I Exposed Scammers in NYC! *attacked*

Wild card. I choose red. >> Anything.

>> Okay. I think I have something. Uno.

Reverse. >> What's your name? What's your name?

What's your name? >> My face. Don't touch our [ __ ] [ __ ] Please.

>> You You scammed them. They're They're trying to charge you per minute. >> That's a scam.

>> That's [ __ ] That's police. >> Come. I have a long range weapon now.

You got a license to be here. >> You got a license to keep yapping or what? >> Stupid [ __ ] You're going to knock me the out for what?

>> Following people. >> Don't do it, buddy. Not worth going back.

>> Welcome to New York, the city of hustlers and scammers. But what is the difference between an honest hustler trying to make a buck and a filthy scammer finessing naive tourists trying to enjoy their one week off of work? As I walked to Time Square, I accidentally stumbled upon a rather creative scam that relies upon you being an apologetic little [ __ ] Buy one.

>> Maybe. I'm just taking a look. I like that Scarface one.

>> All right. Oh, no. Not photo.

>> Okay. Okay. >> You did the photo.

You charge money. >> Oh, okay. Well, >> can you delete it?

>> I see. I didn't see it. I didn't see it.

>> Can you delete it? >> I'm not going to delete it, but I get it. >> You want to buy it?

>> No, no, no. I mean, I get what you're saying. I'm just not going to go into my phone right now as a principle.

>> No. Well, you have to delete it. >> Delete it, please.

It's fine. >> Get away from effort. >> We're in public.

>> Yeah. Public. Public.

This public? >> Yeah, >> this public. No, this is you.

>> This is We're in the United States of America. >> This one? No.

>> Yes, we're we're literally in public. >> Ma'am, you look like [ __ ] >> I look like [ __ ] >> Yeah. >> All right.

Bye-bye. That old granny ass [ __ ] was trying to throw hands. >> And then I found this 100% legit Apple authorized reseller selling 100% real Apple products on the corner of the street.

The the Pro like sound cancelling. >> Are they real? >> Can I hold them?

>> They're like legit though. Take you. >> Yeah.

>> How much? >> 100. >> That's price.

All right, guys. Apple one. >> They're not like stolen or anything.

I'm not going to get like arrested for buying these or anything. They're not like stolen serial number or anything. >> No, I'm just asking.

>> Yeah, sorry. 200. >> 200 now?

>> Yes, sir. Yeah. >> Damn.

Apple. Oh, is it? >> Yeah.

>> Is it legit? >> Yeah. >> How much?

>> 100. >> 100? >> Yeah, it's 200 in the store from Apple.

We sell half. >> Can I see it back? >> Yeah.

Yeah. We sell the half price. One thing you have like a sample box that's open.

>> No, I only have new new. You can open it if you want. >> Are you going to charge me if I open it?

>> Oh, you you want to buy? >> Well, maybe, but I want to know if they're real. >> Very real.

Look it. >> It looks kind of real. How'd you get it so cheap?

>> Yeah. Half price. They buy for the credit card.

You know, some people they >> I see. I see. >> They give people like five piece, three piece, you know.

>> Sure. Sure. >> And I mean, if they're fake, we can negotiate maybe a different price.

>> Give me 140. No problem. new take your money.

No problem. >> Do you have like a sample that I could see >> from us? Yeah.

You take it up in your country. No problem. >> What?

I'm just trying to figure out if they're legit. That's what I'm saying. >> Are they like real?

That's what I'm saying. >> Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. >> You have like receipt from Apple store. >> Let's try to connect.

>> You can connect it. No problem. >> All right.

Let's see. Let's see. >> They're not showing up.

They'd show up as AirPods if they were legit >> because you you don't connect it for the ball. You know, sometime they connect it for the for this one. This m >> Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. >> You see here?

>> I'm a little bit sused out. I feel like it's too good to be true. You feel me?

I'm like, >> "Oh, bro. It's a good price. " No.

80. 80. >> But why so cheap?

Why so cheap, >> bro? I told you, bro. >> But where you get them?

