Average, Everyday Lawbreakers

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[@Stunnedstudios]

"What are you in jail for?" "I killed 3 people and robbed a bank" "How about you?" "I sold lobsters"

[@boaofdeath]

Stunnedstudios In plastic instead of cardboard it's scary man

[@Mike_Davidson]

Lobsters Lives Matter! Selling lobsters is lobster slavery. 🤣🤣🤣

[@shackman9566]

Yea, that man should be given back his business and a pile of money. You can't give him back time or the loss of his family and that is priceless. It's no wonder these thugs come at you with assault weapons and body armor they seem to understand what even they might do if the shoe was on the other foot. Wonder how they can sleep at night knowing they are the real criminals.

[@Nebzz]

"I smuggled in $15,000,000+ of illegal undersized lobsters" -fixed

[@Tr4sh_can34]

Thats america for ya

[@Cobb_Dunzo]

"what are you in for?" "I ran a ponzi scheme that stole $30 million. You?" "I moved a log."

[@ModernGentleman]

I farted

[@puppetsock]

Moved a log... When I was 16, my family rented a cottage on the beach. The next cottage along had a family staying. One day, the father of that family was busy digging at a drift log. I watched him from our porch for 20 minutes. Then I walked down, picked up the log, and said "where do you want it?" When he got his voice back, he wanted the log in the water so it would float away. I decide that was a hazard to navigation, so I broke it across my knee into four parts, and stacked these by the garbage. It was removed by the garbage removal folks the next day. If he had his way he'd have endangered the pleasure boats in the lake. Hmm... Moved alog...

[@shadykitty7493]

i took a shit on a cop car..... man these laws are getting out of hand

[@kevinburk1670]

i drained aswamp

[@hfarthingt]

“I sold lobsters on the black market”

[@isaacgentz3319]

"selling without a permit" A. K. A. " Selling without giving us a cut"

[@12vscience]

If it's illegal it's called racketeering. If it's legal it's called taxation and permits. Governments are the most successful organized crime syndicates. All others are amatures.

[@ethanterrill6353]

Fr tho the difference between senators and mafia gods is that senators are bureaucrats

[@Michael-CAN2082]

Well yes but actually yes

[@macioluko9484]

Yup. Even if you put all the Mafia gangs together... they look like rank-smelling amateurs next to any City hall...

[@marcussixer1300]

*Giving us a cut before you make Revenue.

[@Bearbait01]

That woman and her husband getting charged 37k a day should enrage everyone.

[@disciplemike5821]

"Land of the free" "the American dream" all destroyed and an illusion

[@existentiald562]

Why wasn't his response just "come and take it" I'm sure that would've caught some attention

[@copperpumpkin2648]

@@disciplemike5821 it's all bought out by lobbyists now, when I speak to alot of people about how we need to remove a whole bunch of laws in this country ,people look at me like I'm nuts.

[@chadpowell1832]

I’m your 69th like ;)

[@eevee5234]

The American dream is proven better to be in Canada. America isn’t a good country at all. Under the top 100 for safest and education.

[@jasonallen1712]

This is just shameful.

[@carsonmay2972]

Jason Allen when I was 9 a cop would come everyday to get lemonade

[@mrtroll4018]

tell me about it. They always shut down my elotero man

[@tilburg8683]

M it's a part of the cops I believe the mother said two other cops came one day earlier and bought lemonade and tipped them.

[@bailey6165]

@Sparka J..shut up mate.

[@georgewatts56]

"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." -George Washington

[@isaacgonzales5612]

George Watts I thought it was Thomas Jefferson who said that

[@larry5272]

Good quote, but it was Thomas Jefferson who said it.

[@izdatbOi]

@@larry5272 lmao

[@jaighter]

george jefferson said it actually

[@spacebuilder4d]

@@Xedilian bruh, this has nothing to do with Trump. He won't be in power forever, but the federal government is.

[@mer_meh]

There was a woman that murdered her daughter and got a year in jail. A man imported a lobster caught in Honduras and got sentenced 8 years. Wtf.

[@laurahuynh8333]

That’s messed up.

[@jackmiltons5979]

It’s Bc she’s a woman.

[@winstonian88]

There is much, much more to the Abner Schoenstetter lobster tail case than depicted here. The lobsters were undersized and caught in violation of Honduras’ fisheries laws. There was a long investigation involving a series of other charges as well. He didn’t get 8 years for bags over boxes.

