camera on. >> I sure do. Stop grabbing me. I was manhandling me like that. I can say whatever I want. Start liking wine guard. >> Oh yeah. >> Look, I mean it's >> Was I breaking the law? >> You weren't you weren't taking >> Okay. Well, I mean, >> so all that >> All I'm saying is that >> you don't have to have your gun out, man. >> Dude, I don't But why why? Today we're talking about times when predator cops got stopped just in time. Moments where those who were supposed to serve and protect crossed the line, but instead of escaping justice, they were exposed by sharp, determined citizens who refused to stay silent. These are real stories of power abuse, but also of courage, and that turned the tables right before it was too late. Let's get started. [Music] slammed you. >> Get my face out of the wall, dude. >> Stop spitting on me. >> I'm not spitting on you. >> Spit on me when you're yelling. >> No, >> you about to assault charges, too. >> At this moment, Patrick got into an argument with Officer Neper and pulled out his camera to record everything. The officer quickly became nervous because he knew the camera was taking away his authority and exposing his behavior. Instead of staying professional and handling the situation in the right way, he decided to use his power and call on his partner for help. Together, they forced Patrick into a cell. >> Stop grabbing me. I was manhandling me like that. I can say whatever they want. You don't liking >> wine guard. Grown up. >> Oh yeah. >> Spread your feet, Mr. Sorry, Mr. Gonzalez. Spread your feet. >> What are you doing, man? This is supposed to be a trespass or whatever. What are you >> doing? While Patrick stood calmly, the officers grabbed him roughly and accused him of resisting arrest, even though it was clear he was not resisting at all. This was a typical tactic, making up resistance just to justify the use of force. On top of everything, Patrick was already in handcuffs, which meant the officers definitely should not have been doing this. >> Not a resisting arrest. >> You are resisting. >> I'm not I'm right here facing a fall. >> You are. You're handhandling. I'm not resisting arrests. You could say whatever. This is illegal. >> This is illegal. Can you be arresting me? >> Yes. >> No. Security guard. You're off duty. I like your duty. >> You're on for cops. >> Yeah. You're not on the payroll. You're security. You're working moonshining. >> It's called moon lighting. >> Moon lighting. >> Moonshining. Something totally different. >> You know what I'm talking about. We never You couldn't wait to put your hand on you. Huh? >> I can't wait. >> Multiple opportunities just to leave, man. Done that. >> You could have done that. You could have just left. >> You can't kick me out, >> Mr. Gonzalez. >> You can't keep kicking me out of a public. Stop. >> Stop panhandling me. >> You're about to get dumped. >> Yeah, you're about to pull away from me again. >> Patrick explained to them that it was only a case of trespass and that there was no reason for the aggression. The officer still pushed him against the wall, dragged him, and humiliated him. All of this showed how ready they were to use physical force in a situation where only words were needed. When authority lost its arguments, the only thing left was violence. And here, the violence was clearly illegal and completely unjustified. >> What are you going to do? What are you going to do? What are you going to do? Manhandle me? >> Oh, you're going to spitting with me. >> You're going to slap Why you slamming my face into the wall, dude? >> Slammed you. Get my face out of the wall, dude. >> Stop spitting on me. >> I'm not spitting on you. >> Spit on me when you're yelling. >> You guys are assault charges, dude. >> You guys are tyrants, man. Stop pushing my face into the wall, dude. >> God damn it. >> God damn it. You can't just grab me and manhandle me, dude. >> Nobody's manhandling. >> Yeah, you are. You've been getting aggressive. You've been getting aggressive. Stop >> spitting on us. >> Stop putting my face into the wall, dude. >> Stop spitting. I'm not spitting on you. >> Yes, you are. >> You don't like it. You don't like being talked to like that, huh? >> Spit on. >> Spit on you. I don't like being illegally arrested and slammed against the wall and manhandled by >> and yelled at by because I was >> The officers ordered him to sit down while they held his head against the wall as he kept repeating that he was only using his right to record in a public space. This kind of behavior clearly violated the First Amendment. When the police decided where a camera could be used and where it could not, it meant the citizens no longer had control over their own freedom. >> Turn around and sit down. >> Sit down. >> Exercising my first amendment right. >> Sit down. >> No, I don't want to sit down. >> Sit down. >> Why do I have to sit down now? >> We're searching you. That's >> for what? >> This is your first road. >> You know what the first amendment is, right? I can record you anywhere, dude. in the public area. >> No, you can't. >> I wasn't I wasn't recording any individual >> and nobody You're the complaint. >> Patrick, you know the rules here. >> Yeah, I know the rules. >> You know the rules. >> How many times have I beat you guys on? And you guys keep doing the same thing over and over and over again cuz you don't like people recording you. >> Sit up straight, please. >> You hate it, Nipper. You got criers. >> You got You got criers, Nipper. You see somebody with a camera, you attack them. I knew you you shouldn't be manhandling me, dude. There's an onduty officer right here. >> Stop. >> No. >> Patrick reminded them that he had already won many cases against them in court and that his right to record had been confirmed. The officer still kept making the same mistakes, showing that the law meant nothing to them. This only told us that for them this was a whole routine, not just some mistake they made once in a while. What followed would prove it beyond a doubt. You dude down. >> No, you dude. You manhandled me for nothing, dude. Because I was recording and you guys bring me in here, strip me >> and take my my fourth amendment with the first amendment right to record you guys whenever they want. Rule 1221. I don't have to sit down. You're not my boss. You're not my master. You're an off duty security guard. You You're not tough. The only reason you guys are walking out of here is because you guys are cops and I let you guys do this. >> Really? Yes. You guys shouldn't be putting your hands on me for recording you guys. I have a first amendment right to show the I record you guys for the interest of the public because of the way you guys act. >> Are you done? >> No. You tyrant piece of you. I don't have to listen to you. You're not my boss. >> Going to jail today. >> I don't give a f up here. After they asked him for his personal information, Patrick refused to cooperate and made it clear he did not recognize the authority of someone acting outside the law. The officers took offense and continued their verbal harassment. The problem was they forgot something basic, that a citizen was not required to help with his own unlawful arrest. Still, that only meant they were going to continue with their game. >> No worries. 