Officer Nettles Tried to Intimidate But Had No Idea About the Law — Wrong Auditor, Officer!

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]Do you work here?

[00:00:02]>> Do you work here?

[00:00:03]>> Yes, I do.

[00:00:03]>> All right.

[00:00:04]>> You cannot be recording in here.

[00:00:06]>> What law is that?

[00:00:08]>> This is private property.

[00:00:09]>> Well, law says I can't record.

[00:00:11]>> What law? I'm asking the law.

[00:00:12]>> All right. I'm confused. What's going on here with the with cameras and everything? Okay.

[00:00:18]>> I just walked up. Not at home.

[00:00:23]>> Nettles, you need to deescalate. You need to deescalate. Get a supervisor.

[00:00:26]Good lord.

[00:00:27]>> What have you learned in the academy?

[00:00:28]Obviously nothing >> being held here. Let me >> I'm just here double checking.

[00:00:32]>> Okay.

[00:00:32]>> If you're not free to go, you're detained and that's an unlawful detainment. So you're more than welcome to leave. And if she says you're detained, then fourth amendment violation.

[00:00:39]>> All right.

[00:00:41]>> Okay. All right.

[00:00:43]>> So are we detained? Cuz I want to know if I'm being unlawfully detained at this point.

[00:00:46]>> Okay. Then turn your lights off.

[00:00:51]>> When it comes to small businesses and things like that, >> yeah, we have panels.

[00:00:55]>> Can Can we Are you guys live right now?

[00:00:56]No, but we're going to right now I'm going to I have to tend to business right now cuz they're here for us.

[00:01:00]>> Yeah, you got it. Well, where's I'm sure you're all going to post it, right?

[00:01:07]>> I don't know. You probably should talk to the complaint.

[00:01:09]>> Nettles.

[00:01:10]>> You got it.

[00:01:11]>> Hi.

[00:01:11]>> Hi.

[00:01:12]>> Um, are you guys all related?

[00:01:13]>> Not at all. I was just seeing what was going on. I'm >> You're a bystander.

[00:01:18]>> I got you. Are you from one of the businesses here?

[00:01:20]>> Not at all. I'm actually not from here.

[00:01:22]>> He has nothing to do with us. He just approached us just now.

[00:01:24]>> You two are together.

[00:01:25]>> Don't worry. Well, I'm me and she's her.

[00:01:28]>> All right. I'm confused. What's going on here with the with cameras and everything? Don't tell me that. Okay.

[00:01:34]>> I just walked up right at >> Nettles. You need to deescalate. You need to deescalate. Get a supervisor.

[00:01:42]Good lord.

[00:01:43]>> What have you learned in the academy?

[00:01:44]Obviously, nothing.

[00:01:48]>> Okay.

[00:01:48]>> If you're not free to go, you're detained. And that's an unlawful detainment. So, you're more than welcome to leave. Even if she says you're detained, that's Fourth Amendment violation. All right.

[00:01:57]>> Right out of the gate, no buildup, no warning. You are dropped directly into one of the most chaotic opening scenes in recent audit history. And what makes it immediately gripping isn't the shouting. It isn't the confrontation.

[00:02:10]It's the sheer stunning speed at which everything unravels for the officer involved. Officer Nettles arrives at a Chase Bank in Lake Worth, Texas, responding to what she likely assumed would be a routine call. What she walks into instead is a group of citizens on a public sidewalk doing nothing illegal, violating no ordinance, crossing no line, simply holding cameras, and her first instinct, detain them, all of them, including a complete stranger who had absolutely nothing to do with the audit and had only just walked up seconds before. No crime cited, no statute named, no reasonable articulable suspicion established, just lights, authority, and the assumption that a badge is enough to override the Constitution. It isn't. Within the first minute, the auditor identifies the Fourth Amendment violation out loud, on camera, in real time. He tells Nettles directly, "If she's declaring a detention without legal basis, that detention is unlawful." And then without hesitation, he turns to her and delivers the lying that sets the entire tone of this video. What have you learned in the academy? Obviously nothing. That is not an insult. That is a legal assessment.

[00:03:23]And everything that follows in this video will prove encounter after encounter just how accurate it really is. Buckle in. This is only the first 30 seconds.

[00:03:34]A group of citizens were filming outside a Chase bank in Lakew Worth, Texas, when Officer Nettle, a rookie cop, arrived and immediately began detaining people who weren't even part of the audit, questioning them without a clear understanding of the law.

[00:03:51]>> So, are we detained? Cuz I want to know if I'm being unlawfully detained at this point.

[00:03:55]>> Okay, then turn your lights off.

[00:03:58]>> She's a dumb.

[00:03:59]>> Is she not going to follow me?

[00:04:00]>> No. Oh, >> she's going to sit here and try to try to pull this try to pull this [ __ ] >> Did you just How I hear how I just saved that guy?

[00:04:09]>> Yeah.

[00:04:15]>> And she said we're not detained. So, we're free to we're free to move about cuz we're not detained.

[00:04:20]>> So, is there a purpose for this recording?

[00:04:22]>> Do you not know about a First Amendment right on a sidewalk to record in public?

[00:04:27]I'm asking you a question. Right.

[00:04:29]>> I'm asking you a question.

[00:04:30]>> Here for personal reasons. Videape.

[00:04:32]What's going on?

[00:04:33]>> Why are you here?

[00:04:36]>> Said I was here on the >> This is a First Amendment protected right.

[00:04:41]>> We're on a public sidewalk. What are you doing?

[00:04:44]>> No way.

[00:04:44]>> Get a supervisor. Just get a supervisor.

[00:04:46]You're >> just reporting.

[00:04:47]>> Just get a supervisor. Here. I'm going to invoke our fifth amendment right to remain silent. Have a nice day. N.

[00:04:52]>> Get out of here. Go. You're got other work to do. Come on. Bye. No, I will be reporting you to IIA because your conduct is horrible.

[00:04:59]>> Get out of here.