[@mobilegamesonly3170]

@@winstonian88 Fair, and the ecosystem damage can be quite a bit. However the woman should get more than one year, unless the evidence was inconclusive.

[@charlesg7926]

@@winstonian88 The problem is there’s gender bias against men and you need to acknowledge that

[@Osiris261]

So i went to prison. The officer looked at me, you again, he said. First it was lemonade Then chocolate cookies What are you in for this time ? Head down i mumbled. " I bought a house" The officer and? "It had a tree in it" I looked around and saw all the rapists the thieves and murderers, all looking at me with contempt in their eye´s. ill never forget.

[@kf338]

Great comment

[@Kr0nicDragon]

Pro tip, if the government doesn’t get a cut, it’s “illegal”

[@trudytyburski7137]

perfectly stated

[@bigbud6842]

Yeah that really sums it up well

[@juxtapositionofsouls]

On god!

[@billlombard9911]

They are the real mafia

[@kyllepoiencot4361]

So eBay is illegal? Dang it!!

[@maximumeffort5877]

Don’t forget, you have the right to bear arms against a tyrannical government And I’m allowed to say that due to the 1st amendment

[@bsmartr806]

Am I gonna get in trouble for giving you a thumbs up?

[@steveescher1554]

Thats wat they say haha until u shoot them and they lock u up or kill u trying

[@tylerbailey470]

@@steveescher1554 yea until people wake up by the millions and begin standing shoulder to shoulder.

[@RaytheonNublinski]

You still think you have rights? Watch the video again please.

[@locutusofscifi1033]

The army corps of engineers defied the court and jury. Said it didn't matter that they were acquitted they're gonna do what the government tells them to do anyway. Good luck shooting it out with the army.

[@noble2372]

that woman’s life was ruined because the army “felt” like the land was a wetland.

[@tomanderson3196]

The army to busy worrying about land they don't own they didn't have time to maintain the levies at new Orleans, causing billions in damage, woops no biggie for them, derelict in duties oh well.

[@johncole2744]

The Army was extremely corrupt when i was in. They stop paying me housing allowance just because they felt like but wouldn't let me live on post. They also banned me from post, where IWork lol

[@sour4704]

@@johncole2744 when were you in? Curious about how recent this was.

[@johncole2744]

@@sour4704 got out 2014

[@zkittlezthabanditt604]

That man who got 8 years and a month in prison for illegally importing lobster got more time than the officer who was found guilty of 16 counts of battery, a charge for unlawful use of a weapon, and murder of Laquan McDonald in Chicago (2014). That is outrageous!

[@leemehan]

Nothing surprises me anymore in this day in age!

[@maxritter8758]

I now understand libertarians

[@afaceinside1210]

MINIMUM GOVERNMENT = MAXIMUM FREEDOM!

[@FRN2013]

I understand pro-life libertarians. Pro-baby-slaughter libertarians are still baffling.

[@Amateur_Pianist_472]

+itsnotaboutme libertarians believe that it's none of their business what someone else does with their body or property. Pro life is just a way to control people's sexual activity. Even with contraception, there's a small chance a pregnancy can happen. So they tell you 'just don't have sex' idk how exactly it's the governments business whether someone has sex or not. Even if it is a child. Legally you should be able to refuse your blood or money to anyone. A foetus needs your blood, organs, nutrient, everything to survive. That's why it should be legal to remove a foetus if you want to. You should be able to put anything in your body & take anything out of your body without government involvement. It's legal to refuse your baby a blood transfusion, breast milk, you can even give them up for adoption if you don't want your body and property going to supporting he baby. There's no way to keep a foetus alive without someone's body, when that day comes we can save every foetus and put

[@Amateur_Pianist_472]

+itsnotaboutme them in a incubator. Idk how we will take care of an extra million kids. I guess orphanages will have to come back. How lovely.

[@fakecubed]

It's a violation of the NAP to murder a baby after it's born, and it's a violation of the NAP to murder a baby before it's born.

[@Niggychan]

"Are you watering your garden?" Yes sir. "Why isn't the hose blue? Why aren't you watering at a 70° angle? WHY ARE YOU DOING IT ON A SATURDAY?" *$50,000*

[@mrexclusive5406]

😂😂😂

[@GeneralChangOfDanang]

Oh and by the way, your garden is just wet enough to be called a wetland. Move out or face life in prison.

