the reason you're recording me so who's the law enforcement sticker for huh the law enforcement sticker on the back the blue line flag yeah i support law enforcement okay i could write you a ticket i understand play games and record me if you want i'm not playing games i'm allowed to do this okay hang tight for me i suggest you take the blue line sticker off the back of your car have a great night this video is a perfect example of back the blue until it happens to you on august 5th 2022 ethan was traveling through west newbury massachusetts sporting a thin blue line sticker on the back of his vehicle when he was pulled over by officer matthew ritvo cabezas of the west newbury police department the officer claimed that ethan had been doing 50 miles an hour in a 35 mile an hour zone ethan did not record the first part of the traffic stop but did turn on his camera after the officer went back to his cruiser to write a warning when the officer returns and sees that ethan is recording he tells ethan that he's going to change his warning to a citation in retaliation for ethan recording him listen yes sir the reason you're recording me just for my safety that's all for your safety yes so who's the law enforcement sticker for huh the law enforcement sticker on the back the blue line flag yeah i support law enforcement okay are you afraid of me no i'm not afraid i'm just recording i could write you a ticket i understand i'm not playing games i'm allowed to do this okay hang tight for me all right sounds good are you like serious dude he wasn't gonna write me a ticket but now since i'm filming now i'm going to get a ticket that's an amazing [ __ ] i've never i've never in my life been pulled over by police that act like this this is [ __ ] insane ethan waits for another six and a half minutes before the officer returns by the time he gets back he's changed his mind about actually writing a citation likely because he articulated that the citation would be direct retaliation for ethan exercising his first amendment right all right ethan yes this is a written warning okay for going 50 miles an hour in a 35 mile an hour zone okay here's your registration thank you here's your license thank you if i catch you in the town again driving that fast okay i'm gonna charge you a reckless operation sounds good i suggest you take the blue line sticker off the back of your car have a great job and badge number on here hold on wait i'm not done i'm not done talking to you the officer refused to identify himself but after the video went viral on lackluster's youtube channel an anonymous tip identified him as matthew ritval cabezas i contacted the department to check if this information was accurate but they were unwilling to give me any information hello hey is matthew is matthew in today i'm matt dixon what's that who are you looking for uh matthew uh cabezas oh no he's not okay uh when's he he's not gonna be on shift tonight at all or is he just not in yet i i have no idea okay is his supervisor around no have you already had other other calls looking for matt i'm not at liberty to say do you uh do you have a blue line sticker on your car i'm not at liberty to say that's my personal choice though okay i'm just wondering all right thank you because i do thank you have a good day i do have one have a good day back the blue until it happens to you