Well, I'd like to not further your investigation. Well, that can you can be charged with obstructing justice at that point. Well, obstruction is a physical act. It's not. That's it. Actually is. So, by law, it's obstruction at this point. All right. Unless you're going to give me ID to confirm this. I'm not going to give you make you're making me insecure on my house, paper, property, effects, and things. If you violate my fourth amendment right, I'm going to sue you and your department to willingly give me your right. I've not broken any laws. The incident began when an individual approached the office to question a newlyannounced policy restricting service dogs to designated trailer areas. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, service animals must be allowed to accompany individuals with disabilities in all areas of a facility where the public is normally allowed to go. The policy directly violated this federal law, prompting the individual to seek clarification. However, Miss Crowder, the regional chairperson, responded dismissively, slamming the door and refusing to engage in a constructive conversation. This unprofessional behavior escalated the situation, leading to further conflict and the involvement of law enforcement. Hello. How's it going, officer? Are you Brandon? Yes, sir. Do you have any ID on you? Uh, I I do, actually. Uh, can I see that, please? But my name is Brandon Hopkins and the reason why we're having this conversation is literally just because I came up and Well, look look can Can I see your ID? I'd rather not give you my ID. I haven't broken any laws. I'm not saying you broke any laws. I just want to identify you. Yeah. I mean, I I'm telling you I'm Brandon. My name is Brandon. Okay. And I haven't broken any laws. So therefore, I wouldn't want to give you my ID if that's okay. I'm just confused as to why. I'm not I'm I'm not I wasn't disappointed. She's the one who's doing this. I literally came home to have have a conversation. I was talking to them for like 2 minutes. She slammed the door, came over here. She said she was calling you guys, so I just let my name my middle name, but I'm not going to give you any more information. My name is Brandon. She called you and told you who I was. What's your date of birth? I'm not I'm not going to give my information, but I'd like to I'd like to not uh give anyone a bit of I don't understand why because I document your your violation amendment. It is not that I haven't broken any laws. I haven't broken any laws. I'm not saying you broke any laws. I'm asking you to give more like my favorite place. I'd like to be in security. Okay. Are you refusing to identify yourself? Well, yeah. So, they have asked you to leave. Okay. If you refuse to leave, then you are trespassing and that is great. They would have to trespass me and I would have to be given an opportunity to leave. That's how trespassing laws work. So, if you want status, please you want to you want to ask them if I'm being trespassed? She already said she wants you to leave. Well, no. She wanted me to leave. She said she didn't tell me to leave the leave this place. She just wanted me to leave the office. You want him gone, right? Is that not correct? Is Isn't that correct, Tommy? She wanted me to leave the office, not the property. Originally, she walk away and leave the office. Well, that's what I was That's my under my understanding. So if I'm being trust if I'm being if I'm and that's why is because I was waiting for the officer. I'm sorry you're insulting me. No, I don't want you putting your hands next to He refused to walk away from from my booth. What? He refused to walk away and I told him I will have you removed from my grounds. If you don't walk away, I will call the police and have you removed. So you want you want me to? Is that correct? Do you want me to trespass? I I don't want you trespassed. I want you removed off my grounds. Nobody said he can't remove argumentative. He does. He just wants to do this. So, here's the deal. Take him out. If you want him gone, all right, we would have to formally trespass him. Is that what we want to do? That's up to you, Brandon. You have a choice. I have a choice about what you're telling me. So, you can leave peacefully or we can arrest you for trespassing. What do you want to do? No, sir. She can ask me if if I'm trespassed and I will I'll You can you can leave peacefully or we can arrest you for trespassing. But they have trust they have to trespass me though. They can. Yes, they do. And they can. So am I being trespassed? Don't walk away. No, that's not how it works. You have to trespass me. Then I have to be given an opportunity to leave. Please keep your hands to yourself. Well, could you you you also uh Isn't that correct, officer? I have to be trespassed and then I have to be given an opportunity to leave. You are being told to leave by law. Okay. At this point, I can arrest you for disorderly conduct. I can arrest you for trespassing. Well, I'm not being disorderly. I will I will gladly leave this area. Yeah, it's time to leave. Let's go. Okay. All right. Leave the fairgrounds. Can I get your name and your badge number, please? My name is Officer Wis WSS. My badge number is 109. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for for your professionalism, sir. Well, you guys have a good day. Say the same for you. Well, I I don't think I've been not professional. I disagree. Well, why would you say that? Because you're instigating. I'm not instigating anything. Yes, you are. No. Time to leave. Let's go. Yeah, I said I was going to leave. Then let's go. Let's not talk about it anymore. I have to be given an opport You don't want me to use my free speech to leave to leave this place? I can't use my free speech. Go on. I'm leaving. All right. Yeah. Officer Swiss. What a good guy. A public servant serving the [Music] public. It's awesome. When officer James Weise arrived, the individual calmly exercised their constitutional rights, including the fifth amendment right to remain silent. Despite this, officer Weise repeatedly demanded identification without articulable reasonable suspicion, overstepping his authority. The individual firmly asserted their rights, refusing to comply with unlawful requests, and highlighting the officer's lack of legal justification. This interaction demonstrated the importance of understanding and standing firm on constitutional protections even when faced with intimidation. Even though he walked away, the power tripping cop followed him and started antagonizing him to find an excuse to arrest him. I don't I don't answer questions. I'd like to refuse to cooperate. I'd like to I'm I'm cooperating. I'm walking to my car. I'm leaving. That's exactly what you told me to do. What are you doing right now exactly? Well, like I said, I'd like to exercise my fifth amendment