Damn it. Now they told me we're in America. What's going on here? >> Why are you recording? Why are you recording? >> You gonna stop me? >> You're gonna stop me? >> You're going to stop me? >> My name's I'm going to kick your ass in about two [ __ ] seconds, >> dude. You're froing at the mouth. >> Fro you up, you piece of car. Just do it. >> Okay. What the hell is going on here? Why are grown adults acting like this in public? >> Well, I'm telling you one thing. I'm not the >> I'm telling you don't step up against me. Just don't do it. >> I have three feet. I'm going to down. >> If you spray me with that, if you spray me with that, you're the aggressor. I have every right to stand here. 3 ft away from you. You piece of >> You pull that on me, I swear to God, you'll be in a lot of pain. Buddy, >> hey, don't step up in my face. >> Maybe we should start from the top. This is Johnny from the First Amendment Protection Agency channel. He drives from town to town in his shiny red C5 Corvette. He proudly sports the people's bicep wherever he goes. >> Give him the people's bicep before you leave, Mike. Shoot up the people's bicep for the FAPA fans out there. Give me the people's bicep, bro. Give it to him. Give him the people's bicep. Yeah, buddy. Give him the people's bicep. Yes, sir. And he's typically forthright about why he's standing in public recording when people ask, "Why are you recording?" Well, I'm out here. I'm stress testing our First Amendment right to the freedom of press in public. Well, what I do is I stress test our First Amendment right to the freedom of press in public. >> Okay. >> Like, what are you recording for? >> Well, what I do is I go around and I stress test our First Amendment right to the freedom of press in public. >> Okay. >> I'm stress testing our First Amendment right to the freedom of press in public. It's the same one that gives you the right to ask random strangers questions. >> And I think it's important to emphasize that Johnny's not recording in China, Cuba, North Korea, or Russia. This is the good old US of A, baby. Oh, sorry about that. I mean, the good old US of A. You know, land of the free, home of the enslaved. So, in our technological age where cameras are literally everywhere, and when I say literally everywhere, I mean we are a wash with cameras. And if you have any doubts about how surveiled we actually are, I'll drop a link to Ben Jordan's last video about the creepy AI just found in police cameras. Seriously, you're going to want to watch this video and you'll need to bring your thinking cap with you and a pillow that you can scream into. >> We're not live. So, if we live in a world that's flooded with so many damn cameras that are activated and pointing at us every single day, why do people consistently act like this when Johnny's camera or any auditor's camera arrives on the scene? >> Why don't you just relax? >> Why don't you get out of here? >> No. Why don't you go smoke some calm down? >> Why are you recording people? >> Just walk away, Karen. Please. >> My name's I'm going to kick your ass in about two [ __ ] seconds. Why are you recording? Why are you recording? Cuz I don't want to be on it. >> Well, why would you put your face right up in it? >> What are you going to do? >> [ __ ] camera. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> How long you got? >> I got all day. >> My cardio is better than yours. I guarantee you, buddy. >> It won't take much for me to damn get >> Hey, don't don't touch my Don't touch me. Don't [ __ ] touch me, dude. Don't do it. Don't do it again. >> What are you going to do? >> Make another step out. >> What are you going to do it? >> Hey, >> you going to stop me? Hey, you going to stop me? >> Yeah. >> You going to stop me? >> Get the Hey, get away from me, bro. Away from me, bro. >> You >> get away from me, bro. Really trying this? This is what you want to do, huh? Come on, dude. Come on. >> My cardio is My cardio is better than yours. I promise you >> what's going on here is tanamount to a social experiment. Put a camera in a man's hands, plop him in a public space where he starts recording, and then stand back and watch an unlikely cast of characters materialize before a lens that they vehematly object to being in front of. It's absolutely fascinating and we're here for every bit of it. Dental restrictions may apply. Lights, public sidewalk, camera, action. >> Why are you taking video? >> Oh, I'm out here stress testing the first amendment right to record in