A badge and a uniform are supposed to mean safety, but for the people in today's video, they mean [music] the exact opposite. A helpless detainee left defenseless. >> Spell your name, sir. It's illegal for you to not tell me your name and spell it. [screaming] >> I got you around throat, G. You know what? >> Choke me. You got me around throat, but you did not CONRICT AIR. GO DO your job. >> A trooper who watched and did nothing. >> Now he wants He grabbed me, tugged me. >> Why did you Why couldn't you tell me that? >> Cuz you grabbed me and tried to tug me. You tried to come over me and try to tell you. >> A young man punished simply for pointing a camera. [music] Power without accountability is a dangerous thing of today. >> Give me your ID. >> What crime? >> Give me your ID. >> Give me your ID. >> You're going to give me your ID. >> You want to give me a significant not? >> I am. Yeah. >> You'll see exactly how far it can go. Let's get into it. >> Before you even see a judge or get a bond or anything like that, >> 72 hours. >> And you know how long I can keep you there? All 72. >> It all started on the side of the road with a man who swore he had done nothing wrong. He told a trooper on the scene that another vehicle had run him off the road, but instead of chasing the car down, the focus shifted entirely onto him. What looked like a routine stop turned into a slow burn toward the county jail where a jailer named Matthew Thomas V would soon give this man a reason to remember his name for a very long time. >> And have you had a fever? Feeling feverish or anything like that? All right. I got our friend the road. >> That's enough. >> Okay. I I that that's entirely enough. Yes, sir. >> Because if I was a patrolman and I my brother was speeding by, hell yeah. I'd pull his ass over because what if some speeding? >> Well, no. I'm just saying if if my brother was speeding, yeah, I'd pull him over. What if some little kid run out in the middle of the road by accident and he hit him? >> This gentleman's got a job to do just like everybody else does. >> I know. But I I didn't want I I didn't ask for no lip from you. >> I didn't ask for no lip from you. >> I said this gentleman's got a job to do just like you do and everybody else out there does. Don't gripe at him for doing his job. >> He's got to go by the evidence that's on the He's got to go by the evidence that's on the scene. >> Officer V wasted no time reminding the man exactly how much power he had over him, casually mentioning that he could hold him for a full 72 hours before he ever saw a judge. The man tried explaining he had never even been to jail before and felt like he was being treated as a criminal for simply getting run off the road. And then officer V did something shocking that no one deserves. >> If they if just a second if the evidence if the evidence shows that another vehicle run you off, he would have looked for that other vehicle. Apparently it didn't >> really. >> So fight it in court. So, leave that man alone for doing a job. You know, when I get you inside, you know how long I got to book you in before you even see a judge or get a bond or anything like that? >> 72 hours. >> Good. >> And you know how long I can keep you there? All 72 hours. >> Do it. I don't give a right now. >> I've never been to jail. Y'all treating me like a criminal. >> But I haven't done >> I got ran off the road. Let me tell you something, son. That >> stick your goddamn finger in my >> boy. Let me tell you something. I will jack your ass up. You understand? >> The man, still reeling from being grabbed by the throat, asked Officer V to identify himself and got a mumbled answer back. When he pushed for the correct spelling, comparing it to a cut of meat, it wasn't hard to guess why. Officer V seemed less thrilled about being asked to spell his own name for the lawsuit paperwork. I wonder why. I WILL NOT PLAY. You understand me? You understand me? I will not play your >> Welcome to jail. Grab a hold of my throat ever again, you son of a I'll take you to the goddamn >> back of it. >> Really? >> 93.1. >> What's your name, sir? >> Officer V. >> Officer, what's your first name? >> I don't give my first name. >> What's your name? Officer Bill. >> Yep. >> Okay, good. Officer V. Make sure you spell it right on the >> Bizarrely, the man kept daring officer veil to grab him by the throat again, almost daring him to prove the story true on camera. Officer V, instead of deescalating like his training presumably covered, asked if the man would behave for the blood draw, then warned him that talking back again would mean losing more than just his throat to a grip. Cooperation apparently only mattered to officer ve when it worked in his favor. lawsuit. >> How you spell it? >> Like as in Cutlet. >> As in Cutlet. Yeah. Tell me your name, sir. It's illegal for you to not tell me your name and spell it. >> Do you know what Bill Cutlet is? >> How do you spell >> V E A L? >> There you go. >> Okay, good. Mr. Bill, grab me against theing throat. Grab me. [ __ ] choke me out. >> Good for you. Mr. Bill, your ass will [ __ ] get you some. Get you some. How many times you don't carry anymore? >> Grab me by my throat. >> This did. Good. Good. Good. Now, when these guys go to draw you blood, >> the man kept pushing, telling officer ve it must have felt powerful choking someone who was already handcuffed and couldn't fight back. Officer V brushed it off, claiming he'd rather do paperwork than put his hands on someone, which is a strange thing to say right after admitting he had already done exactly that. But wait, this was only the beginning. >> You going to be good for them, right? >> 100%. They hadn't done [ __ ] to me. Okay. >> You grab me by my throat. >> You talk to me like you did again. You going to be lucky your throat's the only thing I grabbed you a hold of. >> I'll talk to you any way I want and you won't touch me for >> Am I crying? >> You know how many? No. You know how many times I heard that? >> Good. What do you want me call you that makes you flip your lid? Punch me right in the mouth. I've been called everything you can think of. >> Well, good buddy. So, >> I hope it made made you feel strong to choke to choke somebody that was handcuffed. >> Not I'd rather paper somebody. You'd rather what? >> Paper ball somebody. It's a lot better. >> Would you with them handcuffed or with your little squirmy ass with me unhandcuffed and me? >> If you still think Officer Val didn't go too far, I'll just say this. He used that much physical force on someone who was handcuffed and couldn't even defend themselves. If that made him feel strong, then I don't know what to tell him except that it's time to find a different career because being a police officer isn't the job for him. >> Ran in the parking lot for a minute. Don't choke somebody that is handcuffed. >> Don't run your damn sucker to people. You're supposed to have a higher degree of respect for yourself. And >> I have respect for people that show me respect. When you were disrespecting that officer right there, that's just like talking to me. You don't do that [ __ ] >> Did I disrespect? >> Yes, you