Im curious to know why you didnt explain why the rise in police watchers. It isnt about you tube or income....it's a response to the publics perception that the way we police is wrong, Police are quick to escalate interactions, quick to violence, cite people for infractions they themselves commit, generally look for a reason to arrest someone and disrupt their lives.

@douglasscovil3447

11 ай бұрын

the biggest reason of all is that the police are out there every day violating the rights of the public.

@stevejette2329

10 ай бұрын

ed - THOUSANDS of videos about horrific police actions ! OOO The tiny 73 year old mental lady in Loveland, CO, who got her shoulder broken by a cop for walking out with a bottle of shampoo inadvertently. Then cops repeatedly laughed about the sound of the breaking shoulder. OOO The 51 year old homeless wheelchair guy outside Walmart in Tucson who got nine 9mm bullets in the back at point blank range for having a knife. (If I was homeless in a wheelchair, I would want some self defense.) As soon as he crumpled to the floor, cops actually handcuffed him ! People had had enough !! A huge groundswell of public awareness and anger is mounting daily.

@user-zw7rq8ys9h

10 ай бұрын

Because that won't fit their narrative if they speak the actual facts that First Amendment activist are out there because cops are traitors

@DavidLLambertmobile

10 ай бұрын

False. 1A auditors & channels see a quick way to stalk, harass LE officers, public employees, city bldgs 🏛 to be crass, rude, claim they are pranks or humor. Many are registered sex offenders, felons or have drug-alcohol issues. 📂 Some flip out & act violent too.

@patgoblin511

10 ай бұрын

Cops are horrible people

The problem with “no closer than eight feet” law is that cops can just back you off by coming with seven feet. And when you step back, they just step closer. The whole thing about officer safety is ridiculous. A shooter can harm them from 12 feet away as easily as 8.

@mr.benchpress1633

11 ай бұрын

Hey stupid they can't watch you and the suspect at the same time that's why they can back you off an arrest you if you don't back off because that's interfering in an investigation.

@donnied6759

10 ай бұрын

You think like a cop 😅😂

@stevejette2329

10 ай бұрын

michael - Being a cop is about the 22nd most dangerous job in America. Way behind highway workers and roofers. Fishermen. Loggers.

@brianbettis2137

10 ай бұрын

Doesn't have to be a gun to cause harm.

@kathleenmann7311

10 ай бұрын

Jockeys and f sports enthusiasts are killed more often than cops

Why didn't you explain why the rise in cop watcher's. Maybe the police should follow the laws they enforce. Any law against your rights, get rid of that trash politician.

Always record the police, you might just save YOUR life. - Direct D

@MiguelMathewson

11 ай бұрын

Clow just shut your mouth and pay the tickets if they are in the wrong they won't show up at court.

@fierybutmostlypeaceful1708

5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@reggiebannister1080

Ай бұрын

firtst if your not acting like a fool or doing something stupd you wont have a interaction with cops 99% of the time its the person thats pulled over weaved in and out of traffic acted like a fool acted hostile when cops show up and then pull a uno reverse seee see its them no its you

@RynBader

Ай бұрын

hes the biggest loser out of them all

@trorisk

Ай бұрын

@reggiebannister The so-called “1% of bad cop” is more like 20%. And 79% of cops turn a blind eye to the actions of bad cops. Only 1% of good cops oppose or report bad behavior. Once again there are laws that protect free speech, privacy and property of citizens. The blues don't have to violate the constitution. What we see on the internet happened before, only it was nerver filmed and broadcast.

Back the Blue until it happens to you. -James Freeman

@kathleenmann7311

10 ай бұрын

👍💯

@roninthedestroyer8958

9 ай бұрын

I still back blue after being arrested for assaulting a person who was piss drunk. The drunk swore I beat him even after I had several witnesses. The police had no choice I didn't fight the cops or act like a baby like everyone does. If I did it would be worse for me. I went to court with my witnesses. The drunk said he didn't remember if it was me. My witnesses and the bartender said he never was near the drunk. The case got dismissed but the drunk was ordered to pay legal fees and lost wages for me and the witnesses for wasting our time. Plus he had to pay court fees. I don't blame the cops.

@Normm24

9 ай бұрын

@roninthedestroyer897Good for you but you are kinda comparing apples to oranges. This video is about cops over reaching and retaliation because someone is not willing let a cop walk all over his civil liberties. In which in this case the cop most definitely had a choice! Unlike in your case as you say “the cop had no choice”.

@ConnorReynolds784

7 ай бұрын

Ha! The fact you quote that loser is hilarious! You know he’s actually rejected by other so called auditors because he’s too much of a sovereign citizen? Or how about an actual attorney debunked all of his ridiculous claims and his lawsuits?

@AlexeiTetenov

7 ай бұрын

@@ConnorReynolds784 Which one, and is there a video?

if the police didn't do anything wrong, there would be nothing to worry about.

