No dear, the officers weren't "incorrect". They lied.

Don't worry. The police are investigating themselves.

Police SHOULD NOT be allowed to investigate themselves......EVER!!

Always remember kids it is legal for the police to lie to you but it is ILLEGAL for you to lie to them.

If it's a "well known drug house" why is it still operating?

He threatened to arrest him, he should be sued.

Usually the police shout 'stop resisting' while beating the crap out of you.

“Incorrect”? No. He lied to, intimidated and threatened a citizen.

How can you trust someone that is legally allowed to lie to you, yet, if you lie to them, it's a whole different story.

Police that are unethical should be fired.

Even when they are clearly being filmed,they still can't bring themselves to tell the truth. Dishonest to the core. What is worse is they know nothing will happen to them. Disgraceful.

Police ignoring the "well known drug house" but will hassle and threaten an innocent guy at work! Awesome police work guys, I for 1 feel safer knowing you're out there protecting and serving but only because I'm in the UK and you're not!

a cop that is against being recorded has me wondering why

The "internal investigation" is a way of saying cover up.

In my younger years, i used to work alot of graveyard shifts. Driving home, I used to pass through a lot of police checkpoint’s. Never was afraid to go through em because I had no reason to be. But this one time they told me to pull over. So I did. The reason? They said my eyes looked red and glassy. I was shocked. I had no drugs on me nor did I do them. No alcohol either. Going home from a long shift at 3:00 in the morning, tired as heck, my eyes have the right to be red and glassy. I had on my uniform. That cop that was “suspicious” of my red eyes was one of the most arrogant people I’ve ever encountered. He had this smirk on his face that I’ll never forget. Clearly enjoyed the power trip. A few months later, my cop friend told me that the cop that pulled me over was let go.

he's nicer than me, I definitely want to see someone fired over this, why were they wanting the camera off? What did they not want the camera to see? Tyrannical cops in action here, and that's scary

Why did this cop tell him to quit recording ? Because he thinks that he has absolute authority over you , he does not.

I watched the guy's video and the the cop was really being a jerk. he later told the cop (a sergeant even) he was an attorney, which the cop didn't immediately believe until the guy pulled out his Bar car lol which shut him up quick. The cop even tried to belittle the guy for being an Uber driver.

The Sheriff confirmed that the Officers “were incorrect”. What he should have admitted was that “they lied”, but that would have been the truth and you would not want to do that, would you, Sir ?

I love how the reporter keeps telling us what he said rather than just let us watch him say it.

The worst part wasn’t the lie about filming. It was the fact they called the drug dog and claimed a false indication so they could search him.

They still illegally searched his vehical and stole some of his life.

No one was arrested.. not even the officer for lying to a citizen !

We know how internal investigations normally end. “No wrongdoing was found”.

After a lengthy investigation we concluded we did nothing wrong

“Rights” aren’t gifts from the State.

Nowadays the cops biggest enemy is a civilian with the camera !

What a corrupt department...

THE SERGEANT. The sergeant, the one who was supposed to uphold the law to the highest degree as the senior officer on the scene was threatening to violate his right to record and threatening to arrest him without cause. This is not, NOT what the law enforcement system is set up to be, should be, or should accepted to be. This senior officer was going to illegally violate this man's rights on a whim, simply as an abuse of his authority, because he thought the driver wouldn't know better and he was going to bring false accusations against him. He was doing nothing wrong so the threat of arrest, illegal search, and violating his rights to record should be sanctioned against that officer by whatever state he is in. He should NOT BE AN OFFICER OF THE LAW BECAUSE HE DOESN'T UPHOLD THE LAW instead he goes around subjecting people he believes has no voice to abuse. When the man told him he was a lawyer he scoffed and said yea right and an uber driver right and laughed, it's when he asked him if he wanted to see his bar card all of a sudden he disappeared.This is so disturbing. These are the actions of a criminal gang not a force who's primary objective is to protect and serve.

Should have his police qualification stripped. Hes trying to deny someone his rights, under the color of law.

"you do have the right to stand up to police, if you do so lawfully. if you're within your rights, you can tell an officer 'no, im not gonna do that.'" - a literal attorney

Add this to the list of tens of thousands of videos of cops behaving badly.

When it's ok to record: ALL TIMES. Especially if you are alone. And if there are other people with you, have them record too.

