Citizens have a constitutional right to record government activities in public spaces, and law enforcement cannot detain individuals without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity; this incident demonstrates how excessive police response to lawful public records requests can escalate situations and violate citizens' First Amendment rights.
Deep Dive
Voraussetzung
- Keine Daten verfügbar.
Nächste Schritte
- Keine Daten verfügbar.
Deep Dive
BIGGEST WALK OF SHAME ON THE INTERNET! TEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RESPOND FOR A MAN WITH A CAMERAHinzugefügt:
A simple public records request quickly turned into a tense confrontation as officials questioned filming inside a public building.
>> Tape in here.
>> Why can't Why can't I videotape in here?
>> It's not legal to videotape.
>> It's not.
>> 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. A part of the Constitution. You have to if you're going to uphold it, you have to learn it. This is an illegal detainment. You can't detain me unless you've unless you suspect that I'm committing a crime.
This is all things you should have learned.
>> The auditor enters Ramipo Town Hall to peacefully gather footage and submit a freedom of information request. Early on, several employees become concerned about being recorded and repeatedly tell him that filming is not allowed inside the building. Rather than discussing the actual request he came to make, the conversation quickly shifts toward whether he should be recording at all.
The auditor explains that he is an independent journalist collecting material for his story and believes he has the right to film in publicly accessible areas. Employees continue asking why he is there and what business he has inside the building. While some staff remain polite, others appear frustrated by the camera and focus more on his presence than the purpose of his visit. At this stage, the situation is still calm. But the disagreement over filming has already started creating tension that will soon attract a much larger response. Guys, Long Island Audit here back again with another video.
Today we are at the town hall here in Ramapo, New York. We are here today to peacefully exercise our First Amendment right to film in public and publicly accessible areas, to promote transparency and accountability within our government, and to ensure that our public servants treat us with respect and respect our rights. Let's get into it.
>> We have the supervisor's office here, Michael B. Spect.
>> Hi, how are you?
>> Excuse me. Excuse me.
>> Can't be here without a mask.
>> Excuse me.
>> You need a mask.
>> No one else. She doesn't have a mask.
>> They don't have masks.
>> She just >> They don't have masks. Ma'am, >> please. You need a mask.
>> But they don't have masks. How can you?
just came out the office.
>> Okay. So, what does that mean?
>> Why you Why don't videotape me?
>> What? I'm I'm I'm going to videotape you for sure because I that's what I do.
>> Transparency and accountability, man.
>> You need a mask.
>> Oh, you have to.
>> Okay. Let me call the >> You can call whoever you'd like, man.
>> There's people in this building walking around without masks.
>> That's hypocritical, >> sir.
Yes, ma'am.
>> Are are you videotaping?
>> I am videotaping. That's correct.
>> What happened?
>> What do you mean videotaping?
>> Why?
>> Yeah.
>> I'm an independent journalist gathering content for a story. Who are you?
>> I'm Penny Man. I work in the supervisor's office.
>> Penny?
>> Yes.
>> Man?
>> Yes.
>> You work in the supervisor's office?
Okay.
>> And um you can't videotape in here.
>> Why can't Why can't I videotape in here?
>> It's not legal to videotape.
>> It's not legal.
>> No. Oh, do you have business here? I'll put it that way to you. Do you have business here? Yeah, of course I have business here.
>> Okay. What is it?
>> This is a public building, ma'am. I don't Why would I need to explain to you my business here?
>> I understand that. You get no argument from me. This is a public building.
>> Okay, great. I'm glad we can agree on that.
>> Exactly. So, do you have business here?
Is there an office that you're going to?
>> I'm sorry. Yeah, but why why would I need to tell you my business here, though?
>> Because you can't you cannot legally be here if you don't have business here.
>> Sure, I can. This is a public We agreed that this is a public building, man.
Yes, it is a public building.
>> So, it's open to the public. It's not loitering. I just told you I'm an independent journalist.
>> Okay.
>> I have freedom of press, man.
>> Do you have a reason to be here?
>> Yes, I do. I just told you I'm an independent journalist.
>> Your hat says we the people.
>> We the people. Yes. My hat. You like it?
>> We're all the I love this. I love the hat, actually.
>> Okay, great. I'm happy.
>> We're all the people.
>> Thank you. You can grab me one if you want. If we're all going to follow the rules now.
>> So, question.
>> I'd appreciate it.
>> Well, you can go over and get one.
>> Okay. Thank you. I will. I'm just talking to her really quick. She wants to talk to me. So, Penny, >> so question.
>> Why are you taping? Let me ask you that.
