Out of Control Sheriff Served with Search Warrant by City Police!!! (Part 3 OF 5 SHERIFF SCANDAL)
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2020
- @Copwatchtv obtained lapel footage from Española Police Department’s seizure of two cellphones belonging to Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, Sheriff James Lujan. Video shows twenty-minutes of multiple officers asking the sheriff to comply with the search warrant.
The case stems from two search warrants that directed them to seize his county-issued work cellphone as well as his personal phone. Twice this Spring, the Sheriff has arrived during Española Police Department's investigations. EPD Detective Ernest Saucedo discovered multiple communications using a social media service between Chacon and Española City Councilor John Ramon Vigil..
EPD appears to have probable cause to search the Sheriff's phones to see if he was abusing his power with two cases he was involved in.
EPD is investigating both cases and no formal charges against the Sheriff have been filed.
***This is part 3 of a 5 part series. Or possibly more,,,STAY TUNED!!!
They showed up with a warrant, and then stood there waiting for permission to execute it... would be nice if citizens had the same courtesy.
Yeah too bad we live in a police state
if citizens all had body armor and pistols it would go the same way
Jason Dougherty Was thinkin the same thing, mang.
Preach
He was Charged with obstruction of justice, these cops were just super chill guys who, I feel, would have been polite with any citizen.
How is "he" allowed to move about from room to room. Never would this be allowed with a civilian!
This is just another example of abuse of power, and why we need to de-militarize and control our police forces.
Ye cause it's a police station and he's a cop and either way they have his 2 phones so it's fine why would he run away
Attitude/posture of "receivers" confrontational... "Deliverers" don't know where to put the dots on the "I's" and look lost... Bad on both sides.
Yng Mf It's not a police station. It's a sheriff's office.
It's the place where he has the power and control. Generally speaking, it's his turf.
They should have cuffed him immediately and let him wait for his lawyers at their station just like any other suspect...otherwise it's essentially nepotism.
@@yngmf1364 Simply because any suspect who is being served by warrant for "personal" and official property would not be allowed to leave and said property would have been immediately confiscated and individual arrested for not complying with said warrant, but nothing happened to him and he was allowed to wander in and out of his office with his 2nd in command holding the fones giving them ample time to do whatever with those fones.
A “public” sheriffs office front door locked in the middle of the day while a bunch of them are inside the building, i find that very interesting to say the least.
I mean, it did happen during covid
Oh nvm at :40 he said it too. Didnt catch the first time
Theyre probably sniffing something that explains the door locked
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They do that so some whack job with a gun doesn't; catch them off-guard doing paperwork or something and get the drop on them. Our Sheriff's office does the same thing and they aren't corrupt.
This is absolutely fascinating. This sheriffs office is literally a clubhouse for a street gang.
That whole department needs to be disbanded.
That’s what I found out about them and who knows how many people in jail for false charges or who knows if received money to drop charges.
Yeah they were clearly hiding and holding onto the evidence,clearly something was on those phones they didn’t want to give up to them.
Every cop in that station should’ve been arrested for interfering with an investigation and removed from their position. Obviously the corruption goes from top to bottom
Bro my pipi kinda hurt, could you help me with it?
Reverse the roles, and you get the exact same video.
You don't know what the fuck you're talkin about the county sheriff has more legal rights and jurisdiction than the city cop does
Not really, could be a simple issue of too much respect for their sheriff or hurt pride lol. Let em learn a lesson.
Electric Gamez - The corruption in our legal system knows no bounds. And it's frankly beyond DISGUSTING. These cops are world-class POS's, period. ALL police are NOT bad. I don't lump everyone in a group together based on the actions of a few, or even of many... Because 1 or some does not equal "all". That being said, corruption is rampant in our legal system(s) as a whole, *REGARDLESS* of anyone who wants to claim otherwise.
SOME:
Police are corrupt
Judges are corrupt
Lawyers are corrupt
Politicians are LEGALLY corrupt, since by law, they are allowed to receive funds from big money donors. They are not "supposed to" allow that to influence their decisions, but come on... If you're living in reality, OF COURSE those donors receive decisions from the politicians, Congress, Senate, AND the courts in their favor. Beyond that, there's certainly plenty of politicians who are involved-in _illegal corruption_ on-top of the legal corruption.
Again, not all nor even the majority of LEO's are corrupt, nor abuse their power. It may _seem_ that way, because the videos, articles & recorded interactions that garner views & attention, involve (of course) the ones who break the law themselves, ARE corrupt, conduct themselves as-if the law doesn't apply to them, or if it does, then they compart themselves in a manner illustrative of the fact that they BELIEVE they're "above the law." This level of corruption has always taken place; now with more departments requiring & implementing body/lapel cameras, at patrol vehicles having dashcams for quite some time, at least the public is slowly but surely becoming (more) aware of such activities, and many (not all) of these individuals are facing consequences for their actions. Which they should! If a 5 year old can comprehend the idea that if they do something wrong they'll be punished, then you better believe 'Law Enforcement Officers' MUST be held accountable, AND too the same, if not a _higher_ standard.
Anyway. Here's the unequivocal bottom line: *If ANY citizen conducted themselves in the same manner as these LEO's, stalled, tampered with evidence, failed to comply, or refused the officers with the warrant entry to obtain any item listed within the warrant, putting up the SLIGHTEST bit of resistance, at a minimum the officers would have went hands-on within minutes, possibly drawn their tasers/used their tasers, and/or at the MAXIMUM drawn their firearms and secured the firearms of the non-complying parties (if present)* and the citizens would have been charged with resisting an officer or failure to comply.
