you read my tag but you read my tag and you know that's my name you guys read my name and that's my name because his girlfri now you're trying to mix my words I got you I got you on camera I need to see your ID please my ID yes ma'am it's right there the situation begins with officer Bennett and another officer confronting Mariah for filming an off-duty officer detective Zed Maria asserts her right to film in public spaces citing that the first amendment protects the right to record public official performing their duties in public despite this the officers attempt to intimidate her by accusing her of harassment Maria highlights that the detective was off duty and in a personal vehicle making their claims of interference baseless the officer's overreach by running her vehicle tags without Reasonable Suspicion a clear violation of Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches I am like okay I'm officer Carman with thece Department this is Officer Bennett never met you no disrespect you number 389 badge number 364 and 363 right uh no ma'am that's not it's badge number oh I got on paper I got cheers too okay so here's the deal um I'm not trying to start anything or or in any way I'm not either but you're starting to you're starting to get to a point of harassment officer zuet is off work right now okay but but he's telling you that I'm calling him a pig ma'am and saying slurg him I never call him a pig ma'am he's calling he's calling to make a report which he he has the right to do that as a citizen okay so right now he's he is a citizen a czen and you are yes he is he is he is off work there is not a police car there do you really that you're over he's on he's detective car right there right is there but he is off okay so and and you're we're starting to get on a line of harassment okay but but do you do you understand I'm a citizen right I was born in the states right you know Z wasn't right you know that that female he has in in the driver's seat with that truck on right you know she's not illegal right okay you know being you understand being in the United States illegally well no citizenship it's a crime right man I I don't it's a crime right you know that right federal government man we don't prosecute those crimes but if you pull over illegal driving with no license ma'am I if I P that's off right if I pull ma' I'm I'm his supervisor you're going to talk to me but you guys are both cops so listen to me you you are telling me that that she's illegal but when I pull somebody over and I run them I run their driver's license they could be illegal all day them if I no I'm not notless I'm told by Ice sir I'm from I'm from immigrants I know how I know how this for 12 years telling you right now and I've been and I've been with an immigrant family my whole damn life so I know how it works not either going to tell you this okay and you see how he leaves yes ma'am he's free to leave mhm what's wrong with that no he wait but he waited for you guys to come okay that's funny and you read my tag but you read my tag and you know that's my name he he you guys read my name and that's my name the police and that's my name a crime no he didn't he called a personal number no he did not he called the supervisor uh uh ballad right uh Lamar oh I'm sorry Lamar no ma'am he actually called his supervisor with oh boo I know boo so here's the deal uhhuh you need to stop filming him when he's off duty you need to stop following him when I don't follow him but okay you don't film him you don't I I fil him I don't follow him fil for what the conversation shifts as Maria challenges the officers for profiling her based on her background she references the fact that federal law establishes that individuals are presumed innocent and L proven guilty under 18 USC section 3142 the officer's ACC accusations about her interactions with the detective's alleged girlfriend expose a personal bias Maria refutes these claims pointing out inconsistencies in their statements and accusing them of fabricating allegations to justify their harassment she firmly reminds them of her rights emphasizing that their actions constitute a misuse of authority um because you guys film us all day right you're filming me right now right I don't film you all day I don't film you unless I'm I'm working an active investigation okay you he he is he is off work he is off duty and you have no reason to be filming him I have the you know I have the right to film freely I I'm explaining to you okay I understand I understand that you wonderful you need you need to understand uh-huh that you're you're on you're on the borderline of harassment with him okay okay and you you you need to stop okay he is off work okay is there anything else I need to see your ID please my ID yes ma'am it's right there no it's not okay my [Music] fiance hey James I seen James earlier too I seen you earlier yeah so Maria I'm I'm I'm asking you to I understand if he's off work okay treat him as you would anybody else there's no reason for you to be filming while I was pretty nice to James this morning told him not to work too hard yeah but we're at work I know don't work too hard there's differ okay okay okay he's he's doing his own thing right now he ain't working with us right now and we are doing a report on this and if it happens again you will be arrested for you tried to tell me that last time but okay he going try to tell tell you that okay you're the one that told me that she wasn't family I never said she was family to him no no no no no no he he he just Tred to you keep talking it's okay it's okay he just up I got to get up here I drove your license good now yeah oh they've been good run the only one not talking they're good cuz last time Lieutenant boo arrested you for no he tried to in the in the DA office said that was a whole bunch of [ __ ] and dropped all them charges and I walked free so yeah so leg MC fatens told you I've told you and Sergeant W just told you if we're doing a report on this if we if you do this again one more time you're going to be arrested do you understand he is all am I clear are you right are you done running my stuff is good are you clear got's got copy down the information so we can do the report understand are we clear I learn my my first language is English I understand 100% I'm not Peru and I'm not [ __ ] whatever the that rat is [ __ ] you read my last name is Johnson there's no Spanish to it hilarious I love how James came messing with one of our police officers he's a det oh now he's a police officer police off yeah he's a police officer not a rat a rat police I I didn't call him aat I didn't call him a rat see now you treat him my words employed by the police department he's employed by the police department you can be a cop and be a rat you can be employed 100% um but you're the sergeant nice to meet you I am okay Woodward I see it one okay okay that's fine I know these two I can I can smell y'all a mile away you're his Sergeant too no no where's Pete where's Richie isn't he patrol officer no he's not a patrol officer I'm sorry isn't he your Patrol C mhm so who are you there's a there's a another the officers escalate the situation claiming Maria called the detective derogatory names which she denies she counters that false accusations by law enforcement violate 42 USC section 1,983 when used to infringe on constitutional rights Maria further highlights that her and her presence in a public parking lot was lawful as she intended to conduct business at a nearby store the officers however continue to threaten her with arrest without cause further exposing their retaliatory Behavior yeah so you ran my tag and it is Maria I'm not sure the name that's what you just told me ran my tags and that's how you know my name okay we my tags and it's it said Maria so that's how you know my name hm that's funny cuz the car not even registered to [Music] me and uh yeah is your name not Maria no he said he ran my tags and that's how he knew my name cuz he I he didn't ask for my name he said he ran my tags and that's how he got my name I'll tell you exactly how he knew your name because I called him and told him because I got a call froming because you was at 10 West have a new beginning of this year that's how I know you it doesn't matter yeah it doesn't matter it doesn't matter it don't matter okay it don't matter this is all sping from that sear no no it's not so what is your legitimate reason for doing what you're doing to investigator zua while he's off duty well when you came up I was sitting in the car with the windows up right building okay that wrong public property I'm not over on his property right yeah but you've been told to leave him alone before no I've been told to leave his girlfriend alone and have you heard anything about me with his little girlfriend I told you to leave him alone no you told me to leave his girlfriend alone because his girlfriend because his girlfriend was because his girlfriend now you're trying to mix my words I got talking I got you on camera cool I got the let me see it let me see it please I got your body cam I got the copy you bited at me made me cry telling me that that was not his family never said it was his family now you're telling me it's not his his girlfriend it's his [ __ ] girl it's not his girlfriend it's not his girlfriend said it was his girlfriend he didn't say anything about it's not a girlfriend it's his damn mistress regardless regardless it is I regard matter it doesn't matter you're right but what matter but what matters if you're a cop and you're [ __ ] [ __ ] I need you to understand you come to this parking lot and you yell across the street nobody was yelling nobody was not but I was told you were if you were wasn't um if do it again will be arrested that's fine does he have cameras outside there was he he said I CAU him a pig that's what I was told us a pig yeah I called him a pig it doesn't matter what you called him I didn't call him [ __ ] that's my point if you're yelling at him across the street that's the point did you go in the dollar store to do anything do did you do any business in this parking lot I was about to he was about to yep you been sitting here long enough for him to call his boss and then him to call me that you've been sitting over here he called his boss yeah I thought he called 911 I told you he called me you said he called he called in as a cilian call went he he yeah he called his supervisor and then he was told to call me okay and then I called him to come over here and then I came over here but you're a lieutenant right yes I'm a lieutenant okay J MC right that we are doing a report on this and if this happens again go to jail for harassment our officer detective detective but that's fine he is still a police officer that's his bad says police officer okay when do you want to get in that cop he took her kid too right I don't care that's I don't care either it's just crazy obviously you do because crazy how everything lines up keep doing your stupid game for Maria remains calm and assertive leveraging her knowledge of the law to dismantle the officer's arguments she notes that their actions including threatening arrest for legally permissible Behavior are a form of coercion under 18 USC section 241 conspiracy to deprive someone of their rights is a federal crime by recording the encounter Maria ensures accountability leaving the officers visibly flustered and exposed her resilience serves as a powerful reminder that knowing your rights is the first step in combating corruption and abuse of power like And subscribe for more police cam stories watch the next recommended video click to watch now