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Uh So, I've I've been on every side of of the law in the last 35 years. You go a few years before that I was in the backseat a couple of times, too. So, I know police and I love the police. I support the police. I'm still an FOP lawyer. I'm still a member of the Fraternal Order of Police and I enjoy uh highlighting the good things that that police do which we are going to show you one right now. We're going to uh go to the hero of the week. This is it. Oh, this is just a great video. So, um it's not very long and let me make it full screen for you. Theater mode. Let's watch this. Wow. There's no sound but woo. He sees it coming and you'll be able to tell right when he does. Right there. He's like, "Oh crap, here comes a car." And she doesn't know what's going on. He's just grabbed her. And they both get out of the way just in the nick of time. One one more time. And there you go. Hero of the week. Uh just a great a great video and it shows you what cops go through. Um just a little glimpse of of some of the things that cops they're they always have to be aware on every call. They have to be aware of so many different things that could cause them not to go home. And you know, that's a big deal. So, you obviously want to go home at the end of your shift. Let's um go to another video. There I'm going to I'm going to show you a couple of videos and one of them um we see these First Amendment audits all the time and the Second Amendment audits and if you don't know what that is, then you don't watch much YouTube. But the First Amendment auditors are people that go out there and they just try to instigate trouble with the police. I don't do that. I don't do that for the First Amendment. I mean, I I love the First Amendment and the Second Amendment and all the amendments. I'm a Constitution supporter. But I don't go out there and try to instigate uh audits to to just instigate the police into into uh into doing something. Now, as a former police officer and an attorney and somebody that's been on every side and running for judge and um in 2022, I would say that the police need more training on these auditors and how to handle them. Some of these auditors would lose their YouTube following if the police would do the right thing. And the right thing is "Well, that's great, sir. Have a nice day." And walk off. You're going to see a video where this cop should have done that very thing and he didn't. Um and it gets right up to the point where he's about to arrest this guy. He's about to make a mistake. The cop's about to make a big mistake and um and the sergeant steps in. So, this I've skipped through most of it. Uh a lot of it is just this guy um Let me make it a little bit bigger. This this guy is going through the This is what they do. They go through um the parking lot of a police station or a correctional facility or something that that, you know, the police would take notice if they see somebody out there walking around with a camera. And he's videoing where all the cameras are and he's videoing the doors and he's videoing the cars and things of that nature. And all he's doing is he's trying to get a police officer to take notice and come question him about what he's doing and try to make him give his identification which uh in most states you're not required to talk to the police if you don't want to. Some people don't like it when I say that, but that's the law. You don't have to identify yourself to the police if you don't want to. Unless you're suspected of or there's reasonable articulable suspicion which means you're able Articulable means you're able to speak it. Uh Reasonable just means reasonable. But you got to have reasonable articulable suspicion of a crime before you are authorized to demand somebody's identification. I'm not required to give you my driver's license or tell you my name or tell you where I live or anything about me unless you can articulate some reason that you think that I just committed or am about to commit a crime. These are things that everybody needs to understand. Everybody needs to understand their rights. If everybody understood that they didn't have to talk to the police and everybody understood what their rights were under the Constitution, we would have way fewer conflicts. I believe that this needs to be um an absolutely mandatory class in high school and college. We need to teach our young people how to be pulled over and how to be stopped by the police. I'm curious what you think. Comment below. If you disagree with me, comment below if you agree with me. But kids and young people today need to be taught how to deal with police contact. And if you would do that, we'd we'd have fewer problems. So, on on this video, let's just let's just jump into it. Let's get into it. Let's we'll stop it here and there and we'll talk about it. Take your pictures. Working on a story for the township. I'm working on a story for the township. Well, about the township for for me. For you? Yes. You making a documentary? Um to new story. New story? Yeah. You have ID? I always have ID. Okay, can you provide that? No. You can do whatever you want, but He says, "I always have ID." Now, it was a little bit of a misleading answer. He said, "I always have ID." He didn't say I always carry ID. He said, "I always have ID." What he meant in his head was I always have fingerprints and retinal scans and DNA. I'm always able to identify who I am but not necessarily with a card or with a driver's license. But he led the police officer to believe that he had identification on him. That becomes important in a in a few minutes. So, let's just keep watching. The officer needs to identify who you are. No, you don't. Yes, I do. No, you don't. I do, sir. No, you don't. And so, this is what happens when you tell a police officer no. They don't like that. They don't like being told no. They don't like being told you don't have to identify who I am. The cop thinks he needs to identify. The cop wants to identify who he is, most assuredly. Got no argument with me there. But, the the police officer's not entitled to that yet, at least in Tennessee and 26 other states. Um so, this Although I hate it when these First Amendment auditors do this crap, he's he's right. He doesn't have to identify himself, and the police officer