22. I'm sorry, >> Mr. Case number. Mr. Gonzalez, when is your birthday? >> My birthday is to go yourself. How about that? Are you on duty or off duty? >> Where are you living? >> Are you on duty or on duty? you. >> In this scene, the officers admitted they had no real complaint, no victim, no injured party, only their wish for Patrick to stop recording. With that, the last argument for the arrest completely collapsed. Still, they were foolish enough to admit this on their own body cameras. Great. The job was really done for him. But wait, the real shock was still ahead. >> Who's off the complaint? No, you guys could tell me to trespass, but I ain't scared of you. I'm going to see you in court. I'm going to be laughing my ass off. You have no reason putting your hands off me on off duty cop. Off duty cop. >> Uh, he's refusing to give me his birthday. That's Patrick Gonzalez. Can you try to run him? 1. >> Did you run into him upstairs? >> Patrick insisted that he was only recording in a public building, which the law allowed him to do. The officers accused him of trespassing even though a public building could not be private property. The irony was that public institutions belong to the people yet the people were being arrested for entering their own building. But of course the officers were not intelligent enough to understand such basic concepts. So, dude, does he have a middle name? >> Come over here and look at me. I want to listen to your pretty. >> Hey, so what's the rule? What What are you arresting me for? >> I'm arresting you for trespass, Patrick. >> For trespassing? >> Yep. You know how this game is played. >> Recording in a public building. >> You know how this game is played. >> For recording in a public building for an officer. >> Patrick, >> you know how this game is played. How many times have you been arrested for this? >> Huh? >> How many times have you been arrested for this? >> For trespassing in a building >> for doing what you're doing today. >> Guys, how many times have you guys put me in a hospital for it? >> Oh, >> hey. Reporting in a public building. The officers tried to present Patrick as a threat while he clearly stated that he would continue recording them in public instead of understanding that this was normal practice in a democratic society. They acted as if the camera was a deadly weapon. Wait a second. Hadn't they sworn at the start of their careers to protect those very rights? >> I can record in here. >> No, you can't. >> Yeah, I can. >> No, you can't. >> Yeah, I can. What is rule 122? Rule 122. >> Patrick, you're going to jail today. Okay. >> Okay. I don't care. Drop me out. Why you think I'm going to be in there for life? >> No. >> I'm going to come and I'm going to find you one. >> Are you? >> Yeah. >> Is that some sort of threat? >> Is that some sort of threat? Step back. >> We We need a pirate. >> You're a pirate. We're going to record you. No. Sit down. >> No. I'm sitting I'm standing right here. >> What does that mean? I'm going to come find you. >> I'm going to come and find you and I'm going to record you like I recorded this dude. >> Some sort of threat against violence. >> No. I'm going to record you. What? [ __ ] I'm going to record you. I'm going to record you. What are you going to do? Hit me. Nobody's scared of you. Nobody's scared of you. I'm gonna record you for being a tyrant. I ain't scared. I see you as food. You think? Cuz look at the way you're grabbing me. Let me go. You're >> scared. >> Oh no. Who's scared of you? >> Patrick explained to them that every action they took was against the Constitution. From the unlawful deprivation of freedom to the physical mistreatment. The officers mocked him and kept pushing and humiliating him. Then these same officers would later wonder why people did not like him or even worse why no one trusted them. Yes, it's really hard to see the problem here. >> Don't be scared of you, dude. >> Sit down. >> No, I'm not sitting down. >> Sit down. >> No, I'm going to record you guys. I'm going to record you guys every chance that I can get. >> I need to get some pictures of your face when you ground it in the wall. >> I'm going to give some pictures of you every I'm going to record you guys every chance I get. Every chance I get. >> Do it outside this building. >> And I'll do it in this building, too. No, you won't. >> Yeah, I will. Get off my foot. >> Sit down. >> I'm sitting down. >> Stay seated. I need to get some. >> Turn your camera on. Neper. >> Neper, turn your camera on. This is the offduty cop. >> Mine is on. >> Sit still. >> No. >> No. >> Sit still. >> Stop manhandling me, dude. Bro, >> I don't have your >> I don't have to do what you say, tyrant. >> I don't have to do what you say. >> What's the matter? >> You don't like being recorded, Patrick? Huh? I don't want you to be in my face. >> What do I care? I don't want you to be in my face. >> Okay, >> let's make something clear. The man was already under arrest, helpless, because handcuffs on his hands made it so he could hardly move, let alone hurt anyone. Still, that did not stop the officers from continuing to act as if he was the one who posed a danger, and they went on escalating even more than before. Just wait. The abuse had only begun. >> Tyrant, Tyrant, >> sit down. No, >> I don't listen to you. You're not my master. You punk you. You. >> Yeah, I said you. >> I said you. Ain't nobody scared of you guys. That's what you want. You want people to be scared of you, but you're >> That's what I want to do. >> Sounds to me like you're kind of scared, Patrick. >> Am I scared? