On May 11th, 2023, police were flagged down to remove a woman who wouldn't leave the restroom after being in it for over an hour. You got ID, honestly? No, you don't. No. Why am I Why do I need to give you my ID? Because I'm conducting an investigation. What's your name? I'm going to report you when I get done getting information that I um I need and I'm I'm putting this I'm telling my feminist. My name is Maya. Can you spell the first name, please? You don't know. You can do it. Do you need to see my ID asked for my ID, right? Yes, I did. Okay. Let me give you my ID so you can show talking to me. All right, ma'am. You can lose the attitude or I just put you in handcuffs. You can do what you got to do because like I've already submitted documentation. Lower your voice to the Justice Department female here because I don't want a male touching me. No, I don't. That's not how this works. That is how that works. You're not in control here, ma'am. Yes, I am. So, I'm going to tell you right now, you can lower your voice. I'm going to put you in handcuffs and take you to jail for disorderly conduct. Provide me a form of identification. I don't want a man touching me. You need to go. That's not how this works, man. That's how it works. No, it's not. Okay. We'll see. We will see. We will see cuz I'm going to put you in handcuffs and take you to jail. Okay. There's nothing against the law for using the restroom. The public restroom. You said I was disorderly conduct. What was what was the the conduct that I did? I have on camera said I'm going to jail for disorderly conduct. Yes, he did. He did say that. I'm not going to sit here and argue with you. I'm about to play it back. Hold on. What I said was if you continue to yell at me, I'm going to arrest you for this whole conduct. That's what I said. I don't need to see that. I was standing right here. I said it to you. What I said was if you continue to yell at me, you'll get it back when I'm done. Okay. What I said was Hold on before you continue. I've been recording the entire time. I don't care. What I told you was that if you continue to yell at me and try to yell over me, I'm going to arrest you for disloyal condom. That's exactly what I said. So, I don't want to continue to come in contact I don't want nothing to do with you or the police department. I don't care. Okay. I know you don't care. I'm here investigating a suspicious incident. Okay. that was reported by a a city employee and by state law, you're required to identify yourself when I'm conducting a legal lawful investigation. Okay, so I did. I need my ID so I can leave. Like I said, when I'm done, I will give it to you. Okay, so I'm not accusing you of anything. I'm going to give you some information to help you stay out of trouble in the in the future. Okay? So, I'm going to inform you of some city ordinances such as we have a no camping in the city of Key West. Key West defines camping a little bit differently than other places. Essentially, if you have a barrier between yourself and the ground andor your personal elements, that is camping. It does not matter if you're asleep or not. If you're caught camping from this point forward, you can and will be arrested. We have open container city ordinance. If you walk around anywhere other than the Deval Street with open container alcohol, you can and will be arrested. However, if you start acting like an asset on Deval Street, we can revoke this privilege. It is not a right. And lastly, park and beach after hours. All the city parks, all the city beaches, one of the city parks, which you are currently standing in, close at 11:00 p.m. They do not reopen until 700 a.m. Do you understand? M. I need a verbal confirmation. I don't care nothing to you. I want my ID. So, if you turn around and film this. I did. I gave it I gave that to my mom. Ma'am, stop. Ma'am, I'm only going to tell you one more time not to raise your voice. This is how I have not yelled at you cuz this is how I talk. Ma'am, last warning. I'm just going to put you in handcuffs. You're not going to yell at me. You're not going to scream at me. You need to turn around and film the rules and regulations of all the parks and city beaches. It has all the city ordinances right that are relevant to you right there because if you break any of those city ordinances, you can