For over 50 years I supported policing. Then policing changed, they became militarized, extremely aggressive, egotistical, arrogant and more fearless with their criminality. Qualified immunity changed policing. During the George Floyd protest I needed assistance with a break in at my home and was completely terrified not of the robber but the police gang that showed up later. The things they said, accused me of, told me to do, and laughed that I was alone, elderly women and scared. A year after George Floyd over 22 officers were charged with assault, excessive use of force, fired, or paid leave. I believe 2 of those charged were in my home that night. Thank goodness for auditors like Chris. Someone with a voice needs to expose them.

Abolish "Qualified Immunity" and create penalties for crimes that cops commit.

@missmarya747

10 ай бұрын

My state did away with it -THE CATCH THOU IS THEY 🧢 🧢 CAPPED THE 💴💴💴💴💴💴💴DOLLAR AMOUNT TO 25k , WHICH ISNT ENOUGH TO COVER COSTS AND INJURIES INFLICTED BY THESE PUBLIC SERPENTS.

@stevejette2329

10 ай бұрын

Alex - 1. Abolish qualified immunity, 2. Abolish civil asset forfeiture, 3. Abolish internal investigations without oversight, 4. Make it a crime to mute or turn off cop body cameras. 5. Make it easy for citizens to obtain ALL records.

@johns9150

10 ай бұрын

@@stevejette2329 - Yes everyone one of these should be passed.

@stevejette2329

10 ай бұрын

@@johns9150 Tomorrow be OK ?

@adoe2305

9 ай бұрын

Make the police union pay since they are the ones protecting bad cops

Lol literally had Nothing to do With Fentynol Floyd 😂😂😂😂

The scales of justice are not equal. For a person to get justice, he needs to get everyone in the criminal justice system to cooperate with him. However, if just one person, important enough to the process, decides not to cooperate, that could end all of the hopes that a person has to get justice, And there are no possible criminal consequences to a person in authority for refusing to cooperate with a person trying to get justice. Everything is up to that person in authority's discretion. This is a system of justice only for people of wealth and/or status. For the rest of us, it's an injustice system rigged against us.

@stevejette2329

10 ай бұрын

Alexi - SO TRUE !! In America, money may buy justice. A public defender will do paperwork and secretarial tasks but not real lawyer stuff. "Can't help but make you feel ashamed, to live in a land where justice is a game." Bob Dylan, "Hurricane Carter"

@gc4346

4 ай бұрын

That’s why in every state police have access to firearms citizens don’t

Public servants have gotten used to thinking they have power over others and that will come to an end

And rightly so, the police and government officials need to be made accountable, that include anyone who officially work for the govt.

@John-lj8rv

6 ай бұрын

Government are supposed to fear the people not people fear the government. When people fear government it is no longer government it is slavery.

I just came from a video where one of these "Auditors" harrassed a homeless woman. It's LITTERALLY livestreaming fights and altercations, its bumfights and no...most of their victims aint cops.

@connypetersson2502

2 ай бұрын

HES NAME IS MATT DUNCAN WILSON IN LA USA

Its important to hold public servents accountable. Dont lick their boot make them follow the same laws you have too.

@MiguelMathewson

11 ай бұрын

Your a 🤡

@texaspublicrecords

11 ай бұрын

Christopher Ruff spent time in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping. Want your kids looking up to him?

@timothy4664

11 ай бұрын

Liar. This isn't about holding anyone accountable. It's about a bunch of narcissistic assholes who get off on abusing their rights to harass while making a profit. It's absolutely pathetic and basically screams look at me daddy. So called auditors have more SD energy than just about anyone else. Fact.

@ploppill34

11 ай бұрын

You are a follower 😂😂😂😂

@lateral1385

11 ай бұрын

Mutual respect.

Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible in public spaces is a constitutional right-and that includes transportation facilities, the outside of federal buildings, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties

@tontoepstein6860

4 ай бұрын

OUTSIDE of buildings, NOT inside. And subways are off-limits.

Sponsored by your local sheriff’s department.

Countless lives have been destroyed and disrupted by our ultra-violent policing; how about a story on that?

I got a story for y'all. It starts with a gay couple and a house fire and escalates into discrimination at a public town hall meeting by members of the board and local law enforcement. When I went to investigate and attempt to get a complete record of what happened including video surveillance footage of the meeting, i was denied, 3 plain clothes police show up intimidate me, falsely arrest me, the secretary goes to court and lies to get an emergency restraining order claiming harassment and stalking. This happened in Enfield Illinois on Aug 1st. I have not yet made my video of these events public yet, and apparently i am the only party to have ANY VIDEO at all. According to one of the officers their surveillance cameras have NEVER worked. How's that for government transparency?

@user-wn1qx2yw6n

11 ай бұрын

Typical.

@mushroommanny

11 ай бұрын

Officer "right here" lmao

@stevejette2329

10 ай бұрын

right - Please make more info available ? Be Brave and Strong.

@Jack908r

10 ай бұрын

And other things I made up to make my bs look legit.

I just want to say thank you to the first amendment auditors that are risking their freedom and their dignity in order to create an atmosphere of transparency and accountability with those in public service.

