I need to file a complaint against you because you don't get to just ride around pulling people over because you want to. >> That's all I needed to know. >> You don't need to know that. You don't need to know a damn thing. This is the problem because you guys think you could just get behind and pull them the over for no reason. And that pisses me off. No, you violated our rights by pulling us over without us breaking the law. Don't you understand? You have a badge. You have a a a duty to bust people. You don't have a right to pull people over that haven't broke a law. Two men were peacefully parked on the side of a public road during a road trip taking casual travel photos when a deputy suddenly activated his lights and pulled them over. The officer claimed a woman reported them for taking her picture even though no law prohibited what they were doing. That decision turned out to be his biggest mistake. The illegal stop instantly set one of the men off and instead of backing down, he pushed harder, demanding to know what crime justified the seizure. As the deputy tried to label it an investigation, the man broke down every excuse, pointing out that filming in public is legal and that emergency lights cannot be used just because an officer feels like making contact. The more the deputy talked, the worse it got as the man unloaded on him relentlessly, leaving the officer with nowhere to hide and no legal ground to stand on. He clearly wanted the encounter to end, but the man wasn't letting him walk away from a stop that never should have happened. Well, we're getting pulled over for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Deputy's pulling us over for not doing anything wrong. Haven't broken any laws. >> Coming to your side. >> Well, you're going to see my back is all you're going to see. >> How y'all doing? >> Fine. How are you doing? >> I'm good. >> What's happening? >> Hey, Deputy or Sergeant Thinkman with the sheriff's office. >> Okay, >> we can see that. Okay. >> What's your badge number? >> What's that? >> What's your ID number? >> 332. I'm sorry. >> 332. All right. >> Yes, sir. >> Why' we pull over? I don't know. Why you pulling us over? >> Uh, the lady said y'all were taking a picture of her. I just >> Is that against the law? >> No, sir. No. >> Then why did you pull us over? You actually broke the law pulling us over? Cuz we haven't broke a law. >> I'm just conducting. >> No, there's no investigation unless we had a a crime committed. And we haven't committed a crime. But you just turned your red lights on. >> Okay. Then why are you allowed to go take that crosswalk and drive up the road to turn in there? >> Yes, sir. We can cut across those >> and drive up this road >> into oncoming traffic there. >> Well, yes, sir. I come up here to make contact with y'all. I mean, I >> No. Coming from that direction coming this way. That lady in that car, whoever it was, man, woman turned into that turning lane came towards us. We were parked on the side of the road taking pictures and she came towards us in the oncom traffic lane. And I got it on video. >> See, I wouldn't have known. >> I got it on video. >> But either way, you pulled us over without a reason, man. >> We're in public. We can video. >> I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't come and made contact. >> Yeah, but see, you don't get to just make contact because you feel like it. You don't just get to pull people over with your blue lights on because you feel like it. We have to have broken a law. That's the disconnect between you and me right now. >> Sir, how would I how would have I got >> You don't get to pull people over unless they break laws, sir. >> You is how would I have gotten you to stop? >> What reason do you have us to stop? If I needed to make contact >> for what legal reason? What the wall do we break? >> Listen, we're in public. We're on a public road. Taking a picture of somebody is not illegal. That's exactly what you should have told her. I need to file a complaint. I need to file a complaint against you because you don't get to just ride around pulling people over because you want to. >> That's all I needed to know. >> You don't need to know that. You don't need to know a damn thing. This is that's the problem because you guys think you can just get behind and pull them the over for no reason. And that pisses me off. No, you violated our rights by pulling us over without us breaking the law. You have no right to do that. >> It's still Don't you understand? You have a badge. You have a a a duty to bust people. You don't have a right to pull people over that haven't broke a law. How do you not get that? >> Sir, have I asked you for ID? Have >> It don't matter. You don't get no ID from me. You won't get ID from me. You don't even get to ask. It ain't part of your job. >> How do you know who y'all are anyway? >> It don't matter who we are. My point is, you think you can just drive around and pull people over for no reason? You really believe that? >> Somebody in public for taking a picture of somebody in public. What you should have done was you should have addressed her, not us. >> You should have told her what was going on. Somebody in a gold truck had took a picture of her. >> So what? >> I'll go make contact and see what's going on. Make sure everything's okay. >> Wait a minute. You have a right to pull somebody over because you just somebody said that they took a picture of them in public. >> You believe that in your mind? >> Really? Y'all have a great day. Okay, >> you too. >> I'll have a great day when I file my complaint for you pulling us over illegally, man. You just don't get to pull people over because you feel like it. That's man. You know it and I know it. No, I already know your I'm the one who told Get the hell out of here, boy. Get your ass off the steps. Remember, in the courthouse down here. >> I didn't tell you that, sir. >> No, your sheriff said that to me. I'm that guy. >> Talk to you, sir. >> I'm the guy that your sheriff. Let me say it in English this time so you can understand. >> That's That's you, sir. You can say whatever you want. >> It don't matter. You don't get to just pull people over for no reason, dude. What is wrong with you, man? >> Don't you know your job? >> Then get ass back in your car what you need to do. You should have never came out here and with us to start with, man. This is You don't pull people over without a reason. When the do you understand this man? Wrong with these people. >> So, there you have it, folks. >> That's how I get it. This stop exposed how easily an officer will overstep when he thinks people won't challenge him. There was no crime, no reasonable suspicion, and no lawful reason to activate emergency lights. Yet, the deputy still forced a stop and tried to justify it after the fact. By doing that, he attempted to violate their Fourth Amendment rights by detaining them without cause and implied they needed to explain themselves for perfectly legal activity. He also tried to treat public photography as suspicious conduct, even though it is fully protected and not a crime. With video evidence contradicting his claims and the law clearly not on his side, the officer had nowhere to go and no way to save face. This was a clear reminder that rights only disappear if people allow them