_There's NO FUCKING WAY_ the situation would have played out the same for the average citizen! They would NOT have been given "professional courtesy" nor been treated with kid gloves and been this patient for this long. *IT SIMPLY, WOULD... NOT... HAPPEN*
HYPOCRITICAL & PATHETIC behavior all-around. But as anyone who actually pays attention already knows, these assholes live by the "rules for thee, not for me" motto. They'll let their fellow officers get away with breaking laws left & right, then turn around and violate the rights of some random citizen for "suspicious behavior" 😐
The level of entitlement coming from the Sheriff is astounding.
He is a little king in his kingdom.
@@nerthus4685 was...lol
@@nerthus4685 😂😂😂😂
He is the White King in his house. Saying "search me" after intentionally handing phones over to his lackey.
That's comes from any LEO is astounding
Since when does someone need to talk to their attorney before giving up phone warrant? Isn’t that refusal?
That only applies to us smaller unimportant people. The law is above the law … duh 🙃
They don't. Unless your an officer or sheriff
More like what person in general gets to call his lawyer they should have arrested from the get go and he can call his attorney from the jail like everyone else
No one is permitted to call their attorney before a search warrant is executed. The place to contest the validity of the warrant is in court. This just shows such bias and special treatment. Law enforcement are not above the law….or are they?
Crazy how the rules change when it's one of them, imagine if citizens were allowed to do what this sheriff did? Fight a legal court document, refuse to cooperate, and walk away numerous times with evidence?
Called being a narcissistic pig
So when the Sheriff goes into his office, when he walks back out his under sheriff immediately gets a text message mmm 'We need to swap the phones in your pocket for some other "clean" phones.' On numerous occasions the sheriff cops blatantly deceive the professional courtesy extended by the police. To be fair the police should have shown that courtesy by at LEAST demanding the phones were placed on a table away from the sheriff's and in clear view of the police.
@Ry
No actually, they read the search warrant already, which means he was already legally obliged to follow it, the moment he did that (handed his phone over to another officer) he should have been cuffed and arrested. I'm not even joking, what he did was straight up illegal.
In fact, the fact that he only got 3years out of this is appalling. I don't care if he did do a lot of good as a sheriff, he's supposed to be the example that everyone goes by, which just goes to show how fucked our justice system is. On every level it's broken.
@@ApinofArc …Exactly, and this is why I made the comment I did.
@@rochellewant5418 yeaaa...don't know why I phrased it that way. It made it sound like Ry didn't understand. My bad. (Not sure if that's you or not?)
I’m going to start saying to police “let me approve it through my attorney first” and let’s see how that goes.
LoL you'll never get a chance to make that call. Promise.
R B they are gonna tase him before he even pulls out his phone.
You would get tackled, beaten, and your phone ripped out of your hands. And resisting. Police always get special treatment.
@Ricky Springfieldthink about it guys....guns on every hip in the building and outside. This one had to be played cool.
his lawer/ you mean hacker to wipe phone clean while using the phone that is supposed to be confiscated . regular people (citizens ) can't even go in our own house whie it's being searched !!!!!!
"A public building, it's locked..."
Welcome to our world...
Sheriff: you got a warrant for a misdemeanor
Cop: yep
Welcome to the USA where government will spare no resources even if that means spending thousands putting a case together on bull shit that will not make society any better.
Why do we allow them to waste money like this
@@atheismisknowledge746 if they serve warrants on misdemeanor they probably have more evidence to take someone down. Most likely the judge needed some final proof to link this man. Hopefully they get it.
@@philheathslegalteam Don't forget that the PD is also the plaintiff in the case, so, they could just be fishing, or trying to push a little weight around too.....
@@crforfreedom7407 yes that too.
They should have used the battering ram.
Why aren't they thrown on the ground and placed under arrest for obstruction like they do to ordinary citizens? Can you say, IM ABOVE THE LAW?
Well yeaaa duh! It’s like getting a discount on merchandise when you work at a store.. or at least I’m sure that’s how they look at it. Truth is most citizens probably wouldn’t even mind police getting certain perks being that (some) do put their lives on the line to do what they do.. but again and again they take it too far
I said same to someone else 😂😂
Because they are with guns too..
It can turn to battle
As the officer with the bodycam says in this video, the Sheriff is in his own building with his Undersheriff and at least 3 or 4 deputies (that they're aware of). All those guys have guns. They're trying to avoid a shootout.
Sheriff alludes to that earlier in the video too. He looks out through the door and says "You have three units out there? That's alot." Officer responds that the Sheriff has all his units there and the Sheriff replies "you think I'm going to do something." Officer responded with "I don't know" and Sheriff goes "woooow." That was, essentially, the Officer telling the Sheriff they're concerned he could turn his units on them if he had them more outnumbered than he did. Sheriff responds as though he's shocked by the assertion he'd do that, but it's worth noting he's the one who looked outside and started counting how many units the city police sent out to serve the warrant, lol
This was an inter-departmental standoff
Anyone else wondering why two deputies are standing guard, while armed, as a warrant is being served? It’s not like a judge didn’t approve it. I’m confused.
They are as guilty as the sheriff
The fact that they are able to walk away from eye sight with the evidence numerous times just amazes me.
@@bert1450 Well they probably are documented who has what. And wouldn’t it be a crime if they handed over things they knew were not the right bits of evidence? Like that sounds like it should be a law if it isn’t already.
They don't. Every time the Sheriff steps away he hands the phone to the undersheriff who stays in view of the police.
@@LoneStarMillennial False. Those officers started getting upset because they *all* walked in the other room, including the man holding the phone(s). Then the sheriff walked out with his posse and responded to their concerns saying the phones were "in a safe place". Such bs.
Just taser him, throw him in cuffs to detain him and carry out your warrant already!
This is stupid shit in America
Agreed WTF a warrant is a warrant they must live in Trump country where a law enforcement officer has to prove to another law enforcement officer that the warrant they have isn't fake .
Totally asinine .
That is somebody's tax dollars at work .
