By Jack Nimble Police, VideosJanuary 5, 2015

WATCH: How To Get Rid Of A Cop In Under A Minute (VIDEO)

H/T: The Big Plantation | Featured Image: youtube screen grab

Keith Smith from “The Big Plantation,” was on the street going about his business as usual in Shenandoah, PA. While filming, a law enforcement officer approached him and an altercation developed, albeit a very short altercation at that.

What followed was a very funny conversation between an ordinary citizen and a cop who was trying to bully him, when all he was doing was standing on a sidewalk with a camera. It lasted an entire 53 seconds.

You would think this was a conversation between kids on a playground the way it played out.

Keith:

How can I help you?

Cop:

You’re obviously intoxicated.

Keith:

No, I’m not.

This goes on a few times, and I’m surprised they didn’t play the “I know you are, but what am I? game” that is so common in elementary school. Finally, the cop gives up and tells him he is free to go on his merry way, but the comedy doesn’t stop there.

Cop:

Alright, well get to walking.

Keith:

You get to walking.

Cop:

Go.

Keith:

You go. I’m free to walk. Am I being detained? There’s millions of us.

This is the eureka moment. The “am I being detained question” sets off bells in a cop’s mind, because that forces them to make a judgment call. They are not able to illegally detain someone. Forcing them to answer this question can be the difference between going to jail or going home that night.

As the officer was leaving Keith calls him out for jay-walking, which is just icing on the cake.

This could have played out very differently if Keith did not have a camera on him proving what had transpired. The key here is, the officer had no probable cause to get any information out of Keith or to detain him. When Keith refused to cooperate, the officer had no choice but to let him go.

Watch for a few laughs:

H/T: The Big Plantation | Featured Image: youtube screen grab

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In this, I shall make a pledge: I shall not merely wish, but I shall instead, thrust the world upside down, right down upon and up on its head. For currently, as the world is, this cannot and must not stand.

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Cozman57

Not the best way to handle that one. Got rid of him. Didn’t need to taunt the guy. I thought the crack about making more money was a smart ass thing to do and unnessary.
- U Mad Bro?
  
  Being meek wasn’t going to solve it any better and the cop was being antagonistic to a law abiding citizen who knew his rights. So you’re saying he shouldn’t have given the cop better than he got because…POLICE! And don’t pull out that garbage about 2 wrongs. If you engage in impolite practices you have no right to complain when it’s tossed back at you the same way. If you open the door it’s all on you.
  - Cozman57
    
    I didn’t plan to drag up the two wrongs argument. I just thought that he made his point, and I think the cop knew he was wrong and that’s why he walked. But the “I make more than you” destroyed the lesson well delivered and received. The cop left with a sense of justification because of the insult, and wIll have lost any benefit that the encounter would’ve had.
    - Ellis8118
      
      I agree. His lesson would have resonated far better had he not been such a jerk about it. Instead of a teaching moment, it looked, as mentioned earlier, like a couple of kids in a school yard pissing contest.
    - Ack Ack Ack
      
      The cop is the one with the authority, the bulk of responsibility lies with him. If the lesson wasn’t learned, or his harassment was somehow justified by the guy (somewhat understandably) being a smartass, then that further speaks poorly for the cop. Don’t defend poor police work and incompetent cops.
    - Mary
      
      I don’t agree. The cop was being snarky probably over failing at intimidating the man with a camera and not getting his way.
- WhodatNYHC
  
  It wasn’t unnecessary, the cop said “Why don’t you find a job or something?” as he started crossing the street. I have would responded the same way, if you want to be a dick and disrespect me when you know nothing about me then I’ll gladly disrespect you in return.
  - Cozman57
    
    Guess I missed the cop’s crack. We just have to get past the tit for tat shit if we ever going make progress. But then maybe I’m just too old or something.
  - Mrs D
    
    Exactly. Maybe if the guy was hanging around a park in the middle of the day with a bottle in a paper bag, but evening on the streets of town? How does that ever add up to someone who likely doesn’t have a job? The cop was deliberately taunting and insulting him, solely because the man with the camera challenged the authority the cop didn’t have.
    Whoever had the laser light on the cop the whole time he crossed the street was a bit naughty, though.
- Sephia8
  
  Last I knew, we had the right to free speech, and the man could have been spewing expletives for all I care, he still is free to say what he wants.
  
