May I help you? What you mean how may you help me? Because I want to see if you lost anything. What? I want to see if you lost anything. You okay? You want to see that for because I had got a couple calls says you was running around here. I can't wander. Yes, you can. It's a crime for wandering. I never said you're going to do with me. I can't walk through a neighborhood. I can't walk through a neighborhood. You only walk through. That's all I'm doing. I'm not driving. I'm walking through a neighborhood. So then what's the problem with telling us who you are on your name? Man, what's the problem? Do I want to do I'm a free man. I do what the I want to do and I ain't scared of you. Okay. Or going to jail. Can I get some space? No, you can't. Man, you better get Yo, stop. Yo, run my name. Don't touch me. Run my name. Don't touch me. Why is he about to touch me? Mr. Baker, why is he about to touch me? What you want do? Shoot me. That's what you want to do. See, that's what you want to do. On July 6th, 2022, Daryl Baker was simply walking through Northbrook, Illinois, taking photos of houses when Cook County Sheriff's deputies descended upon him, sparked by a vague call about a suspicious person. Under Illinois law, section 107-14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure states that officers may only stop someone temporarily in a public place if they have justifiable suspicion of criminal activity. But here's the kicker. Taking pictures on a public street isn't a crime, and the deputies had no specific articulable facts to suggest Baker was up to no good. Deputy Hamilton's immediate confrontation, hopping out of his patrol car to interrogate Baker, wasn't just unnecessary. It was a textbook overreach of authority. The Supreme Court's ruling in Brown versus Texas 1979 reinforces this. Detaining someone just because they look suspicious or unfamiliar doesn't cut it under the Fourth Amendment. This wasn't policing. It was provocation. Setting the stage for a rights violation dressed up as an investigation. Well, people are concerned that you're here. People is concerned. What that got to do with me? It's a It's a problem. Yeah. It might be a problem. People are concerned about you. They want to know about these people. Okay. But they want to know why you're in the neighborhood. Why? They don't need to know why I'm in the neighborhood. I'm in the neighborhood. I feel like I'm being in the neighborhood. You just feel like being in the neighborhood. Just feel like being in the neighborhood. You just feel like so you just feel like walking through the neighborhood neighborhood. Yes. Absolutely. You black. You black. I know. I'm going to walk with you. We going to walk. We walking together, right? I can't walk with you then. I didn't say you can't walk. Why you harassing me, bro? I'm harassing you. Come cuz you w I don't even know you first and foremost. And you just hopped out of your car asking me why am I walking through? I'm on camera, bro. The whole time I've been out here. I'm on camera. You on camera too? Walking through the neighborhood. So what's the problem? You walking with you. You don't got to walk with the neighbor. What' I do? I walk Why? It's a You said we just walking, right? I'm just walking. And I'm walking too. Why? I can't walk by myself. What's the problem? Can I ask you what what's the people? I feel like it and I feel like walking with you. You can't walk with back in your truck, bro. Black, bro. You know what's going on. These people give a look like a robber. Cuz I'm black. I like a robber. Cuz I'm black. Now I'm being harassed. Okay. You [ __ ] up my day. They your your your supervisor told you you got a wo that's why you doing what you doing and you not even doing it because that's what you want to do because your supervisor and I'm in a rich neighborhood cuz my supervisor know people about you. I'm rich and that's fine. I live in the neighborhood. Okay. So why are you following me? You live in neighborhood. What's your name then? It doesn't matter. I don't have to tell you my name. Okay. Now come on. We can stand here just look at each other. What you mean? I don't want you walking with me. You harassing me. No, I'm not. Yes, you are. No, I'm not. All right. I don't want you walking with me. And these people don't want you. I didn't do nothing wrong. What the is the problem? Because I'm trying to figure out. Why are you Why you I want to. Okay. Now I can walk. You don't have to walk with me though. You don't got to walk with me. I want to walk with you. I don't have to. But I feel like And I feel like