cops are entrusted with maintaining order but what happens when their actions escalate situations here are four times when cops turn simple arrests into complete chaos well sir I'm I'm going to need your name and date of birth and I have that I feel comfortable giving you my name and date of birth okay well this is a criminal investigation you own these two homes so by law you do have to give me your name and date of birth sir if he gives you a reason yes you do reason for what because C of the marijuana it's not on my property this is Officer Dalton Martin from the McDow County Sheriff's Office on August 2020 officer Martin was accompanied by Officer Jordan horn the deputies approached a 66-year-old individual in West Virginia regarding a nearby Plantation of marijuana in the nearby property the individual and his wife denied their involvement and association with any of such plants watch how the encounter unfolds just because in the season that we're living in I think it's important that I have your names what do you mean man um all the crazy stuff going a lot of crazy stuff going on and so having your name makes me feel more secure as I said we came here June 28th you know we're actually new here okay and for the police officers in this area to come up and say are you growing marijuana that is preposterous to me is wife just a question my yeah well I get that and so then my only question use your names just so it's okay in my own heart and mind and when I say the season we living in you know the season we're living in y'all concerned about something over here at this house this house no that house uh yes that's who lives there Mr Ferguson he's probably there now he's 79 okay all right what's your name sir Jason tart Jason tart tart and what do you mean by the season we're living in ma'am uh sir what's your what do you need you got any questions for me no I'll just I'll collect some information from you a minute your name and date of birth such where you need my information for you you own these two homes correct homes got to do with that these two homes is near that marijuana grow so I'd just like to have your name you know how many people go through here B that's not going to do you one bit of good okay well sir I'm I'm going to need your name and date of birth and I have that feel comfortable giving you my name and date of birth okay well this is a criminal investigation you own these two homes so by law you do have to give me your name and dat of birth sir he gives you a reason yes you do reason for what because of the marijuana grow it's not on my property okay well again I have reason to believe that these two homes here that you own is related to that marijuana Grove so you have to give me your name and date of birth by law go get a go get a pen and piece of paper reason to believe what why because these houses are here the deputies ask Mr tart for his identification however Mr tart denies such a request Mr tart can be well within his rights to deny this instruction for those who don't know the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects individuals from being compelled to incriminate themselves including the right to remain silent when questioned by police officers this means that individuals have the right to refuse to identify themselves to law enforcement watch what these deputies are about to do do you understand that there a lot of traffic going through here since we've lived here people come up here and they park there and we don't know where the hell they go and then they come back out I don't have a problem giving you my information I'm just TR that's all I need it doesn't have to be an argument I mean just give me your name at birthdaye it's easy it's not easy my property has nothing to do with what you found okay well we're we're just making sure that you scared me I mean scared you says that by asking you a question who comes up and ask that's crazy and it scared you I'm trying to understand why it scared you by me asking you a question marijuana and that's a question to say somebody scared you because they asked you a question is ridiculous that's give me your name sir yeah wait wait it's ridiculous to you sir yes ma'am but it's not ridiculous your first name I'm not giving you my information sir if you refuse to give me your information I'm going to arrest you that's fine my property has nothing to do with any marijuana whatsoever you're going to arrest me if I don't give you my name and date of work it's obstructing an officer how because you're hindering me from doing my job you're hindering me how I hindering you from doing your job if it's not on my property last chance to give me your name d birth sir how am I hindering you sir last chance to give me your name and date of birth how am I hindering you place your hands behind your back place your hands behind your back are you going to give me your name and dat of birth take me to jail you're right I'm hindering you from doing your job please I'll see if I can find you my name first no I'm hindering you doing your job really going out off the yeah this is how you guys this is how you operate this is I'm hinding you from doing your job y'all need to go inside again you two go inside go inside I'm afraid go ins go on my own por no go inside as of right now tell me why go inside what are you doing Step Off the Porch Step off the porch I'll step off the go inside what are you doing this is unnecessary for you to be doing go inside he's standing on his own for go inside don't come in my hand go inside step back go inside look that's completely uncalled for come on look man don't don't don't don't don't listen listen you don't have to listen man record listen listen this is listen listen listen listen listen I can walk I can walk without you putting your damn hands on me you understand I have not broken the law walk to the vehicle well walk to the V you're being record hands on me I give you no reason to touch me I'm going to arrest you then place your hands behind your back unall for place your hands behind your back put your hands behind place your hands behind your back listen look just relax okay listen you just relax place your hands behind your back please place your hands behind your back my hand is behind it only takes one of you look let him do it all right take your hands off me that's fine okay let him do it let's Walk This Way T4 he owns two properties right here on this pitous drive road