we're sitting over there across the at the sub dude and there like huge Flames coming out thought the building was on fire roll up and then I'm like trying to ascertain what's going on he rides off on the bike and but it ends up being inside a barbecue which I don't even know if that's legal depends on how it is yeah so she right next to the house coming up up he's pushing his bike up here and then it just went downhill from here as it usually does yeah what's up my man come here come here oh yeah no put the bike down put the bike down why my bike cuz I told you to put the bike down why are you stopping me right now because you're riding your bike with no light on I'm riding it I got put the bike down light right here not done nothing wrong get on the ground James I've done nothing wrong am I being detained get on the ground James being detained call your supervisor I am the supervisor Amendment audit yeah try the fifth am First Amendment audit you have no reason to stop me right now yeah none you're riding your bike with no lights on right there in my hand it's got to be on the bike dip was on the bike I just took it off no I just watched you right away when I rolled up you didn't tell me to [Music] stop this is some mighty find police work from what I can gather here this police officer I think was across the street eating a sub when he saw a flame he goes to check it out and it turns out to be a couple of guys behind an apartment having a barbecue then he decides to accost this guy on a bicycle at this apartment complex I don't believe any crime has been committed here I watch a lot of body cam footage and I have to say that while nobody was killed during this one this has got to be one of the worst cops that I've seen take a look for yourself and then we'll discuss what constitutional violations I see occurring here what's up my man come here come here oh [ __ ] yeah no put the bike down put the bike down watch my bike cuz I told you to put the bike down why are you stopping me right now because you're riding your bike with no [ __ ] light on riding it I got put the bike down light right here dude put the bike down here no [ __ ] put the bike down James turn around Put Your Hands by your back put your hands behind your back I'm [ __ ] T you dude get on the ground James what have I done wrong 562 King get on the ground done wrong I've not done nothing wrong get on the ground James I've done nothing wrong am I being detained get on the ground James being detained am I being detained subject stop 425 Willow white meil help get on the ground James you are being detained you [ __ ] idiot get on the ground I'm on the ground I'mma [ __ ] tase you dude get on the ground put the flashlight down am I being detained yeah yes for what put your hands behind your back for what put your hands behind your back what am I being detained for for [ __ ] not listening drop that flashlight not antic that flashlight articulable Reasonable Suspicion I committed a crime yeah it is you took off yes it is it is not yeah it is James is not you still supervisor you still call your supervisor relax no I'm not relaxing call your supervisor this [ __ ] harassment is going to stop shut up call your supervisor I want you to call your supervisor I am the supervisor dip [ __ ] Amendment audit yeah try the Fifth Amendment shut up first amendment audit you have no reason to stop me right now yeah none you're riding your bike with no [ __ ] lights on right there in my hand it's got to be on the [ __ ] bike dip [ __ ] it was on the bike I just took it off no I just watch you right away when I rolled up you didn't tell me to stop there's no stop I did nothing wrong yeah told you to stop right here nothing wrong you have no crime I committed 562 King one detained 29 on last James call your supervisor I want to see your supervisor right now shut up I want your supervisor what'd you ditch over here I want your supervisor I'd like your supervisor sir okay well I think he's down at the jail i' like your supervisor sir I need to speak to your supervisor now this ain't happening yeah he's still on court conditions James I want no I'm not have any Court condition none huh none zero I've not committed a crime you have no reason to stop when I told you to stop I'd like to stop your I stopped when you told me yeah if you [ __ ] arguing with me I'm going to argue with I to pull my Taser out you have no reason to stop me yes I do none what yeah I've not committed a crime no Miser no felony yeah James called riding a bike without a headlight I got a headlight right there it's not on the bike James friend hey I'm not on the bike I'm in a parking lot private property what are you doing here you got any dope on you James no I don't now what I want your supervisor stand up I want your supervisor I'm going to stand up Mo your sh face away put your feet apart you got any weapons on you nope well I don't know maybe something I don't know I doubt it though maybe some what no I don't know I don't know I got a lot of [ __ ] in my pocket been working on cars all day you got a knife on you yeah I know this I have I'm being detained for no reason I want to talk to your supervisor I want to see your supervisor what supervisor Jam you think where's your [ __ ] beck and call you dip [ __ ] yes no first am AIT right now go yeah First Amendment audit you have no reason to stop me right now enolation my first amendment right and my fifth and my fourth and my ninth you feel part James yeah sure face the car CH the car I want to see your supervisor I just [ __ ] told you dumbass private property I'm right here in my house I live right there at my house change with dat birth 59 is4 more what's your date of birth James have to question you not under arrest you are the subject of Investigation yeah for what for resisting right now what's what's my crime for resisting what's my crime yes resisting I'm not resisting crime you shot me for I told you already resisting I told me I don't have to answer the questions yeah you do okay you're going to jail yep you're going to [ __ ] jail dude what what's that for arguing I'm asking you some basic basic information my name's Jam Dr you know my name I asked you what your date of birth was I don't have to answer your questions any I guess I do huh yes because I've being detained right 5269 and this is illegal stop no it's not yes it is call your supervisor I want to see your supervisor James you know how many times have no right you know how many times you've been in the public property not I want to talk to your [Music] supervis yeah [ __ ] it you're going dude I did about tase you is that your house it is do you think that maybe you just answered a couple quick questions but when you're rolling up here and then coming back you told me to come back so I came back yeah and then I'm [ __ ] telling you to drop the bike you're not dropping the bike and then you [ __ ] push you're trying to up on me my hand I didn't do nothing on you I ask you why you were stopping me I saw you pull up here that's why I turned around to come back all right I knew you were going to come how about that yeah cuz when I roll up for this [ __ ] bonfire nothing to do with me you were there I was just talking to them asking them what's up with the bonfire oh they're barbecuing imagine that did you stop and ask about the fire I didn't you took off where's this guy going I wasn't I didn't have to stop for you just cuz you pull up don't mean I stopped my life I have when there's a crime being committed no I didn't commit a crime I committed no crime what was my articular reason I already told you come here and stop me I already told you there is no crime I'd like to talk to the supervisor sir you don't right now that's fantastic you can want want one hand [ __ ] in the other first right right they have it on body camera First Comm there's no Artic not we should write this stop me unreasonable articulable Reasonable Suspicion sit tight dude sit tight shut up James is close it's not a ARS it's R A Reasonable articulable Suspicion so James is a free citizen going around on his bicycle in order Force police officers to detain him justifiably a police officer has to have a reasonable suspicion that can be articulated at least after the fact by lawyers in court it must exist objectively speaking based on the totality of the facts he doesn't a police officer doesn't have to be able to articulate it at the spot on the scene to the subject the police officer doesn't even have to be correct the police officer can pick something that's not even illegal such as riding a bike on private property without lights on but here as you will see when the Second Officer shows up they then start to conspire well one the one officer does he starts to try to just come up with something some reason to hold this guy some reason to arrest this guy and he's expressing his own doubts that this guy hasn't done anything illegal that no crime has even been committed here listen sit tight so they [ __ ] we're s we're sitting over there across a [ __ ] um at the sub Dude That's like [ __ ] huge Flames coming out thought the building was on fire roll up and then I'm like trying to ascertain what's going on he [ __ ] rides off on the bike and but it ends up being inside a barbecue which I don't even know if that's [ __ ] legal how it is yeah so she next to the house coming up so I [ __ ] red up he's pushing his bike up here and then it just went [ __ ] downhill from here as it usually does yeah I heard yelling like who he's got yeah now I'm debating whether uh take him dude just for obstructing yeah it's not really he's riding his bike without a light yeah and I'm like well is this private property like was it through here he did yeah now now I'm like well I just take him for [ __ ] obstructing so what cuz I he's back behind this thing I roll up I'm like hey what are you doing dude come here thinking that he was trying to hide back here now it sounds like he lives here but as soon as he does he's like put the bike down he starts [ __ ] yelling coming at me and he's like tensing up dude so I'm like my [ __ ] Tas you dude get my Tas out and then he's like not getting on the ground not getting on the ground he's just [ __ ] bitching this [ __ ] we heard you so nobody called the police here there was no problem at all this officer just saw a barbecue grill that he believed must be illegal because the Flames were too high but what does that have to do with James we can see on his body cam