When Cops Do Something Stupid Infront of Cameras!

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00:00This incident begins with three NYPD officers coming up to a man laying on the ground.

00:29They start talking to him on the sidewalk. After approximately four minutes,

00:33Reuben Ann shows up to the sidewalk from the left side and starts recording the officers.

00:38Soon after he started recording, he was told to step away from the proximity of

00:42this police investigation. Reuben complied with that request.

00:59Officer Bikambikai tells Reuben that he's blocking the sidewalk even though the CCTV

01:06shows that Reuben is standing on just a portion of the sidewalk and not blocking the entire

01:11sidewalk. Instead of just letting Reuben continue to exercise his rights to record,

01:15the officer threatens Reuben with a summons if someone has to walk around him.

01:29Reuben tells the officer that he's not blocking the sidewalk. The officer then

01:40challenges Reuben by responding with, stand there if you're so confident.

01:44Reuben takes him on that challenge by continuing to exercise his rights.

01:59Officer Bikambikai claims three people walked around Reuben,

02:07implying that Reuben was impeding or blocking their path. However,

02:10the camera clearly shows the three people had free, unobstructed pathway.

02:14Reuben refuses to provide his ID and then officer Bikambikai goes hands-on.

02:30Reuben was arrested and charged with obstruction of governmental administration,

02:59disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. Prosecutors dropped two of the charges against

03:03Reuben but continued prosecuting with the rest of the charges. A jury of Reuben's peers heard

03:08the case, deliberated, and came back with a verdict of not guilty. Reuben filed a lawsuit

03:12against NYPD over this arrest but Reuben didn't want any monetary damages, just a judge's ruling

03:18that his rights were violated, and a permanent injunction barring city employees from acting

03:23against anyone who records or attempts to record police officers. Two years after the arrest,

03:28a settlement was reached. Although NYPD admitted no wrongdoing, the department did agree to several

03:33measures recognizing the rights of pedestrians to record police officers, including training for

03:39each precinct sergeant and training at the police academy. Michael Picard was protesting at a DUI

03:44checkpoint. The trooper came over to Michael and the trooper slaps the camera out of his hand. They

03:48thought the camera was broken and then he tells Michael, I'm just allowed to do that and I don't

03:53even have to tell you why I just broke your camera. Michael then picks the camera up and

03:57records the trooper's conspire to cover up the incident. It's illegal to take my picture. No it

04:04is. It's a public property. It's illegal to take my picture personally. Did you get any documentation

04:10I'm allowed to take my picture? No but you're on public property. Therefore you have no reason

04:17you have no reason not yet. I got the camera. Unbeknownst to the troopers who had confiscated

04:26Picard's camera, it was rolling while they appeared to fabricate criminal infractions.

04:31You want to get a bunch of mail runners and do that? I've got a couple of IRS.

04:35He was on a highway post? Yeah.

04:38Here in the reconstruction of the highway by a pedestrian.

04:43What do you think of some tickets? Yeah that's a ticket.

04:46It's 53-181 something like that. Don't hit him with that.

04:53I mean you can hit him with your public insurance.

04:56What's that? The reconstruction of the highway?

05:20I ended up with a camera on my roof.

05:25After the troopers realized the camera was on, they controlled what they were saying,

05:29but that didn't help them because Michael later sued and settled the case for approximately $1,800

05:35for every minute that he was detained, totaling to $50,000. However, $50,000 was not enough for

05:42Adrian Burrell. Adrian is a U.S. Marine veteran who was recording Officer McLaughlin holding a

05:46motorcycle rider at gunpoint in Burrell's driveway. That's when things escalated.

05:50Why are you taking off like that man? Huh? Why are you taking off like that? Get back.

05:55No. Get back. Nope. Keep your hands where you can see them. Keep your hands right up.

06:00You're interfering with me my man. You're interfering so you're gonna go from the back

06:04of the car. That's fine. Okay. Stop resisting. I'm not resisting you. I'm not resisting.

06:12Put me on the ground. If you keep fighting me I will. I'm not fighting you.

06:18Stop fighting you're gonna go on the ground.

