@ Coyote Quinn, It's a tactic dirty cops use in an attempt to make you feel lesser a person, therefore giving them the high ground and control of the situation, call it what it is, a feeble attempt by a lesser mind...jmo
The fact that they actively searched for his specific car after their altercation just so they could ticket him speaks volumes to what type of people these officers really are
Cop: I’m going to take your gun! Man: OHhhh, no you’re not!!! Cop: Ohhhh, yes I am! Man: No. That’s illegal. Cop: (Snarkily) Did you go to law school? Man: Yes I did. I am a lawyer. Cop: …Ego visibly deflates… 😂😂😂
What a mess! The officers became so absorbed in the open-carry that they completely forgot about the woman in the cruiser, and then they went on a vendetta against the guy that was carrying by ticketing his car. The officers escalated like they were in a domestic dispute themselves. Incredibly unprofessional.
I'm not the type to bring up race, or ascribe motive to anyone based on it alone, but the media isn't a someone, and if the reporting party in this were white, this would be a nationwide scandal that we would still be hearing about today. If our police were competent, and our media had any desire to be honest, this would have been done in less than a minute. And the families would have apologized and probably become friends.
Put yourself in the shoes of the police. You're called out for a false alarm, and just as the situation is about to end, people start showing up with guns. Isn't there a hint of a red flag there?
@@soup1301 Where do you live that cops need to take years of education, because I want to live there. I'm in Wisconsin and academy is 21 weeks long. If you are referring to certification classes, then these happen over a span of years while they are actively in the field being exposed to bad habits by senior officers who have learned said bad habits from their previous training officers. I can reference countless auditing videos I've seen where the officer states they are TCO certified, for example, right before violating the citizen's protected rights that were the subject of that very certification. So, though I understand your where you are coming from, I absolutely refute the basis of your opinion.
@@soup1301 you have NO idea what your talking about. A probationary period may happen before an officer is “full fledged” but most PD’s academies last 6,12,18 weeks or more. They’re retrained yearly a lot of times for in service training but not for years BEFORE they’re considered “full fledged”. You out of your lane with this comment. -Signed a FORMER 5 year FULL P.O.S.T. certified Sheriff Deputy.
Every time I hear an officer say, “are you a lawyer?” Makes me physically ill. How do they not know how tyrannical it is to insinuate a person shouldn’t attempt to know their rights? It’s just madness.
That's why I get ill when people won't exercise their rights, and over the last three decades it's now normalized for cops to think they can do whatever they want So now they deem it as suspicious when you exercise your rights, instead of the norm. They are just as complicit in this situation
@@Arishem34 there are plenty of videos on this channel showing black and brown cops doing the same thing. racism is a pattern. not just every single bad action committed by someone white against someone not white.
Damn. Turned a great opportunity to build trust with the community into a violation of our most basic civil rights, illegal detainment, severe escalation that could have resulted in death, and at least 2 households that will never call the police again. Bravo
You had hope?😂😂😂 a year after you posted this Sonya Massey. It'll never stop. Hope is dead now. Accept the reality. It's us vs them bcuz they believe it's them vs. us. It's always been like that for us, and if you're not us, then you're now experiencing the realities for yourselves now.
Dude literally calmly rolls up carrying a baby, wearing a normal handgun in a typical holster. "Do you think I did anything wrong there? Pulling my gun?" He even knew his mistake and went to get validation from the other officer. These guys need to be demoted to unarmed meter maids. Force them to wear the shorts!
All it takes is 1 bad experience to get a whole neighborhood to hate the cops. Good job cops now even more people hate you, hope enforcing your ego was worth it.
Officer: "Did you go to law school?" Victim: "I DID go to law school!" Officer: "Did you pass the bar?" Victim: " Yes, I did pass the bar." Officer: "But are you a lawyer, though?" Victim: "YES! I AM a lawyer!" Officers need to stop asking this stupid question. You don't have to go to law school to study the law. And I would say it is our obligation as citizens to study our local laws because of tyrants like this who repeatedly BREAK the law.
You dont need college for a bar exam. Go test, if ya dont pass use your notes to fill your gaps in knowledge. Pay and do it again. Boom. Bar certified. This is an argument of a truly ignorant and unintelligent person, functional knowledge and having a paper degree with a title are not the same. You dont have to do 4 years for a bar exam, its a degree wagging ego thing. Learn the damn law and procedures and expose yourself into the process. You dont need permission to learn people. Print it the fk out and keep the laws highlighted in your car or wallet. Cam up. Let them make a fool most of all.
It seems that they somehow think you must be a lawyer to understand the law.. which.. 🧐would mean that, they don’t understand the law, on their own premise…
@@HiThisIsMine haha, that's so good! Next time an officer asks if you're a lawyer just respond with "are you?" I would probably reply with "do I have to be a lawyer to understand the laws that govern my life?" What a silly question. I can't stand when people ask these things, like telling someone to take Theraflu for a cold and they say "are you a doctor?" 🤦♀️
It was so satisfying to hear him say, "actually, yes. I am a lawyer." I can't imagine how satisfying it must have been for him. Put that jerk right in his place!
When cop asks "are you a lawyer" when a citizen gives even a hint of understanding of the law is a red flag to our legal and education system. The fact that the police are surprised that citizens know a little bit of law and yet are expected to follow it perfectly really says something. And the police officers are not lawyers either. They're expected to know the law because they're law enforcement... And yet they often seem to be the ones who need education.
One thing you got wrong, but will explain the confusion and why we see things like this all the time. American police are NOT expected to know the law, they’re expected to enforce it. The laws that they’re “expected” to know are the bare-bones basic stuff. They learn things like constitutional rights in the Academy but it’s kind of like a high school level “expectation”. You’re expected to know algebra if you want to diploma, but you’re not expected to *know* algebra you know what I mean?
@@3DomSculpts then police need to stop asking people if they studied law or assuming that people doesn't know the law just because they didn't go to law school. Police have to know what is legal limits of the law at the very least.
@@janesmith4048 that is their duty. It is exactly how the system is designed to (not) work. It's all based on assumed authority, and the ignorance of the general public. Things have definitely changed over the last 10 years or so though, and the availability of cameras and media platforms, has opened a lot more eyes to the reality.
@@Shrando Ahh. He does both. At about 5:15 handing over the permit "do your job servant, you work for me servant..." then a minute later 6:20 "I love tyrants, Ima make you famous"
Dude these police are HORRIBLE. That ending with them looking for his car to issue tickets is CRAZY. I hope to god he takes them to court so he can face them again.
In a free society An officer that abuses his authority, even in a minor way like this, would face time in prison. The punishment for corrupt officials should be fast, and extremely harsh. They were entrusted with power and authority by their fellow citizens and shattered that trust. I'd go so far to say that it *should* be a capital offense. Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
My uncle is an officer and so are a few other family friends. While these incidents happen more then they should, they are still a very small percentage of all police encounters. A lot of law enforcement will actually review a lot of these incidents to avoid encounters like this and actually do their duties correctly. I don't know if you were encompassing all law enforcement or just those cops but just wanted to point that out either way. (I usually find that small town cops will be more likely to abuse their powers, due to less training and less accountability).
Yeah this situation was scuffed. You could hear the officer speaking notice the gun when he stepped out like he caught his tongue for a second. What I think probably happened was this dude came out with his gun holstered as a show of "dont fuck with us" (which is fair. He made NO direct threats) and I'm guessing that second cop picked up on that and went off on him for it. I would have definitely started it off way less forceful just something like "Whooooa there, fella, can I just double check that you have a permit for that. I apologize, but we have to check for a permit by state law." instead of telling him to put his hands up and telling him to disarm himself. I do think he furthered the argument though. The women were on his side but they were trying to de-escalate the tension by just telling him to go inside. I think that would have been the safest thing to do; just back off and let things just chill down, but I also understand not wanting to be oppressed by the police like that. Then the officers display some pathetic and petty behavior towards them afterwards too. Pretty stupid stuff, man. Officers should have immediately apologized and explained that they were startled by him coming out with his gun. It's embarrassing to admit it, but it's better than just yelling at the guy. If the dude wouldn't drop it after that apology, I'd say he was in the wrong then. The officers just like refused to admit that they were wrong, though. How are we ever supposed to function as a society when nobody wants to apologize for their mistakes? It's crazy. Edit: I didn't even see that the officer pulled his gun (I watch these videos while doing other things/not being tabbed in to UA-cam). That's insane that he pulled his gun on this guy for just having a gun on his hip, and then they went and found his car to give him a ticket. Pathetic.
No one even going to mention the last bit where they hunt down his car and issue parking citations against him solely to spite him? Isn't that a form of profiling/harassment?
@@excessping9279 in my time in Britain I noticed that you guys are taking notes from America. At least you don’t have any deadly firearms to instantly delete someone at a whim
A quick check of TN law leads me to think they're guilty of aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and violation of civil rights under color of law. "No wrong doing."
@@peacemaster8117 The costume is a fine costume. It's only the person inside that can make it into a clown costume instead of a respectable costume of productive law enforcement.
He should 100% take this to court or file a complaint. The fact they went looking for his car to ticket him is nothing short of retaliation for having their little baby egos hurt.
