I don't want to talk to him. I'm talking to the supervisor. Don't try to intimidate me. Don't try to intimidate me. Okay, Martinez, if you don't do your rights the way you're supposed to, I'm going to file a complaint on you. Okay, then don't don't intimidate me. Okay, then don't try. Can you get him away from here? Look, he's not being professional. That's not professional. Oh Oh, well, I do this for the rights. You know what I'm saying? You can believe whatever you want. You Okay, well, you can believe whatever you want. You can believe whatever you want. I'm not going to give you my name, so I don't know why you have that >> This encounter started at a Border Patrol checkpoint when an agent began questioning a driver who immediately stood on his rights and refused to answer questions beyond what he believed the law required. As the agent pushed for identification and even called for a K9, despite admitting no crime had been committed, the driver repeatedly challenged the legal basis for extending the stop. What should have been a simple checkpoint interaction quickly turned into a battle over constitutional rights, government authority, and the limits of Border Patrol's power. Watch how this driver took control of the encounter and forced agents to justify every move they made. >> The guy that I'm There's a guy There's a car in front of me now. The guy that I'm seeing, he's obviously asking questions. Let's see how it goes, honestly. >> Afternoon, sir. You're supposed to How are you doing today? >> Hello, are you a U.S. citizen, sir? >> Okay. And uh what brings you out here today you go past? >> Uh I uh >> What's that? >> I I live down here. >> Oh, you do? Okay. >> Yeah. >> And where are you headed to today? >> Uh I don't answer questions, sir. >> You don't answer any questions? Why is that? >> Uh my Fifth Amendment, pretty sure. I just go by the law, sir. >> Okay, that's fine. That's fine. Um Is this your vehicle, sir? >> Uh I'd rather not answer No No questions. [clears throat] >> Okay. Would you mind if I take a look in your trunk at all? >> Uh I prefer not to. >> Okay. >> Uh I do have my firearm in the back, but that's it. >> Okay. Is it yours or is it stolen? >> Registered to me. No, it's registered to me. I wouldn't I wouldn't tell you if if you know what I'm saying like that I have it registered. >> That's that's fine. You know, that's that's fine. I mean you you don't have to answer all my questions. >> Um I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to run a dog just run a vehicle right over here. >> Uh yeah. Uh you can run it down here. I'd rather not go to secondary either, you know what I'm saying? Cuz I'm not doing anything bad. I mean >> No, you're not. And I didn't say you were doing anything bad. Just to dispel any suspicion I might have, I'm just going to have a dog run around your vehicle. >> You you you >> for me to do it over there. Okay? >> You >> You don't have to get out of your vehicle. All I'm going to have you do is have it run around the outside of the vehicle, okay? >> Well, I prefer not that either, but I mean if you want to run it down, I'm good here. >> I don't have a dog right here is what I'm saying. So, in order for me to expedite this, I'm going to do it over there, okay? Do you have any ID or anything on you? >> Uh I'm not going to give you my driver's license either. >> Well, by law, I can ask for your driver's license and you are required to give me >> No, I'm not required. >> any form of identification. >> bring your supervisor? Cuz I've dealt with a lot of this before, that's why I record. >> That's that's not a problem. That's not a problem. >> Yeah, well, please bring it bring >> I personally will get a supervisor out here. >> Can you bring him over here? >> I'm going to have you pull right over there, okay? Cuz you're holding up traffic right here. >> Yeah, you are because I'm I'm I'm just trying to go up in my way. I mean, all of a sudden you want to run down a a canine. I mean, if that's your suspicious, that's not a crime, you know what I'm saying? If you're aware of that, you know what I'm saying? >> I didn't say you were committing a crime. >> No, I'm saying cuz you said something about suspicious, right? >> Sure. I mean, you said suspicious and stuff. >> Of course, that's not a no crime, you know what I'm saying? >> I didn't say you were committing a crime. >> Okay, but I'm telling you that's not no crime. So, if you're trying to find something and I Just can you bring your supervisor, please? >> I'm going to have you pull over there, okay? >> I prefer not to pull over to secondary cuz I've dealt with this before, you know what I'm saying? And just bring your supervisor, please. I I prefer for you to bring your supervisor, man. I'm just trying to go up in my way. >> it's blocking traffic. >> Right. You're blocking traffic. >> No, you are blocking traffic because you're ignoring what I'm telling you right now. >> Uh