Shelby County Deputies Try To Kick Me Out! Then Sergeant Shuts It Down!

Hinzugefügt: 2026-06-07

[00:00:00]I have a black male in the building.

[00:00:04]>> Black >> are you? So the building is closed. How can I help you?

[00:00:08]>> I think with the election commission today, which mean this building is closed, sir, to the public, unless you're dealing with the election commission.

[00:00:18]>> I'm not saying you did, sir.

[00:00:20]>> I'm not saying you did, sir.

[00:00:21]>> Arresting you referring to it. I just want to make sure.

[00:00:32]>> So, this one happened at the Shelby County office building in Memphis, Tennessee. I walked in, door was wide open. Security immediately tries to get me out. Then she gets on the radio and says, "I have a black male in the building." Not a suspicious person, not a journalist with a camera, a black male. Then the deputies showed up. One wouldn't give his name. The other one kept telling me to leave. But here's the thing. The lobby was open. The doors were open. And I wasn't going anywhere restricted. Watch this.

[00:01:06]>> Excuse me. How can I help you?

[00:01:09]>> Hi, how are you?

[00:01:10]>> All right. How can I help you?

[00:01:11]>> Um, I don't need any help at the moment.

[00:01:12]Thank you.

[00:01:13]>> Uhuh.

[00:01:13]>> Can I Can I get your name? Who are you?

[00:01:15]>> Sir, the building is closed. How can I help you?

[00:01:18]>> The door was open.

[00:01:19]>> I know cuz I'm in here. Yeah.

[00:01:21]>> So, the building is closed. How can I help you?

[00:01:23]>> There's people right there.

[00:01:25]>> How can I help you, sir?

[00:01:26]>> I don't I don't know who you are or how you can help me, >> sir.

[00:01:30]3677. I need a deputy at 157 Popler. How can I help you?

[00:01:36]>> Who are you first, ma'am?

[00:01:38]>> I'm Officer Morris. How can I help you?

[00:01:40]>> Hi, Officer Morris. Um, I don't need any help at the moment. Thank you.

[00:01:43]>> Okay, let me get you the exit then.

[00:01:45]>> I don't need any help from you.

[00:01:46]>> Okay, let me get you the exit.

[00:01:48]>> For For what?

[00:01:50]3677. I need a deputy at 157 in popular.

[00:01:54]I have a black male in the building.

[00:01:58]>> Black.

[00:02:00]>> Are you?

[00:02:01]>> Oh, maybe. I don't I guess >> maybe. I don't know.

[00:02:03]>> I don't think I don't know if I look black or not.

[00:02:06]>> Okay, they're here.

[00:02:08]>> How can I help you, sir?

[00:02:11]>> How How can you help me, ma'am? I'm just >> I'm trying to see why you in the building.

[00:02:16]>> Oh, that's a different question.

[00:02:17]>> Okay. Why are you in the building?

[00:02:18]>> That's a different question. I'm an independent journalist. I'm just taking some photos and video.

[00:02:23]That's a different question, ma'am.

[00:02:28]>> 3677. Yes. That's a disturbance >> right here. Shelby County Election Commission.

[00:02:35]>> A disturbance, huh?

[00:02:36]>> Mhm. Cuz you you not answering my question.

[00:02:38]>> I just did.

[00:02:39]>> You a journey. But why are you in here to take care of some business or something?

[00:02:42]>> I just I just told you >> the business is not open for the public.

[00:02:45]Only for certain things.

[00:02:47]>> It's not open to the public.

[00:02:49]I just told you what I You asked me You asked me, ma'am, to be fair. Are you here for to apply for a fair commission card?

[00:02:58]>> To be to be fair, ma'am, you asked me if you can help me. You didn't ask me what was my purpose here, right?

[00:03:05]>> I don't know what security does in this building, but other than secure >> right here.

[00:03:12]>> How you doing, deputy?

[00:03:13]>> I'm trying to get here for the election.

[00:03:16]>> What do you need?

[00:03:17]>> Hey. Hey, sir. How are you? Do you mind if I just get your name and badge number, please? Sir, >> what what do you need, sir?

[00:03:23]>> Can I just get so I know who I'm talking to, sir?