I'm a white guy and have been through a couple of bad stops and both times I was asked if I knew that I was in a "known" drug area...uh, well sure, I've grown up and lived in this part of town all of my 53 years of life. Both times my vehicle was rifled through and left in a messed up state by officers. The first time I was let go when nothing was found...but the second time I REALLY screwed up and I knew it. No drugs were found again but that license plate frame that had the name of the college I attended was just a terrible violation of the law. I was given a "written warning" and told that I had to immediately remove it when I got home and not to drive with such a license plate frame... terribly dangerous... I didn't, and now I'm an outlaw, but "damn the torpedoes!" You'll never take me alive!

You don’t want to see anybody get fired...... and that’s the problem too. You think that officer cared if he got a way with his bs and you had to pay thousands in litigation not to mention time because he arrested you but you don’t want to anybody to get fired....smh

You, sir, are awesome! Way to hold them accountable!

Demote a Arrogant Sargent as well as Promote your Attorney Skills for future business....Very Clear Definition of a Win-Win Situation!

I installed a dash cam on my SUV and also on my wife’s car just to avoid dealing with corrupt cops like that.

Good job on Informing the Public on what is Right to protect ourselves from Corrupt Police trying to hide something at time's like this !🌞

Police: there's a new law Attorney: I'm the law

Allowing police to "investigate" themselves is no different than: 1)Allowing a child sex offender to change a baby diaper...alone. 2)Allowing a meth addict to dispense narcotics in a pharmacy. 3)Allowing a cannibal to perform a human autopsy.

I remember that incident, when they illegally searched his car, because a drug dog hit on it. No drugs were found. I also remember the officer lied to the driver's face that it was illegal to video. So what happened with the investigation? Did the lying officer, and false hit of drugs dog? What type of punishment was taken? Not a damn thing they just went through the motions. How can corrupt police investigate corrupt police? What happens when a drug dog always makes false hits for drugs? What happens to the Handler of said corrupt dog? Again not a damn thing. Your rights are trashed because of an animal and his nose with a corrupt Handler.

Police can be their own worst enemy at times and I had a police officer once tell me this. I value and appreciate the work that law enforcement has to do, but abuses like this are far too common and all it does is create hate and division directed right back at them.

I love it when cops put their finger in your face, it's called assault and it's a misdemeanor. It's also a tempting target.

They will investigate themselves and come to the conclusion that they have done nothing wrong the officer at fault will probably wind up with a raise

"you dont have to be afraid to say no". Easier said than done for those who look like me. When it comes to cops, they are like box of chocalates. You never know what kinda cop you're gonna get.

Wilmington PD "They invite citizens to film the police" Yup, that sounded like an invitation to me.

The officer should have been arrested and he should have lost this job for lying saying that he could not record him

I’ve only met a few officers and they are completely untrustworthy

I am so glad you took this further thank you !

So... if I commit a crime I can just investigate myself? I’ll take a 10 day paid vacation and send them a letter explaining that I was justified and/or found not guilty.

Better get rid of that cop he's a danger to public waiting to happen. I was always taught respect goes both ways.

This would qualify as official misconduct in my state. IDK where this happened but there needs to be severe consequences for actions like this.

"Officers were incorrect". NO! The officer lied his ass off. I wish there was some penalty for cops when they outright LIE. I just go with the theory that everything that comes out of their mouth is a lie.

The corrupt policeman should be arrested, fired, investigated & sued along with the city that is responsible for his actions.

We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing by our officer.

2:08 Another lie. "They encourage citizens to take pictures." Obviously not , by what the cops on scene said.

Cop: "TURN OFF THE CAMERA! I want to violate your rights without footage of me doing so"

You're a legal legend. Justice will prevail.

I have had that happen to me several times. A woman police officer in Plant City Florida told me that I couldn't record or I would be arrested for disorderly conduct. That was from a sidewalk in February 2020.

"The WPD has launched an internal investigation" You know EXACTLY what that outcome will be (we investigated ourselves and found ourselves innocent of all charges).

The crazy thing is, the supreme court has actually said that law enforcement may lie to suspects as a tool to obtain incriminating evidence.