@@bleedthebeat1 ahh come on I'm white and the way that man stood up to them even at gunpoint is my favorite reaction to police misconduct so far. "I LOVE TYRANTS LIKE YOU" the guy is a fucking real man!
@@bleedthebeat1 Exactly what I was gonna say. Police see skin a shade too dark and immediately think any challenge, however slight, is threatening behavior
Wait, you're telling me they made an effort to find his car just to issue him parking citations? There's no way that's legal, it's straight up predatory.
The problem is education which no one seems to care that police officers don’t need one…. While the rest of us need a BS degree to make a decent living.
I think the reality of everyday citizens open carrying around them terrifies them because they no longer have power over you. They are now on equal footing and they hate feeling like that.
The cop criminally turning off the body cam when his partner was confessing to a crime, is also a crime on top of all the other crimes those pigs committed. Fire all the cops present, and criminally prosecute them all for violation of civil rights among other crimes.
As a Danish citizen, I am appaled by how citizens in the US are treated by cops The amount of videos of cops being openly hostile in any and all interactions are vomit-inducing
That’s usually because these videos have to be requested from departments individually, meaning there had to be a reason in the first place for them to be accessed. This skews perception. You’re not going to see normal cordial police interactions online
besides that though theres video of the european gestapo during covid, absolutely humiliating times for the police as they doubled down on being the public's enemy.@@roostersideburns3440
@@darthnosam3313while you have a point and it has a name - cherrypicking - in Denmark, if a single video of a cop behaving as in this video, we would make systemic changes/vote for new laws.
@@MarkOfTzeentch That white cop seriously talking like that? you aint the fucking terminator with those shades dude. Just a white cop on a power trip. Can't even stand to see a black man with an open carry.
If the cop thinks he can arrest the dude then do it. If you're going to violate him them fucking do it. The petty ticketing of his car because they are upset shows they are not fit to be cops. If the people knew their rights they should have presented the card then trespass the cops off their land. If the cops refused when presented to something to prove the guy is ok to have the gun. Well that kills good faith really fast when they refuse a trespass warning.
I fuckin love that response. "Did you go to law school?" " i did go to law school" "Did you pass the bar?" "I did pass the bar" "Are you a lawyer?" "I am a lawyer".
If you’re not a lawyer, you’re not valid you dummy. You’re supposed to be illegal by nature and everything you say doesn’t apply to these officers. Also, these cops know better than you cause they can tell you what to do at all times.
The dude carried a baby into the house. How is that reasonable suspicion* to take his gun? 🤦 wtf I completely forgot that that lady still was in handcuffs in the back of their patrol car. These officers care more about being right then actually doing their job. "We should have took his ass to jail" This is why people are loosing/lost faith in police.
@@miguelzavaleta1911 There's a big difference between the right to speak in the First Amendment and the right to *not* speak in the Fifth. The Fifth Amendment only applies to _compelled_ statements. See _Holt v. Territory of Utah._ It is only violated when involuntarily compelled statements are introduced at trial. See _Chavez v. Martinez._ It does *not* apply to voluntary statements regardless of the circumstances. As the Supreme Court ruled in _Frazier v. Cupp,_ deception used to elicit confessions does not render the confession "compelled" so long as the statement was voluntary. This includes, but is not limited to, a person's lack of knowledge that their statements are being heard or can be heard by Police and used by Criminal prosecuters. See, e.g., _Illinois v. Perkins._ The First Amendment is not absolute. See e.g. _U.S. v. Schenck._ It's _especially_ not absolute with on-duty Government officials. Free speech rights are secured to the citizens, not those under colour of law. As such, public officials have free speech rights if they're conducted as a private citizen, not in uniform. See _Garcetti v. Ceballos._ But even if it were, the First Amendment does not protect a right to speak about one's violations of law.
If they paid officers a lot more for essentially sacrificing their lives for the public, I honestly think that a lot of this crap would die down. But we all know that will never happen lol
@@Moon_Presence cops are highly paid. Their national median income is 66k...while the over all national median income is like 43k. They are overly paid, have benefits including insurance plans for thier families, discounts at local stores, free stuff at businesses too, and more. They majority of their job is customer service and they fail that all the time. Citizens are far more likely to die by a cops gun than a cop getting shot and killed by a citizen (78 cops VS approx. 1,000 Citizens deaths a year). This shit will go down as soon as we hold cops to account. The fact is cashiers at a gas station in the hood, where everyone goes to that store cause it is a store desert in that area, are at just as much risk of getting shot as a cop. Yet, i have watched those fully armed cashiers handle tussles (even when the bone heads have guns) without anyone dying. Yet, cops can't do that? Doctors are attacked and killed too...or injured by a psychotic patient...yet doctors are not armed and go to work knowing anyone can come into the ER today and harm them. Cops are given way to much lee way and excuses, so the bad behavior happens. The standford prison expirement shows why over sight that is completely separate from cops and their influence is best.
Yes. After all, we know they are both wearing vests underneath those shirts that would likely stop anything that Mr. Branch's gun was likely to be loaded with. Officer safety is pretty much the top thing taught in the Academies to new recruits. They really need to be taught better people skills. They also get all the specialized equipment that in some states us peasants aren't allowed to own.
All the bullsbit aside. Let's make sure to give this badass his kudos. They drew their guns on him and he just continued to light his cigarette, no fear of hesitation at all. Dude is a straight G. 😎
Talking to cops like that is unconscionably rude and beyond unnecessary. That’s the type of shit that made the cop so pissed he retaliated with giving the parking ticket. I could never imagine talking to a cop like that in a million years. When cops are escalating shit, the last thing someone should do is join in by escalating the situation too, which talking to them in this manner will almost always do.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 they are public servants, the idea that we should bow and scrape in their presence is vile. If they say stupid bullshit they are not above being informed of that.
@@betapotataOld There is a _MASSIVE_ difference between simply standing your ground and standing up for your constitutional rights versus talking to cops in this manner. Wherever did you get the idea that in order to stand your ground, you have to talk to cops in this condescending and extremely rude manner? Did you watch the full video? His demeanor was insane from the get go all the way up to the end, and goes off _WAY_ more than what is shown in this edited version. He was so out of control with his demeanor in fact that he refused to even listen to both of the ladies who were trying to calm him down. He was like a pit bull red zoning, trying to provoke the cops into further action. This is not a wise man.
"Have you studied law?" "Yes." "Have you taken the bar?" "Yes." "Have you passed the bar?" "Yes." "Are you a lawyer?" "Yes, I am a lawyer." When the questioning doesn't go the way you want. The deputies should have been disciplined for the detention and the first part of the interaction. They should lose their jobs and never be allowed to work in law enforcement again for the B.S. with issuing a clearly retaliatory ticket to suppress his 1st and 2nd Amendment Rights. The guy who pulled his gun... cops, citizens... if you mishandle a gun this badly you should lose your right to ever have a gun again.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Well. I dont know. That cop completely went against basic firearm safety protocols. I'd say that cop is an obvious exception and his irresponsibility with a firearm could lead to someone getting shot. I wholeheardetly support the right of people to defend themselves but this is a prime example of someone who shouldnt be carrying a firearm.
Typical narcissistic behavior, when you damage the extremely weak ego behind the mask the narcissist will use any form of retribution in its power to exact revenge. If you think about it that’s why there are so many dirty cops. The term police officer could easily be replaced with narcissists’ dream job since they feed on power and control like other people would eat cheese and crackers.
Four loud mouthed people yelling at the officer does not make it a escalated situation? Act stupid and you are responsible for the stupid things you do!
Cop, while pulling out gun and all but pointing it at man: "For my safety, you need to disarm yourself." ... Am I the only one who finds that a tad ironic?
Since the cops where on his property and threatened him and his family illegally (thereby becoming criminals), HE should have been the one counting, before shooting them.
@@TheBazino It wasn't his property. It was his girlfriend's mothers, I believe. Common sense says it isn't his because he said something to the effect of he had permission to be there. My excuse for not remembering the exact words are : I had a TBI. A traumatic brain injury....
This actually happened to me one time. There was a fellow who was really being rowdy over at MHMR. I was there waiting for someone. This guy came in yelling and screaming and waving a knife. Police came in and =tried= to tackle him. This guy was huge and all muscle. Very quickly there were 3 officers holding him, one of them spoke like the guy was in kindergarten or something. "Sir ! Do you know how to count ?" "Sir ! We're going to count to 3 and then we're just gonna lie down on the floor all calm, okay ?" "Here we go, real simple. Count with me, please. 1. 2. 3 !" At which point they forced him HARD to the ground, put him in handcuffs and dragged him away.
Yeah lol like the cop with a GED and 6 weeks training knows the law any better. They want respect then they should earn it. Cops should have to possess a law degree.
“She’s sitting right next to me” always stuns them.. And when she’s not with me I ask if I can use ignorance of the law as a defense?.. And when they say no, I say well, what the fuck are we talking about, then?.. Jaw on the floor..
Makes my skin crawl knowing these folks called the cops and get treated like criminals only to probably never want to call them again. Fire these pos officers 😮
He was so busy threatening people with "You're going to jail" he couldn't even humble himself to recognize when the guy who went to law school was trying to stop them from embarrassing themselves. These jokes write themselves.