Shameful
That whole department needs to be investigated.
Fired, more like it.
Jailed you mean
@@interstellar618 FIRE IMMEDIATELY and the INVESTIGATED and then ARRESTED... lol...
U mean the whole u.s.a
This is astounding! This whole office should be fired 😒
Sheriff is in the back trying to get Deputy Drone to show him how to delete messages.
🤣🤣
This video actually scares the shit out of me. The pure loyalty for their own, instead of being loyal to the law is frightening.
true am with ya but what i realize that the local police doing all this shit happening now a days, what am seeing,....
and who are these guy?? fbi or police district?? how many police section are there this is really scary
You are very rite u would think that being sheriffs any of them would follow the law instead of the main guy but ay it’s like the saying says the blind leads the blind
The sheriff was later arrested in an anything but loyal way. He was humiliated on camera.
Joel Voss Yes indeed
Im sure you would do the same if you were in law enforcement buddy
they dont like laws applied to themselves
The Sheriff is corrupt.
@@joelvoss1226 is the local Sherif corrupt or the Police...or both?
@@darrellclark9596 ACAB
@@darrellclark9596 I have no info on the local Police Department in this video. I have researched the Sheriff though.
@@joelvoss1226 All pigs are corrupt.
Once again they are giving him time to “call his attorney”. Meanwhile he could be deleting things, telling others to delete them… etc. WAY too much “professional courtesy” being given. Anyone else would’ve tried that and they’d have been slammed to the ground and handcuffed for obstruction.
Our whole family would be hogtied before we handed the phone off.
It’s beyond ridiculous everything they let him get away with. This really pisses me off!
Not to mention, an embarrassment to New Mexico. This is not what we want to be known for.
@@cassandradiaz7651 hey, at least they caught it, and are trying to do something about it. That’s more than most places do, so kudos. 👍 It’s the ones that keep getting away with it that give law enforcement a bad name.
Anything he erase they will find it
Why I hated law enforcement. No good bums.
A bunch of UNSKILLED UNEDUCATED UNELECTED LAZY UNION BUREAUCRATS JACK BOOTED THUGS.
When the sheriff himself doesn’t respect the law, how does he plan to enforce it. The police department should’ve arrested all of them for resisting and tampering.
@Coolerthan Afrieza you could clearly see the sheriff leaning on the wall to the right trying to delete evidence
This is a clear demonstration of the difference in treatment of law enforcement versus the the general public.
Well, these people are all more aware of and articulate about the law and criminal procedure than most civilians (aside from the sheriff claiming that judges handle all warrants), so they tread far more carefully in these types of situations than most people would. They know exactly what happens when you get loud and belligerent with law enforcement, and they don’t want to have to pay their lawyers any more than they have to in order to defend additional charges.
BIG FACTS...I'm jus say'n
Guns vs guns is the difference 😂. Badge vs badge 😂
It's a shame all search warrants aren't served this way. If the sheriff gets this then why do citizens get no knock warrants where their homes get broken into and the occupants are roughed up and used for baton practice or target practice.
@JR so what’s the answer to the hypocrisy
In reality, no knock search warrants are extremely difficult to obtain. I've been a cop for 27 years and have never even seen one. So your comment is not entirely correct. These warrant was served exactly as it was supposed to. The Sheriff's conduct was shameful which is why he is now in prison for 3 years and the undersheriff was forced to resign.
@@JR-dv2vw and don’t move next to someone who might do something with a no knock warrant…. i had the cops kick in my door looking for a guy on a search warrant…. he lives in apartment 118, i live in 18…. i was a sleep and the naked, on my hardwood, no contact lenses, didn’t know off hand where my wallet was, and the police rummaged through my shit to find my wallet to discover i was the wrong guy…. they left my place a mess and my door completely broken in the winter in the 20 degree weather, door wouldn’t even close…. i had to call off work for 2 days cause i didn’t want to leave my apartment accessible to anyone before my property manager fixed it
I love how cops always expect you to comply or else. Then when they have to comply with each other they cannot do so.
“Professional courtesy” is the nice way of saying “we aren’t treating you the same way we’d treat regular citizens.”
The mob take care of its own
Extending “Professional courtesy” to a police officer or police family members and friends is apart of "Blue Wall Of Silence" or OMERTA which is a code of silence practiced by the Mafia or Organized Crime.The code is established when the police department's has 2 different policies one is the lawful official departmental policies and the other is the unlawful unofficial departmental policies. The reason why the policy is unofficial and unwritten or written but not available as public records is because the policy is illegal on its face or as applied. The policy informs, trains, directs, encourages and mandates compliance. If there is noncompliance with policy then there is orders, threats, coercion and even punishment to ensure compliance. If the Official and Unofficial policy were the same there would be no need to establish a Blue Wall Of Silence because there would be no discrepancies therefore nothing to hide.
Nicely said.
If it were a citizen, everyone of those cops wld have had there knee, taser, etc in his ass. Total BS.
20:35 would’ve been citizens meeting ground
That was intense. I have never seen the police policing the police. The Sheriff must REALLY be dirty. This is outstanding.
Or the City Council and Judge is dirty.
This happens a lot. If you look it up you’d see it. It happen in Georgia not to long ago.
In NC, the SBI or a state trooper is the only entity that can serve a warrant and arrest the sheriff. This is good because it avoids confrontations like this where a lower ranking police dept gets involved with this.
What about the one with the fbi arresting those officers lmao
@@AwkwardYet WOW. I missed that. Wish I could have seen it. Do you happen to have the link?
Can you imagine a regular citizen acting this way?
Yes, taken to the ground and tazed - this is far from a regular citizen though
We’d have heard the police utter their favourite phrase, “We’re past this now” before they put the handcuffs on the citizen 😂
Wouldn't even get passed, "which judge ordered".... ..be on ground black n blue..🤕💀
YES, AND THEY'D GET SHOT OR ARRESTED VIOLENTLY.
