You. You supposed to be a captain and you don't know the disabled plates have a right to park in a in a parking spot and you violating people's rights. Huh? >> I'm a peace officer. >> I have TCO certification. I have TCO certification. Yes, I do. That's what you checked it. >> It expired. >> Who says who? My My certification doesn't say expired. You want it to be expired because you see brown skin. So, take a walk. Walk of shame. Walk of shame, captain. >> In this video, a man wearing police academy gear heads into a local business expecting an ordinary day, but the moment a police captain notices his uniform, the encounter takes an unexpected turn. Instead of simply asking a few questions and moving on, the captain begins challenging the man's identity, his certification, and whether he has any right to wear what he's wearing. The man immediately pushes back insisting his credentials can easily be verified and repeatedly questioning why he's being confronted at all. As the disagreement grows louder, neither side appears willing to give an inch turning what started as a simple conversation into a tense public confrontation. Watch how this man refuses to back down as he challenges the captain's actions and forces the encounter to end in a walk of shame. >> Can we see some ID? >> No, what for? >> I just asked >> What's your What's your probable cause to ask me for ID? >> It does not have a handicap placard. >> Read the plate, man. You're you're You don't even know what you're talking about. DV. That's disabled veteran plate. We can park in handicap spots. >> Let me see some ID, please. >> No. You have no probable cause. You're going down a bad road here. Really. >> I asked you a question. >> Okay. >> And I have never seen anybody wear a police academy graduation >> That's your business. That's your business. I wear it all the time. Do my Do my training. Now, I can do that because I'm a graduate. I can wear the uniform. >> Have you been certified as a peace of >> Of course. I have my certification. What are you talking about? Why don't you run the Why don't you run the plate? Why don't you run the plate? Run the plate, man. I gave you permission. And what did you see? >> Not the certification. >> to see the certificate certification. You had to see it. >> So, let's go. >> You had to see it. You had to see it. Come on, man. >> isn't on your tag. >> When you run my name, you can find it. Contact TCOLE. Why don't you contact them? You saw my name. Call TCOLE. Go ahead. >> Run it. Run it again. >> Run it. >> Run it. >> Run it. Call TCOLE. But you have no You have no justification or probable cause to run up on me. Yeah. Yeah. You think it's going to be easy like that? No. It's not going to be like that. >> That's fine. >> To to violate my my right to wear my uniform. What are you What are you What are you running up on me for? What's your problem? >> Who was the academy director when you were there? >> Contact them. >> Who is it? >> Ask him. Navarro College, call him. >> Well, the reason I did that >> Call him. >> I know they just graduated. >> Call him. You could have done all of that You could have done all of that while I was inside. >> I don't know who you are. >> I don't know who you are. Who are you? I know I know about Joshua Fleet PD. I know. Yeah. Yeah. >> So, you know what? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, just go ahead and and try it. >> You don't have Allen's number. >> Call them. >> Allen's >> Call them. >> You getting it? When did you graduate? >> I don't have to tell you anything. Don't ask me any questions cuz I'm not answering. >> Okay. >> Yeah. What? Why? Why? Why? You detaining You detaining me? No. No. Then my question is are you detaining me? Okay. So then don't tell me where to go. No. No. Nope. Nope. Nope. Ask him. Okay. So you're standing So you're standing here and I'm here. So what are you talking about? What are you asking me any questions for? Okay. What are you telling Don't give me any instructions. Don't give me any instructions. Nope. Since he has no probable cause to stop me and I'm not being detained, he's got 1 minute and then I'm leaving. >> I don't know. I don't even know what's going on. >> Okay, well then why don't you find out because then I'm going to leave away from you. >> Cuz I thought you were going to ask me to come over here so I can find out what's going >> Okay, well well you need to find out because I'm going to walk away from you, get in my car and drive away. So you need to find out find out from him. >> Do you mind holding off on leaving until I find out what's going on to see if you're Ask him cuz this that's My captain, he's in charge of this. If I >> Okay, he's he's he's not he's not too smart because first of all, I mean first of all, even you know if I have disabled veteran plate, I can park in a handicap spot. Even you know that. No, no, no, they didn't just change that. It's been that way. >> Well, it started in September that it was that way. >> No, sir. It's been that way for years. I've had this for 5 years. It's already been that way. And and if he's a captain, he should have known that. But he didn't. He just saw He just saw this and he saw this and he wanted to make a problem. That's your reputation at Joshua. Come on, man. Yes, it is. How many black officers you got? One. One. >> Yeah. Yeah, we don't have one right now. >> One, right. One. I know. I know. And you And And you barely you barely let him in. You barely let him in. Barely let him in. Barely let him in. And your reputation is already bad from years ago. You had a corruption scandal. You had a corruption scandal. You had to get rid of a lot of your your CDs. And you got one amongst your ranks. Are you finished? I got to go. Are you finished? >> You said wait a second. Where's the corruption scandal? >> The one where uh that Chief >> He knows. He knows. He's playing games with you. He knows. He knows. He knows. There's no sense in telling him. If he knows and he's a new guy and you don't know, then it's something wrong with you. >> he was ambulance here before then. >> Yeah, did you check T-Cole? Did you call Navarro? Check T-Cole. Did you call Navarro? >> He did call Navarro. >> Okay, so then so then you know, you're feeling small now, aren't you? >> No, I'm not. >> You shouldn't have run up on people. You don't have no probable cause. If you wanted to follow me and run my plates, you could have done that. >> to anybody? >> No, well I don't have to talk to you. >> And you didn't. >> I don't have to talk to you. That's right. I already told you that. Waste my time and you. You're supposed to be a captain and you don't know that disabled plates have a right to park in a in a parking spot. And you're violating people's rights. Huh? Running up on them without probable cause. I'm in a uniform doing the same thing for you for free. >> Alan Eddings who was a captain before >> So what? I don't care what he thinks. I'm a graduate and I have T-Cole certification. So I don't care what he says. I don't care what he says. >> He's officer >> I have T-Cole certification. I have T-Cole certification. Yes, I do. That's what you checked it. >> It expired. >> Who says who? My my certification doesn't say expired. You want it to be expired because you see brown skin. So take a walk. Walk of shame. Walk of shame, captain. Yeah, walk of shame. Don't run up on me again. Don't ever you run up on me again. Do you understand? Do you understand? And learn the law. And learn the law. >> I know. >> And learn the law and you better have probable cause before you run up on somebody in uniform. You don't have no reasonable suspicion because I'm on the same side as you. >> No, you aren't. >> I have T-Cole. I'm a graduate of the police academy, okay? Just like you years ago. You probably couldn't even pass the test right now. You go. You get going. You get going. You get going. I'm a peace officer and you had no probable cause. You had no probable cause to stop me. You had no probable cause. I have peace officer certification just like you. So go learn the law before you start teaching young people how to do the job. You're a bad example to the young fellow over there. You don't even know the rules of parking. >> This encounter raises serious questions about whether a police officer can lawfully demand identification from someone who is not being detained or suspected of committing a crime. It also highlights the limits of an officer's authority to stop and question a person simply because they find their appearance or clothing unusual. Throughout the encounter, the man repeatedly asks what crime he is suspected of committing and whether he is being detained while insisting that his certification could be verified through the proper channels. Even after his certification is confirmed, he continues criticizing the captain for initiating the confrontation in the first place and accuses him of approaching without legal justification. Encounters like this remind us why every citizen should understand their constitutional rights and the limits of government authority. Knowing the law is one of the strongest tools you have when dealing with public officials. If you appreciate videos that examine police encounters, individual rights, and government accountability, be sure to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and turn on notifications so you don't miss our next upload.