hey guys welcome back to the here's the deal Channel I don't know if you knew this but on November 1st 2021 it became illegal to record the police right here in my state Oklahoma if you record the police they now consider you a criminal let that sink in and let's go ahead and talk about it roll the intro Mazda heading south on three point roads [Music] [Applause] here all right let the title of this article sink in I mean really sink in Oklahoma Bill makes it illegal to photograph or film the police let's read it another way Oklahoma Bill makes it unconstitutional to exercise your constitutionally protected activity of freedom of the press this this you know sometimes you wake up in the morning and you see things and you go there's no way this is this is an onion article this is a spoof there's no way this is actually happening on the plane of reality but it is this actually this bill made its way through the legislature and with the signing of the governor of my state Kevin stit it has become a law and it's the law of Oklahoma now as of November 1st 2021 filming it's it's Crim it's a criminal act to film the police during the course of their duties it's a criminal act you have committed a crime if you try to bring transparency and accountability to people who call themselves public servants you and their eyes have committed a crime that's how disgusting this is you're the criminal because you wanted to just turn the light of Truth on an hold Public Service accountable the bill meant to protect privacy of government workers prohibits posting a video or photo of a police officer with quote threatening intent and guess who def gets to Define threatening intent intent is determined by a judge or a prosecutor who are they're all working together it's a big crime ring and you ain't in it it's a big club and you're not a part of it ACLU and other groups oppose the bill HB 1643 was signed by Oklahoma governor Kevin stit at the end of May 2021 and takes an effect already did take effect couple months back on November 1st 2021 back in February Oklahoma legislators passed the second of two companion bills that would criminalize anyone who films and publicly posts a photo of police officers and we're talking about if you include the name of the officer where they work what the infraction is you you've engaged in a crime according to our Oklahoma legislators determine to prove their support for law enforcement Oklahoma state senators and representatives took a drastic step the legislation would make it more difficult to hold public servants accountable for their misconduct so they can commit crimes on the job as they call themselves yours and my public servants but as soon as you roll that film as soon as you you turn your video cameras on them you become a criminal state representatives unanimously passed House Bill 2273 out of the house Judiciary criminal committee it makes a criminal out of anyone who intentionally publishes personally identifiable information of a law enforcement officer that includes taking a picture of a cop in his uniform with his name badge on such as a photo or a video with the intent to quote threaten intimidate harass or stalk and they they will be the ones who will determine if you've threatened intimidated harassed or stalked that officer they'll be the ones the bill would create a misdemeanor charge for the first violation and a felony for any further violations that quote causes attempts to cause or would be reasonably expected to cause substantial emotional distress or financial loss to the law enforcement officer or to the Family household member or intimate partner of the law enforcement officer yeah he cracked that guy's head open with the night stick and I recorded it and all of a sudden I'm the criminal yeah the guy was actually handcuffed laying on his stomach with his face to the ground and the guy got on his neck and choked him out and I recorded it how come I'm the one in prison oh and they gave the cop a medal cuz you know he feared for his life notably what the bill considers quote personally identifiable information Mak is in the reasonable with the extreme along with the name birth date and address it lists telephone number driver's license number Social Security number place of employment and mother's maid name as items that would be banned from being made public by civilians at the end of the list it includes quote a photograph or other realistic likeness of the person so it covers all the bases mixing in the reasonable with the extreme who's going to put the cops M who car cares who the cop's mother is when you're out there filming cops and trying to hold them accountable and bring some level of transparency to it do you care who the cop's mother is are you going to publish that on your video no but they're going to use that as a smoke screen and then add all the other things into it name where he works Police Department badge number they're going to consider that doxing probably the article says it would seem obvious that social security numbers of any employee would remain private which makes one wonder what the motivation was for including photos of any personal likeness historically and even recently video footage has been one of the only reliable ways to hold lawbreaking police officers accountable and it has it's been a watershed issue it has exposed a lot of crime and even with the video footage it's still hard to prosecute a law enforcer I mean they can literally be like Amber Guyer and walk into Botham John house clearly the wrong apartment on the wrong level she blew the guy away who was sitting on his couch eating ice cream watching a movie and she only gets 10 years and she's up for parole sometime this year it's special treatment it's special treatment for thee but not for me it's the big club you ain't in it so you don't get any of the perks of being in the big Club Senate Bill 6 is a companion bill with the same language it passed the Republican dominated Senate Public Safety Committee don't you know this this this rep hey I'm a republican I'm on team red I'm on I'm on the elephant team man that's the right team that's the moral team these are the people who pushed this and Democrats signed on to it more than one advocacy group has come out against it this lady Cindy Alexander of indivisible Stillwater Oklahoma said quote if the personally identifiable information specifically excluded name place of employment and a photograph we would probably not oppose the bill I think any Bill like this that even comes close to violating the First Amendment freedom of press in the United States should be completely stricken the person who authored that should be laughed at and probably imprisoned for treason quote video is like an extension of our Collective eyes and we don't want our eyes blindfolded exactly and that's what this is that's what this that's what both of these bills do that's what uh Kevin did and any governor who would think about signing on to something like this they're basically going well here's my legislative blindfold you won't be able to see what public servants do anymore you won't be able to hold them accountable you won't be able to drag them into the light of transparency but both Senate Bill six and House Bill 2273 ended up being used as cover for hb1 1643 and I hate when they do that stuff you know if you're going to pass a bill and make it into a law it should probably be limited to one freaking page one two three pages Max and only keep one topic on each and every bill that you're trying to pass don't pork barrel it in there don't obscure the language and stuff it into something that it's not even it's not even about that Republican legislators sailed