@@always_on_ten Hey, no he's not. You can't just treat someone like shit because they have a badge. Not until you see how they how they conduct things. Then you may judge them based on their actions.
I swear all cops wear safety glasses. Not one is ever in a decent pair. Hate to say it but my dad too I buy him awesome sunglasses and he goes for cop shades every time
Cops have the right to escalate. What many cops seem to fail to understand is that they also have the responsibility to de-escalate. The 2nd Amendment means that cops in the USA need to understand the difference between simply carrying (bearing) arms and brandishing them, and to safely interact with people who are armed. Furthermore, these specific officers need to understand that it's not only police officers who are allowed to bear arms in the USA. They should have just remained calm and kept an eye on him in case he did reach for his weapon. If they were really concerned about it, maybe go so far as to ask to see his licence. But any officer who brandishes their gun on a person who is clearly not threatening them needs to be disciplined at the very least.
Cops have the legal right to draw their gun and put it to your face at any time for no reason And they have a right to pull the trigger if they are scared Cops are always scared
@@SuperSonicFan172 Imagine if a person used that argument if he pointed a gun at the LEO. He probably wouldn't be able to make that argument in the first place because, he would be 6ft under.
This nigga was lighting a cigarette while they were drawing guns on him LMFAOO "Do what you wanna do" lmfaooo bro wasnt worrying about none of that shit .
@@sirsneakybeaky if they will do it for a citation what would they do if they wrongfully shot or tazed a person! like they saddly say once a criminal always a criminal(why cause thats just what they know how to do) jails should work to get people back out like law abiding citizens but no thats the prisons meal tick more prisoners more tax money! there privately run institutions in the states! and its sickening
He turned his camera off when they started talking because he knew they was about to say some illegal stuff. Great police officers there, we are so lucky to have officers like that getting paid by our tax dollars…
My concern is the parking tickets they placed in retaliation. While they did not arrest Mr. Branch, they cost him money out of spite. Most people don’t have an emergency fund and sometimes an extra $200 in parking fees can be devastating.
They went searching for his car specifically and wrote a ticket. Abuse of power under the color of law, in my opinion. Because he told them off, they had to do something to try and show him that they hold power and that they will do anything they can within their power to hurt innocent citizens who were minding their own damn business.
Or that he has no idea who this guy is and why he’s refusing to keep his hands away from his firearm. I guess in your mind when this individual signed up to become a police officer he also gave up the right to return home to his family. We as a society have afforded the police a certain amount of authority to restrict our civil liberties for their own safety.
It is absolutely horrible the level of incompetence here!! These officers did just about everything they were supposed to do wrong! They did 0 to de escalate this situation because they were looking for a reason to gun someone down! Once the officer realized he didn’t know anything about this guys rights he backed off. Obviously shooting someone on their door step who was a lawyer and had a carry permit and did nothing wrong might of looked bad. If they thought officer safety trumped your constitutional rights they should find another job!
The only thing I disagree with ATA about is calling the officers’ threats “empty”. Those threats may not have come to fruition, but they could have detained him, disarmed him, arrested him, or shot him. Each of their threats were full of potential and self-perceived authority. They should both be fired immediately!!
Totally agree. Police make unlawful arrests all the time and then it's up to you and a lot of your money to prove otherwise. Then the department will try and sling mud on the wall to see what can stick so they are not liable for being sued. Sickening.
@@adirtymuppet They didn’t have the weight of law so the threats might’ve been empty in that limited sense. BUT officers have the ‘authority’ to make on-site decisions that could include detainment, disarming, arrest, and various levels of physical force. Their actions may not hold up in court, but they operate on-scene with an assumption of authority that he would have to convince the judiciary was missing. Besides, no court action would change the harm he had already felt if they had followed through on their very real threats.
They intentionally begin to seek out this man's car that is vindictive and I believe it's against the law I'm not sure but either way it's just disgusting and embarrassing
After all that, they go find his car and give him a ticket? Imagine being that petty. Like when their pride is completely smashed because they didn't get to shoot anyone, they look for anything they can find to "get back" at him. This is so pathetic and childish.
In any normal country: Ring the neighbour, ask what happened to package. Call the police if explanation was bad or you got lied to. In America you get this.
There wasn't a single victim in sight, then someone made the mistake of calling the police. The police in turn make a victim out of everybody. This is why people hate cops and why people should NEVER call the police....
@@Al-Gore-ithm People chould call the Police but currently its just that to many officers are bad officers today with a good officer it wouldnt have happened like that
Oh man that was so good! "Did you go to law school!?" "Yes I did." "Did you pass the bar?!" "Yes I did." "So you're a lawyer then?!" "Yes. Yes I am." So much yes
Yep, cops be thinking if they tell you to get on your knees and give them a quick blowie then you gotta do it since they have a badge. Never forget I was working in a restaurant as a Waite and there was a cop that would come in every day and I'd end up serving them and be nice and cordial with him to get them tips and he got comfortable around me and would sometimes go off at the most random times about how he loves being a cop. He considered his uniform a God suit, he could get away with damn near anything and there wasn't a damn thing anyone could say or do about it. It was one 9f the first times I actually thought to myself "oh wow cops really are just Powe hungry dickwads"
I actually thought slightly better of the cop when i heard him say “do you think i did anything wrong there… pulling my gun… i didnt point it at him” bc at LEAST it shows that he reflects on his actions and is capable of perceiving a world where he may have been wrong unlike many others holding positions of power
@@unreleasedcontent9316 - exactly! And that bravado ends up with you leaning over the dead body of your loved one who was in the house. Yes, absolutely something big needs fixing…this particular video scared me deeply - it was a split-second away from being another lethal shooting. My hands are still shaking, and I feel powerless that there’s not a damn thing *I* can do to help change/fix what’s wrong…it goes sooo deep…
@@kMeijer I feel like you shouldn’t hold that all on your shoulders because there is only so much you can do and it will make your day better without always thinking about how to change a problem that goes so deeply all the time.
How about the fact that the officers knew they couldn’t nail Mr. Branch for anything else so they purposely sought out his vehicle. Can anyone say childish and petty?
Not only do the cops not care about the safety of citizens but the supreme court has ruled it is not their duty. Some municipalities have even removed "to serve and protect" from the sides of their patrol cars. Someone said to me the other day that because of the bs liberal movement to defund the police that gun sales have skyrocketed. And I said GREAT that's what we need to do because we can't rely on police to protect us EVER. I think too many people have a huge misconception of what defund the police should be. These officers don't need any of my tax dollars. I'm not democrat or republican, I'm an American and consider the officers to be traitors to the oath they took. There's a special way to handle traitors in this country. We need to start doing it
"For Officer Safety!" That's what your Vest is for, coward. If he had acted aggressively, MAYBE. But just standing there? Calmly? You've got No power over that man on Private Property legally carrying and conducting himself in a civil manner. He didn't even get Agitated until they made HIM the center of the situation.
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I already did !!!
Lack Luster just featured it ...
I’d LOOOOVE to see your take on my story about corrupted police department in small town
I have learned so my from You , AtA... and used it wisely , IMO
Defiantly will send some of my Footages Audit The Audit!
Still waiting for the content on the 2nd channel!😉
It’s funny when cops ask people if they went to law school to discredit them when they themselves haven’t been to law school or passed the bar..
If a cop asks, "Are you a lawyer, when did you pass the bar?" Just reply, " You'll get the answer to that question in court".
@@alexanderevans7426 These goons would probably arrest you for threatening a police officer if you said that lol
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@@Dirtbiker463 that be the best way to get arrested!
@ Coyote Quinn, It's a tactic dirty cops use in an attempt to make you feel lesser a person, therefore giving them the high ground and control of the situation, call it what it is, a feeble attempt by a lesser mind...jmo
The fact that they actively searched for his specific car after their altercation just so they could ticket him speaks volumes to what type of people these officers really are
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Surely that can’t be legal?
Facts. Petty people. Stay far away from people like this.
They're like a couple of spiteful 12 year olds.
@@danielbalcazar2006 I mean, murders illegal and cops do it all the time.
Cops: “You need to trust us! We are here to help you!”
Also Cops: *Turns off body cam when fucking up*
Because it most likely will be incriminating in a court of law.
@@pkwentworth y’a no shit
@@pkwentworth oooooooooooh that's why
i thought they turned it off because they were going to make love in the back of the patrol car after
@@pkwentworth Naaaaah, REALLY?!!?
Because they don’t want to be accountable to there actions when they do fuck up
Cop: I’m going to take your gun!
Man: OHhhh, no you’re not!!!
Cop: Ohhhh, yes I am!
Man: No. That’s illegal.
Cop: (Snarkily) Did you go to law school?
Man: Yes I did. I am a lawyer.
Cop: …Ego visibly deflates…
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lol that bit was pretty hilarious
That's America baby! I love it!
Educated people are obviously the most scary to these little spoiled tyrants....
Reels back like a startled turtle. 😂
@@michaeldhoncho5963 they still took 40 min to find his car and write a bs parking ticket. these cops belong in jail.
