politicians are accustomed to power and privilege but what happens when they face Swift consequences here are four times when entitled politicians got Instant Karma just the go right ahead sir can I see am right yes sir I do can I see you registration CH please you do this yes sir this is Mr Martin Hyde a republican congregational primary candidate on February 14th 2022 officer Julia beskin from the Sarasota Police Department pulled over Mr Hyde for allegedly over speeding and texting while driving his vehicle watch how the encounter unfolds as officer beskin confronts Mr Hyde hey how you doing how you doing sir I asking sarota Police Department you a video recording the reason for the stop you were observed going 57 and a 40 and you were on your phone texting while you were doing that that was at uid and fruit you got me to point at the officer I'm not pointing at you I'm pointing in the direction where it was I just the che go right ahead sir can I see right yes sir I do can I see Li registration Insurance please you can do this yes [Music] sir I'm sorry so we have a job to do sir yeah what's your name upin it's going going be on the citation can I see your insurance registration your license please sir can I have you 7 years sir can I see a registration please you're not going to give me a registration sir you arrest me I'm asking you if you're going to produce me with your registration you want to have it on you go call tell him that would just CL this video okay you call Mar then you call the May okay okay okay sir are youe want to produce you a registration I'm asking you if you have your registration you're making career decisions why you doing sir because you were speeding and you were texting where you all right hang tight upon informing Mr that he was allegedly found speeding and using his phone while driving he in return asked for proof however police are not liable to show any proof or evidence for conducting a traffic stop on any individual watch how Mr Hyde is about to exploit his influence call the supervisor I just spoke to you okay you want your is it your Russian immigrant status that make people like this 10 for super foring dispatch can you have my supervisor is com please yeah and then we'll see who goes you going to watch paperwork sir you're going to be a citation anything you have to say I'll wait for the super you can wait for the supervisor but I'm going to go through what I need to go through no I have no interest you going to the registration well you've been already a citation for that for what for failed to produce your registration all right sir you going you're going to be ISS of citation 57 and a 40 for speeding finest 256 information the back going to have an option to an option to plead not guilty and an option to take a safe driver's course if you qualify for the course it will reduce your fight and it will reduce your points if you decide to go ahead and do that just make sure you do a prior submission of payment you you know what he said about you you want to hear what he said about you he could say all he wants about me I got a job to do sir you know what you said about if you fail compl okay and he's going to have you again and that's fine it's not fine why keep say it's fine sir I'm a Laur buying citizen you being bloody route if you decide to go ahead and do the court just make sure you do a PRI submission of payment as they do require a certificate of completion if you sign up for it you must complete it otherwise they will go ahead and suspend your license you are going to be Aur of Citation for texting and driving okay you're going to be a citation forting and driving your f is 116 information in the back you're going to have an option to ple guilty an option to ple not guilty you are going to be issued a citation for failure to provide your registration upon request you find us 116 information back guilty or not guilty you're lying green paper green paper tells you you have 30 days to replace why are you lying you have 30 days why are you your payment options are on the question why you phone number on the bottom in case you have any questions when my supervisor comes I'll wait for him with you if you like me to your citation over you accept I will wait I will wait but I will wait on my car there you go but you have the [Applause] bad sir step back into your car or stand on the sidewalk so you don't get hit by a vehicle it's for your safety 14 radio can I have another the unit respond officer beskin cites Mr Hyde for not providing an expired copy of his registration certificate however Mr Hyde continues to exert his authority during the stop by expressing that she will get her fired through his powers and Network watch how the encounter ends after several other officers join in the stop are you still waiting for a supervisor or are you leaving is coming now okay very good by the way it's a friend of mine I'm sorry okay I'm on my way over there you know Pat Robinson right yes I do sir why are you doing this cuz I have a job to do sir nobody's Above the Law no one's Above the Law you have to have some degree of respect to law abiding that degree of respect started the moment I walked up to your car sir no you knew exactly what you were doing and you made a mistake if that is your feeling you are more than welcome to fight the citations in court don't fight the