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A man visits Fort Pierce City Hall in Florida to challenge a policy requiring identification for access to the second floor. He argues that such requirements violate the Fourth Amendment and restrict citizens' access to taxpayer-funded public buildings. After a standoff with security and police, he files a public records request and concludes that the ID policy is unconstitutional.
Why can't I go upstairs? It's a public office.
I came to conduct business. I can't.
City policies, it's open to the public upstairs, right?
No, it's not. There's public offices upstairs.
For what?
What's my ID going to do?
But what's my ID going to do for you?
Sir.
Sir, listen.
Policy is not the law, sir.
What's up everybody? Welcome back here to the channel.
Today I'm out in Fort Pierce City Hall.
Fort Pierce, Florida.
It's not too much of a pretty day today.
It's raining.
It doesn't stop raining.
It kind of sucks because I am traveling.
Um, this is the East Coast.
And I came from the West Coast over here.
And I just got here today.
And I've hit like, I went to Port St. Lucie.
And they were pretty much respectful there.
I did like four buildings there.
And um, nobody gave me no issues.
So now I traveled a little up north to Fort Pierce.
And I've never been here.
So I'm going to exercise my First Amendment right.
And see if my rights are respected, guys.
And um, let's see what happens, guys.
With our public officials.
Take video in public accessible areas.
Use other doors, no longer access.
Okay, you got to go around.
Alright, we'll go around.
Stick around, guys.
Alright guys, so we walked around.
To the other side, to the main entrance.
And we're going to take some video here, guys.
Stick around.
Oof, horrible outside.
How you doing? Good.
Oh, just wanted to take some video.
Just wanted to take some video.
Huh?
In the public areas.
It's a what?
Yeah, anywhere that there's public access?
Oh, okay.
What?
What's that?
But what is that, what is that referring to?
For what?
It's open to the public?
Alright.
What about the second floor?
Yeah.
What, what?
I don't want to show my ID.
I just want to take some video.
What?
What, you need my ID?
Open a business?
Oh, no, I just want to take video in the public.
In the public areas.
Alright, are you all security?
Security?
Securitard.
I don't know what that means there, but.
He said I can only go in the first floor, but.
Wherever there's public access.
I am going right through, guys.
I don't understand what he's saying to me too much.
So.
Engineering.
It's locked, see?
I don't even care about going in here.
I would press the bell, but.
It's locked.
And this is a public building.
I mean, a public office here.
Anyways, alright.
He's asking me for ID.
For what?
Yeah, I'll go into this.
Yeah, I can.
It's public offices up there, man.
It's public offices.
For what?
It's public offices.
Why can't I go upstairs?
There's public offices upstairs.
Why can't I go upstairs?
It's a public office.
I came to conduct.
I can't.
City policies.
It's open to the public upstairs, right?
No, it's not.
There's public offices upstairs.
The policy doesn't trump my rights to go upstairs to the public offices.
Public offices, sir.
You're going to break the door.
Look, read the public offices.
Why can't I go upstairs?
For what?
What's my ID going to do?
But what's my ID going to do for you?
What?
Why do you want to show my ID?
I have ID, but why?
Why do you want to see?
Check in for what?
No, I'm not going to.
I'm not going to show my ID for that.
Yeah.
No, I'm going to conduct business upstairs with the public offices.
No, sir.
I didn't.
There's public offices upstairs.
You're going to break the door, sir.
Why you said I'm going to get arrested to go upstairs for?
Why?
Because I'm breaking the law if I go to the public offices.
There's public offices upstairs.
I just read the thing there.
Don't escalate, sir.
The situation, please.
What's your name?
My name is Olin.
I'm trying to go to the public office, sir.
May I see your ID?
No, I don't want to show ID for that.
You have to check in.
Check in for what?
In a public building?
I don't have to do that, sir.
It's a city hall.
Sir, come on.
There's no need for this.
I just want to take care of business, sir.
He's a YouTube guy.
He's here, okay?
No, I'm not a YouTube guy.