>> I I I just I don't I feel like we're going around a second. I'm an independent journalist working on a story.
>> Okay. What is your story?
>> My story I I don't want to divulge that until it's published.
>> Okay.
>> I don't want to divulge that. Not Not right now. This time. Thank you, ma'am.
I really appreciate it. Thank you.
>> Thank you, >> Joanne.
>> Okay. I'm going to continue about my business.
>> Mhm.
>> Yeah.
>> So, we have the attorney's office here.
I can't believe that uh unless I have um they're making a real big deal out of this.
It's not supposed to be that way. It's always somebody from the supervisor's office.
No public entry. You see, this is where you can't go.
Restricted areas.
We have the assessor's office over here.
The town clerk will be doing a uh foil request in a few minutes. The receiver of taxes over here. As the auditor continues through the building and prepares to make his records request, several police officers arrive after receiving complaints from employees.
What began as a discussion with staff suddenly becomes a law enforcement encounter. Officers tell him that workers are concerned and ask him to leave the building while the auditor insists that he is conducting lawful business and exercising his rights as a journalist. He repeatedly explains that he is there to file a freedom of information request and gather footage for a story. The key disagreement becomes whether he can remain in the building without providing identification. Officers focus on investigating the complaint while the auditor argues that he has committed no crime and therefore should not be required to identify himself. The conversation remains mostly verbal, but the presence of multiple officers significantly raises the pressure surrounding an otherwise routine public records request.
>> Charge for pictures.
>> I'm sorry.
>> We charge you for pictures.
>> You charge for pictures. How much?
>> Don't say nothing. He charges for pictures.
>> For me? Who?
>> Who? These three officers over here.
>> Stay right there. That's fine. You don't need to approach.
>> 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.
>> 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 you.
>> 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 you're conducting allowed to be here. 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.
>> Hi.
>> 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 yourself, Sergeant.
It's completely uncalled for. I'm trying to conduct business.
>> Okay. What is your business? What are you trying to I'm doing a freedom of information request, which is a law.
>> Okay.
>> And I'm also gathering content for a story.
>> Okay. Well, right now, we were called here by the people who work in this office building.
>> Okay.
>> They are concerned for their safety and their wellbeing that there is somebody in here. They've asked you to step out and to leave and to talk to you about I have it on camera. They did not ask me to leave.
>> Okay. Well, that's what they're relaying to us.
>> That is why we are here right now. I'm not going to dispute truth or fact right now. I'm going to tell you that is why we're here right now. We are going to conduct our investigation.
>> That's fine. conduct whatever investigation you like.
>> Ask for your ID because we do need to know who we're speaking with right now.
>> You're going to ask for my ID. So, in order of >> our investigation, >> okay, in order for me for I just want to just I I listen to you. So, I'd ask you just listen to me.
>> I don't need to assist you in your investigation. I don't work for the police department. I don't want to assist you in your investigation into me for whatever reason. Do you have a crime that you suspect me of committing? Do you have reasonable articulable suspicion?
>> Investigation of the complaint? Yes.
>> Do you have reasonable articulable suspicion I've committed a crime? We're not saying that you committed a crime.
We are here to investigate a complaint right now.
>> So if you haven't if I if you're saying that I haven't committed a crime, then I don't have to provide you my ID lawfully. So I'm not going to.
>> Okay. Then I'm going to ask you to step out of this building and to leave this building.
>> I'm conducting business, ma'am.
>> Okay. At this point, you were asked that that you were not allowed welcome here anymore. And we are going to ask you to leave.
>> But you can't stop somebody from recording. You can't stop somebody from asking you to stop recording. That is not what I've asked you to do. I asked >> You're asking me to leave the a public building in this building. No. My name is Sergeant Mayor.
>> Sergeant Mayor. And your badge number?
>> Yes. 456.
>> 456. And are you telling me that if I don't leave this building, you're going to arrest me?
>> I'm telling you right now that you're going to leave this building.
>> Yes.
>> No, but I just I just want to know.
>> I said I'm not going to to argue with you back and forth. Let's step outside.
>> Are you an attorney, sir?
>> This is This is actually our supervisor.
I am an attorney, but I'm not here in that capacity. I just walk down the hall.
>> Maybe maybe maybe I can speak to you and we can we can come to a better understanding here.
>> Well, I'm not I'm not going to speak to you while you're filming me. You're free to film me, but I'm not going to have a discussion on camera with you.
