I was standing peacefully on a street corner protesting so I'm not going to discuss that any and a guy got out and unprovoked battered me stole my property and attempted to yeah I'm not going to discuss that any further with you it was caught on camera and so my question that I came down here to ask is why wasn't he charged I don't have anything further to discuss with you at this time so can I set up an appointment then to speak to the DA since you can't answer my question uh no not at this time okay well we're we're done here so Mr Fe the door is right there why do I got to leave because we're done here here's what you're going to do Mr Spees you're going to walk out the door uh if you don't Mr Spees I'm going to go ahead and let court security know that you are not welcome here right now why am I not welcome here right now you're disrupting ordinary business how so and they've asked you to leave so they clearly see that something is going on here there's a conf my presence is a problem and I'm sorry that that's happening here you don't have to apologize on January 30th 2024 Justin SP went to the Douglas County Kansas DA's office to find out why charges were never filed against the man that attacked him and destroyed his property when he was peacefully protesting on a sidewalk today the Lawrence Police Department told us that they actually made contact with the man who grabbed those signs uh they said that they submitted an affidavit to the Douglas County prosecutor but right now they haven't made any arrests and no charges have been filed Deputy district attorney Josh sedan came out with a condescending passive aggressive attitude refused to answer Justin's questions and then called police in what appeared to be an attempt to get police to use Force to remove Justin from the building simply for asking Josh why a criminal wasn't charged I was wondering if I could set up an appointment to speak to the DA please okay what's your name Justin Justin SP I'm sorry what Justin SP okay go ahead and have a seat all right hello sir how you doing good how you doing wel we we do for you today I just going to set up an appointment to speak to the DA please all right what's that regarding I just had some questions for her okay well uh you can go ahead and send this to us via email and uh we will take a look at them and we will get back to you in a timely manner so she doesn't meet in person uh well what's the meeting about that you're requesting oh just some questions about her job performance okay well um like I said you're free to contact us uh via email and we can go ahead and uh get back to you that way so she doesn't mean in person then well uh let's let's see what questions you have and let's see if if that's something we need to meet about in person and you can go ahead and send those to us so you'll screen the meeting based on those questions uh no we maybe something that we can address via email we respond I'm do it in person well uh you can go ahead and contact us via email then what's the difference between contacting you here right now and via email oh uh contacting us via email is one thing and uh coming here in person is another thing yeah I just wanted to set up an appointment to speak to her okay well we're not going to do that today how come well because you can contact us via email and uh we'll see what what questions you have and if we can address those well I just want to set up an appointment okay we're not going to do that today but you're welcome to contact us via email with your questions I don't understand well I I will say it again uh you can contact us via email with your questions and can I set up an Appo with you there Josh uh uh no Mr spe not today how come uh well we're sitting here talking right now are you afraid to uh speak with me or something I'm speaking with you right now so can we set up an appointment to speak I what what do you have to ask me all right so back in September of 2021 well first of all are you aware that I'm suing the sheriff and the County Commissioners uh I if that's something you're doing that's something you're doing are you aware of that I mean that's thank you it's a pretty straightforward question I I mean I why why why what does that have to do with me well I just asked you that you can't answer that I mean I don't see what relevance it has to what I'm doing here what do you don't even know what my questions are how do you know if that's relevant or not my questions I'm about to ask might be relevant to that so I don't understand why you're not answering it I'm not going to comment on what you're doing or not doing with the sheriff's office or the county commissioner spoken just like an attorney well I you can characterize that however you want to characterize that sounds like you're kind of afraid to answer a question what it sounds like oh I I answered your question okay so um um back in September of 2021 I was standing peacefully on a street corner protesting Mass man so I'm not going to discuss that any and a guy got out and unprovoked battered me stole my property and attempted yeah I'm not going to discuss that any further with you it was caught on camera a school day started out with a scuffle between two adults it happened outside of Sunset Hill Elementary in Lawrence Police say it happened because one of them tried to steal a protest sign kctv5's Nathan Vickers is live to tell us what happened here Nathan well Brad since the start of the school year there have been demonstrators here at Sunset Hill Elementary some uh against Mass some for Mass but every day of the school year so far there's been one man in particular out here holding up his signs You'll Always Find Justin spe standing by the Lawrence School district offices around 300 p.m. I'm out here every day he's been protesting the district and County mask requirements Z Guist always moves and in this country we look back often times at the stuff that we did as a society and say what were we thinking in the morning Spees demonstrates by Sunset Hill Elementary he usually sets up across the street from Matt horni's House near the crosswalk day one uh first day back to school protester anti-mass protester decided that he was going to sit on the corner over there and make sure that he got his word out to everyone he doesn't agree with SP and he says he's tired of the spectacle but even he was surprised when he saw this going on outside his security cameras show what happened saw the car the blue car pull up and jump out you need to leave take the signs out of his hands threw him into the middle of the street which got Justin is his name riled up and they were out in the middle of the street the video shows spe chasing after the man I defended myself from someone that was taking my property and and was a threat to uh to my uh physical well-being hornii wanted to break up the right away hech you need to leave I was yelling at both of them 100% he called the police the