What a mess! The officers became so absorbed in the open-carry that they completely forgot about the woman in the cruiser, and then they went on a vendetta against the guy that was carrying by ticketing his car. The officers escalated like they were in a domestic dispute themselves. Incredibly unprofessional.
Mr. Branch should have NO trouble getting that retaliation-issued ticket dismissed when the chief sees this video. What a giant CF....
I'm not the type to bring up race, or ascribe motive to anyone based on it alone, but the media isn't a someone, and if the reporting party in this were white, this would be a nationwide scandal that we would still be hearing about today. If our police were competent, and our media had any desire to be honest, this would have been done in less than a minute. And the families would have apologized and probably become friends.
Put yourself in the shoes of the police. You're called out for a false alarm, and just as the situation is about to end, people start showing up with guns. Isn't there a hint of a red flag there?
If the guy was white, they'd commend him for carrying.
Given the fact they drove up and down the street trying to find his car and give frivolous parking citations proves how butthurt they are.
I like that all cops universally ask, “Did you go to law school?” Like they didn’t just get a 6 week crash course and a gun.
@@soup1301 The training cops receive varies WILDLY from state to state, even city to city.
@@soup1301 Where do you live that cops need to take years of education, because I want to live there. I'm in Wisconsin and academy is 21 weeks long. If you are referring to certification classes, then these happen over a span of years while they are actively in the field being exposed to bad habits by senior officers who have learned said bad habits from their previous training officers. I can reference countless auditing videos I've seen where the officer states they are TCO certified, for example, right before violating the citizen's protected rights that were the subject of that very certification.
So, though I understand your where you are coming from, I absolutely refute the basis of your opinion.
@@soup1301 you have NO idea what your talking about. A probationary period may happen before an officer is “full fledged” but most PD’s academies last 6,12,18 weeks or more. They’re retrained yearly a lot of times for in service training but not for years BEFORE they’re considered “full fledged”. You out of your lane with this comment.
-Signed a FORMER 5 year FULL P.O.S.T. certified Sheriff Deputy.
@@trillclinton4577 the point is that cops like to act like only lawyers could understand their rights, when they didn't go to law school themselves.
😂
Every time I hear an officer say, “are you a lawyer?” Makes me physically ill.
How do they not know how tyrannical it is to insinuate a person shouldn’t attempt to know their rights? It’s just madness.
That's why I get ill when people won't exercise their rights, and over the last three decades it's now normalized for cops to think they can do whatever they want
So now they deem it as suspicious when you exercise your rights, instead of the norm.
They are just as complicit in this situation
@@thebeasters That's because white people think, "comply" or "If you don't have anything to hide, let them search your sh*t, unlawfully."
@@Arishem34 nice generalization, I could make a few myself.
@@Arishem34 there are plenty of videos on this channel showing black and brown cops doing the same thing. racism is a pattern. not just every single bad action committed by someone white against someone not white.
@@thebeasters lmao “the last 3 decades”. Nah fam cameras are just more prevalent but they’ve always been this way
Damn. Turned a great opportunity to build trust with the community into a violation of our most basic civil rights, illegal detainment, severe escalation that could have resulted in death, and at least 2 households that will never call the police again. Bravo
You had hope?😂😂😂 a year after you posted this Sonya Massey. It'll never stop. Hope is dead now. Accept the reality. It's us vs them bcuz they believe it's them vs. us. It's always been like that for us, and if you're not us, then you're now experiencing the realities for yourselves now.
The whole thing was a clusterf*ck.
@@wheresmyparadeit just kept getting worse….then when I thought it’d settle down they escalated it even more or again
Dude literally calmly rolls up carrying a baby, wearing a normal handgun in a typical holster.
"Do you think I did anything wrong there? Pulling my gun?"
He even knew his mistake and went to get validation from the other officer.
These guys need to be demoted to unarmed meter maids. Force them to wear the shorts!
Meter maid is too good for them. Can their asses.
I'd love to be one ngl
All it takes is 1 bad experience to get a whole neighborhood to hate the cops. Good job cops now even more people hate you, hope enforcing your ego was worth it.
Agreed.
And suspenders!!!!
“Did you go to law school”
“Yes I’m a lawyer”
What a huge backfire lol
Yea that part was epic.
@@joshprestigiacamo7551 even when the job he work at have him needing to have a gun to watch the work place.
He’s not a lawyer you people are so stupid !!
@@Michael-hj3jg how do you know?
@@Michael-hj3jg how in the fuck you know you don’t know him. You have to be a cop
Officer: "Did you go to law school?"
Victim: "I DID go to law school!"
Officer: "Did you pass the bar?"
Victim: " Yes, I did pass the bar."
Officer: "But are you a lawyer, though?"
Victim: "YES! I AM a lawyer!"
Officers need to stop asking this stupid question. You don't have to go to law school to study the law. And I would say it is our obligation as citizens to study our local laws because of tyrants like this who repeatedly BREAK the law.
You dont need college for a bar exam. Go test, if ya dont pass use your notes to fill your gaps in knowledge. Pay and do it again. Boom. Bar certified. This is an argument of a truly ignorant and unintelligent person, functional knowledge and having a paper degree with a title are not the same. You dont have to do 4 years for a bar exam, its a degree wagging ego thing. Learn the damn law and procedures and expose yourself into the process. You dont need permission to learn people. Print it the fk out and keep the laws highlighted in your car or wallet. Cam up. Let them make a fool most of all.
It seems that they somehow think you must be a lawyer to understand the law.. which.. 🧐would mean that, they don’t understand the law, on their own premise…
@@HiThisIsMine haha, that's so good! Next time an officer asks if you're a lawyer just respond with "are you?"
I would probably reply with "do I have to be a lawyer to understand the laws that govern my life?" What a silly question. I can't stand when people ask these things, like telling someone to take Theraflu for a cold and they say "are you a doctor?" 🤦♀️
Also it’s worth noting that the police officers didn’t go to law school either so the question is really irrelevant.
It was so satisfying to hear him say, "actually, yes. I am a lawyer." I can't imagine how satisfying it must have been for him. Put that jerk right in his place!
When cop asks "are you a lawyer" when a citizen gives even a hint of understanding of the law is a red flag to our legal and education system. The fact that the police are surprised that citizens know a little bit of law and yet are expected to follow it perfectly really says something.
And the police officers are not lawyers either. They're expected to know the law because they're law enforcement... And yet they often seem to be the ones who need education.
really well said.
So true. If that’s the case, then not being a Lawer is plausible deniability for not understanding speed limit & stop signs.
One thing you got wrong, but will explain the confusion and why we see things like this all the time. American police are NOT expected to know the law, they’re expected to enforce it. The laws that they’re “expected” to know are the bare-bones basic stuff. They learn things like constitutional rights in the Academy but it’s kind of like a high school level “expectation”. You’re expected to know algebra if you want to diploma, but you’re not expected to *know* algebra you know what I mean?
@@AnthonyBlamthony That's actually pretty scary to think that they're supposed to enforce something they're not expected to understand
Babysitters on a power trip
That cop who drew his gun needs to be fired
He needs jail time
1000%
I’m saying they always say for safety but they really just are scared which means they shouldn’t be in the field
REVENGE
From a cannon, into the sun.
I love how they always ask people if they've gone to law school and when this guys says yes, they disregard it.
should have asked the police if he went to law school. Many of them seem to not know the law they supposed to enforce.
@@janesmith4048 they were never taught the Law. It's the ignorant tryng to "police" the (assumed) ignorant.
The issue was they thought he was a black non-attorney.
@@3DomSculpts then police need to stop asking people if they studied law or assuming that people doesn't know the law just because they didn't go to law school. Police have to know what is legal limits of the law at the very least.
@@janesmith4048 that is their duty. It is exactly how the system is designed to (not) work. It's all based on assumed authority, and the ignorance of the general public. Things have definitely changed over the last 10 years or so though, and the availability of cameras and media platforms, has opened a lot more eyes to the reality.
I like how he accurately called them tyrants.
Had me cackling. It was beautiful
When was that? When he was showing his permit, I though he was calling them "servant" like it was their name.
@@twig8523 nah, he said tyrant I believe
Fragile, paper-thin egos who aren't interested in upholding the law, but enforcing their _opinion._
@@Shrando Ahh. He does both. At about 5:15 handing over the permit "do your job servant, you work for me servant..." then a minute later 6:20 "I love tyrants, Ima make you famous"
Dude these police are HORRIBLE. That ending with them looking for his car to issue tickets is CRAZY. I hope to god he takes them to court so he can face them again.
Any police chief that seen how his officer was acting and looking for his car should be disgusted....
@@jennb5884 yea that was crazyyy
Officer: "You need to leave the scene!"
Officers: *Literally on his porch*
Haha!🤣 nut police
The fact they went searching for his car is even more disgusting behavior.
An injured cops ego can be deadly.
That is the part that indicates the officers meant to enact revenge and abused their power unlawfully.
In a free society
An officer that abuses his authority, even in a minor way like this, would face time in prison.
The punishment for corrupt officials should be fast, and extremely harsh. They were entrusted with power and authority by their fellow citizens and shattered that trust.
I'd go so far to say that it *should* be a capital offense.
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
Thinner than an egg shell: ... the ego shell. (emphasis on hell)
It also tells me they would have killed him if they could.