Amazing how corrupt those guys are even when served with a lawful order.
Wait door was locked ? Search warrant? They would have kicked my door in.
The only reason they didn’t kick it down from the start was because it is a public building. Kicking a public buildings door in resorts in fines for them. So they did the right thing.
Troy Yang no need to get hostile bro. Just stating what I know. Hope you having a blessed day man.
Also the doors go out so there is no way that two Officers are going to "kick" it in with out SWAT tools.
Troy Yang lol man like I said hope your having a blessed day MR. Yang
iiTzAbsTracT Yeah but kicking down my door results in private property damage and would result in being shot.
I love how the Sheriff is given more than 30 mins to comply with warrant. Wonder what would happen if a civilian didn’t comply immediately? 🤔🤔🤔 CROOKED.
he is not a civilian.. there obviously Cv-1niner deputes going on.
you need to consider thats a office filled with at least 6 armed and trained deputies.... the last thing they want is a gun battle
"professional courtesy"
@@bradytucker1701 the fuck are you talking about there would never be a gun battle like that between law enforcement agencies. You on crack?
A citizen would have been beaten and hog-tied.
Should've said:
Sherrif: "I'm not handing it over until I get it cleared with my attorney"
Officer: Sorry sir. It doesn't work like that. You hand your phones over now, or we arrest every one here for obstruction.
So simple…if they resist physically, back down and then get armed reinforcements. No need to de-escalate or discuss matters with professionals.
@@Juicetheeunuch The warrant was signed by a judge and totally legal. That means he was obligated to turn them over immediately. But he refused. He and his cult of officers resisted a lawful warrant. Audit the Audit gave the officers serving the warrant a poor grade too, because they chose to let the phones repeatedly out of their sight with the suspect, and potential Co conspirator, which gave them time and ability to delete evidence.
They should've ordered the phones turned over, and then placed everyone in handcuffs.
In Georgia, they arrested the attorneys of a client accused of child abuse for not complying with a search warrant that didn't pertain to them. They possessed one of the suspect's phones the police wanted, because their client said it had evidence to prove his innocence. The client gave them the phone inside the courthouse, BEFORE the search warrant was served outside. So in that case, the officers and DA got in trouble. You can't arrest people for obstructing a specific warrant that didn't name them or any of their property. So even though the subject of the search warrant handed his phone to someone else, it was not illegal because the warrant had not been served yet.
In this case, the "sheriff" handed his phones to his under-sheriff after the search warrant was served and gave an unlawful order for the under sheriff to keep them in his possession until he had prednisone to turn them over.
Did he really believe people were going to fall for the " is this your phone or mine?" Then have that guy pretend to unlock it, giving the appearance that it's the deputys phone and not his🤔
And the 2 of them were in the office for 5 mins before that
Wow, look at the Sheriff try to squirm his way out. Regular person would of been told to, “talk to the judge” after eating a few thousand volts and a bit of concrete!
Ain’t that the truth.
Sheriff has a gun, so do his 3 buddies. If they want to take him down hard they'd need a tank
They can't take him down in any way aggressive, the first party to be aggressive could lose their pension and even though the cop got indicted he likely didn't lose his pension and stepped down before he was fired. Too common
@Funny Funker
The people don't get "diplomacy" we get petty tyrants, serious permanent injuries, roadside executions, and drugs planted. The people get their civil rights violated millions of times a day in America. I used to love the Police but then I grew up, you should try it.
Regular person would of got beaten up, a blood covered face and some cracked ribs.
They allowed him to walk away with evidence. Would love to see them let a civilian walk away with evidence after they have already been served with a warrant for.
He didn't. He gave the phones to another officer that stayed out there. They said that right after he took the papers
@@Reddeadrobin1 and when would that even be allowed to a person who's NOT LEO!
@@ysirk7253 often... You do what you want, as long as you don't interfere with their search... See you're comparing this to cases, where they already have enough to arrest, and do them both at once, as to not tip someone off to the investigation.
So I guess this is a case of... You don't know what the fuck you're talking about. And still think what you have to say matters.
@@emilyhofland8219 lmfaooooo have you ever been involved in ANY case? Either side of a case?
@@emilyhofland8219 🖕🏻💋🖕🏻💋🖕🏻💋
Funny how they know he’s not complying hiding something and don’t treat him like everybody else I didn’t see him getting slammed on the ground or beat up just cuz he’s the sheriff they give him a different treatment
That's because he didn't run, or pull out a weapon, or resist by fighting back... funny how that works.
@@tikka300wsm5 you must’ve missed the part in the video where he went through the back into his car before being stopped. And if that happens to the average citizen and they resist verbally but not physically..does that make a difference in the eye of law enforcement? Call it what it is.. double standards
@@WalterGoodfellow so you are expecting every single person to be treated exactly the same? Good luck with that. He a cop, he already knows he carries a firearm on his side and is in the station with others carrying. He isn't some average Joe on the street with criminal history. And are we excluding that they arrested this guy along with another sheriff? So did they get special privilege? Or people just looking for something to bitch about?
@@tikka300wsm5 yeah okay
Creepy as fuck.
That building, the interactions.. It’s like watching Chris Watts as Sheriff.
Reminds me of Deliverance.
That’s a good one
Dear God. Just when i didn't think it could get worse, i read this. So true.
You win the whole internet.
Every officer I've ever dealt with: "If you have nothing to hide, why not just let me see it?"
Yeah....i hate that shit. I always say something like, "thats a truly masterful attempt at manipulation, however, the law requires you to provide a valid reason why i need be searched, not me to provide a reason why i shouldn't be searched.
