Officer Embarrasses His Entire Department on Camera

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]On June 9th, a First Amendment Auditor, known as ALKTL, who I will refer to as Mr. K, was filming a traffic stop from a public sidewalk in Revere, Massachusetts. After the stop concluded, Mr. K briefly approached the detained driver to ask why he had been pulled over, thanked him, and stepped back. The driver then returned to the officers and asked that Mr. K not film him. Officer Dave Wilson of the Revere Police Department then confronted Mr. K. The interaction that followed was captured on camera.

[00:00:33]What's up, y'all? Just got a narrative over here.

[00:00:36]I'm just filming some activity going on.

[00:00:42]So, I'm going to go check it out.

[00:01:33]All right.

[00:01:35]Woah, it's not You know what? That's not a real stop That's a stop. He's pulling two cars over there.

[00:01:57]He's two cars over here.

[00:01:58]He's only just left.

[00:01:59]>> There's two cops over here.

[00:02:01]One of them just left.

[00:02:03]There's a civilian in the back and he's driving I know it's a Can I ask you a question? Yes.

[00:02:43]Can I Can you tell me why they pulled you over?

[00:02:46]Pardon? Do you mind telling me why they pulled you over? I'd rather not say.

[00:02:50]Okay.

[00:02:52]Have a nice day, sir.

[00:03:00]So we have a SWAT team on the car. You have a SWAT team?

[00:03:05]SWAT team is pulling people over.

[00:03:12]It's a This is crazy.

[00:03:27]SWAT team pulling over the under the person.

[00:03:33]Let's see.

[00:03:41]By law, I have to allow the video taping. You don't have to.

[00:03:45]It's your prerogative.

[00:03:48]No, sir. That's what I How you doing? Good. Yourself? He's a civilian. him. He's a civilian. You can videotape me all you want, but he does not want to be videotaped.

[00:03:59]You're wrong. That's not an option for you.

[00:04:03]You're wrong.

[00:04:04]Pardon me? You're wrong. No, no. He's a civilian. He doesn't want any part of it. That's what he just expressed to me.

[00:04:10]I'm not wrong. I know the law. You're welcome to videotape me. You cannot videotape him or his license plate.

[00:04:15]You're wrong.

[00:04:16]I can videotape him and I can videotape you. No, he's a civilian. He's a private What does that mean? He's a private human being. So, what does that mean?

[00:04:24]What do you mean, what does that mean?

[00:04:24]Have a good day. Carry on.

[00:04:26]I will still have a good day. There is no No.

[00:04:30]Who?

[00:04:32]Did you just call me a loser?

[00:04:35]Did you just call me a loser?

[00:04:43]What's your name, Lieutenant Did you just call me a loser?

[00:04:45]>> License and registration, please. I What's your ID?

[00:04:48]Did you just call me a loser?

[00:04:49]>> approached the cruiser after I asked you not to. Do you have an ID on you, please, sir?

[00:04:52]>> just call me a loser? Do you have an ID on you, sir? Sir, can you call your supervisor? I already have. You Listen, you're you're very close. I'll wait for You should not walk up to police vehicles.

[00:05:01]>> I Why are you walking up to me? I'm asking you for your ID. Six feet You don't even have a mask on. You're putting my life in jeopardy, sir. Keep six feet away.

[00:05:09]Thank you, sir. Why are you approaching me? Lower your Lower your camera. You're welcome to videotape me, but civilians don't have to be videotaped. We'll see when your supervisor gets here.

[00:05:19]Why do you keep approaching me? He's heading out into traffic. I'm going to have to detain him if he heads out into traffic.

[00:05:24]This is a public easement. This is a public easement right here.

[00:05:29]So, I could be right here.

[00:05:31]Can't detain me. For what?

[00:05:34]For asking you You just called me a loser. I have it on camera.

[00:05:36]>> no idea what you're talking about.