did. >> What did I say to him? >> You were sitting there cursing him like a dog inside that. >> Did I talk to you in one manner, sir? >> And you started cussing me. So, shut your mouth. These boys are going to draw your blood and then we're going to take you inside. I would like to request another officer directly. >> Do you know what you know what the meaning of so is >> cuz you're out of luck. You got it right here. >> No, I have legal rights. >> So which was it officer? Did the man disrespect you first or did you just not like being questioned? The man asked for a different officer entirely and officer ve told him flatly he was out of luck. When the man brought up his legal rights, Officer V barely acknowledged them, more interested in reminding him who is in charge of the room than actually answering for what his hands had just done. >> You're You can act like I don't. But you've been to me. You can choke me whenever I hadn't said to you whenever I said to him. And you can be a badass date county badass cop. You're bad the ass. You'reing tough, buddy. >> Choke slam somebody that's f choke somebody that is handcuffed. >> You're tough. >> Godamn you're tough. >> I hope you drive any odometer. >> Empty garbage cuz you're not even a [ __ ] cop. >> Do I have handcuffs though? >> I don't have to worry about it. I'm not handcuffed. >> Good. You're a smart ass son. These >> No, I just make better decisions. These three gentlemen over here has kept a hushed mouth the whole time. I pulled up in this bay and you're ass. >> By this point, the man had shifted from defending himself to openly mocking Officer V, calling him an empty uniform who wasn't even a real cop. He pointed out that he hadn't even been handcuffed yet when Officer V first grabbed him, which is a detail that tends to matter quite a bit in the excessive force claim. Officer V, meanwhile, seemed far more concerned with whose house they were standing in than with the accusation themselves. >> Choke me. >> Okay. That guy's house and that guy's house is just right down the road here. His is over in Lefet somewhere. This is mine. >> This ain't your [ __ ] house. >> Yeah, it is. >> You feel like it is. You are a prideful. You have so much ego and ego. >> This is my house. >> It's not. >> And I didn't even invite you here, but you are. You feel strong, don't you? >> You feel powerful. >> No, >> you do. >> No. >> No. I I'm not no goddamn idiot. You feel powerful right now because I'm in handcuffs. No. >> You're a punk, [ __ ] And I'll beat you all over this goddamn parking lot if you weren't a police officer and you talk to me like that again. I'll beat your goddamn ass all over this parking lot if you grab me by my neck without handcuffs on. >> Here's the thing. Are we really paying [music] taxes so a man in handcuffs can be told he only feels brave when he's restrained? Officer V accused the man of feeling powerful simply for being cuffed, which is a wild thing to say to someone he had just choked while they had zero ability to defend themselves. The man fired back, calling him nothing more than a glorified car washer instead of the sergeant he clearly thought he was >> and and hold on to it for 15 seconds. Good for you, bud. You're a powerful son. I bet your wife gets off when you tell her I'm Baby, I choked out a guy in this in the car with handcuffs on. I'm bad ass. Not sergeant. You ain't no goddamn sergeant. You're a car washer, ve Mr. Veil. Mr. Veil, no dick. Nothing, Bill. Grab me by my throat when I'm in handcuffs and feel like you're strong, buddy. And I get tricked like this up mother over here. >> I got choke slam for saying what, sir? Well, that mother right there needs to be talked to. I'm off his Christmas list, apparently. Easy. >> Meanwhile, a technician stepped in to draw blood and quietly told the man not to make eye contact with Officer V, warning it would only stir things up further. That alone says everything about how the room felt in that moment since staff apparently understood V was one look away from losing it again. Somehow, this was still far from over. >> Putting his hands on you. If I verbally abuse him, can he put my hand his hands on me? >> Stephen, look. All right, hold still. Okay, don't even No, no, no, no, no, no. I want you to deal with >> Don't look at him because you're going to get irritated. I'm fixing to stick to you. Okay? Don't even Don't even acknowledge you right now. Let me do this and then you go back to your Okay, go ahead. Quit looking at me. Do you need to stare at me right now, sir? Is that what you need to do to make yourself feel powerful? >> No. My job to keep an eye on inmates. You're an inmate, so I'm keeping an eye on you. >> Okay, good. >> Yeah. I mean, you can relax a little bit. >> No, this is the way I always think. >> Give me another choke on me. >> I hope you do. I hope you choke me. >> Since when does watching someone count as a job description? Furville stood there staring the man down. And when asked if that made him feel powerful, he claimed it was simply his duty to keep an eye on inmates. No matter how much you think this man is going too far by provoking the officers, we have to understand him. If police officers do this to someone who's innocent, then what should someone expect after simply crossing the street outside a crosswalk? >> N I'll let you stay awake. >> It doesn't matter what I say. If you're provoked to choke me, your hands are on my neck. You're losing your job. I love I love it. You You feel so secure. >> Good. >> Good, buddy. You're badass, buddy. That showed your strength. Look howing bulky and built build up you are. You lay on You lay hands on someone that hasn't done anything wrong. And you feel powerful. I hope you do. You You should feel strong, buddy. [ __ ] he ho ho. >> You don't know who the [ __ ] I am. >> Let me see if I can find it. >> Minutes later, the insults kept flying in both directions with the man predicting Officer V would end up picking garbage for a living long before he ever made a real rank. He called him the most disrespectful person he had ever encountered, which considering the throat grab earlier is a fairly reasonable conclusion to land on. Officer Val, for his part, said almost nothing back, letting the silence speak for how little he had to defend. I can't find my give a damn. >> You're badass, dude. >> No. >> You're going to be aing city employee picking up garbage if you're lucky. >> It still be an an inmate. >> What? >> I still won't be an inmate. Crazy that you just treat people with such disrespect. The most disrespectful son of a [ __ ] I've ever met in my life. >> Is he ready to go in? >> Yes, sir. >> All right, then. Stand up. >> If you touch me inappropriately. >> I will get up. >> Get on up. >> Don't grab me inappropriately, sir. >> We're going to go tack door right over there. >> Okay, I'll be glad to go at your pace, but do not grab me again. You grab me. >> Go towards the freaking door. >> Don't go right towards that star right there. Have a seat in that gray chair. >> Inside the booking area, the tone shifted just slightly with the man warning V not to grab him inappropriately as they walked toward the next room. He pointed out and almost amused that V was suddenly speaking to him like an actual human being now that other staff were watching closely. Funny how quick professionalism shows up the moment there are more eyes and more cameras in the room to notice it. Stand up. Put your face close to that counter top. >> You're speaking respectfully to me like now like I'm a human. >> I was out there too. >> No, sir. You were? >> Yes, I was. Yes, I was >> [ __ ] >> I was too. What? What? You commented that I called you sorry, sir. >> I wanted I want to file a complaint >> directly. >> All right. I'll get you the form. >> Thank you, sir. Nothing pierced. All right. >> I don't have anything to pierce. >> All right. What I'm going to do is I'm going to undo this hand. Go straight to the countertop with it. Okay. >> I don't have no honey. >> That's what I call it. >> What size shoes? 