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- 2026-10-22 15:10
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Do you have reason to Do you have reason to suspect? Do you have reason to suspect any of these people? Sir, under the Fifth Amendment, I'm not required to answer that question. Police stopped a man and demanded his ID without any reasonable suspicion. Calmly asserting his rights, he refused and questioned their legal basis, only for officers to escalate by accusing him of obstruction and detaining him unlawfully. But his firm stance exposed their misconduct, leaving them speechless and forcing a humiliating retreat. Evening, officer. Into traffic. Have I done anything illegal, sir? Okay. Have I done anything illegal, sir? Yes, sir. No, sir. Have I done anything illegal, sir? No, sir. It's freedom of speech. Yes, sir. Uh yes, sir. Have I done anything illegal? Uh under the Constitution, we're not required to show ID unless we're suspected of a crime. Have I committed any crime today, sir? Okay. Uh I don't think that's grounds to ask for an ID, sir. Um you have to suspect me of a crime to require that. What What crime is that, sir? How is that obstruction? I'm Was I of an officer? Sir, I was just following the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution right here, which states that unless you have reasonable suspicion, you can't search. Pardon? Sir, do you have reason to Do you have reason to suspect? Do you have reason to suspect any of these people? Have I committed Am I being detained, sir? Officer, am I being detained, officer? Uh under what grounds am I being detained? If I'm not being detained, I'd like to be free to go. I'd like to be free to be on my way. Am I being detained or am I free to go, officer? Under what grounds am I being detained, officer? What crime have I committed to make you suspicious of me? What have I done to make you suspicious? How am I obstructing you, officer? legal road check up the road and you're obstructing it. Actually, sir, under the Fourth Amendment, it's an illegal road check and I was just exercising Because it's an it's a suspicionless investigatory seizure of people's papers. You don't have any reason to suspect any of these people of committing a crime, yet you're searching them for their for their ID. Yes, you're you're you're requiring an ID from them and asking for their papers. That's investigatory seizure of their papers. Under the Fourth Amendment, it says that the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects. You're They're not secure in their papers because you're requiring their papers from them. Thank you, officer. Am I free to go? You're requiring their papers. Do you have the right to pull them over if you don't suspect them of any crimes? Okay, so what crime are you suspecting these people of to require their ID? So so in in a Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Are they in the Constitution? Are they in the Constitution here in the Fourth Amendment? Under state law. Under the supremacy clause of the Constitution, this is the supreme law of the land and a state can't have a law that violates the Constitution. Uh according to the Fourth Amendment, road seizures are a violation of the Fourth Amendment. You can't um make a You can't uh you're You're seizing their papers. You're requiring them If If they An American citizen has the right to to travel free and unmolested and if you don't suspect You're requiring their their papers, officer. I understand. Right. I understand that. But if you don't have a reason to Yes, officer. So you're trying to tell me that we should let all those people do whatever they want to do. Matter of fact, you standing on that crosswalk, they can come down here and run you over and hit you. Sidewalk. Is it illegal to stand on the sidewalk? You're missing the whole point. I I I think the the point I was trying to make, officer, respectfully, is that unless you have a reason to suspect any of these people of being a drug trafficker, not having their ID, or being a drunk driver, you don't have the right to set up a police checkpoint under the Fourth and under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. And I'm I'm allowed to express my freedom of speech via the First Amendment. And by doing that, I've been detained by you gentlemen, apparently. But if I'm If I'm not Have I done anything illegal, officer? Have I done anything illegal today, officer? Do you have any reason to suspect me of doing anything illegal? Yes, obstructing a road safety checkpoint. How Is standing on the sidewalk obstructing the road? How is that obstruction, sir? It's the First Amendment. A drunk driver can come down the road, look at that sign, turn around, and go. You have no reason to suspect You have no reason to suspect any of these people of being a drunk driver, though, is my my point. And under the Fourth Amendment, unless you have a reasonable suspicion, you can't require that, okay? Yes, sir. Thank you. I appreciate it. You'll have a good day. Please follow the Constitution. Fourth Amendment. I can continue? Thank you. You guys have a blessed day. It's unconstitutional, but I care about you guys. I care about the Constitution. I'm just doing my part. It's done?
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