walking with you cuz you want to curse. I curse you. Harass you harassing with you. I tell this guy just walk harass. Bro, I ain't doing what I'm doing. Thank you. I'm doing what I'm doing. You ain't got to follow. Why is you following me though? I'm doing what I'm doing. You just said I don't have to, but I can. That's two different things like you. Serious. You don't have to. But you can, right? I don't I don't Listen, I'm committing a crime. I didn't say you commit a crime. You're saying Why are you following me? You're What you mean why I'm following you? Why are you following me? I said I could walk with you. I could walk. I can walk, too. Telling you can't walk with me. Okay, fine. I just walk beside you. I just want to be with you. Huh? Yo, you harassing me, bro. Now I'm harassing you. getting harassed by a black cop in a white neighborhood. Trying to figure out why are you here? Because I [ __ ] want to be here. And I can walk with you cuz I want to be here. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I can. I can. Yes, I can. [ __ ] No. You can't. No. You can't walk with me because youing want to walk with me. I know my rights. Call your super 82365 on calling wood in walnut circle me to my harassing me. You say you want to harassing me. My way too harassing me. I've been up since I came in camera. Get off my Okay. Get off my you following me for cuz I'm in this neighborhood out of what I want to do my morning though this afternoon now sir stop following me bro let my supervisor come. You said speak to my supervisor. Go to your truck. I don't have to go to my truck. I'm not valid. I'm not on no You're totally right. I agree with you. Is you following me? my supervisor. Why you asked my supervisor? No, I didn't. Bye. Yes, you did. Bye. Record your camera supervisor. No. Bye. Stop following me. Sorry. Stop following me. Go to my truck. Stop following me. I had to go to my truck. Stop following. You don't got to follow me. That's harassment. No, it's not. Yes, it is. No, it's not. What's going on, boss? I don't know. Ask your Come on over here. Go nowhere. Talk with me. I don't got to go talk. I'm talking to you right here. Okay. What? What's going on? I don't know. Ask this. I'm asking you as this. We got a call. I don't know about calluspicious person. What suspicious person? A black person. A black dude. A black photo? Yes. I'm taking photo. Yes. Yes. On video. Cuz I feel like it. Cuz I feel like it. Can I get your ID, please? No, you cannot. Why not? Why do you want my I ain't committing no crime? I'm not saying that you did. All right. So, you don't need my ID? Yes, I do. No, I don't. I'm not committing no crime. Yes, I do. Out of here. No, right? Yeah, I need these right here. No, you don't. Yes, I do. No, you don't. I do. You're not leaving. Stay right here, man. I ain't leaving. You're not leaving? Why? I ain't do nothing. I still need to do I still need to I didn't do nothing. I didn't do nothing. I didn't do nothing. Say who you are. I didn't do nothing. Why you got your hand on your gun? I'm unarmed. There's two of y'all. You got your hand on your gun. I don't. I'm unarmed. I'm unarmed. All I'm doing is walking. You want to buy my daughter one of these houses? Do you want to buy my daughter one of these houses? Yes, you do. No, I don't. Yes, you do. Who you are? Yes, you do. You don't need to know who I am. I ain't committed no crime. My name Daryl Baker. Okay, Daryl Baker. As Baker asserted his right to walk freely, Deputy Hamilton didn't back off. He doubled down, shadowing Baker and insisting on walking alongside him, turning a casual stroll into a pressure cooker. Illinois law under section 26.5-0.1 of the criminal code defines harassment as conduct with no legitimate purpose that causes emotional distress. Yet here was Hamilton tailing Baker without evidence of wrongdoing, claiming it was his prerogative. The Supreme Court's United States Vers 1983 allows officers to observe in public spaces. Sure, but this wasn't observation. It was active antagonism. When Sergeant Janellis arrived, he piled on, demanding Baker's ID despite no crime being committed, leaning on the flimsy excuse of a civilian's concern. This wasn't about public safety. It was about power, flexing authority over a black man in a wealthy neighborhood, daring him to react so they could justify their next move. The is you talking about? I'm not talking about anything. I'm right here, man. I'm right here, guys. Stop moving. Why is Stop moving. I don't got to stop moving. Yes, you do. No, I don't. Yes, you do. Why you once? Stop. For once. For