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Don't hit me. >> Don't hit me. >> I wish you would. >> I won't give you that pleasure. >> You're not worth it. Yeah, you're >> okay. >> You know, even with these cuffs on, you're in trouble if you did that. >> Oh, you're in trouble. >> Who's Whose costume? You're the >> mine. >> You're an cop. >> You're a security guard. >> Security guard. That's a clown officer. What's it say? >> What is that mic right there? What is that walkie-talkie? Is that walkie-talkie? Is that Is that a Is that from the police department? That camouflage walkie-talkie. You're off duty. You're supposed to call him and he's supposed to put his hands on them. Security guard. >> That's why I'm here, Patrick. To deal with idiots like you. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. >> What >> exactly? >> You what? >> You heard me. >> What? People who who record you? >> People who Oh, yes. You're not a Yes. >> No. The officers told him that there were signs of forbidding recording, which was ridiculous because no sign could suspend constitutional rights. It was like putting up a sign that said free speech forbidden and expecting it to be valid. The problem was that they counted on most citizens not knowing the law and simply obeying authority. And that was the point. This was exactly why they were bothered by citizens who knew their rights. People who violate the law. >> People what law I violate? >> You're trespassing, Patrick. >> What law do I violate? Patrick, you're trespassing. [Music] [Applause] Yes, it's several times recording. >> I told him we can't record the number signs up all over. >> Okay, >> Patrick, you know how this game is played, dude. >> Huh? >> Huh? Are you hard of hearing? >> Huh? >> Are you hard of hearing? You ask me, huh? Every time. >> I don't know. You tell me. Hey, how are you? >> Good. >> I got James, so >> James. >> Oh, okay. All right. Um, yeah, I need to bang out sight for him. >> How many times have you guys arrested? >> What's that? Are you guys still arresting people for rewarding cops into the public places? >> In this segment, the internal communication of the officers could be seen. They exchanged equipment, talked about how they would rotate him, and it was clear that their goal was to wear him down and not enforce the law. It was pathetic that they wasted time on a person who did not deserve it instead of going after real criminals. Or maybe America did not have any. Did I miss something? >> I don't know. I just got here, dude. >> Can I use your >> Yes. Or do you have a site? >> Um, >> you good for a sec? >> Muting 0058. Just knock out a sub. >> 58. Yep. >> All right. Sax is done. Okay. While the officers talked among themselves, their lack of seriousness was obvious. Laughter, jokes, and inside teasing, all while holding a man in handcuffs just for recording. Well, who was going to tell them that just because they had endless time didn't mean everyone else did. Still, they seemed so blinded by their own egos that they did not even realize what they were actually doing. >> Got another shirt of gloves. Freaking horrible. >> Jesus Christ. >> Yeah, that's what I just said. >> Feel like lobster claw. >> Put your heads up. Got somebody to talk to. >> Probably. I mean, there's three of us. We can swap out cops. That way help just be ready. >> Yeah. But when I'm in here, I just want to go. >> H >> when I'm not in here, I just want to go. I want to get back to where the officers once again accused him of trespass. Even though it was clear he had not crossed any private line. Patrick insisted had they show him the law he had supposedly broken, but they just kept repeating rule numbers without giving any explanation. They were literally playing a game of throwing out anything, hoping that maybe one excuse would pass as a good one. >> Can't hear you. Is that you? Oh, there you go. Okay, fine. >> Yeah, I was going to switch out the cops. >> Patrick emphasized that their so-called reasonable suspicion was based only on his recording, and he was right. Of course, they tried to come up with any other reason why he was supposedly a huge criminal, and the very fact they couldn't find anything terrified them. And if you're wondering whether these predator cops would get stopped just in time, here's a little spoiler alert. They wouldn't care. Just water. So what were you know? >> Step back. Mr. Gonzalez, step back. >> So you're arresting me for reporting an officer. >> Step back, Mr. Gonzalez. Hey, here the officers clearly said he was charged with criminal trespass and resisting arrest. Okay, seriously now, how many times had they repeated those two charges? It was pretty pathetic because it showed they obviously did not know what either of them really meant. And as people who are supposed to enforce the law, that's unforgivable. Wouldn't you agree? >> Have a seat so you can put your shoes back on. >> Your reason a seat so you can put your shoes. >> Hey, your reasonable bar sit down. >> Your reasonable articulate suspicion is that you're arrested. >> You're arrested. Get up. >> Give me my shoes. Get up. >> I don't have >> I gave you an opportunity. >> I don't have to. I don't have to listen to you. Do you understand that? You're not my master. >> You are out of control. >> You're not my You're out of control. You're out of control. >> Screaming like >> you're cuz you're in my face and you won't let me go. You're out of control. Let's get >> You're out of control. >> Get up. Let's go. >> Hey, so your reasonable artistically suspicion is that I was reporting an officer. >> Your reasonable artistically suspicion is that I was reporting in a public area. Get up. >> That's your reason for him. Articulate suspicion is that I was recording in a in a public area. >> No, you're trespassing. >> Oh, what rule did I break the trespass? >> 13152. >> Oh, 13152. I said that I can't record. >> Patrick refused to get into the police car because he knew the arrest was unlawful. He insisted they state the law he had broken, but they could not do it. All right. They said it was trespassing. Of course, the fact that the man had not trespassed at all didn't matter. What mattered was the officers convinced themselves to believe that was the reason. >> It says that I can't record an officer in a public area. >> You guys ready? >> It says I can't record a public I can't record officers. 