10, 12, 10. >> Seven and 1/2. Eight. Be all right. The problem wasn't that the man was insulting Officer V. He's a private citizen. His right to free speech allows him to say whatever he wants. On the other hand, Officer V was on duty and was expected to act accordingly. It's completely unacceptable for a police officer to insult someone just because his ego got hurt. >> I said a 10 and a half OR 11. >> GO DO your job. YOU KNOW WHAT? >> CHOKE ME. >> I'M ABOUT tired of your mouth. >> I'm about tired of your breath. You talk [ __ ] >> Like I ain't been called that before. >> Did you choke me in the car when I was in handcuffs? >> I got you around throat. Yeah, but I didn't choke you. >> Oh, you didn't? >> No. >> Oh, you got me around the throat, but you did not constrict air. No, you were breathing just fine. >> That's fine. >> You go ahead, buddy. Well, whatever y'all need to do, I want to be respectful of being respected. You have. >> Predictably, the medical intake questions turned into another argument with a man claiming he couldn't recall disrespecting anyone before getting grabbed by the throat. A simple request to turn off his phone turned bitter fast with V snapping that the word please stopped applying the moment things escalated earlier. It's almost impressive how consistently V managed to turn routine paperwork into another opportunity for conflict. >> Respected means that I saw your face, sir. Are you aware of anything? >> No, sir. All right. Do you have any medical conditions you need to know about? >> I don't remember disrespecting you before you choked me, sir. Do you remember any? >> Yeah, I do. >> You do? >> You don't remember the conversation? Don't put your goddamn finger back towards me. >> Go ahead, babe. >> So, >> we're in your house. >> You You damn right. Your phone off. You >> mind turning it off for me, please? >> Don't [ __ ] say please to me after you. >> I was out there saying please. I was out there saying sir until you turned into a [ __ ] I was >> look at this blood pressure guy and then he starts shaking. >> Nah, my blood pressure stays high. >> Guess that's what happens when someone gets called out for having a hair trigger temper because the blood pressure comment landed hard. The man joked his numbers always ran high regardless. then told V [music] directly that he needed to work on staying so wound up in a job where restraint would matter most. Before the exchange ended, he made sure to get V's badge number on record, badge 40, for whatever came next. And I think we all know what that is. >> So it don't matter. >> You know why? >> Probably from a medical perspective. >> Probably because I'm a [ __ ] Here's your wounds tight. You're looking for a reason to explode. You need to work on that. In your position, you shouldn't be wound so tight that you're looking for the opportunity to explode. >> Tell the judge all this, okay? You you can tell me all day long. And >> that Mr. Bill choke me while I was inside the cop car when I had handcuffs on. >> Tell him whatever you want. >> I'm going to >> Well, I didn't didn't tell you. >> What's your What's your badge number? >> 40. >> [ __ ] Tell me your badge number. >> 40. >> 40. >> 40. Officer V continued with the procedure as if nothing had happened. No matter how closely he follows procedure now, nothing absolutely nothing can erase what had just happened. Someone also needs to tell him that police officers have qualified immunity, but they can lose it, too. >> Number 40. >> Yes, sir. >> And your name is Mr. Bill? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay, great. >> Appreciate your information. >> You're welcome. >> You're video cameras anywhere around there. There. >> No, out in the bay. Right on. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay, good. You work inside the jail, >> bro. >> They will not let you on patrol because you're too big of a [ __ ] up and you have too big of a hot head. >> Whatever. >> You want to continue being an ass. I can put you up and I promise you, you will sit and hold yourself till Monday when my captain comes in and you can deal with him. You won't get a [ __ ] phone call. You won't get [ __ ] until my cap gets here. Is that what you want? >> Go ahead, buddy. You are all on power trips. How old are you? You're not even 20. >> All right. [snorts] Take shoes off. >> One hand. >> One hand. Take shoes off. We will Got it. >> I'm take care of this hand. >> The internal complaint the man demanded didn't disappear quietly. His accusations against officer ve triggered a formal investigation by the Georgia peace officer standards and training council from examining whether a handcuffed man had actually really been choked by the person sworn to guard him. V's employment with the Dade County Sheriff's Office ended in May of 2020. By July 2022, the state permanently revoked his jailer certification for undue force, closing the door on his career in Georgia law enforcement for good. However, some other police officers don't get such a fair outcome. This one starts with a phone camera and a man minding his own business near a school until an officer decided that simply existing nearby looked suspicious enough to warrant a stop. What began as a basic question about his age spiraled into a fight over identification rights and who actually gets to decide when someone's free to walk away. [sighs] >> I don't answer any questions. >> What's that? >> I don't even go to school. >> I don't answer no questions. >> Well, I'm just trying to find out if you're supposed to be in school or not. and 21. How about you? How old are you? >> Don't worry about it, sir. >> You know what? Well, since we're by the school. >> Yeah, I am a little worried about cuz that's what we're supposed to be doing. >> That's fine, sir. >> So, are you supposed to be in school right now? >> No, sir. >> Okay. How old are you? >> Doesn't matter, sir. >> Yes, it does matter. >> No, it doesn't. >> See, you told me he's 21. How old are you? >> All right. Doesn't matter how old I am. >> Okay. >> Hit record, fool. Cuz he's trying to do some [ __ ] >> Come on over here. >> Oh, you got it. >> Recording. It's okay. Come on over. Come on. Let's go over to the because I got to figure out how old you