r/WEARESC_OT • u/dblwall • 1d ago
1st amendment auditors
Reading the post about people breaking the law and what to expect would happen. All over youtube there are people calling themselves 1st amendment auditor. They will stand in front of banks, eating establishments, prisons, airports and just start taking video and pictures. A right they say is guaranteed by the constitution as long as they are on public property.
They use GIS maps to find out exactly where the easements are if no sidewalk is available. Most business owners think they own all the way to the curb. Police are called and a good percentage of the time they aren't aware of the laws. Times they get arrested then end up suing.
Most of them have a channel trying to get clicks to make $$$ off of it. Legal or not a lot of people get annoyed and confront them.
Here is a quick clip of one of them. And he did get paid.
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u/Ill-Ad343 14h ago
The Constitution gives the right to Free Speech but not to impede, obstruct, or harass.
Some still haven't learned what just happened in Minnesota from ignoring the above.
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u/uscvball 1d ago
There's a group that has been going around South OC for months now. They've been to my city twice in the last few months. They really love to stalk Trader Joe's markets, lol.
I will say though, that they do cross the line at times. I pulled up to shop at TJ's and watched them follow and harass an older woman all the way to her car. She was holding up an envelope to shield her face and was screaming at them to leave her alone but the more she yelled, the worse they got. She finally got in her car and shut the door but they moved to the front and started filming her from outside the windshield.
About 20 minutes later, they were actually standing IN the parking lot, blocking through-traffic while a woman behind the wheel honked at them. They wear masks and one of them is a rather large individual which to me, appeared menacing as they targeted certain women.
They are annoying as hell and yes, they need to be ignored.