[00:03:25]>> Yeah, I'm Deputy Will with the Sh County Sheriff's Office.

[00:03:27]>> All right. Thank you so much. I appreciate that. Um just going to take a few steps back. Um no, I'm as I explained to the security officer here.

[00:03:34]I'm an independent journalist. I'm just taking pictures and video working on a story on the county on the county Shelby County.

[00:03:42]>> Okay. You can do that at any time, sir.

[00:03:45]Just not today.

[00:03:47]>> Why? Why not to This is open to the public. I'm not going any to restricted areas. Deputy, >> are you all open today?

[00:03:54]>> Only the election >> here to pick up a petition.

[00:03:56]>> Okay, >> that's it.

[00:03:57]>> Yeah, this is a publicly accessible area, sir.

[00:04:00]>> Sir, can you say that who is open today now?

[00:04:03]>> Only the election for them to pull petitions. That's it. Everything else is shut down.

[00:04:08]>> Everything else in the building is shut down.

[00:04:10]>> Everything is shut down.

[00:04:11]>> Okay. Well, sir, you probably want to come back tomorrow for that.

[00:04:14]>> Okay. I I will, but I was just getting in in the in the open openly publicly accessible areas. I was just taking some picture. I'm not going to go into new restricted areas or anything. How you doing, sir? Can I can I just get your name and badge number, please?

[00:04:26]>> No.

[00:04:26]>> Why not?

[00:04:27]>> You don't need it.

[00:04:29]>> Why don't I need it?

[00:04:31]That's not very professional of you, sir.

[00:04:37]Okay.

[00:04:40]I'm not going to go in any restricted areas. I'm just checking it out right here in the hallways.

[00:04:48]Sir.

[00:04:49]Sir.

[00:04:50]>> Yeah. I'm not I'm not going anywhere and restricted.

[00:04:52]>> And don't put I don't need to be on no video. Don't video it.

[00:04:55]>> Why did you come on the video then, man?

[00:04:56]>> I said I'm videoing. You want to come get that tomorrow, sir? Since >> Yeah.

[00:05:00]>> Nothing but the election commission is open.

[00:05:02]>> Yeah. Why? Why is the building closed?

[00:05:04]>> Junth.

[00:05:05]>> Junth.

[00:05:06]>> Oh, federal holiday. I forgot forgot about that.

[00:05:13]So you could just be a little bit more professional the next time and and identify yourself to the public. That would be appreciative, you know.

[00:05:22]So Junth interesting.

[00:05:29]But this is all publicly access. This is a lobby, ma'am. You act like I'm going upstairs into people's office. This is a lobby. I can take pictures in the lobby.

[00:05:36]>> Yeah. Tomorrow.

[00:05:38]>> But this is a lobby. It's open to the public. The door was open. Nothing's open but that right there, >> sir. I'm just going in the lobby. What's the big deal? I'm just in the lobby.

[00:05:46]>> You've already got the picture, sir.

[00:05:48]>> Well, I didn't even come over here. This is a lobby. This is publicly accessible.

[00:05:51]>> You have the picture, sir?

[00:05:53]>> Yeah. I'm going to take the rest of my pictures. Yeah.

[00:05:55]>> Okay, sir. But this is what I'm saying.

[00:05:59]>> Today is not accessible accessible to nothing but right here. That's the only thing that's open in this building.

[00:06:07]>> Yeah.

[00:06:07]>> Right there. But unless you doing anything working with the election commission, sir, >> which you are not.

[00:06:14]>> Yeah, I'm I'm I'm an independent journalist.

[00:06:16]>> I understand it. Which you are not doing anything with the election commission today, which mean this building is closed, sir, to the public, unless you're dealing with the election commission.

[00:06:30]>> But how is it closed to the public? If it's open, it's it's publicly accessible.

[00:06:34]>> Unless you're dealing with the election commission. Sir, what's the big deal about me taking pictures in in a lobby dealing >> with the election commission, sir?

[00:06:42]>> Sir, I'm working on a story. That's that's what I'll tell you.

[00:06:44]>> Come back tomorrow, sir.

[00:06:46]>> Okay. I can't take pictures in this lobby here.

[00:06:48]>> Come back tomorrow, sir. It's a lobby.

[00:06:50]Open and accessible.

