Female Cops Exposed Violating Citizen’s Rights — “I’m Honoring Their Policy!” Backfires

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:00]Um, listen, so their policy is you can't record in here.

[00:00:02]>> my PD now? You in my PD now? Always been. No.

[00:00:06]>> Um, you have to leave cuz you're not allowed to record in here.

[00:00:09]You want to read their policies? Their policy is that you cannot record in here. And they're asked to leave.

[00:00:14]>> Sir, this is against the policy and they >> don't remember you. I don't know >> I remember you. Oh, that's nice. I hope you like me. Um, time to go. All right.

[00:00:22]Why would I need to leave? I have a right to be here and I'm conducting business. No, you're not conducting business. And the thing is that you have to go through Read the policy. Right there. I'm handing it to you.

[00:00:32]Who is he? The security guard. The head security guard said that you need to leave and they have a right to kick you out.

[00:00:37]>> Photography and photocopying policy, right? I'm going to read it to you because if you violate my rights, you you can't say that you didn't know.

[00:00:44]>> here. That's our job. I don't negotiate.

[00:00:47]So, you could just you could just ask anybody to leave a public building just because. Yes, they want you What if I was Every staff member on every single floor that you're recording them and you're being a nuisance and you're not allowed to do that inside the private >> being a nuisance?

[00:00:58]>> You have to leave.

[00:00:59]>> How am I being a nuisance?

[00:01:00]>> Recording them and you're not allowed to do that inside the So, photography is a nuisance?

[00:01:04]Sir. Can I speak to your supervisor, please? They can't record in here, right? You're willing to No. All right.

[00:01:08]>> Read this. Handheld cameras are permitted. Listen. First line. Handheld cameras are permitted. This is their rules.

[00:01:14]>> You have to Why? Why? Because you are not allowed to not part of any media.

[00:01:20]You do not have prior permission to record in here. You now have to leave.

[00:01:24]So, you want to step out civilly I want to speak to your supervisor. No problem.

[00:01:27]He's going to tell you the same thing.

[00:01:29]>> No, he's not. He's going to tell He's going to honor his constant his oath to the Constitution. It's making that This is I don't want to deal with you because you're I already got you on camera. Go ahead.

[00:01:37]>> Cursing me out. So, I don't want to deal with you. I don't want to deal with you.

[00:01:41]I'd rather deal with somebody that I never had contact with. Cuz right now it seems like we target This encounter starts with camera and ends with officers exposing exactly how little they understand the Constitution. A man walks into a public library calmly recording in a taxpayer-funded building and within minutes police arrive acting like policy overrides rights. The auditor stays composed, reading their own rules out loud. Handheld cameras are permitted, but facts don't seem to matter here. Instead of investigating, the officers immediately side with security and demand he leave. No crime, no disturbance, just discomfort over being recorded, and that's the dangerous part. When public officials treat constitutional rights like optional privileges, accountability disappears.

[00:02:29]The auditor pushes back respectfully, asking one simple question over and over.

[00:02:34]What law am I breaking? Notice how nobody can answer because they can't.

[00:02:39]They rely on vague words like nuisance and disorderly without ever identifying an actual crime. This wasn't about safety, it was about control, and the camera captured every second of it.

[00:02:51]>> at all. You didn't do no investigation.

[00:02:54]You just went off of his word, right?

[00:02:56]>> you to respond. Why are you asking me to leave a public place I have a right to be?

[00:02:58]>> you to leave, so you got to leave.

[00:02:59]>> Okay, what if they wanted me to smack myself? I got to smack myself?

[00:03:02]>> No, I'm That's different.

[00:03:03]>> Right. I have a right to be here just like everybody else. I'm not being disorderly, I'm walking around peacefully recording.

[00:03:09]The public workers Can I Can I record you? Can I record you? So, why can't I record the city workers? They're not city workers.

[00:03:17]They're They're public library workers.

[00:03:19]>> is funded The public library is funded by tax dollars.

[00:03:23]I can record government workers in the course of their duties. Read case law.

[00:03:27]You need to read case law because you enforce the law.