[00:05:00]>> You're violating rights already. Just have a nice day.

[00:05:03]>> Go talk to the complaint.

[00:05:04]>> Go talk to the complain. Go talk to the complain.

[00:05:07]>> Go talk to the complaint.

[00:05:10]>> Go talk to the Yeah, you should have.

[00:05:13]>> Go to the complaint. Go talk to the And you're blocking traffic. Get your car out of the way. Go park in a parking spot.

[00:05:20]>> God.

[00:05:22]Goddamn pigtails. Female cops are horrible.

[00:05:26]Get a supervisor.

[00:05:28]Get a stupid visor cuz you're stupid.

[00:05:32]>> Here is where officer Nettles makes her second critical mistake. And this one is worse than the first because this time she has already been warned. The auditor has made it crystal clear. He is on a public sidewalk. He is exercising a First Amendment right. He has committed no crime. He has been told he is free to go. And yet Nettles keeps pressing. She keeps asking questions. She keeps engaging as if repetition will somehow change the constitutional framework she is operating inside. So the auditor does what every informed citizen should know how to do in this exact moment. He invokes the fifth amendment right to remain silent. And that invocation carries enormous legal weight. It is not a deflection. It is not hostility. It is a formal assertion that no further questioning can lawfully continue without legal counsel present. The moment those words leave his mouth, the interrogation must stop. It doesn't stop immediately. And that failure, that single decision to keep pushing after a fifth amendment invocation is precisely what transforms this encounter from a questionable detainment into a documented civil rights violation. The auditor doesn't just walk away. He announces clearly and on camera that he will be reporting Nettles to the Internal Investigation Agency for her conduct. He lists it. Unlawful detention, fourth amendment violation, failure to deescalate, continued questioning after fifth amendment invocation, every item documented, every second recorded. Nettles blocks traffic with her patrol car, refuses to engage with the complainant she was supposedly called for and leaves having accomplished nothing except building a case against herself.

[00:07:15]>> Yeah. What did I just tell her? I'm invoking a fifth amendment right to remain silent, which means what? No questions without a lawyer present.

[00:07:22]God, she's [ __ ] >> Go talk to the complainant. If I'm not detained, go talk to the complaintant.

[00:07:43]>> Hey, you're going to have fun with this video, aren't you? Oh my.

[00:07:47]>> Oh, you know she's pissed right now.

[00:07:49]>> Yeah.

[00:07:50]>> Didn't I have to tell her to deescalate?

[00:07:53]>> What's that?

[00:07:57]>> I don't think she's used to people challenging her authority tag. You got to come up. Put your lights on like I'm detained. Block the whole sidewalk here.

[00:08:05]Why couldn't you just park in the parking lot, go talk to the complaint, noticing that we're not doing anything wrong?

[00:08:13]Exposing dirty cops one at a time.

[00:08:17]>> [ __ ] man.

[00:08:18]>> All right, brother. Take it easy, man.

[00:08:36]>> Are you a supervisor?

[00:08:38]>> No. Do you like an accident right now?

[00:08:41]Yeah, she was kind of she was kind of very hostile, aggressive, and rude.

[00:08:44]>> Weren't you on that shootout that happened?

[00:08:47]>> Cuz I could I I liked how you handled that whole situation. Actually, I watch and I and I saw the K9 doesn't understand what first amendment and fifth amendment rights are. No, no. And fifth amendment rights. I told her I invoked my fish. She kept asking me. I'm just asking. No, fifth amendment means stop asking.

[00:09:01]>> They can stay on the public sidewalk as long as they want.

[00:09:05]>> I don't know who they could. I actually >> I told her to go talk to complaint and she wanted to escalate. So, so um Okay, I'll tell you.

[00:09:12]>> I'm gonna pull the body camera anyway.

[00:09:13]Keep it on, Nettles.

[00:09:15]>> I I'm me. She's her.

[00:09:17]>> Oh, okay. I know. I just don't want her.

[00:09:19]If If Parlo Donut isn't asking for her to leave, we >> No, no, no. We haven't. And I'm going to tell you right now because you're because you're professional the way you are and I've seen you on body cam, so I know how professional you are.

[00:09:29]>> I I watch all the videos. So, yeah. When when when I'm sitting here telling her my fifth amendment right to remain silent and you want to keep asking me, you violated my rights, by the way. Yes, you did. You didn't realize that. You don't have to answer any questions.

[00:09:39]>> That's why I asked for a supervisor.

[00:09:41]>> Um, I can try to get you one as soon as however I've been here a minute.

[00:09:44]>> My next question or answer for you is I've never stepped foot on the Chase or Starbucks property. I've been off the edge of their property lines.

[00:09:51]>> People call cuz they just see it and they >> It's cold and I'm keeping warm. It's not like I'm purpose.

[00:09:55]>> I think maybe you can't record or something, but you're not on their property.

[00:09:59]>> My rights don't end where their feelings begin.

[00:10:01]>> Yeah, you can record on all you want.

[00:10:03]You can stand here all I've heard a lot of good things about you. Doesn't look like you're um uh we got a call earlier of a guy kind of laying having a a health issue. It doesn't look like you're having a health issue or anything. So, >> I'm a little overweight, but outside of that, I'm in good health.

[00:10:15]>> Well, hey, is it keeping you warm at least?

[00:10:17]>> I am. I'm pretty warm other than my fingertips >> cuz I've got to I had to wear like layers on top of layers on top of layer.

[00:10:22]But anyway, other than that, I'll go talk to them. Um at the end of the day, if you're not on their property, we just got to go kind of educate them a little bit.

[00:10:28]>> And that's and that's why I was trying to tell her to go talk to the complaintant first, but she wanted to escalate out here. We didn't know. I didn't know who But I'll go and we'll go and talk to him real quick.

[00:10:35]>> Need to go to back to the academy.

