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On a pleasant afternoon, officers responded to a complaint about a couple camping in a public square. But nothing could have prepared them for what they were about to encounter. What are y'all doing over here? We're just laying down for a little bit. You got to find somewhere else to do that. You can't do that in the public square. You have your ID on you by any chance? Mine got stolen. Okay. You ever been to the Salvation Army? Been there. I was there for 3 months. They told me I had to leave for a month. I come back, but then I got my dog and he won't let me there. Okay. Stay in the hotel for a couple days. Cost me almost $300. Yeah. And he came here. Hey. Hey. Hey. It's Officer Johnson, Savannah Police Department. Mhm. Hey, how you doing? You know you can't sleep out here, right? Oh, okay. Yeah. You got to find somewhere else that you got to you got to go to. Mhm. You have your uh license on you? Uh no, I'm not allowed to have ID. You're not allowed to have ID. Why not? Arizona is being judged by um dirty cops in Arizona and I'm not allowed to have ID. Not not driver's license. You can have ID though. No, I can't. The cops here were dumb enough to let people beat me up, do dumb things to me, but apparently I'm not allowed to fight that. And yeah, it's like apparently I can be and I can be beaten up and I can have all kinds of stuff done to me, but cops don't let women fight back. When did you have your um license taken? What state was it out of? Arizona. The last license that you had. And if you try to get me back there, I'll Any questions? Give me a second, Miss Oriana. Yeah. Why don't you go and try to find something? [Music] Find a real criminal. Ma'am, you're not free to go. I'm just letting you know. Don't square up with me. Sit down. Are you squaring up on me? Ma'am, have I moved? I'm telling you, you're not free to go. You know what? You want to like the [Applause] game. I'm not going to be put in jail again because of pieces of like you. You want to arrest me? You want to chase me down? Oh, darn. All right. I Um, don't do I don't do anything wrong. If you want to put me 22 to 26, she's walking with a little piece of ma'am. How about right now? Hey, you stop right now. Get off the bike right now. Why? Get off of the bike right now. I told you you're not free to leave, man. Get off of the bike right now. Ow. Ow. Get off of the bike right now. He's not hurting you, man. Get off the bike. Yes, he is. Yes, he is. Okay. Don't take my dog. Okay. Relax. Why? Being placed under arrest. Why? For obstruction. Get off the bike. 26 white female. Help me. Somebody help me. Somebody help me. Somebody help me. Somebody help me. Somebody help me. Somebody help me. Help. Walk with me. Okay. No. No. Help. Come on. No. Go for 22. Somebody help me. Let's go. Come on. Somebody help me. Somebody help me. Grab my notebook. Help. Hey, let's go. Help. Help. Just make sure you Just make sure you careful. Help. These cops are arresting me for sleeping. These cops are arresting me for sleeping. These cops are arresting me for sleeping. Help me. My dog. Help. We'll be in a minute. Help. Help. Work with us. We'll work with you. Okay. Help. Help me. What is you? Work with you. You're keeping me against my will. Help me. Help me. Help me. Pieces of like Johnson. Help. Help. Help. Give it to you. Let me lock your handcuffs real quick. Let me go. You pieces of I do not agree with this. I do not agree with this. This is what you do. Pieces of Ma'am, you're the one who made it like this. I told you. I did not. I You did. I just wanted to go. You did. I just wanted to go. What did I tell you? I'm free. I said you're not free to go. Stop. Don't square up with me now, please. Last thing I want to do is fight you. Okay, that's the last thing. Piece of Why are you using force? I'm not using the force. You're trying to turn towards me and you need to face this vehicle. Piece of Okay, you're a piece of Relax. No, I will not. I will not relax. Let me go. Yeah. Okay. I trust him. I think I I don't obstruction of justice. Obstruction of justice. What justice? What justice? You piece of sh You piece of obstruction of justice. What am I being charged with? You piece of dirt. You dirt piece of filth. What am I being charged with? You waking me up. Also in accordance with it's against the law to have a cot and blanket on public property. The law is it's called camping. Oh, really? So it's illegal to be homeless? No. Is what you're saying? You said you were born in 1974. So it's illegal to be homeless. You said you were born in 1974. No. What year were you born in? I'm not going to answer any more questions. That's cool. You're being a piece of Hey, help me. I'm being attacked for being homeless. Please help me. You pieces of You pieces of dirt. Please help me. Ma'am, I just got here. What's going on today? I know you. Yes, ma'am. So, what's going