Don't consent to any searches or seizure. >> I'm not searching victim. I need to know. Do you have your ID on? How do you know who I made contact with? Sir, >> uh, I haven't broken a law. >> So now you're refusing to identify yourself to >> You haven't articulated a crime. >> Is a ongoing investigation of shots fired in the area, sir? >> That's not a crime. It's in the county. >> You swore an oath to uphold the Constitution, didn't you? >> Sure did. >> Can you articulate to me what the fourth and fifth amendment to the Constitution is? >> Yeah, I can, but I'm not going to cuz you obviously know it. >> Being illegally detained at this point. >> Well, we're in the middle of investigation. Okay. >> Right. That's not a crime. Can't even articulate a crime. >> I just want to know what your issue is. Why? Why? Why you don't want to talk to us? That's what my question is. >> Police, I'm sorry. I think you guys are tyrants. >> Okay. >> The man had been legally target shooting on his own secluded private property when he later drove away and was suddenly pulled over by two deputies. They admitted they never witnessed any crime and repeatedly failed to articulate a single law he had broken. Instead, they claimed an ongoing investigation based solely on a shots fired call. Even though shooting on private land was lawful, the deputies demanded his identification, pressured him to answer questions, and attempted to blur the line between reasonable suspicion and probable cause. Despite the confusion and intimidation, the man remained calm, asserted his fourth and fifth amendment right, and repeatedly asked the officers to clearly state what crime justified the stop. Watch how these deputies struggled to justify their actions and expose their own lack of constitutional understanding. >> What's the problem? >> I got a shooting range or something over there. >> My property? >> Yeah. Listen, I ain't come to attitude. I'm filing a complaint that somebody filed. >> Okay. >> Do you have a shooting range over there and everything? >> No, just my property. >> First, we get a call of shots fired in the area. >> They were in the county. >> Yeah. >> Listen, anytime shots fired in the area, you got your ID on you, sir? I haven't committed a crime >> right now. There's an investigation going on, sir, for shots fired in the area and I need to make know who I made contact with. >> I haven't committed a crime >> with Sussex Sheriff. I identify myself. >> I haven't committed a crime. >> Sir, what's your name? >> I'm not I haven't committed a crime. >> All right. So, we got to call the shots fire in the area. Do you own You say you own that land up there? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. How long you you live up there or just land? >> Just land. >> Okay. Hold on. >> Okay. So, originally called the shots fireing area. Anytime shots fired in the area, we got to come. If it's hunting, we get hunting time. We get a lot of calls. >> So, we have to investigate because we don't know what's going on. I don't know that it's land back there. I don't know that you that that belongs to you. I don't know that you shooting back there or whatever. I don't know that stuff. So, I have to investigate. >> When a citizen call, we have to investigate. >> Okay. >> So, that's what I'm investigating. So, again, you got your ID on you? >> No, it's not. >> So, I got to make >> I didn't make a I didn't break any laws. >> Yeah. So, we got a call of a red truck that shots fired in the area. >> Okay. >> So, again, I'm investigating. And there's an ongoing investigation. >> So, do you have >> a crime? >> Shots fired in the area. >> That's a crime. >> Yes, sir. Ran ran the roadway and the houses in the area. >> No, no, there was never any >> Okay. I don't know that. I haven't went back. The only thing I got is a red truck. So, again, >> I'm just going to I'm just going to uh exercise my fifth amendment right at this point. >> Okay. You That's fine. I need your ID. >> I'm not going to I'm not going to ID myself. I haven't broken the law. Still the vehicle for me, sir. back here for me. >> Don't consent to any searches or seizure. >> I'm not searching vehicle. I need to know. Do you have your ID on? I need know who I made contact with, sir. >> Uh, I haven't broken a law. Can you articulate a law that I broken? >> Right now, you must identify yourself, sir, because I have made contact and it's an ongoing >> broken law. I'm not going to I'm exercising my fifth amendment right. >> So, you're refusing. So, now you're refusing to identify yourself to me. >> You haven't articulated a crime. is a ongoing investigation of shots fired in the area. Sir, >> that's not a crime. It's in the county. >> You're missing the whole >> I am not I am not giving up my fifth amendment right. I'm not going to violate >> that land belongs to you. >> That land belongs to you. >> Yes, sir. >> Do you have any back stops behind any shooting that's going on back there? >> I'm not going to answer any questions. >> Okay, that's fine. You want a second? >> Can I see your supervisor? >> He is a supervisor, sir. Can I see your supervisor? I allow people to hunt on that property as well. So, okay. >> When they're hunting, is that a crime? >> How much land you got? >> I'm not going to answer any questions. >> Okay. And why? Why? I'm