Where you get them? >> From Apple. >> You get them from Apple?

>> Yeah, man. Not me. >> Who gets them from Apple?

>> The only people, bro. I can't talk to you. That's it, bro.

You want to buy >> 100 bucks? 100 bucks. I'm trying to make sure it's legit.

That's what I'm saying, bro. It's not your business, man. If you want to buy, buy.

That's it. >> I'm probably going to skip I'm probably going to skip them, man. Now I'm like, >> how much you want to give me, >> man?

But where where did you get them? That's my question. >> Okay, go ahead.

Go ahead. Get the out of here. Get the [ __ ] out of here, bro.

>> Damn. >> Get the out of here. >> Why you being like that then?

>> Out of here, >> my boy. Um, I just want to know where Whoa. Whoa.

>> Don't spit at me, though. Oh, we're good. Uh, you guys in the market for some AirPods?

>> We got no money. >> I'm kidding. Oh [ __ ] Oh [ __ ] I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry. He's coming at me. >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

For your time. Wild card. >> I choose red.

[ __ ] >> All right, we got to go. >> You guys raising money for gun violence. >> Racism.

Gun violence. >> Racism. >> Racism, too.

You guys raising money. >> I got donation then. >> Uno.

Reverse. Oh, plus four. Plus four.

How much does it cost to stop racism? >> How much? >> Yeah.

>> [ __ ] Be a couple million dollars, man. >> What is the hustle we're out here doing today? >> Uh my music >> for the donations.

>> Yeah, just my music, though. I I promote my music. This how I promote my music, you know.

>> Okay, fair. >> Turn, man. You know, >> you don't have to donate, but you could.

>> You don't got to donate nothing. >> Okay. Low key.

>> Yeah. >> You pretty chill. >> I be I s in and out of jail since I was 18.

Violin Pota piss couldn't stay clean. Sister Young and in this game trying to make green strapped over gun silencers and beams. >> What are some of the hustles and scams we should look out for out here in New York City?

>> Is it for free? >> Donation. Donation.

>> Oh, it's money. >> Kennedy. Kennedy.

>> Okay. I have something for you. >> Oh, peace.

Donation. Donation. >> Wait, are you a monk?

>> You're a monk? Yes. >> Are you a monk?

Okay, I'll put my name. >> Peace. Yeah.

Are the US? >> Yeah, it's US. Love.

Love. >> I mean, I want love. >> Peace and love.

>> Peace and love. Okay. >> Yeah.

Anything. Donation. Yes.

>> Oh, it's Oh, you're giving me for free. >> Yeah. Donation.

Donation. Anything. >> Okay.

I'm sorry. >> Uno. Reverse.

>> Okay. Thank you. I have a question though for monk.

Is it against monk Buddhist order to take money? >> After getting reverse unoed, he continued on in the legacy of the enlightened Buddha and began to successfully collect donations to support his temple back home. >> I shall see where he goes.

>> So, I told my cameraman Pasha to gangstalk him with a camera and to see what this monk's daily scam routine looked like. His smile soon faded to rage. And he truly hated the camera.

Okay. Hello. >> Okay.

>> Hey, don't touch my [ __ ] Jimmy, [ __ ] you. >> Hey, [ __ ] you. You >> We're just curious where the monk goes, where he scams, who he scams.

>> As we followed him around for a while as a public shaming ritual, he stopped asking for donations and fled underground all the way down to the subway. >> Where does the monk go? Ka.

Okay. >> Okay. But no more scams.

>> Yes. >> No more scams. Okay.

>> No more scamming. >> Okay. >> No more scamming.

No more picture. >> No pictures. >> Okay.

Give me a hug then. >> How are you? >> All right.

We're good. We made a truce, I guess, for now. He shouldn't be asking for money for bracelets.

He is a scammer, but I kind of like him. I kind of like him. I'll be honest.

So, >> after stalking the monk into submission, I began hunting for the notorious bike scam where they charge you anywhere from $7 to $10 per minute. And you wouldn't know this unless you looked at the fine print of their often hidden signs. They also emotionally guilt trip you into believing they're pedalling their asses off when in reality their motorized bikes don't even require you to pedal them.