on today? Um, we were sleeping. Okay. Okay. And then yeah, they told me yeah, they got aggressive and like started to to threaten. I don't know what to do. So So you were sleeping on the cod over here um with the I guess this gentleman over here. Um is this your cart with your dog? Okay. Is your dog aggressive or is he friendly? Please don't take him. No, no, no. I'm just saying I just want to move your bike out of the road so he doesn't get hit by a car. That's it. Okay. Is he Is he aggressive or can I move your bike? Is he okay with that? Yeah. No, he's totally sweet. Again, I just don't want to see him get by a car. I'm not taking him anywhere right now. I just want to make sure he's not on the roadway cuz you see he's in the road right there and you see how these cars are coming around like this, right? Okay. So, I'm going to go make sure you mind if I move your your bike back over with I'm not sure his relationship to you, but No, it's just very he No, it's like I've only known him for a few days. Okay. He got the dog that like was um being um Do you want me to move your bike over here or over back with him? Oh, over back with him, please. Please don't request us. That's not my decision, M. But I mean, there is a there is not illegal to camping in the squares. It is not legal to be camping in the squares. There's a city ordinance against that. Um when I was walk, ma'am, when I walked up, I heard you saying something about going to the bathroom. What's What's that about? No, I don't want to be arrested and taken to jail and starved to death there. Okay. Well, they they do have food there, so I'm pretty sure you won't be starved to death. No, they don't have food that I can eat. I have gallbladder problems. You have gallbladder problems? Okay. Well, I'm going to go take make sure your dog's okay real fast and we'll back talk to you in a second. Okay. I'll talk to him. I'm not talking to either one of you. You said I talk bring him back over. You say I talk him bring him back over to this other gentleman over here. I don't sprain my legs for anyone. Okay, come back over here. Separate your legs. Come back over here. Come back over here. Could you separate your legs? No, I will not. Are you going to have me in front of the car cam? Ma'am, we're all wearing cameras right here. All of our cameras are on and you can turn them on and off whenever you want. Okay, it's on. All right. Would you like me to set it somewhere? You do not have permission to take me anywhere. Okay. You do not have permission to arrest. That's not on you right now. Okay. You do not have permission to take me anywhere. You are dirty bastards doing this to a woman. Okay. Why? Oh, you like filling my boobs. Good. Really? Good. Do you have anything on you? So, this is why you arrest people, man. Do you have anything else on You don't have You don't have dirty people to arrest. We're going to go back here. Right up in there. This is what you have to do with your time. Grow up and get a conscience. Grow up and get a conscience. Madam Madam, go and sit down for me. Okay. I will not do anything against my will. I've been I've been talking to you. I think and I I have absolute disgust for you. Okay. I mean, I'll just talk to you over here. Um if you can just We'll figure out everything in a second. N I'm a free sovereign. This is bull. Okay. Go and take a seat for me. Take a seat. We're trying to be patient with you. Take a seat. No. I escaped from This is what you do with your time. Oh, you're going to smile. Dirty little. Ma'am, take a seat. Take a seat. Let's go. Sit down. Ma'am, sit down. I will not do anything against my will. If you want to force me, do it. Sit down. I've asked you multiple times very politely to sit down in the car. Are you going to sit down the car for us? No. I'm being forced. I'm being forced against my will. Uh my name is Adriana Soraniano. I have already gone to Gateway. Um tried to get a help there. Um this is what these pieces of do. This is what these pieces of with badges are paid to do. They are paid to go and attack homeless people. They don't care about people breaking into your house. They don't care about people doing They don't care about anything else. They care about arresting homeless people. This is what they do with their time and energy. They're worthless, stupid pieces of this. Yeah. It's like they don't provide services for handicapped homeless people like me with brain injuries. Trying to find something wrong. Trying to find something wrong with me for sleeping. For sleeping. This is what you do. This is what you do for a living. This is what you pieces of do. CCDC kidnapping me for sleeping in a public square is kidnapping me away from me. You piece of [ __ ] I'm being kidnapped for being I'm being kidnapped for sleeping in public. They are detaining me and they are taking me to jail for being homeless. Sit back. Okay. Please help me. Please help