Cops get a call: two people are sleeping in a parked car in Lakeland, Florida. The caller requests a welfare check. No crime was even suspected. Cops arrive and confirm, yep, just a young couple and their cat, sleeping in their car. But instead of letting them go back to sleep, or even asking them to leave, the cops start barking commands at them, demanding ID. Knowing that they had done nothing wrong, the couple does not want to be detained and interrogated by these officers. So they assert their constitutional rights and they ask questions. But the officers mock them and curse at them, and they detain them anyways, and even arrest the husband, just because they got a call – even though that call didn’t allege any criminal suspicion. Who was right here? Did they have to ID? Or should they have been left alone, or allowed to leave?
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Terrible officers, worse human beings. That nice couple should win millions in a lawsuit.
Hell, we need more kids like this!
COULD YOU COVER THE STORY OF THE TUCSON OFFICER WHO SHOT A MAN ON A WHEELCHAIR IN 2021 NINE TIMES WHILE DRIVING AWAY. He's JUST BEEN CLEARED OF ALL CHARGES.
Axe
What uneducated garbage they have for officers.
Smart kids. They will own that farm before that disrespectful cop actually owns his home. These kids are A-ok!
All that bullshit just because they didn’t wanna give up their ID who cares you know who that cop is they want to know who you are I get it. I’m a fucking convicted talent. I know the law better than a lot of the cops on the road. OK I used to date a criminal defense attorney and I still would’ve cooperated in this situation because I know it’s not worth the fucking headache. Cops will arrest you for whatever they want it and I don’t care knowing that if they wrongly arrest me. I can sue them because I know that I’m not gonna go to jail when it comes to court so who fucking cares if you would’ve sat in jail for a wrongful arrest you can get up you almost a quarter million dollars for that 24 hours, I would’ve gladly let them arrested me, but I would not have argued with them and made my night worse than what it already was because you were sleeping in your car. That’s the whole fucking stupidness into this. All of this could’ve been avoided fucking ridiculous. lol
The police just bought land for them 😂
Seems like they're (the couple is) on solid legal footing. But just for good measure, no jury would convict that cat.
The two, while completely in the right, are being a bit unneededly "mouthy" to the officer. Saying she's rude coming up to their car, that she's acting like an alien with her light. Completely within their rights, but you have to know it's just going to make the officers get more "You're disrespecting me and I need to put you in your place" attitude. Unless you're trying to rage bait them into breaking the law, I suppose. Myself I would have just expressed my rights respectfully and not made other comments.
Hiring from the bottom of the barrel apparently….
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Tyrants
Every police officer should know 901.151 because of the armedfisherman and his many lawsuits. The civil rights lawsuit should be quick.
The punishment for kidnapping should always be death on the spot.
Why is there not an implemented system to hold PIGS accountable for COLOR OF LAW TACTICS?
Lite these piggies up – and sue them into oblivion
Jiminez… WTF are these sub humans doing in a position of authority in my country?
This why we need to make it against law for officers to lie to the public.
SEC. 85.02. REGULATING THE USE OF VEHICLES FOR DWELLING. (not so simply in CA)
(Amended by Ord. No. 186,236, Eff. 8/2/19.)
A. Use of Vehicles for Dwelling Restricted on City Streets. No person shall use a Vehicle for Dwelling as follows:
1. Between the hours of 9:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. on any Residential Street; or
2. At any time within a one Block radius of any edge of a lot containing a park or a licensed school, pre-school or daycare facility.
Nothing herein precludes the enforcement of any other laws such as parking restrictions, including, but not limited to, prohibitions on overnight parking.
B. Definitions. As used in this section:
1. Block is defined as 500 feet.
2. Dwelling means more than one of the following activities and when it reasonably appears, in light of all the circumstances, that a person is using a vehicle as a place of residence or accommodation:
Possessing inside or on a vehicle items that are not associated with ordinary vehicle use, such as a sleeping bag, bedroll, blanket, sheet, pillow, kitchen utensils, cookware, cooking equipment, bodily fluids. Obscuring some or all of the vehicle’s windows. Preparing or cooking meals inside or on a vehicle. Sleeping inside a vehicle.
3. Residential Street means any street which adjoins one or more single family or multi-family residentially zoned parcel.
4. Vehicle means any motor vehicle, trailer, house car or trailer coach as defined by the California Vehicle Code.
C. Penalty. A first violation of this section shall be punishable as an infraction not to exceed $25. A second violation of this section shall be punishable as an infraction not to exceed $50 and all subsequent violations of this section shall punishable as an infraction not to exceed $75. Violators may be eligible for referral to a prosecutorial-led diversion program such as the Homeless Engagement and Response Team (HEART).
D. Sunset Provision. This section shall expire and be deemed to have been repealed on January 1, 2020, unless extended by ordinance.
E. Severability. If any portion, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this section is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such a decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this section. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each portion or subsection, sentence, clause and phrase herein, irrespective of the fact that any one or more portions, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
So tired of seeing a- hole cops like this, like we live in Russia or north Korea or something geez.
22:50 Captions on the cat ❤
"All I axed…"
This is effing Florida!
We don't barge into their houses and shine flashlights in their eyes, assault them, drag them outside and demand to see their papers…because we are not NAZI's… but these thugs in badges cant even handle a WELLNESS CHECK. The ID is CRACK and they GOTTA HAVE IT.
These police officers don’t sound very intelligent, which isn’t surprising
The guy that called in the first place should have known better
Wow, both these cops are such assholes
when will they learn that SUSPICION is not the same as a CRIME?
Having worked 5 jobs and still had to sleep in my car. Paying child support, medical coverage, and taxs taking 60% of pay is difficult.
slowly getting on these kids side until that little girl said oh we are nursery consultants helping people bring their farms to the next level like what fucking experience do you have scaling a profitable farm OK like come on these kids are delusional they’re entitled so that right there you can tell by their attitude they were straight entitlement delusional OK no they weren’t doing anything wrong. Yes, the cops handled this way wrong and how they approached the situation but these kids also had attitude and arrogance and entitlement with them right off the bat so. That set other cops off people have to understand no matter what you’re right are these cops can and will arrest you for anything it depends on what happens in court so literally just fucking keep your mouth shut. Do what they say. All of this is on film so you can cooperate with these cops by also in admitting that you’re doing so involuntarily by wording things a certain way like he wants to know spit penal codes and all of this and act like he knows the constitution well there’s ways of doing this that says I am going to cooperate but I am doing this. You know against my you know better half or you know just whatever the case may be there’s ways around that where then after the fact they could’ve gone back and sued for civil rights violation or wrongful arrest but when they want to sit there and behave these officers and argue and make situations worse, it does not help you
Everyone of those expletives deleted cops should have their asses sued off!!
Sick criminals
sooo what about the thousands of homeless people and how the vehicle suspicious 🤔