[00:10:37]>> As long as she's like I said, you're she's you uh you're you're sorry I'm getting it mixed up. I won't even talk to her cuz she's not anywhere near over here. I mean, >> no. And I guess they call us and say, "Hey, we want criminal trespass." And you're on their property or whatever. Or you walked over there. But >> other than that, >> I can teach you some things about the law.

[00:10:54]>> You want to talk to me after we I talk?

[00:10:56]>> I'm I'm filming it, but if you want to come out and talk >> Yeah, it's it's up to you. I'm just going to leave. You're very professional and I I I'm okay with talking to you.

[00:11:02]>> And then did you still want the sergeant?

[00:11:05]>> She's tied up on an accident, but I >> If she's tied up, I'll go ahead and go through IA and file complaints. No problem.

[00:11:09]>> I was going to say I can send if you want.

[00:11:12]>> I know where the area is, but I'll talk to you after you're done. I just want to know what they said and I'll get the call number from you.

[00:11:20]What stands out most here isn't the outcome, but the sharp contrast between two officers. One who acted impulsively and without knowledge and another more experienced who quickly took control and handled the situation professionally.

[00:11:37]It's a clear reminder of why both knowing your rights and professionalism in law enforcement matters so much. And now, in one of the most striking contrasts this video delivers, everything changes. Not because the law changed, not because the auditor changed, but because a different officer arrived. And the difference is so sharp, so immediate, and so undeniable that it reframes every single thing Nettles did in the previous 4 minutes. This officer doesn't approach with lights. He doesn't demand ID. He doesn't invoke authority as his opening line. He asks a simple question, listens to the answer, and immediately demonstrates that he has actually read the law he is paid to enforce. He acknowledges that the auditor is not on private property. He acknowledges that recording from a public sidewalk is constitutionally protected. He agrees out loud on camera that Nettle should have gone to speak with the complainant first instead of escalating on the street. Think about what that admission means. a law enforcement officer in uniform is confirming everything the auditor said from the very beginning. He is not defending his colleague. He is not closing ranks. He is looking at the situation clearly and calling it what it is, an unnecessary escalation built on a misunderstanding of the law. He even offers to pull body camera footage. He engages the auditor as an equal, not a suspect. He explains what the complainant actually called about, addresses it directly, and deescalates the entire situation in under four minutes, something Nettles couldn't accomplish in twice the time with twice the authority. This is the standard.

[00:13:15]This is what the badge is supposed to look like in action. And the fact that it took a second officer to achieve it says everything about why the first one shouldn't have been there alone.

[00:13:25]>> Much if you enjoyed this video, drop a number five in the comments.

[00:13:29]intimidation tactics. Look, look, look, look, look, look.

[00:13:32]>> Now, he pulled over.

[00:13:33]>> Yeah. Look, look, watch this. Watch this. Watch this. Watch, watch him turn around.

[00:13:41]Look, watch watch.

[00:13:46]And I'mma flip a right here.

[00:13:50]>> Look, look, look, look.

[00:13:52]>> Yep. He's coming.

[00:13:53]>> Here he comes.

[00:13:54]>> He's coming.

[00:13:57]>> Here he comes. I'm on private property now. Now I'm on private property.

[00:14:04]Let's see what he's going to say. Look.

[00:14:05]Now he's going to turn around. Look at him.

[00:14:07]>> Now he's going to turn around. Harassing me, bro. Passing me. I can'ting come to theing streets without this [ __ ] harassing me. Give me the phone.

[00:14:17]Look at this [ __ ] right here following me around.

[00:14:21]Let's get this guy's information.

[00:14:24]Let's get this guy's information since he wants to go ahead and follow me around.

[00:14:31]>> Is there a reason why you following me around, officer?

[00:14:36]Yes, sir.

[00:14:37]>> Is there a reason you're following me around, sir?

[00:14:40]>> The next video comes from the YouTube channel Maria Valencia. He noticed a Tari County Sheriff's vehicle quietly following him. When he stopped on private property to ask why, the deputy refused to explain. Instead, he called for backup and tried to force him to leave despite having no warrant or specific accusation.

[00:15:01]>> I pulled over.

[00:15:02]>> Yes, sir. Is that illegal?

[00:15:04]>> Oh, no. I just want to make sure you're >> No, no, no. I pulled over, seen you pull up, and then I pulled this way and you decided to do a U-turn and come follow me. Why?

[00:15:14]>> No, no. Why don't you mind your owning business?

[00:15:17]>> What business is that?

[00:15:18]>> Your own.

[00:15:19]>> Yeah. Well, my job is to make sure that you're Is it not?

[00:15:21]>> No, it is not. It is to uphold the law, sir. And until you see something me do illegal, do not try to use your badge to intimidate me or the public. Do you hear me? Am I and am I in any way misunderstood?

[00:15:34]>> No.

[00:15:35]>> All right. I'm telling you. I'm telling you your job is not toing the public.

[00:15:39]>> I'm not harassing you.

[00:15:40]>> You're following me around trying to use your authority to pull me over and try to run a 27 on my license. P me a >> Yeah, I'm not trying to do that. I came up >> youing liar, dude. I was like, "What's going on with that guy?" So, >> nothing. I'm minding my owning business.

[00:15:55]I seen three of you guys pull over that at that marketplace over there. I seen three of you guys obstructing traffic.

[00:16:02]>> Obstructing traffic.

[00:16:04]>> So, I flipped you guys off because you guys are obstructing traffic.

[00:16:08]>> I seen it with my own two eyes. Are you calling me a sir?

[00:16:11]>> I'm not saying that.

[00:16:12]>> Are you calling me a sir?

[00:16:13]>> Well, we're concerned we're not >> No, no, no. You were obstructing traffic. I visually saw all three of your vehicles in the way where people could not get by. Correct or incorrect?

[00:16:22]>> Incorrect. We were all off on the shoulder.

[00:16:24]>> Oh, stop lying. You pulled over as soon as I seen you guys coming out. You guys pulled over to the shoulder >> cuz we're about to talk about >> cuz you got Okay, then make the correction, sir. Don't Don't lie about it.