[00:05:38]>> Well, I have it on camera. That's good.

[00:05:40]Good for you. That's a good I can't use that. That civilian chooses to not be videotaped.

[00:05:44]>> identify yourself? That's absolutely not. You have no lawful no lawful business here. You're not In under 5 minutes, Officer Wilson made four separate legal claims, and every single one of them was wrong.

[00:05:56]On the filming question, in Glik versus Cunniffe, decided in 2011, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that the filming of government officials engaged in their duties in a public place, including police officers performing their responsibilities, is protected by the First Amendment.

[00:06:13]Three years later, in Garlick versus Begin, the same court confirmed that filming a traffic stop specifically is also constitutionally protected activity.

[00:06:23]The citizen in that car had no right to veto Mr. K's camera, because in public, no one does.

[00:06:30]On the expectation of privacy, the Supreme Court addressed this directly in Cohen versus California, decided in 1971, holding that privacy concerns of individuals in public spaces are outweighed by the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. That driver, the moment he stepped out of his home and onto a public road, lost any claim that he could not be filmed.

[00:06:53]On the demand for Mr. K's ID, Massachusetts is not a stop-and-identify state, and Officer Wilson stated no crime, named no statute, and articulated no reasonable suspicion, without which a lawful order for identification is not a lawful order. It is a bluff.

[00:07:12]And on the refusal to identify himself, Chapter 41, Section 98D of the Massachusetts General Laws requires every full-time police officer to carry a department-issued identification card and exhibit it upon lawful request. Mr. K's request was lawful. Officer Wilson's refusal was not. Can you identify yourself? Absolutely not. Okay.

[00:07:35]Can you identify yourself?

[00:07:37]Chapter 41, Section 98D states that upon lawful order, you must identify.

[00:07:44]>> Upon lawful order, and you're giving me a lawful order.

[00:07:47]>> Yes. Yeah, no. Nice try, though.

[00:07:50]It's a nice try. Google works well for you. I I tried that.

[00:07:55]Didn't work out for you?

[00:07:58]What is your badge, sir? What is your lawful purpose? You're interfering with a motor vehicle stop. He didn't want to be videotaped. That's his prerogative.

[00:08:04]He's a He's a civilian. You can videotape me. You cannot videotape him.

[00:08:08]Okay, we'll see about that.

[00:08:15]So, now we have unmarked vehicle.

[00:08:20]You may not videotape civilians who don't want to be videotaped.

[00:08:23]>> Uh the guy is gone, so there's no >> Well, he expressed to me he does not want to be videotaped.

[00:08:29]All right. Can you stop approaching me?

[00:08:31]Can you stop walking behind me? Pardon me?

[00:08:38]Don't be in my traffic, sir. Sir. Sir, back up.

[00:08:41]>> You did say it's a right-of-way, right?

[00:08:42]A public way, and I can go anywhere I want.

[00:08:44]>> me.

[00:08:46]Sir, can you have him back up?

[00:08:48]I'm fearing for my life.

[00:08:49]>> Again, you're interfering with a motor vehicle stop.

[00:08:52]>> kind Is this what policemen do?

[00:08:53]>> no business in that motor vehicle stop.

[00:08:55]No lawful business. You are interfering with a motor vehicle stop. Hey, he's a police officer. You You have to comply with a police officer. This is the Comply? He's blocking my walk with my free my free way to to walk. I have you.

[00:09:06]He He stopped me. Dude, do you want to inquire about the situation that you're not complying with her? What are you talking about? You are interfering.

[00:09:12]I'll wait for the supervisor.

[00:09:18]Wow, nothing to do with the review. I'll wait for the supervisor.

[00:09:21]>> not want to be videotaped. You cannot videotape him. It's illegal. You have nothing to do with What law is that?

[00:09:28]Can you state the law that I can Can I state the law? No, I don't have to state the law. I can tell you that. So, you don't know what law exists. just doing his job officer.