footage that he locates the source of the flame he sees that there are are people like Manning this flame and he doesn't even bother questioning them or aining them or or citing them assuming that were even illegal which I'm sure it's not all right can that be a reasonable suspicion basis to detain James I don't think so then we have the allegation that he's riding his bike without a light which is absurd and even the officer doesn't believe that that's a crime especially on private property no basis for reasonable suspicion nobody complained that there was a a crazy guy driving his bike in the dark then he says well maybe obstruction but we can see the video of this guy even assuming that there was Reasonable Suspicion to stop and detain James to ask him questions to alleviate whatever suspicions he had James cooperated put the bike down put the bike down watch my bike cuz I told you to put the bike down why are you stopping me right now because you're riding your bike with no [ __ ] [ __ ] light on R it I got put the bike light right here dude put theik right here I no [ __ ] that put the bike down James turn around put your hands behind your back turn around put your hands behind your back I'm [ __ ] tase you dude get on the ground James what have I done wrong James did everything the guy said and it's right there on video he didn't obstruct at all even assuming it wasn't in illegal detention the only thing that this guy has is his allegation that he thought well maybe James looked like he was running from him but again no crime had been reported we don't allow police officers to just have a hunch about somebody and then go detain them ask them for the papers and then fish for information that's what the Fourth Amendment does not allow here you got a key to it car's here have any keys at all is the door unlocked how are you going to get in I didn't know she wasn't home until I got here actually I came here and I left went over to Jeff's over to Mama T's house cuz uh she wasn't here then when you P up I decided to come back home I don't have to answer this question but I will I didn't do nothing wrong I didn't want no trouble so I left it fire wasn't mine all right well when I'm rolling up and you're leaving like doesn't mean nothing sure does has to stop what's that I wasn't asked to stop cuz you [ __ ] took off I wasn't asked to stop that's why I came over here and told you to stop there no reason to stop me that's why I came over here and told you to stop there no reason to stop me what's your reason for stopping me what's your reason for coming over here I'm on private property man yeah well un why you come here at first I was like yeah you riding bike with no light I'm like I don't know I know he's right there yeah yeah um I'm like I'm wondering if of just leaving when I roll up for like a illegal F Well it's unsolicited flight yeah that's your to stop him begin so yeah I mean that's unsolicited it's like you had your lights on you do that he just did on his took off on his own yeah isn't mere flight not enough maybe like that one more Scene I'd say it's mere flight plus I knew Tammy Tolbert and Jeff Abbot to be you drug users hold on a sec quit interrupting James all right so yeah I mean I'm I'm inclined to take them with them bitching about all this [ __ ] yeah you know cuz there's that and yeah you're talking about with that whole kind of I guess you're plus [Music] oneing now unfortunately I have no idea where this is taking place and here's why this is important because you hear these officers talking about Mir flight and they're probably getting that from their guidelines or classes that they took because a lot of police agency um policies instruct police officers that mere flight is not enough to chase after somebody in in in a foot chase it has to be coupled with some other wrongdoing this is a confusing topic because it can be different based on the jurisdiction that you're in the US Supreme Court which of course has the final say on this has not said that just mere flight alone is enough or is not enough um the Supreme Court in the w low case did hold that mere flight from the police in a high crime area known for like narcotics trafficking that was enough so there has to be mere flight plus something it could be like a high crime area and you can hear them sort of discussing well there's been some some crime around here probably not going to be enough in this case you know in any jurisdiction but there are some some splits depending on the jurisdiction some of them say like mine that mere flight is not enough some of them will say that it can be enough if it's a high crime area so interesting legal issue I don't think they they even meet that test here um but I'd love to know where this is and what actually happened I have no idea if this guy wants to reach out to me I'd love to hear what happened was he charged if he was charged what what was the outcome was there was there a lawsuit was there a complaint with the police department I'd love to know as always thanks for watching please subscribe both here and at the blog at the Civil Rights lawyer.com if you have a video you want me to review please use the submission link below remember freedom is scary deal with [Music] it