it through and there was next to nothing preventing the Governor from signing the new legislation into law why because that person just like all governors and all politicians aren't principled people so they can't be expected to do the right thing thing that's another you know Governors and law enforcers and judges and all these politicians have taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic and then they turn right around almost every single time and become the very domestic enemies they swore to protect the rest of us against Oklahomans may be used to watching the Republican controlled legislature pass bills unfriendly to racial Justice and equal rights but it wasn't just Republicans who voted for the Senate and house versions of this new law this time Democrats did too months ago state representatives Jose Cruz and Jason low both Democrats joined their counterparts in passing one of the former bills meanwhile Senate Bill 6 also passed unanimously out of the Senate Public Safety Committee the committee's only two Democrats state senators Kevin Matthews from Tulsa and Michael Brooks from Oklahoma City both voted yes on the measure this publication reached out to state senator Paul rosino who authored Senate Bill 6 and of course his office didn't return a request for comment because they don't really view themselves as public servants who need to be held to account to the public for the things that they brought into being we also reached out to every Democratic state representative and state senator who voted for these bills but only state senator Kevin Matthews responded and he said that he no longer supported the bill and would vote no when it came to the senate floor here's what Kevin Matthews said my specific question was does this include videotaping officers such as the GF incident the author stated no it did not never believe a politician so you got a politician asking another politician hey does this include videotaping oh uh no just believe me Matthew said he and his Democratic colleagues voted out of interest of privacy and safety he said they couldn't find any negative statements from the AC L at the time I bet the guy didn't even read the entire Bill Matthew said quote with the calls and emails including yours that I'm now getting about this bill I will be voting no on the floor and debating against it but the cat is out of the bag so to speak they say though several Democrats explained that their purpose for originally supporting one of the companion bills was to quote be able to negotiate changes they were ultimately unable to change any of the language preventing citizens from filming officers of the state so what bills and now laws like this one do is it creates a private secret police State security Force that's held accountable to no one and will not be transparent even though they probably say in their letterhead transparency is Paramount says black people and other marginalized Americans already feel the deck is stacked against them when it comes to gaining Justice Just black people just marginalized people everybody guys I don't care if you're black white hispanic Asian it doesn't matter remember Daniel shaver in the hallway that lint in begging for his life and Philip brailsford nope we're going to end your life because our lives were in Jeopardy we know you were just wearing shorts and a short sleeve shirt and you didn't have a gun on you or anything but my gosh we feared for our lives so we had to end yours white guy what about James Boyd over there in Arizona white white homeless guy being terrorized by by the henchman of the state and their freaking police dog dead white guy so this is this is not about black people and marginalized groups everybody is being abused by cops even as the country awaited the March murder trial of Derek shovin the miniapolis police officer who murdered GF doubt of a conviction hung over the nation like a dark cloud proof of misconduct in the form of photos and video change the national conversation on race and policing well you know what regardless of race or whatever we are talking about bringing the sunlight of Justice to people who call themselves public servants and it just so happens that sunlight of justice is portable and it's called a camera and it's the best tool in our Arsenal against tyranny Blu lined badged qualified immunity tyranny yet even video footage has rarely been enough to gain convictions of police officers you think eliminating that as a tool altogether would make it nearly imposs possible for victims of police brutality to gain Justice basically what you're telling people to do is put your cameras away bring in you know turn off all the lights don't look at what the law enforcers are doing and they're going to get away with bloody murder guys it's happened before it happens while the cameras are rolling can you imagine how much worse it's going to get and to add insult to injury they are allowed to record you with their Dash and body cams but you can't record them and if they convict you they'll put your name in the paper they'll publicize where you live what your crimes were voicing their concerns the ACLU of Oklahoma said quote while police and Law Enforcement Officers like everyone have a reasonable expectation of privacy at their job I don't know if I agree with that legislation like this isn't about privacy it's about interfering with accountability well said and given the lack of trust that exists legislation like this poses a threat to necessary and continuing movement work well guys what does it really do it really says hey you know that thing that I called the supreme law of the land the First Amendment we don't give a damn about that Kevin stit did that when he signed the bill these Law Enforcement Officers by the way if you're a law enforcement officer don't you want the video cameras rolling on you don't you want to give an opportunity to the world to see what a hero you really think you are who you you shouldn't care if you a law enforcement officer you would want all cameras rolling at all angles so you can show people what a good guy you are what a fantastic job you do how indispensable your position is would you want that if you were a law enforcement officer and you saw this bill wouldn't you be infuriated about it would you ever as a cop enforce this you know it's illegal to record me right anybody any cop who calls himself a public servant should want to show the public how much much of a public servant he really is so any cop who's going to actually enforce this law you got to wonder what kind of crimes they're about to perpetrate on you when they tell you to turn your camera off this woman right here says and I think with legislation like this we can't take for granted the fact that super majorities in both Chambers are willing to pass political bills for the sake of passing them regardless of the harm they do regardless of the fact that they became criminals by signing this into law many residents have doubt that the law to ban photos or video of police wouldn't stand up in state or federal court even with threatening intent as the motivation yet by the end of Oklahoma's legislative session at the end of May the final version of the bill in the form of hb1 1643 was passed signed by the governor and it will take already did take effect November 1st 2021 this is this is outrageous and it's criminal guys leave your thoughts about this for the world and the global thought police in the comments section below if you haven't done so already take time right now to subscribe to this channel hit the Bell notification icon give it a thumbs up share it with everybody know and I'll see you guys in the next video [Music]