[00:03:30]>> My job right now is to get you out of this building.

[00:03:33]>> Why? What crime did I commit?

[00:03:34]>> want you in here.

[00:03:35]>> Why Why would they ask me to leave?

[00:03:37]>> You're being a nuisance. And now you have other people watching. How am I being a nuisance? How? You were asked to leave. They asked you to leave. They asked you to leave. They asked you to leave. They asked you to stop recording >> asked me to leave. They never asked me to leave.

[00:03:47]>> I can ask him and he can say the opposite. I have them on camera. Have you guys ever asked me to leave since I've been here? Have you asked me to leave?

[00:03:54]Have you asked me to leave since I've been here? Nope. First thing they said when I came in the building was you could record.

[00:03:59]>> Listen, you can hang out here, wait. You don't need to >> I'm going to wait for your for your supervisor.

[00:04:03]>> going to be here.

[00:04:04]>> Why not honor your oath? Why not protect my rights?

[00:04:06]>> my oath. These nice men called me here and they called us to escort you out of this building and that's as far as >> Why would you Why would you escort me out the building?

[00:04:13]>> any more conversations.

[00:04:14]>> You escort me out of being disorderly, if I'm somewhere I'm not supposed to be, if I'm impeding business. They said you were not allowed to record? Can I finish my sentence?

[00:04:24]Can I finish my sentence? You work for me?

[00:04:27]You work for me?

[00:04:28]And they're not exercising their rights.

[00:04:29]I am. Yeah, um Peacefully. They are peacefully asking us to escort you out.

[00:04:34]>> For what crime? You're not allowed to record in here. He just said I was. And it says right here on their policies.

[00:04:39]Cuz he also he actually just said you weren't allowed to record in here.

[00:04:42]>> He doesn't know what he's talking about.

[00:04:43]>> Listen, he's the head security guy as far as I'm concerned and we were asked to escort you Read their policy. I'm not I don't need to read their policy. I don't >> So I'm not violating their policies, so why are you asking me to leave?

[00:04:53]And I'm not breaking the law.

[00:04:54]>> Listen, this is a civil matter and I don't want to talk to you no more because you're you're This is retaliation. You're trying to retaliate against me because I recorded you before. You I don't remember you ever recording >> I remember you.

[00:05:05]I remember you. You work at Midtown South, right? It's on my breast pocket.

[00:05:09]>> Yeah, I didn't even look at that. I already know. It's right here. Mhm.

[00:05:14]If I was somewhere I'm not supposed to be, if I was cursing people out, if I was being disorderly, you need Every time I talk you cut me off.

[00:05:22]That listen, like Me simply recording, me recording is not a disorder is not a disturbance. You're being a disturbance to these people. They asked you to leave. I don't know Listen, I don't know what >> what I'm doing. What if they didn't like my shirt? What if they didn't like my religion? They and they you're going to escort me out of a public building?

[00:05:38]Because this is a library. This is a public library. It's called freedom of religion. So if I was ex- if I was praying here >> asked you to leave. I don't know what what more do want me to say to If I was praying in library, and they had they didn't like that I was my my religion, they wanted me out because I was praying, you want to enforce their feelings? Or do I have freedom of religion? Are you praying right now? I wanted to.

[00:05:58]So >> I came to this library for multiple reasons. You want to ask me to leave while I'm praying cuz they don't like my religion? What What is going on right here? We didn't find you praying.

[00:06:06]>> I'm going to pray. Right from the start, the officers make one thing clear. They care more about policy than constitution. The auditor calmly explains he's conducting lawful business inside a public library while recording in a publicly accessible space. But instead of respecting his rights, officers repeat the same script over and over.

[00:06:27]They want you to leave. That's not law enforcement. That's policy enforcement.

[00:06:32]And policy does not override constitutional protections. Watch how the auditor dismantles their logic step-by-step. He asked if they would remove someone over religion, appearance, or personal discomfort.

[00:06:45]Suddenly, the officers have no answers.