are if you're supposed to be in school or not. >> I don't I don't want no searches or no seizures. >> Well, it doesn't matter cuz >> it does matter cuz I just I didn't do nothing. >> Listen to me. >> No. >> School's in session. >> All right. I know that. >> Okay. You look like you're supposed to be in school. >> Well, I'm not. >> Well, then how old are you? >> Does it matter? >> Yes, it does. >> No, it doesn't. >> Yes, it does. >> You came over me cuz I'm recording you. That >> has nothing to do with it. You look >> I'm telling you why. >> You're harassing me right now, sir. >> Okay, come on. Let's Let's come on over here. Come on. Let's go over here. take them. >> Yes, I can. Talk to me soon. >> The excuse for this whole stop was the fact that the school happened to be in session nearby as if proximity to a building automatically makes someone a suspect. When the young man refused to answer questions about his age, the officer treated silence itself like evidence of guilt. Since when did declining to answer become probable cause? Apparently, in this officer's world, staying quiet is basically a confession. >> Let's walk over here. >> All right. For sure. >> Okay. >> It has nothing to do with him videotaping. That's his right to do so. >> Yeah. So why he's coming over and telling me how old I am? I didn't even do nothing. Okay. >> Because you look young and I was young. How old are you? >> I'm just making sure y'all don't do nothing. >> That's fine. We're not How old are you then? >> I'm I'm old. >> See, >> I'm old. >> I don't know. You got ID to prove it? >> I do have ID, but I'm not going to show you. I didn't do no All right. Come on. >> I ain't doing no crime. No, >> I know, but until I find out you're not supposed to be in school. >> All right. I'm I'm 19. There. >> Okay. Where's your ID? >> I don't have ID. I don't got to provide ID. If I didn't do no crime. >> That's >> Is that right or not? >> No. No, it isn't. >> I'm not. It's not. Listen, if you if you name your badge number, >> it's right there. Your badge number. >> It's 5641. >> Your name bad? >> 277. >> Now, what is your name? >> I don't have to provide name. I didn't do nothing wrong. >> In your opinion, you didn't. In our opinion, you did >> like what? >> Okay. >> Say now. >> You going to let me finish? Notice how fast the conversation shifted the moment the camera came out because suddenly recording became the real problem instead of any actual crime. The young man got physically walked over to the patrol car for doing nothing more than filming in public, which is just about as constitutional a right as it gets. >> You're going to interrupt. >> I don't know cuz you're >> Okay. I can't I can't answer your question. >> He came up to me. >> Yes. >> For no reason. >> No, I had a reason. >> What was the reason? >> You look kind of young. >> I'm not young. I'm about to go to work. >> Okay. Well, then can you prove it? You're not. >> No, cuz then you're trying to go run me in your system. Like, >> I just want to make sure you're uh >> you're old enough. >> Emerald. I told you already. I'm 19. >> What's your name? >> I don't have to tell you my name. >> I don't have to tell you my name, sir. You know that. I didn't do nothing wrong. >> Okay, let me let me explain something to you. >> You can explain everything you want, sir. >> We can do this real quick. >> You have a body cam on? No, you guys don't. >> No. >> You see, now it's more sketchy now. You see, I don't want >> sketchy. You You >> just grabbed me and took me over here. >> Yeah. You know what? I'm trying to get you over to my car without >> I don't want you. I'm We'll find a way to talk to you. >> Then Okay, then just show me your ID or I don't have I don't got to show you no ID. >> Yeah, you do. >> For what? For what crime? >> I just explained to you. >> I'm not I just told you. He told you he's 21. >> A crime of daytime loitering. >> Day you with >> No, no, I'm with you. I'm doing daytime loitering. Oh, daytime loitering. >> Yeah, >> juveniles. Daytime loitering. So, I got to figure out that you're not. >> That's right. How are we loitering? >> Do you know what loitering is? >> If you're supposed to be in school, >> we are not in school. >> Well, I don't know that. So, all you have to do is prove that to me. >> No, I told you I'm 19. >> Eventually, the officer leaned on a daytime loitering statute meant for juveniles. Conveniently ignoring the young man had already stated his age multiple times before the statute ever got mentioned. Then came the real threat. Being hauled off to a school he didn't attend like geography was suddenly optional in police procedure. >> I don't got to prove you. He told you to why you telling him to go prove something? >> Because he's not he's not being sketchy like you. >> I'm not I was recording you. You come up. You post up. >> If you would have told me if you would have told me, hey, I'm 19 right away. I might have >> I don't got to tell you nothing. It's my rights. >> Okay. Listen to me. I'm going to call another unit now. >> They're going to they're going to take you to the school now. >> What school? >> The Jordan. I don't go to Jordan. >> Well, I don't know that. >> Well, I don't go to Jordan. >> Well, that's where you're gonna end up going unless you showed me how old you are. >> All right. Now, if I complain y'all, >> huh? >> How far I complain y'all for harassing me? >> You can. >> All right. I will. >> But they're going to come and take you anyway until you ID yourself. >> I don't got to ID myself. Okay. >> That's crazy. >> You see this? Let me ask you something. What? What? >> Answer no questions. >> Here's the thing. Threatening to drag someone to a school they never set foot in isn't an investigation. It's intimidation dressed up as protocol. The young man made it clear he had no idea what school the officer was even referring to and still got told that's exactly where this was headed unless he complied. At this point, he had already announced he wanted to file a complaint, which apparently doesn't slow anyone down a bit. >> Uh 10 for a regular code. Just one. >> What What is your issue with the police? >> I had no issue. You came up to me showing mod like what was up with that? >> I didn't come up to you. >> You went like this. You went like that. Didn't you didn't do that? >> I did. All right then. >> You know what? Cuz you're cuz you're videaping. So, I wanted to make sure you see the beer too that they were funny though. Nobody's like It's not funny. >> I didn't say it was funny. >> You'll come here harassing me, grabbing me, and [ __ ] Yeah. >> I'm not harassing you. >> You are harassing me. You came over here to tell me how old I was and do I go to school? I told you. And I >> asked you cuz you have a backpack. >> All right. So, what? He has a backpack, too. >> Right away. He told me how old he was. So, that's not being You're kind of being sketchy. >> No, I'm not being sketchy. I'm not being sketchy. I already told you I was 19, and that's it. >> No, you told. >> Yeah, I did tell you. I did tell you. >> Not until after >> after you grabbed me and assault me. Of course, I'm going to tell you. I