  The cops still would have the obligation to not take it personally and not react to it, because it’s not a crime! They may not like it, and very well make get their blood to boil, if they let it, but the GOOD cops, can brush off words. . . the BAD cops get enraged and react and throw around bogus claims of “resisting arrest” or other shit.
Bronxboy47

Somehow I can’t believe this scene would play out this way if the man with the camera was black. It’s pretty clear by now, antagonizing a cop with the law while black is tantamount to inviting a death sentence.
- John Vorel
  
  Sorry it’s like that for you… seriously I am.
  - JGSRELP
    
    Clearly you’ve not been paying attention lately. If this man was black, this situation most certainly could have ended differently. Jail being the least of his worries.
    
    Im sorry you cant see that. Seriously I am.
    - Betty J Rousey
      
      So, other than being sorry, and trying to get as many videos out there posted on our page, and letting everyone know that we don’t believe in the blatant racism that the videos have caught so well, what can John do but tell Bronxboy how sorry that he has it that way? John didn’t disagree with his statement…. we’ve seen how a black man saying that could easily get him killed… don’t run off those on your side, man…there are many of who are angry as hell that there isn’t equality of treatment… you can’t run me off, I have too many friends this affects, but YOU CAN run off those who are just beginning to see what is going on..
      - JGSRELP
        
        I think if John Vorel would have stated his thoughts differently I and the original poster, Bronxboy would not have misconstrued what he had said.
      - Mrs D
        
        I guess it just has to do with the different ways people think. I too saw it just as Betty did, and I pride myself on my ability to differentiate between sincerity and sarcasm. Mr. Vorel has not come back to restate himself, so I’ll just second everything Betty said. One need only be human to care about human rights - allies comes in all shapes, sizes, colors, and gender identities.
        And there really are no appropriate words to express sorrow over the deplorable state of inequality in this land of the free and home of the brave, but at least he tried. Unless he is the most subtle troll ever…
      - Sheepeople
        
        Bad parenting raises more than bullies. Bad parenting also raises excuse makers. As a person who wants to win the argument the public is finally having about what kind of police practices are justified, we can do without the inflammatory mentality the person behind the camera demonstrates. There is a reason this kind of interaction is rare in such videos. Thankfully most people posting them are smart enough to show respect while protesting the lack of it towards themselves.
      - Bronxboy47
        
        If your employer is having a bad day and snaps at you sarcastically, does that give you the right pull out a gun and shot her/him? You do remember who’s the employer here?
      - Sheepeople
        
        Soooo,,, you are saying,,, this tax payer shot his employee, the cop, with his camera?
      - Bronxboy47
        
        If you say so.
Sheepeople

An ignorant way to make a point. This is not necessary. He started out great but then had to stoop to a lower level.
- Mary
  
  Bull crap. He told the cop he made more than him. Boo hoo. Maybe the cop shouldn’t go around making erroneous judgments.
  - Sheepeople
    
    Mary, making excuses for being the bigger child is bad parenting.
    - Mrs D
      
      Bad parenting is what raises bullies who try to throw their weight around when they shouldn’t, and fall back on knowing mommy & daddy or the GOB network will cover their asses for them.
      If the guy with the camera were my son, I might shake a finger at him and remind him he was taught better manners, while congratulating him for standing up for his rights. If the cop were my son, I might have torn into him on the spot for acting like a snotty little punk and shaming me!
      But at least he had the sense to back down, although how much of a role the camera and other witnesses played in that decision is debatable.
  - Betty J Rousey
    
    After the cop told him to “go get a job or something…” I’ll admit it was all very childish, and that same cop MIGHT be the one to now go find a black person and take all his frustrations at the white dude out on the innocent black. Blacks don’t even get to speak without getting beaten up if it’s a bully cop.
JC Ballenger

Bad cops make it bad for all cops.
Tracy

What was the point of this video? Seems to me like one dick being a dick to another. Oooh burn.

There are black men not surviving interactions with police. In light of that truth, these posts are petty and ridiculous.

This man was never really in any danger. Implying that he was and further, that he “won” belittles those more threatening interactions that all to often end in someone’s death.
zoomboy

Here’s both sides wasting our time and acting foolish. And, I wasted time watching it. Shame on them and me.
LoneGemini

Sounds like a couple little 12 year old kids arguing… SMH :/
Danny Rose

stupid
Joel Ian

That could have gone really differently. Obviously the cop wanted to pound the shit out of that man. He must have been spoken to by his superiors in the light of all the bad press the cops have been getting on the internet and the news. But, wow, Kieth, ease up! Just walk away when you can walk away. That was close.
Sheepeople

Two little boys pissed off at the world, and each other, for not seeing them as respectable men. Both believe their actions are justified because they are each in a struggle to better our condition. These two require adult supervision.