He wasn’t yelling.
He wasn’t interfering.
He was simply holding a camera—filming on a public sidewalk.
But that was enough to trigger the officer.
It started with a question:
“Why are you filming?”
Then came the commands:
“Turn it off!”
“Give me your ID!”
When the man calmly reminded him of his rights, the officer’s tone shifted from firm to furious.
He stepped forward.
He grabbed the camera.
He threatened arrest.
All for recording in public.
Passersby stopped.
Phones came out.
And what happened next turned this quiet street into a viral battleground for civil liberties.
Is this how public servants should act?
You decide.
But what he says at the end… left everyone speechless.
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