don't know what else you might do to me. What school did you go to that you think that's assault? >> What? So if I grab you right now, it's not assault. >> You see, it is assault. You see, it is assault. Sir, >> going like this is not >> No, don't touch me now. I don't don't touch me now. >> I'm showing you I don't want you to show [clears throat] me. So don't grab me >> cuz now you're going to assault me again. >> What is your issue? >> I have no issue. What is your issue? >> I don't have any. I'm just saying you're >> I was trying to record then just to show you. >> What happened to you? >> What happened to you? See, you don't answer no questions. >> Nope. I asked >> why. That's what I'm find trying to figure out. What happened to you? >> All right. I ain't Nothing wrong with me. >> Things nearly boiled over when the officer implied grabbing him wasn't actually assault, which is a bold legal opinion coming from someone who apparently skipped that portion of training. The young man told him flatly not to touch him again twice because apparently once isn't clear enough the first time. Okay. >> I just came here record. I was like, that's dumb. Why would you do that? >> What I weren't talking about. >> Well, I was talking to him. >> But you looked at me. >> Well, I want you to hear. Why are you not talking? >> I have pretty good hearing. Dude, if you're talking >> You said you had pretty good hearing, but you couldn't hear. >> You asked Modello. I asked a clarifying question. >> Yeah, cuz you we were just talking about it, sir. >> You're having this whole thing. You wouldn't act very smart, which I'm not saying that you're not, but in doing so. [clears throat] >> All right, sir. >> So, all you're doing is >> It's good. It's cool. It's cool. >> Conversation. >> It's cool. >> It's fine. Oh, see here comes our sergeant now. See, it's even better for you. >> It's fine, man. >> Shoot. >> I know. I ain't do nothing wrong. I have no problem. >> Y'all came up with me. You grab You grab me to find out how old you are. >> You Sorry. I told you I was 19 already. >> Well, you got proof. >> No, I don't have to prove. >> Okay. What's your name and birthday then? >> Why? You see, I know I'm not doing that either, sir. Come on. You know I have >> What's your birthday? You know your birthday. >> He doesn't have the right to tell you. He didn't do no crying. >> Oh, this is Is he the one that tells you? >> My cousin. This is my cousin. >> Well, let him talk then. >> No, you don't have to talk. He can stay right there all he wants. >> I didn't say anything. >> Sir, can you get your guy? He came over here and assault me. >> The offer on the table was simple enough on paper. Give a name a name and date of birth and walk away or refuse. Get handcuffed and driven to a school he hadn't attended. That's not really a choice. And police officers definitely aren't the ones who get to give ultimatums to someone who hasn't committed a crime. Maybe it's a good idea for them to just start doing their job. >> Grab my arm telling me how old I was. >> And I told you I was 19 >> over here who doesn't want to talk. >> What school you go to? >> I go to LBCC. >> Now he wants he grabbed me, tugged me. >> Why did you Why couldn't you tell me that? >> Cuz you grabbed me and tried to tugging me. You try to come up here and try to come up here in How old are you? >> I'm 19, sir. >> And you over here grabbing me. >> You have ID to prove you're 19? >> Do I have to show ID? If I never did, >> I'd like to know if you're 19. Otherwise, maybe you go to school, right? >> I don't go to school, sir. You can take my word. >> How do I know that? I don't know you from Adam, right? >> Where? >> Do I know you? >> From Adam? >> Yeah. You know Adam and Eve from the Bible? >> Yeah. >> If I saw Adam standing here, would I know who he is? No, cuz he died 2,000 years ago. Well, I know God is real. >> You don't go to school right here and you're just >> How do you know if that's even real? Do you know that's real? >> What's that? >> It's an example. It's a pure speech. >> I know. But like, do we really know God's real? >> Stop talking to him. >> All right, you stay with it then, man. >> They're videotaping so they can put it on YouTube or whatever. >> No, he just I was just trying to make sure they were all right. He comes over here. >> Trying to make sure that you don't belong in this. >> I'm not I'm not I told him. I told him already. You could take my word for it. If you don't, >> we don't take people. >> I don't know cuz you just got You got just want to really wanted to. We could handcuff you, take you over to the school, and go. >> That's what I told him. >> Well, yeah, he goes here. >> Or no, he doesn't go here. Then we go, "Okay, there you go. Go on your way." >> You give me a name and a date of birth, I can make sure who you are. We're out of here. We leave you alone. >> He accused the officer of outright harassment and violating his rights. And honestly, at this point of the tape, it's getting harder to argue he was wrong. I don't know if these officers just want to bully people they think are weaker than them, but for whatever reason, it isn't good. >> Right. >> I already said I was 19, sir. Yeah, that doesn't. >> Now you guys are going to harass me, violate my rights. >> Unfortunately, if that's how you feel. >> No, that's how it's how I know. It's how I see it. >> Well, that's how you see. >> You came over here and grabbed me, telling me to come to your car. >> Okay, so you know that's a birthday. >> I'm not telling you my birthday, man. >> It's going to go one of two ways. Either we're going to handcuff you and take you over to school and make sure you don't belong there, or we're going to find out who you are, and then we'll leave you alone. >> It's It's real simple. I mean, I don't understand. >> Those are your choices. You see that? >> You look like you're underage to me. You don't look like you're underage. So, >> it's all right. It's fine. That's fine. >> You have a backpack at the school. >> All right. I have a backpack. He has a backpack, too. We go to the same job. >> Can we find out who he was? >> Okay. >> So, >> how how far you I mean, do you want to take him over to school and find out? >> Well, yeah, I have a unit coming right now. All right, it's fine. So if you want to go to the school. >> No, it's fine, man. You guys are harassing me and everything. It's not harassing. >> It is harassing me, man. He assaulting me, too. >> Why don't you go to law school and you can figure it out? >> No, I don't got to go to law school. >> Yeah, you do. >> Well, all right, man. >> Watch too much YouTube. That's your problem. >> No, >> sure. >> As the exchange wound down, the pressure over his phone and information never really let up. With the officers still trying to squeeze compliance out of a stop built on nothing more than a hunch. And just when you thought they'd get tired of standing there doing nothing, they're about to show you just how wrong you were for doubting how far they could go. >> I ain't got to tell you that. >> I live around here, though. That's for sure. >> So, you don't want to tell us your birthday