citation I'll fight your okay you're more than you know you're an influential person you're very you can go ahead and do that yes I can okay why don't you say you're sorry because I did nothing wrong sir I was doing my job but I am going to ask you either to sit sit in your car or step on the sidewalk because I don't want either one of us getting head okay sir I have nothing more to say to you sir you're requesting my supervisor you can have the conversation with them now sge fron is on his way okay speeding 57 and 40 uh texting while driving failure to produce his registration when I asked he told me I can look it up okay you know who he is yeah you might identifi him yes okay so you just going to stay by to S him or is that he already got sighted oh he has already SED so he just from the moment I woke up so he's just waiting for he's waiting for supervisor and I guess he spoke to fron so fron is on his way okay father just pulled up okay hello Mr Hyde I guess FR you s you talked to Sergeant frion by the phone I did yeah okay he's on his way she just she requested another unit so that's why someone a certificate ticket for no registration when they've got their registration she's trying to make her Spurs but it's a big mistake well this one is the expired one but that's make it take two seconds yeah we're going to make sure that she pays the price for being disrespectful and I just want needed a witness know that yeah the registration was right there and she deliberately chose to write the ticket she came up she said the first look there's a video of it so be quiet there's a video of what you said there is and I've got a video of what you said right what she said was I I don't have it she immed I write your citation she went right back she never said anything she went straight back she I denied the so she straight back right the I've lived here for 25 years I've represented your un I've got no interest in listening to you young lady talking to my sergeant you don't mind over up the road on yeah just a second off come on yeah Mr hi like I said you know represented you guys in Union discussions my son is a I'm friends with everybody in the police department this is the first time anybody has been disrespectful to me and for what reason I could care less if they give write me a ticket I could care less I just pay the bloody thing you don't think I got the money mhm it's the manner and the nature of it Okay and like I said Sergeant Ang will be over here to talk to you about her her uh interaction outrageous yeah why would you do that why I mean of all the people to do it to yeah I understand sir and you know I I say you uh you know i' I've been with the the uh negotiations with you and I understand end where you're you're coming from I don't ask for special treatment but I don't expect to get treated like a punk MH let me go talk to her and see well it's a waste of time she's got it in her head I know exactly who she is BR only told me exactly who she is that's fine seven years might not turn into eight stay in your car I just want to go back to the station you can go to the station yep go to station hey Martin on yeah I have to leave it on all right so here's the thing she lied about the cell phone thing she lied about the I don't know the speed I can care less you can give me the ticket all day long care less that and then I gave her the registration and she per she registration it's in the car there Summer she goes off she writes me ticket she brings me back and say I said there it is okay she still gives me okay all right she's being fun and the thing is I appreciate that I back you guys left right center I understand that I do I do I trust me I do I don't expect better treatment but I don't expect worse treatment if that's how you treat people that's unacceptable I understand I understand your frustration and I can get the video and I can play it I'm I I understand that but you know the thing is I don't take she knew exact CU I said to her I said you right away yeah I know straight away right in the tickets why well she's a traffic officer that's what we do but I understand I understand that's what she's doing it's not what you do and you know it listen she has a job to do I'm not listen I I'm going to look at I'm going to look at the video I I understand your concerns I'm going to look at the video I know ified everybody in the chain of command right now that's what I was doing that's why I was not coming here I thought you were going to meet me at the station but it's not a big deal I I'm going to she's going right now to dock her video right now she's going to dock her video and if there's problems you will be the first to know I know a difference is I'll do something about okay I understand yeah I'm going to take your complaint is what I'm doing that's the first step how can you write a ticket for no registration we've got the registration I mean as if I get a $150,000 car I've lived here for 25 years and I Haven registered a cup why do that I understand what well you tell me what the point is it it's just a state statute that's she enforces she's not the only traffic officer that you give a ticket for that I really don't leave the office I understand what you're saying understand video on there but the fact is nobody in their right mind would give a ticket for that to me nobody I I I understand what