me. Please help me. He's violently assaulting me. I am not going to agree to anything. No, no, no. You are kidnapping me for being homeless. You You're No. You're a liar. You're a piece of little Got it. That's what you are. I walked away. I said I didn't feel safe. You were fully armed. You were putting your hands on me. You're a criminal piece of [ __ ] You're a criminal piece of You know what? You don't get to put your hands on a beautiful woman. You No, you don't. I never did. Yep. You did. I'm being arrested for being homeless. Cop put his hands on me. Cop put his hands on me. You Johnson, you picked the wrong one. You want to arrest a woman for being homeless? Everyone's going to hear it. I didn't do anything. She's talking way too much and screaming at me and stuff. Come on, step out. Nope. I am not paying attention to any of your orders because this is false arrest. Yeah, your mom would be proud. Yeah, this piece of put his hands on me and decided to arrest me in the square where I was sleeping. We were told by other police officers we were allowed to do that during the daytime. She was charged with three counts of obstruction. Hey everyone, it's Trent, prior deputy sheriff patrol sergeant and canine handler. And right up front, these officers were dispatched to this call, right? They didn't randomly just stumble upon these two individuals camping in the park. So, they were sent there because they were illegally camping. And right up front, some people might be asking, "Well, yeah, but it's a public area. It's open to the public. Why can't you just chill there?" So, traditionally, cities will have their own ordinances or municipal codes that prevent illegal camping in these parks because yes, they are open to the public, but at the end of the day, they are owned and operated by the city. So, you cannot camp in a non-desated camping area. And like that officer said toward the end, you cannot just post up your C sleeping bag and have all your stuff there just because you feel like it, right? And that first officer when he arrived on scene and talked to that guy, he just said, you know, you guys are just going to need to move along basically, but before you do so, I need to get your identifying information just for purposes of the call essentially. And then probably he was just going to let them go, right? It's not a big deal. Traditionally, illegal camping is just an infraction or at most a misdemeanor, but it is not a big deal in terms of criminal severity whatsoever. And then this lady wakes up and she decides she is just not having it. Starts lying about not being allowed to possess an ID, not a driver's license, just an ID, right? And then she tells this cop, "If you try to send me back to Arizona," where she probably had a warrant for her arrest, then I will kill you immediately, making it a felony. Because in the state of Georgia and a lot of other states, when you offer to do violence or can do violence on a peace officer, it automatically puts that at that felony level, which is a much more severe crime. And then she had the audacity to say, "Any questions?" I would have said, "Yeah, why do you need to be so mean? What did I do to you?" And then he's just trying to identify her. He just says, "Don't go anywhere, please." And then this other officer comes who's totally cool and chill as well. And she starts to square up with him, which you hear him say. gets very aggressive, takes that stance, and he's just like, "What are you doing?" Then she gets on her little bicycle when he tells her, "You're not free to leave." So, there's another crime right there, obstruction, and she decides to pedal away. They chase her down, yell stop, and then she just starts in with her nonsense. Starts yelling, "Help, help, help, screaming." I've had to deal with a lot of people like that before that know that they're screwed and they're just trying to bring as much attention to their situation as possible. And in my opinion, those cops handled her and her cussing and yelling very professionally. The best way to deal with somebody like that is to just handcuff them as quickly and safely as possible and put them in the back of your patrol car. Close the door so that nobody else can hear them because she's disturbing everybody in that area at this point for no good reason. When she committed multiple crimes and then she says at the very end, "These cops are just arresting me for sleeping." And the one officer states, "No, ma'am, you're the one that made it like this." Absolutely. So, at most her and this guy would have just been told to move along, more than likely, unless she had a warrant. But she decided just to create several charges for herself, one of which was a felony. So, she 100% made that situation way worse than it needed to be. And that's going to be it for this one. See you guys in the next one. [Music]

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