we locate a marijuana Grove probably not 100t 50 ft from this last property of his and he just won't give us his name there white mail black black mail officer Martin arrests Mr tart by handcuffing him on the porch of the property he owns he is placed in the back of the cop car Mr tart was charged with obstruction however the charges were dismissed in court on August 9th Mr tart filed a federal lawsuit against the officers involved the proceedings of this remain unknown if you think officer Martin is the only cop who turned a simple arrest into complete chaos wait until you watch this next case I'm delivering just a messenger yo yo yo come over here don't put your hands on me man y they told you to stop I don't give a don't put your hands told to stop I don't care you don't put your hands on me you don't put your hands on tell you to stop right these officers are from the New York police department on December 2nd 2020 an individual named Shawn Thomas delivered a package for officer Muhammad Ashraf that contained a SE F envelope at the New York Police Department Transit District 11 station watch what unfolds after he approaches to hand the package over thanks the officer's name is on it huh where's it coming from what it's for the officer just hand it to the officer yeah for who you who you are I'm delivering just a messenger yo yo yo come over here don't put your hands on me man yo they told you to stop I don't give a don't put your hands to stop I don't care you don't put your hands on me you don't put your hands tell you to stop right come here come here sir come here yo tell come over here man yo get your hands hold on who are you a cop identify yourself he's a cop I'm tell we're all cops here we all cops here your hands off me don't do that you we'll put you through yeah put me through put me through put me through we'll see how that works out it's sit no I'm not I'm not sitting down I'm not sitting down that's right put me in cuffs goad put me in cuups what's going on you're deler put me in cuffs you the S you have you have a put your hands down don't you have an obligation to intervene you have an affirmative obligation you got a crime you got a crime I didn't know what you handed me you have an OB you hand me do you have a crime so you don't know if you have so you don't know that's not a reason to detain somebody now why am I being detained don't know I want suspicion of a crime that's not how it works you get a suspicion of a crime give me the suspicion of the crime the officers detain Mr Thomas on suspicion because they're unsure of what he's delivering in the package Mr Thomas argues that they cannot detain him unless they inform him of what wrong he has done let's see how the encounter unfolds I got to check your you don't have to search my you're Amendment I'm in your C I'm in your custody and you have an obligation to interv you're person who you are I don't give who you what you're asking what obligation in mind did to answer your question all right so we don't know what's in here we asking you what it is you the one bringing this here that's right exactly so right what are you bringing here we ask the questions here because you came into our place I want no lawful obligation to answer your questions she I am what law the law that I'm obligated to set inside it I'll tell you simple we brought this here we need to know what it is okay fine what crime have I committed what crime have I to find out I'll tell you that that's not how it works you don't detain somebody and then go on a fish you can't just you can't just drop a package here and walk out the want to answer anything we got to know you better have a crime you better have a crime on the line you better have a crime you are you ref no obligation to answer your question what lawful obligation am I what lawful obligation am I under to answer your question I concede that now what lawful obligation am I to answer your question you want me to accept a packet who are you what lawful obligation am I for our own safy I don't know what's this what what is this what is this open I'm not going to open I don't know what is it what is your Ida that you're a delivery person what obligation am I under the you're supposed to have your idea if you're a delivery person you're supposed to expose your lawful sear seizure you're party to it if you that's all right officers after handcuffing him search for it the officers found out that he'd been carrying a knife in one of his pockets the search and Detention of Mr Thomas might be viewed as illegal since it violated the rights given by the Fourth Amendment to the citizens for those who don't know the fourth amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement the officers lacked probable cause for ini detaining him observe how the encounter ends as long as you say it's all right so do you have any cash on you where's your ID as a delivery person where's your ID you have a a delivery ID that you work for a company that you delivery package I want to see that ID and I want to call your company and see I do not consent to searches and seizures this is against my will Mr Thomas was transported to a holding jail where they kept him arrested for 5 hours he was char charged with illegal possession of a weapon however this charge was later dropped against him when he was released Mr Thomas a few days later filed a formal complaint coupled with a civil rights lawsuit against the officers involved in this interaction the result of these remain unknown if you think this was the height of a simple arrest was turned into chaos then probably you aren't aware of this next case excuse me sir I'm the building super here please leave there you have it stand right you're going to stand outside going to go this is Major General John Harris Jr from the Ohio State Highway Patrol on January 9th 2023 the governor of Ohio Mike dwine held a press conference in a school in East Palestine Ohio to inform the public about a recent train crash that had happened to cover this conference a journalist named Evan Lambert was filming a prescheduled update of the conference where General Harris Jr met him in the gym of the school watch what the general and the off officers accompanying him are about to do I am allowed to be here shut it down continue now or you can go to jail you want to go to jail for criminal trespassing do you want to go to jail for criminal trespassing do you understand you know how quickly our