My favorite is Long Island Audit. I find he 1. Uses the least amount of jump cuts and edits and 2. his conversation with security and officers, albeit not showing the utmost obedience or reverence, is what I would call decently respectful and non confrontational. He doesn't always comply with answering EVERY question asked of him but in his challenging them back and claiming his right not to provide those answers, he's not sassy or impolite. He just calmly states what the law is, why he feels he has a right to be filming there unaccosted, and he'll often ask them questions in return to get them to state outright whether he's being detained(and for what specifically), whether he's being trespassed, and what laws he's breaking.
It's interesting stuff. I think police and all public servants should be held to a higher standard and expectation of de-escalation. They control us and have authority over us and to protect us at the point of a gun with the full State behind them.
I also watch a lot of body cam vids of unruly belligerent drunks getting pulled over and omg... These cops are so bloody patient. It's insane. And impressive. I could see myself in the cop's place and tell you exactly the point I would have stopped giving them chances and/or just fucking snapped and punched the so-and-so in the head. ...obviously that wouldn't help anything and they shouldn't be doing that. I'm just saying, these cops tolerate so much, keep their cool under so many button pushing circumstances.
Yet by contrast, not being immediately obeyed, not having every order followed, not being submitted to, REALLY provokes some officers in the auditor videos. Yet not only is the long island guy being WORLD'S more respectful and calm than those unruly DUIs, but he's objectively not doing anything wrong. He states clearly almost 100% of the time that he's an independent journalist just taking some video shots of publicly accessible places.
I am NOT fond of the "auditors" who go in and make intentionally inflammatory comments in order to provoke in bad faith, nor am I fond of those auditors who push sovereign citizen crap. Our basic rights AS citizens of this country, are to be allowed to film in public spaces where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. Period. No need to muddy it with "the law doesn't apply to me at all" stuff and it actually weakens their stance with whatever officer they're confronting. Because now they no longer sound legitimate, they sound like a conspiracy theorist.
It's interesting stuff. I think police and all public servants should be held to a higher standard and expectation of de-escalation. They control us and have authority over us and to protect us at the point of a gun with the full State behind them.
I also watch a lot of body cam vids of unruly belligerent drunks getting pulled over and omg... These cops are so bloody patient. It's insane. And impressive. I could see myself in the cop's place and tell you exactly the point I would have stopped giving them chances and/or just fucking snapped and punched the so-and-so in the head. ...obviously that wouldn't help anything and they shouldn't be doing that. I'm just saying, these cops tolerate so much, keep their cool under so many button pushing circumstances.
Yet by contrast, not being immediately obeyed, not having every order followed, not being submitted to, REALLY provokes some officers in the auditor videos. Yet not only is the long island guy being WORLD'S more respectful and calm than those unruly DUIs, but he's objectively not doing anything wrong. He states clearly almost 100% of the time that he's an independent journalist just taking some video shots of publicly accessible places.
I am NOT fond of the "auditors" who go in and make intentionally inflammatory comments in order to provoke in bad faith, nor am I fond of those auditors who push sovereign citizen crap. Our basic rights AS citizens of this country, are to be allowed to film in public spaces where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. Period. No need to muddy it with "the law doesn't apply to me at all" stuff and it actually weakens their stance with whatever officer they're confronting. Because now they no longer sound legitimate, they sound like a conspiracy theorist.