Oh yeah Christopher Ruff is a a model, upstanding citizen undertaking a noble effort and doing so in a mature and respectable way 🤡🤡🤡

They are basically showing this One guy being an A-hole. That's not representative of other people.

@dmur612

3 ай бұрын

I’ll admit that haven’t seen every one of DD’s videos *BUT,* of the dozens I have seen, he has *NOT* initiated the confrontation, it was *ALWAYS* the cop(s) initiating it, by either asserting unlawful authority, affecting unlawful arrests and/or even assaulting him. The Washington Post, as a long standing corporate media “lap dog” for The Regime, it should come as no surprise this piece was going to favor the [STATE/REGIME] police.

@phoenixskeptic7698

2 ай бұрын

Oh yes it does.

@RandomDude-se5yl

2 ай бұрын

​@@phoenixskeptic7698Good opinion, but it's legal so cope.🤡💀

@VainakhQuranites

Ай бұрын

Most of them I've seen ARE "A-holes".

@RynBader

Ай бұрын

because that what all of them do they are just drug addicts and criminals harassing people and being douchebags to post it on KZread to try and make money. basically anti-social losers that have no life and have to support their habits and pay their bails lol

The reason the First Amendment Auditors are stars is due to them doing what your press isn't. Showing exactly what is happening raw and unedited while holding government agents accountable.

@centralfloridagmrs

7 ай бұрын

No. The First Amendment Auditors don't care about you or the first amendment. They do it for one reason. Money. Most are have criminal records and that's why they can't find real jobs.

@YoutubeCommenter-yl9fk

6 ай бұрын

"Unedited?" LOL Have you ever watched an Auditing America (Anselmo Enrique Morales Torres) video?

@tontoepstein6860

4 ай бұрын

Unedited? Holy cow. On what planet have you been watching these frauditor videos made by convicted felons?

@RynBader

Ай бұрын

no they dont most of the time its a set up and they dont start recording until they get the people riled up its heavily edited your just not paying attention to where the cuts are, they arent trying to hold anyone accountable they are trying to cause a disturbance so they can post it on KZread for money thats their only concern

@jerrysingleton4956

3 күн бұрын

​@@RynBaderexplain live streaming.... big editing derp😂.

I think that the 1st Amendment auditors are heroes and deserve to be praised for their bravery. However, there are some that like to provoke people and police officers, which is counterproductive and makes all 1st Amendment auditors look bad and are in it for the money. I watch several channels, and my favorite is Long Island Auditor. He is super brave and has been arrested for exercising his 1st Amendment right!

@nerdygamerguy8378

Ай бұрын

Lol😅😂

Best answer to the question of where are your press credentials, that I have ever heard. Good guy Audits asked the cop where their credentials are to practice their religion. Where are your credentials to practice your speech?! Video named "Cops don’t know law or the first amendment!!!" by Good guy Audits on Jun 19, 2022. I would put a direct link but then my comment would be automatically flagged as spam by KZread, as the non-uploader of this video. It's at the 20:33 mark in the original video. Pure Gold!

Everyone pays a price when law enforcement officials abuse their power -Assistant Special Agent in Charge Chris MacRae with the FBI in Atlanta after the sentencing of Clayton County, Georgia Sheriff Victor Hill on 14-MAR-2023.

Seems like there are numerous channels you could highlight, it seems like you’re slanting the storyline to paint these auditors as menace or dangerous threat. Is it because they don’t have a bow down to authority to secure “sources” as most mainstream media does? Terrible reporting, never showing the lawsuits and the outcomes of these activists. Or even trying to explain case law, first amendment protections or intrusions on free speech or press. Just awful coverage of a topic, 0/10

@pete420

11 ай бұрын

Hes a back the blue kinda guy😂

@jannepaulsen9250

10 ай бұрын

❤

@DavidLLambertmobile

10 ай бұрын

There are many new "audit" 1A types in 2023 because so many see the $$$ 🤑 & say hey I can scam, lie, hustle people too! Im a felon with no job skills so I have the time to hassle city clerks or scream at 80yr old veterans in 🦽. This is why 1A auditors, public audit channels are growing.

@tontoepstein6860

4 ай бұрын

They lose the lawsuits and criminally they are convicted. Why? Because they have no civil case and because they are criminals. Their invasion of government properties and government buildings to make a video buck is despicable and an outrage.

@joshuastanton6731

4 ай бұрын

@@tontoepstein6860 none of what you just said is true. You can’t invade a public space, you have every right to record a public official during their duties. There have been numerous suits won by auditors for violations of the constitution. Check out “The Battousai” he made case law down in Texas. Maybe do some research before commenting.

"Stars" mmmmk 😂

If it was not legal for the po po to lie, bully, and intimidate the citizens who pay for their service, then I believe this whole discussion would be mute. Very small point hear, you ever been on traffic stop and be asked if you know how fast you were going. Find out the answer why you would be asked such a thing and you will know why it is important to know your rights and why it's important to film people that can take your freedom.