[00:09:37]What happened? He just don't want to be videotaped.

[00:09:40]He pulled up and asked me. He said, "Please have him remove me from that video. I do not want to be videotaped."

[00:09:45]>> Okay. That's his lawful business.

[00:09:47]So, what are you saying?

[00:09:49]That that I'm I'm trying to impart to you that you need to delete that application He was not It was a lawful motor vehicle stop and he chose to not be videotaped.

[00:09:57]>> Is there a victim here?

[00:10:00]I was just recording >> Again, we have no idea who he is. Just walked up and interfered with a motor vehicle stop.

[00:10:05]>> who he is.

[00:10:07]Just chose to interfere with a motor vehicle stop. The gentleman in the motor vehicle stop did not want to be videotaped. Expressed that. He was a very articulate about it. You You lawfully could be arrested for interfering, right? You know that? How did I interfere?

[00:10:20]How did I interfere? Explain that to me.

[00:10:22]How did I interfere?

[00:10:24]Explain to me how did I interfere?

[00:10:26]>> He asked not to be videotaped. Very respectful.

[00:10:28]>> That is not a law. There's no expectation of privacy in public, sir.

[00:10:32]You're totally wrong. You're videotaping a civilian. Totally wrong. See, there's There's a camera right there. It doesn't matter. What's the big deal? Are you enjoying this?

[00:10:41]The interference threat was the most legally dangerous thing Officer Wilson said in this entire encounter. In Massachusetts, interfering with the lawful duties of a police officer is a common law crime, meaning no specific statute defines it, but it has existed before the state constitution was adopted in 1780.

[00:11:01]In 2019, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court addressed this offense directly in Commonwealth versus Adams, and the court did something important.

[00:11:10]It stressed that the offense must be construed narrowly to avoid criminalizing constitutionally protected activity.

[00:11:17]The court held that interference requires either physically obstructing or hindering the officer in the performance of their duty or threatening violence against the officer in a way that would obstruct them, and the individual must intend to do so. Mr. K was standing on a public sidewalk holding a camera asking questions. He did not touch anyone, he did not block anyone, he did not threaten anyone.

[00:11:41]Under the Adams standard, that is not interference. That is the First Amendment exactly as it was designed to function.

[00:11:49]What are you talking about? Wow, there must be no crime in Riverhead to have seven Why don't you go home? Why don't you go home? Trust me, I'm going to be here before you until you leave.

[00:12:00]You're all You're going to leave before I do.

[00:12:07]You're a punk. You're a punk. You're a tyrant. You're a tyrant. You can't You can't use intimidation. You're not going to intimidate me.

[00:12:15]You're a punk.

[00:12:16]Excellent. Thank you and have a nice day. No, I'm going to need you to identify yourself. I'm not going >> told you. You go to the police station.

[00:12:23]You have no badge. You have no no no name tag.

[00:12:27]Why [ __ ] off, you [ __ ] piece of [ __ ] You're a [ __ ] [ __ ] I am. I know that.

[00:12:33]Now I'm going to cross the line.

[00:12:35]Walk away, punk.

[00:12:37]You're a punk.

[00:12:38]You're a punk. You can't do [ __ ] All of you all. Now you're pissing me off.

[00:12:49]You ain't going to do [ __ ] No. That's what you're going to do.

[00:12:52]You're going to tuck your tail between your legs and you're going to walk.

[00:12:55]>> Yes, of course. That's cuz we have jobs to do and you You, however, hang around on the sidewalk and do nothing. You Your job is to hang around on the sidewalk and harass innocent people. You harass innocent civilians.

[00:13:07]Yeah, go. Go.

[00:13:09]Let your ego win. Go.

[00:13:11]I'm going to need your name. Where is that supervisor?

[00:13:14]At the police station. You're welcome to go there and get it.

[00:13:18]Is this what you do? Go to the police station? Is that what I tell you to do?

