Police have deployed armed guards to the home of Trenton Garner, the cop who was so "in fear for his life" that he killed HeeHaw, a 4-month-old donkey who just wanted to play.
@GigglingGanon This one is interesting. You know they would have let him go if he would have been a good little blue line cuck. Since he decided to demand accountability out of the blue line criminals he gets railroaded.
There are so many layers of Florida dysfunction packed into this clip that my brain cells are tapping out. 🤦♂️
Rule number one of adult life: do not dine at the rusty balloon buffet. It is wildly unhygienic and nothing good comes from turning a biological waste chute into a tapas bar.
Rule number two: if you insist on participating in that kind of dark swamp gastronomy, why on God’s green earth are you printing it across the back glass of a lifted Chevy Silverado in six-inch vinyl font? The folks looking for that specific dining experience at 2:00 AM behind a Waffle House are not the kind of people you want milling around your truck bed unsupervised.
The deputy actually rolled up with a straight face and asked him to peel off one letter to make it polite. What was the compromise there? “I EAT AS”? Now you just look like an illiterate carnivore who ran out of vowels.
Instead of backing down, this absolute legend went full Patrick Henry on the side of the highway. Refused to peel the vinyl, caught a charge for resisting without violence, lawyered up, and wore an “Ass Me About My First Amendment Rights” graphic tee straight into a legal battle.
George Washington crossed the icy Delaware for liberty. This Florida Man went to jail to defend his constitutional right to announce his buffet preferences to traffic on State Road 40. Say what you want about the diet, but the man stood on business. 🐊⚖️
🚨Identification Demands & Intimidation🚨
1st Amendment auditor films in the public parking lot / public-access area of the Union County Sheriff’s Office and jail in Ohio.
A deputy confronts him, demands ID, and tells him he’s not allowed there.
After some back and forth, the man asks if he’s detained. He’s told no — so he keeps walking the building.
A second and more aggressive deputy who sees him in another parking area also starts with an ID demand. He doesn’t get one either, despite the intimidation attempt.
❓Do police use the demand for ID as an intimidation tactic? To put people in a submissive position?
❓Ready to watch what actually happened when he kept walking?
Watch the full interaction:
@ScottEnlow This cop is a moron. He stated that he knew he was a 1A auditor and he was looking for a reaction. Then he gleefully ran over to the auditor and gave him exactly what he wanted. You just can’t fix stupid.
Bully officer flexes his muscle in a Buc-ee's parking lot. Karma catches up after the bodycam stopped rolling.
Christopher Shull pulled into a Buc-ee’s in Texas City, Texas, to fuel up his car. Before he could even pump gas, Texas City Police Officer Scott Harrell approached him, claiming Shull had cut through empty parking spaces at an unsafe speed and nearly caused an accident.
When Shull calmly pushed back, Harrell claimed he would cite him for "disregarding an official traffic control device"—arguing that painted parking stall lines on private property count as traffic control devices.
Harrell then claimed he couldn't even issue the citation because he didn't have a ticket book with him.
Instead of letting it end there, Harrell took issue with Shull’s "attitude" and Shull's observation that officers generally lack jurisdiction to enforce standard lane markings on private commercial property.
That’s when the encounter crossed the line from bad policing to blatant First Amendment retaliation.
Harrell placed Shull in handcuffs and locked him in the back of his cruiser, outright admitting his motive on camera: "You have forced my hand at this point, because if I don't go and see this through to its conclusion, I know you're going to go to the police department and file a complaint on me."
Another unit arrived and the officer changed his mind because the second officer had a ticket book, Harrell wrote the citation for disregarding a traffic device, and Shull was eventually uncuffed and released.
Under Texas Transportation Code § 542.001 and § 544.004, standard traffic control rules apply to public highways, not private commercial lots, and painted stall lines at Buc-ee's do not qualify as state-erected traffic control devices.
Furthermore, arresting someone specifically to prevent or retaliate against a citizen complaint is a textbook constitutional violation.
The citation was thrown out and dismissed a month later.
Following intense public outcry once the bodycam was released, Harrell was placed on administrative duty and officially fired by the Texas City Police Department.
Shull filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging First and Fourth Amendment violations, which was settled out of court. Yes this officer cost the citizens of that town tax dollar in the form of a settlement.
A Galveston County grand jury later reviewed criminal allegations against Harrell and returned a "no-bill," declining to indict.
Challenging an officer's legal authority isn't a crime, and threatening to file an administrative complaint is protected under the First Amendment. When officers use the badge to punish perceived disrespect, the camera catches everything. The good news is this officer is no longer wearing a badge doing what he did to other citizens.
@ScottEnlow Pennsylvania v. Mimms allows the police to remove someone from a vehicle for officer safety. It did not give a blank check just because they said so. Unfortunately the reality is they will be coached to say it was for safety in court so you should probably just exit.
This is an example of some of the things that police get called out for that have nothing to do with them. This is the type of thanks they often get in return as well.
Here is the story.
Distraught over the destruction of his family's property, the tenant calls 911 demanding a police report and immediate law enforcement intervention against the roofing contractor.
However, when the officer arrives, the reality of the legal system sets in: police handle criminal offenses, not civil disputes.
Here is how the situation unfolds:
• The Damage: While contractors were working on the roof, an unexpected storm hit. Even though the crew attempted to tarp the exposed areas, water poured through the ceiling, causing extensive damage throughout the home.
• The Contractor’s Response: The contractor explained that he was already coordinating with the homeowner, had offered to pay for a hotel room for the family for two nights, and intended to run the property damages through his commercial insurance.
• Civil vs. Criminal: The responding officer repeatedly and calmly explains that because there was no intentional or reckless criminal act, the issue is strictly a civil matter (such as a tort or breach of contract) that must be handled through insurance or civil court rather than criminal charges.
• The Escalation: Frustrated that law enforcement could not force a settlement or take a criminal report, the tenant attempts to allege the contractor has an unregistered firearm in his vehicle, before eventually directing verbal insults at the officer and demanding he leave the private property.
• De-escalation: Rather than escalating the confrontation over the verbal hostility, the officer remains composed, advises the parties on their civil options, and departs the scene without further incident.
I do have to commend this officer on his restraint as he respects the man's rights of freedom of speech. He takes none of it personally and just leaves after he is done with his business there.
🚨NSFW LANGUAGE
Nov. 2021 — Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI
First Amendment auditors with FRICN Media were recording from a public sidewalk near a Kent County Sheriff’s facility when Deputy Atkinson confronted them over their tone. He then snatched the camera and wouldn't give it back.
Other deputies stepped in, the camera was eventually returned, and the auditor went to file a complaint.
Recording police in public is protected activity.
No arrest.
❓Should anyone have been arrested based on what you saw?
❓What should happen when a deputy doesn’t like your tone—and takes your camera for it?
❓Why would Deputy Atkinson have thought he could treat a citizen’s property like it was his to confiscate on a whim?
Watch the video.👇
Oakland County, Michigan.
A man crosses a street where there is no crosswalk and begins filming a parked police vehicle. The vehcile drives over and two deputies get out.
"Give me your ID."
He refuses because he hasn't broken a law and records the whole thing.
They cannot tell him what law he broke. One deputy starts googling statutes on his phone, fishing for something he can enforce.
Michigan has no jaywalking law.
Deputy V. Kamo. Deputy Habed.
They got no ID. They did get an earful.
❓What do you see happening here?
❓Legit law enforcement or two cops who see a guy recording them, don't like it, and try to find a law, any law, to punish him for it?