[00:06:48]Why? Because the comparison exposes how dangerous selective enforcement can become. Public employees cannot simply remove citizens from public buildings because they dislike being recorded. Yet these officers continue escalating a situation where no crime exists. The more the auditor speaks calmly and confidently, the more frustrated the officers become. This video is a perfect reminder that knowing your rights is often the strongest defense against abuse of authority. Utilize the library for its purposes. The only way I'm leaving here right now is if my lieutenant tells me you can stay. Why wouldn't I be able to stay? I'm not being disorderly. All I'm doing is walking around quietly recording the New York City public workers, which I have a right to do. I can record the government while you're at work.

[00:07:33]You'll see what my lieutenant says, okay? How about that? Deal?

[00:07:36]Sure, that's why I asked for him.

[00:07:38]>> And if you're good to stay, then I'll leave. The constitution and the law says I'm okay. What you sworn oath to do No. What does the Constitution have to do with? Does the Constitution have to do with your job? Oh.

[00:07:51]This is Does the Constitution have to do with your job?

[00:07:54]>> This has nothing to do with the Constitution. It does for me. It does for me. Because they said you're being disorderly and they're not comfortable with you recording inside of here and they said that you're not allowed to record inside here. We don't have to >> policies. Read it. Read the first line.

[00:08:05]Read the first bulletin.

[00:08:07]Um they just gave this to me.

[00:08:10]It got the last bullet point. So no photographs of the staff or the researchers or certain reading rooms may be taken. That's what they're saying.

[00:08:18]>> work for the government. There's case law that I can record on.

[00:08:21]>> part of their policy >> That's what we're here to explain to you. They said that the staff members don't want you recording >> Okay, I'm still not committing a crime.

[00:08:26]I have a right to be in a public building.

[00:08:28]>> have the right to escort you out.

[00:08:30]Why would they do that if I'm conducting business?

[00:08:32]But you're not anymore. They're asking you to stop.

[00:08:34]>> though cuz I still have to file complaints.

[00:08:36]>> If you want to say this you have to stop I still have to file complaints and I still have to do a FOIA request.

[00:08:43]And I still want to pray before I leave.

[00:08:44]>> How do you file a complaint? On the first floor. First It's a paper Do you want to go to the first floor? I was going there before you guys came.

[00:08:54]Well, listen, I have no problem you filing a complaint. If I was committing a crime, they would escort me out. This is a public building.

[00:09:02]You cannot put policy over law.

[00:09:04]You cannot put policy over law.

[00:09:06]What if the policy said no black people?

[00:09:08]You want to enforce that?

[00:09:10]That's not going to happen. It's not going to happen.

[00:09:12]>> The The government can't make The government can't make policies that violate the law or the Constitution.

[00:09:17]>> do that right now cuz we're walking out.

[00:09:18]>> going there.

[00:09:20]You put policy over law?

[00:09:22]Since when?

[00:09:29]out of here.

[00:09:44]>> I've been called in libraries in every five boroughs, all five boroughs.

[00:09:49]That is not a problem cuz it's not against the law.

[00:09:52]You swore to protect my rights. You're supposed to come here and enforce the law, not their policy.

[00:09:57]You want one more One more floor?

[00:09:59]Am I being detained? You are You are not in cuffs. No, you're not.

[00:10:02]>> So, I'm free?

[00:10:03]So, I'm free?

[00:10:05]Am I being detained? You have to leave.

[00:10:07]Am I being detained for a crime? Being detained means you're being stopped and you're under investigation. I'm Am I being detained for a crime? I just explained to you you're not being detained. You do have to leave.

[00:10:15]>> then. So, that means I'm free, right?

[00:10:19]Am I being detained for a crime?

[00:10:21]Am I being detained for a crime?

[00:10:24]You can go wherever you want. I'm free.

[00:10:26]I'm not detained. We are going downstairs and you can either leave or you can go make a complaint.

[00:10:31]They don't want you in here. They have a right to not have you in here. If you want to take that up civilly, go right ahead and you can make a complaint and start that process. This is what happens when government employees forget who they work for. A peaceful citizen enters a public library with a camera and instead of protecting his rights, officers immediately try to remove him for exercising them. The auditor never raises his voice. He never threatens anyone. He simply asks questions the officers don't want to answer. Am I breaking the law?

