formal complaint against this this trooper. Okay. >> And I'll be writing a statement to your internal affairs, but I'd like to file a I'd like to file a complaint with you as a supervisor. >> Well, I'm going to direct you to our professional standards unit. You're not >> you're not going to take a complaint from me. >> I don't take complaints. We don't do that. You have to go through our profession. >> That's not standard. That's not how it works at it. It has to go you professional standards. Yeah. And then it'll come down through uh the chain command. >> Okay. Great. >> But I will advise that uh Could you >> could you at least could you do that for me? Could you advise him that that's not the law that dangerous? >> No. No, no, no. Actually, he uh you were uh he had a reason to question you. You chose not to cooperate with him. You became the subject of an investigation. So, >> I cannot I I do not have to provide my ID unless he articulates a crime. >> Okay. >> This is where the state trooper completely undermines his own authority. He admits on camera that the man wasn't aggressive and that he wasn't detained for filming. Instead, he says the detention was based only on suspicion. But here's the problem. Suspicion is not a crime. Under the Fourth Amendment and Supreme Court precedent in Terry versus Ohio, an officer must have reasonable, articulable suspicion of criminal activity, specific facts that point to a potential crime before detaining someone. A hunch, a feeling, or simple curiosity isn't enough. That means when the trooper demanded ID without a legal basis, those demands were not lawful commands. They were unlawful orders. And when a citizen is detained for refusing an unlawful order, it crosses the line from authority into rights violations. This kind of unconstitutional detention not only weakens the officer's position, it exposes him and his department to civil liability under 42 USC subsection 1983. That statute allows citizens to sue government officials for violating their constitutional rights and unlawful orders like this have led to large civil rights settlements and judgments across the country. At the end of the day, the trooper didn't just mishandle the stop. He created a textbook example of how an officer turns a lawful encounter into a potential lawsuit by issuing unlawful demands and detaining without cause. >> Are you going to I gave I he told me he was going to arrest me, trooper. This is what I'm saying. I understand you guys have your thin blue line and you guys stick together. I get that. >> Listen, listen. What I'm saying is stop talking or I'm going to leave. Stop talking. >> I mean, you can leave whenever you'd like, sir. >> You guys are all set. Can I get my things and go? >> What's this? Where's this thing? >> I'm going to get a thing. Don't want to go near my my uh >> Oh, okay. Yeah. >> Be careful, man. Come on. What's wrong with you? >> Come on, man. This is all on a call for I don't know. >> I'll be talking I'll be I'll be talking to professional standards and whatever. You need to learn the law. >> Don't point. Don't point. Listen, we're done talking. We're done. We're done. Get yourself. Let's go, sir. >> Not even a >> No. No. Just let me What? I didn't break the rule. >> All right, let's go. >> You did. You violated my rights. >> I was just unlawfully detained >> by the Connecticut State Troopers here. I was put in cuffs by a tyrant officer, a rogue officer who thought that uh he knew his job, but obviously didn't. Excuse me. >> After several tense minutes in handcuffs, a supervisor finally arrives on scene. Recognizing there was no lawful basis for the detention, the supervisor orders the cuffs removed and the man is released. But the story doesn't end there. Determined to hold the troopers accountable, the independent journalist heads straight to the state police headquarters to file a formal complaint. Instead of professionalism, he's met with another heated exchange. Officers doubling down, deflecting, and clashing once again over the same core issue, his right to film and to not present ID without lawful cause. you sir. >> Hey sir, how you doing? Sergeant, >> you're videotaping me? >> Yes, I am. >> I don't want to talk to you then. If you want to videotape me, then if you want to talk to me like a man, we can >> But what what about what about you guys wear body cameras here? What's the difference? >> I don't have a body camera. >> I understand that. What? Can I get your name, Sergeant? >> Yeah. Brian Fy. >> Brian Fy. So there's there's a serious civil rights violation going on here. >> So as I was explaining to you the trooper, I was record I was I'm a journalist, independent journalist working on a story. Okay. >> And I was gathering content for that story at the Bradley airport. TSA became concerned about me filming. Um, a supervisor came over. The first person who was concerned called the supervisor. Supervisor said, "You have every right to film. It's not an issue. I know your rights. You know your rights. Continue what you're doing." One of your troopers um out of Bradley Airport. Trooper, um, >> how can I help you today with pistol permits? >> Can I help you today with pistol permits? >> Why? Why would I? I don't need help with pistol permits. I need help with a civil rights violation as