He don't want to show the ID.
So, he tried to go upstairs.
He's away.
I'm not a YouTube guy, man.
Why are you calling back up, sir?
Sir, you are going to violate my rights
to take care of business in the office upstairs.
Sir, it's one more time.
Please, may I see your ID?
For what?
I don't show ID to anybody.
Unless I commit a crime.
That's how the law, the policy doesn't trump the law.
The policy doesn't trump law.
The law.
Yeah, don't argue with me, sir.
Because I'm going to have to end up filing complaints on you, man.
And I don't want to do that.
So, can you please
let me finish taking care of my work?
Sir.
May I see your ID?
I don't have to check in.
No, I'm not giving you my ID.
Let me see your ID.
It's the same thing.
I'm not going to show you my ID.
I'm not doing that.
That's a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Of my Fourth Amendment right.
I'm not doing that.
This building is paid by the taxpayers, man.
So,
it's open to the public upstairs.
It's not restricted, sir.
It's a white jacket.
It's a black pants.
Where's the city clerk?
Upstairs, right?
City clerk's office?
That's where I need to go.
Guys, notice how this security guard
just keeps looking at me up and down.
Like he's trying to single me out or something
and profile me.
I don't know.
But I didn't want to
edit out any of this part here.
I wanted to leave it
so you guys can see how long
I stayed on this elevator here
trying to go upstairs.
I think it's ridiculous
and it gets better
as soon as the cop shows up.
And the city clerk,
the supervisor
from the city clerk's office
also comes down
and tries to talk me out of it.
And tries to get me to fold.
But you know what?
Not today.
Because they definitely tried it
with the wrong one.
So.
It's a cop.
It's an officer.
He's a cop as well.
Hey, how you doing, buddy?
Alright.
It's cold?
Yeah.
Yeah, so I don't know.
Why are you stopping me
from going upstairs?
How you doing?
I'm just coming to conduct
business upstairs
and the city clerk's
came to document my visit
and he's telling me
I gotta show him my ID.
I'm not doing that.
I'm simply here
to exercise my rights
and work on a little story
I'm working on
and I'll leave.
I'm just going to the city clerk's.
That's it.
But he's...
Sir.
Sir, listen.
Policy is not the law, sir.
I came to...
That's a violation
of my Fourth Amendment right.
I'm not trying to...
I don't want to file complaints.
I'm not...
I'm sick of doing all that.
I'm just here
to exercise my rights
to peacefully take video
and document my visit
and the city clerk's
and I'm out the door.
But he's trying to escalate, man.
I haven't even spoke to him.
Whatever that ID thing
I don't show ID
to walk into a public building
where I can conduct business at.
I don't do that.
And I don't want to
file complaints on him.
I'm trying to be nice
and de-escalate.
That policy is going to...
That would be violating my rights
and that trumps my rights
and I'm not going to go for that, sir.
Come very peaceful here, man.
And I don't want to escalate it.
I don't want to escalate it, man.
I'm not that type that escalates.
I'm not here to antagonize people
or anything like that.
That's why I stayed quiet here
until somebody comes.
Cool.
Speak to your supervisor
or something because...
What is your name again?
Thank you, man.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
No, no, no.
My name is Joey, man.
Cool, bro.
Awesome.
Yeah, because there's public offices
up there, man.
And whatever they do
about asking people for IDs
I mean, no, I don't do that.
You know?
Yeah.
Policy doesn't trump my rights
either, sir.
Okay.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
Officer seems like a nice guy.
Let's see who he's calling, but...
This is ridiculous, man.
Policy doesn't trump my rights, sir.
Do you understand that?
Giving you my ID
is violating my Fourth Amendment right
to privacy.
I'm making it clear.
That's why I don't give ID.
Policy doesn't trump the law.
I know the law.
That's why I do this.
I'm making it clear to you.
That's why I don't show ID, man,
in public buildings.
That's wrong.
That's why I don't do that.
I never show ID in public buildings.
That's a no-no.
We have a right to privacy, sir,
in America.