and will be arrested. Say what you need to say. Go ahead. Ma'am, I'm being harassed and stopped by the police and I need help. All right. They won't leave me alone. That's still disorderly conduct. You're trying to involve someone who has nothing to do with this investigation. I'm telling you that I'm being stalked and harassed by the police. I'm telling you now, I'm going to put you in handcuffs for disorderly conduct if you keep trying to involve other people saying that I'm disorderly because I'm talking to someone else now. Here's your identification. All these warnings will be annotated. Well, that's not very nice. That's very rude, actually. Goodbye, Miss Goldsmith. End of encounter. Ma'am, miss. Is my subject calling 911? [Music] I'm going to go in the morning. Okay. Well, hang on cuz you're on the phone with our dispatch. So, we're just wanting to make sure you're okay. Asking for another officer. Hey, what's the problem with us? Um, yes. I No, it's okay. I'm going to find All right, Miss Goldsmith, come here. Miss Goldsmith. I'm not going to chase you. Come here. Put your phone down. Put your bag down. They're arresting me now. Put your phone down. Turn around. Face the wall. Put your hands behind your back. I'm arresting you for misuse of 911. You do not have a legitimate emergency and you have two police officers standing in front of you. Let's go so I can report you. Stop. Face the wall. Don't touch me. I do not want you patting me down or anything. I don't care. That's not how this works. Okay. So, if you touch me, I'm going to I'm going to Okay. Do you have anything illegal on me? No, I do not. Anything that's going to poke me, stick me, cut me, blow me up, or give me radiation. Do not touch me. Ma'am, stop. You're not getting in my vehicle unless I search you. SO YOU NEED TO CALL A FEMALE. DO NOTING TOUCH ME. THAT IS NOT how if you touch ME, I SWEAR TO GOD, I'M GOING TO KICK. I'm going to fight. I swear to God. If you touch me, I'm going to fight. Miss Goldmith, do not touch me. I'm requesting for a female officer. Miss Goldmith, there is not. Miss Goldmith, stop pushing me. Miss Goldmith, you need to stop trying to pull away from me. I'm not doing anything. Ma'am, you going to jail. You going to jail. You need to stop. You're going to jail. In fact, you are going to jail. Okay, let's go. I've been in jail. I know the procedures. You got the right one. Are you not getting So, you need to call for another officer. No, that is not how this works. Okay, so I did. So, you're going to be held accountable. Miss Goldmith, I'm not giving you permission to touch me. That is not how this works. Okay, do what you got to do, but I'm not giving you permission to touch me. Miss Goldmith, you need to stop. Separate your feet and your pants. No, you're not touching me. You not touching MY FACE. Get the off of me. You need to stop. I GOT A SMARTPHONE. YOU NEED TO STOP. Get from between my legs. You need to stop. We recording it. We are recording up there recording it, too. I got a fe. Thank you, Jesus. Roll your side. Put your knees up to your stomach. I'm not doing that. I have a dress on. Thank you. For sir, I need you uh to my 1020. Ma'am, put your knees up. I'm not doing that. Ma'am, it's for for you. You don't fixate. Thank you. Son of a You're in trouble. You are in big trouble. I told you he was in trouble. Damn it. Donald, too, man. Will you roll? Go ahead and roll rescue, please. You scraped me. I have cuts and bruises. Yeah. You see that? Subject has no injuries, but she bit me on the wrist. She broke the skin. No, I did not bite you. I did not bite you. Did I bite myself? That did not I did not do that. You lied. You squirted me. And I do have injuries. You see that Don't play with me, ma'am. You threw me to the ground like a man. You tried to elbow me. You can't because you tried to touch my vagina. Ma'am, I got nowhere near your Stop screaming at me. You pervert. SCREAMING AT ME. PERVERT. MISS GOLDMITH, stop screaming at me. YOU GOING DOWN, YOUR MOTHER ASS GOING DOWN. STOP screaming at me. AND THEN I GOT IT ON CAMERA WITH YOU FOLLOWING ME. You dies. You mother dummy. Miss Goldmith, TAKE ME IN, I'M READY TO LAY THE DOWN. OKAY, you're going to jail. I KNOW. I'M READY, MOTHER. OKAY, GOOD. I GOT SOMEWHERE TO LAY MY HEAD NOW. YOU DUMB. Get the from over me like that. Stop. Get