[screaming] >> It's about where that stop sign >> All RIGHT, I MEAN IF you're on their property and they want you to leave, you got to leave. All right, can I put your hands behind your back for me? >> For what? >> Because you're you're you're you're delaying me from doing my job. >> Delaying how? You can bend down to see that tank. >> off. >> A deputy thought no one was paying attention, but the camera captured the entire moment he crossed the line of his authority. >> You trying to [ __ ] a bullshitter. It's not happening today, chief. I suggest you look at the GIS survey. >> You got nothing else better to do than just >> I don't think that's the side of the road. >> When power meets the camera, sometimes just a few seconds are enough to create a scandal. Just seconds after the camera started recording at a FedEx center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, an unexpected confrontation unfolded. A police officer approached with a tense attitude, quickly causing the situation to escalate beyond anyone's expectations. >> What? >> Say good morning. >> Yeah. >> Can I help you guys something? >> Do we ask for help? >> No, I just Why you videotaping? >> Then go back to work. >> No, it's a private property. >> It's private property where? >> FedEx. >> Yeah. >> All right, I'm here. >> My dad told me not to talk to strangers. >> Okay. I'm curious why you have cameras. >> What do you What do you usually do with cameras? >> You film? >> Yeah. Film, yeah. >> Okay, what are you filming? >> Okay. >> Huh? >> What are you filming? >> You right now. >> Okay. May I ask why? >> You can ask. >> Okay. >> Doesn't mean I got to tell you. >> All right. >> Go back to work. >> I am. Thank you. >> Yeah. Can't hear you. >> What's going on? We got a report y'all got into a little verbal altercation with somebody here. >> Nope. >> Did they ask you to leave? You told me have changed some words with them. >> Uh sure. >> Sure. No. >> What altercation? I just talking. Consider uh is that >> Well, I said you had a verbal altercation. >> Altercation? I don't remember no altercation. >> Okay. What are y'all doing out here? >> We got We got a couple of cameras. >> Well, I see that. >> Yeah, then should be self-explanatory. >> Okay, so you don't want to explain to me what you're doing out here on their property? >> No need. >> Okay. Well, let me get with the guy that called and if you're on their property and they want you to leave, you got to leave. All right? >> First, they got to prove that it's their property. >> Okay, so we're going to go that route. I got you. Okay. >> So, we already know. >> Okay. >> After a brief exchange with a FedEx employee, the atmosphere at the scene began to grow more tense as police were called in. A suspicious dialogue quickly developed over where the cameraman was standing and whether he had the right to be there. Just as the argument remained unresolved, the situation suddenly took an unexpected turn. >> You bend down there and get it, I'm not doing your job for you. >> Okay, well I need you to get off that tailgate for me. >> a no? How about you kiss my ass? How about that? >> Okay. Stand up, put your arms behind your back for me. >> For what? >> Because you're you're you're you're delaying me from doing my job. >> Delaying How you can bend down to see that tag? >> the tailgate so I can get the tag. >> the tag. I ain't got to do nothing. You're not my daddy. >> Okay, sir. I'm asking you nicely. >> You can ask all you want. >> you that I'm going to >> Tell me what? That I got to MOVE OFF MY TRUCK? >> YES, SIR. I'm trying to I'm I'm trying to >> to move off my truck? >> I need you to lift up the tailgate for me. >> You can bend down there to get it. It's been done many times. >> Okay. >> Many times. >> step off the tailgate so I can get that tag. >> Or what? >> All right, come on. >> Or what? What? >> up. >> The [ __ ] are you doing, man? Ow! You don't have to do all that. >> I'm not holding it. >> How am I distracting your You got All you got to do is bend down to get it. You going to ask me to get off my truck. To get off my truck. How's that going to fly? You got to use TWO BALLS BALL EYE BALLS. YOU GOT TO USE TWO. >> WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH. >> DUDE, you're going to break my [ __ ] arm. Jesus Christ, man. All I said is all you got to do is bend down to get it. >> Okay, man. That's not all you said. >> That's exactly what I said. It's on