You you already dealt with me. Do you have an ID on you? >> No, I don't. >> You don't have any form of ID? Nope. >> Okay. >> You going to say, "Am I being detained?" >> Yes, you are. >> Okay. For what crime? >> For jaywalking. >> So, all we're asking is that we know who you are. So, at this point in time, you have a legal right to identify who you are. Okay? And if you don't, I'm telling you up front, you will be arrested. When ego outweighs legal procedure, a simple traffic [music] stop turns into a controversial violation. >> Here we go. So, you committed a violation by crossing against the lights. I know you say it's on camera when you post it to YouTube later. We're going to give you a warning and you're going to be on your way. Have a nice day. behind your back right there. >> Not every police officer [music] who wears a uniform truly understands the law. And the stories below will make that a car legally parked, a call reporting something [music] suspicious, and suddenly police arrive, triggering an unofficial interrogation. It's right here that the line between public safety and the infringement of personal freedom begins to blur in a very familiar way. >> What's up, man? How are you? >> What's up? >> You scared me? >> I scared you? >> I'm sorry. I'm >> um listen, I don't know who called, but somebody called just saying that there's a person out here filming. All right. What's What's in the uh the bottle right there? >> My drink. >> What type of drink is it? >> My drink. >> What type of drink? >> I don't have a question. >> Is that alcohol? >> Listen, if it's alcohol, then you can be issued a burrow ordinance. All right. That's why I'm asking it. >> All right. What's your name and badge number, please? >> Patch number is 237. >> Your name? >> Patrol. You can read it right here. >> Okay. I can't read. >> Okay. You You said you can. >> How are you? >> All right. bad number. Sorry. >> Sergeant Travis, badge number 205. >> All right. I don't know. How can I help you? >> Well, we got a call because what's that? >> Don't step in anymore. There's probably some more on the sidewalk here. People don't curb their dogs like they're supposed to. I guess >> maybe you should get that on video. >> So, the reason we're out here is we got a call. We were walking around the exterior of the bank filming and they consider that a little bit suspicious because it is a bank and you're filming the exterior. Obviously, you're allowed to film when you're in public, but the fact that you were so close to the bank and you're filming it makes people a little bit nervous, right? What's in the uh brown bag that you got under your arm there? >> What's that? >> I don't. >> You don't answer questions? >> No. >> Okay. Do you mind if I take a look at that to make sure it's not a beer? No matter. You don't mind? >> Yeah, I don't mind. >> Oh, you do mind? >> There was no specific allegation, no violation identified. Police even acknowledged the vehicle was legally parked. And when they failed to get what they wanted, the strategy began to shift. What started as a routine check gradually turned into a claim of an obligation to provide information. >> Can I help you through those? >> Well, like I said, and like the officer just said, we're here because it's suspicious for you to be walking around a bank filming it. >> Suspicious [clears throat] could be anything. >> Yeah, that's absolutely right. But now that we've shown up and you've got what appears to be a beer bottle wrapped in a brown bag tucked under your arms and you're not exactly being cooperative with letting us know whether that's a beer or not, >> don't have another issue. >> You don't have to answer the question. You're absolutely right. >> So if if this is like I said some sort of first amendment audit or other things like that, then that's fine and you have the right to do that. But you understand we have a job to do, right? We have to make sure that nobody this thing and attempt to, I don't know, break in or or rob it or, you know, commit some sort of fraud with the ATM machines or any other thing that can happen these days. And then, like I said, you've got a brown bag that looks like a beer truck under your arm. And, you know, it's it's against the law to walk around with open beer, right? You don't have to drink in public. So, is there any sort of reason why you wouldn't just say, "Hey, Sergeant, it's not a beer. It's a bottle of root beer." and be on your way cuz you're just trying to cause us a problem. >> Go ahead and report. >> Sorry. >> No, we're done with this. You have a good day. You too. Thank you. >> All righty. Bye-bye. >> Just stop for me real quick. Police began insisting that providing identification was mandatory despite still failing to site any specific crime or violation. The interaction was no longer grounded in law but shifted towards speculation and pressure. And when