lers will get me out don't can we let talk outside talk outside out the by other media right I'm going to listen you're going to walk out the door I'm going to listen you're going to walk out out you're going to walk out the door or you're going to jail do not touch me Major General Harris Jr informs Mr Lambert that he is too loud while he speaks to the camera General Harris Jr allegedly pushes and assaults Evan Lambert observe what is about to happen next sir can we talk outside please am trying to listen and he escalated with me I am doing my job I'm this covered by the First Amendment officer Brian mcclaflin of the Colombiana County sheriff's officer requests Mr Lambert to leave Mr Lambert argues that he is well within his rights under the First Amendment and that the officers cannot instruct him to leave for those who don't know the first amendment protects the right of free speech of citizens and the freedom of the press watch what is about to happen next excuse me sir I'm the building supervisors here please leave there you have it you're going to stand outside you or you're going to jail go you're under arrest arrest oh my God you guys this is bad stop I am on the ground what are you res lay flat please you guys need a national corespond you cannot do this I'm a reporter with news Nation it's all being recorded right now excessive because you can't talk to people about doing their jobs oh my God I cannot believe this this is H this is what it's like to be a black reporter in sorry Evan I'm sorry thank you seea roll over sir one second can you please loosen this that one was a little tight so we thank you very much this is horrible can someone help me yeah Evan I'm sorry oh my God horrible we have anyone out here you got D Record all that I did Sir you want me to shut off no you can keep recording we just need to make sure that no one else comes in here that's not authorized to come in here so okay sir I'm I'm I'm posted at the end of the gym there um like for folks coming in yeah okay all right just stay here for right now okay you'll have security yes sir thank you what's that are you coming in for yeah uh press I'm live right now and T Tak has covering the governor okay thank you appreciate it after Mr Lambert informs that he won't leave the place he is thrown to the ground and is arrested as the officers present there handcuff him he was kept in jail until he was released on a $750 Bond he was charged with trespassing and resisting which were later dropped if you think this was the last arrest that turned into chaos then probably you haven't heard about this next case I'm to defend my right okay that has nothing to do with me cuz I don't know you it doesn't it doesn't I don't know you either officer I thought you were I thought you were a chill officer when you got down like hey my hands whatever they're like he'll respect my rights I'll just get my last name you're the one making this difficult all I'm asking you for is your name it's really not difficult this is an officer from the El Paso County Sheriff's Office on January 8th 2024 a law student Joel Martinez was seeking assistance from a locksmith after he had lost the keys to his car in Anthony Texas he was approached by this Deputy while Mr Martinez and the locksmith were working observe how the officer reacts to the situation hello how you doing brother doing good all right right [Applause] okay say that again uh I lost the keys and the junkyard over there okay so I called them to come and get the to come open the gate or what huh to come open the gate no the key the the car the car is the one that lost the keys that lost the keys to the car oh like you went into the property and you dropped the keys yeah the I was in there doing you know like regular junk a stu looking for my parts uh when I was leaving is when I found out I didn't have my keys they let me go in look for them all over the 30 Acres of cars they have okay they didn't find them so they just grabbed the tractor and moved move the car outside so I can call them lockness oh okay yeah that's yeah cuz we got a call with a gentleman with your description that's why on the property were you the only one on there yeah he just got here to the no we had a description of your your description that you were walking around the property yeah well I was here the car was closed so I couldn't get out so let me understand this this car is yours well at the moment I just bought it first you really bought it yeah okay you're going to what's wrong with it besides the key it starts yeah it starts and everything there a key just came in and pick up on Square oh okay all right yeah they just sent us out here cuz I'm wondering if the owners cuz there's cameras on your brother oh yeah yeah so they uh saw saw you walking around they also told me like they told me like oh the alarms activate after 5 automatically so but they closed the gate behind you or what yeah they move they just moov the car here and they close the gate okay what's your last name brother uh just my I'm sorry uh I don't want to get any ID didn't find any information I'll just give you my first name well I need your info man cuz I'm talking to you brother cuz you're the person that they called on so Mara's first name n it's ch what that it's just just just like that I'm not going to give my information right now okay why not just just just okay now now here here's the thing brother I'm going to be honest with you Mr Martinez yeah now me asking you for your information is nothing illegal oh I'm just I'm just asking you because you're the person they called on I need to find out who you are and you're telling me one thing so I got to call the property manager and ask them if they were the ones that allowed you on the property yeah that's that's the investigation right yeah yeah so I need your name brother well I gave you my last name and you's your you could just call the the property man and ID I do you mind if I see it I do okay why is that brother cuz I I don't want to be difficult man cuz you I trying as long as long as I'm Cooperative with you you're Cooperative with me man yeah this goes a lot smoother for both of us okay well we'll leave it like this and we can call it truth I'll give you my last name and that's about it cuz at the end of the day I don't I'm not legally provided to give you the full name I'll just just leave it at the last name bro okay well here's the thing is brother and I I I don't know