public. Do you support the Constitution? >> No, no. I'm just curious why. >> Yeah. No, I'm just telling you. Do you support the Constitution? >> Yes. >> Awesome. Perfect. >> Why are you recording? Oh, I'm out here stress testing the first amendment right to record in public. >> For what? >> Do you support the Constitution? >> For what? >> No. Do you support the Constitution? >> You're making my customers uncomfortable? >> I'm making your customers feel uncomfortable. >> Yeah, because why are you here recording them? >> I just told you. >> What's your purpose? >> I'm stress testing the First Amendment right to record in public. >> Somewhere else. >> No, thank you. It's >> your whole point. This is public. Yes, it's public, but this is people's rights to come do it privately, and you don't need to record. >> No, I I actually you nicely, please. >> Okay. Well, I'm going to also tell you nicely. No, because it for people that react like you, this is why I do it because you know that I have the right to do it, but you're still going to ask me not to do. So, that's fine. >> Okay. Who upsets you so much that you need to do it? >> Nobody. >> Okay. So, keep it going. Keep it. >> I I'm keeping it going. No worries. No worries on that. Now, the irony here is often times when people come out and object to a camera on the sidewalk, they're coming out of a building whose owners are surveilling the sidewalk with their own surveillance equipment, but they have a problem with one more camera for some reason. >> I'm glad you're more chill about it, Matt. Take it easy, brother. >> You recording? >> I'm out here expressing the First Amendment right to record in public. >> Okay, perfect. >> Do you support the Constitution? >> I do. >> Awesome. Sweet. >> Is this going to be on the internet later? >> I'm not too sure until it's done. >> Okay, cool. >> You need to leave. >> I'm sorry. >> You can't be doing that. >> What do you mean? >> Video recording? >> I can't be video recording? >> No, this is a medical facility. >> Oh, really? Yeah. >> So, what does that mean? >> So, you're violating HIPPA laws. >> I'm violating HIPPA. You think I'm the one that has to uphold people's HIPPA rights? >> No, I am. You need to leave. >> Okay. No, I'm not. >> Stop video recording. >> No. >> Now, some people might not know this, but HIPPA stands for Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act. It's a federal law from 1996 that sets the standard for health care providers to protect patient information. It's only incumbent on health insurance providers, not people standing out on a sidewalk with a camera. So, HIPPA does not apply to auditors. But facts never quite seem to phase Jenzers with My Little Pony multicolored hairds. >> My Little >> How about I just call the police I want to defund. That'll scare him. >> Okay. Well, the police have been called, so the police have been called. >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Well, when they show up, they'll come and educate you. >> Educate me? >> Educate you? >> You're harassing customers? >> I'm harassing which which customers am I have I harassed? >> All the ones that are walking by. >> Really? How so? >> By video recording them when they don't want to be. >> You think that's harassment? >> I do. >> Really? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Well, then just like I said, then when the police arrive, then they'll come and educate you. >> Why are you doing this? >> Because I'm out here stress testing the First Amendment right to record in public. Take it easy though, Karen. Have a good one. >> Because I don't like that. >> Oh, okay. Well, you don't you shouldn't come up to the cameraman that has video. >> I don't I don't let people record me. I don't you know I don't know artist and nothing like that. >> You don't what? >> I don't know artist, nothing like that. Normal people like you and other people because you you like I go with my with my phone. I record you. You go to like that. >> Of course. >> Oh, but me not. I don't like I I I that person. >> So, you want to keep recording? You can cut my my part of the video. >> I don't think I'm going to be able to do that >> because you not wanting to be recorded and yet walking up to a man with a recording device makes about as much sense as being highly allergic to bees and yet walking up to an active hive anyway. >> Too crazy, bro. >> All right, man. Hey, take it easy though, Karen. Have a good one. >> Are you filming? >> I am >> filming. >> I'm