you're saying and you producing it she probably should have taken that ticket away but I'm going to find out what exactly occurred she had a beer in a bonnet cuz she thought she was on a big Power Trip guess what she's been there seven years she ain't going to make eight I'll make sure well I'll I'll uh I'll get going on all listen that's your prerogative I'm want to get I want to get start this is not right okay I understand right you don't treat people that have treated and supported your par like that I I I understand where you're coming from bare minimum of respect is yes sir no sir not a word of it straight up talking to me like I'm a piece of get back in your car which she she's standing she got a car door open and I'm leaning against here talking to someone okay in case you get hit by traffic just being difficult okay just being cocky understand I do understand why you're [ __ ] but it isn't it's a bad interaction yeah it definitely seemed it definitely it definitely seemed like it was how difficult is it come to me and say you're doing 57 give us your license and your registration why get into immediately like that when she knew exactly who she was talking to if that's how no wonder you got people shooting people in New Town if that's how you talk to all right Martin I'll talk to you later and write tickets when someone's actually got physical stuff tell me that's I understand I do all right I'll talk to you later Mr Hyde reluctantly accepts the citations officer beskin has issued him and leaves the scene almost a week later Mr Hyde issued a public apology on his social media for his actions and behavior during the traffic stop and opted out of the Republic primary if you think he was the only politician who got Instant Karma wait until you watch this next case well there addiction do you have well I'm a police officer sir do you mind rolling down the passenger side window for my partner yes yes you do mind yes okay this is Carlos Garcia a councilman from Phoenix City on September 9th 2019 Mr Garcia was driving in his vehicle and was commuting to attend a meeting he was pulled over by a couple of officers from the University of Arizona Police Department watch how the interaction unfolds between them hey good morning sir my name is sto the AC Police Department the reason why I pulled you over today is cuz your plat say they're suspended um so real quick what do you have what's that what jurisdiction do you have well I'm a police officer sir do you mind rolling down the passenger side window for my partner yes yes you do M yes okay okay well I'm it's just for my safety and his sir well do you mind showing me your driver's license registration proof Insurance why are you pulling over because your license plates are suspended sir do you have any weapons in the vehicle I should know about what's your name my name is Officer armenta sir badge number 567 I'm with the AC Police Department okay I don't understand what jurisdiction you have on so okay I'm a police officer through State of Arizona sir I'm Arizona's post certified okay which means I have jurisdiction you know in the state of Arizona okay so like I said the reason why I pulled you over is because your license plate did return suspended okay what do you mean like it doesn't have oh well it could be a a number of different things sir that's something that you know myself and you have to figure out okay your license plate on the vehicle yes it says so primarily primarily it's suspended due to lack of financial responsibility so insurance so did you change insurance companies or something and did not report it to the MVD my car it's my dad's car it's your dad's car yes okay well like I said that's primarily the resp running my plate well sir we have jurisdiction like I said in this area outside of ASU I understand and this is still within our jurisdiction okay like I said I have jurisdiction in the state of Arizona I am an Arizona certified police officer okay and so right now I'm asking you for license registration and proof Insurance please I don't believe you have jurisdiction okay you could I'm not here to sit and argue with you sir what you do and don't believe I'm telling you exactly the facts and I need your license registration and proof insurance I have meeting to go to so I prefer you do this as as possible sure well let me check things out okay what's that that's the insurance this the insurance okay sir let me check things out I'll be right back okay just stay in the vehicle for me to those who might not know running a check on a vehicle's license plate does not violate the citizens Fourth Amendment rights the fourth amendment protects citizens from unreasonable seizures and searches by law enforcement however in this case the Supreme Court has indicated that law enforcement does not require a probable reason for checking the plates watch how the encounter proceeds [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] okay right on tell him we got to remove the plate and explain to him how [Applause] yep okay sir real quick I got a couple things for you B okay can I get a good social real quick for identifiable purposes no worries all right so this is what I have for you here sir okay so I have you a citation all right well I'm going to go ahead and explain why you do that so right here I have a citation for you okay this is for the