PUBLIC PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED PRIVATE NO FILMING HERE!
AI Generated·May contain errors
Video Summary
AI GeneratedA citizen and self-described journalist engaged in a dispute with Pima County health department security over the right to film on government property. The individual asserted First Amendment protections for transparency, while security cited privacy laws and internal standards to restrict recording. The encounter highlighted the tension between administrative policies and constitutional rights.
That's what gives me the right to film here. This is county property.
It's county property, which is also considered private property.
As a community here, at this location,
we have decided that the restraints on that...
Who decided that?
The people that supervise this property.
Well, who... What people are those? Who are they? Do they make the law?
Is this open to the public?
It's still considered private property.
That doesn't make any sense.
How is public property considered private property?
That doesn't make no sense, ma'am.
As long as you're outside the gates, you're welcome to film.
Otherwise, you cannot film or take photographs in this area.
Oh, yes, I can.
I'm enjoying
freedom
in a government
building.
That's all wrong.
What you're saying?
It's true.
And I would decline your ask because you'll be violating
my rights to film and have freedom in America.
I'm by
myself
because
the girl
with the
camera
is
working.
And I got to go pick
her up soon in a little bit.
And so this was actually on my way back
to the area where I got to get her at.
And I decided to stop here, guys.
There's all the health department.
What makes you say that?
That's what gives me the right to film here.
This is county property.
It's county property, which is also considered private property.
What's your name?
You're more than welcome to film here.
Officer Baker.
Officer Baker?
Okay, I disagree with you on that.
Part of our community standards is...
Show me the law on that.
There's not even no law on that.
This is county property.
i'm allowed to film in anywhere that's public
accessible yeah who decided that people that
supervises property well
who what people are those who are they do they do they make the law
do they make the laws i don't think they make
the laws i know what i'm doing i'm just taking
photographs here on the county property
which is public access right, is this open to the public
private, that doesn't make any sense how
is public property considered private property
That doesn't make no sense, ma'am.
Sir, I'm at the gates.
No.
You're welcome to film.
As long as I'm...
Otherwise, you cannot film or take photographs in this area.
Oh, yes, I can.
Who makes you say this, though?
So, you seem so like...
No, we've had incidents.
Okay.
I don't even bother nobody.
I haven't even bothered anybody.
Where you're allowed to film, which is outside of our...
Who informed you that I was here?
Some people in your office?
Yes, sir.
What did they tell you?
They told me that you were out here filming.
And what is that?
Is that something wrong with that?
As...
This is county property.
It is county property, and Pima County does not-
Where are you getting these things,
I don't know how to say it, you're coming up with?
They're community standards.
But is there any signs here that are saying that there's no recording?
Currently, there are no signs here.
Okay, because-
However, we as a community have decided that if you're inside
the gates, you cannot film or photograph
because of the people inside certain areas of their protection.
You and the people in the community that decided this, doesn't trump
the constitution and doesn't trump the rights that I'm doing now.
The constitution has nothing to do with Pima County.
Oh, it doesn't? Are you sure about that?
HIPAA specifically gives the people
that are in these offices their privacy.
You know it's the onus upon the employees in there that HIPAA
is upon them, not us. I have nothing to do with HIPAA.
HIPAA protects everybody that's in these offices.
Yeah, they got to protect the privacy of HIPAA.
Not recording in a public area.
Recording is not a crime.
If you want, I can give you some information.
I wasn't even going to go inside none of these places.
I just wanted to record here real quick because I've been here before.
And I thought you were the other security guard
that was here last time I went in there.
And we asked for condoms, me and my friend.
And I recorded in there.
And she was totally cool with it.
It seems that you're being triggered here.
what do you mean nobody was here it was it's open it's a public hours
but nobody was in our offices
at that time so i had said that you meant you meant nobody
by who by by the employees or you
mean like just people that come in and put what
do you mean they served me the bag of condoms
they gave me the bag of condoms there
were no patrons inside our office the patrons they got
no expectation of privacy if i'm in a public area
if i'm in a public any no they don't not not is
Is that office open to the public?
Can I walk in there right now and get condoms again?