@@neroaugustus5378 I think you missed the point of his comment
@@neroaugustus5378 I liked the comment, but that isn't how it works anymore. Not even in courts. If you are accused of something it's up to you to prove your innocents. Unless of course you have the money for an average attorney. Have to have some connection with law to have rights now.
@@neroaugustus5378 he's referring to the sheriff refusing to turn in his phone and that the same thing cops always say now applies here to this sheriff. By law enforcements own logic he must have something to hide by refusing to surrender his phone
I love how it takes them multiple minutes to answer and then there’s magically 3 people casually standing there when they open the door.
Yeah, they were tipped off
And the way he sits there and bosses his fellow sheriffs.....”hold this”, “get Nate on the phone”......that right there shows he thinks he above everyone!!! I would have looked at him and said “oh no, don’t bring me into your mess, you call your own damn lawyer”!!
I know its an old video, but I'm sure these cops didn't enjoy serving this warrant. Seeing the way this sheriff acted is pretty disgusting making it personal, he was acting like a straight up gangster.
Hand cuff him, he can call his attorney in jail like the rest of us. Took his phone and cuffed him
I could not Agree more with You. Put him in a cell with some of those he arrested and Harassed
It’s called the blue wall and it’s alive and well.
@@kenyonbissett3512 Yeah. I can see it. It's sick.
Good Cops need to hold bad cops accountable.
Easier said than done. Blue wall in place. (Look the attitude of the precinct's officers) The situation is very tense. You could slice the atmosphere with a knife!
I wonder if I could refuse a warrant until my lawyer said it was ok or not.
While 2 of my armed friends stand guard as I berate the officers.
Hell no. They would have cuffed you and took what they wanted
Yes you can
Yeah I wonder the same thing
And walk off while armed and go into the back rooms out of sight for 25mins... Rules for thee, but not for me!
"Wow you have 3 units out here" 😂🤣 .... taste of there own medicine. Now they know how it feels
You thought 3 guys would be enough to take on a corrupt sheriff department? Need 2 full swat teams.
Ironically, the sheriff has a problem with a signed search warrant... on him.
Well- in my state, the Sheriff is the highest ranking law enforcement official in the county. The chief of police answers to the mayor/judges/courts- an officer of the court. The Sheriff is elected by, answers to & works for the people. So, then serving him a warrant- is akin to the mayor, or governor being arrested.
An example;
The local sheriff in my county- has declared us a sanctuary county & claims he would protect us from the feds. That, his authority supersedes there’s- here. 🤷🏻♂️
Yes it needs to be signed by a real judge not some damn auditor.
@@stjjames sheriff can be fired by the mayor
Erin Kelly you can’t fire someone you didn’t hire. Sheriffs are elected. Hell I even googled this just cause I never thought I’d hear something like this and right there it says no, a mayor cannot fire another elected official.
@@stjjames A local sheriff cannot impede with or interfere with federal law enforcement faithfully enforcing federal law. The sheriff gets his or her powers from the state and not the federal government. He or she may be the top/chief law enforcement officer in his or her own county but that only applies to enforcing state law or local county/city ordinances. The sheriff has no control over the enforcement of federal law. Anyone can technically be arrested if there is a valid court order.
It looks like everyone in that office is hiding something, not just the sheriff.
I totally agree no way in hell I would put my badge on the line for him.
Somebody's getting in the stash
Looks like they all have something in their cavities 😲
It's an awkward situation. Which is why they're all acting awkward.
Hurry!!! Hide the kiddie porn!!!
Such injustice and corruption in today’s society and even by our own police. All those police should be fired and that whole department either investigated or transferred. Defund that sheriffs office and let real police absorb that district.
The Sheriff should have been taken in for not complying and then called his attorney. The co-chief should have gotten charged with hindering since he refused to had over the evidence that the search warrant specifically asked for. We need more of police policing the police/sheriff's to hold them accountable.
Co-chief?? Lol. You mean “undersheriff.” There are no “chiefs” or “co-chiefs” in a sheriff’s department. Furthermore, there’s no such thing as as a “co-chief” in a police department either.
could you imagine if a citizen acted that way...he would have been cuffed right away. The guy at the back door would have been (and should have been) arrested for assaulting an officer! Just ridiculous double standards.
Because fuck people. We don't deserve to be here. None of us have a right to continue this shitshow. Bad people mess up the world and Everyone else allows it..
Alex Abel oh the edge
CUFFED?! They woulda gotta slammed.. If Black they woulda have been BRUTALIZED
@Mike
He might be edgy, but he's not wrong.
That’s why you need a gun. It’s why governments always want to ban firearms.
Since when do cops with a warrant sitting around and wait for you to call your lawyer?
when the people you're serving are also heavily armed
Lol
@@TimWebber not armed, these people are in the same group, just this individual is a POS...
@@thechimp9379 good job, convicting someopne of a crime that hasnt been proven yet. thats why is country is getting so messed up. heard of due process?
Because there's guns involved and it could easily become the Wild West so fear sets in and they become professionals like they don't do out here
All those officers inside should be stripped of their jobs and investigated too
He is dirty sheriff they protect him so they are dirty to ! They should have arrested all of them .
Cop Watch and Real World Police are the best LEO involved channels on here keep up the good work!
You know they are crooked as hell when they react like that
Their all crooked
@@billwilliams6433 Wrong, grow up.
Liam how do the crooked public servants stay in place and move without a worry...? It’s because the so called “good” public servants are too busy covering for them. So yes that makes them all crooked.
Bill Williams they’re*. And no they aren’t all corrupt. If that were the case you’d be telling me that millions of citizens that happen to work in the police department throughout the country would somehow be in on it. That’s as crazy as saying the Illuminati is real 😂
Jacob you can be in your feelings all you want about it and bring other stuff up to justify it, but the fact remains all public servants are bad including the ones you personally know. Learn how to stay on topic ✌🏾
He's being investigated for abuse of power and just by the way he's acting here you can tell he's guilty.