[00:06:52]>> You're acting like I'm going upstairs into restricted areas or something.

[00:06:57]>> I I mean, why wouldn't you just let me take my pictures and I can leave?

[00:07:00]>> I told you you can take your pictures tomorrow. Unless you're dealing with the election commission, sir. 11 3612 scene secure >> 3611 seems secure.

[00:07:11]>> Unless you're dealing with the election commission, sir, you have to leave at this time.

[00:07:16]>> All right. Well, I'm going to stay over here while the election. Are you Hold on. Let me make this clear. All right. I just want to make sure we're clear here, both of us. So, you're saying if I don't leave, are you going to arrest me, sir?

[00:07:25]>> Sir, I'm going ask you to leave the building.

[00:07:28]>> Are you going to arrest me if I don't?

[00:07:30]>> Sir, are you dealing with the mission, sir?

[00:07:33]>> I need to know. I'm gathering content for a story in a publicly accessible area.

[00:07:37]>> This is publicly accessible, sir. What's the big deal?

[00:07:39]>> It's not Look, you have you have Yes, you do.

[00:07:42]>> Tomorrow, sir.

[00:07:42]>> Look, you have you have >> It's not publicly accessible to tomorrow.

[00:07:46]>> You have pictures and things behind you that I'm trying to take pictures of.

[00:07:49]>> Come do it tomorrow.

[00:07:51]>> But it's open today.

[00:07:52]>> No, it's not. Only thing that's open today is if you're dealing with the Lexi Commission.

[00:07:56]>> But sir, it's publicly accessible. This is This is publicly accessible. If you weren't open today, if this lobby wasn't open, why would the door be open?

[00:08:03]>> If you're dealing with the election commission is open, >> I'm not dealing with anybody else, sir.

[00:08:08]I'm not dealing with anybody else.

[00:08:09]>> You're going to have to leave the building, sir. You're going to have to >> Are these doors open, too? These doors are open, ma'am. Are these doors open to the publicly accessible lobby?

[00:08:19]>> Are they open for the election commission? Sir, >> ma'am, this is a public lobby. I'm not going in any to restricted areas. What's the big deal?

[00:08:30]I have a right to be in publicly accessible areas and take some pictures.

[00:08:33]I'm I'm I'm a journalist. I'm just gathering some content. What's the big deal?

[00:08:37]>> 6053617.

[00:08:43]>> If you're going to want to put me in handcuffs and arrest me, sir, I mean, at that point, >> you keep making fresh uh references to you being arrested.

[00:08:52]Have I said anything to you about I said anything to you about being arrested? I want to make sure. I said if you have any dealings with this building, I mean with the election commission, right?

[00:09:02]>> Yeah, sir. I just All I want to do is take >> back to referring back to >> No, because I just want to make I want to make sure I'm not saying you did, sir.

[00:09:11]>> I'm not saying you did, sir.

[00:09:12]>> Arresting you referring to it. I just want to make sure, sir. No, sir. No, it is not.

[00:09:19]>> Deputy is not. That's why I keep bringing it up to make sure that we're not at that point. Okay. Look, you have pictures hanging up all over the walls.

[00:09:28]I just want to walk around and take some pictures.

[00:09:30]>> You've been here long enough to have all the pictures >> because you keep interrupting me. I can't I I would have been gone already.

[00:09:36]>> The security guard here. I would have been gone already. All I have to do is take pictures in a publicly accessible area. Look, why would you hang up pictures?

[00:09:45]>> No, I did. You keep in Can I do that without you interrupting me?

[00:09:48]>> You You're talking to me. You keep coming toward me. I keep coming towards you.

[00:09:52]>> Okay, great. I'm going to get the pictures that I need.

[00:09:57]You're right. Talking about it is not worth it. They hang all these beautiful pieces of art up and they don't want the the public looking at it.

[00:10:11]>> Forgot today was Junth. Look, the door the doors are open. Just so everybody can see, the doors are open on both sides to this lobby. No one's going anywhere.

[00:10:23]That's not a publicly accessible area.

[00:10:32]>> Excuse me, sir.

[00:10:33]>> Signed sheet.

[00:10:40]Makes no sense. Jury assembly room. I already got it on video.