13. What? >> Idiots. All right. Set you back down so you can sit in the car. I'm not going to sit nowhere. Okay. >> I'm not You guys are illegally arresting me. >> You guys are arresting me for recording an officer in a public area. >> Sit up. You guys are arresting me for recording an officer in a public area. >> Patrick, this is going to happen today. Okay, >> I don't care. Let's go. >> You're in trouble. Make sure you do the paperwork and make sure you state what rule that you're arresting me for trespassing. >> I'm not getting up nowhere. >> No. >> You think I want to go to jail? You think I want to go to jail because y'all recorded you guys? You guys are tyrants. Make sure you guys are all body cameras are on. Yeah. Your reasonable articular suspicion is that I was recording a an officer, an on duty officer. I don't even think you're on duty, bro. >> I was recording an ond duty officer in public. >> Let's pause here. You see how the officers treated a man who had done absolutely nothing. Except, of course, he had hurt their ego. But when you think about it, in their minds, that was probably far worse than anything else. Sadly, the game's nowhere near over. Go ahead and get up and get in the car. >> Nope. >> Okay, then we'll put you in the car. >> You can do whatever you need to do because you guys are violating my rights, my first amendment right to record a officer in the public for the public of the interest. I have a right to record you guys. And if you guys are tyrants like this guy is behind me, then I get to tell you every time I see you whether you like it or not. I don't give a >> shoulder. I'll get this one. >> Okay. All right. Let's go. >> Nope. >> Why you guys arrest for recording an officer? You guys record cuz I record cops. We won 22.1 states that I can told you numerous times to get in the car. I don't have to get in the car. Okay? I don't have to help you guys violate [ __ ] rights. >> You understand? I don't have to have to I don't have to help you guys break it off. >> In the end, the officers still took him away without any shred of guilt for doing it illegally. What they didn't know was that soon they'd be exposed for everything they had done. But by then it would be too late to turn back. And again, these were not even the worst officers today. So, let's talk about the ones who stopped man just because they were bored during the night shift. [Music] This time, the conversation started politely. The driver explained that he thought the park was open 24 hours, while officer Story told him it actually closed at 11 p.m. So, really, all that needed to happen was for the officers to explain the parking rules and everything would have been fine, right? Well, this officer was clearly more interested in taking a different path. >> How's it going? It's going good. How about you? >> Give me one second. I'm officer story police department. Uh reason I'm out here is uh parks closed at uh 11:00. It's uh 3:00 right now. Said it was 24 hours. >> Uh so Yeah, the park is closed. It says it on the front as you come in. >> So, uh, you want me to leave? Is that what you're saying? >> Uh, yes, please. >> Where do you Where's your police department? >> It's Oliver Springs. >> So, can I go to the Oliver Springs Police Department? The driver logically asked why couldn't he stay on public land if he was allowed to park at the police station which was also public land. The officer got confused and offered to call a supervisor. So here we could conclude two things. First, it was the parking lot of a police station. Second, this officer was completely clueless. >> Park in there a lot. >> Uh if you want to. Yeah. >> So what's the difference between there and here? >> Well, the the park closes at at 11. They want us patrolling us. They want us patrolling it. >> Right. So the >> the police department's public property, right? >> Yes. >> This is public property, right? >> Well, it's city property. Yeah. >> Public property, right? >> Would you like to talk to my sergeant? He can explain it. >> If it needs to be explained to me. >> Okay. >> Does it need to be explained to me? >> Well, I'm explaining it to you. Does it need to be explo like do you not understand my question? >> Yeah, I'm understanding your question that just the park closes. >> Well, I mean when I look at the park online, it says open 24 hours. >> That might say it online, but it says at the at the entrance. >> Patrick pointed out that the internet said open 24 hours while the officer insisted that the sign said otherwise. And then came the worst part. The officer realized he was wrong. Of course, you'd expect him to just admit the mistake, apologize, and leave, which would have been the smartest thing to do in the moment. But instead, he chose to stay and make up things in order to twist everything to his advantage. >> 11 to 9 11:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. >> So, if maybe that's just for the ball fields, though, you know what I mean? Why Why would it say 24 hours on online? >> It's for the park, though. >> That's what I'm saying. >> This is the park. >> That's what I'm saying. So, you don't want me to park on this public property, but if I go over to the PD, I can park on that public property. >> Am I understanding that correctly? >> Would you like me to >> If you can't answer that question, >> that that is that's why I'm saying >> Okay. Where's the PD? >> It is down the road. >> What's the address? >> Uh 701 Main Street. All because you just don't want me in the park, huh? >> Well, park is closed. >> Got if you want to find some If you want to find somewhere else to sleep, safest place is the PD parking lot. >> Well, to be realistic, this was the safest spot. It's dark. It said 24 hours. You know what I'm saying? But it didn't say 24 hours on the sign over there. >> But it says it online. >> It doesn't matter if it says it online. It says it posted. >> What do you mean it doesn't matter if it says it online? If the city has instructions for the >> Yes. There were times when predator cops got stopped just in time to avoid being exposed and punished. But this officer wasn't one of them. This man didn't even mind leaving. The only thing he wanted was for the officer to explain why he had to go. And guess what? The officer couldn't do it. >> Residents of the city. You're telling me that doesn't matter? Are you telling me that doesn't matter? >> One second. So, you