the from over me like that. Do not. That's better. Get off of me. Stop. IF YOU SWIPE ME UP, THAT'S MORE. WELL, you've already elbowed me, bit him because you TRIED TO TOUCH MY VAGINA. NOBODY TRIED TO TOUCH AND YOU DID NOT GET ELBOWED. YOU LYING NOW. YOU TRYING TO MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE, BUT I GOT IT ON CAMERA. AND SO do we. I WAS CALM UNTIL YOU TRIED TO TOUCH MY VAGINA. I NEED A FEMALE OFFICER. I REQUESTED FOR A FEMALE OFFICER. STOP. Get the off. STOP PUSHING AGAINST ME. OFF OF ME. I DON'T IF YOU SCRAM. I SWEAR TO GOD IF I GOT any scratches and bruises. I don't care if you're uncomfortable. You're not going to us. You're not going to kick us. You're not going to bite us. IF I GOT ANY SCRAPS and bruises on me, you going down, Okay, that's nice. That's what the I thought. Okay. And I got YOU ON CAMERA DOING THIS YESTERDAY. They did it yesterday. I don't know. Did you know THAT THE POLICE WAS CALLED YESTERDAY FOR THE SAME YOU IN TROUBLE, STOP screaming at me. Get the off my skin. Stop resisting. Thought I didn't know the law. Anytime a female requests for a female officer, she is supposed to get it when she's in compliance. You thought I didn't know that did you? There's a female. YOU THOUGHT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT DIDN'T YOU? YOU GOING TO JAIL, All right. You said the same thing the US Marshall said. I'm going to testify. Okay, let's go. You in trouble, mother. And I swear to God, I hope they throw your ass in that for a long time for use in the restroom. Public restroom. You thought you was big and bad. Now I'm going to show your ass who bad, You didn't even ask how I was doing and you threw me to the ground. What's going on, fellas? You hear that, right? I think I good. And we're just cleaning up. Yeah, just clean it up with some alcohol. Alcohol. Yeah, just I I don't know what that is. I like I like I like alcohol better, but I'm buying Don't put your stuff over me like that. Well, considering you've already tried to kick us, elbow us, and bit somebody. I want to say Well, I'm going to say it cuz it's the truth and it's all on camera. It's all on camera. You in trouble. I did not bite you and I did not kick you. No, you didn't bite me. You didn't kick me. You elbowed me. It's on camera. Yep. This one right here. I kicked him. Okay. So, you admit it. I kicked back when he tried to touch my vagina. Yes. He went down there, tried to touch my vagina, and I went like that. You don't have to yell. I'm talking having a converation. So, I'M LETTING YOU KNOW WHY I DID WHAT I DID. CUZ YOU TRIED TO TOUCH MY PRIVATE PART. OKAY. SITTING. We had We had our hands on your shoulder. You're You did not. Okay. Take me to jail. You're going to go to jail. I'm ready to go now. Well, it doesn't work like that cuz we have to wait for our supervisor now. I want to stand up cuz I'm You're not going to stand up. The best I'll do for you is I'll let you sit up and lean against the wall. I'm not doing that. You're not standing up. That's That's just I'm um And I have scrapes in the front as well from them slamming me on the ground. We'll wipe them off. All right. We'll clean them up. I'm good. All right. I'm just going to rob a little You don't want nothing. Okay. All right. No problem. She refused. It's fine. Cool. It don't matter who you pay what you do. Your ass is in trouble. And I know it for the simple fact of the call. Your ass is in trouble. Okay. Your supervisor on the way, right? Yep. He'll be here in a minute. Thank you. You can lean against the wall if you want. I'm going to sit like this. There was another person um when they slammed me to the ground. He was in a truck. Let's sit her up against the wall. He was in a truck when THEY SLAMMED ME ON THE GROUND. It was a man. We're going to turn you sit against the wall. too. Here we go. You only arrested me because I was going I called your supervisor on you. That was the only reason. Yes, it was. That's not true. And it's on the camera. And when they get here, I'm going to tell them this. You illegally called 911, which is an arrestable offense. Thank you. You mad. And you also cuz this the only damn thing you can do to me is put me in jail, It's over for your ass. Yeah. This has been ongoing. So, yeah. You all right? Yeah, I'm good. She's getting broke this one. That's