I'm only going to ask that you guys don't block the sidewalk for any pedestrian traffic. Do you guys understand that? I don't know who you are or what you're trying to do right now. You can't you can't trespass what I see. I'm on as long as I'm on public property. >> Right, but you have your cameras pointed at vehicles leaving so I don't know if you A camera, a public sidewalk, and a police officer who believes the law doesn't apply to him. I don't have to leave. If we're free to leave, we're free to stay. Actually, you cannot block this sidewalk. >> We're not blocking and you have to prove some we you can't Somebody has to And what those officers took back from that shift wasn't a victory. It was consequences they can't erase. A recording session that seemed harmless in front of an industrial complex in Northern California. But just minutes later, everything began to veer off course in ways no one expected. Well, she's definitely not a whiz behind the wheel. This place is huge. Imagine that. We're about a quarter mile from where she was last seen her. This quiet moment seemed unremarkable, but it was here that glances began to shift. Footsteps no longer felt accidental and the sense of being watched grew clearer with each passing minute. And then, when silence was no longer enough, an approach happened pushing everything into a completely different chapter. Hey, how you doing? Good, man. What are you guys doing today? Good. Can we help you with your What are you guys doing? I don't need no help, thanks. So, why are you here taking pictures? I don't know you. I'm not going to answer somebody I don't know. So, you I mean, you're free to take pictures all you want up and down the sidewalk. The minute you cross our property line, which is this road and over, as long as you're on Shell property >> is the water company, right? This is This is city property, right? All right. So, you can walk You can walk up and down >> Where Where is your signs that says no trespassing? Why are they Why are they over there? I don't I I don't know that. So, I'm just asking you You know what, man? I want to cut this off. I don't need instructions. You have a good day. Okay. >> You have no authority over civilians so I don't understand why you're coming out here. You have a good day, okay? YouTube, man. All right, so he's calling the cops. But he wanted to know what I was doing. And of course, if we needed help. So. Hey guys, how's it going? Good, man. How are you? Not too bad. Any reason you're taking photos and video cameras to the refinery? No. No? At first, everything stayed within the bounds of casual polite questions. But as the conversation went on, the line between assistance and control grew increasingly blurred. The tone shifted, directives began to appear, and from that moment on, the exchange was no longer just a conversation. You either? Can you not multi-task? Are you part of a gang? And that's that's rude, man. We're not going to answer Are you part of a gang? You have tattoos? Are you doing anything you're not supposed to? No, are you? Nope. I'm being free. Right. I'm only going to ask that you guys don't block the sidewalk for any pedestrian traffic. Do you guys understand that? Excuse me, sir. I don't know who you are or what you're trying to do right now. It's just It's just letting you know how it feels when you guys pull up and start giving directives and stuff. Okay. Yeah, and it's for safety. It's for safety. I can barely see what you guys' hands Well, well, doing it for safety, too. Okay. Cuz we're not we don't have guns. You're the one Any I don't know that. But there was It was this place But this place was perfectly safe until the man with the gun arrived. Now you made it unsafe. Actually, I'm trying to make it safe for you and for them cuz we're We don't we don't we we don't need you, man. Thank you, though. >> Okay, then you guys are free to go. No, we're You're free to go. You're dismissed. Okay. I I don't have to leave. If we're free to leave, we're free to stay. Actually, you cannot block this sidewalk. >> We're not blocking and you have to prove some You can't Somebody has to prove that I'm blocking them. Do you know California Penal Code 148.g, sir? 148.g? I know California Penal Code. So, so we're filming you right now which gives me a purpose to be standing here and this is there's nobody walking. I'mma show you guys. Wait a minute. I'm going to show you guys It's my my my purpose. My purpose. >> of what of what law? I don't need to tell you, sir. Exactly, cuz you don't have to. Uh the fact that I'm here recording is my purpose and you better learn about the First Amendment, sir, or you're going to learn today really fast. Yes, yes. Freedom of press, sir. It's freedom of press? >> Yeah, and I'm gathering information. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion. And you know the Fourth Amendment, sir? Yeah, and the reason you're >> you know And do you know how a California 148 subsection G, sir? Which means that this this this this cannot be deemed as just because I have a camera, as long as I'm in a legal place, cannot be anything suspicious. So, I want to cut off all contact cuz now you're interrupting my video. You have a good day, though, okay? Okay. All right. You have a great day to too. All right. All right. Do you have any questions? Yeah. What is that? Are you carrying anything you're not supposed to? Me? Yeah. How are you? From questions that seemed harmless, the dialogue gradually shifted into puzzling demands. The atmosphere grew heavier and each response was no longer just an answer. It was a test. And when the law was brought up, not everyone was ready for its consequences. Dismissed. We you work for us. We don't work for you. I don't work for you. Oh, you don't? >> No. You're not my boss. You don't work for the You don't work for the public, sir? I do work for the public. >> You're a jackass. Look at this guy says he doesn't work for the public. You Who do you work for? Who do you work for? I work for my sergeant and for my city. Right. Who does your sergeant Who How did your sergeant get elected, sir? And who elected your sergeant? >> elected. It's a promotion. So, you don't work for the public. I do work for the public. Thank you. Do you guys live in the city of Martinez? It doesn't matter. You work for the public. Anybody that's in the city of Martinez. You're paid by the city. You're paid You're You're actually almost like a welfare recipient. You receive money from the constituents. I I didn't know that. Thank you for informing me of that. No, I You knew that. That's why you overstep your boundaries because you know there's no cut off to your flow and you know that no matter what you do, you get that check every week. And that's why you act the way you do and that's why you come up asking him if he can multi-task. The reason we're standing here, you're going to leave before we do, is going to teach you a big lesson when you put your head on your pillow tonight. It's going to teach you about respect. First of all, your elders. Second of all, the people that employ you because if I am a resident here, that means I'm your employer and in any other field, if an employer treated their If an employee treated employer like that, I'd kick your ass to the curb. But we can't do that and that's the reason you act that way. So, that's why I said you're going to leave before we do. You're not going to get no ID because we're I'm not going to We're Yes, you do. You are. Because we're practicing a First Amendment constitutionally protected And you need to get to work cuz that that's what >> I am at work right now. No, you're not. Yes, I am. You're bothering legal illegal activity. That's not your job. Your job is law enforcement. What law are you enforcing? What law am I enforcing? >> Yeah, what law are you enforcing? Why are you breaking traffic rules? No, we don't I'm just saying. You If you can't tell me a law that you're enforcing No, if you can't tell me a law that you're enforcing, which I'm not breaking any, exactly. So, then you're on your way You're on your way No, the 148 subsection G says that the camera alone Quote Penal Codes all day long. You're going to leave before we do, man. You're going to leave before we do. No, I'm I'm going to stay right here on their property. Okay? >> You're going to leave before we do. We're We're on the sidewalk. You see how this is public property? Look at Look at. See how this is city right here? By this point, the exchange was no longer about questions or answers. What was being weighed between the two sides was power. Who had the right to demand, who had the right to refuse, and who truly understood where they stood. And when no one was willing to step back, all eyes turned to what would happen next. What you doing, Chuck? See how I can go press that button to cross the sidewalk? I'm on I'm on public property. Yeah. So, you can't No, you can't trespass me or tell me to leave public property unless I'm committing a crime. Learn the law, youngster. Oh, boy. All right, you have a great day. You too. My name is Officer Lincoln, badge 144. Your name is Lincoln? 144? >> You need to use your other hand to zoom in. No, no, no. Got it. Okay, man. You're dismissed. Yeah, you're dismissed. Have a great day. You too, man. Chopping off every Chopping off every uh end that he was trying to work. So. Here we got another officer. Looks like everybody's leaving. Everything was fine. And right off the bat, he asked Aaron Hakimi if he can multitask. So, I had to lay into him. Started chopping him off at the knees at that point. And you know And you And you realize we basically had to put him in a chokehold to get him to say he worked for the public. So. There you go, Martinez police. Your thug, your little thug baby boy making you proud. Out of assaulting and uh belittling and being a bully with a $3 tin badge. Which he cheapens. Yeah. Get that $3 badge that he cheapens. So. No handcuffs were applied, no charges were filed, and no specific law was ever proven. All that remained was a moment of silence, where every word spoken before was forced to confront itself. Up next, a recording session that seemed ordinary on a public sidewalk. But once the building behind it carried a federal name, every glance began to feel different. I do a community watch in the city of San Diego. First Amendment audit in the FBI building. Huge building. Right next to the freeway. We're on a public sidewalk. It's a big building. It's like five or six stories Here we go. Federal Bureau of Investigation, San Diego Field Office. 