Exactly - and it is all on camera.
Barry White ...what’s a GEW?
Lol I love you tube. Dude points out a really good fact and this other lame ass can't think of anything better to say than (stfu your a jew).lmao really?!
Reference comment above. Lol
Dont know the players or where this is but good chance it is more politically motivated than a legitimate investigation.
What's that got to do with the price of tea in China?
"let me clear it through my attorney first" while he bricks phones.
Seeing Sheriff Deputies stand off against City Police is strange. This Sheriff is definitely up to something
Update he was arrested this morning the 21st for obstruction and possibly other charges. He absolutely should lose his seat as an elected official, he also would not cooperate with the arrest according to the news that covered the story.
Do you have a link to the story?
ruclips.net/video/O6pFxqVFlLI/видео.html This is the RUclips news article
www.krqe.com/news/crime/rio-arriba-county-sheriff-arrested/
@@hunterwolff183 thanks
The sheriff was arrested for a misdemeanor for resisting arrest. He apparently was in trouble a couple months ago Appearing drunk at a crime or civil scene.
The average citizen would have been handcuffed immediately face to the floor.
100%.
Yep. It is different when a police officer is serving a search warrant to another officer and even more so for a sheriff. As he said, he was showing professional courtesy to the sheriffs.
They would not do that for 2 reasons.
1) out of respect because the police and sheriff & his/her deputies are both law enforcers. And
2) They are both armed. They both don't need to get stupid and belligerent. Now that we gained that kind of wisdom let us all understand that maintaining innocence before being proven guilty is indeed what they need to perform without hypocrisy.
Note: I never served in law enforcement but did on the military where the rights of civilian citizens are more abundant.
true shiet
It's a search warrant not an arrest warrant.
if anyone ever wondered what a metaphorical pissing contest was ... here you go your tax dollars at work
Obstruction of justice! That had to have been frustrating with the sheriff playing games while being served a search warrant.
should've just said "If we don't see the phones in the next 30 seconds, all of you will be arrested for obstruction"
If it was anybody else's phone, you'd be in handcuffs,then you could call a lawyer.
nah. in states like N.J. cops are only belligerent in north jersey, where a lot of melting pot ethnicities are, like NYC, a 3rd world country. In central jersey like Neptune City, they know they are uneducated, minorities (mostly italy) and if they do not break stuff, get caught selling heroin or beat their wives in public (though 1 cop, Sgt.Siedle, shot up his wife in the street couple yrs. ago, it is on RUclips) they can nap their way to retirement in the patrol vehicles. We got to put 'fuck ups' somewhere, P.D.s are a good place cause we can kind of keep track of what they are breaking or stealing. Otherwise these unproductive citizens would starve to death in the street due to being unskilled and lazy.
The Sheriff is required to comply with the courts' orders, but the warrant for the property does not necessarily grant them the power to arrest or use force against the Sheriff's person that is outside their jurisdiction - they would need to bring in a different kind of warrant for the Sheriff's arrest and/or an official with the authority to arrest the Sheriff.
Yeah cops get special treatment, it's bullshit!!
@@Dracolith1 except when an under deputy touched the officer serving the warrant thats assaulting an officer
Might have something to do with the fact that they are out gunned.
Moral: "everything's okay folks. Nothing to see here. Our man is out back shredding the evidence. Nothing to see here."
Classic case of someone that thinks they are above the law. The type of lack of cooperation on the part of this man is shameful and incredulous.
Bruh if the sheriff has to ask 2:57 "Which case" they are investigating on him you know somethings messed up lol
When the law thinks it’s above the law , this is what you get.
They don't think they're above the law, they KNOW their above the law
The city police, AS THE PLAINTIFFS IN THE CASE in question, were not by New Mexico's State Constitution the ones who should have been issuing the warrant, even if they weren't the plaintiffs in the case the warrant was about. According to state Constitution, only the court could have directly handled this matter under the constitution. The Sheriff should have been called in to the court and the warrant issued. That's per state Constitution. This Sheriff had EVERY RIGHT to be suspicious, handing over direct evidence to the plaintiffs in the case the warrant was for. Who by state Constitutional law has no power or authority over the Sheriff.
He is the sheriff he is the elected officer he is the law of the county. The problem is the ones who served the warrant was not justified the only one that can arrest or serve the warrant it the county coroner’s office.
@@shomeparanormal That's some states, from what I was able to glean from NM State Constitutional law (which I looked up and read on the subject😁) in NM, the COURTS are the only legal authority over the Sheriff. That means, they should have called him, told him what was going on, ordered him to come in and surrender his phones to them. Period. If he resisted that lawful request, the a higher authority per the constitution like a state agency should have then been deployed.
In any event, a lesser LEO organization WITH NO LEGAL AUTHORITY CONSTITUTIONALLY OVER THE SHERIFF had no business serving this warrant. ESPECIALLY when you stop and consider the fact that they were not only the summons enforcers for the warrant, BUT THEY WERE ALSO THE COMPLAINANT AND PLAINTIFF IN THE CASE THE WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR!!!! What a racket!
Sheriffs are elected peace officers, police are corporate stooges.
Hey, isn't that where Breaking Bad was filmed? 🤣 CITY councils everywhere are feeling the STING. Run but you can't hide.
If he was back there deleting, he’s dug himself a bigger whole. All hat is easily recoverable
Wronge! There is special programme that delete all information and make it invisible!
@@WW-hn5yb oh really? n what’s that?
…asking for a friend btw
Cop said it was harrassment and retaliation... gee now you know how it feels lol
😃😃😃😃😃👍
When it happens to non-cops, its obstruction of justice, resisting arrest, etc. Who asks "did the warrant say NOW".
