it is always satisfying to watch idiot cops be humbled by higher authority or even educated citizens but it becomes even more special when journalists are the ones to put these people in their place here are four cases of idiot cops who got humbled by journalists you can stay right there that's fine you don't need to approach me excuse me you can stay right there I don't need to approach you no you can stay right back there you can walk back that way first on the list is this bully of an officer who thinks she can use her sheer arrogance to override the law ma'am you can walk back that way yeah keep walking back that way can you deescalate a little bit cuz I feel like you're trying to just exert your authority over me and I don't like it I'm not I'm speaking to you in my normal voice you have no authority over me okay actually I do I'm in a public building I'm conducting lawful business I'm conducting lawful business no they didn't that's a lie yes they did they did not ask me to leave they asked you to leave and they said that I'm conducting I'm conducting business therefore you need to leave the location I'm conducting business I'm doing a Freedom of Information Act request they asked you to leave so you're saying can I get a supervisor here right there I'm conducting lawful business I'm an independent journalist exercising my freedom of freedom of press right okay it's a right not a privilege freedom of press this is a public building you guys have 1 2 3 4 five officers here six including your this cop and her colleagues were clearly used to having their way just by exercising a bit of tyranny thankfully the journalist did not allow himself to be bullied and he set them straight but if you think this cop and her colleagues are arrogant bullies wait until you see the next case then someone gave you permission to do that oh yeah the owners of the building did huh the owners of the building did is this thing working yeah it does work I'm saying who gave you permission to do that the owners of the building the owners of the building and who's who who do you think they are do you know who the owners of the building are well I do but I'm saying can you tell me who who they are yeah who is the contact person the the owners of the building who do you think they I need a name oh who do you think they are well I know who they are but do you know who they are well you must we must be confused then of who it is this is Lana of the Jtown press who is gathering content for a story at the Charleston Airport however rather than let him exercise his rights the staff members of the building decided to gang up on it okay how you doing help you no no you're good what's going on no idea this who y oh 25 dispatch I'm out with her so what's the problem uh who are you sir officer Armstrong oh Armstrong what's your badge number sir you at the airport the police why are you up here what are you doing uh Free Press Free Press yes sir is this not open to the public we're just trying to figure out what you're doing I I think it's pretty obvious I mean I'm not to be rude I'm gathering content for a story story on the airport and what's your name sir officer Stewart and what's your badge number sir 5 Z oh wow all four of you huh hey how you doing we spoke a few minutes ago yeah uh what's your name sir oh stri so what yeah when you up to you ask what agency I was part of yeah are you part of the airport Authority yeah we we we what's your name sir I'm officer monice okay nice to meet you what's your badge number sir 59 okay Co so what what brings you to town here Free Press kids gathering content for story like I you know I mean I think it's pretty obvious I mean I'm not trying to be real yeah I'm not trying to be a smart butt I'm just saying it's just you know I'm not hiding it yeah no neither we right so you work for like a yeah for independent you're an independent yes sir with yeah I mean as you see right here can I show you this real quick sure see this is where it happens I don't you know I'm not going into this area this is just a public just public areas okay yeah that's it that's it so whaty simple kind of curiosity what is something like this contribute to uh actually right now I'm doing it uh the story kind of changes cuz now I have airport employees calling you know the police department on me so now I'm doing it on you to see how you as you well know Transportation fac facilities are generally security sensitive is this against the law no no it's no you asked me a question I'm answer so obviously it's a security what's your name sir Sergeant Augusta what's your name uh well it depends on how this goes and we can talk about that on is it required yes it is for what what crime I've committed this wasn't even half of the show that was about to go down the officers whom the staff had called in kept throwing madeup law after madeup law at Lana but the journalist was unwavering crime so what would you what crime have I committed to get my we're not uh we're not saying you had committed any crime yeah I'm just trying to identify well it's a fourth amendment so I'm actually going to keep my privacy unless I've committed a crime which is a law yeah so you're here for what purpose I've already explained it to him so no we were getting to that yeah Free Press Gathering content for a story yeah okay is I mean he said it was I mean I'm not doing anything illegal like I pointed out to here it's not like I'm Well yeah if you if you were doing something illegal You' be different story right right right okay so as just kind of confuses me that little paperwork oh I've already got permission I've already got permission owners of the building uh no that didn't happen to no no no owners of the building who do you think the owners of the building are sir can I should I talk to you CU you seem a little bit more you talk to all yeah I mean I'm talking to you I'm talking to you I know but I'm talking to you because you're obviously in charge so but I'm not I'm not going to talk to you I'm talking to her who do you think the owners of well who do you think it is if I say the owners of the building who owns the building I mean I already know who owns the building who do you think