Black guy: *legal weapon holstered*
Cop: “wait, that’s illegal.”
My uncle is an officer and so are a few other family friends. While these incidents happen more then they should, they are still a very small percentage of all police encounters. A lot of law enforcement will actually review a lot of these incidents to avoid encounters like this and actually do their duties correctly. I don't know if you were encompassing all law enforcement or just those cops but just wanted to point that out either way. (I usually find that small town cops will be more likely to abuse their powers, due to less training and less accountability).
@@landonruiz8774 Merrr !
@@landonruiz8774 the percentage of incidents wherein a cop violates the constitution they're sworn to defend is not small)) lol gtfoh
Yeah this situation was scuffed.
You could hear the officer speaking notice the gun when he stepped out like he caught his tongue for a second.
What I think probably happened was this dude came out with his gun holstered as a show of "dont fuck with us" (which is fair. He made NO direct threats) and I'm guessing that second cop picked up on that and went off on him for it.
I would have definitely started it off way less forceful just something like "Whooooa there, fella, can I just double check that you have a permit for that. I apologize, but we have to check for a permit by state law." instead of telling him to put his hands up and telling him to disarm himself.
I do think he furthered the argument though. The women were on his side but they were trying to de-escalate the tension by just telling him to go inside. I think that would have been the safest thing to do; just back off and let things just chill down, but I also understand not wanting to be oppressed by the police like that.
Then the officers display some pathetic and petty behavior towards them afterwards too. Pretty stupid stuff, man. Officers should have immediately apologized and explained that they were startled by him coming out with his gun. It's embarrassing to admit it, but it's better than just yelling at the guy. If the dude wouldn't drop it after that apology, I'd say he was in the wrong then. The officers just like refused to admit that they were wrong, though. How are we ever supposed to function as a society when nobody wants to apologize for their mistakes? It's crazy.
Edit: I didn't even see that the officer pulled his gun (I watch these videos while doing other things/not being tabbed in to UA-cam). That's insane that he pulled his gun on this guy for just having a gun on his hip, and then they went and found his car to give him a ticket. Pathetic.
@@landonruiz8774 fuck that
every single black person i know has a fucked up story about the cops
every single one
I love it when Aaron tells them "servant, do your job."
Good job.
Because it's the truth 😂Love it
No one even going to mention the last bit where they hunt down his car and issue parking citations against him solely to spite him? Isn't that a form of profiling/harassment?
Yes.
He could easily get it dismissed. Out of them harassing him because they got mad that he didn't listen to them.
Yes
i wish the judge could make both officers pay the amount of the ticket. that'd teach them fucking piggies
Not profiling but it is retaliatory
"we've investigated ourselves and found no wrong-doing."
Thee most used police press quote, especially in the UK
@@excessping9279 in my time in Britain I noticed that you guys are taking notes from America. At least you don’t have any deadly firearms to instantly delete someone at a whim
Always
A quick check of TN law leads me to think they're guilty of aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and violation of civil rights under color of law. "No wrong doing."
I tell the tax office the same thing.
The tickets at the end is straight up retaliation and extortion
it's "I need to give this ticket so I can look at myself in the mirror and not be embarrassed."
@@marztar If he wants to stop feeling embarassed, he should stop going to work in that clown costume.
@@peacemaster8117 The costume is a fine costume. It's only the person inside that can make it into a clown costume instead of a respectable costume of productive law enforcement.
I hope it got dismissed in court.
I don't get why he'd want to open himself up to disclosure 🤦🏼♂️
He should 100% take this to court or file a complaint. The fact they went looking for his car to ticket him is nothing short of retaliation for having their little baby egos hurt.
"I just pulled my gun cause he was getting irate" What? Dude was so chill he didn't even pause lighting his smoke!
Dude saw a black man with a gun and after that his brain stopped working
And the other guy turning off the body cam real quick so they could continue talking....
@@bleedthebeat1 ahh come on I'm white and the way that man stood up to them even at gunpoint is my favorite reaction to police misconduct so far. "I LOVE TYRANTS LIKE YOU" the guy is a fucking real man!
@@bleedthebeat1 Exactly what I was gonna say. Police see skin a shade too dark and immediately think any challenge, however slight, is threatening behavior
Some would argue that smoking is a sign of be nervous or upset.
Wait, you're telling me they made an effort to find his car just to issue him parking citations? There's no way that's legal, it's straight up predatory.
I HOPE HE FOLLOWED UP WITH A COMPLAINT!
Wouldn’t that be considered retaliatory? Ridiculous.
yeah, protect and serve lol everybody i know is sick of all the nonsense
Don't worry, the officer also turned off his body camera when they started talking about it.
Malicious prosecution
Officer pulls his weapon and the man proceeds to light his cigarette like a boss.
I noticed that! Shit was so funny 😂 I’m
If I ever end up in his state I'm going to figure out a way to hire him for being that confidence and cool 😎
Hats off, that, people is a baller.
I swear I could hear the tune off "Fistful of dollars"
420 likes!
The taller cop is absolutely faceless when he said "I did go to law school, I am a lawyer".
_"POLICE OFFICERS ARE IN YOUR PRESENCE."_
Excuse all of us while we tremble in awe at your majesties, then.
Exactly, they get furious when you’re not intimidated by them.
One of the dumbest thing he said 😂
The problem is education which no one seems to care that police officers don’t need one…. While the rest of us need a BS degree to make a decent living.
I thought we founded America to get away from royal tyrants?
I think the reality of everyday citizens open carrying around them terrifies them because they no longer have power over you. They are now on equal footing and they hate feeling like that.
The cop criminally turning off the body cam when his partner was confessing to a crime, is also a crime on top of all the other crimes those pigs committed. Fire all the cops present, and criminally prosecute them all for violation of civil rights among other crimes.
There’s enough evidence in this video alone to have them fired
Thugs and liars with badges. Never trust the police
They will never fire them unfortunately
I linked this video on their Facebook page and called them out. I am gonna be as petty as they were
Turning off a body cam is not a crime. And thats a problem.
Retaliatory ticket. Those cops need to be on notice.
These cops need to notice laser dots on them more often...
The government needs to be on notice!
how childish and petty are these cops.. like who is gonna be hurt over a 15$ parking ticket.. smoll pp cops lol
notice? like badge removal, and restriction from firearms or working in law enforcement permanently notice? if so, I agree with you
They need to be fired!
As a Danish citizen, I am appaled by how citizens in the US are treated by cops
The amount of videos of cops being openly hostile in any and all interactions are vomit-inducing
Hey I've been looking into moving to Denmark. How is it over there ?
That’s usually because these videos have to be requested from departments individually, meaning there had to be a reason in the first place for them to be accessed. This skews perception. You’re not going to see normal cordial police interactions online
in all fairness america ia a giant country with 300 million plus people. there are many interactions not like this as well
besides that though theres video of the european gestapo during covid, absolutely humiliating times for the police as they doubled down on being the public's enemy.@@roostersideburns3440
@@darthnosam3313while you have a point and it has a name - cherrypicking - in Denmark, if a single video of a cop behaving as in this video, we would make systemic changes/vote for new laws.
Dude literally stepped out the house, and TRIED to light a cigarette and the cop starts freaking out like a whuss for no reason.
Because they can’t stand not being the only ones with guns. Cowards.
Black man with a legal open carry firearm.. and two white cops with a chip on their shoulder.
i am shocked he wasnt shot 42 times "just in case"
@@MarkOfTzeentch That white cop seriously talking like that? you aint the fucking terminator with those shades dude. Just a white cop on a power trip. Can't even stand to see a black man with an open carry.
The cop was in the right.. this milkyway was extremely dangerous..
@@jasonvoorhees2884 troll Alert...
That cop counting down from 5 is like a preschool teacher. No wonder the citizen got upset.
In a just society he wouldn't be given authority over anything more important than a carrot
Man, he was so disrespectful. Just think, those cops act this way day in day out to the people of that city.
If the cop thinks he can arrest the dude then do it. If you're going to violate him them fucking do it. The petty ticketing of his car because they are upset shows they are not fit to be cops. If the people knew their rights they should have presented the card then trespass the cops off their land. If the cops refused when presented to something to prove the guy is ok to have the gun. Well that kills good faith really fast when they refuse a trespass warning.
Any rational person would get upset having to deal with that level of childish nonsense.
And I love how when he got to zero he did nothing like a bitch
- Did you go to law school?
"Yes"
- Did you pass the bar?!
"I did"
- Are you a LAWYER?!
"YES I am a lawyer."
That was beautiful to watch
@unknown nevermind the fact that they're also not lawyers and have been proven time and time again to just not know the law at all
😂😂😂
“Are you a lawyer?”
“Yes”
“Okay….”
Actual gold lol
Cops- ignorance of the law is not a reason not to follow it.
Person - What Law have I broken?
Also cops - I don't the law so.. Qualified immunity?
Yes it was, and it stunned him for a sec.
Did you go to law school? Yes I went to law school 😂 did you pass the bar? Yes I passed the bar. 😂😂 are you a lawyer? YES IM A LAWYER 😂😂😂😂😂
Duh....if you pass the bar you ARE a lawyer!!