I'm not trying to be hard, man.
But I have a right to my privacy,
that's it.
I don't want to show my identification
to nobody.
That's why I'm not giving it to you.
Buenos. Hi.
How you doing?
Good.
Oh, I just want to take some video
in the public area upstairs,
city clerk's office.
That's all I want to do.
I want to document my visit.
I've never been here.
And he's holding me from going upstairs.
This is a public building.
I shouldn't have to be showing my ID
in a public building
that I have a right to my privacy.
So that's why I'm not giving him my ID.
I don't want to escalate the situation.
I just want to go upstairs
where there's public offices
where I have a right to be
and take video
and document my visit in this building.
That's it.
And I want to file a public records request
before I leave.
That's it.
I want to take some video upstairs.
You can't?
And who are you?
What's your name?
And, like, what department you work for?
What is it?
Okay.
So I want to go upstairs
in public areas
and take some video.
That's all I want to do.
What was that?
What's the procedure on that?
To show my ID?
I'm not showing...
I shouldn't have to be harassed
and show my ID
in a public building
where I have the right to be at, ma'am.
That's all.
I don't want to file complaints on this.
If you guys do this to me
and not let me upstairs,
I'm going to file complaints
on everybody here
for witnessing this
and not doing anything about it.
I'm going to peacefully
take some video
and I'll leave.
I'm not going to come even
to interact with anybody.
Only my public records.
That's it.
That's fine.
Okay.
Well, I want to be able
to go upstairs
and take a look around.
I don't know
what's the problem here.
Why can't I go upstairs?
I don't get it.
What's my ID going to do
for you guys?
It just kills the purpose
to doing what I'm doing.
That's all.
I shouldn't have to show
my identification to anyone.
I have a right to my privacy.
We all do, ma'am.
But the policy that you have,
it doesn't trump my rights.
That would be violating
my Fourth Amendment right, ma'am.
I'm not.
I like to keep my privacy private.
I'm not trying to do that.
And this is
when I'm ready to take it.
I want to be able
to take my video upstairs.
Before I leave,
I file the request.
So,
I don't want to
escalate this
or anything like that.
I'm trying to be as nice
as possible.
So,
if I don't give them my ID,
you guys are not going to let me
up in the public areas upstairs
where I have a right to be at.
I just want to know
if that's going to happen
because that's
that's not a
shouldn't have to go that route, ma'am.
With other people, that's fine.
But not with me.
I know my rights
and I'm not going to give
my Fourth Amendment right up
on a public building, ma'am.
You know,
I appreciate your demeanor.
Very nice, but
that policy doesn't trump
my rights, ma'am.
I'm not going to
I'm not going to show ID.
Okay.
Your door is going to
end up breaking here.
This is ridiculous.
So, what would happen
if I walk up the stairs?
You're going to put your hands on me?
If I walk up the stairs?
It's getting kind of hot in here
and I really want to get out of this
this elevator.
It's claustrophobic.
Excuse me, sir.
Claustrophobic in there.
I'm going to conduct
my business upstairs
and I'll be right out
when I'm done.
That's it.
All right, guys.
So, this is the second floor.
Right upstairs
in front of them.
This is the second floor.
So, we made it
to the second floor.
Hopefully, they don't arrest me.
Low-ease only.
There's not much upstairs.
That's it.
You see?
I'm almost done.
Third floor and I'm leaving.
I'll file my
public records request
and I'll leave.
All right, guys.
So, they're following me.
So, this is
the mayor's city clerks.
But that's
Yeah, they got to leave.
But look,
they have locked.
I just wanted to
prove my point, guys.
See this right here?
The commissioner.
All righty.
I'm about done.
I appreciate you.
That's all, man.
It's not that hard.
I've never been here.
So, my viewers wanted to
see the whole building
where I have access to.
That's it.
Thank you.
Where's that lady at?
Because she was going to
take down my request.
She's downstairs
waiting for you.
Oh, all right. Cool.
All right, guys.