[@vinceblackburn2812]

Now we'll use the money to give free shit to people who don't need it.

[@talesfromthestreets]

Sounds like you’ve lived in California before 😁

[@wannawatchu66]

No shit. Bunch of f--ing control freaks.

[@OfficialMrMalicious]

Jimmy, Age 7 Sentenced to 15 years in Jail for selling Lemonade. “I’m just glad that criminal scum is behind bars” -anonymous user

[@ajax1475]

This reminds me just how much I hate the government and every single one of their paracitie employees

[@godsstrength7129]

We need to burn the swamp and disband all nonessential federal agencies.

[@Dabhach1]

I begin to see why the Founders had a problem with big government.

[@vincentcollado277]

Better than a small government tho, they abandoned the Articles of Confederation

[@smin4089]

Small government led to the largest government. If you want to repeat the cycle, shrink the govt instead of abolishing it

[@Mystickrage]

@@vincentcollado277 no small goverments are easier to control because citizens have a actual voice and enough of them can put the law into action

[@wilsoda23]

@Sound Money quite the essay there, thank you for educating ignorant people in the comments

[@mustangtris4955]

tax is a state to state decision tho 😐

[@Alex-ro2jn]

Kid: wants to have a source of income without selling drugs Government: "slow down there buckaroo"

[@RyanNelson0402]

It's called being a pharmacist. Geez. Opioids won't push themselves without insurance.

[@chadpowell1832]

Yeah , when I was their age I wasn’t able to get a job, these kids are entrepreneurs and should be praised for their skills , not punished .

[@techhelpportal7778]

Seattle: oh your littering and selling dangerous drugs, have a ball Also seattle: your selling lemonade I'm shutting you down

[@circeciernova1712]

I was an addict many years ago, and I can affirm through experience that kids will sell drugs because they make better money than selling lemonade or whatever, and frankly would be safer working with the black market. And they're regularly trying to get money for rent, or food, or to pay parking tickets that if not paid will end with someone behind bars.

[@flitsplik5750]

6 year olds sell drugs???

[@adamnebula4474]

This is one of the stupidest things that I've ever seen in my life. Stopping kids from selling lemonaid and criminalising people for studying a religion in their own homes. "Land of the free", right?

[@Wadosan]

“Ey, what are ya in for?” “I was in a fit of rage... I killed my boss and rampaged around the office, injuring five and killing another two. You, what are you in for?” “I had a tree in my backyard.”

[@armstrongflg]

6 years in prison for that? Wow.

[@georgeapplegate3535]

It's a bit more complicated than presented here. The case was about importing $15M of lobsters that were illegal to harvest in Honduras because they were undersized. The box versus bag only was an indicator that they have been inspected in Honduras, which they weren't. The government showed a pattern where the defendants knowingly circumvented the Lacey Act, which made it illegal for US citizens to violate foreign fishing laws. Schoenwetter apparently knew he was violating the law and used various methods to conceal this. After the conviction, Honduras reinterpreted their law and filed an amicus in the appeal, but the appeal court majority upheld the conviction, apparently feeling there was _mens rea_. www.eenews.net/stories/1059964426

[@luckneh5330]

I think he meant the tree thing.

[@wings22]

She's not in prison...

[@10krunr]

Sam Armstrong months you idiot

[@shansiddiqui8673]

crazyadhdboy16 naw mang the lobster guy was sentenced 8 years and one month: served 6 years.

[@impossiblegaming2042]

Yes little girls are makimg lemonade with crack

[@impossiblegaming2042]

@I know Cause I'm BatMan. Little girls are gangsters according to this police station

[@impossiblegaming2042]

@I know Cause I'm BatMan. No they are straight up cartel mofos

[@YouAreToxic]

Christians: Just a sprinkle of God SJWs: Just a sprinkle of offended and stupidity Cops: Just a sprinkle of Crack Chef Ramsay: Just a sprinkle of salt and pepper

[@strunchshag6129]

It's infected with STDs which they got from their daddy

[@impossiblegaming2042]

@@strunchshag6129 you went too far

[@charlesferdinand422]

The guy who sold lobsters in plastic bags instead of boxes lost everything: his life savings, his business, his marriage and his sons; and the last couple lost their life savings, their business and their home. This is truly heart-wrenching and sickening, the government is out of control.

