and why was I being kidnapped again you being detained the correct word is detained because I'm sorry I said you were on the front porch here and then I saw you walking around the side of the house and in the backyard I just check and make sure that everything was okay yeah everything okay okay is this your house so why you ask me that I mean what because I mean you're walking around in the gate and you still haven't gone in the house you have any idea on you the man was simply walking around his own property when a cop approached questioning his presence the officer didn't seem to have any reasonable suspicion to believe the man was involved in any illegal activity an officer cannot stop an individual without Reasonable Suspicion of criminal activity as stated in terv Ohio the officer proceeded to escalate the situation demanding the man's ID without cause suggesting that just being on his own property was enough reason for interrogation this Behavior reflects a misuse of authority as the man was under no obligation to prove his right to be at his own home it's all right I said you were on the front porch here and then I saw you walking around the side of the house and in the backyard I just checking make sure that everything was okay yeah everything okay okay is this your house why you ask me that I mean what because I mean you're walking around in the gate and you still haven't gone in the house you have any ID on you yeah I do I have ID okay can I get your ID please no you a get my ID man what's wrong with you man 108 would you start me another unit so ID what I'm going give you my ID for here8 can I get 89 don't know I won't be at nobody house so you think I'm just going to be at somebody house walking around their house that what you think I'm almost going to be why you think I'm walking around somebody house why you think that I saw you walk around the house I know but why do just verify what you're doing here if you if everything's legit I get out of the way it's legit okay so what you doing here what I'm doing here what are you saying what I'm doing here can't be right here I can't I stay here okay what you want I stay here okay okay that's what I was asking yeah come on man you know I stay I got to stay here I won't be walking around or doing this that man just cut my yard you don't see that I can't walk around and see that my yard you see that man you just saw that guy guy okay so you know what's going on come on man but I don't know whose house this is so if you see anybody walking standing at their house you going to stop me and say who house it is if somebody standing around the front door like that for a good a good while what you saying a good while I am what you saying a good while what you what you say a good while only thing was just check and see if everything's okay if this is your house that's good I was just checking on I said it's my house what you want me to do what I I don't supposed to be here you saying I don't supposed to be in this house that what you saying it's a problem with you B what I don't supposed to be right here that's what you saying what's that you saying it's a problem with me being right here at in front of my house that's what you saying absolutely absolutely not I'm just trying to verify I said I stay here so what El do you want me to do with you that's all I'm trying to find out do I stay with her come on man when the officer continued to ask for ID the man made it clear that he had every right to be there and didn't need to show anything this unnecessary demand for ID based on nothing but the officer's own assumption is a blatant violation of the man's rights and shows how corrupt cops misuse their power to intimidate and harass individuals even in the comfort of of their own home look I'm black she black so that to tell you I stay here come on man be for Real come let's get real I'm black she black so that tell you I stay here oh no you don't got to tell her I'm I'm don't don't tell them nothing I'm that's all I'm trying to find out you know I stay I'm stay here somebody walking around the side of and you saw that you saw that guy cutting the grass and you didn't you didn't stop him you didn't see that guy just cutting the grass you didn't stop him drive away okay but why you didn't stop him why you didn't stop the guy that was just in his white truck sir why you didn't stop the guy that was in a truck while ago he wasn't messing around the side of the house he wasn't messing around the side of the house but he was right here you didn't stop him what do you want I don't understand this this is your house it's my house I'm telling you this is my house what what you want me to do what do you want me to do this is my house man asking for some ID some ID cuz to St at my house I got to show you my ID to be in front of my house I don't know this is your house I got to show you my ID to be in front of my house and in the backyard I'm this is my house what are you talking about Sir talk to no you talking to me right here this no we can step right here I'm just asking I'm just asking step over here just I'm calm down man we we can talk right here what we have to war for I don't know I show okay so I don't know I don't know what this off what he saw me standing right here and I walked to the bed what you doing walking to the back what what you doing I can't walk in I can't walk in my house what the hell going on what is going what is going on bro