[00:16:33]>> So, now you're conspiring against me now. You got You're calling your buddies.

[00:16:37]>> They're conspiring.

[00:16:38]>> Cuz you're What law are they upholding?

[00:16:40]>> My buddies are checking up on me. M >> What law are they upholding?

[00:16:43]>> My buddies are checking up on me. Why are you a scared?

[00:16:46]>> I'm not scared.

[00:16:47]>> So why are you asking them to come back you up? What is Oh, look. He got the baton out and everything. You ready to beat on me, sir?

[00:16:53]>> Sir, would you mind stepping off the road?

[00:16:55]>> I am not on the road. I'm on this side of the line. Look at this. Look at this.

[00:16:57]>> On the line?

[00:16:58]>> Yes.

[00:16:58]>> Exactly on the road. Would you mind stepping off the road, sir?

[00:17:00]>> Yes, I do mind.

[00:17:01]>> All right. Please step off the road.

[00:17:02]>> I I appreciate you asking politely.

[00:17:04]>> So, I saw him walking up. He quickly pulled.

[00:17:06]>> Are you the sergeant, sir?

[00:17:08]>> I wanted to make sure that he was okay.

[00:17:09]And they pulled over quick. So, I was like, >> he's asking me cuz I flipped him off.

[00:17:13]Lopez and Chris said, "Can you guys do me a favor? Get a hold of the property owner where that car is parked. We've had >> retaliatory.

[00:17:20]>> New location, new state, completely different encounter. And yet, the same fundamental problem follows like a shadow. This auditor is minding his business when he notices something that should never happen in a free country. A Taran County Sheriff's vehicle is quietly trailing him down the street, not responding to a call ahead, not passing through, following, deliberately, persistently, turning when he turns, stopping when he stops. And when the auditor pulls onto private property and turns to confront the deputy directly, the deputy's response is not an explanation. It is not a lawful reason. It is a deflection so thin it barely qualifies as a sentence.

[00:18:02]Mind your own business.

[00:18:05]That answer alone tells you everything.

[00:18:07]An officer of the law operating a county vehicle on duty, following a private citizen through public streets. And when asked why, his response is to tell the citizen to mind his own business. The irony is staggering. Then comes the move that exposes the entire operation for what it is. The deputy calls for backup.

[00:18:27]Not because there's a crime, not because there's a threat, because he is being questioned and he doesn't have a legal answer. Within minutes, additional units arrive. A sergeant appears and someone pulls out a batten for a man standing on private property asking why he was being followed. The auditor names it immediately and accurately. Retaliatory.

[00:18:49]This is retaliatory. And as the sergeant tries to manufacture a trespass order on property he doesn't own with no warrant and no complaint from the actual owner, the legal foundation beneath the entire stop begins to visibly collapse in real time.

[00:19:04]>> Retaliatory. Don't ID, babe. This is retaliatory. Don't ID.

[00:19:08]>> Don't ID. This is retaliatory.

[00:19:10]>> Hey, Christian, get a hold of the property owner.

[00:19:14]>> If you recall, we've had uh thefts >> in this property.

[00:19:18]>> We just had them last week. Mhm.

[00:19:20]>> There's been mobile tests there and nobody's supposed to be on that property.

[00:19:23]>> Oh, is that right?

[00:19:25]>> Are do you own >> No, I don't I have no idea. Is there a flyer there? Is there something that says no trespassing? Anything that you could tell me that I've broken any kind of law or rule?

[00:19:34]>> The property owner?

[00:19:35]>> Are you asking, sir?

[00:19:36]>> Are you?

[00:19:37]>> No.

[00:19:37]>> Okay, then. So, please if the property owner did not call you to tell you to remove me, then you have no So, then that's soliciting the trespasser. That is of authority. So, your name is Ibara.

[00:19:48]What's your badge number? It's your badge number, Mr. What you want?

[00:19:50]>> If you want to approach us.

[00:19:52]>> No. Look, look, look. This is where he's hiding. He's hiding his badge now. Thank you, Mr. Ibara. Thank you. What's your name?

[00:19:59]>> Reyes. What's your badge number?

[00:20:01]>> What's your No, no. What's your badge number?

[00:20:03]>> Weapons going through.

[00:20:03]>> No, no, no, no, no, no. You ain't going to illegally search me. You're not going to illegally search me. And you ain't giving me directives either. See, this is you guys being >> No. Yeah, because because he was harassing me.

[00:20:16]>> Exactly. Let me keep talking. Let me keep talking.

[00:20:20][ __ ] quit me, dude. Get back in your car and get back to work.

[00:20:27]Look at them running their illegal search and Caesars on my on my on on the vehicle.

[00:20:54]If you don't know him, you don't know her. You don't know car.

[00:21:07]Med.

[00:21:09]>> This is where they sold the truckers, man.

[00:21:18]>> A different address where there's a a dirt driveway to get to.

[00:21:21]>> Well, we had two or three.

[00:21:23]>> These guys conspiring against me, man.

[00:21:25]It's because they want to run my ID.

[00:21:27]>> Ain't nobody asking you.

[00:21:29]>> Of course not. Cuz you're trying to do every other trick in the book, sir.

[00:21:32]tricks.

[00:21:32]>> Failing failing to identify to the public when requested. Thank you, Mr. Ibara.

[00:21:37]>> Thank you. Yes, sir. And I asked you, did I not? It's all recorded.

[00:21:40]>> That's fine.

[00:21:40]>> Yeah, too. Good. Good.

[00:21:44]Ma'am, would you mind?

[00:21:47]Would you mind?

[00:21:49]Ma'am, >> she wants to be illegal.

[00:21:51]>> She She just cover it. She's She's She's doing illegal searches and seizures, bro.

[00:21:55]>> Yeah, she can because it's her personal property and she could No, it is not.

[00:21:59]No, it is not. It is illegal to run illegal searches without cause or warrants.