sorry. >> Give you permission to film me. >> Why not? >> Give you permission to film me, so delete it. >> No, thank you. >> What are you doing? >> I'm out here stress testing the First Amendment right to record in public today. Do you support the Constitution? >> I cannot record the public without their permission. >> No, absolutely I can't. >> Unless you're a star. >> Unless I'm a star. What does that even mean? If I'm famous, then I can't say anything. >> I'm not famous. >> If you're famous, you can't say. >> You're calling the cops because somebody's standing on a sidewalk recording. All right, have a good day, Karen. >> It's amazing how people specialize in just pulling crap out of their ass. Just think about this for a second. You can only record people out in public if they're famous. >> I'm not famous. So, what level of fame do they have to have reached before you can pull out your camera? >> You take it easy. >> Ah, brilliant. There you go. Thank you. Educate this Karen, please. >> It's a waste of public resources. >> Thank you. Thank you. Oh, yes. We need more people like you. Thank you very much for your activism today, Karen. We appreciate your work. >> She must have deemed somewhere along the line when she went into the dispensary that Johnny's famous. >> Name isn't Karen. >> No, it absolutely is. It absolutely is. >> No, it's not. >> Oh, yeah, it is. I just met you and I realized it like right away. >> I just don't like people being jerks. >> How am I being a jerk? How am I being a jerk? Tell me, please. >> What are you doing with your video? >> I don't know yet. Not until it's done. So, why are you doing it? >> I just told you. I told you when you were out here before. >> Why are you doing it? >> I'm stress testing the First Amendment right to record in public. >> Stress testing. >> Correct. To see how the Do you Have you ever heard of the Hawthorne effect before? >> I think you are opinionated. >> Okay. Well, like I said, take it easy, Karen. Have a good one. Also, for those who may not be aware, the Hawthorne effect is a phenomenon where people dramatically change their behavior if they're aware that they're being observed or studied. They basically start unnaturally performing when they see that a camera might be rolling. It's also known as the observer effect. But wait, there's more. >> Why are you videoing us? >> I'm sorry, I can't really hear you. >> Okay, what? >> I can't really hear you. Why are you videoing us? >> Oh, I'm out here stress testing the First Amendment right to record in public today. >> All right. Well, make people uncomfortable. It's kind of obnoxious. >> Making people uncomfortable. >> You have kids. >> Well, guess what? My rights don't end where your feelings begin. >> Listen, if you want to somebody, you're going to find out real quick. I'm not the mother. >> What am I going to find out? >> Yeah, exactly. You're going to tape me all you want. You're the one out here filming people for no reason. >> Oh, well, you're making yourself look like a fool. >> Mind your own business. Go get a >> mind your business. >> You're making yourself look like a fool. >> Yeah. Table. You're a piss. You sit outside of Man, you have a great attitude going into the store, man. >> Yeah, do it. Do it. Do it. >> Watching too many YouTube videos. Have >> I'm glad your attitude has eased up a little bit since you walked out of the store. >> Are you you running your mouth again? >> Yeah, I sure am. >> Well, I'm telling you one thing. I'm not the >> I'm telling you don't step up against me. Just don't do it. >> I have 3 ft of dude. I'm going to you down >> if you the spraying you. I'm 3t away from me right now. You spray me with that. You're the aggressor. >> Just back up. >> You're the aggressor. I have every right to stand here 3 ft away from you. You piece of >> Well, then >> you pull that on me. I swear to God, you'll be in a lot of pain. But there cry. >> There's not a thing that's that's not going to make me cry. The only thing that's made you cry is out of you in front of you. >> I guarantee you you're going to be guarantee pissing and moaning like >> pissing and moaning. Spray me in the face. Find out what happens. >> Come at me and I'll do it. >> I'm 3 ft away. Spray me in the face. You're going to do it. >> Take another step at me. >> I'm right here. Take that step. I don't have that. >> I know. cuz have that >> have weapons. >> He didn't take that step. Did you notice that? And there's a proverb that says, "The more the words, the