once. For once. Now, don't touch me no more, bro. For what? I don't got to stop moving. No, I don't. No, I don't. What crime did I commit? I'm not saying you commit. All right. So, why am I stopping? Why am I detained? All I'm doing is walking through the neighborhood. Okay. All I'm doing is walking through the neighborhood. That's it. Now, I just need to make sure that you're Listen, man. I don't need Listen, man. Get out of my face. That's the out of my face. I'm not getting out of your face. I'm right here, my man. Out my face. Look, Mr. Baker. Listen, man. Why is y'all harassing me? He told you why he Hey, I don't care. That don't got nothing to do with me. I can't walk through a neighborhood. I can't walk through a neighborhood. That's all I'm doing. I'm not driving. I'm walking through a neighborhood. So then what's the problem with telling sweet name? What's the problem with doing I want to do? Okay. I'm a free man. I do what the I want to do and I ain't scared of you. Okay. Or going to jail. So get the [ __ ] out of my face. I'm not going to get out of your face. Run the name cuz you a white boy. That's what you want to be. That's fine. You think how you want to You a white boy. That's what you want. Can I get some space? No, you can't. Man, you better get the Yo, stop. Yo, run my name. Don't touch me. Run my name. Don't touch me. Why is he about to touch me? Why is he about to touch me? That's what you want to do. Shoot me. That's what you want to do. [ __ ] as she want to do. She want to do [ __ ] cuz I can feel like it. Cuz Iing feel like it. Okay. Cuz Iing feel like it. That's why the I'm here. Okay. What's cracking? Nothing's cracking, my man. So why is you in my face? I'm not in your face. Run your name and keep it moving. I need to make sure that run the name and get in that car. No, I'm not going to do that. Run my name and get in your car. I'm going to wait for another officer to get Run your name and get in your car. You're not going to dictate what I do. All right. Yo, man. Mr. Baker. Mr. Baker. Yo, I'm trying to keep it moving like I've been doing. Why are you touching me, bro? Why are you touching me? Stop moving. Why is he touching me? Why are you Why is he touching me? Stop touching me. Stop moving. His name is See his name. See his name. See this name. Why are you touching me? Stop moving. Why are you touching me, bro? Stop moving. I don't got to stop moving. I'm not detained. Am I detained right now? You are being detained. No, I'm not. Yes, you are. My [ __ ] name. You need to call me. I'm not being detained. Yes, you are being detained right now. Run my name. I'll run it when I get another officer here. All right. Yo, man. You is harassing me cuz I'm walking through your community. I'm from New York. I'm an independent contractor. Get the off of me. Get the off. Stop touching me. Run the name and get the [ __ ] out of my face. Period. All I did was go for aing walk. It's mying day off. You said you're from New York. I don't give a girl. Get the [ __ ] out of my face. Stop moving. Yo, stop moving. Listen, I already told you. Yo, run my name. So, what you going to do? What do you mean, what am I doing? What you going to do? What do you mean? What you want to do? What you want to do? Listen, I need to make sure. What the run the name? I'm not going to run until I get another officer here. Yo, like I said, you're not going to dictate. I'm not detained, homie. Yes, you are. I'm not a criminal. How you detaining that's not doing a crime? How you detaining somebody that's not doing a crime? How you detaining me? Cuz I'm walking through the neighborhood. How you detain me? Cuz I'm walking through the neighborhood. Talking about why am I here? I'm here cuz I feel like it. I'm here because I feel like it. I'm telling you to stop. What you going to do? You arrest me. You're going to be You're going to get arrested for I don't give a Okay. You you you you you illegally detaining me. You illegally detaining me. No, man. Run my name. Listen, Mr. Baker. Run my name. Mr. Why your hand on your gun? I'm unarmed. Your hand is on a weapon. It's on top of It's on top of my I'm unarmed. You can't take me. I'm not saying that without your gun. Stop. A unarmed black man. A unarmed black man. You going to buy me a house? That's what the I'm looking for. A house. And you going to buy it. You going to buy it. You going to buy it. Y'all see me looking at houses, recording, looking at houses. That's what the I'm doing. That's what I'm doing. Pointing That's what I'm doing. I'm pointing my finger. It's a finger. You going to shoot me? I'm