[00:22:04]You know this. You should be teaching them better, Sergeant. You're allowing them to violate our constitutional rights. Bro, >> I don't see what anybody's violating from here.

[00:22:13]>> No, you walked 100 yards.

[00:22:15]>> Yes, sir. I did to confront him. Yes, sir. To confront him. Why is he harassing me? Why is he abusing his authority?

[00:22:21]>> Why are you allowing him to his authority?

[00:22:24]>> Yes, sir.

[00:22:25]>> Yes, sir.

[00:22:27]>> I get very loud.

[00:22:29]>> As loud as you want, sir. Thank you.

[00:22:30]Your permission is not required.

[00:22:34]>> Okay.

[00:22:35]>> He doesn't want all your property.

[00:22:41]>> Look at them follow me now. Look at Watch. Now they're going to want to follow me to try to [ __ ] see what kind of [ __ ] they want to.

[00:22:48]>> Yeah. Like this.

[00:22:49]>> Like this.

[00:22:49]>> There you go.

[00:22:50]>> Like this.

[00:22:51]>> There you go.

[00:22:52]>> Satisfied.

[00:22:53]>> You're no longer >> satisfied.

[00:22:55]>> I've been asked to leave. I've been asked to leave, sir. And I will be leaving. No, you do not dictate when I leave. You do not dictate when I leave.

[00:23:02]No, sir. He asked me.

[00:23:03]>> He really asked me to leave.

[00:23:07]Look at that.

[00:23:08]>> I got 2 minutes.

[00:23:12]>> Quit soliciting a trespass, sir. That's illegal.

[00:23:15]>> That is illegal. Sir, >> you have a good day now.

[00:23:17]>> Do not solicit trespass, sir. Quit hering the public, sir.

[00:23:20]>> You guys can get your unit.

[00:23:21]>> All right. Get in your unit and Bye, Mr. Lopez. Bye, ma'am.

[00:23:26]Bye, ma'am. Bye.

[00:23:28]>> Have a good day.

[00:23:29]>> You too.

[00:23:30]>> Hopefully you guys learn.

[00:23:32]>> Stoping the public, bro. Stop. This is all because of him.

[00:23:35]>> You didn't last very long, did you?

[00:23:36]>> No, I didn't. Thank you for your observation, sir. Thank you for learning.

[00:23:39]>> Yeah. You still not going to identify, sir? Very professional. Very professional.

[00:23:56]The fact that the deputy tried to get the property owner's permission to issue a trespass order simply because he was questioned shows how easily authority can be misused when a motion takes over.

[00:24:08]They had no warrant, no complaint, and no valid reason, yet still tried to justify their actions. This encounter is a clear reminder. Record, ask for the legal basis, and stay calm. That's the most effective way to protect yourself when authority steps out of line. We created this video to inform and encourage citizens to hand. This is the moment the encounter shifts from aggressive to alarming because what Deputy Ibra does here is not a mistake made under pressure. It is a deliberate attempt to avoid accountability and it happens in full view of the camera recording every second of it. When the auditor asks for Ibra's name and badge number, a completely lawful request that every officer is legally required to honor, Ibra physically turns away. He moves his body to block the camera's view of his badge. The auditor catches it immediately and calls it out loud.

[00:25:02]Look, look, he's hiding his badge. That single act of concealment is more revealing than anything said during the entire confrontation. A confident officer with a legitimate legal basis for his actions does not hide his badge.

[00:25:17]A sergeant who is operating within the bounds of his authority does not need to solicit a trespass order from a property owner who never called to complain. And a law enforcement team with genuine reasonable suspicion does not need to fabricate secondary violations like a parking position or a property line technicality to justify holding someone they had no right to stop. The auditor dismantles each justification as it appears. No trespassing sign, none posted. Property owner complaint never made. Crime committed, none cited. And when the sergeant attempts to frame the auditor's vehicle position as a title 39 violation, the auditor correctly identifies it for what it is. A manufactured pretext to extend a stop that should never have started. He walks away. No citation, no arrest, no charges. The deputies watch him leave.

[00:26:11]And the only thing they managed to document is their own overreach preserved in perfect detail on the very camera they tried to intimidate him into putting down. handle such encounters peacefully and within the law.

[00:26:24]>> What was that?

[00:26:26]>> Record it.

[00:26:26]>> No, I'm just filming.

[00:26:27]>> You can't you can't be doing that right here. All right. You got to You got to go, man.

[00:26:31]>> Okay. What's your name and bad number?

[00:26:32]>> Right here.

[00:26:33]>> You can't record it. All right.

[00:26:34]>> Business card for me.

[00:26:35]>> No, I don't have it on me right now, but you got May I get one, please?

[00:26:38]>> All right. And after that, get out of here. All right.

[00:26:40]>> Uh, I don't think so.

[00:26:42]>> Yo, man.

[00:26:42]>> You're coming over here making problems for no reason.

[00:26:44]>> How? I didn't say anything to anyone.

[00:26:45]You're It's Dude, you're coming over here. You're recording our R&Ps. What is that? What is that going to make me ask you? What are you doing? You're obviously out here trying to >> At a New York police station, a man was standing on a public sidewalk recording when several officers approached him and ordered him to leave. Even though they insisted it was a restricted area, he firmly stood his ground, asserting his right to film from a public space.

[00:27:10]>> You're obviously out here trying to get attention.

[00:27:11]>> No, I'm not.

[00:27:12]>> Here's my business card. I work here at the 103rd precinct. My name is Officer Lewis. Don't come over here recording trying to make a whole thing. That's the whole point. You have a whole camera trying to make a whole point. Oh, I'm recording cops.

[00:27:24]>> I didn't say anything.

[00:27:25]>> Dude, you can't be recording the R&Ps.

[00:27:28]>> What's an RMP? I don't know what that is.

[00:27:30]>> Patrol vehicles. You can't be out here recording the patrol vehicles. It's going to make me come and ask you, what are you doing?

[00:27:35]>> But there but it's not illegal to cuz they're in public.