I don't have to stop for no reason. I mean, I you know what I'm saying? >> You don't have to stop because there's a stop sign right here. >> Okay, why stop? You know, I'm letting making it hard for yourself. What's your sir? I want the camera to know what your name is. >> My name is Hauser. >> Can you say it out loud? >> No, you can look >> Okay, H A U S E R. >> Sure. >> Okay, that's your name. >> Mhm. >> All right, I'm good here. How I said, if you want to bring your supervisor, go ahead and bring him. A lot of supervisors know me. >> Sir, that's fine. >> Okay, you want to bring him, go ahead. >> I'm going to have you pull >> I am good here, sir. I am not committing no crime, so I >> You are blocking. You are a breach. >> You are You are. Cuz all of a sudden you want to run down a K9. You're not running down everybody's uh car. >> Okay. Who's driving the vehicle? >> Huh? >> Who's driving the vehicle? Who's driving the vehicle? >> I am. >> Okay, so who's impeding traffic? >> You You're stopping me. You're the one that's talking to me. If I go up on my way, I'm not going to impede no traffic, am I right? >> I'm not putting You're being seized. You're not You're not released >> Seized for what reason? There's no I haven't committed no crime. >> here is seized temporarily. >> Uh not really. Only if there's probable cause. This isn't an immigration checkpoint. You got to learn your rights, and you're about to learn your rights with the supervisor that's going to come. >> Sir, I'm telling you, everybody that comes through here is temporarily seized. >> Uh no. >> that? >> No, they're not. They only if there's probable cause, and if they committed a crime. >> No. >> Then Then you can seize their car, >> So I So let me ask you something. Are you free to move? >> Am I free to move? Have I committed any crime? >> You don't have to commit a crime. Everybody that comes through here has to stop. >> Uh yeah, stop and answer what whatever they're going to answer. I don't got to answer because I know my rights, you know what I'm saying? >> Did I tell you you had to answer any further questions? >> No. Okay, am I committed Have I committed no crime? >> I didn't say you committed a >> Okay, but have I? That way I can go up on my way. >> Did I say you committed a crime? >> Okay, have I? >> Did I say you committed a crime? >> No, you haven't. >> I need absolutely no suspicion, mere or no suspicion, to send you to secondary. >> Uh no, that is wrong. That is wrong. You're about to learn that. >> what, if you pull over here, I can get you a pamphlet and >> No, no, I already have some myself. >> I'll I'll show you exactly what what we have over here. >> I do not want to know anything. How I said, I'm freely driving a public, right? This is public, okay. There we go. Haven't committed no crime. Haven't committed no crime. You You have no probable cause to search my car either. You want to run down a K9. I said go ahead, run it down, even though you don't have to. And if you scratch my car, that's going to be against your K9 cuz I have You can see right there. I've gotten my car scratched before, right? Okay, if you don't see it, that's on you. How I said, you want to run it down? Go ahead and run it down. Uh I can go up on my way, you know what I'm saying? >> No, you cannot. You >> No. Why Why you run down your K9? >> And so I release you, sir. >> Oh oh, well, I haven't committed no crime. Do you want to run down your K9? That's That's >> a crime. >> No, but I'm telling you I haven't committed no crime, so I'm public It's going to be a good video, but I'm just letting Right. I understand that one. Okay, go ahead and bring it. I'm I'm good here. I'm I'm good. I'm getting paid, too. I'm a YouTuber. I'm a YouTuber. I do this for a living cuz I I got to I got to educate people that don't know their law, you know what I'm saying? That they're just just trying to find a crime on somebody, you know what I'm saying? No, I already I already have a pamphlet, and I've already got him to serve or something. So, yeah, I'm getting stopped for I don't know what reason. I'm just trying to go up on my way. He wants to run down a K9. I said he can run down the K9, but I prefer for him to run down the K9 here. I'm not going to go to secondary cuz I haven't committed no crime. See how it goes. Yeah, and he's holding traffic. There's a lot of cars behind me. >> You got sir? >> Hello, I don't want I don't got nothing, sir. He said uh He asked me where am I going? And you're the supervisor, sir? >> No, do you have ID? >> I have a driver's license. >> Can I see your driver's license? >> Uh no. I want talk to the supervisors here. >> Well, I want to identify who you are. >> Yeah, I'm I'm the supervisor is already coming. >> license? >> All right, supervisor. I don't got to give you my driver's license. I don't got to give you my driver's license. >> Well, I want to identify you. >> Yeah, I want to talk to >> Driving Driving