[00:10:47]Payment dropbox.

[00:10:51]Look, they were trying to hide this from me.

[00:10:57]Look at this.

[00:11:04]The Bill of Rights.

[00:11:18]I don't understand what's the big deal about hiding things from the public.

[00:11:21]It's not that big of a deal. I understand the main offices are closed.

[00:11:26]A freedom shrine over here. I find these things interesting. Presented by the Exchange Club of Memphis, Tennessee.

[00:11:36]The Bill of Rights. How ironic.

[00:11:44]Patrick Henry's instructions to George Rogers clerk.

[00:11:56]Let's just get this deputy's name before we leave.

[00:12:00]I'll smile for you if you like. Make the picture better.

[00:12:05]>> Yeah, mom.

[00:12:11]>> Deputy, just ask one more time for your name and badge number, please.

[00:12:15]I'd like to know everybody that I'm interacting with.

[00:12:20]>> I'll just get it from your name tag.

[00:12:21]Okay. You don't want to say it.

[00:12:27]>> Just want to know who I'm dealing with.

[00:12:29]>> Sir, >> that's unprofessional. Can I speak to your supervisor? Can I speak to your supervisor? He's being unprofessional. I just want to know who I'm with. I'm asking to speak to a supervisor. I'm sure it's your policy for your department to identify yourself to members of the public. You did, right?

[00:12:44]It's not that big of a deal.

[00:12:46]>> Well, you taking pictures and you say he don't have to interact with you, sir.

[00:12:51]I'm already interact.

[00:12:51]>> He's here.

[00:12:52]>> I'm already interacting.

[00:12:55]>> Okay.

[00:12:56]No problem.

[00:12:59]There we go. Supervisor is right here.

[00:13:06]>> How you doing today, Serge?

[00:13:07]>> How you doing? You doing all right?

[00:13:08]>> Good. Um, I just wanted to talk to you about the uh your deputy inside. Have a good day.

[00:13:14]>> I would like to talk to you about your deputy inside, sir.

[00:13:17]>> What about >> um he didn't identify himself to a member of the public. I just wanted to know who I was dealing with. They both came down here trying to say that, you know, I wasn't within my rights to film in publicly accessible areas. So, >> you've been asked to leave?

[00:13:31]>> Yeah, I've been asked to leave. Yeah.

[00:13:32]>> Are you Have you left? Are you free to go?

[00:13:35]>> No, I I understand that. But just just for complaint purposes, sir, if I wanted to file a complaint, I would like to get his name and badge number as well as yours, sir, just so I can have it.

[00:13:44]That's if that's all right with you.

[00:13:46]>> That's cool.

[00:13:46]>> He won't give it to me. And you're his supervisor. He will not. He He runs away from me.

[00:13:51]>> It's honor outfits. Come on.

[00:13:52]>> But he won't. He keeps running away, sir.

[00:13:54]>> Which one would you like?

[00:13:55]>> Pick one.

[00:13:56]>> The other gentle, one of them already identified himself to me, >> sir. It's I'm I'm not trying to be difficult with you.

[00:14:02]>> Which one you like, and I'll get it for you. Which one do you I just I It's not which one I like, it's which one that didn't identify to me.

[00:14:08]>> Then tell me which one it is.

[00:14:09]>> The one to the left. And you also did not identify yourself to me, sir. I would like to so that way I know if I have to file any complaints here.

[00:14:23]>> Just a little professional.

[00:14:24]>> No, I can remember it. I have a good memory.

[00:14:28]>> What's your number?

[00:14:30]>> 9672.

[00:14:32]>> Valor 9672. Bloom 7455.

[00:14:35]>> Thank you, sir. I appreciate it. You have a good job.

[00:14:36]>> You be safe.

[00:14:37]>> You have a good uh day. All right.

[00:14:38]>> Absolutely.

[00:14:39]>> Stay safe out there.

[00:14:40]>> Hey, you too. Now make sure you're doing all right as well.

[00:14:43]>> Yeah. I just not a big deal. So, I was just taking some pictures and video. That's what I was trying to explain to them.

[00:14:49]>> No problem.

[00:14:50]>> I know. I appreciate you coming down here and letting them know. Thank you. I appreciate it. All right.