Okay, so that's it.
But you can while you're in there.
Yes, I can.
You can have a meeting after.
Okay, so what meeting?
I mean, okay, so how am I supposed to know that?
And that meeting don't trump my rights.
It doesn't trump my story to turn it off.
It doesn't trump it.
It's the Constitution.
It's the head of all laws.
You guys can have 20 meetings, 30, 50, 100.
It doesn't trump what I'm doing right now.
I wasn't even trying to go in the offices.
Now I want to go in there just to prove my point.
I'm exercising my rights.
That's all I'm doing.
I work, I work on stories on government buildings, public areas, I put
the government to a test
people that work for the government like
you're probably contracted by them right now
all that we pay, all you guys
so I want to know if you guys respect journalists, that's all, that's
all I do it and to take pictures, you know, people
a lot of people are like agoraphobes, do you
understand what that is? People that are afraid
to leave their house and stuff, they like to see
where their tax dollars are going, if the building
is nice, if you guys are professional, etc. etc.
And then I put it on my platform.
I don't look for no confrontations, like bad interactions.
None of that.
I don't want that.
That's not what it's about.
But if you guys try to trump my rights and do what I'm doing
and try this and bring me bullshit lies.
Here you are.
Okay, well, there's no protection when it's out to the public.
This is Pima County.
This is open to the public.
It's not a private plaza.
This is not private.
This is not a private doctor's office.
This is called the health department from Pima County.
I do this all over health departments, DMVs,
jails, anything that's government, anything,
anything that's public or open to the public.
That's what I do.
And that's it.
I don't come to antagonize anybody or try to confront anybody.
Maybe if I try to ask you for your name,
see if you're professional, because it's your
policy to identify.
That's all I'm doing.
I was going to be right on my way out.
For now, I don't know what kind
of meetings you guys had that you guys just, okay, just
because just because you guys gather together
and decide something doesn't trump the law
it doesn't, you can call the police right now, they know
who I am, you can call them, it's
gonna be a tax, you're gonna waste their tax resources
our tax resources if you call them
i mean it's up to you you know this is why i
do they're trying to prove a point that
you guys just did a reunion to try to trump my rights
and i come peacefully they don't
have expectation listen everything no it is that office
that is what we have been told hold on if
that office is open to the public anybody can walk in there right
but not but nobody can yes i can
i can i'm telling you this is what i do i
do this for a living i'm telling you anywhere that's
accessible to the public public access i don't go
in restricted areas if it's restricted i don't go
into the little cards that right i have
the bread you gotta put your card in the door all that
that's restricted anything that's open
to the public i'm allowed to film there we're allowed
to record our government officials while working on our dime
and if anybody's out in public there
or any patrons they don't have expectation of privacy
when you're out in public they don't
that's the law i'm sorry to tell you it doesn't seem
that i know you're doing your job but you're
trying you're doing your job
but your job what you're doing right now you're on the wrong 100
percent. Well, they're asking you to not,
they're asking you something that it's not making you look
too good right now. It's not.
So go ahead and you tell whoever told you to come out here to tell me
right that I'm all of them in my rights to do this.
I am. I'm working right now. I'm not
bothering nobody. I'm taking photographs.
I was maybe going to go back inside that office. I don't
know, but I can. I don't have to stop. Why should I?