want me to leave? >> You're not going to answer that question? >> Yes. >> Yes. What? You're not going to answer the question? >> No. No. Uh, I'm enforcing the park rule here. >> So, you're not going to answer the question? >> That That is That's what I'm saying. Yes. I I would like you to leave. >> Okay. >> You're going to move? >> Yeah. I'm going to move for you. >> Patrick explained what normal police logic should have looked like. Let the man sleep, then check in the morning if there was any damage. If there wasn't, everything's fine. If there was, it'd be easy to find him. But the officer refused common sense because this was not about safety. It's about ego. Let me tell you, his ego was huge. This is a school building right here. So, I'm good right here, right? >> Um, >> I can ask to make sure that I'm telling you the right information. >> Well, I mean, there's no signage restricting access, right? >> Okay. Yeah, you're right. >> So, >> I mean, I I really I just want to go to sleep, man. I'm not trying to, you know, >> I'm just I'm I got to enforce the rules. Okay. You understand why I'm >> I understand that. I mean, you you've you've got officer discretion, so I don't understand that. I understand that you are doing that, right? I understand that you're doing that, but you don't have to. >> Okay. Well, >> you're choosing to. >> Well, yes, I am choosing to. >> Yeah. I don't know why. >> We've had vandalism. >> Okay. But, you know, I mean, you saw, >> bro, you you walked up to the car. You saw that I was [ __ ] sleeping. Okay. >> You're going to tell me I'm not I'm back there vandalizing. Well, you've got the plate info. So if if there ends up being some vandalism, you got the info, right? >> Do what? >> You understand the words I'm saying? >> I didn't hear you. I was I was I was trying to say. >> The driver reminded him they were not on opposite sides. They're both citizens of the same country. The officer pretended to be team law, but he was unable to explain what had actually been broken. How could someone in law enforcement not even know the basic rules? And what could we expect from this officer if the situation was truly serious? What were you saying? >> You saw me back there. If some vandalism occurred, you you A reasonable deduction would be it's the guy that was there, right? >> Well, yeah. Yeah. >> So, when we woke up in the morning, if you used your offer officer discretion and said, "I'm just going to let this guy sleep. He's been driving for who knows how long. He went to a safe spot. He's just trying to get out of people's way, just trying to be safe, going to sleep. And then you come back in the morning, you find out, oh, look, no vandalism. Or look, oh [ __ ] there's vandalism. We better go get that guy. >> I can't say that. I can't I don't >> I'm saying I don't know you, man. >> We're supposed to be on the same team. >> Okay. What What team are you on? >> The the American Citizen team. >> Okay. Yeah. >> The team where was I doing? Was I breaking the law? >> Well, I mean, it's >> Was I breaking the law? >> You weren't You weren't taking the place. >> Okay. Well, I mean, so all the park is closed. >> All I'm saying is that >> a different spot. >> All Yeah. Alls I'm saying is I I acknowledge that you're telling me a sign over there says it's closed. >> Yes. >> Do you acknowledge that online it says open 24 hours? >> I'm not going off what online. >> I'm going off what's going online cuz I'm the traveler. I'm the traveler. I go online onto the map and I say, "Okay." As Patrick pointed out, he found the information online just like any other normal person traveling would. Based on what the man explained, and the officer have been glad that he chose to drive only when rested rather than putting anyone in danger on the road because the officer's logic here was very strange. And yet, his twisted reasoning was far from over. Where can I go that's safe in the city? So, I I type in park, right? And it says 24 hours. So, I go, "Okay, this has got to be a safe place for me. 24 hours." I pull in. I park. That's it. >> What I'm saying? What was it? Officer what? >> Let me confirm. >> Officer, we're already out. Officer what? >> Let me story. >> Story. >> Yes. >> What I'm saying? >> Confirm. >> Officer Story. What I'm saying is you have officer discretion. You do. Not your supervisors. You do. >> Yes. >> Okay. You chose to use your officer discretion to kick me out of there because why? Why, man? The park's closed >> because >> But but I told you that it was open, right? >> No, you >> there's information. >> But there's information that says it is. >> There's information that says >> there's information here in the phone that says it's open 24 hours. What do you want me to do with that? Discard it. >> You're supposed to go off the West Coast. >> Why? Who says who? >> Park is closed. Well, I'm not in the park. >> Yeah. >> I'm not trying to bust your balls, but it seems like you're trying to bust mine. You know what I'm saying? >> Park is closed. Can't be in there. >> So, what? >> In a in a in a sort. I'm just enforcing it. >> You feel better. >> Patrick tried to point out the idea of police discretion. The officer admitted he had discretion, but he used it to kick the man out. So even when he was not legally required to do so, he chose strictness. Why? Well, because he could. Users who swore by the phrase just doing my job forgot it's their very decision that crushed people. But wait, the misuse of power here was only getting bolder. >> Dude, >> this bro bro, you have discretion. Are you telling me you don't have discretion? >> I do have discretion. >> Okay. Well then then don't tell me you're just doing your job because a com what is your job to do? Serve and protect. Your job is to enforce the law. >> No law is being broken. >> Enforce municipal code. >> No, bro. Come on, man. You swore to protect the constitution and then the laws and then the constitution of the state and then the laws of the state. You're going to run it down to ordinances and [ __ ] Come on, bro. Is that where your feelalty is? To ordinances? You swore an oath to ordinances. Get the [ __ ] out of here. You know what I mean? >> All right. My sergeant pulling up and he can explain it to you. >> I don't need to explain, man. >> He He can explain better than what I can. I don't think I'm getting >> How I don't know how you don't think you're getting getting it