needs to stop right here, realize what's going on. He's doing this to get a rise out of me, so he can get more YouTube views and Facebook clicks. And say, "You know what? Have yourself a nice day." Because truthfully, he's not violating the law. He can walk around a public place all he wants to. He can video anybody he wants to, if they're in a public place. And some people will say, "Well, you don't have the right to to video me and post my image on YouTube on his YouTube channel." Yes, he does. Yes, he does. If you're standing in public, you're subject to being videoed by a multitude of cameras. Good lord, Google and Big Tech have cameras everywhere. And if you don't think you're being videoed, you are mistaken. I promise you, you're being videoed somewhere. And by being in public, you are authorizing anybody that's in public that can see you with their eyes to That's That's what the law is based upon. If If I can see you with my eyes and hear you with my ears, then I can record you with my camera or take a picture of you. And I can use it on my YouTube channel. And I don't need your permission, because you're in public. And you're doing things in public. Some people have a problem with that. But, I'm sorry. It's just how it is. It's not against the law for this guy to go video people, and it's not against the law for him to say, "No, I don't want to give you my identification, officer. I'm sorry." I do. And what law is that? Well, it came in as a suspicious person. Anytime we investigate as to somebody calling it by suspicious, we need to at least identify who it is we spoke to. You're not in trouble in any way, Okay, then I don't need to give ID. That's exactly right. Now, in this case, the cop's going, "Wait a minute. You're not hearing me. So, it came in as a suspicious person. Don't you understand that?" And that's where they need to train these guys, these younger officers. They need to train them. Just because it comes in as a suspicious person, that's a subjective term. Somebody could have passed by and saw this guy videoing and said, "Hey, you know, there's a suspicious suspicious guy out there with a camera." Well, it could have been the lieutenant taking a picture. Could have been somebody in plain clothes that was completely authorized to be there. Just because they said he was suspicious, doesn't mean that he's suspicious and that he's violated the the law. He hasn't committed a crime. So, this cop goes on to just press the issue here. Well, you do. What law is that? to know who you are. What law is that? a crime. It's actually called obstruction if you fail to provide your Wrong. Wrong. Quote the Quote that statute. Wrong. He's I'm a actually investigating a crime and it's obstruction if you don't do what I want you to do. That's a police state. Let's just Let's just call it what it is. Some officers really want to be able to say, "Give me your ID. You have to answer my questions. You have to do this. You have to do that, because I said so, because I'm investigating a crime. And if if later something happens, and I could have gotten your name, then you know, I have been derelict in my duties if I didn't get your name." Well, you're not entitled to my name. I'm sorry. For all of you people that the police can do no wrong, hey, I used to be one. So, I'm not hating on the police. Most police officers will agree with me. I actually support the blue and love the police, and most of them agree with me. Um and most of them are not bully cops, either. So, we don't have a lot of bully cops around anymore. And when And when we do, they're very they're very quickly discovered with all of the body cams that we have all over the place. Shoot. Quote obstruction. Apparently, you don't. Sir, look, I'm not looking I have to commit an unlawful act and prevent you from performing your unlawful duty to be in violation of obstruction. Currently, right now So, what's the unlawful act? Right now, it's came in as a suspicious Okay, and and what statute is is suspicious? It has nothing to do with it. Yes, it does. What's the law? determine what's going on. I'm taking pictures in public. You're telling me you're doing something. That's fine, but I need to verify who you are. No, you're not. So, in the event that something turns into something, I at least can say, "All right, I went out and I spoke with this person." You're making this more difficult than it needs to be. No, you are. And it's arguable on who's making it more difficult than it needs to be. Most people would have caved by now and said, "I'm sorry, officer. Here's Here's my ID. I'm not doing anything wrong." And he would say, "Thank you very much. I'm just doing my job. You know, you know, that means your tax dollars are well spent." This These auditors are doing this for a reason, and they're doing it because people like to watch conflict. They like to watch conflict between the police and citizens. And I'm going to skip through some of this, but it gets just It gets more pressing with they go back and forth on who's who knows the law better. And And this cop is just flat out wrong. It's unfortunate, but he's wrong. So, let's skip through and you do to a certain degree. Yeah. And this is it within that matter. Yes. But But again, if we're investigating you for suspicious because somebody called it in, it's not like we just It doesn't matter if somebody called it in. Yes, it does. Okay, so if you're outside, And he goes He goes through and says, "Well, if you're outside and you're your house and somebody thinks you're suspicious, do you have to identify who you are? You have to prove that I live there." No, you don't. Um so, then he threatens to arrest him. Um He also said He said, He said, "Listen, I don't have an ID." And then the guy said, "Well, you told me you had you had an ID earlier. Now you've lied to me. Now you've committed a crime." Well, it's not a crime to lie to the police. It's not a crime to tell the police something that's not true when you're not suspected of a crime. There are some very narrow exceptions to what I just said, but they don't apply here. So, he goes on to say, "I don't have an ID." And then the guy says, "Look, I'm going to you know, you know, if you don't give me your ID, I'm going to arrest you." Now they're um talking about hindering this and that and the other. And he asked for