going to say it was You going to shoot me? Is my gun out? Is you going to shoot me? Shoot me. Shoot me. Shoot. Shoot. You [ __ ] racist devil. You going to have my kids living like this. Shoot. Shoot. Clearly, I can't talk to you. Shoot. You're a little bit state. Yeah, cuz your pig ass harassing me. I'm walking through the neighborhood cuz I [ __ ] feel like it. And you're agitated. Cuz I [ __ ] feel like it. Okay. Okay. That's what I'm doing. Walking through the neighborhood. And I'm from New York. I'm not from Chicago. I'm an independent contractor. I'm here for work. Okay. All I do is remodel Walmarts. I remodel every Walmart in the city. That's giving me more information. So what's up? Run my name and get in your cruiser. Go find a real criminal and get off my cuz he's racist ass calling police cuz I'm black walking through the neighborhood in the middle of the street. I'm black walking in the middle of the street. Okay. So you know why we're here? I don't give a cuz I'm black. No. Yes. Why I'm here? Why you here? We got a call. You got a call for what? Suspicious. Suspicious is doing what? Taking pictures of houses. So what? That's illegal. No, I'm not saying it's illegal. So what the is the suspicion? A suspicion. This a suspicion. It's a person's suspicion. It's a person. What does that mean? A person. A person. What does that mean? They're suspicious of somebody that they don't recognize. Taking pictures. So what? It's a freeing country. Okay. What my name, man? Tired of talking to you. Okay. You're not talking. You following me? Do me a favor. Keep your hands out your pocket. I don't got nothing in my shoot. Shoot me. You going to shoot me? Shoot me. My hands in my pocket. You ever heard of walking through the neighborhood black? You ever heard of driving while black? I'm walking while black. I'm walking while black. I'm walking while black. Why is your black ass on the field? I'm walking while black. Black ass. I'm walking while black. Okay, that's it. Okay. I'm walking while black. Why am I being detained? Why is these harassing me? Why am I being harassed? You're not being harassed. Yes, I am. I'm trying to go about my day. I was going back to my hotel. What hotel? It doesn't matter. What hotel? Doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Just trying to have a conversation. Doesn't matter. Call your backup so I can run. You can run my name so I can keep it moving. You holding me up, wasting my time. I'm trying to go about my day. Yeah. And you're acting out of the out of the door right now. I'm acting nothing. I'm not acting nothing. Why you so agitated? I'm agitated. You're really I'm agitated. How are you agitated? Yelling mothering everybody. You're mother. I can yell. All right. I can mother. Is that normal behavior? Is that a crime? Is that normal behavior for you? Crime. Is it normal behavior? Is it a crime? I just got to make sure you're Is it a crime? Not saying it's a crime. Is it a crime? Not saying it's a crime. Is it a crime? Not saying it's a crime. Is it a crime? Not saying it's crime. Is it a crime? Not saying. Am I committing a crime? Are you charging me with a crime? Not saying. So, leave me the alone. Things hit a boiling point when Janellis declared Baker detained, cuffing him and shoving him toward a patrol car. All because he wouldn't play along with their baseless demands. The Terry v. Ohio, 1968 ruling is clear. Officers need specific and articulable facts suggesting criminal activity for a stop to be legal, not just a hunch or a phone call about a guy with a camera. Baker's crime, walking while black, and getting loud about his rights. The deputies leaned on his agitation, yelling, cursing as their excuses, but the first amendment protects filming in public, and his frustration didn't make him a criminal. California verse 1986 backs this up. Officers can watch from a public vantage point, but they can't manufacture a detention out of thin air. This was an arrest built on quicksand, a corrupt flex of badges that trampled Baker's constitutional protections. Leave me alone. I'm not I didn't do no crimes. I'm walking while black through the neighborhood. Leave me alone. Stop walking. I don't have to. Stop walking. I don't have to. I'm leave. I'm doing what I've been doing. walking, taking pictures. That's what I'm doing. Mr. Bank house. That's what I'm doing. That's a nice ass house right there. Your birthday. That's a nice house. Damn. This a nice house, too, man. This house is nice, too, man. Damn. Forest green. That's nice. Mr. That's nice, too, man. Take out of New York. Yes. You not