10385 Vista Sorrento Parkway. Here we go, guys. We got a guard hot on our tail. We didn't ask for help. We didn't ask for help. Well, usually when they have people filming out here, they usually have a press credentials. Yeah, we do. It's called the First Amendment of the Constitution, sir. We're on public property, so. He said we need press credentials. So, I have a a federal paper in my hand. That says uh we're allowed From this side, I didn't get a picture of this uh No sirens, no barricades, no warning signs. But the moment the camera pointed that way, the atmosphere instantly felt different. And soon after, the first questions appeared. Soft, polite, yet enough to signal that attention had been triggered. Excuse me? Your press credentials. >> What's up? Press ID. What's up? For what? We don't need them. Okay. Good luck. You are filming vehicles leaving in and out of the building. One thing is to just take a picture of the sign. You can't You can't trespass what I see. I'm on public As long as I'm on public public property. >> Right, but you have your cameras pointed at vehicles leaving, so I don't know if you're you know, surveilling them or you know what I mean? Yeah, anywhere as long Yes, sir. We don't need to argue, but No, no, it's fine. So, you don't want to give me your IDs, then? For what? What crime? >> We just need to identify who you are. >> For what crime? For filming. >> You You can't But that badge doesn't give you the right to just come up and ask who I am. Can I see your ID, sir? Behind glass in the doorway. Looks like everybody's leaving. The questions, seemingly meant only to verify, were repeated in an unusually persistent way. And when observing from a distance was no longer enough, a direct approach followed, ushering in a phase where every word suddenly carried an entirely different weight. About terrorism. And we're all going to walk, I think, around the corner. That's the only guy I see come out of that gate. What are you up to? What are you up to? Curious, guys, what's going on? Back off, please. What's that? Can Can you please back off? All right, tell me what you're up to. You're live streaming on the internet, so. You're live streaming on the internet. I I haven't I haven't said anything or anything uh Correct. I'm just asking what the purpose is. Who are you that I actually have to answer you? I work here. What does that mean? That means you work for us, right? Yeah. You work for us, then. >> for everybody, right? For the American people. All right. So, what's the problem? You're the one stopped I didn't We were just standing here. We didn't have a problem. You're the one stopped. You have a good day. Be safe. Okay, you too. I didn't mean to be rude, but we I didn't mean to be rude, but we don't have We don't want to We don't want to We We don't just Well, you kind of came up kind of in my personal in my personal space. Yes or no? Yes or no? Fair enough. So, I put up a guard. Yeah, no, we're just doing a little story. That's all. That's all. That's all we're doing. Just getting some uh uh uh Yeah, we're just getting some B-roll footage. He's my son. We're just taking some He's got a little story. They don't need to be panicking in there. I see them walking all the time Yeah. It seemed as though things had been eased by a few polite exchanges. Yet the feeling of being watched never really faded. The questions shifted in tone, personal space narrowed, and curiosity began to take the shape of control. And then, with just one more step forward, the dialogue moved into an entirely different phase. The difference if Yeah. Well, the the guard The guard came out asking for ID right off the bat. So, we just kind of avoided We just kind of skedaddled, you know. We We're photographers, so we deal with a lot of law stuff. >> What's What's the story? Where can I see it? Uh it's not published yet, so we don't want to say it, but it just depends. We're just getting trying to get uh uh uh a car or something like that going in that looks not like a normal car, like like an undercover car. And then they use that like at the beginning or the end of the story or something like that. Yeah. I'm sorry, okay? Yeah, you You have a good day. My name is Phillip, by the way. You have a good day. We'll be out of here. If you want to tell them, we'll be out of here in like 5 minutes. All right, well guys, we're going to go. No handcuffs, no charges, and no answers were ever compelled. Just a recording that ended in silence, and an unanswered question. When standing on a public [music] sidewalk, who is the one who truly needs to explain themselves? Under Section 1983, citizens can sue police officers when their constitutional rights are violated. Officers who [music] break the law may be held financially liable, and face discipline or termination. In a healthy society, law enforcement and the public do not stand on opposing sides. They stand together on [music] the side of truth and the law. 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]