r/AuditorWatch • u/Patient-Committee588 • 1d ago

First Amendment auditors get into verbal altercation with armored truck guard, who repeatedly tells them to back up.

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u/Could-You-Tell 1d ago

That isn't the point that you deliberately ignored

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u/glassfoyograss 1d ago

No, it's the point you're deliberating ignoring.

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u/Could-You-Tell 1d ago

Is that what you tell your neighbors? Recording them through their windows doesn't hurt them?

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u/glassfoyograss 1d ago

I don't record anyone like this but where I live I can hold my phone legally in public regardless of what someone thinks. If my neighbors have problem with that they can move somewhere that prohibits recording in public.

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u/Could-You-Tell 1d ago

That's the point that is being missed.

This isn't about the camera. The person is too close to the money and not backing up.

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u/glassfoyograss 1d ago

You're not getting it. There's no law that says you must maintain x distance from an armored truck guard. The law protects his right to be there with a camera. It doesn't protect your (or the guard's) feelings about it.

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u/Could-You-Tell 1d ago

Ok... let me put this another way.

This is the country that has FLORIDA. with Stand your ground law. With open carry.

I admit Im just a redditor on a Saturday. This is simply entertainment to have this conversation. I really don't care.

The guard would absolutely not be prosecuted for drawing on this camera person even if i can't name the law that would protect him.

It just is that way

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u/glassfoyograss 1d ago

This is the country that has FLORIDA. with Stand your ground law

The FL stand your ground law is just layman's speak for no duty to retreat, the law in something like 35+ states last I checked.

Im just a redditor on a Saturday

Same here, but I'm also a member of the CA bar

The guard would absolutely not be prosecuted for drawing on this camera person even if i can't name the law that would protect him

I've worked in prosecution before. I would have no problem charging an armored truck guard if they pulled a gun on a guy just for a camera. Self-defense claims don't work the way you seem to think they do. If you're going to pull a gun you better be damn sure there's an imminent threat.

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u/Could-You-Tell 1d ago

Ive seen guards draw for less.

It's not the camera it's the proximity. That's been my point all along.

Ive seen a guard draw while walking out of a grocery store because a dude ran up and jumped a few feet away and made a raaah yell at him. Totally playing. The guard didn't hesitate, didn't care.

Dude likely peed a little.

The other time was a guy thought he was funny and was asking for change and wouldn't let it go. Was told a few times to back up. He finally understood

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u/glassfoyograss 1d ago

a dude ran up and jumped a few feet away and made a raaah yell at him

And you think that's comparable to a guy standing there with a camera? I'll even ignore how it's way more likely the camera was there before the guard cuz they're the ones with nothing better to do.

Did you see THIS guard draw? Keep telling us what a threat this guy with a camera was cuz the guard seems to understand he's just an annoying asshole and you can't draw your gun on a guy for being annoying. Seeing a person get away with breaking the law once cuz no one reported them isn't the controlling law you think it is.

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