speculation [music] wasn't enough, the situation was pushed further. What began as a request for information started edging. >> You just jwalked. >> Jaywalked >> 19. I'm going be going out with that mail. It's going to be Monath and Broad. The light was green this way and you just passed this way. So, wait, hold on. Hold on. Hold on. So, you see how there's a walk arrow right now? >> A what? Yeah. >> A walk arrow. >> That hand was up, >> which means do not walk. I got it on film. >> Hold on. Hold on. It means do not walk. >> I got it on film. >> You understand that? >> Turn green and then I walked. I got it on film. >> It was green this way. >> Hold You got it on film. >> Let me let me explain this to you. >> Okay. So, when the light is like this, all right, these two lights, see where these cars are going? When that's green, that hand is up, right? You see it? >> The light was red and it was a walk sign there. That's when I walked across. >> The light was green. >> Yep. >> I was coming down because the light was green. >> Where was you at down there? >> I was literally right there. >> You probably couldn't see. >> You didn't even see me. >> I saw you. I saw you down there. I saw you turned the corner. >> You just said that you didn't see me. I told you I follow you turned the corner and the light was green and I got it on film so you can take it to the judge if you want. >> Do you want to uh >> What's your name? >> You you already dealt with me. Do you have an ID on you? >> No, I don't. >> You don't have any form of ID? >> Nope. >> Okay. So, we're just going to stand here. >> You going to stand? Am I being detained? >> Yes, you are. >> Okay. For what crime? >> For jaywalking. >> Title 39 violation. >> All right. >> All right. All right. >> So, I have to identify you because you are subject for a summon. >> Hope we can prove it. >> You understand? I got it on film. >> Okay. I mean, listen, we could stand here all day. I still need to identify you because you're subject to officer. If I don't give you my identity, is you going to arrest me? >> You could be placed under arrest for obstruction. >> Why are you going to arrest me? >> I didn't say that. I'm going to arrest you. I don't want to arrest you. However, >> what do you need my ID for? I didn't break no crime. >> Because you are subject to a summon >> for what? >> Okay. >> I just told you. >> The light was greening like I was on film. >> You know what? I'm going to stop repeating myself. All I need to see is your ID. Or you can give me your name and date of birth. >> Or you can get your supervisor out here. >> That's what you can do, madam. Yeah, get your supervisor out here. Let's do that. Get your sergeant back out here. Let's do that. You refusing that? >> No, I'll call him when you when you start to comply. >> I'm complying when your supervisor get here. >> All I need to see is your ID. film and I saw in the film where >> no charge was ever articulated yet the detention continued. The exchange gradually shifted from a legal discussion into a struggle for power and when every argument reached a dead end when there was no way forward without crossing the line, the dynamic suddenly changed. >> Attention is about $2,000 a minute. So right now >> $2,000 >> right now been about three and a half minutes I've been detained. Uh, there's been five. >> So, get your supervisor cuz we wasting time. I got I got to I got I got to I got to get >> Oh, look. [laughter] >> That's crazy. >> I'll tell you what though, he he's not going to really change this, but >> Well, arrest me. >> Like I said, we we don't want to arrest you. >> What you got to do? >> However, all we have to do is properly identify you. What you have to do is leave me alone. >> But once we properly identify you, then leave me alone. >> There there's two options. You could be issued a warning. >> Exercise your right or you know that's right. >> You could be issued a warning >> or you could be issued a summit. It's one of the two out here. >> Yeah, I'm back out here cuz you're out here trying to get a response. You just stay right here with your root beer. I'm going to speak with this officer over here. Okay, sir. So, >> how about you keep the commentary to yourself? Okay. >> So, I'm coming down Mama Street. Lights green for me. >> Yeah. >> And he's just jaywalking right across. >> I was like, you see that that arrow? I was like, you see how that arrow is red right now for that red light, >> right? >> I was like, there's a there's a person crossing. I was like, that sign was not lit up and that arrow right there was. >> And he was just like, nah, I got it on camera. I was like, bro, the light was green for me. How do you have it on camera that it's telling you to walk? >> That's it. >> So, I'm gonna stand here all day with him until he properly IDs himself. >> So, so here we go. So, you committed a violation by crossing against