Get your stuff, put it in your backpack, and start walking up and down the block. see your ID or you're going to handcuffs. These are our neighborhoods. My doctorate degree says that I'm educated. My juris doctorate. Jesus was arrested by cops and CRUCIFIED BY THE GOVERNMENT. doing our job. Welcome back to the Lackluster channel. Today's story features Hawk Newsam. In June of 2020, then US President Donald Trump described Newsam in a tweet as a Black Lives Matter leader. This prompted a response from the director of of the BLM Global Network Foundation, who stated that Newsam has no relation to the Black Lives Matter Global Network. Hawk responded by questioning the BLM co-founder's purchase of four properties worth $3.2 million, all while claiming to be a socialist. Hawk is a high school dropout, but not for a lack of talent. He went on to work as a paralegal and as a project manager for a law firm before attending law school himself. He ran for city council and works with high school and college students to help educate them on the behaviors of modern law enforcement. During two separate protests in 2017 and 2018, he was attacked and arrested by officers of the New York Police Department. All of his charges have been dropped, and he is currently suing the department for civil rights violations, emotional distress, false imprisonment, and false arrest damages. It'll be interesting to hear from the comment section in this one, as we have a diverse crowd with many varying opinions. And while I'm curious how you might feel about Hawk, this story is in regard to an incident he had in 2019. Hawk was on a public sidewalk in the Bronx using his tablet when his video begins. Multiple uniformed and plainclothes officers just arrived on scene. You don't want to drink out in the street anymore? You don't want to drink out in the street? drink. I'm 3 and 1/2 years sober. You're 3 and 1/2 years sober? 3 and 1/2 years sober. Okay, so why do we have an attitude? Because you keep walking right in through here. Yeah. Staring at me. I asked you if you have a problem. It's my job to address conditions in this What conditions? Drinking, congregating on the sidewalk. I'm standing here in front of an iPad, not bothering anyone. matter. You can stand in front of an iPad, but you can't drink out here. I don't drink. What part of 3 and 1/2 years sober don't you understand? say you were drinking. I'm saying the group you're with was drinking. I I don't I don't see anybody drinking. Okay. I don't see nobody drinking. You're lying. There's one right there. There's one over there. about what happened out here yesterday. I don't speak that language. Speak to me So like I just told you, that's that's why we're here right now. Cuz everybody's drinking. So now you can get in your car and leave me alone. No, I'm going to hang out right here for a little bit. you want to do, okay? Can I see your badge and your ID? Yep. In fact, it's time to go. You can't congregate on the sidewalk. I can't congregate on the sidewalk. Yep. I can't stand here on the sidewalk. Actually, no, you cannot stand by the sidewalk and set it up like it's your living room. This is not my living room. I know. So you need to get your stuff off of here, and you need to keep it moving. I can walk up and down this block all night. You can. I can walk up and walk up and down, but you're not. You're standing here. You're not walking up and down. So get your stuff, put it in your backpack, and start walking up and down the block. It's just No, it's just people flexing for no reason. That's it. For no reason. No, it's nothing to flex about, okay? So get your stuff and put it in your laptop, and then you can go. I'm not congregating. I'm sitting down talking to someone. It's time to go. It's time to I'll get my stuff. Can I see your ID? Can I see your ID? You're going to see my ID. I'd love to see your ID. I'd love to see all of your IDs. Sir, let me see your ID. In 1976, New York passed a series of loitering laws that prohibited wandering in a public place, repeatedly stopping, repeatedly attempting to engage passersby in a conversation, or repeatedly stopping or attempting to stop motor vehicles. Those new laws led to arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement, which in turn led to a class action lawsuit from victims who were charged for standing outside, often in front of their own homes or while walking to the subway. In 2018, the laws were deemed unnecessary and duplicative, and a section of the penal law was repealed, which led to over 800 cases being dismissed in 2021. New York's current loitering laws cover anyone who remains in a public place for the purpose of gambling, drug use, or prostitution, or near any school or transportation facility. However, the laws remain to be quite vague and arguably unconstitutional. This is quite obvious, as it is being used to force Hawk to walk up and down the street to avoid being cited. Can I see your ID? We need your ID. mine. It's not mine. Okay, then we need your ID. I would like to see your ID. You're going to have it on your summons. I would like to see for what? For what? told you. For what? For refusing to move when you're congregating on the sidewalk. You're blocking the sidewalk. Literally, it's not a debate. Let me see your ID. Let me see your ID or you're going to get handcuffs. Let me see your ID or you're going to get handcuffs. Wait a [ __ ] minute and you'll see. Let me see your ID. Wait a minute and you'll see my ID. I already asked you. Nobody cares about your threats. I was locked up on Monday for shutting down the FDR. Nobody cares. care what you do. You do not scare me. You do not scare me. You do not scare me. You do not scare me. This is my neighborhood. My neighborhood. So, write your ticket. Do whatever you do. Have fun. Have fun. We're not having fun. We're just doing our job. Doing your job riding up and