display of the Mi suspended plates and this is for no mandatory Insurance okay I have insurance so for whatever reason I don't know the whereabouts of that but your insurance policy was canceled in August of this year so I don't know who or why they did that but it was canceled as August of this year September say here pay for to September 11th which is tomorrow okay well I'm not dat is there I'm not here to argue with you sir I called the insurance company and they confirmed that it was canceled okay so I'm not here to argue with you on that I verified it through the insurance company as well so I don't you know I do apologize what your paperwork says but I confirmed it with the insurance company okay that your policy was canceled as of August of this year so what you have to do to get this fixer is my partner is going to take the license plate off of your vehicle okay but an easy way to get this fixed is you can go to the MVD show them proof of insurance and youd be able to get that plate back okay and that is how you or your father would go about doing this okay the other thing and what I need explanation is what you were doing parked at the Bank of America running plates of circle oh sir we passed this already okay we passed this I I've explained to you I've explained to you my jurisdiction in this in the state of Arizona okay we passed that already we are now here and I'm explaining to you how to resolve this issue okay so this is the issue that we are presented with here today okay and the only thing I need from you is the signature right here it's not an admission of guilt but it's explaining a promise to appear in court okay you can also verify believe over the phone and give them an explanation they might be able to help you out that way okay the address is right here it's going to be the downtown justice court okay do you understand that I'm not going to sign all right give me one second on can I talk to can I just write okay all right for me stuff and this cop yeah all right real quick sir so this is going to be your copy right here so like I said you do have to either go down to the justice court or give them a phone call okay uh you are going to have to go to the MVD to resolve this issue regarding the plate okay this is your information right here other than that that's all I have for you my supervisor is Sergeant fman he's with asupd as well how who who's the chief or how does the ASU Department run well if You' like you're more than welcome to call our ASU phone number sir you can talk with them Chief Thompson okay yes sir based out of 10 that's the main Department okay so that's what your main boss is no our main boss is through Arizona State University so that's that's who we're employed with however like I explained earlier we are certified police off officers through the State of Arizona okay if you have any further questions you're more than welcome to call the ASU police department and they'd be happy to answer anything you have okay all right sir I have nothing else for you okay all right what are your concerns besides your PL being suspended my concern is that you're out of jurisdiction no we're not out of jurisdiction this is Downtown Phoenix yes you're out of jurisdiction campus is right there we have statewide we have statewide jurisdiction sir you can do whatever you want any place in Phoenix in the state of Arizona sir I've already explained this to you that is correct reinforce the law everywhere and anywhere where we at anywhere in the state of Arizona sir okay that's what I tried explain in earlier I I just need to look into theou and figure out how to get you guys out of here that's that's get us out of here yeah get you out of here oh we good luck with that good luck you want to see who I am Mr Garcia left without any issues from the officers later he addressed the matter stating that his insurance company had made a mistake and he had resolved it with the judge as a result he proposed legislation regarding setting up a board to review police conduct which was approved by legislator after this incident Mr Garcia continued to serve as the councilman of Phoenix City if you think this was the height of a politician who can exploit their Authority then probably you aren't aware of this next case as a business nobody's going to come and buy anything from the liquor store the cop setting AC bus there it's not good for business okay this is Mr Willie Walker the mayor of the city of Houston on November 27th 2022 officer Jordan from from the Houston Police Department responded to a call regarding a drunk individual who had driven his vehicle to the gas station located on Highway 63 Pitts stop gas station in Houston Missouri watch how the interaction unfolds between officer Jordan and the intoxicated individual it's right down here hold on you're not going anywhere they're right there you got a camera that shows him driving up I don't know how to work it okay but do you have one okay I need to talk to you real quick come here here here let me see that ruler you have that I got poop okay you can hold on [Music] so here's the situation I got a call stated that they believe you be intoxicated okay have you had drink today no no oh nothing drink today at all no nope okay cuz you kind of see like your eyes are a little watery kind of glassy a little bit of blood shot is that your car