Why is every single one of these deputies shaped like an egg
Eggs With legs...
Oompa loompa
They sit on their fat asses and eat donuts all day
Dick Smasher They started shooting suspects instead of chasing them to detain them ... 💯
One of them on the far right had to hold himself up by having his hand on the high trophy case cupboard -19:00
Everyone of those officers in the building should be immediately fired. This is like a damn mob.
Amazing how some police act just as rebellious as the people on the street and why wasn't he arrested for obstruction.
All them look guilty AF... imagine if I had a warrant on my phone and handed to my friend while I call an attorney. Gtfo
If he had done it prior to getting served with the search warrant then it would be legal, doing it after the fact is obstruction of justice.
@@Torsin2000 the one that accepts it after he was served is also guilty of aiding and embedding
@@DanMcD80 that would be hard to prove, he could claim he was attempting to be a neutral third party until the sheriff agreed to relinquish them.
Now if a non cop tried that they would both get arrested and charged with obstruction. I think this would have been better carried out by the State Police, but that's just my 2 cents.
they would beat your ass & arrest your friend, lucky if you make it out without being hurt
Your face would be against the ground; next to your girlfriend.
I can only imagine how small he feels now that he knows he doesn’t actually have as much power as he thinks. This is absolutely amazing!!
This is something that is great about America. In most other countries a powerful law enforcement officer would never be held accountable.
Nerthus yeah normally the boys in blue have a gang mentality so this is ultra rare
Amen
Nerthus this is extremely rare in the US actually
It waird to see back in Indiana the only person who can arrest the sheriff on state charges is the coroner which mean if a coroner wont do it the only other option is to wait till hes out of office and then get him later if the statute of limitations isn't up or go to the feds and get him indicted on federal charges. Indiana is the only state that I know of that allows this.
He is SOOOO GUILTY!! His guys need to quit protecting him or they will go down with him!
Police v Sheriff...this is a series I didn't know I needed 🍿🍿
"We have a search warrant"
"You'll have to wait until my attorney says it's okay."
Privilege much?
I’d rather not piss off the guy with a gun and his goons. The officers knew their shit was air tight so rather than start a shootout or a fight with a county Sheriff they waited for him to realize he had no choice. I wouldn’t call it privilege more like smart move on the city PD’s part
They are all part of the same officers Union. And it doesn't matter if you're in the right or the wrong everyone respects other union members until someone overseas it and tells you that they were wrong
Caleb Postoak oh..so if a normal citizen had guns,they would come in all nice and calm like that and give them the same non privelaged treatment...wake up!
skank hunt if people have something to hide they act like this. What I’m trying to say is you don’t want to completely cut ties with your county cops because their sheriff is under investigation.
Bruce Discher nah bro you miss what I’m saying like I said to skank hunt you don’t wanna start shit with the other officers who may be their back up at some point. City and county work together almost every day, and because one is a shit bag doesn’t mean you ruin relations with the whole department.
That whole department needs to be thrown in jail for corruption.
DAM RIGHT!!!
What did they doo!?
With all the time they stalled I wouldn't be surprised if they handed over phones of the exact same make and model but the actual ones they wanted to search.
Why u think he went to his truck
Looks like the whole department is aware and involved somehow..
I feel like in the back there are people frantically shedding documents shittin bricks🤣🤣
LOOKS THAT WAY
It does.
Yup. Erasing phone calls, delete contacts, text messages, emails, cameras. Bleach bit everything folks. Lock them out of everything. Throw the computer harddrives in the bath tub. Snap your phones in half. Start the place on fire. Ignite the sprinklers. Fire Axe an Extiungisher to the monitors. Guard that document shredder at all costs! What you do in the next 5 minutes will determine the next 25 years of your life 😆. Lol just trash the place. Let all the jail mates out of their cells. They're trying to escape and have overrun us.
😂😂😂😂😂
U da goat for that comment
Make no mistake people, THIS SHERRIFF OFFICE IS A GANG!!!
Real talk
Sounds that Way
They 🔒 the phone s
No doubt!...they were ready to get it on.
1000% true
The undersheriff needs fired also...he's interferring with a police order
I was ready to see a royal rumble of law enforcement!
Sheriff and his department seems very dirty. Refusing orders and even the one officer grabbing the city LEO. The whole department needs to be shutdown.
Yeah, I don't think that the sheriff had any right to touch the police officer.
@@rrbburgess77 No, WE are the last line of defense to our constitutional rights.
@@rrbburgess77 Provide link to the law that says "Sheriff has considerably more authority then any Leo including Feds in their county" or you intentionally lied. Oh and it is "than" not "then". Learn2Grammer
@@rrbburgess77 Um, no
@@rrbburgess77 Even if true, a search warrant is a search warrant.
It is nice to see a "Check and Balance" system within Law Enforcement. Good on PD for showing so much restraint and professionalism as for the "Sheriff" one word, WOW!
I find it interesting that there's supposed to be cooperation between the different agencies in law enforcement. The way the sheriff's deputies are standing is more of a standoff rather than a comfortable feeling. That's sad 😭
Maybe we'll get lucky and they will standoff ... I can protect myself.
They should have given him the "Stop resisting!" line followed by a billy club beating.
Really. Watching this made me sick. Did you see the video of him complaining about the handcuffs hurting. Funny how PIGS live to torture and inflict harm upon WE THE PEOPLE but when it comes to them they are so special and need to be coddled. Disgusting to see.
@@digaminombre5318 yea i saw it dude complained alot and yet they give crap to normal citizens when they are on the other hand
@@digaminombre5318 Hey you do you but everyone knows the moment someone breaks into your house you are going to call them and beg for help.
@@rabbidfrog9246 exactly. Can't understand these children. They complain so much about the police, talk so much bs, then once something happens to them, they go crying to the police. Absolutely hilarious!