>> Let's see if the biker homies will disclose their price up front. >> How much to go to like uh the park? >> Our price is here.

Check the price >> right here. 9 bucks a minute. >> Yeah.

>> Bam. >> Do you want me to give you a tour in Central Park or No. >> Um yeah, I guess.

>> Okay. I can do it 1 hour tour and then I can do it 150. It's fine >> for $150.

Got to be honest. I'm >> like, "Oh, damn. That's a good grind you guys got going here.

This is a good business model. " How much you guys make a day? Like two grand sometimes.

>> It's badass. You guys hiring? >> No.

>> Oh, god. >> And I stumbled upon these two women who just finished what they thought was a $9 ride. How much?

How much is it? >> This is $9 per minute here. >> But it was a 9minute ride, right?

>> Yeah. Yeah. Nine.

>> So it's $73 total. >> Oh, you guys owe him $73? >> No.

>> Yeah. Oh, you you you scammed them. They're they're trying to charge you per minute.

>> Per minute. >> That's a scam. >> You scammed them.

You scammed them. >> Did you tell them? >> One second.

Just here. >> They're trying to charge them $9 a minute. $72 total.

They thought they were getting the ride for 9 minutes. So, he's trying to charge you. Just here.

How much? You finessed them. >> One second.

>> You finessed them. >> Just here. Yeah.

>> Um, if you believe he's scamming you, you can just walk away cuz you're getting nervous now. And I'm I'm like, are you a scammer? >> How much pain just here?

What happened this? >> We're doing a video on scammers in New York City. >> Just what happened?

>> And I think you're scamming. >> No, no, no, no, no. >> Cuz they didn't know.

They take, take two feet back. >> No, no, no. Strip.

I'm just watching. Just watch. >> What the?

Just wait. Don't get crazy. >> That's [ __ ] That's police money.

>> Come, come. I have a long range weapon now. You're scamming these poor ladies and you know it.

You're scamming them. This is blood money. He's going to hit the camera.

This is blood money. Give him 10 bucks. He'll be fine.

It's a motorized bike. He didn't even pedal. >> They clearly didn't know.

They clearly didn't know. >> They escaped. They only paid 10 bucks.

Thank god. Don't take these bike rides. If you do negotiate the price beforehand.

This is some [ __ ] though. How much my boy? >> I saw everything.

I understand what kind of what's happened over there. I think that he's trying to trick with you like you know he didn't explain. Maybe >> they clearly didn't know they're paying 9.

>> I understand what's going >> Do you tell people what they're paying per minute? >> Oh yeah. >> Okay.

So that's transparency. >> Yeah, that's a transparency. >> I think he didn't tell them though and they were confused.

>> And I think that's a little slimy >> and kind of like you know surprise. Nobody like right now. >> Nobody likes surprise.

Everyone's poor. Everyone's trying to make it. >> I mean, you have to play the game, so it clean.

He's definitely >> He knows they're getting finessed out here. >> They didn't know they were paying $72 total. They thought it was $9 total and then they were told it was per minute.

>> Yeah, it's on the side. >> Okay, so they're good because they have the signs, right? >> So, it's like buyer beware.

If you don't read the sign, you get [ __ ] >> On the side. >> Thank you. Ah, okay.

What if you don't speak English, though? It's a good question. If someone was like, I don't have the money to pay for this.

I didn't see the per minute or I only speak Spanish. >> Oh, then you call 911. We'll come and tax you.

>> Okay, I heard. Okay, call the cops if you're about to get buck by a scammer. Let's go see per minute costs for a taxi.

Taxi, how much do you charge per minute? >> $5. >> $5 a minute.

Okay, thank you. That's nearly half the price of what these taxi bike scammers are trying to finesse you on. And they're in a cab.

