this first amendment auditor knew his rights but this officer seemed determined to push boundaries demanding ID and even threatening arrest over an ordinance that appeared to conflict with constitutional protections instead of backing down he confidently challenged every claim standing firm on his rights and by the end the officer had no choice but to walk away leaving behind a classic Walk of Shame I'm all right how are you sir okay what's going on uh going ask you the same thing uh why because our HR manager called you're out here asking people for money I'm hard hearing
can I can you speak up you're H our HR manager in the building here colon said you're asking people for money out here who is the HR what's their name JD JD that's uh is that what they said yeah they said there's a mail on the front steps with a sign asking people for money okay are we asking people for money or I'm not answering any questions okay see your nope yes sir I'm engaged in Constitution prot Ed activity sir and you're also being investigator for potential city ordinance violations I'm engaged in constitutionally protected activity
what's your name and badge number it's William Holman is 309 okay my name is Jeff giving you my name you need to give my name is Jeff and this is freedom of speech freedom of religion understand that and freedom of assembly on a traditional public form understand I am not asking for money okay that's what I'm investing well you all you have is hearsay I say I'm not HR manager says I am so that's called an inv ination okay we'll go investigate right now I'm talking to you I am investig let's make it clear I'm
engaged in Constitution protected activities wait just let me finish what I'm saying I'm engaged in a constitutionally protected activity safeguarded by the First Amendment freedom of speech freedom of religion freedom of assembly on public property do you understand that I understand what the first you're not getting my ID give me your ID you're not getting my ID I'm not asking it doesn't matter if you're asking or not I'm engaged in con find disobeying the law you don't get ID for a constitutionally protected activity sir okay hey you have JD step out and I'll let you
know I'm not going to resist if you arrest me but you're making a big mistake if you are I've already told you I'm not panhandling and that's what I'm trying to figure out I'm not panhandling I don't know why yall got to do all this constitutional crap make stuff so difficult constitutional crap yeah y'all y y y'all try to hang on this what y'all try to do is do stuff like this to try to get a reaction so you can try to get a reaction with a God bless the homeless veteran sign doing this you
know what I'm doing get back in your car and have a nice day as soon as JD comes out and tells me he didn't hear you ask for money I will it doesn't matter what JD JD says that he heard you ask for money and he's willing to write a statement you're going to go to jail for let's go to jail let's do it I want to talk to JD first let's do it I'm just telling you hook me up for freedom of speech freedom of religion you've already been put on notice that you're in
viol you're going to I'm I'm exercising a constitution protected right and you've also been put on notice that a JD who is an employee of this city is willing to write a statement that says you were pan handling I'm going to put you in well then JD will be his qualified immunity to be in Jeopardy too what was your last JD call or TR all right let's just go ahead and start recording that's fine I've been recording since the fire p all video I'm engaged the Constitution protected activity safeguarded by the First Amendment God bless
freedom of speech God bless freedom of religion God bless freedom of assembly on public property just want you to know the other side of your statement is absolutely incorrect the other side ping is is a crime all right if I panh handle frontting you will you arrest me I absolutely okay the next person comes by the next person that comes by I will ask them for money that's fine you're welcome to do so just you will be placed I haven't done so to this point but I might do so I haven't said you had I
told you what I've been told handh handling is a constitutionally protected activity it's a it is fre yes it is it's a violation of city ordinance freed you're going to go to freedom of speech no it's not all right I'm putting you on notice I'm going to Panhandle it's freedom of speech and I'm putting you on notice that when you do you will be arrested okay listen standing here with a sign of saying God bless the homeless V you're absolutely right hand handh handling is a is a freedom of speech as well of it's a
VI are you are you in contempt to court right now are you in contempt Court how can I be in contempt because the courts have said that panhandling is a freedom of speech issue it's a freedom of speech if that was the case then it wouldn't be on our books as yes it would that's why the courts have done it that's why the courts have had to rule on this have step down handh handling is not a crime it is matter of fact it's not only not a crime it's a constitutionally protected activity safeguarded by
the in the constitution does it say you can pay freedom of speech that's not freedom of speech freedom of Association it's not no it's not according to his nowhere in the First Amendment does it say you can Panhandle without rep it says that I can I can talk to people doesn't it it does but the city ordinance for soliciting arms and contributions also says that you can't ask people that's a Content based restriction that's a Content based restriction J's on the way down you have the right to face your accuser that's in the show that
he got a ticket for the DAT of Earth 19936 11 19936 people have offered me money I haven't taken it pan handling is a first member protector right no it's not JD p handling is a is freedom of speech so even if he arrested me for panh handling it would be a violation of my rights and I would be suing you guys all right that's your option to do so pan handling is a violation of the law I can give you the code section if you want to C that's fine your code section doesn't override
the United States Constitution the freedom of First Amendment to the United States Constitution as as long as he's not asking for money he's not standing there with the sign right no ISS that we just got handan handling is first protect activity freedom of speech well I'm just going to correct you every time you say it I'll leave at 5:00 since it closes at five but we just had a complain of somebody that was look like a p Handler so that's that's why this all happen so I'm sorry but and I told you I was an
investigator did I not yes and I told you I was going to call J and ask him what he heard right and have I not done that yeah I bet you were threatening to put me in jail for not giving ID well technically you're no I'm not no I'm not you want to try that we can go we can go that route too but I'm not going to give you the reaction you're looking my reaction the reaction I'm looking for is the reaction I'm looking for with the God bless the homeless vetom sign is just
people just to leave me alone that's all listen you got to understand people call us and alleged that a crime has committed we come and investigate it's called an investigative process literally what they pay us to do well pan handling is not a crime angor even if I was pan handling it is not a crime that's your opinion no it's not it's the Court's opinion it's a federal Court's opinion anyway have a good day we're done all right you too yeah I just I wanted to hear so even if I asked JD if I asked
you for money would I go to jail right now no you're not going to get okay jie can I have some money I'm H I'm Notting I'm not good you shouldn't be because it's a freedom of speech thing no it's not violation ordinance you're walking away and getting in your car because you know better you got you got a smartphone look out called you know better you're getting in your car and you're leaving because you know better contrib you don't want to go that route you don't want to be deposed you don't want to go
to federal court in the end the officer left without making an arrest proving that when you know your rights you can stand up to pressure and avoid unnecessary trouble encounters like this highlight the importance of transparency accountability and the power of recording public officials if you found this video informative make sure to support the channel like share and subscribe to help spread awareness and remember always record the police