man who grabbed the signs left before they arrived if they have to resort to that instead of arguing it then I know that I'm right fori doesn't think the man who grabbed the signs handled things the right way but he wishes the protests would stop keep our kids safe help keep our kids safe that's all we're asking for please voice your opinions do it in the proper manner and just leave our kids alone today the Lawrence Police Department told us that they actually made contact with the man who grabbed those signs uh they said that they submitted an affidavit to the Douglas County prosecutor but right now they haven't made any arrests and no charges have been filed guy got out and unprovoked battered me stole my property and attempted yeah I'm not going to discuss that any further with you it was caught on camera not going to discuss that any further with statement two witnesses statements and a guy wasn't charged and so my question that I came down here to ask is why wasn't he charged I don't have anything further to discuss with you at this time so can I set up an appointment then to speak to the DA since you can't answer my question uh no not at this time why not go ahead and send us the uh the questions via email and we'll take look I just asked you how come you can't answer it right now uh because I told you I'm not going to answer that go ahead and send me I mean you're you're basically you're not not really asking questions as you're making statements I just asked why he wasn't charged that's a question isn't it you're you're you're just you're making a number of statements you're talking about suing the sheriff in the County Commission there was a question specifically about that incident back in September of 2021 where I was attacked and had my property stolen and the attacker caught on video with three witness reports was not charged and I want to know why and that's a question it's not a statement that is a question why was he not charged you're making some conclusory statements there about what about what happened and so can you explain it to me then you certainly got your opin what Happ can you explain it to me then can you stop interrupting me you know Mr spe this is not productive I think we're done here well it's not productive because you're not answering my question are you recording me yeah are you recording me so don't delete that cuz you delete that I'm sure you're aware that'll be a felony cuz I'm going to request that footage right now and I'm going to request your footage as well you can't get that from me this is my private phone you are in a government capacity right now recording me so I'm going to request that so don't delete it all right well you can request it if you f file an appropriate request I'll get it to you will you that's what I just said so you okay all right so I will be filing a Kora request right now okay go ahead and I still am wondering why you're not answering my question well you can keep saying the same things over and over again and that's fine and you can keep recording and I'll keep recording you and we can just sit here and record each other and that's fine that's what you want to do talk about not being productive I'm I'm going to go on with my day okay go ahead and go on with your day then said that I'm going to sit here and record you okay well we're we're done here so Mr Ste the door is right there uh you know where that is the same I'm going to go ahead and do a Coral request like I just said so go ahead and do your cor request but right now you got to leave why do I got to leave because we're done here I'm going to do a COR request right now we're done here okay but I'm going to do a COR request there Josh here's what you're going to do Mr spe you're going to walk out the door uh we'll we'll we'll take those I'm going to do a COR request right here because I'm allowed to do that you know Mr spe I'm going to go go ahead and let court security know that you are not welcome here right now why am I not welcome here right now you're disrupting ordinary business how so you just came here asking you a legitimate question about something that happened to me and i' and I've addressed now I want to do a COR request in person like I'm allowed to well here's what I'm going to do why can't I do that Mr Spees why can't I do that you you can you can submit that in writing I'm going to submit it in writing right here like I'm allowed to Mr fees you're disrupting ordinary business you're not going to let me how am I disrupting ordinary business you have other options to file the core request but I have this option and this is the option I want to do and I'm allowed to do it why aren't you letting me do it well because we have discretion over what happens during the normal course of business and what's this discretion you're speaking of that I'm not allowed to come here and exercise my rights to submit a core request in person is that what you're saying there Josh Mr be we're done talking here I I'm done as well can I get a kaora request form please [Music] um you going to go ahead and call court security there Josh I don't know just like you threatened to do just now threaten how do you how are you taking that as a threat because you said that I'm no longer allowed here and that court security is going to come remove me from here that's a threat well I mean that's a fact so are you going to call him then Josh well if we get the form for you you can be on your way I'm going to fill it out here too as well so that's that's not going to happen oh it is going to happen because I'm allowed to do it all right well here's what we're going to do can we uh to leave he's not leaving I haven't done anything to be asked to leave I want to file a core request I have every right to do that that I'll print you the form and then you can be on your way I'll fill it out here no you're not going to fill it out here this yeah because I want to submit it right now your workation I want to this is a public area this ain't your workstation either this is a public area I have the right to fill it out and I want to fill it out right now I don't want to take it and leave and bring it back I want to fill it out right now fill it out in the self-help center no I'll fill it out right here no I'm going to print it off and you're going to go fill it out somewhere else I want to fill it out right here I have the right to why why can't I fill it out here this is a public area right here right why am I not allowed in here so would you get the form I'll hang tight with him if that's okay Mr siden and then we'll we'll get this stuff figured out okay thank you um we do have um available spaces up we have a table upstairs what's wrong with being here though uh I'm just trying to suggest an alternative that asking what's why why do I have I'm not saying anything's wrong here so I can stay here I'm I'm not at that point yet I'm just trying to offer a suggestion asking am I