Operating a motor vehicle is not a right, it's a privilege. >> Rodriguez. You're the supervisor Rodriguez? >> Yeah, who's the >> What's up, sir? No, no, you know me, right? >> I don't know. >> You don't know me? Uh I I I feel like I've seen you before. But uh him, he he stopped me right here here, right? >> Okay. >> Can I put my car in park? >> Actually, it would be better if you took your car to secondary cuz you're blocking traffic. >> He's blocking traffic, sir. >> Well, I'm I'm telling you >> Cuz I haven't committed no crime, you know what I'm saying? >> Okay, I if you could just >> I'd rather not go to secondary, sir, cuz you're going to find every reason to find anything on me or try to get me in a crime, you know what I'm saying? So, I'm good. I >> You committed a crime You committed a crime. That's not a I mean, what >> No, no, I'm talking about Yeah, you you guys are trying to get me with a crime, you know what I'm saying? I don't I don't have anything. I'm just This is a public This is a public street. I'm trying to go my way. I do have my driver's license. >> Hey, can you call so they can come cuz you're not going to want to move, right? >> Huh? >> You're not going to want to move. >> No, I mean I I You guys are. I'm I'm going up in my way. >> Okay, I understand that. >> And this is being recorded cuz >> it's being recorded. >> Cuz I'm I don't I haven't committed no crime, you know what I'm saying? You guys want to run down on a a dog. He's already running it down. Look, he's already running That's how he wanted it. Now he's doing it. You understand, sir? >> Yeah, I >> Rodriguez, you're the supervisor? >> Yeah. >> Okay, he wanted to run down a dog. I told him he could run it down here. Look, the dog is You know what I'm saying? Doing his job, I guess you could say. Uh Rodriguez, I don't try to give you guys a hard time. I'm just letting you know I do I go by the rights. >> try to give us a hard time. >> No, see you know me since you said that. >> I don't know. >> I don't I don't I don't I don't give nobody a hard time. I just do the rights the way it's supposed to go. >> I'm going to I'm going to run this this vehicle and come up on the side here and destroy the parking. >> He's going to Uh I'm not going to give you my ID either. >> I just want to verify. Do you have any drugs with you? >> No, I do not. I have my firearm, that's it. You want to see it? >> So, do you have an ID where we can ID who you are cuz I don't know who you are. >> Right. I don't have to show you who I am. >> but do you have one? We're doing this all the time, man. I know you're on YouTube. >> I don't I don't I don't want I don't want to talk to him. I'm talking to the supervisor. Don't try to intimidate me. Don't try to intimidate me. Okay, Martinez, if you don't do your rights the way you're supposed to, I'm going to file a a complaint on you. Okay, then don't don't intimidate me. Okay, then don't try. Can you get him away from here? Look, he's not being professional. That's not professional. >> Are you going to want to move your vehicles cuz the SO is on the way. >> Okay, well, he Hey. Hey. Hey. He He simply said I'm going to file a report on him cuz he simply said he wanted to run down a dog. You guys already run it down. The dog did not give you any any suspicion or probable cause and you guys are way over one Search my car. Talk to me now. Go ahead, talk to me. Okay, I'm just saying that if you violate your rights Not him. You and him are going to get a file complaint. You know what I'm saying? So, go ahead. >> So, I just need to ID who you are. >> Okay, you want to see my ID? I'll show you who I am. That's it. I'm not going to give you my driver's license. Look, that I'm not going to give it to you how I said. You can see it. No, no. No, no. You can see it. >> I need the info, man. >> What Why do you need your info? No, I'm not going to give you info, sir. You You Look, how I said, you want to get me of a crime. You want to go check my name, see if I had done anything. Okay, that's not going to happen. I don't have anything, you know what I'm saying? I wouldn't be passing through here if I had anything. >> People give us a hard time, they're usually hiding something. That's why >> Oh, well, I do this for the rights, you know what I'm saying? You can believe whatever you want. You can Okay, well, you can believe whatever you want. You can believe whatever you want. I'm not going to give you my name, so I don't know why you have that there. >> Is it Is it Is it cool if I talk to you over there? I'm going to do you over there. >> Well, we we can talk here, sir. I'd rather not go to secondary cuz >> The line, you know, it's just the line of traffic. The the people don't have the fault >> I I understand. How I said How I said that the the dog didn't alert to nothing and this is all being recorded. >> That's fine. That's fine. You can record all you want. >> so the dog >> to talk to you