out front yeah it is y would you mind taking a breathalizer test for me no you won't no you won't I haven't been driving you haven't been driving so when we pull that camera up up there it's not going to show you driving that motor vehicle is not no okay so here's what I'm going to need you to do bud I'm trying to work with you here and help me out so you been drinking no it looks like you've been drinking I can smell it and how much have you had a drink today none none no okay sir I'm not going to play these games okay you can sit here in denial you want back and smell the alcohol okay okay are you going to take some breathalizer test for real quick no you won't for what because you drove that vehicle up here I didn't drive it sir do I have to detain you for what 811 I'm not with subject for driving while intoxicated you're not driving I'm not wasn't driving okay sir they stated they seen you drive up here you're intoxicated I'm not going to allow you to sh I drove it sir I'm not going to tell you who I'm just telling you what I've observed okay okay will you be willing to take some tests for me to allow you to operate your motor vehicle okay well then you're not going to operate that motor vehicle officer Jordan insisted the man take a sobriety breathalyzer test to confirm his sobriety claim however the individual kept refusing to take one observe how the interaction unravels after this standoff all right then all right let it be IJ Hol no so here's the deal did you operate that vehicle coming in here no okay so I'm going to detain you go ahead and turn up P my back go ahead and put your hands behind your back turn around put your hands behind your back turn around put your hands behind your back I'm going to detain you right now you're not under arrest but I'm going to detain you until I can find out if you've operated that motor vehicle up here when I find out you operate that motor vehicle up here in toate condition you will be placed onr for driving underneath the influence of alcohol do you understand do you understand come [Music] on he now I one thing [Applause] you have a driver's license on you sir do you have a driver's license on you okay we can play that game too bud have Jay's come get my car all right you have a driver you have a wallet on you budy have j i don't get my car what I didn't do nothing man you drove your car up here and drunk and I'm going to go back and review those K I didn't drive a sir you were obviously intoxicated no I'm not yes you are no yes you are take step back not as bad as I can yeah okay but you still are correct go have a seat right there for me again you're not under arrest right now you're just being detained while I investigate this what for driving while underneath the influence of alcohol I'm not driving sir I'm going to ask you to step in that vehicle or I'm going to arrest you for not doing it I'm give you a lawful order pants sir your pants are fine step in the vehicle I got get my pants pulled up you have you God damn pull my pants up your Brites are up you're getting getting the vehicle sir setting the turn around put your butt down [ __ ] one TR all right well I'm taking time with you I'm being gentle with you all right all right all right all right hang tight for me real quick all right sorry officer Jordan handcuffs the individual informing him that he has detained him allegedly for driving a vehicle Under the Influence DUI officer Jordan didn't place the individual under arrest as he needed to confirm if the individual had driven the vehicle himself by checking the security cameras watch who is about to show up on the scene hey Andy he's drunk as hell could you watch him on my pastor side make sure you don't try and kick out my window or something thanks I just arrested him yesterday he was drunk yesterday too was he that's what he was saying but I need to review the camera she stated he did come in so as long as I can see it I'm going to take him thanks Mr Willie Walker the mayor along with the pit stops owner Jeremy Foster shows up at the scene arguing with the officer that he is not permitted to access the security camera watch how the interaction ends despite this trouble uh guy he's drunk I need to see the camera huh it's a drunk guy just a drunk guy it's my cameras AR poor you guys no okay ever ever okay okay so these are private care right so okay I want it in writing that you even requested that okay I can give it to you will in writing that's fine I mean you're done dude I tell you right now had it with your ass okay dude no no no okay dude nothing I've had it with your ass seriously no we don't do that okay so what I got what are you doing here in this parking lot your lady called me and said you got a drunk out here getting ready to leave so to keep a guy from getting on the road come down here found him he's drunk so keep him from getting in the vehicle I'm asking to see if I can see the cameras to prove that he drove up here no no no we're not doing that I would never do that for any citizen these are private cameras because I'm not with people getting watched all the time or any of that stuff and you said across the road over here for today for an hour and 15 minutes watching my place as a business own I'm not watching I'm running traffic he's even asked me to do set thing to watch traffic as a business owner nobody's going to come and