can we see your ID just no no no no no no no you're not going to see my ID I stay here what the hell is going on that's what I just I stay here listen to what I'm saying I don't have to I stay here what El I want to do hey they saying I don't stay here look at this house y'all they say I don't stay here because they said I don't stay here cuz cuz the house is nice I got a nice house they say I don't stay here hey they say I don't stay here cuz I got a nice I ain't never I ain't never been like this hey man the situation reached its peak when the officer still unconvinced tried to further escalate the conflict despite the man calmly asserting that he lived at the house the officer continued to treat him as if he were a criminal excessive force is prohibited under the Fourth Amendment when there is no probable cause according to Graham V's Connor this disregard for basic rights paired with the officer's attempt to turn an innocent situation into an unnecessary confrontation shows how corrupt cops often overstep their bounds and harass citizens simply because they feel they can treating the man as a suspect without justification the officer's actions in this case reflected not just a misuse of authority but a clear example of racial profiling just like in this incident these cops kidnapped a man who was simply walking on the road by back home I'm just trying to figure out who you are man if we're looking for somebody and you might match the description but you're not saying who you are anything on you at all with your name on it sir oh for [ __ ] sake if they would get off the goddamn radio people man 573 can the unit on the West Side take a look at this guy this is Mal no this is who you're looking for okay thank you no we're trying to we have obviously a scene going on which is why we're trying to identify I'm being detained with no reason detained is a reason CU your name and you your being kidnapped sir what's your name I feel like I'm being kidnapped so you got your name so I can get your information so we can let you go being kidnapped all right being kidnapped you actually have to be moved right now you're being detained the correct anything with your name on it man the quicker you give us your name the quicker you can be done with us I don't know that you're not involved with a stolen vehicle so you got some with your name on it the police stopped a man walking in a neighborhood under the pretense of investigating a stolen vehicle despite there being no direct evidence linking him to the crime the officer demanded identification to verify his name implying that he might be connected to the stolen vehicle simply due to his presence in the area under the Fourth Amendment the law requires police officers to have a valid reason for stopping and questioning individuals and in this case the mere Act of walking through a neighborhood is not a sufficient reason to suspect someone of being involved in a crime even after the man provided his name the officers continued to question him aggressively and even suggested that he could be involved in a stolen vehicle case according to Terry versus Ohio a brief stop and frisk may be justified if the officer has reasonable suspicion that a person is was or will be involved in criminal activity however the law was clearly misapplied here as there was no legitimate basis to suspect the man of any criminal activity let alone detain him well I'm looking for your ID so you don't know what your name is I got to figure out who you are yes sir I am 573 can you add Corey Barnes c o r e y last as Barnes b a r NES date of birth of 522 of 89 to the call screen and would you advise if he clear so we can cut him loose take a picture of his ID so I can get his information for this call screen watch yourself y b one of finish on hooking your arm here keep your phone on you might I was m in the car sorry [Music] okay and why was I being kidnapped again you're being detained the correct word is detained because you for some reason don't want to answer a simple question about who your name is when we're looking for someone from a stolen car so what's your name name is Officer Watson Bill take that video on I'll hand to you as soon as I give you a call screen so you know what this is about okay and what's her name I'll put it on there so you have all of our information can you tell me please I'm officer bur excuse me ma'am excuse me ma'am ma'am excuse me what's your name car put her name on the car it's not that hard see just like when you ask it's real simple officer Rivera officer Burke officer Watson he can answer very simple questions it's the 14th right 15 15th okay 15 all right which way are you going Cory are you walking that way or this way cuz if you're walking that way I can write down a call screen number on here for you for even more information or if you just want our names you're good to go the officer's Behavior towards the man escalated to intimidation with them continuously evading his request for an explanation the equal protection Clause of the 14th Amendment prohibits law enforcement from discriminating against individuals based on race which means that racial profiling is illegal this pattern of harassment reflects the abuse of power by law en enforcement as they use the man's race as an excuse to detain and question him without any legitimate grounds like And subscribe for more police cam stories watch the next recommended video click to watch now