06:20Officer McLaughlin smashed his face and swung him into a pole. Burrell was handcuffed and later

06:24released without being arrested. Adrian said he suffered a concussion. He filed a lawsuit

06:29and the city of Vallejo settled the case for a whopping $300,000. At least Adrian was up against

06:35one officer and not the whole damn military like it happened to Nicholas Pettit. Nicholas was on

06:39the front porch of his home watching Columbus Police SWAT team were serving a search warrant

06:44across the street. That's when he caught one officer in the middle of the street. He was

06:48That's when he caught one officer slap a complying individual for no apparent reason.

06:53They coming out here searching this place because apparently somebody came at them

06:58on some bullsh** at a park not too long ago. From what I heard or overheard the cop saying.

07:05Now they're sitting here raiding the motherf***** house. Hey! They're raiding the motherf***** house.

07:11Hey! You ain't supposed to smack him like that the f**k is wrong with you?

07:15Hey! I got all that sh** on camera. What's your name bro?

07:19Hey! You wasn't supposed to smack him in the face. The f**k is wrong with you?

07:25Hell no man! I'm on my property. I ain't got to listen to you.

07:29Man! I'm on my property. You can't come over here and do nothing to me.

07:34You can't. Hey! You ain't got a search warrant. You can't come over here man.

07:41Hey! Look! I got you all on camera right now. I'm on my private property.

07:45Hold on man. Hold on. You're under arrest. For what? I ain't even do nothing but record this whole situation. What are you doing?

08:03Nicholas said he was roughed up during the struggle. Nicholas was arrested and charged.

08:07However, the city attorney's office dropped the charge citing insufficient evidence.

08:11Nicholas sued and the city of Columbus agreed to $20,000 settlement.

08:15We've seen three incidents of cops violating three people's rights to film the police.

08:19Now let's watch these DC cops try to intimidate a pedestrian to stop filming.

08:27You a part of this sir?

08:34How you doing? Hi. You with him? Not at all? Okay.

08:40Got an investigation going over here. You want to be a part of it? No sir.

08:43I'll suggest you pack up and go. Right? I'm staying on the sidewalk sir. This is not public.

08:49Right? Officer Reynolds, I think it is a public sidewalk. I'm not interfering at all. We have

08:53something going on here. You're videotaping an investigation. I believe I'm allowed to

08:58stand on the sidewalk sir. Come over here with me. Please don't touch my bicycle sir. Come over here.

09:04I'm right here. I don't care to get any closer. Thank you. This can be evidence

09:08in this case. You understand that right? All I did was see some police on a guy and I thought

09:12I would pull out my phone. If you're not comfortable with that, it's a public sidewalk.

09:17You know what? I got to interview you. Do you have an ID on you? Because we had a call

09:20for a bunch of people fighting with sticks. If you're going to sit here and videotape,

09:24that makes you part of the investigation sir. Do you have an ID on you? No, I don't. Okay.

09:29What are you doing down here? Bicycling. Okay. So what is your involvement in this? I was just

09:33concerned sir. Concerned for who? Concerned for everyone. Are you part of this for the people

09:37fighting? No, why would you have a reason to think that? That's what the radio call was for.

09:42We have a lot of people. We got a call for a lot of people fighting with sticks. Do you have an

09:47ID on you? No sir, I don't. Yes sir, I am. Do you have an ID on you? Would you like to know my name?

09:51Because I'll tell it to you. Do you have an ID? No sir, I don't. Since you're on the sidewalk,

09:57can you go by, you know where the bicycles are at? You want me to go over there? On the side.

10:0110 yards that way? Yeah. What you need to do is not block the passage. Okay. Go over there.

10:07It doesn't appear that I'm blocking the passage right now sir. I'll get over here if you like.

10:12I mean I'll back it up, but I don't believe I'm blocking anything. Sir, we got a call for a bunch

10:16of people fighting with sticks and weapons. Do you have a description? Stop talking please. You are

10:22videotaping this crime scene, right? This is a crime scene. You're videotaping it right now.

10:28That makes you part of it. And your little camera phone,

10:31that could be part of you as evidence. Do you understand?

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