just going to ask why. >> Because I have the fifth amendment to the Constitution. >> Okay. So, >> you you you tore an oath to uphold the Constitution, didn't you? >> Sure did. Can you articulate to me what the fourth and fifth amendment to the constitution is? >> Yeah, I can, but I'm not going to because you obviously know it. Okay, so this is this is my question. >> I bet you don't. >> If you want to assert your rights, I have no problem with that. >> I'm being illegally detained at this point. >> Okay. Well, we're in the middle of an investigation. Okay. >> It's a crime. It's not a crime. You don't have You can't even articulate a crime. I I'm I have no obligation to assist you in your investigation, you know. >> Okay. So my question to you is this. You want to ask me a bunch of questions, but you don't want to answer any of my questions. Why are you being difficult? >> I'm a I'm a citizen in America and we have the Constitution. I know. >> But that doesn't answer why you not why you're being so difficult. >> I don't have to answer any of your questions, officer. >> Okay. I I just want to know what your issue is. Why? Why you don't want to talk to us? That's what my question is. >> Police. I'm sorry. I think you guys are tyrants. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> If y'all if y'all actually upheld the Constitution like you sworn us to do, then then yeah, I would answer questions. But y'all don't do that anymore. You tyrants anymore, man. No offense to you. I mean, I'm sure you're you might be a good dude. I know. I don't know. I know y'all are sitting here wanting to ID me and violating my constitutional rights. >> Okay. But getting your ID is not violating your rights. >> It certainly is. That's the fourth amendment. >> And how how >> how is it? Because I I don't have to have any searches or seizures. You you can't search or seize anything unless I've been suspected of a crime. >> Okay. >> Am I suspected of a crime? I I'll leave that up to my partner, sir. >> No, you got to articulate a crime and I'd be happy to I'd be happy to ID myself if you can articulate a crime that I've broken or done something wrong. >> Okay. Well, technically, we have enough to stop you for the incident that we're investigating. And technically, if you want to get into the aspects of the law, you're just driving down the road. We have a right to see your driver's license registration. There's Supreme Court case law on that. >> Yeah. If if I violated a law, >> okay, >> what's the law? >> What's the law that I violated? operating a vehicle on the roads of the Commonwealth. >> That's that's against the law. >> It's not against the law. But once once once you've been once you have been stopped for a reasonable suspicion, you don't need probable cause. >> A crime. >> You can't articulate a crime. >> Didn't Didn't he already tell you that? >> He didn't articulate a crime. >> Okay. Okay. But a crime is not reasonable suspicion. You need to talk to a better lawyer. >> I'm not I'm not I ain't talking to nobody. I'm just I'm just >> But a crime a crime is not reasonable suspicion. A crime is probable cause. RS reasonable articulable suspicion. If you can articulate to me reasonable articulable suspicion, I will be happy to ID myself. >> If you want to play the reasonable the reasonable person standard, we'll play that. Okay. So, we're responding to a shots fired call. We have a witness that sees your truck driving from that area and now we're talking to you. That's reasonable suspicion according to Supreme Court all day. >> What's the crime? >> Shots fired. >> We're investigating it. Well, no, I don't have to. No, I don't have to have a crime to stop you. I don't have to have a crime to ID you. I don't have to have a crime to talk to you. >> You have to have a crime. If I've done something wrong, I will ID myself. You tell me what I've done wrong. >> Show me where in a law book anywhere that reasonable suspicion equals a crime. >> It doesn't. >> Is this a Terry stop? >> It doesn't. >> Is this Terry v. Ohio? Is this a Terry stop? >> Okay. No, I don't think it's a Terry stop. >> There you go. >> Okay. >> Am I Am I free to leave? >> So, this is the the rule. Um, I'm gonna print out the laws of Sussex County. I'm gonna put it on that fence. It is resolutions that have to follow. We are going to report it. They are going to come and investigate your area that you're shooting over there. Um, again, I'm going to take a picture right here. >> I don't want you to uh trespass on my property. >> Listen, sir. >> Okay. >> Again, shots fired in their area. They're homes right there. You can't shoot within a certain feet of the homes. So, if y'all are in violation that, you will be charged. Okay. >> There's still no crime. >> Yes, it is a crime. You can't shoot within certain feet of the home, sir. How many feet was I in? >> You're good to go, sir. Have a great day. Thank you. Take care. Stay safe. >> This stop collapsed because the deputies could never name a crime. They relied on vague claims and circular logic while ignoring basic constitutional limit. The man did nothing illegal yet was treated like a suspect simply for exercising his rights. This encounter showed how quickly authority can turn into overreach and why knowing the law is often the only thing that stops