are you afraid of me no I'm not afraid of you I'm just recording I couldn't write your ticket he wasn't gonna write me a ticket but now since I'm filming is your name and badge number on here hold on wait I'm not done I'm not done talking to you welcome back to the lackluster channel on August 5th of 2022. a viewer named Ethan was driving through West Newbury Massachusetts to drop off his girlfriend Ethan's phone rang so we pulled over to use it and noticed a marked West Newbury police department vehicle slowly driving by a few minutes later Ethan dropped off his girlfriend and continued on his journey home during which he alleges that he noticed the headlights of a vehicle approaching quickly behind him traveling so fast that he feared being rear-ended once the vehicle had closed the Gap it activated its emergency lights and Ethan was pulled over the initial portion of the stop was not recorded by Ethan and body cam is not available at this time but in a detailed six-page complaint it is alleged that the officer accused Ethan of traveling 50 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour Zone and after requesting his driver's license and registration documents the officer returns to his Cruiser for several minutes while the officer is writing Ethan up a warning Ethan starts recording and the officer Returns the reason you're recording me just for my safety that's all for your safety yes so who's the law enforcement before huh the law enforcement sticker on the back 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 play games and record me if you want 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 gonna get a ticket that's amazing the officer had initially written a warning but Upon returning to Ethan's vehicle to issue it and noticing the camera recording the interaction he became immediately hostile the officer returns to his Cruiser and reappears six and a half minutes later 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 your Nathan badge number on here hold on wait I'm not done I'm not done talking to you the officer leaves refusing to identify and the department has refused to identify him since the incident his name tag starts with a C but the signature on the citation does not this was perhaps one of the most obvious cases of First Amendment retaliation by a law enforcement officer which places the officer in His official and individual capacity the department and municipality vulnerable to civil action if Ethan decides to pursue a lawsuit the issued citation is first marked as a warning but is scribbled out and changed to a monetary penalty because Ethan recorded the interaction Ethan's vehicle has a blue line flag on the rear window as his girlfriend's father was prior service for 20 years in Boston the family believes that the officer's abuse of power was personal and that this stop was needlessly extended due to the officer's disdain for the public civil rights the officer failed in his professional responsibility to set and maintain a respectful and appropriate tone interactions like this are exactly why there is such a divide between law enforcement and the people who fund their operations it is important to film every interaction you have with State officials videos like this make it clear the importance of having a dash cam readily available and always recording Ethan plans on filing a lawsuit and I will continue to provide updates as this moves forward he does not have a YouTube channel so feel free to leave him a comment down below as always thanks for watching if you have a video you'd like to submit for review use the link in the description or pinned comment don't forget to subscribe and hit the Bell notification for future content and remember to like share and comment down below of what you think of this interaction it really helps the channel if you enjoy our content try our other channels lackluster limited for criminal psychology content and the odd side for paranormal videos shirts and other merchandise are available at the Teespring store men membership start at just a buck if you'd like to help further support the channel and get a slick lack logo next to your name I look forward to seeing you in the next video all links are down below