a supervisor, and then the supervisor walks up. Here's the sergeant. So, let's watch what happens. giving failed documentation. Uh no. Yes, it's going on. And I don't need to have a supervisor, anyway, because I asked you for who you are. Well, I'm asking for a supervisor. I did not lie about who I am. state to you what happens if you fail to provide documentation. Now, if I find out you lied to me, now you could be charged with hindering. So, we have a sergeant. documentation. Uh no. You have two sergeants right here. Okay. What's going on? So, what is your name and what is your information? I'm not answering any questions. Personal information. Okay, well, then you're going to be placed under arrest for obstruction. And what law is that, sergeant? He doesn't need to explain it to you. No, he does, actually. He actually does. So, let's find out. And he said, "Well, now you're under arrest." And the sergeant says, "Hold on a minute. Hold on a minute." Watch what happens next. Can I just ask you what you're doing here? Yes, sir. I'm in public taking pictures of a public building expressing my First Amendment right to freedom of press. I'm here to actually file a complaint. You have the right. You have all those rights. You just You just Thank you. Well, he appears to tell me that I don't. Just Just so you know, there are areas of this building that are posted Absolutely. Yep, like the back of that parking lot there. It says restricted area. You can't go back there. areas or or or video those areas. Absolutely. Other than that, if you want to walk around with your camera, you can walk around with your camera. And I don't need to show ID to do that. You're not showing ID right now. No, sir. All right, sir? How's that? Look at this guy. He's Oh, man, he's He is fuming inside, I promise. He's just been put in his place on camera in front of this guy's whole YouTube channel, which might I don't know how many people that is, but um this officer didn't expect his sergeant not to just come up and back him. Some sergeants, I've seen it, will come right up and say, "Yeah, you do. You have to give him your ID. We're police officers. Don't you understand that? We're investigating a crime. We're investigating a suspicious person call." And it And it could be a serious And And some some sergeants will come up and they will just play right in to standing up for their for their buddy. And they just run the risk of getting themselves in trouble every single time they do that. This guy this sergeant does the right thing. A [ __ ] How is it Is it So, your sergeant's wrong? So, your sergeant's wrong? So, your sergeant's So, we're all set, right? I was just threatened with arrest for not providing identification. It's a violation of Fourth Amendment. All right, sir. But now we're clear on what's going on, right? Is he? Are we all clear? Is he clear? Cuz I'm clear and you're clear. I'm Everybody here is clear, sir. Very good, sir. Thank you. I appreciate your help. You have a good day. You, too. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. Have a Have a day, officer. You too, sir. Hope you learned something today. So, he goes inside and he watches these guys talk outside and um and you can see the sergeant. Let me just skip ahead. He videos them as they're standing in their little huddle. And you can see the sergeant kind of pat him um pat him on the back and say, you know, "Sorry, man." Watch this. This is really kind of funny. So, the officer the sergeant is kind of explaining to him what the First Amendment audit guy's doing and why and "Hey, do you understand that, you know, you have to have a suspicion of crime and blah blah blah." And then he kind of pats him on the shoulder and says, "Sorry, bud." It's okay. He calls it the pat of shame. I don't know. See, I just they just do this to get a rise out of the police and it's it's just a it's a tactic that I don't agree with. Hey, Rick. Yep, he was in the wrong, certainly. And then um I have one more video, maybe two. Um how long have we gone here? 21 minutes. So, yeah, we've we're about to end at the end of this show, but watch this um Watch this video. This just makes my blood boil. And in uh in this day and age, we've gotten to a point where people are emboldened uh about challenging the police and it's because of So, in some respects, because of videos like we just saw, people challenging the police, uh politicians emboldening the the public uh into challenging uh challenging the stop and talking back to the police and whatnot. And then it gets to this point, which just I'll never I'll never get it. I'll never understand it. Why this is socially acceptable today. That's in Chicago. This is in Chicago and it is just a little party. Everybody that can get on that car is on that car. And God help him uh if the officer were to move the car in any respect or drive off and somebody were to fall off that car and hurt themselves, this officer would be fired. He'd be probably brought up on charges. When I was a police officer, this kind of crap didn't go on. This was not socially acceptable. Absolutely, positively was not socially acceptable to jump on a police car. If you jumped on a police car, you got arrested. Just saying. So, anyway, I started to get No, I'm not going to get riled up cuz I'll say something I shouldn't say. But anyway, that's the Dr. Judge show and that's our debut. So, we're going to have more of of these shows, videos like this. We're going to comment on um some high-profile trials as they go on like we did the the Derek Chauvin trial and things of that nature and we will just we will comment on things that are in the news as it relates to crime and punishment and politics somewhat. And um we'll just get into it. I might say things that are provocative. I might say things that are sensitive. But I will never say something that's a lie. I will always speak the truth. And as we say as in the in the criminal law business, you either get justice when you get what you deserve. You might get mercy when you don't get what you deserve. But what I would like to get is grace when you get what you don't deserve. Think about that for a minute. It'll come to you later. Love you guys. We'll be back tomorrow with another video. Be sure to like this video, comment on this video, and share this video. We'll be back. Thank you.