Dude, I'm getting my ID. Don't Don't harvey me. I'm getting my ID. I'm getting my ID. You're You're intentionally trying to escalate the situation. You You're intentionally trying to escalate the situation so you can have a falsified reason to arrest me. I'm getting my ID as you can see me getting my ID. That's what he's trying to escalate the situation intentionally. That's his problem. That's what he's doing. >> All right. He's trying to escalate. You're trying to escalate, not deescalate. I am deescalating. I'm getting my ID. You're not going to get mad because you're mad and try to abuse your powers on me. I'm recording. That's what you're doing. All right. All right, my [ __ ] You could be a criminal if you want to. You're under oath. >> Police approached a homeless man setting up a tent on a public sidewalk and quickly began pressuring him by citing vague ordinances and demanding identification, even though he insisted he had stayed in the same spot many times before without issue. When the man calmly questioned the legal basis for the order to leave, pointed out that he was not blocking the sidewalk and tried to wait for the rain to stop to protect his belongings, officers escalated the situation by threatening arrest and accusing him of obstruction. But instead of backing down, he continued recording, invoked his constitutional rights, and highlighted the contradictions in the way officers were enforcing the rules. In the end, unable to prove that the man was actually obstructing anyone, the officers still tried to force him to leave immediately. >> Sir, no. >> All right, so we're not doing this. >> You can't set up tents. It's against city ordinance. You got some ID on you? I >> have some ID. What is going on? Why you >> ID? >> Why you acting like I'm doing something wrong? >> You are doing something wrong. You can't set up a shelter on a public sidewalk. It's against city ordinance. So, you're going to get cited for it. Do you have ID? >> I'm going to get cited for it. >> That's correct. Do you have ID? >> What I'm going to get cited for? >> I told you for violating a city ordinance. >> How did I violate it? Sir, >> you're setting up a tent on a public sidewalk, setting up shelter. You can't do that. >> All right. But, sir, I was doing this all last year. None of y'all said nothing to me. A whole bunch of me today. >> Now, what do you said you want, sir? >> I don't remember your name. What's your name? >> What do you said you want, sir? >> Your name? >> All right. You want the ID, sir? >> ID? That's cool. >> Yeah, I'll give you the ID. This dude putting on his glove getting extra fake aggressive for what? I don't know. And uh I just accepted your oath. That's an open offer. I hope you remember article six, yo. >> That's great. >> All right. So uh any violation of my I am recording, too. >> Yeah. So we I tell you what, just give me your name. >> I'm giving him my ID. I'm not spelling nothing. I'm giving him my ID. That's what ID is for. So you're not going to tell me how to do this. >> All right. >> Don't try to intimidate me or none of that stupid [ __ ] >> Let's go. >> All right. We going was a part of harassment man. This the same [ __ ] from the other night that came with the young guy. >> Dude, I'm getting my ID. Don't Don't hurt me. I'm getting my ID. I'm getting my ID. You're you're intentionally trying to escalate the situation. You You're intentionally trying to escalate the situation so you can have a falsified reason to arrest me. I'm getting my ID as you can see me getting my ID. That's what he's trying to escalate the situation intentionally. That's his problem. That's what he's doing. >> All right. He's trying to escalate. You're trying to escalate, not deescalate. I am deescalating. I'm getting my ID. You're not going to get mad because you're mad and try to abuse your powers on me. I'm recording. That's what you're doing. All right. All right, my [ __ ] You could be a criminal if you want to. You're under oath. Remember Article Six. Remember your oath for office. Oath for affirmation, my man. Remember that. So you go ahead and act up if you want to just cuz you mad right now because I'm telling you the truth or you don't like what I'm saying. >> You go ahead and do that. That'll be your problem, not mine. >> What's your date of birth? >> It's right there, sir. When you when you check it up in your computer, it pop up, sir. >> What is it? >> I do not consent to that. All that information is right there. Here go the picture ID for you. There you go. Perfect. >> That's Ramsey County and all that. All that [ __ ] going to pop up once you do all that. >> All right. So since we're confused, I'll explain it to you. >> We're not confused about nothing, sir. We're not confused. I'm not confused. So, you understand you can't do this. It's against >> No, I don't understand. I can't do this because I did this all last year and no none of y'all said nothing to me. None of you guys said