You're telling me to stop recording and mess
on my story i'm working on the story i'm gathering content
that's it i'm not going to shut it off
i'm not in private i'm not in private i'm
not in private property i'm just letting you know we also
do this for educational reasons you know you shouldn't i'm
not trying to down talk you or
anything like that you know
so people are during nowadays you're being recorded everywhere you go
you know i mostly record the police
that's mostly more what i like to do hold them accountable same
with our government anybody that works for the government you know
and it's our right to take
pictures in public it's just like if i
was in a sidewalk right now right out there it's the same
thing it's the same thing it's a public area yeah
and anything you can see in public you can record
it you can't trespass the eyes that's another thing
if i can see through these windows right
now whatever they're doing hey they want privacy
they gotta create it i can see it from the public
view i can record it i don't need permission
or none of that you seem to trying to catch
my drift here i hope you are but i'm on my rights
believe me i am you know you're wasting my breath
here but uh but yeah so i i don't know what
to tell you i mean i was just taking a little trip
right here i was maybe gonna go inside your office
but if there's kids in there yeah i don't want to
i could no but listen i i could by law it's
not against the law to record kids i don't like doing
that out of respect and out of courtesy
but i don't do it i try to stay away from from the
areas that there's kids but there seems to be kids in there
because i see them but yeah it's all right
i'm gonna be on my way anyways
but um now for that for you telling me that you guys had gathered up
and try to make something that's
not even lawful i'm gonna come back for a revisit unsurprisingly
i'm just letting you know you tell your boss
or whoever told you to come out here and give me
unlawful commands and orders
and all that they're telling them what i just explained to you i wish
i could speak to them but they don't want
to you know they don't want to come out here right yeah
call them real quick
thank you thank you
for understanding i hope
you do you see how you
i'm trying to let you understand that i have
my right to do this you know so i can go in there
record any faces i want
which i'm not trying to but i'm a cop you know that's it so
you guys did some meeting gathering meeting
the last time i came over here that's not going to
help because it doesn't trump the law
the constitution the first amendment is free
press that's one of the five parts yeah that's all
the application is a little different in
hospitals and clinics i do understand we're a public
but you got like the public government buildings
yeah i'm allowed to i'm allowed to take pictures
and video you guys while you guys are working
and if any patient wants to jump
in my camera i don't want to be filmed and it's not m
you're in public you're in public you got
no expectation of privacy at all so i don't i wasn't
even trying to interact with anybody i just came over here to take
the pictures and i was just gonna
walk out i gotta pick up my friend from work anyways
and then she decided to come out i think
she's the one from last time i don't know
but she looks like her but anyway she came out telling me
that you guys made up some thing that i gotta
be behind these gates to record that's that's bogus
that's not gonna happen you guys
are public employees i can video you guys
this if they're in the public access yes i can yes
I can, what makes you say that? You think if you
not when you're in public, if they're sitting
in a public area right there and I can come in and
record in a public area, I don't go
in restricted areas, I know what I'm doing and if they're out in
public they don't have privacy
at all, I'll just just let you know something so you learn something
new today about the law, it's the law I'm
not playing, you can call the police, these are the cops
they can come, they'll tell you the same thing, they already know
who I am here, I don't come here to
try anybody and antagonize nobody
that's all, I just take pictures in public areas, whoever jumps
in my camera, they got no privacy at all, I don't mean
to sound, I'm just speaking facts, that's all
what's your name? Monique, okay I understand I
appreciate you hearing me out here, you know so
that's all man, I I gotta pick up my friend
from work, I'm really kind of late, I wasn't even planning
to stay this late but but that meeting, I'm gonna come back
for a revisit one day and I don't know
when and I'm gonna go in there
but and I can't, I'm just letting you know and I'm trying to
freaking antagonize you while you're working
or whatnot but I can do that, I can do that, it's my
right, people want to see this now, people
are seeing this a lot, you know, First Amendment
right man, our rights are being trashed these days, cops
and all that, if we don't exercise them we
lose them, it's like muscles you know, that's all
so it's hot, i'm burning up, can you please
do you mind me asking your name? Joey, my name
is joey, i'll give you my first name, okay awesome
thank you, monique, that's it, just let
your employees know what, you know what i was what
i'm trying to tell you, yeah it's facts, i'm
not lying, i wouldn't be doing this
if you're asking me, it doesn't mean i have
to do it, i don't need to sound like a jerk
but i'm working on my story
and i gotta go in there in a public, in a public area
and my people want to see the that public area
and there's people there, there's nothing that they can
do, there's nothing that they can do, i know it kind
of sounds right now to you but this is why we do
this educational reasons, that's all
and my people want to see the that public area and there's people
there, there's nothing that they can do, there's nothing
that they can do, i know it kind of sounds
right now to you but this is why we
do this educational reasons, that's all, that's all it
thank you, Monique, I
appreciate it, yeah yeah
wait, thank you very much, I
appreciate it, you guys
be safe all right