@douglasscovil3447

11 ай бұрын

when a cop asks you how fast were you going, that's when you tell him "i don't answer questions." never answer any questions from the police.

@scottytc

10 ай бұрын

No, these auditors are in it for the money. KZread views, lawsuits.

@thelastbathbomb023

7 ай бұрын

@@douglasscovil3447then they retaliate by giving you another ticket

@RandomDude-se5yl

2 ай бұрын

It is legal for police to lie in almost any situation

How y’all do a story about first amendment auditors and not mention the many of us that have been doing it for years and years like me lol

@cloudedbyagonystoppinglies219

11 ай бұрын

And you're one of the very best. Keep up the good work man.

@RightsCrispy

11 ай бұрын

It's always about division. They're not gonna highlight your channel because then everyone will be on board with us and it'll leave them with no controversy to sell.

@kato76109

5 ай бұрын

Bay Area. The best auditor west of the Mississippi. Hands down

@kato76109

5 ай бұрын

​​@@RightsCrispyYou're like the punk rock of Auditors. Always love your work out there!

@tontoepstein6860

4 ай бұрын

​@@cloudedbyagonystoppinglies219 If he's "one of the best," then why is he repeatedly arrested in California and Oregon?

I am all for it with some restrictions Say 25 feet back and not verbal interaction with officers unless they engage with you first. This allows for audit and citizen and officer safety.

@user-ge3hj3yn9r

5 ай бұрын

Why 25 feet? This was the problem with 8 feet, no one knew why 8 was chosen. Why is your 25 feet any better?

@RynBader

Ай бұрын

they will never do that because the confrontation is what they need in order for anyone to watch their videos thats why they are so aggressively confrontational for no reason its so they can make money on KZread and nothing else thats why they go agro from just the most basic request

That was a horrible representation of the real first amendment auditor stars on KZread…

@user-wn1qx2yw6n

11 ай бұрын

I think he is the absolute best. He is one of the few who have caused a bad law to be cast aside in the name of liberty and freedom.

@yuvarajfamily8793

11 ай бұрын

​@@user-wn1qx2yw6nits easy next time ask him to do police work catching bad people...y are there no bad people... gangster... teroris.....its dose not meen because they in uniform they bad... among public people there are many bad people... ..

@jannepaulsen9250

10 ай бұрын

❤

@YoutubeCommenter-yl9fk

9 ай бұрын

Battoussai is the exception, Christopher Ruff is the rule.

@dt6esdff413

7 ай бұрын

now adays auditor just bait people to engage them and gave them a pepper spray for contents. the people who got provoked get arrested and the auditor walk free.

God bless the watchers of the watchers.

@user-wn1qx2yw6n

11 ай бұрын

Amen!

@tontoepstein6860

4 ай бұрын

You realize you are blessing individuals who are, as a general rule, convicted violent felons? You are aware of that, right?

Film the Police Always

I fully support these auditors. For too long police have abused their authority and our rights. Polititions get elected to change it but soon get labeled “ soft on crime” and nothing gets done. These auditors have different ways of working and some come across rude. The best ones are usually polite and give respect when they get respect. I've seen so much positive change in just a few years.

@finalgirl640

8 ай бұрын

They stalk public employees and attack people. They have so many court dates and jail sentences! Restraining orders too. This has ZERO to do with first amendment and everything to do with making a buck on You Tube. Be wiser. I suggest looking up the most popular ones as they are all felons and sex offenders.

@tobysgamingworld1550

7 ай бұрын

Then you support rapists, sex offenders, racists, rapists and worse. 95% of “auditors” online have a history of sexual abuse on their record. It’s a fact. Because filming the police, cursing them out, isn’t bringing money in for KZread anymore these people have started going to public schools and causing lockdowns. They go to VA hospitals causing stress to patients, they film private cannabis dispensaries and they’re against medical marijuana. They’re known to use racial slurs against please officers, dress up as “terrorists” with turbans on screeching in made-up Farsi language outside of churches and synagogues including one church that had a mass shooting just weeks before strictly to scare the members. They film women outside of domestic abuse shelters and when the women beg them to not be recorded or the workers say “there’s medical records here and HIPA laws) they giggle and say their cameras have hippa filters so it’s ok and that the women should “just stay home if you can’t handle it!!” That’s who you’re supporting. Google Glenn Cerio and watch him call black officers the N word, homophobic slurs and “you’re my slave boy!!!” then he calls all females “lesbian” and screams it at them over and over until a male officer removes him. Look up Earl David Warden auditor. He’s in jail for raping his daughters. Look up auditor Josh Abrahms. He’s the top auditor. He’s also been arrested for beating women, sexual assault, heroin, robbery, and robing a child with a knife. He also raped fellow auditor “tow truck girl” Or look up the Victorville 8. That is 8 auditors that, when bored of just screaming cuss words at police, have decided to hassle regular citizens, kicking and beating them spraying them with chemical agents. All because a stranger has the nerve to say stop filming me please I’m not comfortable. Look up Furry Potato. That’s the trans auditor that terrorized a synagogue until a guard finally shot him. He’s been harassing people for years. These are your auditors. Every fact I stated can be verified

@tobysgamingworld1550

6 ай бұрын

@robertray3689 these people just troll for clicks and money. They don’t care about the constitution. They just want views. Conflicts with police get them views. It’s so simple. Nobody with a brain actually thinks this is about journalism.