>> I'm an independent journal. Yeah, but you're violating my But your officers, you're the supervisor. So, I just want to let you know you're opening yourself up to civil and you said you're a lawyer. You're opening yourself to civil litigation. All I'm doing is I'm peacefully filming. I'm not bothering anybody. I have to do a foil request with the town clerk's office. I have official business here. I'm exercising my constitutional right.
>> That's all I'm doing. Peacefully. And you're going to kick me out of a public building?
>> I'm going to ask you to give me one minute.
>> Okay, great. No problem. Right.
>> Yes.
>> The encounter reaches its most intense point as the auditor continues challenging the officer's authority to remove him from a building. Surrounded by numerous officers, he questions why so many resources are being used for a man carrying a camera. He requests names and badge numbers from several officers and compares the building security cameras to the filming he is doing himself. The auditor argues that recording government employees should not be treated as suspicious behavior.
Officers maintain that they are responding to concerns raised by staff.
While he maintains that filming alone is not a valid reason for intervention.
After additional discussion, a supervisor and later a lieutenant become involved. The tone gradually begins to shift from confrontation toward resolution. Although disagreements remain, the situation becomes less heated as officers appear more interested in ending the encounter peacefully than escalating it further.
>> You guys really don't have nothing better to do. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >> Yes.
>> officers for one man with a camera. I'm not a bad guy. I'm not I'm not nefarious. I don't have any ill intent here. I don't understand. What's the big deal? Somebody can't film. You have cameras. 1 2 3 4 5 six cameras all over this building. What's the difference?
I don't understand. Seems like a big waste of resources for your city here.
Really does.
Really does. Can I get your name and badge number >> since everybody wants to be here? What is it?
>> Officer Winter. Like the season.
>> Okay. Can I get your name and badge number?
>> Right here, boss.
>> Right here. Is that r i g ht?
>> Right here.
>> Oh, okay. Simpson 524.
>> All right. Can I get your name and badge number?
>> Harington 595.
>> Thank you, Harrington. Appreciate it.
Can I get your name and badge number, sir?
>> Huh?
>> Can I get your name and badge number, please?
>> I hear what you say.
>> Can I get your name and badge number, please?
>> Oh, yeah. Uh, my last name's Mitchell.
>> Mitchell.
>> Yeah.
>> Your badge number?
>> 496.
>> Thank you, Mitch.
>> Can I get your name?
>> No, I'm not going to give it.
>> What are you here for? I just showed up.
I don't even know what's going on.
>> I'm in fear of retaliation, so I'm not going to give my name. It's my Fourth Amendment, right? No, I'm just here. I'm an independent journalist gathering content for a story, doing a Freedom of Information Act request. That's all I'm doing here.
>> What they call >> I don't know because I'm because I have a camera in my hand.
>> I don't know, man. Doesn't make sense to me either.
>> Doesn't make sense.
>> You don't need to step over there.
>> Am I Am I being detained?
>> You are being asked to stay here for investigation.
>> Am I being detained?
>> You are temporarily being detained as we commit our investigation. unlawful detainment >> call it how you >> it is an you have to learn the law if you're going to uphold the law you took an oath to the constitution freedom of press is part of the constitution you have to if you're going to uphold it you have to learn it this isn't illegal detainment you can't detain me unless you've unless you suspect that I'm committing a crime this is all things you should have learned in the academy and as a supervisor I think that's you know you should really know you cannot detain somebody legally without you having suspected me of committing a crime This is ridiculous.
>> We're good.
>> Thank you. Can I get your name, sir? Can I get >> Dolan?
>> Lieutenant Dolan. Thank you, Lieutenant.
You guys are dismissed. Please don't detain me unlawfully anymore.
>> No one's detaining you.
>> She know in your building. I If he's not doing anything illegal or dangerous or disrupting, that's fine with me.
>> It's It's my right to be in this building.
>> All right. As long as he >> This is a taxpayers building.
>> Rules. Then >> this is a taxpayers building.
>> As long as you're okay.
>> But thank you very much.
>> And And by the way, she did detain me.
Just so you know. Just so you know, it's on it's on it's on camera. She did detain me.
>> Well, I'm not going to.
>> So, that's an unlawful detainment.
>> I'm not going to do anything with you, but >> Okay, that's all it is.
>> Great. Take care, guys.
>> Bye.
>> This is the biggest uh walk of shame I've ever seen.
Completely insane. Uncalled for Justice Court.
>> Sir, you're a lieutenant, right?
>> Sir, I would like to uh I would like to talk to you about a complaint I want to make against the sergeant.
>> She unlawfully detained me.
>> I'll go to the front of the lobby. Go to the front lobby of the police station.
I'll on that state I complain for you.
Okay.
