I'm just getting off of work. I'm a working man. I pay my taxes. >> I understand that. You right in back of my car so I can't go nowhere. Yeah, I understand that. >> problem? I'm investigating this right here. >> Why? Why why are you investigating why I'm parked here? I could park in any parking lot in here. It's just suspicious. You know why? Because everybody else that's here is parked over there. >> Yeah, I'm just getting off of work. I was parked here earlier. Then I go home. >> No, you still haven't produced any kind of identification for me. For what? It's no I I've done nothing to show you anything. >> just gotten off work and parked his vehicle when an officer pulled in behind him and blocked him from leaving. Without pointing to any crime, the cop immediately started questioning why he was there and how long he had been parked. The man answered only what was necessary and made it clear he wasn't required to explain himself. As the officer kept pressing for personal details and identification, the man calmly pushed back reminding him he had done nothing wrong. The longer it went on, the more obvious it became the cop was fishing while the man controlled the encounter by refusing to let his rights be violated. Watch how the officer struggled to justify keeping him there. I warned you first. >> Okay, that's fine. All right. Now now why is why am I getting harassed for? I'm not harassing you. Yes, you sure is harassing me. I just I'm a working man just getting off of work. I just got off the bus, got in the car. I'm parked over here. I did nothing. Now now where where's the problem? You've been parked here for since I've gotten here. And how long was that? I don't know. It's probably about 7 minutes now. >> All right. So it's Yeah, no it's 7 minutes now because you harassing me. I'm not harassing you. Now can can you back your cop car up so I can so I can get home from work? Okay, where do you live? It doesn't matter where I live at. I'm about to I'm about to get the hell home from work. Okay. >> I'm not bothering you. No, you're not bothering me. Okay. Um what's your name? Officer Reagan. Reagan, okay. Um do you have any Do I have get a number from you or something like that? Like you got like a a certain number? >> Police Department. >> Okay. >> what town you're in? Okay. Okay. All right. What else what else should I know about you? That's about it. Yeah. All right. Is everything good? Am I arrest for anything? Did I do anything wrong? Well, I'm just wondering because now you're giving me a really hard time. I'm not giving you no hard time. You you have you you had No, cuz you you know why? Cuz I'm just getting off of work. I'm a working man. I pay my taxes. >> that. >> You right in back of my car so I can't go nowhere. Yeah, I understand that. >> I'm investigating this why you're parked here. >> Why? Why why are you investigating why I'm parked here? I could park in any parking lot in here. >> It's just suspicious. You know why? Because everybody else that's here is parked over there. Yeah, I'm just I'm just getting off of work. I was parked here earlier. It doesn't matter where I work at. I have done nothing wrong. >> Where do you live? I have done nothing wrong. I'm just asking because >> No, well I have I I do not have to I have to I don't I don't I do not have to answer that. I do not have to answer that. I do not have to answer that. I It's nothing. I'm doing nothing wrong. It is It's okay if I go home. Where do you live? Is it okay if I go home, sir? >> Where do you live? Is it okay if I go home? What's your address? Is it okay Is Is it okay if I go home, sir? Cuz cuz right after all this is done, tomorrow I'm going down and I'mma show them this video of you harassing me. That's fine. Okay, that's perfectly fine. Now can I go home, please? No. You still haven't produced any kind of identification for me. For what? >> live. >> For what? It's no I I've done nothing to show you anything. I've done nothing. I just told you why I'm here. That's all. I have done nothing. Now can I can I please go home, please, sir? How come you open your door there? Because you got cuz you got the light shining for no reason. Well, I don't know what kind of strange vehicle I don't know what's going on inside. >> What what What what makes it so strange about a Lincoln Navigator? Is it strange? Everybody where Everybody has a It's a lot of people got a Lincoln Navigator. Is that strange? >> right. >> Okay. Now what's the problem? I told you what the problem was. Okay. Well, can you back your car up? You can you can back your car up and I can >> you to identify identify >> I'm not I'm not I'm not doing anything. Well, you can close the door and hang tight. Okay. I'm being harassed for no apparent reason. [Music] Well, I'm assuming you work at the Hard Rock Atlantic City. Cuz you're wearing the hat. Which is neat. But uh Before you go Okay. Can you can you back everything up so I can go? >> too. Okay. Well well Where do you live? No, I'm not going to do that. But but why why did you do this? I told you why. >> I'm just I'm just You know what I'm saying? >> it on tape. I told you why. I'm not going to repeat myself seven All right. So Okay, you have a good night. >> You too, sir. Have a good night. All right. You got to back that up. Thank you. Back it all we up. The officer never pointed to a crime yet kept pressing for answers and identification anyway. The man didn't argue, didn't escalate, and didn't comply with demands that had no legal basis. By staying calm and standing firm, he exposed the stop for what it was, an officer fishing for authority he didn't have and struggling once he was challenged on camera.