less the meaning." And how does that profit anyone? >> Froth at the mouth. >> Froth, I'll you up, you piece of car. >> Just do it. >> Yeah, I know that's what you want cuz you're a tough guy. I need internet. Get some views, right? >> Just do it. >> Get your ass kicked on camera. That'll be worth it. >> The only reason you get your face slapped is you get a weapon. You >> go. All right. Have a good one, man. Take it easy. >> I'm telling you, I'm going to >> Yeah, you're not going to do thing. Just walk away. Just walk away. You're making yourself look like a fool. >> You're making yourself look like a fool. >> I'm not making myself look like >> No, you are making yourself look like >> a There you go. There you go. All right. Take it easy, Karen. >> Take it easy, Darren. Darren, just go have a Thanksgiving. Go have a Thanksgiving, Darren. Just have a good one. Just go. >> I I know. I know you're just doing your whole thing and everything like that and you're out in public, but uh >> Hey, I can't hear you. I can't hear you. I can't hear stupidity. Just go. Just go. >> Just go. Just go. >> He doesn't really have to go. He just He's a customer of >> our man. >> I understand you have like the right to record, but I I can't have you harassing customers. How How have I been harassing customers, please? >> That is about as passive aggressive as you can get. This guy witnessed that his customer harassed Johnny and not the other way around. So now he's going to spin a little tail. >> Please enlighten me. >> Clearly there's they're having an issue. >> Exactly. There you go. You found the key. They're having an issue, not me. And guess what? My rights don't end where their feelings begin. So, if you want to call the police, if that's what you feel you need to do, but dude, I'm not going to get strong armed off of off of public property. So, if what you feel you need to do >> No, I'm not. There's public easement. How How far of a public easement do you have here? Do you even know? Do you even know what you're speaking about or are you just spouting about? Are you just spouting nonsense? >> Right. Well, guess what? Like I said, >> can relocate and film elsewhere from the entrance? >> Well, all I'm going to do I'm I'm just going to finish up here. It might be like two or three hours and then I'll be out of here. So, >> well, I was just saying like, you know, the entrance to the parking lot isn't like the safest location. >> Okay. >> Well, I'm glad. Thank you for caring about my safety >> that um you know, there's a >> So, now now the walk right here that you There you go. Okay. So, now the reasoning has changed three different times. So, which one is it? >> No, there is three reasons. A, you're endangering yourself by standing in the entrance. Thank you for your care. >> Um, you are clearly getting into altercations with customers as they are going. Customers are getting into altercations with business at our location. >> All right, dude. Listen, I'm going to end this conversation here. All right, have a good one. Take it easy. >> Okay. >> So, you don't want to have a conversation, but you want to record. >> Okay. >> Better have a good explanation video. >> Hey, don't step up in my face. Don't do it. Don't do it. I'm not giving you to do that. >> Good. Don't step up in my face. >> Your face your face and find out who has >> All right, my man. >> Oh, yes. >> Wait a second. Isn't this Stephen Spielberg? If it is, then he's famous and Johnny is perfectly within his right to record in public. >> We need more activists like you. Thank you very much. Look at this. >> I have a lawyer and a judge in my family. >> Oh, you do. Can you believe people like that? How do you walk out of the with such a bad attitude? How is that even possible? >> Yeah, no kidding. No kidding. Hey, I wish you got I wish you a speedy recovery, man. >> So, that's Johnny from the YouTube channel First Amendment Protection Agency. I'll drop a link in the description. If you visit him, let him know here's the deal sent you. Leave your thoughts about this for the world and the global thought police in the comments section below. If you want, check out my most popular playlist. I'm sure there's a lot of videos on there that you haven't seen yet. They're all still very much in play today as they were the day that I made them. Hey, this isn't North Korea. This isn't Communist China. This isn't Russia. This is America. And you have the right to record in public. I'll see you in the next video. [Music]