He's a lot more calm than you are with
me right now.
>> Hey, this is the way I talk. What is it
illegal to be uh a little bit louder?
Have a louder voice? I'm saying
>> what do I have to be calm to get your
respect? Don't forget, you're a public
servant. I don't have to respect you.
>> So why should I respect you?
>> I'm not asking you to respect me. I'm
not asking you. I don't want your
respect. You could talk with Don't
swear.
>> Then what I'm saying is leave.
>> You can leave.
>> I told you I was leaving cuz you KNOW
NOTHING.
>> THEN GO. Then go.
>> Make me
>> go.
>> Make me go. This encounter unfolded when
a man was confronted by a police officer
after knocking on a neighbor's door
while doing work nearby. From the start,
the officer focused on the man's tone
instead of any actual crime. The man
repeatedly explained that he had done
nothing illegal and questioned why
speaking loudly was being treated as a
threat. The situation shifted the moment
he referred to the officer as a public
servant. The officer clearly took
offense to that label and his entire
demeanor changed immediately. From that
point forward, emotions replaced law,
commands replaced conversation, and the
officer began pushing for identification
without clear legal grounds. What
followed showed how quickly a routine
exchange turned into a power struggle
driven by ego rather than enforcement.
>> What's going on?
>> What's your name and badge number?
>> Possible Smith.
>> Your name, badge number.
>> Okay.
I did the driveway right there. I'm
doing driveways right around the corner.
>> I came up and knocked. I noticed the
garage door was open.
>> Okay.
>> I came up and knocked. There was no
answer.
>> Okay.
>> So, I assume the garage door is open.
>> Someone's in the garage
>> in the backyard.
>> Okay.
>> Doing lawn work or something, right?
>> So, I go and I go to the gate. He comes
running up like I'm a thief being all
aggressive and getting me excited.
>> And then he starts taping me after he
gets me excited for getting to mention
anything before
>> playing games like a little. All I did
was knock on the front door. I did
nothing
illegal. Then he starts being a punk
tough guy. And when he realizes that
ain't going nowhere with me, he starts
get off my property. But then engages me
in more conversation.
>> Okay.
>> Then he tells me get off his property
again. I move to here and he's playing
tough guy. I said, "Look, if you want to
play tough guy, agree to consensual
combat and take care of it. What do you
want me to tell you, bro? I'm here
knocking on the door and you're stilling
like I'm a thief.
>> Okay. Yeah, but
>> I'm doing work right there. I did
nothing illegal. This guy wants to be an
aggressive, that's fine. I I don't start
them, but I can finish it if he wants to
start with me.
>> But he has obviously he has a right. So
if he
>> I have a right there's a it's it's a
right to his property.
>> I have a right to come and knock on the
door. It's not illegal to go and lock on
the door when you're working next door.
And I left and I did.
>> Okay. So that's one.
>> So that's the But then he calls you guys
to start because he realizes, oh, this
ain't going to go nowhere.
>> I can't play tough guy with him.
>> He said you were coming back.
>> I didn't. I I never said I was coming
back.
>> No, he said
>> he said that I said I was coming back.
>> He said you were coming. He saw
>> he engages. Yeah, because I was waiting
for you guys to engage with you.
>> Okay. Well, you're you're obviously he's
a lot more calm than you are with me
right now.
>> Hey, this is the way I talk. What is it
illegal to be uh a little bit louder,
have a louder voice? Oh, I'm saying
>> what do I have to be calm to get your
respect?
>> Well, I'm saying it being calm to you.
>> I'm working. I got a lot of adrenaline.
I do ashalt and pump. You're you're
you're sitting in a in a car doing
nothing. I'm doing ashalt. It's a
different thing.
>> Okay.
>> Okay.
>> Well, you think sitting in a car and
pushing tons of ashvalt out of the
driveway is the same thing?
>> I I don't think you've walked in my
shoes.
>> And don't forget Don't forget you're a
public servant. I don't have to respect
you.
>> No, you're showing
>> the disrespect I'm showing you. What
about it?
>> So, why should I respect you? I'm not
asking you to respect me. I'm not asking
you. I don't want your respect. I want
nothing from you.
>> I think you guys there play the game.
>> I think you're just there to be a tough
guy.
>> Yeah. What I do is bigger. Dude, you're
a public servant. What do you want?
>> Okay. Did I once say
>> Did I do anything illegal?
>> Trespassing.
>> Trespassing. Go. I dare you to charge me
with trespassing. I dare you. He asked
me to leave. I left.
>> Okay. What's your What's your name?
>> I don't have to give you my name.
>> Well, if it's investigation. I don't
care about you. Charge me and I'll give
you my name.