good. I just don't know where m So, it's a little worse to the car. Yeah, I see you don't touch me. Miss Goldmith, you're still getting searched before you go on my vehicle one way or another. All right. And as I told you before, we do not have a female officer working today. And aside from that fact, I we are all trained on how to properly search females. I'm not asking. You're gonna find out. You're gonna find out. All of a sudden, on the day that you come to the bathroom to arrest me, Miss Goldmith, we don't have a female officer and on on any on call anywhere. I'm done talking to you. That's really That's suspicious to me. Miss Goldmith, I'm done talking to you guys. Not right now. Not right now. is telling you that you need a female officer to search your listen. How about this? How about I go to the courtroom? Let them know that you're trying to You need to go away. I'm going to put you in handcuffs for obstruction. Yeah. And when you do that, when you do that, lay down. You're already being sued. Walk away. It doesn't matter. Walk away. The whole city of Key West is being sued. Walk away. The whole city of Key West is being that woman. You're under arrest. Walk away. You're under track. Walk away. Walk away. Pervert. Is there something in the water today? Man, it's a wrap for you cuz I'm going to jail and I'mma stay in that too. Okay. Well, yes, you are. You I'm telling you I want to, I've been to jail. You stupid. You stupid. Okay. Don't you know you stupid? I'M HOMELESS, THAT'S A HOTEL TO ME, YOU DUMB ASS. OKAY, keep talking. Keep talking. I get three minutes A DAY IN A BED, YOU DUMB ASS. That's a hotel to me. Keep screaming. You're just adding to my disorderly charge. I don't give a I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE UPSET. YOU ARE NOT GOD. I never said I was. He stomped on my back. He had his knee on my back. When he threw me to the ground, he had his knee on my back going like this while I was on the ground. Well, here's the problem with that statement is his camera was recording the whole time, which was facing directly toward me. And no matter what you say, what you're saying, I'm trying to feel like a victim. AND YOU ARE THE YOU are the very reason I'm in handcuffs because I SAID I WAS GOING TO CALL YOUR SUPERVISOR. YOU'RE THE REASON. TROUBLE. I have to call supervis the mayor's office. Okay, good luck with that. Bye. Have a nice day. Goodbye. Yeah, you're being goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Haha. Goodbye. Jeez. I No, he's been around for a while. Signal 20. Yeah, he is. New friend. Yeah, they're new friends. new acquaintances, lawyer friend, Facebook lawyer. I don't care what your supervisor say. I'm going to listen. I'm going to tell him I don't care what you say. Your police, I have it on. They bother me since I've been here. I've been locked out of bathrooms since I've been here. I don't give a what he tell you. I'm telling him I'm going to jail today until I get some help from Washington DC from from the request that I made with the justice of department the day before yesterday. I am not leaving your I'm not leaving your custody until I get some some help from them. So I'm going to jail today. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO RELEASE ME TODAY CUZ YOU DID THOSE DAYS YOU worry about that. I'm glad. SO WE ON ONE ACCORD. Stop screaming. We on one accord. Miss Gold Smith, stop screaming, please. YOUR OFFICERS ARE THAT with me yesterday in the same area. I called the police. You didn't know that, did you? Yesterday, Miss Goldmith's for not using the restrooms. I WAS LOCKED OUT OF THE RESTROOMS THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. THEY WOULD NOT LET ME use the restrooms. All of it is on camera. AND HE TRIED TO TOUCH MY VAGINA. HE HE TRIED TO TOUCH MY PRIVATE PART. AND WHEN I WOULD NOT LET HIM, HE THREW ME TO THE GROUND. OKAY. So I what happened was I I already know what happened and it's all on body cam. You were in the bathroom. You didn't want to leave for the janitor. He came. No, I did leave for the janitor. He came and tried. He eventually did, but he come to try just to tell you, you know, what goes on here in the city. And then you called 911 for no reason. No, that's not what happened. Okay. I gave them my ID. All of this was on camera as well. I recorded all of this too and I submitted it to my lawyer back in um um Washington DC before I got detained. Okay. Um he he then did ask me for my identification. He asked me for everything and I gave him everything. So as I was walking away, I called the police. That's when I called the police because I wanted to talk to the sheriff's office. Why 911? Because I wanted to talk to the sheriff. 