@@lynda6585 What if you passed out in the bar?
@@mofleh177😂😂😂
@@mofleh177 then you are Pope Daddy Nose Rekieta.
I fuckin love that response.
"Did you go to law school?"
" i did go to law school"
"Did you pass the bar?"
"I did pass the bar"
"Are you a lawyer?"
"I am a lawyer".
i am the manager but with law
Yeah it was priceless lol
Its bullshit though lol
@J M I would bet my car he’s not a lawyer. Nothing about him says ‘lawyer’.
@@glitchyrhythm6749 look up his name thats mentioned in the video countless times. I'll take that car whenever you get a chance.
“Did you go to law school?” Says the guy with a high school diploma
Hes my attorney and very good one.
GED at best for the Barney Fife and Gomer Pyle police officers.
Why do so many officers have the strange idea that someone must be a lawyer to know their personal rights and freedoms?
If you’re not a lawyer, you’re not valid you dummy. You’re supposed to be illegal by nature and everything you say doesn’t apply to these officers. Also, these cops know better than you cause they can tell you what to do at all times.
@@silkut_online_2037 wtf are you saying
@@justkilam1750 sarcasm
@@silkut_online_2037 oh lol I was so confused 😂
@@justkilam1750 lol, you're aight
I love what the woman in red said.. lol we need some money come on ! Lol
Hahaha we all do fuck them
LOVED IT!!
OMG, the cops were so enraged that they forgot the girl in the police car. LMAO.
Lmaooooo fucked up
I totally forgot about her too lmaooo
Rumor has it she's still back there til this day
Lol shoot I forgot about her too 😂
The dude carried a baby into the house. How is that reasonable suspicion* to take his gun? 🤦 wtf
I completely forgot that that lady still was in handcuffs in the back of their patrol car. These officers care more about being right then actually doing their job.
"We should have took his ass to jail"
This is why people are loosing/lost faith in police.
*Reasonable suspicion* is required to remove a weapon.
@@americanlegaldefense7789 reasonable suspicion in a lot of cases is never established to the suspect though, if it is ever established at all
@@americanlegaldefense7789 do you know the parameters of setting up reasonable suspicion? Open carry is not reasonable suspicion.
Werd!
@@jamesfrey6136 I never suggested it was. But reasonable suspicion-not probable cause-is required to disarm a suspect.
They looked for his car…. wrote him tickets how isn’t that retaliation by law enforcement I would have a day with them
Exactly these cops are clowns smh
really pittyfull
Reality is they’d probably do the same to you.
@@aqswde110 this was in Alabama it definitely had to do with the fact he’s black bro
@@phelan3747 This was in Tennessee.
Because they treat anyone carrying a gun, EVEN LAWFULLY, as a THREAT!!! 🤬🤬🤬
...unless those brandishing the weapons are white nationalists then they're suddenly cool with them. Funny how that works, huh?
Not white men. I see white men in Georgia walking around Walmart all day long with guns on their waist and nobody says anything
even elementary schools where they’re the ones in charge of ending the threat
They treat everyone as a threat. Doesn’t have to involve a gun. They prove this daily.
Cops' egos so overblown that they retaliated by giving him a parking ticket.
He should be able to sue them civilly, personally, for his wasted time.
@@RandyRandersonthefamous you can argue it was racially motivated
@@kev9539 nope the other cop was black
@@niuean3000 Does not mean it was not racially motivated
@@niuean3000 just because another black person was present doesn't make it any less racist
13:15 "Hold on."
*Turns off camera.*
"Now let's talk about how we clearly violated the Constitution..."
Lmao. Though, to be fair, they also have a right to not testify against themselves.
@@miguelzavaleta1911 then what is the point of giving them body cameras. If they don't need to hold themselves accountable why are they being recorded
@@miguelzavaleta1911 There's a big difference between the right to speak in the First Amendment and the right to *not* speak in the Fifth.
The Fifth Amendment only applies to _compelled_ statements. See _Holt v. Territory of Utah._ It is only violated when involuntarily compelled statements are introduced at trial. See _Chavez v. Martinez._ It does *not* apply to voluntary statements regardless of the circumstances. As the Supreme Court ruled in _Frazier v. Cupp,_ deception used to elicit confessions does not render the confession "compelled" so long as the statement was voluntary. This includes, but is not limited to, a person's lack of knowledge that their statements are being heard or can be heard by Police and used by Criminal prosecuters. See, e.g., _Illinois v. Perkins._
The First Amendment is not absolute. See e.g. _U.S. v. Schenck._ It's _especially_ not absolute with on-duty Government officials. Free speech rights are secured to the citizens, not those under colour of law. As such, public officials have free speech rights if they're conducted as a private citizen, not in uniform. See _Garcetti v. Ceballos._ But even if it were, the First Amendment does not protect a right to speak about one's violations of law.
This idea that officer safety is far and above more important than everyone elses safety is a massive problem.
Exactly this. They signed up for the job not private citizens. If they don’t want to have their lives in danger find another occupation.
If they paid officers a lot more for essentially sacrificing their lives for the public, I honestly think that a lot of this crap would die down. But we all know that will never happen lol
@@Moon_Presence cops are highly paid. Their national median income is 66k...while the over all national median income is like 43k. They are overly paid, have benefits including insurance plans for thier families, discounts at local stores, free stuff at businesses too, and more. They majority of their job is customer service and they fail that all the time. Citizens are far more likely to die by a cops gun than a cop getting shot and killed by a citizen (78 cops VS approx. 1,000 Citizens deaths a year). This shit will go down as soon as we hold cops to account. The fact is cashiers at a gas station in the hood, where everyone goes to that store cause it is a store desert in that area, are at just as much risk of getting shot as a cop. Yet, i have watched those fully armed cashiers handle tussles (even when the bone heads have guns) without anyone dying. Yet, cops can't do that? Doctors are attacked and killed too...or injured by a psychotic patient...yet doctors are not armed and go to work knowing anyone can come into the ER today and harm them. Cops are given way to much lee way and excuses, so the bad behavior happens. The standford prison expirement shows why over sight that is completely separate from cops and their influence is best.
Yes. After all, we know they are both wearing vests underneath those shirts that would likely stop anything that Mr. Branch's gun was likely to be loaded with. Officer safety is pretty much the top thing taught in the Academies to new recruits. They really need to be taught better people skills. They also get all the specialized equipment that in some states us peasants aren't allowed to own.
@@Moon_Presence Are you kidding me? Many patrol officers in some large metro areas make 150K or more a year.
My heart was beating so fast. This made me nervous. Glad he stood his grounds
All the bullsbit aside. Let's make sure to give this badass his kudos. They drew their guns on him and he just continued to light his cigarette, no fear of hesitation at all. Dude is a straight G. 😎
And an educated G at that! I love it...
He was so fuckin cool lol
The only time I've seen smoking a cigarette look reasonably cool
Real negga ✊🏽
Educated +G= badass....add God to that and you have the ultimate warrior
“POLICE OFFICERS ARE IN YOUR PRESENCE”
oh I’m sorry, I didn’t know you were royalty and extra special.
Underrated comment
Oi sorry me lord. Won't happen again lmao
whole notion that you must sacrifice own safety for someone else is retarded
Very underrated comment 🤣
Well, they're typical American cops, so their "safety" (even when they aren't in any real danger whatsoever) goes before any and all of your rights
“Do your job servant”
I like this man.
Talking to cops like that is unconscionably rude and beyond unnecessary. That’s the type of shit that made the cop so pissed he retaliated with giving the parking ticket. I could never imagine talking to a cop like that in a million years. When cops are escalating shit, the last thing someone should do is join in by escalating the situation too, which talking to them in this manner will almost always do.
Police and other public employees are not "servants".
@@moonman7777 kinda like how every single cop acts every single day?
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 they are public servants, the idea that we should bow and scrape in their presence is vile. If they say stupid bullshit they are not above being informed of that.
@@betapotataOld
There is a _MASSIVE_ difference between simply standing your ground and standing up for your constitutional rights versus talking to cops in this manner. Wherever did you get the idea that in order to stand your ground, you have to talk to cops in this condescending and extremely rude manner?
Did you watch the full video? His demeanor was insane from the get go all the way up to the end, and goes off _WAY_ more than what is shown in this edited version. He was so out of control with his demeanor in fact that he refused to even listen to both of the ladies who were trying to calm him down. He was like a pit bull red zoning, trying to provoke the cops into further action. This is not a wise man.
As soon as he said record them I'ma make stars out of them. Watch the officer put he's glasses down as if he trying to hide
"Have you studied law?"
"Yes."
"Have you taken the bar?"
"Yes."
"Have you passed the bar?"
"Yes."
"Are you a lawyer?"
"Yes, I am a lawyer."
When the questioning doesn't go the way you want. The deputies should have been disciplined for the detention and the first part of the interaction. They should lose their jobs and never be allowed to work in law enforcement again for the B.S. with issuing a clearly retaliatory ticket to suppress his 1st and 2nd Amendment Rights. The guy who pulled his gun... cops, citizens... if you mishandle a gun this badly you should lose your right to ever have a gun again.
Not that it matters whether he was a lawyer or not, but I busted up laughing when that line of questioning wen no where for him.