>> You
>> I'm not giving you my name. Why would I
give you my name? What did I do illegal?
>> What did I do illegal?
>> You're being quite confrontational.
>> So what?
>> I talk loud.
>> I'm asking you.
>> You're asking my name. Why? You're
supposed to protect my rights from this
because he's the one I came and simply
knocked and he ran and accused me of
being a thief right away. What are you
thin death?
>> No. No. Get in your car and cough.
>> Yeah. What?
>> You heard what I said.
>> What? You're a public servant. What's
your name? Smith. Oh, holy. That's how
you work. Hey, you're supposed to keep
your demeanor proper. Step back.
>> Why? On public property. Public
property. Public property. I'm eng.
>> I told you I was leaving cuz you got
nothing.
>> Then go. Then go.
>> Make me
>> go.
>> Make me go. I'm on public property. Is
>> this is this how we're going to do this?
>> No. I'm not doing anything illegal. You
want to play and enforce emotions for
nothing?
>> Is this how this is going to go?
>> No.
>> What are you going to arrest me for?
>> Obstruction.
>> I didn't do anything. I'm I'm arguing
that he's wrong and I'm right.
>> I'm not obstructing nothing. We're
talking This isn't obstruction. I know
the definition of yelling.
>> Hey, we're Hey, I talk loud. I'm not
yelling. Do you want to hear me yell so
you know the difference?
>> Insulting me.
>> That's not a That's not against the law.
>> I'm asking.
>> That's not against I'm insulting. You're
enforcing feelings. I don't have to
identify.
>> You have to do anything.
>> Obstruction. Yes, you do.
>> I didn't. No.
>> Pending an investigation.
>> What obstruction? What did I do to
obstruct? Talk to you. Engage with you.
That's obstruction.
>> You like you can ask for disclosure from
the courts after the charge.
>> I've done nothing illegal
>> right now. You're obstructing the
investigation.
>> No, I'm not. I gave him the information.
You didn't give obstruction. My name
isn't obstructing the investigation.
What do you need my name to know the
investigate the situation? Calling no.
>> He provides his information to us. We
take
>> I don't have to give you my information.
>> You will be charged. You told me to
leave. You told me to leave. Find out
who you are.
>> You told me to leave. You told me to
leave on camera. This is all on camera.
You told me to leave. He told me to
leave, but now he wants to arrest me for
obstruction. Which one is it?
>> Will you provide your name in?
>> No, I'm going I'm continuing my work
like a law-abiding citizen who's done
nothing wrong.
>> This isn't law abiding. That's
>> This is law abiding. We're talking. I am
not engaging in a violent act with you.
>> I'm talking. This is why I got a horse
voice. I got a force because my lost my
voice because of cold.
>> Okay,
>> this is how I talk.
>> So, what I'm saying is in a reasonable
situation,
>> this is a reasonable situation. I'm
telling you my situation. I did nothing
wrong.
>> Listen to him for a minute. Take a
minute. Stop.
>> Why are you acting like you're above me?
>> I'm not. I'm
>> Don't tell me what to do on public
property.
>> I came not He asked me to leave. I left.
What did I do wrong?
>> What I am saying is you're saying that
>> and sorry if I'm leaning over, but I
have a bad back. So, it's not like I
want to go. It might look like that.
Here, I'll back up.
>> Listen, I didn't want you to just
listen.
>> You are acting like you're above us. You
called me a public servant.
>> You are a public servant. Why are you
thinking that you're above me? Why are
you thinking that you're No, I said I
No, I didn't.
>> All I do is sit in the car.
>> You sit in the car. You're comparing
doing ashalt to sitting in the car.
That's what you did. It's on camera.
It's all No, no, NO. I DO ASHALT. I'M A
LITTLE MORE PUMPED. And then Yeah. And
then you dismissed that I would be more
pumped than you.
>> What did I do? Illegal. This is what I
want to know.
>> I right now obstruction. This is not
>> You provided your name. You're not
>> That's I don't have I'm not in a car.
>> I don't have to provide my name. I
didn't do anything. What do you What do
you suspect me What crime do you suspect
me of doing when I left the property?
What do you ask? Mischief.
>> That's not mischief. Now you're making
up.
>> No, I'm not.
>> You're enforcing feelings instead of
law.
>> You know that. You're a bad cop. You're
not a good cop.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah. Our taxes pay you not to be
bullies. Yep.
>> Yeah. You think because he's a homeowner
that makes him better than me? Because
he says something me makes me guilty
right away.
>> Yeah, think about it. I know you're
looking sideways thinking
you
>> I know you sworn you recognize me from
the video. So you want to play tough guy
with me. [ __ ] You recognize me from
the video. You know why?
