Man: "I don't answer questions." Cop: "Oh, you're going to answer MY questions." Same cop -- Walks away moments later with no answers. Georgia - Barrow County S.O. - Winder P.D. January 2019 A man stands on public ground outside the City Hall/Police Department filming the building and lot.... First Amendment audit. Completely legal. Officer Royals makes first contact and immediately asks for his information. Other officers pile on. A deputy walks within 18 inches and faces him. As he backs away the deputy advances again. This happens three times. The line that stuck: they NEED to identify who he is. Georgia is not a stop-and-ID state for a pedestrian who is only recording from a sidewalk. Filming a police station from public property is protected. Asking is one thing. Treating “who are you” as the opening move—and making it the whole encounter—is how these videos get made. Public sidewalk. Camera. No crime alleged. ❓What was the deputy trying to do by walking up on the man and advancing as the man backed away asking him to stop? ❓Should a police officer say “I need to identify who you are” before identifying themselves by name? ❓What would you have replied to Officer Royals when he said, "Oh, you're going to answer MY questions."?show more

You would think by now they got the memo about these filming in public people. It’s ridiculous now that they still fall for the trap.

Second step forward is harassment, the third step is intent to injure. Prove me wrong.

Cops: “filming us is a risk to our safety!” Also Cops: “flock? If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about.”

Didja ever notice cops have an insatiable curiosity about YOU and what you’re doing, but are insufferable pricks about who THEY are or what they’re doing? The contrast is obvious and immediate when you’ve watched a few of these videos. Customer service comes last with cops.

Why don't these clowns find better things to do in their lives than harassing public servants ?

Again and sgsin! the police is getting closer and closer to ignite the spark that will enable the next american revolution! the script is being written with every arrest!⏰

Perfect example of projecting lol The officers says to the most calm person in the world lol “ you seem like ur upset about something” The only thing upset about something is the officers and their too upset to even notice it. I love seeing projection like that lol amazing stuff

Apparently, they have no respect for you so, call them out

The cameraman is way too aggressive

I worked for the nypd and its amazing how lazy and dumb cops are no one seems to know the laws on the books in NYC and what they can and cannot arrest for . I got so many thank yous for fixing the messes cops and bosses made over the twenty years i was with the NYPD .

😭cops camera is recording him the whole time too

Can I have your name and badge number? It’s literally right there on his uniform. Lol. These guys with the cameras are some annoying motherfuckers.

(Part 1) Officer, I am giving you contemporaneous notice that your continued close approach and insistence on identification, under these circumstances on public property with no crime alleged, could be construed as an unlawful seizure or

You said why did the cop not stop when the auditor asked him to? Well dipshit like you dorks ALWAYS say it's a free Country. EVERYONE always asks you geeks to stop filming you CONSTANTLY refuse saying its a free country. Well that applies to the cop to bozo

Tyrants

There are plenty of cops who are going to overstep their authority. But these public filmers of nothing are just looking for trouble. And then they get pissed off when they find it.

You always walk away doesn’t have to stand there trying to be intimidating because he’s really being an asshole

Uneducated losers.

Thug tyrant cops

(Part 2) interference with protected First Amendment activity. This raises potential civil liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and possible issues under 18 U.S.C. § 242 regarding deprivation of rights under color of law. Please maintain a reasonable distance. Am I free to go?

Fuck these tyrants!!

Thank god there are people out there doing this. Police need to be reminded the operate in a box.

Scumbag piece of shit, cops trying to intimidate, trying to get in his face. These scumbags need to be fired. Arrested for harassment and ridiculed throughout the internet. Then, they wonder why people hate them. So much

But what if he's filming to do a future terrorist attack? They did it in Iraq and Afghanistan.

These cops have more chins than a Beijing phone book.

As soon as they say, they’re an auditor the police should walk away because you end up paying the guy with tax payer money

Crazy how that they have us under seryvallience constantly but we can't film in public let alone them I mean like God forbid if you ever film them it's like they turn into enraged Karen's with pew pews

Get a life bro

Image having a job where people are so difficult to you just for doing your job , mostly to get views on social media, until they need your help saving their life

I bet there’s a donut shop around the corner.

That self proclaimed “ugly fat cop” repeatedly assaulting this independent journalist with Deadly Weapons and intimidation under color of law.

This is what cops are focusing on? People filming?

I think the Cop actually handled the situation pretty well.