They searched his car? That's a constitutional violation as everyone has the right to protect property

Those cops are so untrained, they graduated with an untrained mind

This is what happens when you do NOT remove the bad apple(s) what do you think will happen to the rest of the apples in the barrel ? make the rotten ones better ? (facepalm) the REST of the apples go rotten ......and FAST.

The young man is lucky he`s still alive to tell his story, I seen people get beaten then tasered and that`s after they are hand cuffed by your friendly police officer

The officer was demoted from sergeant to corporal. (Corporals with the Wilmington P.D. are apparently allowed to lie, I guess) Right before the lying cop retired, he was promoted back to sergeant WITH back pay and then allowed to retire the next day. The "Thin Blue Line" seems to run very crooked in Delaware.

These officers were not just 'incorrect' they intentionally lied and intimidated, threatened, and gave unlawful orders. And one of them was a Sergent. There needs to be accountability for their actions. Acting like - oh sorry my bad is not good enough!

It's obvious why they want you to turn off your camera so they can break the law when they are not being filmed.

He wasn't incorrect, he was lying! All cops are liars. Fire the bum!

He was going to get arrested for “being a jerk,” and “a new law that’s been passed”

Police Training Rules 1. Make your first approach friendly to help victim to incriminate it own self. 2. Step #1 does not work. Then go aggressive talk and intimidating. 3. Make sure you guys are more polices as witnesses that way any violation of the victim rights cant be use against you in court (thats why their trained to pull you over in dark lonely roads so you have 0 witnesses to help you prove anything they say). 4. Bring more officers make sure theres no evidence so you can then do whatever you want depending of the situation. 5. If victim looks poor and with a criminal record then you can abuse and brake he's laws since there is a very low chance this victim can afford for an attorney. Still be careful as a police remember your literally violating he's rights. And thats some of the training the Police get. At Least thats what a Lawyer told me!

The true definition of God complex

using their authority to bully people.. put those useless cops in jail, they cant do their jobs properly so then they must be fired

They must be held accountable no incorrect it was a blatant lie and unacceptable

Teddy Roosevelt had a word to describe cops like this, "BULLY!"

I watched the raw footage a year ago..Uber sucks, but the cop needs to be fired

Yeah, it's sad that we have a lot of corrupted officers that are willing to lie to citizens. This attorney did the right thing, I applaud him for standing up for his constitutional rights. I'm pretty sure all these police officers got a slap on the wrist. No matter what can I mean can I have the police officers, I'm always recording.

"You can tell an officer no I'm not going to do that" (individual results may vary, especially if you're not 'rwhite')

You know a cop is lying when his mouth is moving.

spinning whopper lies = being "incorrect" (according to the new sheriff) 2:02

Hopefully not all US law enforcement officers are this dishonest , it started to look like they were gonna try and fit him up for something he had not done

An internal investigation, I bet that goes nowhere fast!

I would love to know the outcome of the investigation

It absolutely burns me when i see that head the officers put on like they are above everyone else and like they are dealing with children, take those clothes off and see if they act the same😂

The officer was incorrect? If you going to do the news, then tell it like it is, the officer lied!

I never get tired of this story

The give away is the officer in the rear, his nervous reaction to the lie of the other officer, looking down and stroking his head are typical reactions from people disagreeing with or ashamed of a colleagues actions.

Okay, but why is he dressed as the joker

They are told in training that it is OK to lie! As long as this is standard practice this outrageous conduct will go on!

What kind of attorney doesn't sue after something like this? He's like my old accountant wanting to pay more to the IRS.

Thank you so much for this video. It was very instructive.

Here's a suggestion, maybe sometime the driver should have two cameras rolling an out of view one and a phone in a cradle recording and when a police officer asks you to turn it off, reluctantly agree bit leave the other one recording and see how they behave then. It would be an interesting video.

what is launching an investigation mean?

Attorney by day, uber driver by night.

An attorney can be a cops worst nightmare, for example

all police involved in this video were intentionally trying to escalate the situation in every action taken and were clearly frustrated by this persons knowledge of the law

This attorney should have tried to have these pigs hauled into court and turn the table on to these pigs and show them who has more authority.

All I could keep thinking while he was standing up to these police officers is, How Lucky he was in that situation he was not a person of Color.

Man just saw the original video. So fricken frustrating. Literally thank God this ended up on the news. He DEFINITELY should have been fired for this!