After fooling with these [ __ ] it was time to confront the most notorious and dangerous scammers in the city, the Statue of Liberty fairy scammers. Upon entering Battery Park, on your way to the one and only official ferry to the Statue of Liberty, you'll immediately be swarmed by hordes of face tatted thugs in brightcolored vests trying to sell you a fairy ride. The only catch is they often charge you double the city's price, only take you around the Statue of Liberty and not on it, while telling customers the city's cruise takes 4 hours, while theirs only takes two.

They're known to overcharge customers credit cards, tell people they're hired by the city and that the official city ferry is closed, block off the pathway, allowing you to buy a ticket from the city, and are notorious for using intimidation, aggression, and violence into selling tickets for double the city's price, only to shove you into a line for a bus that then takes you to a line for a crappy, overcrowded boat that ultimately takes you four plus hours to boat around the Statue of Liberty. Some of these reviews are insane, but after recent news coverage, they've gotten smarter and make sure to tell you they can only take you around the island, but they still employ many of their shady, illegal, aggressive, and manipulative tactics on unsuspecting, and often foreign tourists. The city even put up a sign to warn tourists of these scammers, but gave up after the scammer thugs apparently destroyed them.

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Thanks for news. back to New York. >> Hi.

>> What is it? >> So, this is um the 1 hour 15 minutes tour. >> Okay.

Is it um to get to Statue of Liberty? >> So, you see um where the bus is. >> Yeah.

>> Once you get the ticket, you get access to a free shutter bus. This shutter bus take you to the boat and takes you on the tour for 1 hour for 3 minutes. It takes you to statue broken reach and around here.

>> Okay. Can you show me a little bit more? They claim theirs is only 2 hours long while the city's takes 4 hours long and offer this free shuttle as some sort of false perk.

Is it cheaper then? >> No. On the island is cheap.

It's 3250 online. >> You're not going inside. You be walking around.

You do 3 hours. It cost 3250. If you do the 1 hour, cost 49.

Cost more. I do 1 hour cuz you're going to see more. >> It cost more to do.

But you see more stuff. The path is bigger. Okay.

And you guys are like legit like the city salesman people or >> Yeah, we are. Everybody's legit here, my brother. >> Don't you want to do the 1 hour espresso?

You want to get off on the bed? >> You tell me. >> Go straight to Will Co.

You then you take him into the water. I'm not taking nothing. She will buy his ticket.

>> Damn. She's got attitude. >> Yeah, I do.

And I also know the setup. He don't >> the setup. >> She tweaking.

She geeking. >> Okay. Damn.

All right. Well, [ __ ] He's doing the bus stuff. Is this the ferry?

>> Talk to one of them. I don't I don't work with >> Oh, you're not a ticket agent. >> What are you out here doing?

A documentary or something? You keep asking everybody the same questions around and around and around like you're asking everything the same question >> cuz I'm trying to get a good price. >> Just recording people and doing what you're doing and just please have a good day.

>> All right, my man. Good to meet you though. >> Doing our job.

Have a good day. >> Okay. >> You want to get off the boat?

You go that way. Okay. >> And that's free.

>> Free ferry go free. >> 18 different >> I'm price hunting. I'm poor.

Damn. I'm chilling. I'm I'm walking here.

Damn. >> Trying to get paid off us. We don't want to give a view on your Tik Tok, >> huh?

>> We don't want to give you comments for your Tik Tok. Go find someone else to play with. >> Red and blue.

Are you guys the same same team? >> The same people, different different teams. >> And that's the city or what?

>> We work for the city. Yeah. We So, we're contracted by the city to be able to sell these tickets >> because the city contractors, >> right?

Basically. Yeah. So, we get Okay, cool.

And then we get, you know, we get the contracts from the cities and these companies and then they provide us with the machines and everything. That's how we do it. >> Like, what you mean?

Like we're not official. We don't work >> like city city I guess officials. >> We don't like we don't work for government or stuff like we have a boat that goes around the >> station.

All right. And you guys give like different prices. >> Yeah, there's a discount.

It depends. >> But why the hell would anyone pay double the price to go on a ferry that doesn't even take them on the Statue of Liberty Island? >> You do technically get a product for what you paid for, but they put you on a bus to New Jersey, put you on a rickety boat that goes a circle on the Hudson.