That line of questioning is completely disrespectful and I’m glad they got it thrown right back in their faces.
You did good up until saying that someone should permanently lose their 2nd amendment right for pulling it out in bad judgement.
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 Well. I dont know. That cop completely went against basic firearm safety protocols. I'd say that cop is an obvious exception and his irresponsibility with a firearm could lead to someone getting shot. I wholeheardetly support the right of people to defend themselves but this is a prime example of someone who shouldnt be carrying a firearm.
With 4 people right in front of them on the receiving end of the gun. Totally dangerous and not in line with policy for drawing a weapon.
There's only one word description for this… 'INCOMPETENCE'.
*CORRUPTION
@Gambier That's a good one too.
I was thinking "pussy". Someone possessing fire arms around me doesn't make me fear for my life.
2 words. Ego and corruption.
RACIST
Ran a tag on all the vehicle around just to ticket him!? That is ridiculous and illegal!
Typical narcissistic behavior, when you damage the extremely weak ego behind the mask the narcissist will use any form of retribution in its power to exact revenge. If you think about it that’s why there are so many dirty cops. The term police officer could easily be replaced with narcissists’ dream job since they feed on power and control like other people would eat cheese and crackers.
When lawyers say ‘I love you guys’ and they keep going. Experience is the best teacher, but it’s not free and never cheap
Just them being petty.
As much as that is a childish, petty bitch move on the officers part, it's not illegal form them to run the plates like that.
@@righty-o3585 it is actually illegal.
Those fools completely lost control of the situation that they created.
Hope he doesn't let this go, these are the worst types of cops, ridiculous
Breaking the first and second amendments
Not only am I proud of him but I too am a lawyer and that was against the law I guess they don't know we are getting licensed to carry our guns to
And then using the "police system" illegally just to hunt down his car for no goddamm reason !
Four loud mouthed people yelling at the officer does not make it a escalated situation? Act stupid and you are responsible for the stupid things you do!
Cop, while pulling out gun and all but pointing it at man: "For my safety, you need to disarm yourself." ... Am I the only one who finds that a tad ironic?
Unbelievable..... The officer should be fired ASAP..
Moronic take
@@christdolphin69 How do you figure?
@@murph165 figure? You think they can figure stuff out? Silly Murph
@@BlueBARv5 100% and go work in a flower shop where he belongs, it’s a lot safer there
LOL in the middle of writing retaliatory parking tickets: "Are we the baddies?"
The answer to that tyrants question is, ABSOLUTELY.
Absolutely disgusting but not uncommon anywhere in the world
Loooool! I read it in his voice. 😆
Soft Villains
This showed how evil and petty they are to find his car to give him tickets now they should be fired!!!
I can't believe the police actually counted like he was a little kid
I can
Since the cops where on his property and threatened him and his family illegally (thereby becoming criminals), HE should have been the one counting, before shooting them.
@@TheBazino It wasn't his property. It was his girlfriend's mothers, I believe. Common sense says it isn't his because he said something to the effect of he had permission to be there. My excuse for not remembering the exact words are : I had a TBI. A traumatic brain injury....
@@headishome8452 I wish you a full recovery bro
This actually happened to me one time. There was a fellow who was really being rowdy over at MHMR. I was there waiting for someone. This guy came in yelling and screaming and waving a knife.
Police came in and =tried= to tackle him. This guy was huge and all muscle. Very quickly there were 3 officers holding him, one of them spoke like the guy was in kindergarten or something.
"Sir ! Do you know how to count ?"
"Sir ! We're going to count to 3 and then we're just gonna lie down on the floor all calm, okay ?"
"Here we go, real simple. Count with me, please. 1. 2. 3 !"
At which point they forced him HARD to the ground, put him in handcuffs and dragged him away.
Whenever you hear the “where did you get your Law degree?” Line, You know your about to see a cop violate someones rights
"Same law school you went to, officer."
You also know you're dealing with an ignorant tyrannical probably treasonous cop who doesn't know the law.
Yeah lol like the cop with a GED and 6 weeks training knows the law any better. They want respect then they should earn it. Cops should have to possess a law degree.
“She’s sitting right next to me” always stuns them.. And when she’s not with me I ask if I can use ignorance of the law as a defense?.. And when they say no, I say well, what the fuck are we talking about, then?..
Jaw on the floor..
@@AlcideIzMine I'd vote for this. At least something approximating an Associate's degree from an accredited law school.
Cop draws his fire arm, starts yelling, starts threatening, then counts on his fingers like he’s talking to his kid… I have no further words.
I sure hope he doesn't have a kid
That kid must get grounded..... A lot.... For nothing..
That’s a bully trying too show dominance just to see if he backed down
Maybe the guy shouldn't have acted like a kid
He's lucky that the guy was smart and sane and calm...
Makes my skin crawl knowing these folks called the cops and get treated like criminals only to probably never want to call them again. Fire these pos officers 😮
Man: “I’m gonna make big stars outta them two”
Officer: *immediately puts stupid cop shades down
He looked like he was about to cry the whole time
He was so busy threatening people with "You're going to jail" he couldn't even humble himself to recognize when the guy who went to law school was trying to stop them from embarrassing themselves. These jokes write themselves.
We was just eager to protect and serve them, how he deemed best.
I swear the police department has to be embarrassed.... as to the amount of idiots they employ.
Sadly unsurprising.
Lmao
That clown doesn't even have a GED. Law School. Hahahaha!
He said and I quote “we should’ve took his ass to jail”….it’s just embarrassing watching these police officers
Im a deputy and im embarrased...
@@PremiumFuelOnly just quit youre guilty by association
@@always_on_ten lmao
They love feeling overpowered.
@@always_on_ten Hey, no he's not. You can't just treat someone like shit because they have a badge. Not until you see how they how they conduct things. Then you may judge them based on their actions.
Wow! A close call indeed. Training and better oversight could certainly keep us all safer while still respecting our officers.
That was a seriously disturbing level of incompetence by these officer's!
100% 👎🏻
someone finally said yes to the good ol’ “did you go to law school”
And it went absolutely nowhere. Cops asking completely irrelevant questions trying to intimidate citizens.
What's so funny about that is.. Cops don't go to law school hahaha
@@dales855 cops are *LITERALLY* one of the *LOWEST IQ GROUPS*
Rights are national security threats to government.
How do their criminals go around collecting revenue when society can defend itself so easily
@@UNcommonSenseAUS gang members ARE the lowest of iq groups
6:15 "I'm gonna make stars out of both of them."
And the cop immediately hides his face with his sunglasses. Fucking priceless.
I was wondering if anyone else noticed
Respect the drip.
didn't notice that until now LMAOO
🤣
I swear all cops wear safety glasses. Not one is ever in a decent pair. Hate to say it but my dad too I buy him awesome sunglasses and he goes for cop shades every time
Mr Branch gets a A+.
He got an A minus because he was black😂
So, a citizen has to be a lawyer to know their rights?
What part of the Constitution is that in?
Actually police are so overbearing and holier-than-thou if you =DON'T= know the law and aren't a lawyer, yeah, they can really screw you over.
It's right past the part that says "just comply"...
@Kadakai I think you misread my comment, it's a joke as there is no "just comply" part...
What's the opposite of a lawyer? A cop..
hey man i think most if not all of us learned our laws in high school 🤷🏽♂️ , shit at least everyone from my class of 2020 did soooo tf wrong cops
They went and found his car just to give him parking tickets because their egos are THAT fragile. Crazy.
Remember those schoolyard bullies in middle school? They're cops now
Pulling a gun on someone is not an "empty threat".
He meant the legality of the threats
Cops have the right to escalate. What many cops seem to fail to understand is that they also have the responsibility to de-escalate. The 2nd Amendment means that cops in the USA need to understand the difference between simply carrying (bearing) arms and brandishing them, and to safely interact with people who are armed. Furthermore, these specific officers need to understand that it's not only police officers who are allowed to bear arms in the USA. They should have just remained calm and kept an eye on him in case he did reach for his weapon. If they were really concerned about it, maybe go so far as to ask to see his licence. But any officer who brandishes their gun on a person who is clearly not threatening them needs to be disciplined at the very least.
Cops have the legal right to draw their gun and put it to your face at any time for no reason
And they have a right to pull the trigger if they are scared
Cops are always scared
It is...
If the gun was unloaded. Badum tss
@@SuperSonicFan172 Imagine if a person used that argument if he pointed a gun at the LEO.
He probably wouldn't be able to make that argument in the first place because, he would be 6ft under.
This nigga was lighting a cigarette while they were drawing guns on him LMFAOO "Do what you wanna do" lmfaooo bro wasnt worrying about none of that shit .
Malicious abuse of process. They issued a ticket purely in retaliation.
They had no choice. Clearly that man injured their fragile egos.
Once again an officer's worse enemy, someone who actually knows the law.
Or their own ego.
They then went and ran plates to find his car and write him parking citations . This is abuse of power and stacking .
@@sirsneakybeaky 100%
@@sirsneakybeaky if they will do it for a citation what would they do if they wrongfully shot or tazed a person! like they saddly say once a criminal always a criminal(why cause thats just what they know how to do) jails should work to get people back out like law abiding citizens but no thats the prisons meal tick more prisoners more tax money! there privately run institutions in the states! and its sickening
@@sirsneakybeaky oh thats a good one!