@Jahwobbly

6 ай бұрын

@robertray3689Any property that is open to the public is open to someone holding a camera. Government building can have secured or restricted areas, but police cannot bar someone who has a right to be somewhere just because they hold a camera. Public property is not "private" property. Thank god for that, you freedom hating, boot-licking dunce.

@Rolkey

6 ай бұрын

@robertray3689What makes you think government property preferably open to the public would be classified as private property? If this statement was true then recording yourself at Central Park In NYC would be illegal.

Direct D is a true American patriot

@tontoepstein6860

4 ай бұрын

Violent felons are patriots?

First Amendment audits are not newer cop watches. They differ quite a bit -

Our founding fathers would've subsidized private auditors

@kenkillam2103

3 ай бұрын

They would have been put in the stocks and let the public take picture of THEM.

@jerrysingleton4956

3 күн бұрын

​@@kenkillam2103I see you love taste of the whole boot deep throating it.

Becoming a cop revealed the evil that was inside them.

@pete420

11 ай бұрын

Yes it does

@hsgrain490

10 ай бұрын

Becoming an “auditor” reveals the inner KAREN in you.

@AlexeiTetenov

10 ай бұрын

@@hsgrain490 Everyone's a critic: when you are doing something good, everybody wants to bring you down, and that's something I've been told.

@hsgrain490

10 ай бұрын

@@AlexeiTetenov do you believe everything you’ve been told? ‘Auditors’ only want a payout,aren’t doing any good. They can be criticized as they criticize others. Don’t be stupid, they only show what benefits them.

@AlexeiTetenov

10 ай бұрын

@@hsgrain490 How about pointing out the hypocrisy and criminal behavior that cops get away with? And if cops commit crimes what would be wrong with pointing that out and shaming prosecutors into doing the right thing?!

Why do police fear accountability?

@ConnorReynolds784

7 ай бұрын

Why are you so stupid to believe these clowns pretending to be auditors are trying to create accountability?

Cops need to be watched every second the interact with the public,. I actually think the should be required to wear a bodycam and s voice recording device that the can not turn off while on duty.

You have no rights if you don't know what they are.

Auditors would have no audience or footage if the police respected their rights.

this is only the beginning. it’s seems intrusive rn because the type of cameras being used are not stealthy. but ray-ban smart glasses/GoPros/insta360 go/bodycams will eventually become more affordable and will eventually have streaming capabilities. like imagine a bodycam that streams the feed to a virtual HD or to social media platforms? its only a matter of time until everyone has em. bodycams are for everyone’s safety. they’re here to stay.

@melaniem9433

11 ай бұрын

Yes, and auditors will only get better, like the one Rogue Nation featured yesterday. Just perfect.

@tontoepstein6860

4 ай бұрын

​@@melaniem9433 George Metz was already a convicted felon and a prisoner at the age of 18. Over 30 years later, and he's still committing felonies. Holding him out as an example of anything but a career criminal is absurd. He's worthless.

Remember how mainstream TV pushed those "reality cop" shows? Following the cops around like puppies and praising everything they did? That was OK, but auditing cops is not?

There is no law stating how many feet because you need to hear.

They used the moset cringe worthy clips to explain something completely normal

So this reporter is stating they are trying to chill the first amendment by passing unconstitutional laws as a threat they may use at some later stage like a hidden stick to beat you with

I mean it's simple. If the cops do their jobs there wouldn't be any content to film. What's scary is the abusing still taking place knowing they are being filmed; imagine the conditions of the past with no cameras around to hold cops accountable.

"Explosion of video that really depicts what a police officer's job is like" -More accurate to say an explosion of video that really depicts what a police officer IS

A man who has spent nearly half his adult life in prison, obviously doesn't know the law. For him he's found a legal loophole that allows him to harass, bully, and discredit the police to whom he hates.

@DavidLLambertmobile

10 ай бұрын

Correct, ___ a "popular" 1A guy & video 📹 goon was convicted in GA, felony. He's also been arrested filming kids at schools, child welfare offices, juvenile detention centers. 📂

@CrimsonDeathBed

10 ай бұрын

So you pulling out one bad thing about one auditor, and your description of the events is clearly biased, but you haven’t addressed the problem of corrupt police at all. You’re like one of those people who denies evolution pointing to a missing link. It does nothing to support your argument, even if you were right which you’re not

@robhorne6694

9 ай бұрын

@@CrimsonDeathBedI love this comment and couldn't have written it better Sir. I guess these auditor haters are just fine with the state of police in this country. They're either cops or the white rhino that hasn't had their rights abused yet.