across. You're telling me it's closed. I acknowledge it. And I'm on this side of the gate. >> It's posted right there. I don't care if it's posted online. >> Okay. I don't care if it's posted right there. >> Okay. >> You know what I mean? It was posted online. And then and then we move past that and we're to the officer discussion point, right? And that's the point I'm trying to drive home is the officer discretion point, right? I'm we're past that cuz we're over here. >> Sergeant Brown arrived and immediately stood up for his colleague, ignoring the logic and online evidence. So if you thought the situation would be all sorted out once the sergeant showed up, because that's what should have happened, I have to disappoint you. It only got worse. And now you'd see why. >> Expression was >> get me out of there. Right. Yes. >> Yeah. Yep. Mhm. >> Cuz park is closed. >> Gotcha. Yep. >> You tell me, man. What's the deal? >> I'm causing problems now. Who said that? >> He was sleeping in there. I was telling him closed somewhere else. just saying that I have discretion on that. I'm telling him I do. Not telling him to >> What's his discretion? >> What's that? >> What's his discretion? >> Whether or not he kicks me out of the park that says it's open 24 hours online. >> What? Open 24 hours online. >> That's what it says online. >> Read the sign of it. >> Did you read the Did you read the website? >> The driver clearly said if the park is closed, then lock the gate. Logical, right? I mean, if they didn't want anyone inside, they should simply block the space. Nothing these officers did or said made any sense. They were far too contradictory. And thanks to the words of their superior, the officer actually walked away with the lesson that he had not been wrong. So, what do you think? How will he act next time? >> Is that open 24 hours? >> I read the sign. >> I read the website because I didn't I drove in from from 8 hours away. >> You see that big sign right there? >> What about it, bro? >> I read online. I don't care about that sign, bro. >> That route there says parking regulation. >> So what? >> That's why you have >> Maybe you should close the gate then if you don't want people in there. If the if it's closed, it says it's 20 open 24 hours online. >> I would hope people can read the sign. >> Well, I would hope that people could read online. You know, you say, "Oh, you've got to follow the sign." Oh, [ __ ] what says online. What's your name anyway? >> Uh, Sergeant Brown. >> Right on. Cool. >> Yeah. Find somewhere else to sleep. >> I'm going to sleep right here. >> Okay. >> Okay. You guys going to You guys going to harass me more tonight? >> Yeah. Unless you go back and park. >> I'm good right here, right? Yeah. >> Cool. >> Perfectly good right here. >> Great. >> This place is up there. Four lane. Big church with a big cross. Big parking lot. Very dark. >> Yeah. No, there's no street light. There is a couple street lights in the church, but in the middle of the parking lot, it's dark. >> You understand why why one might not go onto private property, right? >> Say that one more time. >> You understand why a person might not. >> Patrick pointed out that people on the move could not stop and read every sign. They used the internet to find safe places. The officers did not understand even the basic logic of travelers. He thought their job was to help people. Who realized this was a myth? They acted as if their real job was to feed their own egos. Of course, everything was always about them. >> Impulsively or reflexively go on to private property, right? >> That's that's private property only. >> Yes. And this is public property. >> Open to the public. >> Okay. Well, you can >> This is This is city property. >> It's Bro, >> that has park regul. >> It's open to the public. It's public. >> Closes at 11. >> That's not what it says online, but we're past that. It's public property. >> Move it up. Move it up to the chain. He'll change it online. >> Yeah, that'd be great. That'd be great. I mean, because people people that are driving, they don't stop and read a 10 foot sign. >> Well, that's why the 10 stop is there for you to read. >> No, no, no, no, no. If you don't want people to go and close the gate, period. >> When there's a sign, >> your logic is circular. >> Let someone know to change it. >> All right. Great. >> We've been good, man. >> Any more questions? Did I have a question? >> We were we were last question. >> I don't have any questions. Yeah, I got a question. Sure. If uh if somebody came up to you guys and asked you a question and you didn't know the answer, would you make a good faith effort to find out the answer to that question? >> And I and I told you I would call him to make sure, but you're said, "No, no, I'm going to go. I'm going to go." >> You were telling me to leave. I don't want to I don't >> The officers kept repeating the same thing. The park is closed. The park is closed. Okay, we get it. But what they didn't get was that repeating a lie a million times didn't make it true, did it? And on top of that, they accused the man of being the one causing the problem. Can you believe it? Have you ever come across officers who thought they could act as if they were above the law? >> Yeah, you're telling me to leave. I need to leave. I don't need to stay and wait to get a trespassed. Right. >> Officer, I know that. But an officer tells me to leave, I need to leave. Correct. >> Yes. >> So that's what I did. >> Okay. And I mean before that, you were asking questions. I was telling >> I was asking questions. That's right. Clarifying questions. They're reasonable. >> It is closed. >> I heard you say that and then you heard me say what I said, right? >> And what was that? >> That online it doesn't say it's closed. It says it's open 24 hours. >> The sign we're going >> we're way past this, man. Yeah, we are going in circles. Back to the question. So you you uh you will make a good faith effort, right? That's what you're saying. So the first amendment of the constitution that secures five fundamental freedoms to we the people. Any chance you can tell me what those five freedoms are? The five freedoms. >> Yeah. Five freedoms secured to us by the first amendment of the constitution. The constitution that both of you swore to protect, >> preserve, and defend. >> Freedom of speech. >> Freedom of press. >> You want to say one? Since we're all here. We'll