it is it's a private business it's so this is a private business and you work for a private business I do so the airport Authority is a private business can you get your footage I I'm actually was just going around the room here so when she actually decided to call you guys so I was actually right over here when she called so yeah you you already got your footage no no no it's a public area sir yeah time place Manor it's still open yeah here here you go we're we're we're going leave now okay okay you have a good day no you're you're you're leaving you don't have a legitimate reason to be here it's called press freedom of press okay well you got that's my legit no no no my legitimate reason is freedom press the Supreme Court has already ruled on it you are in a private area no this is a public Lobby look right here administrative offices am I right here on I level one or am I on level three you're on level three are you here for any administrative Gathering content for a story for freedom of press You' already gotten it did you swear a Noe to the Constitution did you I did okay good so did I okay good so US Constitution freedom of press is the very first one mhm sure is and you already got it I'm still working on I haven't worked my way over here before you before can I break your conversation oh but from a public space you can't trespass the eyes yeah but your camera's facing so what about downstairs when I'm pointing fac field I'm pointing at you which is a federal crime no it's not what's the what's the What's the statute sir what's the C you have to ask the military what's the CFR you'd have to ask the military okay well I are you lieutenant and what's your name sir Lieutenant melon what is it called Melton Melton and what's your badge number sir car S car seven okay in public sir yeah it's it's this absolutely actually is an FAA thing you can't show these publicly so if you whatever you're showing um whatever um publication you're doing just blur those out well I I'll look up the law and if it's a law then I will okay yeah I follow the law so yeah absolutely are you uh are you in charge now at this this point Lana had been approached by seven different officers all trying to get him off public property yet he stood strong against all of their tactics his bravery and resilience must be applauded and he wasn't even done yet are you in are you are he's a okay okay what's your name sir Tommy Robinson Tommy Robinson are you a deputy or chief of police chief of police okay what's your badge number sir I don't have a badge number just cheap please oh cool how about that absolutely see I like to smile thank you thank you seemed very pleasant so a little bit more pleasant than your sergeant that's it's it's you know I asked him I mean you swore note to the Constitution right I know it sounds silly I did too so all I'm sitting there saying is it's a public Lobby it's not like I'm trying to kick down the doors or something like that you know I mean if you're taking pictures of inside the secured areas you can't trespass the eyes it's the same thing that you guys I understand that but if you take pictures of the inside that's the violation and what's what's the violation this is a federal run organ can you give me the fa like the actual CFR I don't have it no man I don't I mean so how do you know it's against the law because these people are private citizens working for us in a secured area just want to W her she seems kind of mad well I mean I would too if people were taking my pictures well you're taking yeah but you're taking my pictures so if you so you were up here trespassing how am I trespassing come on let's go so if I don't leave what's going to happen sir well you we going to put you on trespass notice come on so you're trespassing me yes ma'am okay so if I don't leave I'll be arrested no ma'am we're not going to arrest you we're going to ask you to leave peacefully well I know but if I but if I let me just it's a stupid question but if I stay I'll be arrested you're not going to be arrested okay then I'm going to like to stay then no ma' we're not going to have you stay up here because this is a business area okay I'm didn't say a word to anybody sir are you going are you condu your business I am what kind of business it's called freedom of press I'm gathering content for a story who do you work for Independent independent what media I'm the news sir I'm gather press let me see your press who this I was saying well it wasn't him it was guy let me see your press C and who issues those you say you work for an independent who is what who what government issues uh I have no three who you work for I want to see can I ask you a question the conversation seemed like it would never end but the officer's attempt at intimidation was no match for Lana's unbending spirit and so they eventually had to let him be while Lana was able to force the cops to give up their bullying this next journalist even made sure they eventually had to bow to him I was looking for the probation office okay how can I help you do you know where it's at this is it oh okay yeah I just wanted to go in the lobby and and look at what's available for the public can't go in the lobby why not because I said you can't go in the lobby oh you're above the Supreme Court the Supreme Court we have a co uh right now what do you need what do you need in the lobby I just want to see what's available for the public this auditor was at a probation office in gulport Mississippi when he was approached by police officers whom the staff members had called on him watch how the interaction unfolded to rep I I don't need it honey thank you that was very nice of you though thank you yeah yeah I'll be leaving in a in a few minutes thank you I don't need any help though why are you recording us sir can I help you no I don't need any help thank you you can go back to work what can I help you with sir Lieutenant yes Bradley Walker yes 611 we got a phone call about you uh videotaping the employees here sweet Jefferson I can't see your badge number that's actually my employee number badge number is 178 oh thank you yeah gentlemen yeah it's not illegal they're good thank you okay do you have some a