@roobmaxmillion6618

9 ай бұрын

​@robhorne6694 no one has a problem with cop watching. Filming cops in their duties while not causing a disturbance or distraction is legal and appropriate. Walking into a traffic stop or crime scene while filming and then refusing to step back a few feet for everyone's safety in hopes of getting into a confrontation to illicit a negative reaction for clicks and views on KZread is called frauditing. No one is being asked not to film or to go so far that they can't see the interaction. Cameras and phones have the ability to zoom and the technical quality to get everything a true cop watcher would need and the body camera footage is available via FOIA I'd they need another angle.

My husband was practicing his first amendment to record officers and while recording officers, they arrested him because his gun case was in the front on the floorboard and they said that it had to be in the trunk, but California law states that only if your gun is not in a gun case. Is it supposed to be in the trunk. now he still being held in jail with no phone because it dropped when they tried to arrest him and grab him stating that he was going for his gun that was locked in a gun case and all he had on him was his phone was on the passenger side, where she was sitting, and the cop looked into our jeep and seen the gun case locked on the floorboard is my husband in the wrong?

Hell yeah these guys are awesome showing the government that we in charge

The biggest threat to the men in blue......a camera. Cameras now recording blue heroes doing blue hero work everywhere.

For anyone critical of 1st amendment auditors. Do your research. Between 2010-2020, police misconduct resulted in 3.2 BILLION DOLLARS being rewarded to VICTIMS because of that misconduct in lawsuits or settlements. THREE BILLION TAX DOLLARS because they refuse to do their jobs correctly. And most didn’t lose their jobs. Public employees are NOT being held accountable, so citizens decided to do it themselves. They left people no choice! And they STILL, even knowing cameras are on them, blatantly violate citizens rights. It’s no conspiracy theory. Spend a couple of hours watching 1st amendment audits. The simplest of rights, like not having to ID to enter a public building, recording in public, etc etc are being violated. It’s insane that people defend literal criminal behaviour BY COPS and other public employees. And don’t even get me started on qualified immunity. The biggest reason cops willingly violate citizens rights is because they know the lawsuit doesn’t come out of their pocket when they lose. Watch how quickly their knowledge of what’s legal or not legal magically manifests in the brains when they know a 25k or 50k lawsuit has to be paid by them. Just try it for a year or 2. Eliminate QI for 2 years and then we can look at the data and see how much they’ve all of a sudden remembered what they can or can’t do… This isn’t about hating cops, this is about people being held accountable like we all are in any other line of work. And if cops aren’t being held accountable, it’s because politicians aren’t wanting them to be held accountable. So then it’s THEM who have to be scrutinized until THEY do their jobs correctly or they resign or get fired. There’s are many levels to this. Everyone passes the blame down the line.

@MiguelMathewson

11 ай бұрын

I don't care clown

@debanda4504

3 ай бұрын

More tax payers 💰 So our taxes keep going up

Simple..cops think they have more authority than they do and piblic employees act entitled. Democracy 👍👍

Warrants should require a bond and insurance policy for any damage or injury that cops cause.

@kenkillam2103

3 ай бұрын

Or that is caused to them.

@chelsbells8897

2 ай бұрын

Innocent citizens did not sign up for it, they did

If the Police actually followed the law there would be no auditors

@mrbearder6373

5 ай бұрын

There would still be bored people…

@TheeclassicOne

5 ай бұрын

That's right. One can say the corrupt cops and politicians who refuse to change the status quo, created cop watchers/1A auditors. We the People.

Finally, first (1st) Amendment Auditors' stories being told by main media news. A job main media should have been doing as part of their role as "free press" investigations. But because it is not affecting people of influence such as victims that would draw the attention of OTHER MAIN MEDIA platforms, this abuse has gone unreported until community activist took over "Real Media", information impacting the average community folks.

@cherylm9770

6 ай бұрын

That was Direct D. He's Standing Up for All Our Rights 👍🏻

First Amendment Auditors are out there doing God’s work. Hat-Tip to all of them. Thank you for making the public, and cops smarter!!!

First amendment auditors have literally exposed the unconstitutional practices of every police Academy in America… Police officers don’t understand the first amendment, the fourth amendment, the fifth amendment and even sometimes the sixth amendment on a regular basis…. and this has led to a windfall of money earned through legitimate lawsuits… And the side effect of this it’s created KZread stars… Thank you for all you do out there… Hats off to the auditors.😎🇺🇸

It’s grifting 101😂😂😂

After looking at the comments, WP has seen what goes on in the First Amendment Auditing community: there are those who know that govt workers need to learn and honor our rights, and those who will say anything to keep govt workers from having to learn and honor our rights. Which side will WP end up on? I hope we'll see, and soon.

@SpankyMedic7

9 ай бұрын

Is it your right to harass and interfere with officers carrying out their duties? Provoking them to the point of conflict? There are much better ways to share your thoughts about things. Hold a public forum, have the media present if that’s what it takes. But no, frauditors would much rather inject themselves into things that do not have anything to do with them. They become invasive and inflammatory…and then wonder why they get the response that they got.