[00:11:01]Am I being detained?

[00:11:03]Can policy override the Constitution?

[00:11:06]Simple questions, yet nobody can provide a lawful justification. Instead, the officers rely on vague accusations and emotional reasoning. They repeatedly call him disorderly even while he stands calmly recording. That's because cameras create accountability and accountability makes bad enforcement uncomfortable. The most revealing moment comes when one officer openly says the situation has nothing to do with the Constitution.

[00:11:33]Think about that. A police officer admitting constitutional rights are irrelevant while removing someone from a public building. That statement alone explains everything wrong with this encounter. The camera didn't create the problem. It exposed it. However, their policy says right here no recording >> care about their policy, bro. I don't care about their policy, bro.

[00:11:54]I'm not breaking the law.

[00:11:56]I'm not breaking the law.

[00:11:59]No, they don't.

[00:12:00]No, they don't.

[00:12:01]No, they don't. I have a constitutional right to record in public. It's called the First Amendment. It's called the First Amendment.

[00:12:08]You know what the Constitution is? The highest law of the land. You can't put a library's policy over Constitution. Are you crazy?

[00:12:14]You swore oath to the Constitution. You didn't swear oath to the library's policy.

[00:12:22]And if they deny me public services, I'm going to sue them. If you violate my rights, I'm going to sue you.

[00:12:28]You didn't swear oath to the library's policy. You forgot what your oath is to.

[00:12:31]The Constitution.

[00:12:35]Smug ass. Took the oath for what?

[00:12:41]Where is your lieutenant, that sucker?

[00:12:42]Speak to me.

[00:12:46]He probably has more pressing matters than somebody exercising their rights in a public building.

[00:12:51]Listen what? Are you going to Are you going to honor your oath? It is what it is. I'm So, what is it? No, it's not.

[00:12:57]You Let me ask you a question.

[00:13:00]Let me ask you a question. Can you put that policy over the law?

[00:13:05]What's higher? That That policy or their law?

[00:13:09]This is our building. It's a people's building.

[00:13:12]It's a people's building.

[00:13:13]It's a public building.

[00:13:15]I paid taxes to be in this building.

[00:13:20]The scariest part about this encounter isn't the confrontation. It's how normal it seems to these officers. They walk into a public library and immediately begin treating lawful recording like criminal behavior. The auditor politely points to the posted policy allowing handheld cameras, but the officers refuse to even read it.

[00:13:39]Why? Because the outcome was already decided before they arrived. Security complained and the police chose enforcement over investigation.

[00:13:49]Throughout the encounter, the auditor remains calm, educated and focused on one principle.

[00:13:55]Public officials in public spaces can be recorded. That's protected activity.

[00:13:59]Yet, every time he mentions the Constitution, the officers dodge the question and return to policy. Policy.

[00:14:07]Policy. Policy. But, policy cannot erase rights. If government agencies can simply invent rules to bypass constitutional protections, freedom would exist only when convenient. This video is bigger than one library or one camera. It's about whether public servants still understand the limits of their authority. Based on this footage, that understanding is disappearing fast.

[00:14:30]This guy Well, he can come find me. As I'm a traffic cuz there's lights on You put policy over law? I'm putting them right now.

[00:14:36]>> Of course you do. This is my job.

[00:14:38]>> do. This is what I'm here for. Your job is to enforce the law. Do you want to make a complaint? Your job is to enforce the law. Is there a law being broken right now?

[00:14:44]>> want to come What law am I breaking?

[00:14:46]>> to make a complaint?

[00:14:47]>> Yeah, but you avoid that question. Come on. Avoid that question. What law am I breaking?

[00:14:50]>> answered you multiple times and you're being disorderly. Huh? You're not going to arrest. I'm not being disorderly, ma'am. Cuz you're you're violating their >> their policy, right? Photography isn't a crime in public.

[00:15:03]>> of the staff or other visitors.

[00:15:05]>> a crime in public and you can't turn photography into You can't turn photography into a crime.