just go in threes. >> Go in threes. >> Yeah. He said one. I said one. >> You want me to say one? That's what we're doing. >> Petition. What? petition. >> Freedom of petition. >> Yes. >> Okay. Religion. >> And then freedom. >> If the driver knew more about the Constitution than the people enforcing it, then it was clear who the real guardian of rights was. The police here were nothing more than a unarmed obstacle, not protectors. And sadly, they're only some among many. That's why we now move to the next case where an officer arrested his own friend. This time it started with something nice. People were fishing, enjoying themselves, and talking. Yet in America, even quiet fishing could end with a gun being pointed at you. If someone thought freedom meant enjoying a legal hobby, reality hit this man just because these predator cops were not stopped in time with her show. >> Just hanging out. What are you up to? >> Not a whole lot. You know, we got a call about this. >> Yeah. Yeah. You might want to just let them know. Just let them know about the law. Whoever called, let them know about the law. All that good stuff. I know. >> Yeah. That's all we ask. You know, we're not We've been real free and talking to everybody and nice and we haven't been trying to fight with nobody or nothing. >> School by this lady here on how to fish. >> Yeah. She's teaching us. She She's the one catching all the fish over here, not us. >> Dude, you got it, man. Dude, I don't know what you got going on, man. What's your bait? You shrimp? Live shrimp in it? Yeah, look at that, dude. Well, I don't know if that's edible, but yeah, you're still catching. Hey, dude. >> You don't have to have your gun out, man. >> Dude, I don't. But what? Why? Why? >> Yeah. Well, I Yeah, I was going fishing, but there's no point in coming at me. This is the point I'd realized who he was >> by his name tag. >> What's your name? >> He said he didn't want to apologize for what he said during the recording. But why should he? When someone threatened you with a gun while you're legally fishing. The worst words you spoke are not the problem. The behavior of the policees. The citizen had emotion. The police had weapons. And guess what? He also had the freedom of speech. >> Bubba. That's right. >> Welcome to Michael Taylor. >> Michael Taylor. How's it going, man? >> I'm good, brother. It's >> been a minute. >> Yeah, dude. >> What's wrong, >> dude? You're looking at it, dude. >> All right, hang on a second. >> Right there, dude. You know me, dude. I I went to high school with you, bro. >> Dude, that's crazy, man. You I The guy I went to high school with just had a gun almost ready to shoot me when I'm I'm clearly next to my fishing pole, dude. Come on, dude. >> Listen, I see what you're doing. You're fishing. >> Yeah, I know, dude. You you >> Dude, we're friends, dude. We're friends. >> Understand. Listen. Just listen to me. We got a call. >> I get I get people going to call because guess what? It's not normal. >> We got a call. >> You specifically as a friend of mine. >> Okay. And how do I how do I know that, Mike? I haven't seen you in 20 years. >> Dude, you didn't even come out here trying to talk to me like I'm a a person, bro. >> The fisherman recognized the name on the officer's badge, an old friend from school. And that old friend was now standing with a gun pointed at him. If he thought friendship carried any weight once the unifor showed up, this was proof it didn't. The keeper of order remembered their school days only after the citizen reminded him. But by then he had already been ready to shoot. >> No, you didn't. You're going to drawn, bro. >> That's right. That's right. >> Is that how you treat people? >> Is that how you treat people? >> Um, then you can walk, dude. If you I'm going to be unreasonable, then you can kick rocks, bro. Kick rocks. Don't worry about how I got here. Don't worry about how I got here, bro. I have Dude, I have respect for you, bro. >> Dude, I have respect for you, bro. And you just lost it all 20 years later. You just lost it because you just [ __ ] decided to point a gun at me, dude. Dude, get out of here, dude. Leave me alone. Do you know who I am? Kick rocks, bro. Kick rocks. Kick rocks, bro. Get out. Kick Get out of here, dude. I'm not going to talk, dude. 90151. What law did I break, bro? >> What law did I break? >> If you were if you were walking on the bridge >> law, what law? It doesn't matter where I'm going. It says going to returning from. I could walk from Key West all the way to Tallahassee if I want. >> You can't. >> Look, bro. It's right. >> I see it right now. The problem that I got is that I know who you are and you're >> like I I try to have respect for law enforcement >> and because I know you of 20 years >> and we went to high school and you've got your gun out ready to shoot somebody that's not even breaking. >> The driver told him he just lost all respect because instead of choosing conversation, he chose violence. He was right. The police always talked about respecting authority, but they never understood that respect was something to be earned, not forced. here. A friendship was burned in a second, but soon the officer would burn his career as well. >> You're a piece of dude. Get out of here. Kick rocks, bro. Get the here, dude. >> Get out. >> All right. Well, we can sit here. We can sit here for the next six hours, dude. Because guess what? >> I'm going to fish all day long. >> I hope you catch dinner or something, man. >> You can kick rocks. >> Don't worry about what the Okay, >> get the out of here, dude. >> What is What is What is the issue? >> You You Brian Schnibbon. >> Brian Schnibbon. The guy that I played baseball with. >> That's right. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. The guy that I knew from [ __ ] high school. The guy I knew from middle school. The guy we grew up together, dude. And you're the one that came out here ready to shoot somebody for for what? >> All right. My fault. >> For obeying the law. >> So you can rocks. I hope this is your sergeant because you're going to get >> your whole department. That's >> I'm just trying to figure out how you got here, man. >> Don't worry about how the it's going to and returning from. I could walk from here to where I live. And because you guys already know who I am, you're going to go ahead and put it through David, NCIC, FCIC, just like they've already done it for the other 167 times. >> He reminded them that everything he was doing was completely legal. Florida explicitly allowed open carrying while fishing. The officer, however, acted as if the law did not exist. If you thought the uniform meant knowledge of the rules, you're mistaken. I don't even know how someone like this ever got hired as a police officer in the first place. >> Law enforcement, >> dude. I They've ran my name for doing nothing unlawful over 160 times. >> You've known about David. >> Oh, I know. Why? Because because because they're violating my rights, my civil rights. And you came out here ready to shoot somebody over their civil rights. You swore an oath to protect what I'm doing. >> Yeah. >> And you're the one that came out here with your guns drawn. I I get it. >> I get it. >> Yeah. Yeah. Not my protection, dude. I was talking to this guy. Have I been univil? I've been talking to these people. Have I been univil? I haven't hurt anybody. >> People People People People got buttth hurt and they decided to call. I don't care if they get buttth hurt. It's how you respond. That's right. >> And you How' you respond? Is Is that a good manner? >> I walk up and I see a gentleman. >> Yeah. Yeah. A gentleman's sitting here not doing anything other than fishing. >> You can kick rocks. What's your name and badge number, sir? I'm not doing nothing. My hands are up. What's your name and badge number, sir? What is your My hands are clearly clear to the sky. What is your name? >> What is your name and badge number? I don't care. We're not going to talk over each other. What's your name and badge number? >> Badge number. >> You can kick rocks. You can kick rocks because I'm not doing anything unlawful. >> He went on to explain that his name had been checked over a hundred times in previous situations only because he was using his rights. And now that we knew this, it was no wonder the man was so upset and had such a low tolerance for the police. It had simply shown him too many times why he should not trust him. >> So then kick the Dude, it was [ __ ] that this guy I know this guy from high school and he comes out here with his gun drawn and then you come out here trying to uh help what what are you helping with? What are you What are you facilitating with right now? Neither one of y'all are helping me defend my rights right now. If you if if I wasn't hurting anybody making sure that nothing good was happening, >> nothing else going to happen, dude. I I was sitting here fishing. >> I was having a great day up until you decided to come out here with your gun drawn >> and I know you >> so get out of here. Get out of here, dude. Bye. >> Bye. Hey, at this point here for a little bit. All right, that's all. I'm not I'm not your thing, man. >> You're piece of >> All right. >> Okay. You have >> Dude, dude, >> you have that right now. >> Wait till Wait. You know this is going to go on Facebook now. You know it is. >> It was a that you did to somebody you knew. >> Not the first time. >> Yeah, I know. And it won't be the last time cuz it seems like that's just a repetitive. >> I haven't seen you in a minute. >> You don't need to see me in 20 years. You just have to treat somebody like a human being. Dude, >> a human being. >> Dude, I'm not. The fisherman asked for the incident number and the police stall. When someone knew they were going to be reported, they always tried to avoid leaving a record. That only confirmed their guilt. If you believed you were doing the right thing, then why would you fear paperwork? The truth was they knew they were wrong. The problem was that the system always protect them, not the citizens. >> Nothing. My hands have been up. >> Yeah. Kick rocks. Get the out of here. >> Bye. >> Take care. >> Yeah. See you later. Kick rocks, dude. I'm not, dude. I'm my my goal is not to hurt anybody and you guys are all worried about me and I didn't do Get the out of here. Shut the Here. Bye. >> Bye. Have a great day. See you later. Yeah, that's what I'm hoping. Up until I had a gun. >> Bye. Bye. See you later. Bye. Have a great day. I want the incident I want the incident report number. I want the incident report number. >> I want the incident report number. >> I'm going to have both of them. >> I want it right now. >> If not, send your sergeant out here. Send a lieutenant. >> Dude, homeboy is all paranoid about me walking up and I'm like, dude, I've got no ill will towards anybody. If you watch any one of the 400 videos I've got on YouTube about me doing this across the state of Florida. >> He emphasized that the officer knew him from Facebook, knew what he did, and knew he wasn't doing anything wrong. Despite that, he still pulled out his gun. That meant the motivation was personal. the show forced to prove who's in charge. At that point, the reason for the conflict no longer mattered. What mattered was how the officer behaved. And reason or not, this was unacceptable. You see, I have no ill will. But for some reason, cops decide they have one as some ill will like this knucklehead that I've known for over 20 years. I went to high school, middle school, play baseball with him, and he comes out with his gunn like I'm some kind of criminal. Obviously, he hasn't been taught the law. And then the fact that we're friends and he knows the activism he the fact that he knows the activism I do because we're friends on Facebook. He has no there's no reason he doesn't know. There's no reason why he doesn't know I go out and open carry throughout the state of Florida. >> Well, I just said if you're hunting, fishing, or camping, you can open carry. >> I know. Obviously, he doesn't know. It's >> not an issue. Yeah, it's an issue when he's got his gun drawn and ready to shoot me. >> You have on camera. I have on camera. >> Yeah. Yeah, we're going to have that and we're going to have all the [ __ ] whatever >> at this point, dude. You and get the dude. >> Bye. Bye. Dude, unless you want to make it worse, I would recommend that you tell this guy. In the end, the fisherman clearly said that by doing this, the officer broke the law, broke their friendship, and broke common sense. To pull a weapon on a man who's quietly fishing was not just a mistake, it's a message that the police no longer knew the difference between a criminal and a citizen. Do you trust the police? Think that was bad? Well, just wait. 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