the lights. I know you say it's on camera. Would you post it to YouTube later? If you post it to YouTube later, because people usually don't post their mistakes to YouTube. >> We'll see about the coconut water. >> It's okay. We're going to give you a warning and you're going to be on your way. Have a nice day. Let's go. All right. >> So, you got education. >> No, no. I didn't educate him. I gave you a warning. There's a difference. >> So, if you didn't give me a warning, what would have happened? You want to arrest me? >> Yeah. Summon. >> And if I didn't give my ID, then what? But we're not doing that today. >> That's crazy. My point >> is ginger beer. >> Now, this is no longer just a conversation. It's an escalation that makes viewers wonder, is this law enforcement, or are they turning a citizen's rights into an excuse for suppression? Citizens may sue police officers under section 1,983 when their rights are violated, and officers found in violation may be held financially liable and face discipline or termination. Up next, a vague command over a loudspeaker. A turn that seemed perfectly ordinary suddenly turned an anonymous driver into a suspect. >> Hey, you're good to record, but just want to make sure everything's okay. Oh, I got a bottle of alcohol. >> Nervous. >> Yeah. Yeah. Well, now you're making us nervous with the bottle of alcohol. >> Officer Gilbert 4500. Listen, you're all good to record. >> Thank you. >> But now we're just trying to see if that's a bottle of alcohol. >> Yeah. >> And I'm not trying to be out here. I just want to confirm you have a bottle. That's >> all right. You're good. >> Go take it inside and and educate the people. I don't know who called. Did you guys see if that was a bottle of alcohol? >> Did you guys see if that was a bottle of alcohol that he had? >> I know. I It looks like a bottle there, but I don't know. >> You're not allowed to really take it from him to figure out if it is. I just wanted to know if you guys saw it was a bottle of alcohol. No. >> No. He's been there for a while. >> He's allowed to record unfortunately. >> Yeah, but it's, you know, it's a bank. It's not a regular place. It's >> unfortunately. And you should understand this. Have you ever seen any of these videos or these? >> Okay. So just just think for two seconds, right? That you could possibly putting us, you know, in a situation where we're telling him to leave property. Now we get in a jam, >> right? >> Right. So >> he doesn't stop recording and >> he is allowed to record as much as he wants. Let him have it. All right. >> All right. Well, let him have it. >> Yep. But uh you know, we're just going to talk to him and that'll be it for us. >> Okay. So he can basically cuz he's been there like half hour basically. >> Yeah. I'm going to I'm going to call my sergeant now. I'm going to call my sergeant now and just confirm. Okay. But most likely he's allowed to just be in here and record and do all that nonsense. >> Vague instructions, conflicting interpretations, and the invocation of officer safety without any clear threat kept tensions high even after the vehicle had stopped. And although the documents were handed over, the questioning continued, pushing the >> This is my sergeant. Yes. >> Why you call your sergeant? You big enough to handle me? >> No handle, sir. You big enough to take care of this. You big enough to take care of this situation, man. You had to call for backup. >> You wait over there. >> You can wait over there. >> I'm trying to have a private conversation regarding investigation. >> This a public sidewalk right here. >> You're right. You don't have a right to ease drop on us. [laughter] [crying] >> So, we're going to have a private >> I got the right to walk past. >> No, you don't. Not at this point. >> Why don't I? >> Because I said so. >> All right. Well, when you police investigation, >> I suggest you to stand there. How am I interfering in your investigation? How am I interfering? If I move, you gonna arrest me. >> If you come over here, you get knocked out. >> Okay. What's your name and badge number? >> Sergeant Pasqu 6941. >> Say no more. >> If I come over there, I'm going to get arrested. [ __ ] tyrant here. ant off. >> The driver provided all required documents and chose to exercise the right to remain silent. Yet the questioning continued, turning a routine administrative stop into unnecessary psychological pressure. That tension ultimately ended with a citation and a court date where the truth would no longer hinge on roadside questioning. >> But you don't dictate how this goes. Okay. >> So So who dictates how this go? I'm on a public side going up. Who dictates how this go? I'm going to walk away from you right now. >> Listen. No, you're not free to go. >> I'm detained. >> Yes, you are. Okay. >> Okay. You're not free to leave. Okay. >> Okay. We're conducting the investigious behavior >> investigated >> in front of a bank. >> Okay. >> Okay. Based on being >> Can I speak? Can I speak? Okay. I'm going shut my black ass up. >> Okay. >> So, the bank called us and said that you were asking all kinds of suspicious questions. Uh something that is out of the ordinary. Okay. This isn't an FA. Somebody stands out the bank. You're well within your right to record whatever you want from out here. Okay. But that's not all you were doing. you were asking suspicious questions about the internal side of the bank and you know with bank robberies and stuff like that. >> They got a little scared. Okay. And rightfully so. Okay. >> They were asking me suspicious questions too. >> What's that? >> They asked me suspicious questions too. I didn't call the police though. >> Okay. Well, they did because they're a financial institution. Okay. And they were >> Well, you should be talking to them. You should be talking to them. >> So, you're well within your right to record out here. Okay. But the issue is that the questions that you were asking them, they got alarmed. Okay. And I think any normal person with the questions that you were asking them would say, "Yeah, that that sounds like a little suspicious." >> They came out asking me questions that was none of their business. So I asked questions that was none of my business. So that's fair, right? >> Uh you can ask them whatever you want. >> They can ask you whatever you want. But based off of what you said, if you just stood out here and did nothing, if you just stood out here and recorded >> I was I was doing nothing. They came on here speaking to me. >> That's because they saw what you're doing. >> But then you said to them that you work for a survey company. Is that accurate? >> I'll answer the question. >> Okay. Well, you don't have to, but that just adds to the validity of your suspicious behavior >> because you told them that you worked for a survey. >> Police issued the citation and formally ended the stop, but the earlier disputes were never resolved. Rather than easing tensions, this moment reinforced the suspicion that the decision had been made in advance. Despite the objections and evidence the citizen [music] claimed to have. Being >> upfront with you. If you don't tell us who you are, >> you are getting arrested. >> I'm not telling you. >> Okay. Put your hand behind your back. There you go. My camera off. You just broke my phone. I'm [ __ ] on your way. I'm fing a complaint on >> county from 1844. We have one ended for >> obstruction. >> Okay. Obstruction of what? >> An investigation. >> I'm going to walk you to the side of my car. >> Investigation. Where my phone? I want my phone. Where you going? >> Right here. >> Where are you moving? My phone all the way the [ __ ] over there. And do not turn my camera off either. I'm filing a complaint. >> I'm going to search you. All right. >> It will be a law on your on your on this city right here. This will be a lawsuit. >> Yeah, it will be a lawsuit. Trust me. There's cash. I'm going to put it right back here. You're a tyrant. That's why you want to put your cash back in your pocket. >> You a tyrant. >> You a tyrant. You ain't got [ __ ] else to do but play but but act [ __ ] with black people out here and [ __ ] I ain't doing nothing wrong. And you turn off your car and nobody tell you to turn my camera off either. >> What you searching me for? You search. >> So now you're under arrest. >> You violating my to search. >> Okay. Lock me up. Throw away the key. Lock me up and throw away the key. Put the seat belt on you. All right. Do what you got to do. >> What you got to do? >> Just lean back. I'm going to take these off you as well. >> Not going to be my first big dog. So you proud of it, huh? No matter taxpayers money. It's taxpayers money. That's why we have to go through, man. Unfortunately, you got to go through a piece of [ __ ] >> Do we have all the >> only the info for the original manager that came out? >> Okay. >> All right. So, I have to get the rest of his stuff that he spoke with. >> Yes, this guy. >> Okay. So, you have all his >> Not all his information. No, I have to go get it. I need it. >> Why don't you just go in there? Yep. Make sure this is all recording. >> Oh, it's all recording. Yep. The traffic stop ended on paper, but it left behind anger, lost trust, and [music] a sense of being abandoned by the system. This is the moment when a minor roadside encounter becomes a much larger story about accountability, power, and the fragile line between law enforcement and perceived abuse in the eyes of the public. A healthy society is not built on silence born [music] of fear, but on fairness, restraint, and mutual understanding. Hey everyone, what do you think about this situation? If you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like, subscribe, and support us with a donation. Thank you so much. [music]