yet? You want to be placed in handcuffs instead? >> That's how it's going to go. Yeah. >> That's how it's going to go. All right. That's how it's going to go. >> All right then, sir. >> Okay. Y'all want to harass me and stuff? He assaulted me already. It's all good. >> Nope. It is assault. It is assault. If he just comes up to you and just grabs you and tugs on you, >> we're done. >> The guy ended up getting arrested for doing something the law protected his right to do. Great job, officers. I don't know how he'd have survived if this dangerous criminal hadn't ended up in jail. Speaking of the worst police officers, let's move on to today's final case where another officer has a much bigger ego than he should. This bizarre encounter kicks off with a man catching a cop dozing off on an easy post. And instead of laughing it off, the officer decided the best move was to flip the script and go after the guy for daring to point it out. And if there's one thing police officers hate, it's citizens who know the law better than they do. You'll see why. You got to wake up, my boy. Ain't no sleeping on the job. Tell him wake up. You know he can't sleep. Just cuz it's the easy post don't mean you can sleep. Don't you care about police safety? >> Don't you care about police safety? >> I know that shot. I know y'all love police safety. >> So be awake. Be aware. >> I am awake. >> I'm sorry. >> I am awake. I am. >> I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about him. Look, he was sleeping. Like >> what? What happened? You're a troll. >> I'm a troll. You're a troll >> cuz I want you to be aware. >> No, cuz you pull a car like that. >> It's our car. >> It's your car. >> Our car. >> It's our >> Yeah. New York City's car. All of that. Cuz it's a taxpayer vehicle. You know, you don't know that. >> City property is public property, right? >> Drinking outside, right? >> Drinking what? >> Alcohol. >> I don't drink alcohol. >> What is that? >> Investigate. You're a cop. >> What is that? Investigate. >> Yeah. Invest. Use your eyes. investigate. You want to make a stop on me. >> I'm losing my >> You making a stop. >> Notice how the officer couldn't even answer a simple question about whether this counted as an official stop, dodging it three separate times before landing on nothing useful. New York law is pretty clear that a stop requires reasonable suspicion of a crime or a violation, not a wounded ego from a guy who got called a sleeper. Instead of citing an actual violation here, the officer demanded identification purely because he didn't like being asked to use his own eyes. >> I don't know. Are you do you stop somebody in a violation? Is that a stop? A violation? >> Are you Are you [music] making a stop on me? >> Is that Is that a stop? >> Is your body camera on? Can I get your cards? >> You can get my name. >> I need your card. >> You can get my name. Are you above the law? >> No. >> You a sovereign citizen? >> Are you a sovereign citizen? >> No. >> Are you a sovereign citizen? >> If I ask you for [music] your card, you have to give me your card. It's the law. >> My god. I know the law. >> All right. So, don't break the law. >> You can have the law. Can I have yours, too, please? Can I see what you drink? >> No. Don't touch my [ __ ] >> Can I see what you drinking? >> Drinking. Give me your ID. >> For what crime ID? >> What kind of ID? >> Give me your ID. Use your eyes. >> Cuz you're drinking alcohol outside. >> I don't drink alcohol. >> What is that? >> Use your eyes. >> What is that? What is that? It's a Budweiser. It's alcohol. >> What kind of Budweiser? It >> doesn't matter. It does matter. >> You're going to give me an ID. >> You going to give me a ticket for a non-alcoholic beer? >> Yes, I am. >> Yeah. >> Yes, I am. It is. >> You going to give me a ticket for a non-alcoholic beer? >> Yes. >> It is your ID. >> I'll take a ticket. I'll take the lawsuit. >> Okay. So, where's your >> Look, your honor, this is what they trying to give me a ticket for. Don't touch my stuff. It's not your >> It's on camera. >> I'm investigating. >> So, investigator investigator. >> Use your eyes. I'm drinking it. I'm not covering it. I'm not hiding it. I'm drinking it out in the open. Take your time. [music] You >> told me to investigate. Take your time, you guys. >> Are you going to give me the ID? >> I didn't commit a crime or >> The man held up a Budweiser Zero, a completely legal non-alcoholic beverage, got threatened with a ticket anyway, which is the kind of enforcement decision that makes you wonder if the badge came with a magnifying glass or just extra stubbornness. He offered to take the ticket straight to court since apparently that was the only one anyone here in uniform was going to admit a mistake. >> Are you going to give me your ID? Are you going to give me your ID? >> I can't see what it is. You don't have to take it from me to use your [ __ ] You see with your eyes. You don't see with your hands. >> I see with his eyes. >> You see with your eyes. You don't see with your hands. >> I just did. >> [ __ ] out of here. You mad cuz you sleeping. >> I was leaving. >> You mad cuz you got caught sleeping. Give me a card, bro. >> Give me a card, bro. >> Why am I sleeping? >> He was sleeping. He was sleeping. >> Oh, you said I >> Why are you touching my property, bro? >> Cuz I need to see it. >> That doesn't mean that you don't have the right to touch my [ __ ] >> Yes, I do. >> So, I can touch your gun. >> Yes, I do. No, you can't. Why not? Police. Why not? Why can't I touch your property? >> Why can't I touch your property? Cuz it's your property, right? >> Cuz I'm a police. >> [ __ ] out of here. You think you're above the law? >> No, I don't. >> So why you touch my [ __ ] Why you trying to steal my property? That's theft. [music] >> You can't just take [ __ ] out of my hand, >> my man. So it's retaliation, right? This This retaliation, right? RB. No, it's not. I smell I smell it on your breath. >> Smell what? >> I smell I smell the Budwise on your breath. >> You smell mata? That's It's basically a mata. >> I investigated, right? >> We investigate [ __ ] I did. >> No, you didn't. >> And it says zero. >> Give me the ticket. Go ahead. >> No, it says zero. >> Give me the ticket. >> What? You want >> You just said on camera that you going to give me a ticket for a non-co? >> No, I said I was going to give you a ticket. >> I said you want to give me a ticket for a non-acquartic beer. You said yes. >> You going to give me an ID? >> You want to give me a ticket for a naughty be? >> Yes, I am. >> Yeah. >> Yes, I am. >> You want to escalate? [music] >> Here you go. I do. >> Now you going worldwide looking like a [ __ ] jackass. >> Give me a car, please. control. Deep breath because next the officer claimed he could actually smell alcohol on a can that had already tested at 0% which is either a superhuman nose or a man desperately trying to justify stop that had already fallen apart. The man pointed out he had literally just watched the officer confirm the reading himself. Are we really supposed to trust an officer's judgment when his own equipment already proved him wrong on camera? All