This sounds just awful. I’m so sorry for everyone involved. I hope things improve for you.

Cameras are good, right?

I don't think all cops are bad because of the actions of a few. I know all cops are 'bad' because all cops, as a condition of their employment, swear to enforce all laws, including laws which are unjust and initiate violence on peaceful people. It's the job they are sworn to do. Pledging to suspend morality and logic in order to unquestioningly impose the will of psychopaths and sociopaths on your fellow man is morally unacceptable. So, yes, all cops are bad, but not because of the actions of a few, there are good people, and there are cops who are otherwise good people, but there are no good cops.

~ Policing the police ~ Let's get involved, folks! Let's support our auditors .......... 💛 📷 🎬 ✍️ 💪 💛

Of course like any good media hit piece, they focus on the worst examples, and give no airtime to the best examples. They also do not focus on the extremely pervasive trend of law enforcement either not knowing and understanding, or not caring about the rights of citizens. If police simply exercise restraint, and recognized the rights of citizens, there would be no point to doing First Amendment audits, they would all be boring.

These auditors do a great job, so much corruption and trampling of people's rights is shown in most of these interactions.

Every part of government needs checks to be balanced. Police have no system to check them when they get out of line. There are just as many criminals working in the public sector as the private sector. Some might even argue that the criminal personality types are more drawn to police work than others. Maybe the mobsters and gangsters haven’t been removed from the streets, they simply got government jobs to make it easier not to get caught.

I’m starting in Pensacola Florida. Crooked law enforcement everywhere here. Accountability is important.

On the gentrification point, we need auditors to observe the zoning board meetings and report when the scam is activated to stop it. very often, these things are set into motion, before the public realizes what is happening. We need to get out in front of it. Neighborhood improvement or development does not need to be gentrification. we need smart planning.

@adoe2305

9 ай бұрын

Define gentrification.

@artstrology

9 ай бұрын

little different for commercial vs residential, but in residential, the idea is to buy the worst home in a bad neighborhood and fix it up, but before you do, buy as many in that same neighborhood as you can. once you fix them all up, each one raises the prices of the others. as this proceeds, and permits are completed, the home values rise and so do the taxes on the other homes where elderly or fixed income people can no longer afford the taxes. The positive aspect is the area sees improvement, but the people who cannot afford the new taxes are forced to sell, and the developers buy them up for half price. Its brutal...for those on fixed income, and bountiful for the investors. That is my definition of gentrification. For the planning and zoning boards, the idea would be to fix the tax rates in certain neighborhoods, so the effects of the improvements are not incentivized to the point of snowballing. Make sure the long term residents are not forced out by higher taxes. The idea is to allow the development, but not incentivize it. And be careful where the commercial permits are approved that may affect this as well. But that is a bit more complicated.@@adoe2305

@chasen3661

7 ай бұрын

@artstrology. This is so true especially in Hawaii where our cost of living is already high and new developers are just coming in and doing exactly what you described. We are desperately in need for better planning. People ask why we are having more homelessness, the answer is in our new neighborhoods. Such a shame.

@artstrology

7 ай бұрын

Diversity or the concept of it, is very willing to include every type of person except the poor, or people who do not crave massive wealth. If everyone knew the correct time, this would be avoided. If a person simply wants to have a simple life, and not constantly be chasing more more more, then they are considered insane. The key is to have proper representation on the planning boards of diverse income brackets. This , however, makes rich people very nervous. It is amazing how nervous they get, even though they all have pools and yachts they hardly ever use. The waste factor is off the charts, while good people are forced out of their homes.@@chasen3661

Are the First Amendment Auditors going to be checking on the elections?

Can't you be a watcher without trying to bait them? What if the police didn't care you were recording? You would try to provoke a reaction.

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs, is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato Freedom is not given by people calling themselves government, it is given to us all at birth in this country.

@trorisk

Ай бұрын

"As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather serve with their money than with their persons, the State is not far from its fall. When it is necessary to march out to war, they pay troops and stay at home: when it is necessary to meet in council, they name deputies and stay at home. By reason of idleness and money, they end by having soldiers to enslave their country and representatives to sell it. It is through the hustle of commerce and the arts, through the greedy self-interest of profit, and through softness and love of amenities that personal services are replaced by money payments. Men surrender a part of their profits in order to have time to increase them at leisure. Make gifts of money, and you will not be long without chains. The word finance is a slavish word, unknown in the city-state. In a country that is truly free, the citizens do everything with their own arms and nothing by means of money; so far from paying to be exempted from their duties, they would even pay for the privilege of fulfilling them themselves. I am far from taking the common view: I hold enforced labour to be less opposed to liberty than taxes." The Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I wouldn't use the word stars. I would use the word grifters.

Right on, D!

The pros and cons of everyone having a camera and thinking they’re lower-g gods.