[@youcantseeme8309]

“Approved tress” how did we get to this

[@downwithnazeem7580]

So you get 5 years for trying to do "stuff" with a kid but 8 for wrong lobster packaging??????

[@mistermini2283]

Reasonable

[@ashforkdan]

7 years for murder.

[@sphinxfn2218]

It’s because pedos will do it again and go back to court make the government more money so they don’t want them in jail they want them in the courtroom as much as possible

[@hotlinesanzensekai7084]

I don't know how things work in the States, but the years get stacked, right? You do stuff with a minor 50 times and you are looking at 250 years. Or am I wrong? I read about a guy who got 1000 years on his ass.

[@turkeyleg1]

I murdered someone during an argument in 1988 and I only got 7 years and was out in 6 because of overcrowding.

[@kumquat2813]

I don't know what's in my drink at McDonald's why aren't they shut down.

[@Patrick.Weightman]

if you're so concerned you can absolutely look up a nutrition label

[@kumquat2813]

@@Patrick.Weightman I am pretty concerned

[@Spriteinmyeye]

They have a permit, that was the case

[@cypherusuh]

It's just ice cubes, cola, and either spit or cum

[@alfredodominguez2799]

Because they buy out their inspectors

[@Shadbraw]

8:53 made me almost cry. I'm not a guy who cries, that's for sure.

[@jesinu]

Yeah, that got me too.

[@godsstrength7129]

Fuck the government, and fuck those that support it. We need to burn the swamp and every federal agency there is.

[@LibertyHell1776]

Every time I get discouraged and feel like I can't fight the good fight... I watch this video and it gives me the fire I need to keep fighting against this oppressive government, who trample all over good people every day. I will never stop spreading the message of freedom.

[@godsstrength7129]

Thank you. I hope one day we get to see an actual Nation founded on liberty

[@panzerace6974]

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."

[@sandjgaez257]

Like California.

[@ratisme413]

No no no no

[@nonmagicmike723]

The two feed off each other.

[@punker4Real]

you know it's illegal to breath because you'r releasing green house gases

[@dankestvonmemen76288]

@@punker4Real imma copyright movement and sue everyone for every penny

[@takai611]

In elementary school I traded my milk for some apples. Get this; I had no permit!

[@CrussellJohnson]

What kind of deal is that though. Milk is worth AT LEAST an Apple and a cluster of grapes

[@briangerra5236]

@@CrussellJohnson Exploitation!

[@danielalejandrovillalobos3446]

Jonathan Paul milk Is not worth shit half the time it's expired too

[@CrussellJohnson]

@@danielalejandrovillalobos3446 I do agree that the milk economy has been failing of late..

[@imat_soup777]

STOP you’ve violated the law you’re going to jail for 2 months for illegal milk trading

[@burnolltd.9808]

In jail Me : Why are you in ? The other guy : I'm a serial killer. What about you ? Me : I farted silently in public, they used thermal sensor on me

[@_Michal_Michal_]

Johnny, sentenced to 20 years in jail for planting the wrong tree in his garden. Federal Gov.: WE BE CLEANING OUR STREETS OF CRIMINALS !!!

[@kittensofdeath4904]

Guy 1: "what are you in jail for?" Guy 2: "I robbed a bank and killed 7 cops in the process. And you?" Guy 1: "a tree in my backyard wasn't on the list of approved trees"

[@averys1738]

Guy 1: “what are you in for?” Guy 2: “grand theft auto and property damage. And you?” Guy 1: “lobsters”

[@crystalchavez4576]

I know that’s so crazy He bought the house with that tree why is it a issue all of a sudden

[@dbdchristopher]

and the police wants him to rat out others

[@jeremymenchaca]

I cleaned up a ditch

[@robertphillips6296]

I believe that Stalin said, “Show me the man and I’ll show you the Crime!” Also someone else said “Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse!”

[@memedbengul4350]

I'm so glad that they finally cracked down on the lemonade mafia.

[@godsstrength7129]

Shut up bot

[@AJ-xc4nm]

Back when I was about 6 and sold lemonade as a kid a cop pulled up and he said someone reported us. The cop bought a 25 cent lemonade and tipped us 10 bucks what an absolute bro.