I just told you, sir. But you can contact our internal affairs department. It's online or there's a phone number. >> I'm your but you're you're you're supervisor supervisor in charge of special licensing and firearms. So all these people that are in line and 529 gun dealers in the state of Connecticut. That's what we're dealing with. There's an outlet for you to make your complaint. There's a civil rights violation, >> but there's an outlet for you to make your complaint and you can make that. We >> Why are you guys acting like this? I I'm trying to make a serious civil rights >> what I don't know what you I can't help you with your complaint today. You have your outlet. You can call IIA. I can get you the number or you can go online and make your >> This is the headquarters. Can I Can somebody just come down here and speak to me from our internal affairs division is not here. >> Where is it? So, I can go there. >> It's in Middle. It's in Meridan. I'm sorry. At uh North Colony Road. >> It's in Meridan. >> Building number 11, I believe. Yes. >> Meridan. Can you get me that address? >> Sure. >> 294 North Colony Road. >> 294 North Colony Road. Yep. >> Building building what again? >> I think it's building 11. I'm not sure exactly. You're going to go the when you come into the complex, the uh forensic laboratory is going to be on your left. You're going to take a right. There's an island. It's the last building on the right. And that's where they're located. >> You have your outlet to make your complaint. We give you plenty of outlets to make your complaint. >> Yeah. >> And we've offered them all to you. You have the paperwork, right, to make your complaint. >> They just gave me the complaint. >> Yeah. You can go right ahead. Go right ahead, sir. >> But but this is this is part of a thing that I don't I'm going to fill this out, but I want to speak with somebody who can help me. >> Okay. Then you can call IIA or you can go there and if they have time to speak to you, they'll speak to you. But you have your outlet. You can go online and you can get the phone numbers. >> Yeah. >> You've given we we get we want to entertain your complaint >> through the proper channels. You want to make a complaint which is through which is through internal affairs. The proper channel given that y >> I will go speak to them first. Have a great day. >> You too. >> Nice talking to you. >> You as well. >> I'll be right with you guys. >> You're all set here. >> Excuse Okay. Are you all set here? >> Well, yeah. There's nothing else obviously you can help me out with at this point. >> So, you're all set. So, you can You're going to go to IIA right now, correct? >> Yeah, I'll be there. >> I'm going to be going. Okay. >> Mhm. >> All right. So, >> I'm going to be going. >> Okay. >> So, you're going to stand here with your cell phone up. >> I thought I thought you were busy. I thought you were a busy man. I am busy. >> So, you should you should get to work. >> I I should get to work. Is that what you're telling me? >> If you're busy, >> we're going to have a problem between you and I. What are you doing? His body came on. His body came on. Camera. He has his body. I don't care. I don't care. Right. This is private property. You're not going to vide me and have an attitude with me. But I'm going to tell you what right now. I'm not the one. Okay. I gave you the information you needed and I gave you your outlet. You were given your outlet. No, you wanted to stand there and hold your cell phone in my face of what you wanted to do. Yes, you do. Take your cell phone and go and make your complaint. Okay. >> Hey, >> can I grab my cell phone? >> Stay right here. >> I'll get it for you. I'll get it for you. >> All right. >> Where's your car at? Where's your car at, man? >> Where's your car at? >> I'm going to go, man. I'm going. I'm going. >> All right. No, but where's your car at? >> I didn't even know where my car is at. You were about to arrest me, man. For real? I >> I Yeah, my body camera is on, buddy. I'm Trooper Cassell. 1139. Yep. >> Wow. >> Listen, with the situation, >> you going to arrest me for real? We're going to detain you or what the situation was going on. Man, >> you hear me? Conversation's over. Go ahead. >> Thank you. >> What started as a simple act of recording in public has now escalated into two confrontations. One in the airport and one by the very building meant to uphold accountability. And so the big question is, how far can an officer go before unlawful orders turn into civil rights violations with serious consequences? After the release, the auditor takes his complaint directly to state police headquarters. Outside, he speaks with a sergeant, but instead of addressing the complaint, the sergeant turns the focus back on the camera. Once again, the act of recording becomes the flashoint, and the sergeant ultimately forces him to leave the premises. So, here we are. A man exercising his First Amendment rights, not inside the building, not disrupting operations, simply filming outside, and yet still being pushed away by those sworn to protect those very rights. But this story isn't over. He's directed to another location to meet with internal affairs. And in part two, you'll see exactly what happens when he takes the fight for accountability one step further.