buy anything from the liquor store the cop setting across there it's not good for business okay all right all right you're a liar you said she called the cops and she did not call the cops I did not call the cops okay some so you're a liar sir I'm going to tell you get out of here sir you get out of here sir stop sir stop get the out of here I'm sick of you sir you lied about that you I didn't lie about nothing sh you said she called you just said that she called or somebody called you need to leave here get the out of here don't ever pull back on this parking lot again I told you that with one business I'm telling you with this one I'm telling you it's a business and soner politely you need to leave here we're going to go hey anyway you get his keys get the out of here get in your car and get the out of here hey right now I'm here lawfully for an investigation no you're not on my problem yes I am cuz no one called you get out of here I'm going call Chief I want him going do you want the car removed no leave the car there you need the car huh you need the car he he said he's fine with it there so okay that's fine you you want to grab his keys where is his keys in the car if he does he want it secured or anything we can just leave him in there right now he's on arrest he just being detained Okay so until I can complete an investigation so wow all right Bud hold up check it out what the was that about holy [ __ ] what was that about it's whatever so here's the deal again like I said you're not being under arrest okay I detain you about will you listen to me for a second so I can get this done wow again that guy was a I know we're going to take care of that later on down the road that's okay now listen to me Hey listen to me bud here's the situation I'm not placing you underneath the rest okay I didn't observe you driving the motor vehicle okay the lady up there did say you were driving it okay right so here's what I'm going to do you can walk out of here okay I'm not going to place you under arrest you're not getting in that car though if you get in that car you are going to go to jail do you understand the owner said he's fine with the vehicle being there okay so you ain't got to worry about getting to okay but Jeff you're going to get stopped and get charged of DWI if you get in the car cuz obviously you've been drinking all right we can smell it we can tell it by talking to you you've been drinking all right don't get in the car I like that guy he's a nice guy you good he's a super guy well for me I guess I'll have to walk up you'll have to walk back to kabo Bud can you give me a ride huh I will not give you a ride I'm a municipal officer I will not give you R how come you let a guy talk to you like that so we're not letting that that's going to be addressed and taken care of I mean son of a bch I whip that mother ass well I mean I'd have tore him out of the F hey take take me to where he's at and I'll take care of it I I appreciate that sir so again I need I'll go I'm whipping okay I'm going to need you start walking though one way or the other okay I'm going to give you your stuff let me I got to lock my car up okay this Deputy will sit with you while that car is locked but you cannot operate that motor vehicle do you understand yep okay yep here's your stuff your license is in there I have to chat this Deputy real quick and we'll kick it okay I'll call Jays and have him have him tow it yeah okay we can get that done too officer Jordan released the individual whom he handcuffed on terms that he would not drive his vehicle and his car would be towed similarly no charges were filed against the man and the officers left without making any arrests after the review of this body camera footage by Houston board members they condemned the actions and behavior of Mayor Walker for not cooperating with the officer despite such a changing situation however no further actions were taken against mayor Walker if you think this was the last politician who got Karma then probably you aren't aware of this next case but I'm going to pull the signs down now until K could determine the Constitutional issue of it you're going to pull the signs down I'm going to take those down myself right now until we can figure out constitutionally what's going on the right thing right thing to do this is Mr Robert Lao the mayor of the town of Berwin on November 8th 2021 a First Amendment auditor named Shawn Paul Reyes reached the city hall in Berwin Illinois to conduct the audit on the signs that demonstrated that it was not permitted to film inside the facility without prior consent or permission despite such warnings Mr Reyes continued to film his visit watch how individuals in the city hall react City Administration sir Hi how are you I'm thank you how can I help you um what office is this I'm the city administrator you're the city administrator I am hi are you reporting me I am recording you I would ask that you not record me please well you're a public official obviously you're the city administrat eled and that wouldn't matter yes it does that you're not eled doors yeah I Am Not Elected but that doesn't matter you still work for the government our do work for the on our doors we have a sign that says no recordings are allowed unless we give permission I am not giving you permission it is a state law I did see I did see that sign