>> You'll entertain the complaint in the lobby. Okay. I'll be I'll be over there.
And your name was again so I can know who I asked for.
>> Lieutenant Dolan.
>> Lieutenant Doland. I'll be over there shortly after I conduct my business.
Thank you, Lieutenant.
>> Unlawful detainment.
No reason.
All right, guys. So, we took our tour around the building over here. Let's um >> with the confrontation largely over, the auditor finally completes the task that brought him a town hall in the first place. He submits a Freedom of Information request, seeking public employee information and records related to a police officer. After finishing the paperwork, he heads to the police department section of the building to file a formal complaint regarding the earlier encounter. Speaking with the lieutenant, he explains why he believes the detention and demands for identification were improper. The lieutenant listens, explains the complaint process, and provides the necessary paperwork. Unlike the earlier interactions, this discussion remains professional and focused on procedure.
The auditor completes the complaint and leaves the building without further issues. In his closing remarks, he reflects on the large police response and expresses hope that the incident leads to better understanding, accountability, and improved handling of similar situations in the future.
>> Let's do our Freedom of Information Act request here.
>> They ring the bell and get some service here.
>> Hi, ma'am. How are you? I'm looking to do a uh foil request.
>> Thank you.
Thank you so much.
All right, guys. So, the reason why I'm here is to do this Freedom of Information Act request. Apparently, someone had tried to one of our fellow patriots had tried to do a Freedom of Information Act request for the disciplinary file of one of the officers here. and um they told him that they couldn't. He wanted to see the uh complaint that someone had filed. So um we're going to be requesting that information as well as the regular information that we normally request.
The salary, the names, the titles of all employees for the city. see how that compares with the average salary for the city's residents, the people that the city employees work for or they're supposed to.
So, we're going to be requesting Wayne Mitchell, he's a police officer here, his um disciplinary record.
So, um let's get into it. Let's fill this out.
Here you go, ma'am.
So, I'm requesting the um just so you have an idea of what um in case you can't read my handwriting, it's the disciplinary record, the any complaints and any investigative reports to that officer, Wayne Mitchell, regarding him and as well as the name, title, and salary of all city employees.
>> Okay.
>> And just a quick question for you. How do you say I want to say your city's name, right? How do you say it?
>> The city The city's name.
>> The town of Ramo.
>> I'm sorry.
>> This is the town of Ramapo. Ramapo, >> that's a town. Yeah, >> Ramipo though is how you say it. Okay.
Thank you so much for your help. And you can email you can email it to that email that I've listed.
>> Okay.
>> Long Island Auditgmail.com.
>> It can take 5 to 20 minutes.
>> For sure. Yeah. Yeah. As long as it's within the law. That's no problem. Thank you.
>> Have a great day.
>> So, we're going to go over and head over. This building also has a police department inside of it. So, we're going to be heading over there to file a complaint on the sergeant. who unlawfully detained me.
She told me I was detained. That's an unlawful detainment. They need to get educated. I follow up on everything.
She's getting a complaint in her file without a doubt. So, we'll see how they handle it. Let's head over there right now. Police department right over here is the headquarters. So, we're going to go inside and like we promised, we will be filing a complaint against Sergeant Mayor. badge number 456.
>> Hi, ma'am. How are you?
>> Good. How are you?
>> Um, I was told by a lieutenant to come around front. I wanted to do a I was just in town hall. I wanted to do um file a complaint against a sergeant.
>> Sergeant?
>> Yeah. The lieutenant told me to come around here to the front. My name is Sean.
>> Okay. Have a seat. I'll get to >> Thank you.
>> I'm just doing come back and get you the paperwork to fill out your complaint. Is that what you're hear?
>> Um, yeah. I'm filing my complaint against the sergeant.
>> Just give me a few minutes. Sure.
>> No problem, Lieutenant. Thank you for coming out and letting me know. Thank you. Thank you for taking the time, Lieutenant.
>> Yeah, no problem. See, are you going to fill in the whole thing?
>> I am.
>> All right.
>> I am.
>> Uh I can either you can either fill these out, which >> it's a pretty simple complaint.
>> Yeah.
>> Um I don't I mean I can fill it out.
That's no problem.
>> Yeah. You can either do it now or you can actually take it with you and bring it back and get however you want to do it.
>> Mhm.
>> Um I'll just do a form. I'll just take your information down. You'll put it on here. Uh obviously this is like any other official false statement or any punishable class, Misdemeanor. Pursuance section uh 21045. I would sign it. You would sign and sign here on sign.
>> Yeah.
>> And that's it. So just you just write down what your complaint is.