[00:27:37]>> No, only if you're med you can be doing something like this. But you don't you have no life. All right, let's go. Let's go, man. Just just go. Yo, you can't beressed. You can go. You can go with the blocked out. You just can't be right in front of All right. Stop touching me, please.

[00:27:48]>> Because you're not moving. I have no choice but to touch me. You don't have to. I have to cuz you're not moving.

[00:27:52]You're not listening.

[00:27:53]>> So, how come none of the detectives or anybody else said anything to me and they saw me like 10 minutes ago?

[00:27:58]>> I don't know what happened before, but you got to go. Just leave. I don't know what they're telling you.

[00:28:01]>> You guys have sergeant or supervisor somebody above you guys. Please tell >> cuz I'm just filming and they're telling me to leave.

[00:28:08]>> You know you can't film here, right?

[00:28:09]>> What do you mean for what?

[00:28:10]>> Is there a sign that says I can't?

[00:28:11]There's witnesses. There's private that come in and out this building, >> you know. But it's public though, so I can film.

[00:28:17]>> It's not public.

[00:28:18]>> So this is a private sidewalk.

[00:28:20]>> Exactly. Yeah. It's a precinct block.

[00:28:21]All right. In case you wait, just look.

[00:28:23]You know to read, right? Yeah. What does that say up there?

[00:28:25]>> Says 103rd precinct.

[00:28:26]>> Okay, there you go.

[00:28:26]>> Which is a public building on a public sidewalk.

[00:28:28]>> So you're going to get arrested >> for what?

[00:28:29]>> Trespassing.

[00:28:30]>> Trespassing. You can't trespass.

[00:28:32]>> Okay. So I'm asking you to leave.

[00:28:33]>> Where's Didn't we just Didn't we just figure this out? It's not public. Go down the box to DV.

[00:28:37]>> You want You want to wake up? Go away.

[00:28:39]Get away from me. You have a business card with you.

[00:28:41]>> No, I don't have business card.

[00:28:42]>> What's your badge number?

[00:28:42]>> I already hand you my business card.

[00:28:43]>> You got You got our badge notes. I don't know what else is that you want. All right.

[00:28:47]>> Do you work here?

[00:28:49]>> Do you work here?

[00:28:50]>> Yes, I do.

[00:28:51]>> All right.

[00:28:52]>> You cannot be recording it here.

[00:28:54]>> What law is that?

[00:28:55]>> This is private property.

[00:28:56]>> What law? What law says I can't record?

[00:28:58]>> What law? I'm asking the law.

[00:29:05]>> Just got told you can't filming here.

[00:29:07]>> What law is it that I can't film? It's considered trespassing because >> I'm not inside.

[00:29:10]>> I know, but I explain it to you. You have the same. You can stand far you want. I'm sorry about that.

[00:29:15]>> No worries. I'm on the public easement, so I can't trespass. Also, you can't trespass public. Also, this is a publicly funded building, so you can't pass me. I'm not inside.

[00:29:24]>> I get that.

[00:29:24]>> Yeah, >> but >> if you would go inside the the front window of the precinct.

[00:29:28]>> I don't plan on going inside the front window.

[00:29:30]>> If >> I don't plan on it. You don't have to tell me what to do. I don't I don't have to.

[00:29:34]>> Yeah, >> but there's a policy. We can't record like inside the precinct.

[00:29:38]>> That's I mean you guys could build a better uh gate or something, but unfortunately I am on public easement.

[00:29:43]This is public property.

[00:29:45]>> I'm sorry.

[00:29:45]>> Still can't film here though.

[00:29:47]>> I know, but you guys have to create that privacy.

[00:29:49]>> What are you What are you recording?

[00:29:50]>> I told him I'm working on a project about the NYPD. I'm recording you guys.

[00:29:53]>> You actually can't record.

[00:29:55]>> But you're not recording us. You're recording You're recording the vehicles.

[00:29:58]Are >> Well, the thing is these are privately owned vehicles. Yes. But they travel on the public. So I mean people get you into dash cams all the time. You're recording them in here. I see the issue.

[00:30:07]>> So, I mean your car if it's in here. I'm not sure if it is. It's No. No.

[00:30:12]>> Is it like a Facebook live? Like how >> No, I'm not live. I'm just recording.

[00:30:15]I'm working on a project about the NYPD.

[00:30:16]>> How long?

[00:30:17]>> I don't know.

[00:30:18]>> Depends how long I feel like standing here. I guess I'm >> just going to record cars as part of your project.

[00:30:23]>> Yeah, pretty much. Or you guys, I mean, you guys all came up to me.

[00:30:25]>> Oh, hello.

[00:30:26]>> All right.

[00:30:26]>> Hello. I hope you're staying safe.

[00:30:27]>> All right. Can I get a business card from you, please? Excuse me, ma'am. Can I get a business card?

[00:30:33]>> So, no one's going to identify themselves. No business card, no nothing. Yeah, please.

[00:30:36]>> My business card. Do you have one as well?

[00:30:38]>> No, I don't want to give it to you.

[00:30:40]>> Here you go.

[00:30:42]>> And that's my personal job number if you have any questions or concerns or if you need need our help for anything. Okay.

[00:30:48]>> Have a nice day.

[00:30:50]>> You guys stay safe out there.

[00:30:51]>> Thank you. I appreciate it. You too.

[00:30:53]>> You should be wearing a face mask.

[00:30:54]>> What?

[00:30:55]>> Are you my dad?

[00:30:57]>> No.

[00:30:57]>> You have a business card with you, man?

[00:30:59]>> What's your name and badge number?

[00:31:00]>> Why do you need to know that?

[00:31:01]>> What?

[00:31:01]>> Why do you need to know that?

[00:31:03]>> What do you mean? You're a public servant. I'm asking you what your name and badge number is to identify yourself.

[00:31:06]>> Why do you need to know that?