>> Oh, okay. And they charge you like $100 a person. >> And is that ferry like a a yacht like they say it is?

>> It's not a yacht. It's like this long thing with like an upper deck and it's kind of rusty. >> And what would be the price of like the the legit admission right here?

>> Uh $25. 50. >> They're like 30 40 50 60.

>> Well, they're instructed to lie. >> Okay. So, don't buy from them.

>> They're pretty pushy, though. >> Yeah. They they put a visitor in a headlock the other day.

>> What did the visitor do? >> Refused to like >> to buy the ticket. Yeah.

>> They try to stop people from entering Battery Park. There's only three entrances to the park and they control two of them. >> So, they kind of control like the choke points, right?

>> Yeah. Because our jurisdiction only extends this far, like to the dock and then to the island. >> Why don't you put these signs like all the way out there?

>> Uh cuz then they uh they rip them apart. >> Oh, they destroy them. >> Yeah.

The cities put signs out too, but they take them down. Because we're the feds right now, our budget for signs uh has been removed. It is zero right now.

So would you say some of them are scams or they're all more or less a scam by virtue of like lying through omission or? >> Some of them are straight up scams as in they are illegal. Some of them are intentionally misleading but technically legitimate businesses.

The last I heard at least the one that take New Jersey they don't really get you close to the statue. They just go up and down the Hudson around Midtown. It's 25 minutes.

There's a ferry every 25 minutes. >> Oh, so I wouldn't be stuck on there for 4 hours like they say. >> No, we don't talk.

>> Oh, so they're straight bullshitting on that end, too? >> Yes. Like that's their main selling point is speed.

See, I'm I'm trying to figure out why so many people are getting on the bus then. It doesn't even make any sense to double the price. >> Less critical thinking than is >> okay.

Every >> Okay, now I'm pissed. >> Fairies every >> Now Now I'm pissed. They've lied to me.

You get stuck there for 4 hours? >> You can't like take a ferry every 30 minutes off? >> No.

So if I get that one, I'm stuck for 4 hours. >> Yes. >> I cannot leave.

I >> like I have more idea on this one. >> On this one cuz you don't work for that one. But with cops everywhere, why does the city let these scammers set up shop and illegally sell their ferry experience everywhere outside the park?

>> Are those guys scammers out there? >> Semantics. I can't say all of them are scammers, but they're not supposed to be selling on parks property without the proper permit.

Some of them have vendor's license, but it's not for parks property. There is they are providing a service, but then >> some of them do bend the truth a little bit. Yeah, >> some of them do scam me.

>> Gray area of like some of them are finessers, some of them are not. >> Some of them are legit selling you that service that you're looking for, which is rolling around, but some of them are >> they're allowed to be on >> like they can walk around. >> I see.

They can't sell. >> But they do. >> Yeah.

That's why we >> That's why we >> I see. Okay. If I if I joke around with them, be like, "Hey, yo, you a scammer or what?

Will they will they throw hands? " >> I wouldn't. >> You wouldn't do that?

>> No. Why? Why would you?

>> You know, just check them. I don't like to insight for no reason. Like I understand.

>> Well, insight is uh it was time to restore harmony to the park. >> Show you got team purple right there. You got team red, team blue all the way over there.

Warning >> actually angle it the other way. >> Yeah, please. Like this >> one side.

And it says it on the on the back. >> Yeah. Yeah.

>> Yeah. So this way as well. So when they come >> Interestingly, as soon as the camera and scam sign popped up, some of them began advertising my sign.

this side. >> Mind you, this is like Apple referring their customers to Samsung. Why would they do this?

Well, I'll let you be the judge of that. But I got curious to know how long could these guys keep up their nice guy act. But real quick, >> I'd be like, go on down the road, you [ __ ] If you want to support our boots on the ground independent journalism that is not bought and paid for by corporate interests along with exclusive DLC content that YouTube won't let me upload and uncensored early access to all my videos before they go up on YouTube.

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>> No, no, no. We're just doing a little PSA, a little public awareness. >> Just uh put it back when you're done with it.