Not all heroes wear capes, thank you for holding people accountable for their actions

If you don't know Direct D ..You live under a rock👌

Victims of cops stealing their time should be compensated at 2x the pay is everyone involved in the stop, including the dispatchers plus the hourly cost of all of the equipment used. There should be a minimum reimbursement fee of 10x the cost of the minimum wage.

what lawyers do you use, I have a case but lawyers around here won't take the case. Small town good ole boy system. any help appreciated.

I think the tittle of this video meant to say “how first amendment auditors become millionaires “

@helifynoe9930

10 ай бұрын

See - Jim Carrey - In Living Color - Police Academy This is from 31 years ago.

Badges and guns don't come with the authority to ignore the Constitution, they come with the responsibility to protect it. -Assistant Special Agent in Charge Chris MacRae with the FBI in Atlanta after the sentencing of Clayton County, Georgia Sheriff Victor Hill on 14-MAR-2023.

Christopher Ruff. AKA Direct D

@tontoepstein6860

4 ай бұрын

His print story was indeed terribly researched and terribly written, but this is a different Christopher Ruff.

freedom rules,, tyrants drool

@frauditorfollies

11 ай бұрын

The first amendment auditors ARE bigger tyrants than cops, so what the frauditor says or be punished!

He is a citizen journalist. The law says so. I know you went to college so you can be more eloquent, but he's a citizen and in this country we have a free press. Auditors can be ill-informed, but I won't mention Sari Horwitz when I talk about your job. You surely know that Bay Area Transparency, Amagansett Press, and Long Island Audit are doing admirable work. Many corrupt officials have been fired due to their courageous work. Have you done anything that relevant or important? How much courage do you have to muster up when you go to work? I also noticed you didn't even mention the terms "accountability" or "transparency," which are the most fundamental concepts for auditors. You also threw the tired putting cameras "in their face" trope. Police universally believe they can walk up to someone quietly recording from a safe distance and escalate the encounter into an excuse to detain, arrest and assault law-abiding citizens. Finally, only a clumsy, deceitful "journalist" betrays his bias by using the term "his ilk" or "so-called citizen-journalists," when describing the subjects of his story. Is that what they teach you in J-school? Given your misinformation, hostile tone and your failure to even mention pertinent auditing goals and concepts, maybe I should bring up Sari Horwitz after all.

@tontoepstein6860

4 ай бұрын

Actual journalists report news, they don't make it.

“Journalist”😂 Felons with cameras is more accurate.

@user-ge3hj3yn9r

5 ай бұрын

Why are they felons? They haven't broken any laws. A couple months ago a Houston station broke a story in a small town that had corrupt law enforcement from the chief of police down. Were they felons too? If not why not? Or are you a lefty loonie with double standards?

@Rolkey

5 ай бұрын

Ironic coming from someone with a mugshot as their pfp

@ChrisReitersEDPillsElBey

5 ай бұрын

@@Rolkey lmao yep you got me. Thats my mug shot.

This is so needed..police are a bunch of thugs and are out of control.

0:13 The future of America in one shot.

I would not want any of those people content vulturing me getting arrested and f-ing with cops while I’m getting arrested.

For all the people that say they are trouble makers,get stopped and railroaded into a ticket or rights violatied. If you don't have rights you might as well not be free.

@tontoepstein6860

4 ай бұрын

Who other than a criminal puts themselves in that position in the first place? Ruff's story was just terrible, particularly since he was years late to the party and cop-watching is now an endangered species. It has since morphed into building invasions and harassment and menacing of whomever they can harass and menace. We're WAY past the George Floyd thing, that actually had some basis and function and foundation. Not anymore. Now it's just put your criminal conduct on video and monetize it and pander to the uneducated masses.

I used to support the thin blue line until I came across channels such as "Audit the Audit" and "Lackluster." It was pretty eye opening. Im amazed how many officers don't understand the laws they are trying to enforce

wights gonna wight, blews gonna blue: acab

I’ve never understood why for cops safety that they need 8 feet but the majority of gun owners are accurate up to 10 yards which is 30 feet so what is it protecting?

How are citizens exercising their rights 'antagonistic'? Get the boot out of your mouth

Subpar piece. Do better. We count on you.

Could have been worse given it’s the Washington post, but still a slanted POV of what auditors goals are which is to improve policing in America and protect rights.

@SpankyMedic7

9 ай бұрын

Is it really? Is it to really improve things? Or is it just a platform on which to build frivolous lawsuits and complaints in an attempt to ruin cops’ careers? There is ALWAYS two sides to every story, but no one ever wants to look at the other side.

@rustynoodle853

9 ай бұрын

@@SpankyMedic7 this statement implies that people’s constitutional rights being violated by police is frivolous.

If the police were actually following the law, auditors of them wouldn't be needed.

@nerdygamerguy8378

8 ай бұрын

So the first amendment says you can harass anyone?

@PunkrockNoir-ss2pq

7 ай бұрын

You can actually read it online @@nerdygamerguy8378

@deeremies2266

3 ай бұрын

@@nerdygamerguy8378 yes

Love auditors expose evil

did not see all of the rights violations that costs TAXPAYERS up to a Billion dollars as caught on camera