and then we follow state law here it's a state law it is yeah okay so can we talk outside um who are you sir I'm detective monacle are you um I'm with the police department police department here yes okay um hey what's so so sir just um just so I just wanted to let you just wanted to talk to you a little bit let's deescalate okay yeah I'm not I'm not escalating I I'm just talking but it's they got to sign up um can't record inside the building here that sign is unconstitutional sir I'm I'm I'm an independent journalist I have freedom of press but the problem is state law you can't they got to sign up and unless they give you permission to come in City Hall and you well I have business I have business to conduct here as well as my business of exercising my freedom of press I'm working on a story on the city hall let go for transparency and accountability can I get your name ma'am sure I'm Ruth CA green Ruth Ruth CA green the city administr okay thank you Ruth and this is the City attorney Here Come on Anthony what's your namea what's your name I'm sorry what's your name oh I'm I'm not going to give it I haven't broken any laws I'm just asking because I just so I call you by your first name yeah do you have a badge number sir or you just detective I'm a detective what kind of story are you working on um I'm not going to divulge that until it's published so I'm working I'm doing um a story on City Hall here and um I also have business to conduct here Freedom of Information Act and for a law aign to prevent me from filming in City Hall seems very unconstitutional sir and you yourself took an oath to uphold the Constitution and I'm upholding what the sign is saying downstairs in order in order you have to get their permission to video record in here because there's a lot of people in here that don't want to be recorded and by right it's like if I start recording you right now and you don't want to be recorded I can't record you well sir I'm sure there are cameras in this building and I'm sure you know and you haven't gotten my permission to record me but you're going to because the courts have have established the courts have established that there is no of privacy in public you have no this is a public Building open to everybody open to the public I'm exercising my freedom of press as well as Gathering content for my story and I'm conducting business I need to do a Freedom of Information Act requ how you doing sir well how are you I'm doing well can I get your name and badge number please officer galone star number 245 245 and galone thank you sir let's go downstairs for for what sir I'm not done conducting my business here well they they don't want you recording upstairs so we're not going to record upstairs okay but but sir this is open to the public this is not a restricted area can I speak to a supervisor he's on his way right here oh okay great how are you today I'm good doing well yeah good good good excuse me sorry you have like a blog or a vlog or something like that yeah I'm an independent journalist um yeah I'm an independent journalist I run my own company and um I do stories on City Halls and i' like to do Freedom of Information Act requests while I'm here and uh just get the layout of the building see how it looks see how people treat me you know that's basically it try not to be try to be not confrontational at all I try and just you know I don't want any problems there shouldn't be nothing wrong with a little bit transparency within our government you know just accountability and transparency so um yeah that's basically it it's conducting business exercising a right hi Serge how are you good how are you do you want to speak with someone yeah I wanted to speak to a supervisor oh City Hall supervisor supervisor right now now now because there's police officers here I'd like to speak to you just to just so I can have an understanding apparently there's a law against exercising your freedom of press inside of a city hall so I mean what what's your purpose what why you here business you just video so my purpose here i' I explained it to the detective and this officer my purpose here is to um I'm working on a story freedom of press I'm exercising my freedom of press rights I'm indep freedom of press rights I'm an independent journalist and also I'm conducting business as far as doing a Freedom of Information you have a journalist kind of card or something a journalist card no no I didn't make myself one people have press cards and stuff I mean I could make myself one but the Constitution gives me the right of freedom of press you know it's not not just Journal going to be here how how long until my story until my story is done could you give me an estimate um depends on how long I need to do a Freedom of Information actor request okay you could do that right there yeah I'm going to be doing that and um then I just want to make sure I get the rest of the building and take some Boll photo uh Boll footage and I'll I'll get out of here go yeah I'm not going to be here all day if you want a uh yeah I'm going to take care of it I'm going to take care of it let's go see where you doing let me ask I don't know where you get so can you give me the name of the law that you referring to earlier uh detective where someone excuse me s be right there okay we'll go right here I'll help you out come on I'm going to