gonna take your badge off. You not gonna take your badge off. You're not going to take that gun off. You not going to do nothing. Stop putting your hands on me right now. Everything's fine. You about to shoot. Everything's fine. Everything fine. Everything's fine. You about to shoot. I'm not shooting nobody. So why you got the gun on me? I just got a gun. Why am I being detained? I'm not going to cooperate. This is how we're going to handle this. Absolutely. Let go of the phone. Thank you. You got a gun on me. Anybody got no gun on you? You got a gun on me. Okay. Walk back this way. Why y'all Why am I got the curse on me? Told you why. Why? You're acting erratically. While black walking while black walking wild black walking. Why am I going in the car for? Cuz why? For what? Cuz it's more security. For what? That's why. Why? You got to tell me. Why am I going in this car? Because I said [Music] safe. I want to do. I walk through any neighborhood I want to. I drink what the I want to drink. I smoke what the I want to smoke. I ain't on no papers. I ain't on none of your jurisdiction. You talking about? Okay. I got 14 years in prison. You got to give a [ __ ] about whatever you think you could do to me. [ __ ] You a racist ass. That's it. You a racist ass. You ain't doing [ __ ] Trying to do my job. You ain't doing [ __ ] Don't look for a realing crime. What am I being arrested for? Put your feet in the car. What am I being arrested for? Put your feet in the car. What am I being arrested for? You doing that authority [ __ ] like I said. So here's here's here's the deal. Just so you understand each other. $300. I was you sit here like this for 5 10 15 20 30 40 minutes. Don't give really don't. Eventually what's going to end up happening is they're going to take you in for the charge that they deem appropriate. They're going to let you know what it is and you have a chance to either bond or be eyebound. 37. Go ahead. That's what's happening. All I was doing was you understand that and it stopped me talking about your suspicions. Suspicions of what? I'm not supposed to be angry. Suspicious or what? I'm not doing anything. I'm not screaming. You're supposed to ball your fist up if people I'm not balling my fist. Okay. What? Not that on camera? What? I'm lying. I'm lying to you. You're not You're talking I'm lying to you. I don't give a about lying to you. I'm about to lie to you. Is you, man? Who is you? Is racist. You about to make up a charge getting shot every day. Getting shot every day and you about to make up a charge. You don't know me. [ __ ] I don't I don't You don't know me neither. That's right. I don't call you. cuz you talking to me like that. I don't call you cuz I'm black and I don't You think cuz you think you got more money than me? You don't. You think I got a better job? You don't. I travel. I've been on math flights. 200 flights. All I do is travel this country and work. Okay. Sit down. Put your feet in the car. All I know is that you have disparaged my character from the second that I show up. So what are you doing to me? You got to give a about your character about my character. What about my character? What about my character? What about my character? Yeah. What about my character? Put your feet in the You can stop me for nothing. Do you understand when I said you disparaging my character for the minute I get him on? Let's go. You You want us to follow, Sergeant? Okay. No problem, Sergeant. Just let my sergeant know. Yeah, I will. All right. Yes, it was over. It was over. Yep. In the end, the Cook County deputies flunked this one hard, escalating a non-issue into an arrest without reasonable suspicion, showing zero professionalism, and likely profiling Baker from the jump. Yet, here it was, shredded over a pedestrian with a phone, leading to Baker being charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer with his case still pending as he fights the fallout. Baker, though, he earns an A minus. Fiery but composed, vocal, but not violent. standing his ground against a system itching to pin him down. He wasn't perfect. A cooler head might have dodged some heat. But facing down corrupt cops who'd already decided his guilt, his defiance was a masterclass in resilience. This wasn't just a bad stop. It was a glaring snapshot of how power unchecked can turn a free man's day into a nightmare, leaving him tangled in a legal mess he didn't deserve. Check the footage, weigh the law, and see for yourself. The real crime here was wearing a badge. Like and subscribe for more police cam stories. Watch the next recommended video.