nothing to me. Now, right now, what you're doing is trying to interfere with the civil rights process by acting like your your your how you say, executing your ministerial duties because this is his second time with a different partner harassing me for nothing at all. And I knew you guys know I did this cuz y'all just sat there watching me do. It ain't against nothing. I I am homeless. I set this up here for the night so I could be here. No, it's not illegal. No, it's not illegal. Who did I hurt by doing this? Since you saying it's illegal because the son of being illegal, you have to hurt somebody >> public sideway, >> man. I'm not blocking nothing. This mad space right there as you can see. So, how can you say I'm obstructing? How am I obstructing anything with this mad way for people to move and go about freely? >> Like I said, once you get sighted, we're going to have you pack this up and move along. >> Once you have this [ __ ] right here, you see this [ __ ] All right. In order to block something, you have to be blocking it. If you're cighting me, I'm staying the night here. Right here until it stop raining or something. I'm not just leaving like this. >> If you're doing that, we'll just arrest you for obstruction and we'll go that way. >> Arrest me for obstruction. So, that that was your plan. That's why you came here. It was your intention to come here to >> if you're not going to cooperate. >> All right. Well, I'm going to leave, sir, but it's raining. When it get done raining, I'm going to leave. I can't take my [ __ ] down the ramp cuz I have valuable stuff in here. I'm going to leave. I'm going to leave. You're going to give my citation. I'm going to leave. You right. >> That's correct. >> You right. >> And what you said your name is, sir, cuz I want you I want you to keep this same attitude and zeal. Okay. Keep the same energy. >> Keep the same energy, sir. Keep the same energy. >> Donald, when I was putting my tent up here every night in the morning, I wake up and take it down early in the morning. The other officer, sir, that I talked to, he said he ain't had no problem with it unless as long as I take it down. You see what I'm saying? But now this dude talking about he want to sight me and this the same officer I have him on video. The one that's in there with the car thing now I have him on video as well harassing me on Friday. >> Thursday I'm not talking to you my man. I'm talking to my audience. All right. That's what I'm talking to. >> Talk to your audience. >> I'm talking to my audience. >> My audience. So what was you saying now? >> Do you want to hear me? >> What was you saying? >> Okay. Difference in officer discretion. Just because they let you do it last year doesn't mean it's no longer illegal. >> Yeah. You understand? >> It's never illegal, sir. It's never illegal. Homeless. >> It's no longer illegal. I'm homeless. I'm homeless. There's no there's not no such thing as a home like come on man homeless but you can't set up a shot it off. >> There's mass space right there. I'm not obstructing nothing. I'm not obstructing nothing. I'm not obstructing nothing. I'm not obstructing nothing. Who did I hurt by being here? >> Did I hurt any? Was anybody injured? Are these matters civil or criminal? Sir, >> that's not how it works. >> Are these matters civil? All right. Are your charges? Is this civil or criminal? Your city or Is it civil or criminal, sir? Criminal. >> It's criminal. >> It's a city ordinance. Yeah. >> Your ignorance. You're ignorance. You're ignorance. You're learn right now. You're in school. I'm trying to teach you something so you don't hurt yourself in the future. I know you got people that need your ignorant agon ass cuz you try to get extra ignorant arrogant with me. A fake aggressive like that was supposed to scare me out of some [ __ ] >> Ignorant agon. What are you saying? >> Ignorant arrogant [ __ ] You heard what the guy said. You heard exactly what I said. And you just try to, you know, throw that sneak disc. Back to what I was saying though. And that [ __ ] right there is going to get you in trouble. Yo, cuz y'all do a lot of [ __ ] forgetting that you're under oath of affirmation to uphold, support, and protect. Knock around and harass because you got a job. >> Understand the law. That's >> I don't think you understand the law. That's the major issue. Yo, don't worry. You and your gang about to understand it real well. It's some high some people that's about to teach y'all because y'all don't listen. Y'all don't learn. Y'all just continue harassing harassing. So therefore, it's some people about to teach y'all. You'll see what I'm talking about. Y'all work extra hard for it. You and your team and the [ __ ] that f remember the [ __ ] that that set you what y'all talked about that meeting. The [ __ ] that told y'all that. Yeah. When y'all see me do all whatever. Yeah. Dumb [ __ ] Y'all about to have a nice citation. You have 30 days to take care of it.