down this block staring at people? Staring at people? Write your ticket. Write your ticket. Write your ticket. Write your ticket. We're going to write you a ticket. Thank you. You're going to get one. Don't worry about it. I appreciate it. Write your three. Now, we're just going to write you one. Now, we're just going to write you one. How's that? I really don't care. You're fine with one? As if the problem is, nobody's scared to go to jail. Nobody gives a [ __ ] about them or their presence. These are our neighborhoods. These are our neighborhoods. We've been here forever. Forever. Write me a ticket. Forever, huh? Write me a ticket. Forever, huh? Write me I knew him since I was a kid. Yeah, this is Right. Yeah, these are our neighborhoods. What's happening? Where you from? Where'd you grow up? Where'd you grow up? Where? Nobody got shot in your neighborhood? You never knew no anybody who got shot? Stop it. You think you one of these white boys, you not. You hear when they catch you without your badge and your gun, they can't see they going to shoot you like they shot the cop up in [ __ ] white White Castle. A black hero. Hero. A racist to who? I don't I cannot be racist. I don't have the power to be racist. I DO NOT HAVE THE power to be racist. How? You're a hypocrite. How? How? How? You just judged him by the color of his skin. I asked him where he was from. You just said he wasn't You're not smart enough to talk to me. You said that's You're not smart enough to make the You think he's one of these white boys. He thinks he's one of these white boys. No, my doctorate degree says that I'm educated. That's what my doctorate degree says. My juris doctorate. MY JURIS DOCTORATE AND MY BUSINESS degree say that I'm I'm educated. So, write the ticket. Why you wasting MY TIME? WHY ARE YOU WASTING MY TIME? IF I WAS RACIST, I'D CALL YOU A YEAH, I just did it. I just did it. Yeah. Yeah, I'd be that. I'd be that. You treat me like a I'd call you a How about that? How about that? How about that? Can't stand out here and talk to people? Are you kidding me? All this. One man. All this. All this. All this. for what? For what? All this for what? For one man with a mouth. Now you see why they kill civil rights leaders? That's why. Look at this. Look at this. Go ahead. Circle around. I am not breaking any laws. I am not breaking any laws. That's not disorderly conduct. I can raise my voice. I can raise my voice. You better check the Constitution, smart guy. You ready? Check the Constitution. Check your Constitution. Check your Constitution. Right here. Right here. They do the same to you. You you should call SRG Taru and legal and ask them who I am. It's above your pay grade. You're the clown. The unidentified cop now takes Hawk's ID to write his citation for standing on a public sidewalk. Hey, take out your phone and record. Yo, just stand there. You're getting a summons. You're not walking around. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. Why you touching me? Why you Why you touching me? Why you touching me? Don't move. Don't Don't Don't start walking around. Let's go. You're a [ __ ] sellout. Ah, yeah. You know who calls me? You know who calls me? Cops call me to talk about how racist this piece of system is. That's what I get in my inbox. Cops complaining about other cops. Like, oh, I know you right. Why don't you stand up and do something about it? You surrounded by these white boys. You'll never get promoted. They'll get promoted. You'll never get promoted. All this for one man. For one man. I'll be that. You treat me like an I'll call you a How about that? You treat me like an I'll call you a Take that. Here you go, sir. All that size. You should have did something better with your life. I was an All-American. You can put this on the wall with your All-American You're an all-American. No, no, no. I got You know what You know what the other one I can put it next to? The one where they were taking my bullhorn and I said, "Fuck the police." And I say that proudly. Surrounded. [ __ ] the police. And I mean that from the bottom of my heart. All right. Yeah, Walter. My name is Hawk Newsome. Yeah, I was an all-American. Yeah, yeah. College paid for. Associate's degree. With money. Here we go. I'm still here. And I got a apartment on the Upper West I'm above you socioeconomically. I'm above you. Here we go. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Now, beat it. Get out of here. Okay. You got to go. You got to go. Oh, get the [ __ ] out of my way. So, go. Go ahead. Go. Beat it. 12. I'll be back. I will be back. And they brought this little coconut out here with them. Jack off. All right. See you, Walter. [ __ ] jack off. No, nothing. Nothing. What? All of you. All of you. All of you. And this ticket. All of you. And this ticket. We love you. Hope you can afford it. Oh, I can. I can. Check my credentials. Check my credentials. Jesus. You want to talk about Jesus? Jesus was arrested by cops in a hot and CRUCIFIED BY THE GOVERNMENT. IT WAS PIGS LIKE YOU THAT KILLED JESUS. DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT JESUS. Hawk continues to record as he paces up the street to make his presence lawful. When I reached out to Hawk for permission to use his recording, he did not specify whether he fought the citation, but given his history and juris doctorate, I find it highly unlikely that he would have rolled over on this one. Now, whether you agree with Hawk's core beliefs or not, there is no denying the existence of a massive problem within the institutions of law enforcement and the so-called justice system. Having laws preventing otherwise law-abiding citizens from standing on a sidewalk is goofy enough, but without the enforcement arm filled with people who will carry out the order to cite an individual for standing still, the penal law would be meaningless. 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