camera. You got You got a four of them right there. OW! GOD! OW! WHAT THE HE'S GOT THIS RIGHT ONE SO damn tight, dude. I can't Oh my god. What are you doing, man? Un- loosen that right one up. I can't feel my fingers. Dude, are you serious? >> So, what's going on? >> It's not moving, dude. >> Nothing. We're on a state property filming. Yeah, that's all we're doing. >> Okay. >> He >> I don't >> I don't think he realizes where the property lines are. >> What the [ __ ] ARE YOU DOING? OW! I CAN'T MY DAMN ARM DUDE, I'm killing you. >> I got a map that shows the property lines. >> Okay. >> And the property line [screaming] is about where that STOP SIGN IS. >> WILL YOU FREAKING STOP? GOD DANG IT. >> When the cameraman refused to comply with the deputy's request, the situation quickly moved beyond a normal conversation. Protests, rising tension, and the sound of handcuffs turned the scene chaotic. But, the story didn't end there as more officers soon began arriving at the scene. >> I mean, if that's the case, then we may take civil action. >> Do you have any ID on you? >> We'll sue the city. And Fedex. I got two attorneys. Pay $2,500 and $1,000 to run a network. >> Make sure that they understand that this is public property and I've got the master key. Which one? For nothing. Uh, no. And we don't have to ID unless we uh I've done something wrong. In North Carolina. >> I mean, we're here. We have a right to get your ID. >> You have to uh What do you need it for? >> Just so that we make contact and that's it. >> That's not the law. The law is uh uh you have to uh suspect us of a crime or we've been arrested. >> when they're not doing any crime. >> I know, but uh I'm serious. You don't really know that you don't have to ID in North Carolina? >> Yes, unless you get pulled over. >> All right. >> Okay. >> Questions were raised right at the scene as the cameraman insisted that he had not violated any laws. The atmosphere began to shift as some officers tried to clarify what had actually happened. But what many people were most curious about was what really took place earlier and how it would ultimately be resolved. >> How's it going? How's it going? >> All right. So, what's going on? >> We're just out here filming first amendment audit to prove our right. To see if the city will protect our right to film in a public >> Okay. >> and uh >> Okay. >> This is uh state property where we're standing. >> Yeah. >> And uh that's all we're doing. >> Okay. >> He uh the officer >> Yeah, I was going to ask you what happened with that situation. I've got >> I got it on video uh uh >> Uh-huh. >> That's with me. >> Yeah. >> We're sitting on the uh trunk. >> Tailgate. >> And uh on the tailgate and the officer didn't want to bend down to get the tag, so he told him to get off of the trunk. So that he could raise it to see the tag without having to bend over. And that's all it >> That's fine. I got you. >> And what's your name? >> Uh I appreciate that. Corporal Ellis. Let me uh contact my boss. >> All right. Hang on. Hang on. I I need everybody's name here. I need everybody's name. >> My name is Middlebrook. >> Middlebrooks? >> Yes, sir. >> Can you tell me the rest of them? I need everybody's name. It be >> The uh supervisor's on their way with that. I got to go to this next call, sir. >> All right. Guys, car is uh 1602. He's the tyrant. Well, hey, what was his name again? All right. I need your name before we before you leave. >> My name is Hernandez, 9461. >> Hernandez, 9461. You a tyrant, Hernandez. Straight-up tyrant. You're going to be exposed. Good luck keeping your job. Hope y'all got that. He's a straight-up tyrant, dude. It's a company county sheriff's department. Um I'm not Y'all don't call the sheriff's department and complain about Hernandez. Don't do that. Look here. >> You want to talk to my LT? >> I really do. I really >> to talk to my LT, you can talk to him and turn off the cameras. >> No, I can't do that. It's got to be on It's got to be on, dude. It's got to be a record of it. >> Well, that's the only way you're going to talk to me. >> I I I get that, but I still I'll call you and Listen, all I want to do is complain. >> Okay. >> All right. >> After all the tension that had just unfolded, the officers began leaving the scene, and the atmosphere gradually calmed down. However, the cameraman maintained that what had just happened was an action that went beyond necessary limits. Up next, at a FedEx facility in Garner, North Carolina, a man was simply standing on the sidewalk recording. But just minutes later, the arrival of police turned what seemed like a routine situation into a tense confrontation. >> Got a camera right there, guys. It's like we got a snowflake. >> Here we go. Here we go. >> [snorts] >> Contact. >> I can help you out. I can help. >> Can you give me a cup of coffee? >> No, sure can't. How can I help you out? >> If you can't [snorts] give me no coffee, I guess you can't help me. >> No, maybe not. I can ask you what you're doing. >> Yeah, you can ask. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> You don't want to tell me? >> Don't don't need to. >> All right. >> [clears throat] >> Say what? >> After realizing they were being recorded, people inside the facility quickly closed the gate and kept their distance. The situation soon grew more tense when the officer at the scene began claiming that the cameraman was standing on FedEx property, but the response he received immediately changed the tone of the encounter. >> What's up? >> Just got called about your suspicious activity you got out here. >> Suspicious? >> Yeah. >> Really? >> What are you doing? >> Yes, sir. >> So, what's what's suspicious about standing out here? >> Recording people. Is that a lot of the ordinary, right? From a reasonable person standpoint. >> Uh, not this day and age, right? >> ask you to leave? >> No. >> Okay, so if I call them in and they and they say they didn't, is that is that the case? >> Yeah, they never they they never >> that they asked you to leave and they >> Leave what? >> Leave their property. >> Where where is their property at? >> You're on it right now. >> No, we're not. >> their driveway. >> No, it don't matter. But, you know better than that. You know better than that. >> I'm sitting over here. >> There's a easement, man. You know all that, dude. They got to be somewhere to walk. Right? You trying to [ __ ] a bullshitter. It's not happening today, chief. >> who you are. >> Uh it don't matter who I am. I can be said I can say it right here. >> When I pulled up >> That is easement, too. >> You're sitting on the grass, which is taken care of by them, which is on their >> It don't But, just because they take care of the grass don't mean it's theirs. I suggest you look at the GIS survey. >> Nothing else better to do than just sit here and >> ain't That's beside the point. This is what I do. Don't be a jackass now. Don't be a jackass. >> to call me >> Don't be a I said, "Don't be one." I didn't call you one, did I? >> I'm trying to be polite. >> What's your name, anyway? >> My name's Officer Strong. >> Strong? >> Spelled like stretch strong. >> I got you, man. >> What's your name? >> Cooter Tang. >> Cooter Tang? >> Cooter Tang. Yeah, ask me again, I'll tell you the same. You heard of it, right? >> No. >> Well, now you have. >> Okay. What does it mean? >> To take that [ __ ] somewheres else. You know we we can be we can stand right here all [ __ ] day long, cuz. >> No, you can't. >> Watch me. >> Okay. Well, let me go talk to them, and if they said, "Yeah, we came out here and asked you to leave." >> It don't matter if they told me a hundred times to leave. I'm not on their property, chief. >> the sidewalk. >> I suggest you get a supervisor out here. >> If you're on the sidewalk >> I'm asking for a supervisor. >> As the arguments reached a deadlock, the cameraman made request to call a supervisor to clarify the situation. However, the officer's response immediately pushed the confrontation into an even more tense phase. At that moment, the situation was no longer just a debate about property boundaries. It had turned into a direct clash over authority and legal understanding at the scene. >> You're not going to give me a supervisor. Okay. >> There's no sense in me getting you a supervisor. >> Uh you need to get one so you don't do something stupid. >> You obviously understand the laws. >> I evidently better than you do about these dude. >> Why you got to swear, man? >> Because that's what I do. That's what I do. I'm a grown man. I can swear all day. You going to tell us this is their property and you know you don't even know if it is or not. You hadn't even looked, had you? >> Want to know how it works with the driveway? When the line goes right straight across like that and if they paved this they just donated the money to the state. It's still state property all the way across. And if >> Like I said, we can stay out here all day. >> And that power thing is on the property line. That belongs to the power company. >> On the property line, man. >> I mean, the property line is on that side over there. I got the map. >> They're not going to put that box on their property. >> Why Why are you Why do you guys do this? I don't understand. >> Because we can. >> Cuz there's nothing else to do? >> Oh, we got plenty to do. >> So then why aren't you doing it? >> Why you Why you a cop? >> Cuz I actually pay bills with it. >> Yeah? Well, that's what I do. >> deal with people like you all >> Wait, how what people like me what? People People try to violate my rights. You're not doing it today, chief. >> There you go. So you want to set me up. >> I don't know. You You're the one setting yourself up. If you already know what we're doing, then why even come out here? >> Cuz I'm trying to have a conversation with an adult. >> No, you're trying to have a You're trying to tell me something you don't even know. You're trying to tell me something you don't even know. You have no idea what's going on. I suggest you learn. You're going to learn today. You're going to learn today. I guarantee you you'll learn today. You're going to learn all today. You're going to get an education today. Just like you're talking over me. That's right. It's like I can do it to you, dear. All right? Makes it all fair. Yeah? Go check Go check the property line before you give somebody orders. >> The stuff that we have to deal with. >> Go check the property line before you give somebody unlawful orders. Chief. >> When the request to call a supervisor was not honored, the conversation quickly grew more heated. Both sides continued arguing over the right to stand in that area and whether the police truly understood the law. Just minutes later, the situation took another turn as officers began checking and recording information, making the confrontation even more tense. >> Yeah, sure, sure. First Amendment. Uh sure, sure, sure. >> I'm not being disrespectful. I'm not being disrespectful >> You don't have to be disrespectful to me. >> Listen. First of all, you don't know who the [ __ ] I am. Follow me. All right. So, you think you know who I am. >> So, here's >> Take that right there, [ __ ] off, and go do something else today. >> Definitely. >> How about that? >> Definitely. >> How about that right there? You see that? You see that right there? >> Yes, and your First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, all that. You're trying to get us to violate >> Why is he smiling at >> You can go ahead and stop recording. >> No. >> It's not against the law. >> So, I should smile and give you the same respect, >> That's right. >> but I'm going to get this >> Do that. Off you go. Say hi to mom. He already knows. He already knows. He He He's just trying to be a bully. Trying to bully somebody. Yeah, you're trying to bully somebody. We We already knew before we came out here. Don't you think we looked that up? Don't you think we looked that up? You keep calling my name out like you know who I am. >> Yeah, well, I mean, I got you identified. >> It don't matter. I don't give a [ __ ] man. I don't care. I really don't. >> All I'm trying to do is >> I don't care. I really don't care what you got to do. I don't care what you think. I have no It don't matter difference to me. >> I know. >> It don't. >> I know. >> So, like I said, take that with you and go do something productive today. We don't pay you for nothing. We don't pay you for nothing. Go back to work. You don't think I pay taxes? >> No. >> Absolutely do. I bet I guarantee you I do. You think you know what you're talking about? Hey, we don't need to hear that. We already know. We already know what we're doing. So, you're not telling nobody nothing. But, don't eat yellow snow, don't kick your dog, don't beat your wife. Yes. We'll I'll I'll sit out here and dance the funky chicken jig all day, baby. So, kiss it. Kiss it. >> After all the tension and heated exchanges, the situation gradually calmed down. Yet, one big question still remains. Is the right to record in public truly respected when [music] it faces authority at the scene? Citizens can sue police under Section 1983 when their rights are violated. Officers who violate those rights may face [music] compensation payouts, disciplinary action, or even termination. 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