you have to do is honor your oath. All you got to do is honor your oath. All you got to do is keep it clean. Honor your oath. [ __ ] out of here. You're a tyrant. You You want to be tyrant. >> I don't like a tyrant >> because you just made a stop on me for a non-alcoholic beer because you don't want to use your eyes and you don't like what I do, right? You don't like transparency. You don't like the public watching you, right? >> You don't like the public recording you. You don't like to be watched. And you're a public employee. >> You're a public employee. I can watch you all day. >> I can record you all day. >> You can. >> So why' your ego come up? Because you >> So why's your ego coming up? >> You got no self-control as a man. >> Not coming up. >> Yeah, you're running. So why you still here in my camera? >> I'm in your camera. I'm standing up >> cuz your ego Your ego won't allow you to take the walk of shame. Go sit in your car. Enjoy your easy post. >> You not doing [ __ ] but sitting there doing nothing. Your boy wants to sleep. Your boy had his hat like this, laying back. >> My god. >> Would your sergeant or your captain or your lieutenant seen you sitting there like that? >> Would he approve of that? Have you seen with your eyes like this? sitting here waiting. >> When did you start your ship? >> Actually, last night. When did you start your ship? >> Go home. >> When did you start your ship? >> Go home. >> When did you start your >> Send me home. Go home. >> Send me home. >> Go home. >> You tired? Go home. >> Go to the detail. You want meal? Don't touch me. You want me to detail? >> Are you on me? >> Go to the details. Send me home. >> Take a mail. Take a nap when you want meal. >> Rather than let the interaction cool down, the man kept circling back to the same point that this entire stop existed because the officer couldn't stomach public accountability. accused him of hating transparency, of hating cameras, and letting his ego take over the second someone caught him slacking on the job. Honestly, watching a grown man in uniform struggle to walk away from a phone camera says plenty about who actually had the power in the moment. >> Send me home. >> Go ahead. Go home. You're dismissed. Go back to your car. >> Go back to your car. Lose your ego, bro. You work for You work for me, brother. >> You work for all of us, brother. Lose your ego, bro. So, yo, I apologize. I apologize for grabbing and stuff. You know, I was wrong. >> No, I didn't. I asked you what you were drinking. >> Do I have to answer you? >> No, you don't. So, you made me. >> So, you can touch my [ __ ] Yes, sir. >> You can go in my pockets. >> Yes. I went in your pockets. >> Can you go in my pockets? Yes or no? >> Your pockets? >> Yes or no? Can you go in my pockets? >> Pockets. >> Can you go in my pockets? Yes or no? >> No. >> Why can't you go in my pockets? >> Because that would be unlawful search, >> right? >> Okay. >> And seizure, right? >> Okay. >> So, you grabbing my property out of my hand is not unlawful search and seizure. >> No. take people [ __ ] Not Not when Not when you have people [ __ ] in your hand. >> Out in the open. >> You have a bud riser in [music] your hand. >> Not when you have a Budweiser in your hand. >> You can just take people's [ __ ] >> Not when Yes. If you have something If you have a violation in your hand. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> If you say so. I don't know. I don't know. But you could take it. But why would you? Why would you? >> I'm not a rookie. >> But why would you though? >> I like the camera. >> Why would you want to grab my [ __ ] out of my hand though? >> Camera. Why? Why would you want to grab >> camera? Make me better. >> Why would you want to grab something out of my hand? >> Because I actually deescalate. I am deescalating. >> Why don't you use your eyes? You see with your hand with your eyes? You were blocking it because you >> I'm not blocking it. I'm drinking out in the open. I'm drinking [music] it out in the open. >> The officer tried softening things up with a half apology for grabbing the can, only to immediately ask what the man had been drinking, as if the apology came with an asterisk. When asked point blank whether he could go into someone's pockets without consent, he admitted no, correctly identifying that as unlawful search and seizure. Guess that's what happens when you accidentally define your own violation out loud on camera and keep arguing anyway. >> I said I'm drinking it out in the open. >> But I don't have to show you. >> You want attention? >> You should investigate it before you make contact. >> Attention. >> You don't investigate before you make contact or you detain. You detain then investigate or you investigate then detain. You grabbing me is detaining me. >> Who grabbed you, >> bro? You grabbed my beer out of my hand. That's a detainment. >> That's not a detainment. [music] >> So, you can detain a beer. >> You grabbed me >> in a violation. >> You grabbed something off of me. Detaining detain. >> What's your name and badge number? >> You got my card. >> That doesn't mean I can read. What's your name and badge number? >> My name is Officer Allen. Badge number 25710. And >> yours? What's your command? 948. >> What's your command? >> Where's your command? What is your command? >> 652. >> Where's that at? >> Manhattan. >> Look it up. >> Manhattan. You report here? >> I hold my hand. I work my hand. >> Well, you don't have a station house that you go to? >> Nope. >> Is that the address? >> That's the command. >> That's the name of it. Where's What's the address? >> My hand. >> So I can go talk to your sergeant, file a complaint. What's the address so [music] I can know? >> One PP right there. >> So that's where you report to one PP. I have a report to serve you. 18 and 1/2 years, sir. >> So, what's the most important thing about your job? >> What's the most important? Keep the public safe. >> You're not responsible for our safety. >> Here's where things got genuinely uncomfortable for the badge. Because once pressed on actual duties of the job, the officer admitted he isn't obligated to keep the public safe, which might be the most honest thing said this entire encounter. The man reminded him the real obligation is upholding the constitution and protecting people's rights. As a standard, this particular stop had already violated that several times over before anyone even got to the beer. >> I'm not responsible. >> Because you'll be crossing every old lady across the street if you was responsible for our safety. You're not obligated to keep us safe. It depends on the situation. >> No, man. I'm >> The most important thing about your job is to uphold and defend the Constitution, protect people's rights. >> All right. >> Right. So, if I'm recording in public, >> you can record in public. Nobody. >> So, why you ran up in the car like that? That's what I said. [music] >> I didn't run nowhere. I walked. >> You did. >> I walked gradually to your car. >> And that's not a smart thing to do to anybody. >> It is. >> It is. >> It's not. >> Cuz you're supposed to protect my rights. >> It's not. >> I'm protecting