go upstairs and take care of whatever wait at this desk so I'm going to come help you sure sure yeah okay yeah Mr Paul Reyes was repeatedly informed that the filming he was doing was illegal nevertheless he persisted let's see what the officer is about to do with Mr Paul Reyes outside the city hall I don't want you recording me anymore you don't want me recording you yeah I mean it's it's my right just like you're saying you know don't touch me don't touch me I I don't want don't touch me what are you doing don't record me what's wrong with you don't touch me I'm not touching you am I yeah you did you just grabbed my arm and grab my camera to stop you from recording to stop me from recording you you have no right to do that yes I do please back away please back away from me you're being really hostile I've been nothing but cordial you need to step back I'm not hostile with you you need to step back am I hle with you yeah you are by grabbing me by grabbing my arm and by grabbing my hand and my camera and trying to rip it out of my hand I'm giving you respect you give me respect no now you're the respects gone out the window once you started touching me you just committed a crime that's a crime commit a crime yes it is when you record and that's and that's the thing look and that's what people are going to see here that this officer just saw you just saw him trying to take my phone from me you just witnessed it from recording me that's against the law this is a constitutionally protected activity I have the right to film the police in the course of their duties government officials in the course of their duties not when I'm on my phone you're looking at my phone it doesn't matter you shouldn't be on your phone while you're working then what's wrong with you if you don't want me to see your phone we're in public here are you recording your so I'm I'm recording you to hold you accountable that's why I'm recording you and I'm giving you and this and this is and this is what I'm talking about that this officer does nothing when he sees this officer breaking the law I didn't because he has your back right because you're his Superior right I didn't break the I'm not yes you just did you just did you can't put your hand hands on me what if I put my hands on you I'm not his Superior what if I put my hands on you you if I put my hands on him the same way you just saw you just saw him do to me you're going to arrest me how about I grab his try and grab his phone out of his hands and let's see what you doing me to put your hand down there you just saw him you just saw him it's on camera you can't it's you just saw what he did come on man that's not that's not cool am I being detained sir right now until we get this shorted out yes we're we're we're talking we're talking if I'm not being detained I'm going to go back inside and finish my business you can't go back inside there so I'm being detained there's no recording in there so I'm being detained so yes you are right now I'm being detained until we sort this matter out okay great there's a sign up there that says yeah but the actual statue it's about recording conver private conversations that's unconstitutional this is a public place you guys can do whatever you'd like but this is a public place the courts aren't going to see it that way I've been very cordial wa you can keep the phone have your other hand please all right are you tell me I keep the phone I don't want it to stop recording okay I don't want it to stop recording why you you're big boy would be Charles union2 590 W this is ridiculous where you pH in my hand right now I just took it out of his hand because I don't want him to drop it put in the pocket Mr Paul Rees was handcuffed and arrested for felony eavesdropping however he was well within his rights to film outside the premises the officer informs Mr Paul Rees that he has a right to not be recorded this might violate the First Amendment rights of the citizens that permit the filming of Law Enforcement Officers under freedom of speech Mr Paul Reyes was released after 5 hours and the charges against him were changed to misdemeanor of disorderly conduct but I'm going to pull the signs down now until ka could determine the Constitutional issue of it you're going to sign I'm going to take those down myself right now until we can figure out conally what's going on the right thing right thing to do take them down take them [Applause] down I would like you to take those down too if you could that would be awesome you know you can those wait let's get govern let's he's taking down at least those take go down it's not your King sir thank you thank you sir yeah one more thank you mayor thank youate sir everybody in the live chat is screaming right now everybody let's go two days later mayor Robert Lao arrives at City Hall and removes the posters Banning filming after the protest by Mr Paul Reyes the removal of these posters might not align with the law as the ban on filming inside the premises was based on constitutional law to prevent eavesdropping initially the public praised Mr lao's actions but they may not be in the best interest of the people however he didn't face any legal repercussions for his actions it's frightening to see our Representatives exploiting their authorities if you enjoyed this video be sure to drop a like And subscribe for more goodbye