allowed to stay here yeah let me finish please we have a table upstairs um if you are disrupting the work down here they may ask you to leave it's not my office so I'm not saying that right now what I'm trying to suggest is an opportunity where you can fill out your paperwork here you can sit down uh utilize the space that we have available you'll accomplish your mission you can turn it in and uh I think that would be a uh a great solution for this well first of all I don't say there's a problem and second of all is this space aailable for me right now it is and if they ask you to leave or we get to another point then I guess we'll have to cross that bridge when we get there sounds like you're anticipating that they're Squire that and I'm not anticipating anything why would you say that you also said that it would offer solution no problem here well clearly he asked you to leave already so there has been a problem no there has not been a problem okay all right well Everyone's entitled of their opinion oh my goodness so what does that mean that everyone's in top of their opinion but what does that mean applied to what you just said right here right now you suggesting there's no problem and they've ask you to leave so they clearly see that something is going on here there's a my M presence is a problem and I'm sorry that that's happening here you don't have to apologize why do you have to apologize you didn't do nothing I don't have to I just chose to again we're all entitled to our opinion all right here is the form there you go thank you he would like to sit out here and fill it out um clearly not not our office he's not disrupting anything if you're okay with that um we will be right outside if there becomes a problem sure I appreciate it okay thank you guys all right all right so I can stay now Josh yeah I'll just I'll just sit here with you while you fill it out and I'll take it right back all right well you know while I'm here I might as well just kind of film some of this other stuff too go ahead all right it's all [Music] lot who's your Freedom of Information officer there Josh oh that would be me oh you are in Kansas it's the Kansas open records act and is it s i d n Josh yes it is all right can I get a copy of that there Josh sure appreciate it that wasn't so bad was it kind of kind of like I get a bad rap just showing up and I'm disrup and stuff and I just wanted to sit here and fill out a form like every other Citizen's entitled to do got two of you guys standing here just why got call down here yeah just following orders right doing my job following orders okay if that's your opinion oh my goodness and what's your name Sergeant Flor you escorted me out of the courtroom for no reason as well at the County Commission you're one of them order followers as well okay yeah I was just Beacon and got removed by you and two other deputies for no reason following [Music] orders okay so there's two copies here there's two take whichever one you want and then I'll take the other one all right I will take the copy all right I'll take the original all right so how many days do I have to get that back uh I would just prefer you to be act sir okay again are you going to refer to it as well I will refer you to the ACT sir okay are you going to refer to it so you know how many days you have to get it back to I will refer you to the ACT noted are you your request and uh I think that pretty much covers it it sure does for that yeah all right all right so so yeah all right well you take care sir you too have a good rest of your day thank you you too when I went to the Douglas County camp District Attorney's website I found this video in the interest of time I'm only showing the parts of this video that I feel this District Attorney's Office failed that but I put a link to the full video in the description if you want to go watch it there's been a lot of attention on District Attorneys lately and the prosecutor's role in the criminal justice system but you might not know all the things the da does the limits on the DA's power and the ways the da have already been changing their approach to prosecution in recent years the DA's number one responsibility ility is keeping our community safe we do that in three basic ways that we call the three PS prosecute criminals who break the law work to prevent crimes from happening in the first place and protect and support victims of crime and make sure their voices are heard the power we have to hold criminals accountable is carefully defined by the law and our ethical responsibilities our job includes protecting the rights of the innocent as well as those we charge with the crime our goal is always fair and equal justice for everyone but also Justice that's smart and reflects the needs of our society and the will of the people the third big part of our job is protecting and supporting victims of crime in a typical year the DA's office comes into contact with thousands of victims and we help them in lots of ways we help get them emotional support for the trauma they suffer from having a child or loved one murdered or the emotional pain from a violent crime like rape we help victims even when we can't file charges against the person who hurt them we do all of this on behalf of you the people we Embrace reform but we'll always work to make sure change happens in a way that continues to keep our neighborhoods and you safe and we're accountable to you and to the laws in every state Across the Nation do you think the deputy district attorney upheld the standards that they claim they uphold in this video I reached out to the DA's Office and left messages asking them to provide information to myself to disseminate to you the public about why they chose not to pursue charges in this case but I had a similar experience to Josh's where I was just dismissed and ignored they refused to answer to any members of the public maybe they had a good reason for choosing not to file charges but if they do why won't they just tell us that reason but now I don't just want to know why they did or didn't file charges now I want to know who told Josh that it's okay to treat the public like this we do all of this on behalf of you the people are you the people pleased with Josh acting like this towards a victim on your behalf should we just blindly trust the process and those in power or should we demand answers from those who take a portion out of every paycheck we earn with the promise that they will use it to serve us we do all of this on behalf of you the people this wasn't even the last horrible interaction that Justin had with the deputy district attorney follow the link in the description and the pinned comment to Justin's channel the dreaded rabble Rouser to see how this Deputy da wasn't just having a bad day but how he treats the public like this every day make sure to subscribe to Justin's Channel while you're there 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