He turned his camera off when they started talking because he knew they was about to say some illegal stuff. Great police officers there, we are so lucky to have officers like that getting paid by our tax dollars…
My concern is the parking tickets they placed in retaliation. While they did not arrest Mr. Branch, they cost him money out of spite. Most people don’t have an emergency fund and sometimes an extra $200 in parking fees can be devastating.
They went searching for his car specifically and wrote a ticket. Abuse of power under the color of law, in my opinion. Because he told them off, they had to do something to try and show him that they hold power and that they will do anything they can within their power to hurt innocent citizens who were minding their own damn business.
Yeah that is a huge concern for me as well. They should never retaliate that is not their job and its repulsive how they behaved.
And cops say "why do you hate us?"
Came to say this too. They searched guys car out purely in retaliation. He needs to sue the shit out of them
The fines would've been thrown out.
If they weren't at the time, they were when this video was released.
"I am a lawyer!"
Well, this is going to be expensive.
Joke about that. Lawyer -> liar. I'm a liar. LOL. Could be like breaking bad. Is he a Criminal Lawyer or a CRIMINAL Lawyer?
That’s cop seemed way to comfortable pulling out his pistol on a someone. Almost like it’s second nature to him.
That's memphis my guy.
You meant first nature
Except when there's an active school shooting involved.
Then the pigs run and hide like the cowards they are.
Or that he has no idea who this guy is and why he’s refusing to keep his hands away from his firearm.
I guess in your mind when this individual signed up to become a police officer he also gave up the right to return home to his family. We as a society have afforded the police a certain amount of authority to restrict our civil liberties for their own safety.
It is absolutely horrible the level of incompetence here!! These officers did just about everything they were supposed to do wrong! They did 0 to de escalate this situation because they were looking for a reason to gun someone down! Once the officer realized he didn’t know anything about this guys rights he backed off. Obviously shooting someone on their door step who was a lawyer and had a carry permit and did nothing wrong might of looked bad. If they thought officer safety trumped your constitutional rights they should find another job!
Wow, what a tense situation! We truly need more precautions and thoughtfulness in officer decision-making. Let's hope for a safer future!
The only thing I disagree with ATA about is calling the officers’ threats “empty”. Those threats may not have come to fruition, but they could have detained him, disarmed him, arrested him, or shot him. Each of their threats were full of potential and self-perceived authority. They should both be fired immediately!!
Empty is the wrong word, yes, those threats should have been called, "Uncalled for threats".
Literally every interaction with a cop implicitly carries the threat of death
They were empty because they didn't carry the weight of the law behind them.
Totally agree. Police make unlawful arrests all the time and then it's up to you and a lot of your money to prove otherwise. Then the department will try and sling mud on the wall to see what can stick so they are not liable for being sued. Sickening.
@@adirtymuppet They didn’t have the weight of law so the threats might’ve been empty in that limited sense. BUT officers have the ‘authority’ to make on-site decisions that could include detainment, disarming, arrest, and various levels of physical force. Their actions may not hold up in court, but they operate on-scene with an assumption of authority that he would have to convince the judiciary was missing. Besides, no court action would change the harm he had already felt if they had followed through on their very real threats.
He should definitely take them to court. Especially for the retaliatory tickets.
The fact that they did that makes me sick. Were the infractions real? If not
Isn't that considered fraud.
@@BentReality.369 Yeah but the problem is whether or not the tickets were legit because if so then those cops could get away with retaliation.
"do your job servant" gets me rolling every time 😂😂😂
Servant? More like hog meat pig 🐖
Lol. I love that one
👉🏻👀🚬 “He works for ME!” I love it!
If they said that to a black officer, it’d hit different.
@@oceancat0450Why? They're still pigs.
Mr Branch got a A+ for the education in a calm matter
They intentionally begin to seek out this man's car that is vindictive and I believe it's against the law I'm not sure but either way it's just disgusting and embarrassing
They get paid to harass citizens. It's pathetic they ran the plates of every car until they found his, on taxpayer money no less!
and they pussied out of the main issue, a stolen package.
I hope he sees the recording and takes them to court- for the treatment And the tickets...
I follow morals. Those who follow laws tend to make there evil legal, including making your defense illegal...
I second your statement with one difference, I follow the Lord's Law.
"Did you go to law school?"
"I DID go to law school!"
"Did you pass the bar?"
I DID pass the bar!"
"So...are you a lawyer?"
"I AM a lawyer!"
I LOVE IT!
It was at *that* moment he realized he fkd up
"So are we fucked!!"
"Yes you are!!!!!!"🤣🤣🤣
Drop mike a
Drop mic and walk away
After all that, they go find his car and give him a ticket? Imagine being that petty. Like when their pride is completely smashed because they didn't get to shoot anyone, they look for anything they can find to "get back" at him. This is so pathetic and childish.
In any normal country:
Ring the neighbour, ask what happened to package. Call the police if explanation was bad or you got lied to.
In America you get this.
Its crazy just how unbelievably fast a situation can escalate...
This is the truth. Anything that can keep that from happening SHOULD be done.
There wasn't a single victim in sight, then someone made the mistake of calling the police. The police in turn make a victim out of everybody. This is why people hate cops and why people should NEVER call the police....
@@Al-Gore-ithm People chould call the Police but currently its just that to many officers are bad officers today with a good officer it wouldnt have happened like that
Steroids causes increase aggression.
Most dangerous crime in the States: hurting a cop's ego. Then you can be sure a totally normal situation will be needlessly escalated.
Oh man that was so good! "Did you go to law school!?" "Yes I did." "Did you pass the bar?!" "Yes I did." "So you're a lawyer then?!" "Yes. Yes I am." So much yes
lol best!
😂😂
Hahah he was like ok then
5:55
@@garfieldcouch4443 thanks!! I should have e done that to begin with.
"police officers are in your presence"
So that means bow down and worship them
Yep, cops be thinking if they tell you to get on your knees and give them a quick blowie then you gotta do it since they have a badge. Never forget I was working in a restaurant as a Waite and there was a cop that would come in every day and I'd end up serving them and be nice and cordial with him to get them tips and he got comfortable around me and would sometimes go off at the most random times about how he loves being a cop. He considered his uniform a God suit, he could get away with damn near anything and there wasn't a damn thing anyone could say or do about it. It was one 9f the first times I actually thought to myself "oh wow cops really are just Powe hungry dickwads"
Kiss their ass actually, and I don't mean cheek.
Ahh now I know next time👍
I wish he would’ve said, “ I don’t care if you’re cops, I’m a lawyer, I will see you in court.”
Fuck that
I actually thought slightly better of the cop when i heard him say “do you think i did anything wrong there… pulling my gun… i didnt point it at him” bc at LEAST it shows that he reflects on his actions and is capable of perceiving a world where he may have been wrong unlike many others holding positions of power
Lmao "do your job servant" "I love tyrants" this guy is badass
He wasnt scared and shouldnt be scared let cops shoot somebody on my property its going to be shots out the windows
@@unreleasedcontent9316 - exactly! And that bravado ends up with you leaning over the dead body of your loved one who was in the house. Yes, absolutely something big needs fixing…this particular video scared me deeply - it was a split-second away from being another lethal shooting. My hands are still shaking, and I feel powerless that there’s not a damn thing *I* can do to help change/fix what’s wrong…it goes sooo deep…
@@kMeijer I feel like you shouldn’t hold that all on your shoulders because there is only so much you can do and it will make your day better without always thinking about how to change a problem that goes so deeply all the time.
@@kMeijer Actually there iz something you can do. It's called peaceful protesting.
How about the fact that the officers knew they couldn’t nail Mr. Branch for anything else so they purposely sought out his vehicle. Can anyone say childish and petty?
Abuse of authority, resources and writing false tickets.
And then shut off his body cam when they started talking about him afterwards.
Menacing and stalking is what that is.
Childish and petty!
More like spiteful, disgusting, and a waste of time and money 😤
"officer safety" is a joke. Especially when "civilian safety" doesn't matter to cops.
Officer safety.. "I feel safe when I'm the only one with a weapon"
What a load of bull
Yep, that's the cops' job: to walk around ensuring their own safety by drawing weapons on people on their own doorsteps.
Not only do the cops not care about the safety of citizens but the supreme court has ruled it is not their duty. Some municipalities have even removed "to serve and protect" from the sides of their patrol cars. Someone said to me the other day that because of the bs liberal movement to defund the police that gun sales have skyrocketed. And I said GREAT that's what we need to do because we can't rely on police to protect us EVER. I think too many people have a huge misconception of what defund the police should be. These officers don't need any of my tax dollars. I'm not democrat or republican, I'm an American and consider the officers to be traitors to the oath they took. There's a special way to handle traitors in this country. We need to start doing it
I disagree. They are in the process of giving the mom bad news.
"For Officer Safety!" That's what your Vest is for, coward. If he had acted aggressively, MAYBE. But just standing there? Calmly? You've got No power over that man on Private Property legally carrying and conducting himself in a civil manner. He didn't even get Agitated until they made HIM the center of the situation.