right to remain silent if that's okay. You're not being charged with the crime, huh? You're not being charged with the crime. Well, exactly. So, why would you want to make me insecure in my houses, paper, property, effects, and things? Why would you want to make me insecure on my persons and violate my Fourth Amendment right? I'm leaving this place. That's what you told me to do, right? Hang on just a sec. Can you advise if you signal 30? Sorry, I got a lot of background. Didn't hear that. All right. I'm I'm curious on why you're further harassing me. Well, because I needed to determine whether or not uh you were who I thought you were because there is an individual with your name who was uh involved with uh believe it was St. Joe police. Mhm. and is possibly pending charges. So, I need to determine whether or not you had any warrants out for your arrest. Well, I'd like to not further your investigation. Well, that can you can be charged with obstructing justice at that point. Well, obstruction is a physical act. It's not. That's it. Actually is. So, by law, it's obstruction at this point. All right. Unless you're going to give me ID to confirm this. I'm not going to give you make you're making me insecure. my house, paper, property effects, and things. If you violate my Fourth Amendment right, I'm going to sue you and your department to willingly give me your ID. I've not broken any laws. I'm not forcing you to do that. I've not broken any laws. Is that What does that have to do with me asking you to give your ID? Because you don't have to have articulable, reasonable suspicion to gain my ID. No, I don't. I'm asking you to give it over. You have to willingly identify yourself. That's what I'm asking. You're ask You're ask You're You're trying to violate my fourth amendment right? I'm not trying to violate any rights. If I was trying to violate your rights, I'd be doing it by force. My supervisor isn't working today. I'm the only officer. I'm in charge. Well, you should get a supervisor before you make a mistake. I don't have a supervisor working right now. I am the supervisor. I would highly suggest you go above yourself before you make a mistake because you walked over here to harass me and ask me to gain my ID. I've not broken any laws. I've not even been trespassed from this place. You threatened me with arrest if I didn't leave, which is a violation of my rights in general. That is assault, sir. You have a gun and a badge. Maybe the badge, but that gun that's an assault. You have no legal and lawful reason to tell me to leave this place. They never trespass me from my place. That's not assault. So I can tell you right now that if I if I if I use my words in a threatening manner, that's assault. If I touch you, that's battery. That's assault and battery. So obviously, you need to learn the law. At this point, you've agreed to leave. I suggest you do that. Well, I suggest you to stop harassing me further. So, an armed gunman, an armed gunman, you you you actually have no lethal, legal, and lawful authority to even make me leave at this point. You understand? Get your car and go. You understand? Let's not make this any worse than it needs to be. Well, you I would highly suggest you not make it any worse for yourself because this is documented on video. We're having a conversation. I wish you had a body camera because you should. You have a spot for it to hold yourself legally accountable for what you're doing right now. Yep. Because if you violate my rights and take me to jail, I'm going to sue you. I understand your rights. So I charging. So I highly suggest you walk away, sir, because you have no legal and lawful authority to make me do anything at the moment. You have no you have no ARS. You have no articulable reasonable suspicion to do anything to me. What you're saying to me is unlawful in what you're doing. I've not broken the law. I've not been disorderly. I've not done anything wrong here. You're coming and harassing me. You walked over a 100 yards to come here and harass me and try to gain my information. I said I was going to leave. You are hindering that ability for me to hindering anything. I've not Don't come over here like tyrant. It's Are you leaving or no? Or do you want to keep talking? Do you have legal and lawful authority to even make me leave? I'm not asking talking about making you leave. I'm asking you to leave. Sir, you're trying to exercise your authority and usurp authority over me. I wish that was the case. A free man as oppressed as you think you are. You threatened me with arrest over there for for disorderly when I've not been refused to leave. But I've not been disorderly. You're you're assaulting my persons because you have no law. Are you leaving or no? Why are you standing here? Are you leaving or no? Yes or no? Are you How are you serving the public? Are you leaving? Yes or no? I told you that I was going to leave, but I don't but I don't have to leave. Sir, no. You wanted to come have this conversation with me. I don't have to leave this. No, I'm bored of this conversation because you're not nearly as cool or smart as you think. But you understand I want you to know as a public servant that works for me. I don't work for you. No, I work for the people of the bar. I am the people, right? I am the people. No, you work for the people. You swore an oath to the US Constitution to therefore protect my rights. You serve the public by protecting individual rights and what you're doing right now trying to come over here and harass me to gain my to gain my property my papers. I'm not disrupting anything. There is nobody around here. There is absolutely nobody around here. So, are you ready to go? You are disrupting my day by harassing me and coming over here. Yes, sir. Thank you. That's it. If you continue to bother the staff there, I will arrest you. I I'm not sir. I'm just I have never bothered them at all. I was trying to have a a communication with them. She got upset, slammed the door. Throughout the encounter, the individual maintained composure and a clear understanding of their rights, effectively countering the officer's attempts to overstep. The Fifth Amendment guarantees that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, and the individual invoked this right to avoid self-inccrimination. By documenting the interaction and calmly asserting their rights, the individual held the officer accountable for their actions, emphasizing that law enforcement must operate within the bounds of the law. This incident serves as a reminder that knowledge of one's rights is a powerful tool in ensuring accountability and preventing abuses of power. The individual ultimately left the premises peacefully, but not without challenging the unlawful actions of those in authority. Like and subscribe for more police cam stories. Watch the next recommended video.