I don't know where you heard this from or what but since I'm investigating what's going on in this property and you're the one that matches the description I need to know who I'm talking to now if if you want to take this further you want to complain you want to whatever it's up to you brother but see look I'm coming I'm coming to you respectfully bro what was it man meno Mendes mes so I'm just investigating what's going on bro now if you fail to ID yourself I'm asking you lawfully to see who you are you're the one making it difficult now if you want to impair my my my investigation that's fine that's on you okay but I don't think you want to take it to that extent brother for giving me your name and date of birth say no you have any I I do Jo him oh no okay okay okay so I'm going to warn you now I'm going to warn you now brother you don't give me your ID or your full name I'm going to arrest you for failure to ID okay cuz this is I'm investigating brother that's all I'm doing okay okay okay it's fine like that okay I'll give you my my name after after what I say this all I need is your name date of birth bro that's it I'm not asking you I'm not and I'm a lost student here too so I'm I'm not asking you for a blood sample I'm not asking for your DNA all I'm asking that's a c some identification okay correct so I'm going to investigate the are not are not reasonable articul suspicion to suspect man of a crime under Florida versus JL under the but I'm not here to argue with you yeah I'm not here to argue I'm here to defend my rights so I'm asking I'm asking for okay that has nothing to do with me cuz I don't know you it doesn't it doesn't I don't know you either officer I thought you were I thought you were chill officer when you go down like hey my hands whatever they're like hey okay he'll respect my rights I'll just get my last name you're the one making this difficult all I'm asking for is your name it's really not difficult and it's not impeding your investigation cuz it's not a physical or it doesn't or it doesn't my you my ID you're a law school you're a law student so you got to understand sir I'm investigating okay you match the description of the gentleman that was in the yard okay so that's the only reason why I'm asking yes it said that you were in the yard yeah it said you were in the so that's the only reason why I'm asking you yes brother and I'm not I'm not going to run your name I'm not all I'm do is that I made contact with you and that's it but now now now you're making it bigger than it is because all I'm asking is for name and date of birth you don't want to give me your ID just give me your name and date of birth and that's it unfortunately the state takes yeah dude you have to identify yourself man you're making Tex Texas is more like you got you're making this bigger than it is brother we go on our way all I have is Martinez you were giving me your first name like like a normal person would okay my name is not going to help you in your investigation first of all yeah but I made contact with you brother that's the only contact is not enough recable suspicion for you to seee my identification you're not being placed on arrest or anything brother okay that's okay are you asking for my name I'm asking for your full name okay if you're asking for my name I I I exercise my Fifth Amendment right to if you're demanding my ID that's that's a fourth I'm not demanding I did never demand all I said is give it to me okay now here's a problem I'm investigating okay you asking for my identification or I'm asking you for name and date of birth that's all I'm asking for ask asking right that's it brother I'll don't answer [Applause] questions all right man so if you want to play this car with me man I got I got no you know what you don't need a supervisor cuz this what's going to happen is dude I'm going to place you under arrest for failure ID okay and that's going to be on you not me brother you already said that it's going to be under arrest I be under arrest if I don't give brother go so I'll give you IDE no no no put your hands on the car you already failed to identify yourself okay give me your left give me your right arm you got you want to play games brother I'm I'm here being nice and you don't want to give me your name and dat a bir and then all this just for a car bro that's it okay read your your car so we can impound it yeah he just purchased it all right come on brother okay all right stand right there no no you're staying right there cuz you're going to my unit you're under arrest all right go take a second there first time on the back of the car you see a lawsuit and BR see see you'll see when we get to the station you'll see when you get to the station the deputy asks Mr Martinez to identify himself but he refuses to do so subsequently he placed him under arrest this might be a violation of the rights of the citizens provided in the fifth Amendment watch how the encounter unwinds all right Mr Martinez before we go to the station I'm going to read your rights okay you have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law you have the right to an attorney you cannot afford an attorney one will be provided to you if you decide to answer questions now without any attorney present okay you will have the right to stop answering any at any time until you talk to an attorney do you understand the rights I've just read to you with these rights in you wish to talk to me no I don't answer questions okay [Applause] perfect all right sir so I'm the supervisor here I was just made aware of what happened um so I don't think it qualifies for any crime okay doesn't qualify for Crime I'm going go ahead and release of course um I I want that off number yeah my let me finish that what your BGE number mine yeah or your name Sergeant procopio 571 I'll give you aiss okay I'm going get all cameras dash cam body cam phone calls everything it did not constitute a crime look what what he did Mr Martinez's car was searched and he was detained in jail for several hours before being released the officers violated his fourth amendment rights against unreasonable seizure and search by arresting him without probable cause later Mr Martinez filed a formal complaint against the officers involved the outcome of the complaint is still pending it is strange to see cops messing up and turning simple arrests into complete chaos if you enjoyed the video be sure to drop a like And subscribe goodbye