[00:13:21]You have to have a You have to have a job to pay somebody to do something. I'm I guarantee you I make more money than you, punk.

[00:13:27]>> sure >> you don't. That's why you're like 68 years old. You have no stripes.

[00:13:30]>> you don't. You're a loser.

[00:13:32]>> you don't.

[00:13:33]Have a nice day.

[00:13:34]>> Two of them. That punk just left.

[00:13:36]Another one's going to leave. I'll make sure they all leave.

[00:13:38]>> Have a nice day.

[00:13:40]Another fine use of your time. Look how you punk. Look how you tyrants. Look how you punk.

[00:13:45]>> calls. We have other calls. Yeah, you have other calls. That's what I thought.

[00:13:48]Leave.

[00:13:51]Can I get your name and badge number?

[00:13:53]Right here. Can I get your name? Right here. Can I get your name and badge number? 366, right there. What's your name? You don't have a badge number.

[00:14:01]Brutal.

[00:14:02]Sir, your name and badge number?

[00:14:06]All right, so then he failed to identify. Who is it?

[00:14:09]7382 Let me be direct about what happened in that last stretch of video. Both sides lost their composure. The officers were unprofessional, dismissive, and constitutionally illiterate. And Mr. K, in response, called them punks, pigs, and tyrants, and used language I won't repeat here. None of that changes the legal analysis. Mr. K was right on every legal point from the beginning of this encounter to the end. But it does matter for the grade, and we will address it.

[00:14:40]What I want to note legally is the moment Mr. K finally gets badge number 7382 from the third officer. That number matters. It is what allows a formal complaint to be filed, an internal investigation to be opened, and a pattern of conduct to be documented. The first two officers stonewalled that request for the entire encounter. The third officer gave it in seconds. That contrast tells you everything about the culture that Officer Wilson was operating from. Not one of accountability, but of deliberate concealment.

[00:15:11]There's a new sheriff in town. Better get used to it.

[00:15:14]Just what I thought. I'm going to walk through here, and you ain't going to do [ __ ] Good luck You called for backup.

[00:15:19]The [ __ ] came, and they left. Good luck with that. help.

[00:15:23]>> Good luck with that. Good luck with what? With the poor old man you harassed.

[00:15:27]>> Shut up, man. Shut up.

[00:15:28]Shut up.

[00:15:30]You didn't do [ __ ] Congratulations. You intimidated You intimidated a poor old man. Good job.

[00:15:37]>> right here.

[00:15:38]Again? Again, nothing. You're going to tuck your tail and this is called the walk of shame.

[00:15:44]Shame on you. Get on your car and get out of here. You're like a punk.

[00:15:50]This is what I thought. It's unfortunate. Exactly. It's unfortunate that we have pigs like you working for us.

[00:15:56]You're a pig.

[00:16:04]And I will be filing a complaint against your dumb ass. Good luck.

[00:16:09]You're like a punk.

[00:16:11]Leave. Just like I thought. Leave. Look how you parked, tyrant.

[00:16:16]Nothing better to do. You got a SWAT team pulling over old man.

[00:16:21]A SWAT team. Is that what you pay We pay a SWAT team and a cover car to come pull over harass a old man?

[00:16:30]Move. You're blocking traffic. Look Look at the tyranny. Look at the tyranny.

[00:16:34]People can't even drive through because this punk is driving parked right in the middle of the street.

[00:16:40]Supposed to be law enforcement. Law enforcement my ass.

[00:16:45]Look at this punk.

[00:16:48]Doesn't even know the law.

[00:16:50]Talking about you can't film in public.

[00:16:53]No, that's not a >> You're an idiot. You're an idiot. What law is that? Pull it out. Your computer is right there. Wait, you don't even have a computer.

[00:17:00]Dumb ass.

[00:17:03]What is wrong with you people?

[00:17:04]>> a You upset a poor old man. Good job. I didn't upset nobody. You upset at me.