All right. >> That's not awesome. That's not telling you.

No. >> Who Who put the signs up? Who put the signs up?

>> The people that own this property. That's their property. >> That's the federal government.

>> That's their property. >> The feds just made this up. The feds made it up.

>> Obviously, >> the feds made it up. >> Obviously. All right.

>> Nothing. We would be in jail. >> Half the guys with a little bit.

We're always >> I'm a grower on a shower. I'll be honest. But fair enough.

Um here's the thing though. Half these guys were telling me they worked for the city yesterday. They don't.

And that's not the same. >> Nobody want >> some of those purple sweats. >> Go down there.

>> Oh, so you guys are a different faction. >> Different faction. >> Hey.

Hey. He's moving the sign. Where you going to take the sign, my boy?

Where you taking the sign, my boy? I'm going to bring it back. Why you moving the sign if it's not revealing anything?

I'm confused. Why, though? Why?

Why? Nah, we're bringing it back. We're bringing it back.

If it's not revealing anything, I'm bringing it back. They strategically chokeold the only place you can walk. You come straight off the subway.

They're here. Straight out of that subway, they're there. Straight out that subway, they're there.

They chokeold the whole environment. They don't want you to read the sign. >> I'm telling you sign.

>> You were moving the sign. It >> don't make no sense. >> Okay, then let it be.

Then let it be. >> You're promoting. >> I'm not promoting dumb.

You're scamming. >> You saying we're scamming. That means it's a fake boat, a fake ticket.

It's not real. >> All right. Gener.

There are some scammers out here. >> Stop lying. Line is a false advert.

>> So the federal government put up false advertisement about a scam. >> They moved it to the back. >> No, no, no.

They told me they put it to the back cuz you guys kept destroying them. >> Get a body. >> Uh here's here's my question though.

If this sign is inaccurate, why is it a problem that it's there? >> No, I have no problem with >> Okay, so we're cool. >> So, look.

Yeah. What I was saying is I was trying to tell you to actually put it uh that way so that the people that are coming that way can see it and everybody can see it as well. I don't care.

>> Okay. Respect. Read the sign.

Now they're forced to acknowledge the truth. Go over there. It's half the price and you can get on and off every 30 minutes.

>> Yeah. Go over there. Keep walking that way.

All the way over there. You can get the official ticket online. You don't have to buy from them.

>> Just take the YouTube channel and leave it open. >> Why are you tweaking though if this isn't the truth? >> Go suck dick.

Come on now. It's not fully illegitimate, per se, but there's an official means to get on the island if you guys are trying to get on the island. >> How you doing, man?

Appreciate you, bro. >> Say he's going to find out everything about you. >> Find Come find my address, I guess.

Just capture the screen. Then why would you need to find out everything about me? Has nothing to do with being black?

You're crazy, bro. Black, white, brown, orange. Has nothing to do with color.

When someone says, "I'm going to find out everything about you," it implies a little bit of a a murderous or violent intent in my opinion. Are you guys legal ticket vendors? You guys are legal ticket vendors.

Okay, then it doesn't apply to you, right? So, you can get it for half price over there through the official vendor. >> Okay, we got that force honesty now.

I like it. >> That's why I got your man right here, man. I got your man right here.

Got me on stall. I want to be famous. You can get on and off and be trolley over there.

Don't touch me. Don't touch me. Don't touch me.

Don't touch me. >> You see you touching me, right? Don't interrupt me while I'm doing Don't interrupt.

Don't touch me. >> The last time I'm going to tell you. >> What are you going to do?

>> Last time I'm going to touch cuz I'm going to do my job right and I'm going to do it right here in front of you on your YouTube channel. You telling the truth, but you want to get views off of this [ __ ] >> Don't touch the sign. He says, um, if I interrupt him again, he's going to do some.

So, I just want to let you know I'm not touching the guy. All right. Read the sign.

Read the sign. >> Read the sign. >> Read the sign.

There we go. >> Read the sign. >> Read the sign.

It shouldn't make them so upset. >> Read the sign. >> Read the sign.

