A peaceful First Amendment auditor filming a bank from a public sidewalk suddenly becomes the target of bank employees, armored truck security, and responding police officers — all because of a camera. 📸🚔
The confrontation escalates when employees claim filming armored trucks is somehow illegal and officers arrive demanding identification for a “suspicious person” report. But the auditor immediately fires back with Florida statute 901.151, reminding officers that recording in public is not a crime and suspicion alone does not justify forcing ID.
As cameras keep rolling, the entire encounter turns into a viral constitutional showdown exposing how quickly public photography triggers panic, false legal claims, and unlawful demands from people who clearly don’t understand the First Amendment.