[00:17:09]You upset at me. You're upset You're upset at your boss. Punk.

[00:17:18]I know exactly how much you make. I already talked to Captain Manzino. I got every one of y'all's salary. Every one of y'all. How many hours you work and everything.

[00:17:28]And I after looking at it, I noticed that I pay you I overpay you punk asses.

[00:17:32]All of y'all.

[00:17:37]Everybody else is on the call except this loser.

[00:17:42]Old man, no stripes. No wonder why.

[00:17:45]Wait.

[00:17:46]This is what you get.

[00:17:52]Must be no crimes in Revere.

[00:18:01]You're going to learn the law, boy.

[00:18:03]You're going to learn the law, boy.

[00:18:07]What happened inside that police station may be the most troubling part of this entire video. The right to file a complaint against a police officer is not a courtesy extended at the department's discretion. It is a fundamental component of civilian oversight of law enforcement. The Department of Justice has consistently held, including in its guidance on police accountability frameworks, that law enforcement agencies must maintain accessible and impartial processes for receiving and investigating civilian complaints. Lieutenant DeShazo did not offer Mr. K an accessible process. He offered him nothing. He told Mr. K that the only outcome would be an informal reprimand before any investigation had taken place, before any facts had been reviewed, and before Mr. K had even spoken to internal affairs. That is not discipline. That is a staged performance of accountability designed to protect the officer, not the public. Following this video's publication, the Revere Police Department was flooded with calls and emails, released a public Facebook statement confirming an investigation, and later admitted that several policy violations had occurred, and that disciplinary action had been taken. The department confirmed in that same statement, officers are required to give their name and badge number to a citizen as it is a lawful request and there is no expectation of privacy when filming in a public place. That is the department publicly confirming after the fact that officer Wilson was wrong about everything. Officer Dave Wilson gets an F. From the moment he approached Mr. K, officer Wilson operated as though personal preference, the driver's wish not to be filmed, overrides constitutional law. It does not. He demanded identification from a man who had committed no crime and articulated no suspicion. He refused to identify himself in direct violation of Massachusetts General Laws chapter 41 section 98D. He threatened arrest for interference when Mr. K's conduct fell nowhere near the legal definition established in Commonwealth versus Adams. He was confrontational, condescending, and wrong at every turn.

[00:20:03]When the Revere Police Department later confirmed on their own public Facebook page that Officer Wilson violated department policy on identification and filming, they validated every legal position Mr. K took during this encounter. The fact that Officer Wilson was not terminated and that the department described the outcome as disciplinary action without further detail is a failure of accountability that reflects far beyond this one interaction. Lieutenant DeShults gets an F. His role in this encounter was brief but consequential. By refusing Mr. K access to Internal Affairs, by pre-announcing the outcome before any investigation occurred, and by turning a citizen away from the complaint process entirely, DeShults functioned not as a supervisor enforcing policy but as a gatekeeper protecting a colleague. A police department that cannot be complained against is a police department that cannot be corrected. Mr. K gets a B+. He was legally correct on every substantive point in this encounter. He accurately cited Massachusetts General Laws chapter 41 section 98D. He correctly asserted there is no expectation of privacy in public.

[00:21:06]He correctly identified that he was not interfering with the stop. He stood his ground calmly through a sustained attempt at intimidation, and he made a legitimate effort to use the formal complaint process, a process that was deliberately denied to him. The deduction comes from the back half of the encounter where the language escalated beyond what was necessary.

[00:21:25]That escalation gave the officers a way to reframe the story and may have undermined public perception of an otherwise legally sound audit. Mr. K knew the law. The officers did not. In a confrontation like this, that knowledge is the strongest tool available, and it works best when nothing else is handed to the other side. Let us know if there's an interaction or legal topic you would like us to discuss in the comments below. Thank you for watching, and don't forget to subscribe to Grade the Badge for police accountability analysis.