>> Okay. And >> yeah, my my just just so I can talk to you so you know what exactly my complaint is before I write it down. Is you know the there was a lot of police officers that arrived for, you know, I immediately said who I was, what I was doing. I'm an independent journalist.
I'm doing a foil request. You need to leave. You're being trespassed from this building. You can't film here. you know, for police officers, you know, she's getting in the one officer is getting in my face saying, "You're not moving from here." And for the I told her, "Please deescalate a little bit because this is not how that's how you get police officers hurt and members of the public hurt by just automatically going in guns ablazing on a situation that you know nothing about. So, I'm a peaceful person. I'm not trying to have conflict with anybody, but I'm not going to back down when my rights are being violated or somebody's trying to exert authority over me that they don't have." So they try to trespass me from a public building without committing any crimes, without doing anything wrong. I have freedom of press as you know. And as you also know, Lieutenant, you cannot detain somebody without reasonable articulable suspicion that they've committed a crime. I specifically asked your sergeant, "What crime do you suspect me of committing? Give me your ID. I need your ID. What crime do you suspect me of committing, and I'll gladly hand you over my ID?" I don't have one. I'm not saying I'm investigating. Well, just for investigating, I don't need to help you investigate me. I'm not committing a crime, so I don't need to give you my ID. She seemed to be that seemed to blow her mind. Like, she didn't understand that. And that's scary for somebody in a supervisor position to not know the basics of, you know, her authority in demanding ID from someone. That can get somebody hurt, somebody in jail, their freedom taken away from them. And that's why I want to do this complaint. Also, detaining me. You know, I'm trying to walk around and conduct my business.
Don't move from here. Am I being detained? Yes, you are being detained.
again, what crime do you suspect me of committing to detain me? I don't have one. Those are basic concepts in law enforcement that your officers and especially your sergeant should be should be well educated on that you can't just go up to people and detain them just because you you you want to.
You know what I mean? So that's my complaint here and I'm going to be asking for, you know, some retraining, you know, some consequences, some accountability here for these actions because it goes from the top down. You know, >> your complaint will be investigated. As I said, I take your written complaint from refer to her boss.
>> Mhm.
>> Or I can have you write whichever uh obviously this is a preferred method making a complaint cuz it officially do we take any complaint seriously you process. So >> for sure. All right.
>> Just let me know what you prefer to do.
>> I'm going to write it out really quick cuz I don't think it's a big um it's a big deal.
>> You don't just what whatever you what you need to do and then I'll come back in.
>> Okay. Thank you. Perfect timing. Perfect timing, Lieutenant. Perfect timing.
>> Might be a little hard to read my chicken scratch.
>> Looks pretty good.
>> I'll also be um better than mine. I'll also be sending video of the incident for the investigation as well if you have an email or >> what I'm going to do is I'm going to get your phone number conducting your full investigation so that you get a pretty quickly get a response.
>> Okay, great. Correct.
>> And I'll have somebody get back to I don't know how long until Friday.
>> That's not a problem.
>> All right. You pretty soon. All right.
>> Thanks, Lieutenant. Appreciate your time today.
>> Anything else you need, leave me a message.
>> All right. Thank you. Stay safe. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Have a good one.
>> You too. After completing both his records request and complaint, the auditor left peacefully, leaving viewers to judge the encounter.
Ähnliche Videos
BREAKING: Judge Kathleen Issues Emergency Arrest Warrant After Trump Defies Order
Frontora
2K views•2026-05-29
8 Hidden Things About Mackenzie Shirilla Netflix's 'The Crash' Didn't Show You
MarvelousVideos
2K views•2026-05-28
MP Garnett Genuis warns Canada’s MAiD system has ‘gone too far’
WesternStandard
187 views•2026-05-28
THE STREISAND EFFECT AT BARBARA STREISAND’S HOUSE! - First Amendment Audit
KULTNEWS
1K views•2026-05-30
Trump Impeachment STORM IGNITES as 29 Judges Vote for Conviction!!
DanielBriefDaily
2K views•2026-06-02
EBK Jaaybo Won’t Be Going To Trial?! | Criminal Lawyer Reacts
floridadefenseteam
404 views•2026-05-29
OFFICE HOURS: The Theft of Black Brilliance... AI and Intellectual Property (w/ Lisa E. Davis)
marclamonthillnetwork
2K views•2026-05-29
सुप्रीम कोर्ट में 5 जजों का शपथग्रहण समारोह #supremecourt #judges #oathceremony #shorts #ytshorts
Bharat24Liv
4K views•2026-06-02











