The day I encountered a Wisconsin State Trooper or at least someone wearing the uniform and asked him a simple question……
“What’s your name and badge number?”
That question, in any functioning democracy, should be answered immediately and clearly. Instead, I got this…..
Trooper: “I can’t remember my badge number.”
Me: “No? Are you new?”
Trooper: “Yeah.”
Me: “Can I get your name then?”
Trooper: “My name is David… Y-A-double-D-I-A.”
You’re telling me this guy doesn’t know his badge number? On duty? In uniform? You’re telling me he’s new, has no field training officer present, and can barely spell his name? Nah. I wasn’t born yesterday.
This is what unaccountable policing looks like in real time.
While documenting public officials again……this time while investigating what I believe to be a disturbing cover up tied to the disappearance of Christopher Miller. Rather than engage in any kind of transparency, this trooper tried to act like identifying himself was optional.
I filmed him. He drove off. I got back on my bike and went about my day.
No interference. No threats. No obstruction. Just observation.
But you already know how they’ll spin this:…..
“Aggressive.”
“Harassing officers.”
“Stalking.”
It’s a script. A playbook. And they’ve been running it since the dawn of the camera phone.
Why This Matters:…..
Badge numbers are not optional. Filming police is protected by the First Amendment. The refusal to identify suggests evasion or worse, complicity.
If I can be prosecuted for filming a cop who refuses to ID himself
then you can too. And that means none of us are safe from state overreach.
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Nomad Out…….
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