your rights. I'm >> You just violated my >> entertaining your I'm entertaining your video. >> I'm entertaining your social. >> But you got better things to do. 18 years on the job. >> I don't like that. >> Except for sleep, right? >> I'm Who's sleeping? >> He was What you was doing? You taking a nap? >> No, I was sleeping. >> We'll see what CCRB says. You can go ahead. >> Yeah. As long as you're here, I'm going to be here. >> Somewhere in here, officers tried pulling rank by claiming to be the man's boss. Statement that completely collapses instantly under basic civics. Since every officer on a public payroll technically answers to the taxpayers funding the paycheck, when asked for something as simple as directions to his own command, he refused, insisting the address wasn't public facing. What's wrong with this officer? I think he'd looked a lot less of a clown if he had just kept sleeping on the job. Period. >> Just go ahead. >> Yeah, I'm going. >> As long as you're here, I'm gonna be here. >> Okay, you going to be here for When's your When's the end of tour? >> When they tell me it's end of tour? >> I just told you. Go home. >> You can't tell. >> Go home. I'm your boss. >> You're my boss. >> Yeah, we all are. Everybody, all of All New Yorkers are your boss. >> Oh, man. >> You don't think so? >> So, who you work for? [music] >> Let's see if you know. >> City. >> The corporation. >> I work for the city. the corporation for the mayor. >> You work for the city. Who does he work for? >> Who does he work for? >> They serve and protect the people. [music] They don't serve. That means you're public servant. That means you work for the people. Tell me you're below us. >> Can I help you with something? >> Yeah. You got a bottle of water? >> No, I don't. >> No. You got an ice pack? >> No, I don't. So, >> how the [ __ ] are you going to help me? >> You didn't want to give me directions. >> You didn't ask for that. >> I said, "Where's your command? How do I get there?" >> My man, you can't get to my one PP. One PP. One P. you're not public facing. >> Then came the moment the officer admitted his badge number to prove he wasn't hiding. Right after spending previous 10 [music] minutes trying to end the interaction entirely, the man reminded him that being recorded in public isn't harassment. That's accountability. So, isn't it strange that people who took an oath to protect those rights now act as if constitutional rights don't even exist? >> All right. >> Your command isn't public facing. >> Listen, thank you. You enter Thank you. You entertain me enough. What's your name? >> I'm Good Guy Activism. Good guy activism. Officer Allen, it was a pleasure to meet you. Good guy activism. Was it? Yep. I'll be looking for you. I'll be looking for social media. You'll find me. >> I'm not hard to find. And I'm not hiding either. >> I'm not hiding either. I came out. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I came out to >> tyrannically. >> Tyrannic. >> At least you tried. >> How come you see Watch the Watch the video >> and watch yourself and see how you could have handled the situation better. You the one of the first things you said to me was that I'm a troll. >> You're a troll, >> right? And here you go. Your ego, you couldn't help yourself and you went with it. Right. >> Nor say I bake. Oh, you bake cop. You look for instigation. But here you go. I said >> making a stop on me for a non-alcoholic beer. Bro, >> just imagine you're a passerby watching these officers, seeing how angry they are and how they're arguing with this man. I bet you'd think they were doing their job protecting you for someone dangerous. In reality, they're just triggered because they can't control someone. To them, that's worse than any punishment. >> Shake your head cuz you're silly. >> She's security. >> You're still back the blue. Back the blue till it happens to you. You think the COPS CARE ABOUT YOU? >> I touch you. >> You think they give you >> like I'm scared of like we're scared of >> cops. You will shoot her just as fast as you shoot me. >> What are you talking about? >> Talking about the police that kill three people in America a day. Three people a day in America. Yeah, you're cop terrible for that. >> You part of the blue line, right? Wait, let me see. >> You ain't got no blue line on you. >> No, >> I just I just find this interaction silly. But >> nah, you're the difference that you're held to a higher standard. >> Silly. I stand. >> So, what are you still doing in front of my camera? Showing your ego. Showing your ass. >> I'm not showing my >> You are though. Go back to work. Go 1098, brother. Bro, we're orders are to be on standby. >> But you wasn't. >> The next time you need the police and can't find a single officer on duty, remember this video and that they're probably out there somewhere harassing people who haven't done anything wrong. Imagine a doctor refusing to treat you because you knew you had a headache. I know some things only make sense in the heads of police officers. >> You know, you sound silly trying to sound smart. >> You're not doing [ __ ] You're sitting in the car doing nothing. >> It was nice. What's your Instagram again? >> I'm not repeating myself. >> What's your Instagram again? >> I'm not repeating myself. >> Okay. Well, you have a good day cuz we're on standby. You didn't like the fact that we're on standby. >> It's taking him 13 minutes. He's been on my camera still here. >> Have a good one. You You got the tame. You just want attention and you recording him recording me. >> There's cameras everywhere, brother. >> You back up. >> You're recording us. You're recording him. You're recording him recording me. >> Stop. I have to. >> Finally, with the whole exchange stretching past 13 minutes over a beverage that never contained a drop of alcohol, the man wrapped things up by pointing out he still hadn't received that promised ticket, daring the department to actually follow through. Officer Allen never did issue it, which tells you everything about how solid that threat really was to begin with. >> Potion video, see how many likes you got. >> Yeah. I want I wonder what your family's going to think. >> I like it. >> You're a hero, brother. >> I am a hero. >> Yeah. Go back to what I was doing. >> Yep. >> I still want that ticket for that narr. >> You'll be the first You'll be the first cop in America. >> Yeah. >> The video spread quickly online, drawing sharp criticism toward Officer Allen for seizing a legal non-alcoholic beverage without cause and threatening a citation that had zero legal basis behind it. Public record requests and citizen complaints followed with critics pointing out the interaction as a textbook example of unlawful stop escalating purely over wounded pride rather than any actual violation of the law. If you thought that was hard to watch, brace yourself because the next video takes things to a level that's even harder to believe. We're talking about cases so troubling they'll make today's footage feel mild by comparison. Trust me, you don't want to miss what's coming next. Hit follow, stay curious, and get ready. See you in the next one.