[00:31:07]>> Maybe I'll file a complaint. What? What does it matter? What's your name and badge number? What's your name and badge number? So I can >> complaint about >> What's your name and badge number?

[00:31:17]>> No. What's your name and badge number?

[00:31:19]>> What's your name and badge number?

[00:31:20]>> What are you doing? You're just trying to annoy us, sir. That's what you're trying to do.

[00:31:22]>> What? So why'd you come over here? If that's what I'm looking for, then why do all you guys come over here?

[00:31:26]>> Tell you why I'm here.

[00:31:27]>> I told you what I'm doing already.

[00:31:28]>> Here's my name.

[00:31:29]>> What is it?

[00:31:30]>> Here's my shield. Sergeant Mashriki 4185. The reason why, >> okay, >> I'm telling you that we don't want you recording our personal vehicles. Guys, just get out of here. I got him. He ain't going to do nothing. I got him. I got him.

[00:31:40]>> I'm not going to do anything. I'm just filming. Just leave me alone.

[00:31:43]>> This is just a show for him. He likes the attention. So, just walk away. I got it.

[00:31:46]>> How do you figure that? I told him exactly what I was doing. Whatever that guy's name is, I told him exactly what I was doing. There was no >> It doesn't There's dash cams on everyone's car. Your cars are You drive You You drive your cars on public roads, not private roads. So there aren't a million dash cameras driving that car on the road. Do you know that person's a cop? No, you don't.

[00:32:05]>> But now you know who's a cop and who's not.

[00:32:08]>> People could people could walk in here and just look in all day. What are you talking about?

[00:32:12]>> They're not recording it.

[00:32:13]>> How do you know?

[00:32:14]>> They're not recording it. How do you know?

[00:32:15]>> Especially not someone who's been standing here. How long you been standing here for?

[00:32:17]>> Exactly. That's how you know I that I'm recording, right? I'm not trying to hide anything. I'm being I'm being >> That's why we have somebody house right here.

[00:32:23]>> How do you know people don't walk past and snap pictures all day long and video all day long? You don't. So come on, man. So, what are you here for?

[00:32:29]>> I'm recording the NYPD. I'm working on a personal project of mine. That's it.

[00:32:32]>> What project is that?

[00:32:33]>> Without you.

[00:32:34]>> No, you can't record there, man.

[00:32:37]>> What was that? What was that?

[00:32:39]>> You can't record there.

[00:32:40]>> Yeah, I can. I'm on public.

[00:32:41]>> You said you can't.

[00:32:42]>> But I'm on >> But I'm on public.

[00:32:45]>> Can't record there.

[00:32:46]>> I can. I'm on public. I'm on the public easement.

[00:32:48]>> That's my boss. He said you can't record.

[00:32:50]>> What's the law that says I can't?

[00:32:52]>> Go ask him.

[00:32:52]>> There's no laws. Yeah, go ask him.

[00:32:54]There's no law. I'm on public. I'm on the public sidewall. Public easement.

[00:33:00]Three encounters in and now we arrive at the most legally dangerous moment in this entire video because what happens at the 103rd precinct in New York crosses a line that the previous officers at least managed to stay behind. Officer Lewis approaches an auditor who is standing on a public sidewalk recording NYPD patrol vehicles that are parked in a publicly visible lot. Lewis's opening argument is that recording RMPs radio motor patrol vehicles is somehow prohibited. The auditor asks the only relevant question.

[00:33:31]What law says I can't?

[00:33:33]Lewis doesn't have one. He offers a business card instead. But then Lewis makes a decision that elevates this entire encounter to a new level of seriousness. When the auditor declines to move, Lewis physically touches him.

[00:33:47]He places his hands on a private citizen who has committed no crime, violated no ordinance, and refused no lawful order because no lawful order was ever given.

[00:33:57]The auditor states it immediately and clearly. Stop touching me. Physical contact without legal authority to detain or arrest is not a gray area. It is a constitutional violation, a fourth amendment seizure without probable cause. And the fact that Louiswis's justification for the contact is simply you're not moving makes it worse, not better. You cannot physically compel someone to move from a public space.

[00:34:22]They have every legal right to occupy.

[00:34:25]Sergeant Mashriki arrives, provides his name and shield number, and attempts to deescalate. But even the sergeant cannot articulate a specific law that prohibits what the auditor is doing because no such law exists. The sidewalk is public.

[00:34:40]The view is public. The recording is protected. Everything else is noise.

[00:34:45]>> My man, you can't record back here. It's a private police facility.

[00:34:48]>> No, it's public. It's a public.

[00:34:50]>> No, but from this point on, it's police facility.

[00:34:53]>> Well, there are no signs up here saying that.

[00:34:54]>> Does not matter. Same way you can't report inside the building.

[00:34:57]>> This is part of that property.

[00:34:58]>> Inside the building, though.

[00:34:59]>> This is still part of that property.

[00:35:00]It's still behind the fence line. You understand what I'm saying?

[00:35:02]>> But I'm on public. Whatever I can see from the public, right? You guys know the first amendment. Whatever I could see from the public, I can view it. I could take pictures. I could record. I could That's how it works.

[00:35:11]>> No, dude. I used to be a photographer.

[00:35:13]I'm telling you straight up.

[00:35:14]>> So, yeah. So, look into it. I'm a freelance photographer, videographer.

[00:35:16]>> Listen, man. I'm telling you. I used to be professionally.

[00:35:19]>> Okay.

[00:35:19]>> All right. That applies except for certain situations, certain locations. A sensitive location. Yes.

[00:35:25]>> It's a sensitive location. So, you guys could close the gate if you want to create privacy.

[00:35:28]>> You can't close the gate because you have to have cars coming in and out of here. It's an additive driveway.

[00:35:32]>> Exactly. And it's a public building funded by the public. So >> listen, I got and it's on public way that you can't film a military base even though that's >> you can film a military base from the public. Okay? So speak to your boss about it. That's what I'm telling you.