over there. >> The dog did not alert to anything. You guys do not have any probable cause and you guys are holding me. You guys are holding traffic. So, if the cop comes, everything is here recorded. >> I'm going to put this in front of your car. >> Go ahead. I'll put it in park myself. >> I'm telling you I'm just telling you that so you don't move away and you don't blow a tire, okay? I'll be right back. >> It's in park. You know what I'm saying? >> came out here, I did my job. I got nothing. I got nothing. >> All right. >> I'm not going to be here, "Hey man, I'm going to search your car because I >> Yeah. Yeah. No, thank you. Thank you. Yeah. I appreciate for that. >> You know? So, but that's why that's >> He wants to do that. That's why I'm saying I'm going to file a report on him and maybe I don't know about Rodriguez. I mean, he said I don't know who's coming. Rodriguez, you said who's coming? >> You're you're allowed to do >> Of course. Of course. Of course. Yeah, because I mean, how you how you said yourself, there's no probable cause and he and I well wants to put me into secondary, which there's no reason for. >> agrees, too. He said we got we got nothing. >> I understand, sir. I understand and I'm trying to go on my way, you know what I'm saying? As well, you know? >> Okay. So, quick question. The vehicle is registered to you or >> I I mean, I don't answer questions, but if you're going to give me a hard time, are you? Curious. >> No, no. I just want to know if the vehicle is registered to you. >> And then and and if I answer that question, am I free to go? >> Well, this is I mean, we're not here as as as to to, you know, to negotiate. >> No, no, no. I I I know I I know we're not. >> and tell us, "Oh, we're not going to do that." That's not how it works. >> No, no. But it's cuz I don't have I don't have to answer questions, you know what I'm saying? No, but I don't have to answer questions. >> Okay. I mean, yeah, you come through sometimes you you know, you're you're cool or whatever. >> I'm going to eventually come >> You're getting a little like you're >> I'm going to eventually pass here every day. >> Yeah, and you can. >> Yeah, of course. >> Nobody's telling you what to do, you know? But just keep in mind that if this vehicle smells like >> Of course. Of course. They have They have all the reason to and you know and you know you know me. >> And we have Yeah, I know. But this is the man like you you don't really know too well, bro. Like like >> I mean you know you you got to get it right. >> Right. >> But just know >> Well, throughout the videos I've been learning, man, and what I can tell you right now, I am not wrong. >> That's cool, but [clears throat] well, you are wrong. Let me tell you you are. >> I What What way am I wrong? You tell me. >> We're not going to get into that right now. I'm not going to sit here and school you either like tell you, "Oh, do this and do that." >> Right. >> You know, but you should be a little more honest and say, "You know what? Yeah, I have smoke. That's why they do this to me." And don't edit those parts out though on your videos. >> For For my For my videos, my subscribers know I smoke. You know what I'm saying? >> that's why and that's why we do this. >> Yeah, but you can do it but but you can do it but you can do it and and let me answer that Let me answer that. You can do it. >> You try to put it out there like we're just messing with you because we want to. >> Oh, no, I don't. Oh, no, I don't. I don't. But it's it's exactly what this because look, let me let me let me talk now. You guys have no problem cuz you already run down the K9. The K9 did not say nothing. Okay, the K9 did not say anything, right? Okay, and then okay. I know. No, no, I'm not saying you're wrong, you know what I'm saying? But I just want to do everything the way I supposed to know. Right. I understand. I understand. I understand. That's why I'm saying Yep. Yeah. Okay, no. Yeah, no. Right. No, no, no. Of course, I understand where you're coming from. Right. No, no, no, I understand. I understand. But he he asked me like if I was free to go, you know, what I'm saying? Yeah, you too. By the way, my name's not Edgar. Thank you. 17 minutes. Damn. By the end of the stop, the agents had brought in a supervisor, run a K9 around the vehicle, and still failed to uncover evidence of criminal activity. The driver did exactly what he set out to do by standing on his rights, refusing voluntary questioning, and demanding that agents justify their authority instead of simply complying. If agents lacked a lawful basis to expand the stop beyond its checkpoint purpose, then continuing to pressure the driver for more information only strengthened his argument that the detention was being stretched beyond its original scope. Rather than backing down, the driver kept control of the conversation and forced Border Patrol to defend authority they struggled to clearly explain.