>> There we go. He's joining in. This is good.

>> Bro, fake. >> What's fake about me? What's fake about me?

>> Fake. Fake. >> What's fake?

>> Gay dude following you around. >> Ouch. >> Work here?

>> No, I don't work here. This is a sign made by the federal government. You go all the way over there, you can get your ticket for 25 bucks.

Apparently, there's a ferry on and off every 2530 minutes. Half the price of these guys. You don't have to buy from them if you want to go out into the Statue of Liberty.

>> What's up, girl? >> Yeah, he act like he was going to buy a ticket. What are you doing?

>> I'm raising a little public awareness, but they're in on it now. We're making friends out here. So, we're just holding a sign out here, chilling.

If it doesn't apply to you, it doesn't apply to you. You know what I mean? >> What about those who don't want to go on the island?

>> I'm asking. >> Oh, no. That's a valid question.

I think everyone No, no, 100%. Everyone has full authority to spend their money however they want. >> So, can I ask you how long you been out here?

For a week, two days? >> Like 5 minutes? >> Just today?

>> Yeah. Yeah, just today. Here.

Keep getting in front of the side. I'm just going to move it a little bit. >> So, it's about 30 seconds to >> Oh, no.

All right. No. >> So, it the police are right here.

We are able to ask questions >> and I'm able to not answer. You know how the first amendment works? >> So, then I don't have to move in front of the sign then.

>> 100% my girl. >> Of course. >> You are a smart cookie.

>> Simple question. Want to zap me up? >> I just want to know.

>> All right. Um >> Oh god. >> Why you getting in front of the the sign?

>> Cuz I'm asking a question and I feel like you're you're ignoring me. >> You asking a question? >> Yes, I'm asking you questions.

I want to know what's going on. I work around the area. I don't work with them.

>> I doubt it. >> Police is right there. >> Why are they Let's see what they're saying.

I'm curious. >> Sorry. >> Just fly in the wall.

>> Got to lift my ass. >> I don't see. Let me ask your name.

>> John Do. >> I wouldn't touch this though. I wouldn't touch this.

Sorry. >> Back up, sister. Back up.

Let's go. >> I'm talking to them and I advise you to back up. >> I'm in public.

You can invite me to do whatever I can do. Whatever. >> Congratulations.

>> No one wants to touch our [ __ ] Please. >> I'm not going to do anything. So, I'm a law I'm a lawiding good citizen out here in New York chilling.

All right. Why are you so defensive if you don't work for one of these organizations? You're straight tripping, girl.

You are straight tweaking. You're geeking. Get her a geek bar.

It's an expensive camera that's worth more than her life. >> Oh, you're real classy, aren't you? Oh, I'm harassing you.

>> The victim? You're the victim. >> You're crazy.

In any other real world, you'd be arrested for being a psycho. You know that. All right.

All right. Sorry. Sorry.

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.

Sorry. >> Oh, I know what I'm doing. She's the victim.

We live in a backwards society and you you facilitate it. First amendment. I didn't antagonize her.

>> She was going to hit the [ __ ] camera. What were you going to do? >> She was going to hit the camera.

No, you guys were going to stop it when she hit the camera already. I'm trying to protect my personal property cuz apparently I have to. >> You know what you're doing?

What you purposely do is you had the right to film. You're purposely doing it cuz you don't get rides out of them. >> So, wait.

Do you prevent crime or do you write reports after it's happened? Prevent crime when you're causing it. That's >> Oh, I'm causing crime.

How am I causing crime? >> You're antagonizing them. >> Unbelievable.

I'm >> all right. Then arrest me for the crime I've committed. >> Put that [ __ ] on camera.

>> Being a weirdo isn't a crime. >> She was following him around. My friend and cameraman.

You're going to knock me the out for what? >> Following people. >> Don't do it, buddy.

Not worth going back. Not worth going back. You're crazy.

I'm in public. First amendment, baby. Welcome to America.

If these guys weren't scamming, then why were they so pissed off? And why would the federal government make these signs in the first place? >> It's posing too many people to stop them.

