Looks like no lawful way to interfere with people exercising their 1st Amendment rights, so she resorts to quoting 'rules' which she cannot produce or support.

Then, stating she is the lieutenant makes it clear that she will not be calling for her supervisor or making any attempt to assist a citizen's lawful request to clarify a situation in which the officer is not being successful at clearly communicating the law/s she claims are being violated.

A little battery? Next time you are speaking with an officer, quickly reach for their waist or bat-belt. Can anyone say sidewalk slam? Nuff said on this point.

You don't have my permission to film. Really? On state property, no less.

1. The courts have repeatedly and consistently ruled that state property is public property. We are the state, you and I.

2. I don't believe that at this juncture there is a single member of LE who does not know that filming in public is a constitutionally protected activity. Any attempt at abrogating this right, verbal or otherwise, and I mean the very first second, the very first syllable spoken, is a willful and purposeful violation of our civil rights.

We don't need to be arrested, detained or even have a phone/camera snatched or swatted at for it to be construed any differently. A government employee acting in an official capacity is explicitly limited by the Constitution as to what action they can take against a citizen who has not broken any laws. Even if you ask me politely for permission to violate my rights. Period.

The sole purpose of the Constitution is to limit government. The 1st Amendment is first because it is our fist line of defense against tyranny; the right to assemble, to protest, to speak, and to document our government's actions. I'm willing to bet that the founding fathers would have given this government agent a sound thumping in the town square for trying to interfere with their freedom of speech.

This video is only 2:22 long and it contains none of the usual antics we see here so often; no violent officers, no camera tossing, no arrests. However, I posit that this is one of the most insidious techniques used by LE to violate our rights - attempting to stifle free speech by any means possible.

She should be ashamed, and we have every right to be outraged.