[00:15:12]I can't to show you how how Because I record in libraries all over the city.

[00:15:17]>> You're contradicting >> Because I have the right to. You're contradicting yourself.

[00:15:19]>> No, I'm not. I'm following the law. Yes, you are. The law that you swore to protect. You enforce the law. You enforce policies. So, what law am I breaking?

[00:15:29]What law am I breaking? How? By recording?

[00:15:33]Okay.

[00:15:34]Is he going to help me file my complaint? He keeps saying he's violating his rights, so we're violating his rights because he's clearly breaking their policy that says no photographs of the staff, other researchers, or certain readings may be taken. And he's saying we're violating his constitutional rights that he's allowed to record in here and their policy doesn't matter. And he requested you because we're violating his rights.

[00:15:57]All right. Well, this is what I said. I said you can't put their library policy over the law. I'm not breaking the law, which means I have a right to be here.

[00:16:04]It's a public building. Okay. My taxes fund this building. Do I not have a right to be here? Okay. What you're watching here is a battle between knowledge and authority. The auditor understands his rights, and that completely changes the dynamic of this encounter. Most people would panic when officers demand they leave a public building. But instead of reacting emotionally, he calmly asked for clarification. What law is being broken?

[00:16:29]What crime justifies removal? And most importantly, can policy override constitutional rights? The officers struggled badly because they never expected resistance backed by knowledge.

[00:16:41]They repeatedly labeled his recording as disorderly conduct.

[00:16:45]Yet his behavior remains peaceful from beginning to end. That contradiction exposes the truth. This wasn't about maintaining order. It was about stopping accountability. Cameras force transparency, and transparency makes abuse harder to hide. Even after being shown written policies permitting cameras, the officers continued threatening removal. That tells you everything. They weren't enforcing law. They were enforcing comfort.

[00:17:11]>> doesn't want you at this location. Why?

[00:17:13]Because I'm exercising my rights in public? I still have a I still I'm conducting business in this building and once I finish my business I was going to leave. I know they don't want you here anymore. I had to file a complaint. I have the right to address my government.

[00:17:25]I know but you have to do that. You can you can probably file complaint outside but you have to leave. They don't want you here. Am I breaking the law? Well Nobody asked me to leave. You guys are the first person that came up to me.

[00:17:36]You have to leave. So if I don't leave I'm going to get arrested? Well, yeah. I need to hear you say that. If I don't leave this building what's going to happen? They're going to prosecute you.

[00:17:43]You're going to arrest me? No but you can see the public library is going to prosecute you. Okay so I have a reasonable amount of time to leave don't I? Well actually now can you please leave? Okay I can't leave through that way I got to leave through this way.

[00:17:53]That's right that way. And I still need the information that I came here to get.

[00:17:56]Are you going to help me with that?

[00:17:58]>> Yep. Whatever you need outside. All right. I need your I need all your cards.

[00:18:02]And all your names.

[00:18:07]So you're saying that you can just trespass people from public for for no crime? They won't they don't want >> No crime. No crime it doesn't matter what they want. I'm not breaking the law. You said.

[00:18:16]You going to help me get my information?

[00:18:21]So you're just going to violate my rights over a policy right?

[00:18:24]That's fine. This encounter perfectly demonstrates why public recording matters. Without this camera rolling the official story would probably sound completely different. Instead we get to watch the entire interaction unfold in real time. A citizen calmly exercises his rights in a public library while officers repeatedly fail to explain what law he's violating. The auditor stays composed despite constant interruptions and threats of removal. He remind the officers that their oath is to the Constitution not internal policy manuals. That's a critical distinction many people forget. Government policy cannot erase constitutional protections simply because somebody feels uncomfortable. The officers insist a library can remove him for recording.

[00:19:11]Yet they never explain why lawful filming suddenly becomes disorderly conduct. Every time they're challenged legally, they circle back to feelings and complaints instead of statutes and law. And that's what makes this footage so important. It captures the exact moment authority collapses under scrutiny. The camera becomes more than a recording device. It becomes evidence.