Not in Texas. :) We can defend ourselves and give the cops a break
The cop with the "Oh Shit It's the cops" face when answering made my day.
" what's up guys ? " you know what's up so does the woman going into the backroom and everyone else in the building , that's why the door was locked and 4 - 5 people came to answer it .
There not cops!
Have you ever seen the movie 'War on Everyone'? It's hilarious. It's two cops that are doing lots of criminal stuff- like snorting coke in a bathroom. Then they hear sirens coming and go 'oh shit, the cops'. Then the other guy goes 'wait, we are the cops'. And then they just laugh and continue on with the coke.
This video reminded me of the movie.
M J I just checked out the trailer and gonna watch it this week. It looks pretty funny
@@PAIDinBLOOD118 👍 Hope you like it! Your comment and this video is what made me think of it.😊
(This is random, but another great movie I just saw is 'The Gentleman'. Guy Ritchie movie- also one of the funniest movies I think I have ever seen).
Take care and thx for making me laugh.
The moment Lujan passed his cellphone to the Undersheriff, Lujan should have been arrested, the Undersheriff offered the opportunity to turn over the phone, and then arrested if he failed to comply. Ridiculous how they let Lujan and his worms drag this out and manipulate evidence right in front of them.
“Law enforcement” refusing to comply with the law. Fire them all.
A civilian would be on the ground and in cuffs seconds after the first refusal to comply.
No they wouldn’t.
@@jcraigshelton ol' Dennis needs to unplug for a bit
@@mikem5424 He's right a normal person would be beaten and arrested very quickly.
@@jcraigshelton Yes Craig, they would and they do. If you aren't going to pay attention, you need to leave.
@@chriss582 Criss S, yes I've heard of professional courtesy and have witnessed this practice in law enforcement many times, usually to evade legal action ( example being taken home after blowing a 1.8 on the breathalyzer, being given time after thier arrest to destroy evidence, perjury under oath, being allowed to scfflaw by fellow officers or departments etc. This is what professional courtesy means among fellow officers, when in reality it should be called criminal courtesy but things are changing for the better because of videos taken by civilians and honest law enforcement. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW NOT EVEN POTUS.
Let us have an understanding here.
If this was happening to a Citizen they would have taken the person down to the ground, taken whatever they came for, and arrested you for obstruction.
facts
Allow me to add some perspective here. My sister's brother-in-law is a retired State Police Officer, used to work in Pittsburgh, PA (a little known fact, Washington County, just south of Pittsburgh, has some of the highest rates of child molestation crimes in the country, if you remember the Jerry Sandusky incident back in 2010 or so, his father used to run a ring of pedo's, which is likely where Jerry Junior picked up the habit, they were from Washington County.) He used to be in charge of the Amber Alert system (you know tracing abducted children.) So these officers have to deal with shit like that, if it's a warrant for some petty crime you just fucking do it because there are real crimes to get after (you are actively inhibiting their ability to solve real crimes, YOU are potentially causing deaths and assaults of children.) And if you are the piece of shit that abducted a child . . . well . . . let's say I wouldn't bat an eye if they just shot on sight (that's why I didn't become a Police Officer, I am a veteran, and generally able to turn my emotions off full-stop, but if it's a child I know that I couldn't keep it under control.)
This case is a little different, mainly because if you saw, the Sheriff's deputies were all lined up and were ready to do whatever, escalating the situation would likely have led to a fight and potentially loss of life, so they handled it this way rather than that. If you were openly carrying for example, instead of 'taking you down' it would have been more of a discussion. Especially if you proved that you knew the paperwork (my major is Cyber Forensics so I know how to read those documents, it's amazing how the tiniest detail can cause havoc, like he said about the warrant stating the phones and not the contents, it's all the fucking lawyers involved that make shit like this so difficult.)
Like you said, "If" this were happening to a normal citizen.
Ya but this wouldn’t be happening to a normal person. A search warrant on a misdemeanor is rare. Even the sheriff getting served says something about it. The DA clearly wants to get that guy and thinks they can get felonies out of it or else they never would have gotten that warrant.
Simple as that ima tell that sheriff the same thing he said to the city police lol they gonna be tryna to raid ah house and they gonna say hold on I’m consulting wit my attorney before you raid my house searching for my phone with your search warrant lol man they would’ve tried to kill me lol
That sheriff's department is shady as hell
Good old boys club
That Sheriffs Department needs to be closed down
they ought to take that whole sheriff's office in for obstruction of justice
exactly. It's obvious the whole office is knows what shits going on
But........ They won't.
Why the Sheriff the Supreme Court has
found him to be the top Law Officer
of the county.
Except this isnt what you think it is. They wont put out the whole story. This is what happens when you refuse to enact unlawful orders from a governor. And your going to see alot more of this. Removing anyone who does not agree with going against their oath to the constitution. It's called a power grab. And it's going to end in people getting killed. The constitution trumps everything.
@@Thekoryostribalpodcast a warrant is a warrant and a peace officer is one who above all others should obey it. It might be a bogus charge but playing their little game is no way to contest it... I can't think of anything that any cop would have on their work phone that wasn't open to ANY supervisor to see..
PS, I am a former cop and my son is a cop
I like how they're acting like they're above a court order.
LOL, a Sheriff is equal to the court, not inferior. It's his discretion.
@@ccav01 ... So following a court order is optional? Interesting theory.
Guess who's wearing the guns? 😁
@ Glen Turney.....you win
Public building locked???? It's very fishy.
sick to see the other officers standing guard as if to give the impression they would fight for the bent cop
"If the sheriff has nothing to hide then he should just comply with orders"
Isn't that what they always tell us? The common citizens.
If any normal person acted the way the sheriff did the results would've been a lot different.
He's "acting" guilty.. It works both ways