[00:35:43]You're on the I'm on the public. What can I I'm on public easement. This is the public sidewalk. This is where the public walks. If I could view it from public, I could record it. I could take pictures. I could do whatever I want.

[00:35:53]That's how it works.

[00:35:57]>> All right. Cool. Later.

[00:36:00]>> Get your boss out here if he wants to talk to me.

[00:36:02]>> Excuse me. Hey, >> can't take video of preet.

[00:36:04]>> What law is that?

[00:36:05]>> Can't take video.

[00:36:06]>> What do you mean?

[00:36:07]>> Video?

[00:36:07]>> Yeah. Can't take it.

[00:36:09]>> Why not?

[00:36:10]>> What law?

[00:36:10]>> What law is that?

[00:36:11]>> Signs posted everywhere.

[00:36:12]>> Where?

[00:36:15]>> What law is that? I'll take a look at it if you want me to. I'll stop filming, but >> All right. You have no business. You have to keep going.

[00:36:20]>> I do have business. I'm an independent journalist. I'm gathering story for uh I'm content for story.

[00:36:24]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:36:25]>> Yeah. I'm working on the project about the NYPD.

[00:36:27]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:36:27]>> Yeah.

[00:36:28]>> Found this interesting.

[00:36:29]>> Yeah. I've been going to like a lot of precincts around. I don't know. No one ever said I can't film.

[00:36:32]>> But um Well, we care for the side.

[00:36:34]>> Yeah. No, I'm not going the NYPD as a whole.

[00:36:37]>> Okay.

[00:36:37]>> So, I'm going to different reasons. This precinct looked really nice in pictures, so I thought I'd just stop by and visit.

[00:36:41]>> A very old building.

[00:36:43]>> Well, you uh do you know what year it was built?

[00:36:45]>> Um I think the 30s or the 40s. The sign used to be up in the front, but it fell off.

[00:36:48]>> Okay.

[00:36:49]>> Yeah. I'm just taking a look around.

[00:36:50]I'll be out in like 10 minutes.

[00:36:51]>> No worries.

[00:36:52]>> All right. Do you have a business card with you by chance?

[00:36:54]>> No, I don't.

[00:36:54]>> All right. What's your name and badge number? Do I know uh who I spoke with?

[00:36:58]>> Realis.

[00:36:58]>> 3731.

[00:36:59]>> 3 what? 3731 >> 37. Okay. You're Hispanic, Latino.

[00:37:04]>> What?

[00:37:04]>> You're Hispanic, Latino.

[00:37:06]>> Yeah.

[00:37:06]>> Okay, cool. Uh, Tangga Tango, right?

[00:37:08]That's how you say have a nice day.

[00:37:09]>> I don't know. I don't speak Spanish.

[00:37:10]>> Oh, you don't speak Spanish? Really? You Okay. All right. Thank you. Hey, I have one question for you. Um, so amongst the whole CO 19 Corona virus thing, right?

[00:37:21]How is how has the day-to-day routine changed? Is there a lot of um is there a lot less calls or are they >> have to Okay, cool. Cool. Cool. All right.

[00:37:30]>> Unfortunately, >> are you What about how many people are like out sick? Can anything about it at all? Okay, cool. Cool.

[00:37:36]>> Hello, bro.

[00:37:37]>> Hey, >> what was that?

[00:37:44]>> Yeah.

[00:37:44]>> Uh I'm just working on something. You guys okay? You good?

[00:37:48]>> You good?

[00:37:49]>> Yeah, I'm good.

[00:37:50]>> Okay.

[00:37:51]>> All right. We saw you walking around recording, so >> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:37:55]>> Yeah. Is there a reason why you're recording these cars?

[00:37:57]>> Uh, yeah. I'm working on a project and uh I'm sure that this is a NYPD lot.

[00:38:01]>> Darn NYPD cars are regular people.

[00:38:03]>> Yeah. That's just like this one right here on the sidewalk. So, I mean, if it's in public, I can see it. I can record it. I can take pictures. So, uh All right. You guys all set?

[00:38:12]>> All right. You guys have business cards when you brought Chance? You have a business card with you?

[00:38:16]>> Thank you. I'll take a couple of those.

[00:38:22]There you go, man.

[00:38:22]>> Thank you. What's your name in Bajinberg?

[00:38:24]>> Oh, yeah. Phillip.

[00:38:26]>> Awesome. Thank you, Phillip.

[00:38:28]>> The right to record from a public easement can't be revoked just because police claim it's a private zone. When officers treat patrol cars or police stations as personal property or sensitive areas, it shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the law. Requesting a supervisor is often the smartest way to deescalate and bring accountability.

[00:38:52]In moments like this, recording calmly and standing firm within the law is the best way to protect yourself and your rights.

[00:39:01]And here in the final stretch of this video, we witness something that perfectly bookends everything that came before it. Not an explosion, not an arrest, but a conversation. And the outcome of that conversation reveals exactly why every single confrontation in this video ended the same way. A new officer approaches and attempts one final argument that the precinct area despite being publicly accessible and publicly funded constitutes a sensitive location that removes the auditor's right to record. The auditor listens then he responds with surgical precision. Sensitive location designations apply to places like nuclear facilities and military installations, not publicly funded police precincts on city sidewalks visible from any passing street. The officer, to his credit, actually engages. He debates. He listens. He even acknowledges the public easement argument. And when he cannot produce a law, a sign, or a legitimate restriction that the auditor is actually violating, the conversation ends naturally, not with force, not with handcuffs, but with a business card and a polite goodbye.

[00:40:11]That is the pattern this entire video has documented across four states, five officers, and six separate encounters.

[00:40:18]When citizens know the law with precision and remain calm under pressure, authority without legal foundation has nowhere to go. It cannot arrest you for knowing your rights. It cannot detain you for standing your ground. It can only ask. And when the answer is no, and the law backs that answer, the only option left is to walk away. No citations, no charges, no arrests. Across every single encounter in this video, the Constitution held because the people in front of those cameras made sure it