sir for what because a standard protocol any tell we get a call and someone would come out here and identify them it's standard protocol so it's standard protocol to violate the Fourth Amendment the lieutenant who arrived at the scene claimed it was standard protocol for them to identify anyone who was reported even if they had no reasonable articulable IP this wasn't true I'm not violating your fourth amendment sir I'm not you suspect me of a crime we got a A Reasonable Suspicion because you were called of all you so a call gives you a reasonable suspicion yes what what case is that sir do you have identification on you no I don't I don't carry identification on me because I don't break the law and the law is only required if you suspect me of committing have committed or about to commit a crime getting a call is not reasonable suspicion Brown vast Texas it's all public property it's why it says Harrison County right there on the front got any particular reason why you want to video uh because it's all right because uh I'm a citizen journalist and I go around looking to make sure that the government is doing what they should be not having their hands in the till that kind of stuff so yeah it's perfectly legal I do it all over the country bransburg V ha Supreme Court does I'm allowed anywhere that the Public's allowed to be no restricted access signs no no trespassing signs Harrison County it's obviously public property just like going around videotaping public property I don't like it but it's my civic duty it's all of our civic's duty to watch the government to make sure they're doing the right thing I can dig it all right all right so we're good then am I being detained no okay have a good day gentlemen uh Rogue Nation audits Rogue Nation audits yeah I also have a a a business card if you guys don't mind I got a business card here but I won't look sir we're not here trying to it doesn't have my real name on there that's my media credential we're not trying to infringe on anyone's uh excellent bpes but when we get a call well I know you guys public servants we have to come out and I don't I don't disagree with you at all you got to you got to come out you got to hear what I'm saying and then that dispels any suspicion but again anytime we do get a call it does that gives us Reasonable Suspicion to stop and talk to after they discovered the huge platform the auditor commanded the officer's entire demeanor changed and they became different likely to save themselves from lashback but this was not the first time Big Shot Auditors were able to bend idiot cops to their will just by letting them know who they were the county clerk okay your driver's license I don't I don't have a driver's license what is your name Ben from the beginning the security guards were out of their lead Ben Franklin Ben Franklin correct what's your date of birth Ben why do you need my date of birth what is your date of birth do you want to come in this bu yeah I have business to conduct ma'am I I just don't see why this is not Nazi Germany I don't see why I would need to give your date of birth I need your address my address and my date of birth yes sha Paul Reyes of Long Island audit was at a County Government building in New York to challenge their policies it wasn't long before he found what he was looking for and was able to set everyone in his path straight for what ma'am I don't understand do you have a supervisor I can speak with yes she does and the supervisor is also in a grumpy mood put the phone away please you're not allowed to video I'm sorry please put away why why can't asking you nicer because there's a sign posted outside that you can't do that in here why can't I record in here here who you here to see the county clerk I'm here to see the county clerk I have business business conduct I have to do a public records request me being hurt do you have anything on you I have that you can show us your name so we can let you in I don't have anything with my name I don't have I want please just stay here yeah no problem no problem can I get your name say it or is that broi broad broadsky see this is why it's more polite to tell somebody their name um so I can't enter in a public building and conduct services with without showing some sort of government ID that's that sounds like sounds like Nazi Germany to me not United States of America under whose authority building it's a policy of the building it's a policy of the building the county this building needs ID in order to go in can you show me the policy where's the policy the staff members and security officers claimed that it was standard protocol for Reyes to identify himself Reyes knew this to be false and so wasn't swayed by their miserable attempts I don't have it on me but that is the policy so you're enforcing a policy that you you're enforcing a policy you can't even show Mee have picture ID to show this is a tax pair funded ID I'm trying to conduct business but is that you don't need an ID to vote for the president of the United States but yet you need an Ida to enter in some County building that doesn't even make any sense hey how you doing today Sergeant yeah so I'm basically I wanted to speak with you because I'm being trespassed from this building I'm trying to conduct business I'm a journalist I'm trying to conduct business this here by doing a Freedom of Information Act request okay govern ID I would be able to correct that's what they're saying and that and what I'm saying is that's unconstitutional and I understand we might have difference of opinion but the reason why I'm here today is to challenge that unconstitutional uh policy and that has authorization certain parts of the building you're not allowed to go just no just you're not allowed to go into into the building at all without a governmen issued ID all right all right I'm going to go speak to them all right thanks Sergeant appreciate it a sergeant eventually arrived at the scene and was able to wrap up reyes's neat work by putting his subordinates in their place from the look on their faces it is clear that they were properly humbled if you enjoyed this video let me know in the comment section and don't forget to subscribe goodbye