It wasn't that much
as you can see.
And most of the offices
are closed by
key access right here.
Right there.
Right there, too.
Why are they like
locked with key access
all these
all these offices?
That's weird.
You guys are
Fort Pierce, right?
Yes, sir.
All right.
Is your body cam on?
Absolutely.
All right. Cool.
Would you like to get
my number, Fort?
Do you have a car number?
The can number?
Yeah.
Can I get that, please?
All right.
There you go.
Hi.
All right.
Now, I just need
the city clerk
at the city clerk's
yearly Saturdays.
Pardon?
Yearly Saturdays
in the weekend
for the year
and start date.
And that's for the city
for the city clerk's, right?
You got it?
Yeah.
Cool.
And my email,
Joey Fresh
P-O-E-Y
E-Y
Fresh
F-R-E-S-H
Yeah.
525
Cool.
That's it.
No, that's fine.
Just take my email.
That's cool.
What was your name again?
My name is Lisa.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Joey.
Nice to meet you, Joey.
All right.
You have a good day.
Thank you.
All right.
All right, guys.
So, there you have it.
All I wanted to do
was check the place out
upstairs
where we have access to.
I didn't really
care about
going inside
public offices like that.
I just wanted to
prove my point.
But,
pretty much
we're done here.
I guess
there's not much else
to record.
all righty.
Have a good day, sir.
What was your name?
Holden.
All right.
Cool.
Oh, he's going to get it?
Yeah.
All right.
Cool.
Awesome.
All right, guys.
So, we got the police
over here.
Got three officers.
Cool.
What's your name
and badge number?
What's your name
and badge number?
Awesome.
Cool.
So, this is the
cat number?
Yes, sir.
Awesome.
All right.
Cool, man.
Appreciate that.
Thank you, guys.
All right, guys.
So,
you just got a
water fountain in here?
All right, guys.
So,
I wasn't even
planning to
file a public
writing.
I just wanted to
document.
Super hot in this
sweater.
I gotta take it off.
All right, guys.
So, we got
cameras right there.
Always watching
us.
See if they
leave.
Okay, guys.
So, a matter of
fact, I proved my
point.
These people are
full of crap.
You don't have to
show ID after.
As soon as you
come in here.
The guy gave me
the cat number
right as you can
see, but
they're still
standing over here.
I think they're
waiting for me to
leave.
I don't think
that's going to
happen.
And I will tell
them when they
leave, I will
leave.
I'll leave as soon
as you guys
leave.
Yeah, no, that's
fine.
No, you don't even
have to per se.
You're free to hang
out in the lobby
because it is a
non-restricted
public space,
okay?
But just please,
if you're here,
if you decide to
stick around,
don't harass
people that are
coming.
I'm not here
for that.
I don't do
that.
Don't cause a
disturbance that
would have us to
be involved the
second time.
I take my job
serious.
I don't do that.
All right, take
care, sir.
You saw how cordial
I was.
Yes, you seem
very cordial.
That's what I
told them.
I'm not like a
lot of the
others, bro.
I appreciate it.
So just please,
if you need to go
upstairs, you
have to follow
their rules and
provide that
ID.
I'm out of
here anyways by
the time you
guys leave
here anyways.
I'm just waiting
for you to leave.
Sure.
Awesome guys,
take it easy.
All righty guys,
so there you
have it.
So there they
go right there.
All right.
Have a good
day.
Have a good
day.
We're out of
here.
Yeah, and it's
raining too.
It's a horrible
day today here in
Fort Pierce,
Florida, guys.
Prove my point
in front of them.
Yeah, it is what
it is.
That's wrong.
That policy
shouldn't even exist
in this building,
guys, that we
paid for.
You shouldn't
have to show
ID to anyone
unless you commit
a crime about
or has in the
state of Florida
here.
That's the only way
you can show
ID to the
government, guys.
You don't have
to show your
ID coming in a
building that you
pay for.
Now, with that
being said,
we're out of
here, guys.
To the next
one.
Rest in peace,
Jay.