Long Island Audit CORNERED By Security For Filming— TYRANT Guard Steps In (Lawyer Explains)

📕 My book, Know Your Rights, Make Them Pay: what to say, when to record, and how to hold police accountable. 7-day money-back guarantee. 👉 https://graves-guides.netlify.app/kno... Sean Paul Reyes walks into a Nashville government building with his camera rolling, doing something completely ordinary: filing an open-records request and filming a public hallway that belongs to the public. Within a minute, a building security captain is in front of him insisting he cannot film a government building at all, that it is not even a public building, and lecturing him on legal terms the captain plainly does not understand. The elected county clerk, to her credit, is the reasonable one. She wants to call Metro Legal and actually find out. The security captain just keeps repeating that the difference between a government building and a public building is, in his words, anything you want it to be. He could not be more confident, and he could not be more wrong. I am a criminal defense attorney. In this video I break down every legal issue in this encounter: the real difference between a security officer and a sworn cop, whether a government building lobby is actually a public forum, the honest truth about the right to record in the Sixth Circuit that nobody else will tell you, when an officer can lawfully order you out, Tennessee trespass and stop-and-ID law, and why this never became the Section 1983 lawsuit people think it should be. A camera is not a crime, and a security guard's confidence is not the law. The lowest-ranking officer on that scene understood that better than the man in charge. 🛡️ JOIN THE DEFENSE BRIEF: my channel membership Stand with the people holding the line. Members get: • Every new video a full day EARLY, before the public • My weekly members-only breakdown of the biggest police-accountability cases + settlements • Custom badges + emoji • Shout-outs from me 👉 Join:    / @george.graves   ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 A security guard says you can't film 1:11 Who Sean Paul Reyes is and where this happened 3:53 A security officer is not a cop 5:58 Is a government building actually public? 8:34 The right to record nobody tells you about 9:20 Could they have arrested him? 12:44 Did he have to give his name? 14:09 Is this a Section 1983 lawsuit? 15:52 The sergeant who got it right 16:34 What to do if this happens to you ⚠️ This video is legal information and commentary, not legal advice. Laws vary by state and every case turns on its own facts. If you are facing a legal issue, consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction. #LongIslandAudit #FirstAmendmentAudit #FirstAmendment #RightToRecord #KnowYourRights #PublicForum #PoliceAccountability #CivilRights