911 just for emergency. I didn't know that. I called that that number to talk to to get the number for I'm not from here to get the number to the sheriff. So what was wrong with the police officer telling you the rules about because I felt like I was my my rights were um violated. Correct. Okay. I felt like my rights were violated. So I wanted to talk to the sheriff's office and um the chief of police. So as I'm walking away to do that, he comes behind me and says, "Well, I'm arresting you." And I said, "For what?" He said, "For calling 911 for no reason." I said, "I did have a reason." And that was the reason why I was calling them because I felt like my rights were violated. He then takes me and tries to touch my private area. After taking my ID knowing I'm a female, he he put me he asked me to get against the wall. I got to get out. All of this is on camera. I put my stomach against the wall as he said. He said, "Open your legs so I can um search." I said, "I'm not I'm not letting you touch my vagina, bitch." He then tried to lean his hand down and touch my vagina. As I resisted, he picked me up and threw me to the ground and put his knees on my back. And is that your side? And that's why I have these scrapes and bruises. Is that your side? Yes. And then the woman that he that they so-called witness, she was calling me a man, too. You want to stand up? All right, Miss Goldsmith, right? That's correct. All right, let's stand up. We'll help you. I'm going to explain. Ready? Now, listen. I've heard your side of the story. I'm going to investigate what happened. Um, keep me in there for a while. All I'm telling you is it's over and done with. just go out to the jail, get booked in, and if there's something that I need to do on my end based on what I see on the video, I'll deal with it. Okay? Don't get yourself into any more trouble. Okay? Well, I'm going to have a female search you on the way out to He told me that you have any weapons on No, he told me that you could not do that and I knew that was a against the law. I knew that Listen, male police officers can search women and they can unless we request a female No, it doesn't work that way. We don't always have a female to give you. The problem is I'll deal with it. I'll have a female search you. That way there's no more bad animosity between you guys. He needs to put my ID back in my stuff, too. We'll make sure everything goes back. Just go sit in the car and go for a walk. Going to go over here. Don't get this. I'm going to take that stuff back to the station. All right, man. Blue eye, please. So, he tried to arrest me for using the restroom as um that was the first time that he did what he was called. He was trying to to arrest me for using the female's restroom. I'll check and see if he has a valid. HE DIDN'T. THAT'S WHY HE TRIED TO LET ME GO. GET IN, PLEASE. You need to PUT HIS ASS IN JAIL. He needs to get arrested. AND IF HE DOESN'T, I'M GOING I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WERE going to sit in the car WITHOUT COMPLAINING. I'M SAYING if he does it, I'M GOING TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND I'M GOING MAKE SURE HIS ASS IS IN JAIL. OKAY, you need to hurry up, mother, and put me in my jail cell. So, I going to have to see your ugly ass again until we go to court. Hurry up and get me the up out of here. This a crime. It's a crime. So I know I'm going into your jail cell with you committing a crime. You know how good I feel right now? I feel awesome. [Music] He tried to He tried to touch me. He tried to touch my vagina. He tried to touch me. Okay. Okay. He tried to So, I'm going to Oh, no. He tried to touch me. He trying to touch me. So, I'm going to take you out of the car. I'm going to TAKE YOU OUT. ARE YOU GOING TO COOPERATE with me? Yes. Okay. All right. [Music] The suspect was charged with multiple felonies, including misuse of 911. She's entered a plea of not guilty, and her court case is still ongoing. [Music]