>> Okay.
>> Okay. Yeah. Yeah. What? Play stupid.
>> No. What video?
>> Play stupid. That's fine.
>> You don't have any warrants or anything.
I don't have warrants. I'm a law-abiding
citizen. I own a company. I work.
>> He wants to make a big thing and waste
resources. Go ahead. And if you guys
want to charge with me, I got money for
lawyers.
>> You got some more change.
>> I don't care about that.
>> Okay. So, listen. A thief.
>> I'll sue the RCMP if you guys arrest me
for nothing. I'm serious.
>> If I assumed you were a thief, don't you
think I would have just arrested you
right away instead of actually talking?
>> No, because you need to lure me into
something so I engage and I yell.
Listen, I know your tactics. You want me
to incriminate myself by saying
something and then you got something.
You got nothing.
>> You're entitled to your opinion.
>> I could talk whatever way I want on
public property. That's right. It's free
opinion.
>> So, like I said, I need your name
>> and then you want to arrest me. No, no,
no. This is good. You're IDing me for
zero crime, buddy.
>> Nope. For possible mission.
>> No, but not possible. You have to have
concrete before you ID. This isn't
possible.
>> You were snooping.
>> I didn't. No. No. No. No. No. No. I
knocked on the door and then I knocked
on the gate. Hello. Was anyone there? Is
that snooping?
>> Would you like to know what the
definition of?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because it ain't what
I did.
>> The enjoyment of someone's property.
>> He wasn't even there. I knocked on the
door. So, anyone who knocks on the door
obstructs, right?
>> If he says,
>> is that what you're saying?
>> If he says you're obstruct,
>> you know what? There's there's a welcome
there. There's welcome that says welcome
>> to come to the door. There's a passage
for everyone to come to the door. If
they're asked to leave, they leave. But
there is passage to the door. Anyone can
knock. If they're asked to leave, that's
when they leave.
>> Were you confrontation with him? Cuz
that's what he's saying.
>> He was confrontational. He started it
with me.
>> Then why didn't you call us?
>> I didn't do anything illegal. Neither
did he.
>> What I am saying is he has every right.
>> He could call the cops and waste
resources, but there was no illegal act
done.
>> Let him finish talking. You're going to
continue in
>> You want to in play tough guy?
>> Yeah, I am. Because you interrupt these
officers.
>> What's your name? You name Hunter.
>> Hunter. You want to come in and play
tough guy now? You want to play tough
guy every chance? So what? So what?
Okay. So what? He's trying to talk. So
what? So what?
>> Why?
>> So what? What? You want to play tough
guy with me and take over the city? Be
the hero for me to say or do something I
shouldn't. And you're not going to get
it.
>> You ain't going to do anything that you
shouldn't. That's what you're going to
do.
>> Why not?
>> Huh?
>> You want to play tough guy, man? We're
on public property. You want to take the
badge off and engage with me because
you're playing tough guy with me. So I
take it as a threat.
>> You want to play tough guy with me? We
can engage in consensual combat.
>> He's not going to listen to us playing
simple. No. Okay. Do not go back on this
man's properties.
>> I didn't I didn't go there. All I did is
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Is that right? You got
directives. Directives. Directives.
Directives. Directives. More directives.
I left the property when he asked. I
left the property when he asked me. I
left the property when he asked.
>> I don't want to guy's idiot.
>> We're done.
>> Yeah. You are done. You are done.
>> Keeps going. We're going to have to
breach him.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Breach a peace for
talking. Breach peace. Yeah. Breach a
peace. Breach a peace. Breach of peace
for talking. Right.
>> Breach of peace. Breach a peace. Right,
>> buddy.
>> Stop pushing.
>> Push. Great. Let's go.
>> Let's go. Engage. Engage in consensual
combat. Tough guy.
>> Go.
>> Come on. In the controlled environment.
You want to do
>> Are you challenging me to fight?
>> If you want consensual combat in a
controlled environment, you're the one
playing the tough guy.
>> You're playing tough guy and using the
wrong words with me. Yeah. That's right.
That's right. That's right.
>> Get in your car and drive away because I
did nothing wrong. I don't like you
guys. You're all corrupt. Every one of
you RCMP protect the French and you step
on the poor. Go for self.
>> Watch your video.
>> This interaction showed how fragile
authority can be when ego gets involved.
The moment the officer was called a
public servant, his attitude changed
completely and the law took a backseat.
Nothing illegal happened. Yet, the
situation escalated purely because the
officer felt disrespected. This was not
about safety or order. It was about
control and wounded pride.