>> Excuse me, miss. You got a license to be here. >> You got a license to keep yapping or what?

>> Yeah, I got a license. You got a license to be here. >> You [ __ ] stupid [ __ ] >> Where you from?

Where you from? >> I'm from your mother. >> I'm from You're from my mother.

Get the [ __ ] out of here. You're not from my mother, you dumbass. >> Yeah.

>> If you're a scammer, do you know where? >> Go straight. Take a right.

Go basically into the park. If you want to go faster route, just go straight in there. It'll lead you to the harbor.

You can go to the official vendor. Oh, >> okay. Scammer us.

Let's get out the car. >> All right, [ __ ] Keep walking. Brother, god forbid a guy chills near a sign.

This almost comes without saying, but of course I feel the need to say it. We're on public property, public sidewalk, first amendment expression. We're minding our own business.

They do not. I got to hire security now. You're going to kill me or what?

I got to hire security now. >> Why you filming me, [ __ ] >> First amendment. Just relax.

>> Just Come on. Just relax, granny. Just relax.

Damn. [ __ ] >> E. >> I'll be your granny, [ __ ] >> Oh, [ __ ] Here we go.

What do you got to say? >> What you got to say? >> I'm not going to fight you, granny.

Calm down. >> Whatever. >> All right.

>> You wish your granny look like this mother. >> Yeah, you sexy. Am I exposing a scam?

I don't know. They're getting extremely defensive of the sign. If this sign doesn't apply to you, why would you freak out?

Start throwing the finger. Start attacking someone. It's a great question.

There we go. took a picture. We're spreading awareness.

>> Defeated, the finessers took a moment to cool down with the smoke break as they plotted my demise. >> They've basically given up. So, typically you'd see them selling you the ticket.

I think they're giving up >> for the fairies. >> Yes. >> Which one you want to do for on the island or on the island?

>> On the island right here. >> Okay. My ma'am, he is he is honest.

I like this guy. >> I'm always honest. >> He's always honest and not never violent.

Okay. We've created peace with one sign and it not getting torn down and some police enforcement of nonviolence. They scatter like roaches.

They're gone. >> All right, gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Battery Park.

Welcome. >> Welcome folks to Battery Park. Let's go.

>> Let's go Battery Park. >> What is going on? >> What's going on?

What's your name, buddy? Tell us your name. >> Oh, he started me.

>> What's your name? >> You're definitely not >> What's your name, buddy? What's your name?

What's your YouTube channel? >> What's your name? What's your name?

What's your name? >> My face. >> What's your name?

What's your name? >> This is definitely like some form of something. >> Huh?

>> True. True. You just can't get it on me.

>> What? A megaphone straight to my face. Come on.

That's low. I will say the moment these cameras turn off and these guys leave, we would get absolutely [ __ ] respect. >> I'm telling them, they'll take you around the the the uh the island.

What I'm telling them is though, a lot of the guys, I'm not going to point fingers at you, will say that it's a 4-hour experience. We do an hour. Everyone's like, "We don't have four hours.

" And just like you said, it's not. You can get on and off every 30 minutes. Right.

>> There we go. And I will say with team red, I'm just going to be upfront. A lot of you guys have been saying the 4 hours.

>> Yeah, >> that's not true. >> It's not. >> I know.

>> But a lot of people don't say that. Everybody's saying that. So, >> not everybody.

All I'm saying is there are other options. There's an official vendor to get on the island and it doesn't have to last for 4 hours. >> That you can do with it doesn't have to take 4 hours cuz a lot of people are time crunched on their limited time here in New York >> and they want to be able to get there and dip.

They don't want to spend half the day uh trying to get to the Statue of Liberty. All I'm saying is it's a bit of a lie by omission that you don't clarify that there is a free ferry. You can get on and off every 30 minutes and it's half the price.

>> Get your integrity, bro. >> Hell yeah. >> Yeah.

>> We chill. We chill, right? >> Yeah.

No, of course. Of course, man. >> All right.

Um I you're kind of like me. I give people the same um >> you're honest.