[@mrppman6188]

At least he wasn't on an ego trip

[@sour4704]

Mad respect for that cop. He had a moral compass and stuck by it.

[@bobohunter1776]

When I was younger my county sheriff did the same thing. Couldn't care less.

[@arasb3258]

Awesome 😀

[@caster863]

What is up with people having a problem with lemonade stands?

[@lightningbolt4419]

" what are you in for?" "I Sold heroin. You?" "I had a tree in my backyard"

[@klaushermann6760]

In Brazil, my country, this issue is way worse than it is in USA. No one can sell anything in front of your own house or on streets. It's a shame that there are people without a job and the only way to gain some money is selling homemade food and the government take away the only opportunity you have to be a honest person.

[@garrettbarton5240]

I got a $7000 dollar fine for driving without insurance. I had forgotten to renew my policy and it had lapsed for two weeks. My life is on hold for now as I pay off my debt to Uncle Sam. We the people have no say on fines and bureaucratic rules. The old saying rings true, "The larger the government, the smaller the people".

[@DR19X]

That's crazy. 7k is insane. Are you in the us?

[@johna9994]

"We don't know what's in the lemonade" I can help with that lemon, sugar, and water.

[@jeffw1267]

And kids' filthy hands. Have you ever shaken hands with a kid? It's like they were holding a melted Butterfinger or something.

[@myleg...]

jeffw1267 only makes it better

[@smuke]

jeffw1267 Have you ever learned what washing hands does?

[@josephsuazo5210]

U bought the stupid argument? That means that the government is right all the time even if it's wrong. All the time you should worship it and fear it like a god or else, your life is clusterfuck. Satanic devotion at it's best.!

[@patlaugh3823]

it could be tap water... careful!

[@Quirky76]

I purchased lemonade from a child who had a lemonade stand in Santa Monica last month. Does that mean that I am aiding and abetting a criminal activity?

[@dulfinz5254]

Quirky76 Yes, please turn yourself in to your nearest local authority.

[@dankestvonmemen76288]

@@dulfinz5254 too late, he was raided by seal team six.

[@Yittt]

@@dankestvonmemen76288 glad my tax dollars could help

[@correctopinion4708]

@@dulfinz5254 no need the FBI probably already got him

[@unoriginalusernameb]

You make me SICK.

[@jayclark8284]

I left the U.S. in 1993 because I felt liberty was the most important thing. Spent 21 years in Australia, most of which I had that feeling until like the U.S., the enviro-fascist nanny state ballooned beyond endurance. Now I live in Bali, Indonesia where I have my farm and a small restaurant with my Balinese wife. We have very little interference from government in our everyday lives, the running of our business or the building of our home. This video made me so sad that America has given government so much power to destroy the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Democrats OR Republicans...the crushing of liberty continues unabated...

[@JJ-ri8es]

In the past year I grew to HATE and mistrust the Government but after watching this this only confirms my feelings 1000% more. Big Gov Really Just Sucks!!

[@jamessmith785]

This is sickening. Government is out of control.

[@Someguy6571]

@@2nostromo Trump has gotten rid of quite a few regulations (A lot of really stupid ones), and has said himself he wants to go back to what it was like in the 1960's. Guess you missed that. Also because of Trump removing regulations the family in the last part of this video is now able to build on their land that they were chased off of because of stupid regulations. Finally that same family I believe is now legally able to go after the government because of the bullshit they had put them through.

[@AzngameFreak03]

Coacervate Droplet Look at "trump deregulations." He gets stopped, but tried to take down so many crazy laws.

[@maxrequisite]

@@2nostromo over $33 billion worth of regulations cut. I'd say he's doing what he promised.

[@TheZombiesAreComing]

Believe me, it is going to get much, much worse. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mImWdo15i89ljqM

[@EternalShadow1667]

Astranat Or better not... cutting regulations is a tiny bit of running the presidency. Trump is in no way capable of running America. Just check out his ridiculously poor leadership in the virus crisis.

[@bigchungus920]

This is why we have kids playing fortnite 24/7. They aren't allowed to be outside making money

[@burgbass]

Barely any reason for kids to go outside much anymore because it's either dangerous or half the experience is well enough inside with movied and games. Can't blame them though, not a lot to do outside atm

[@IXIskarfaceIXI]

They allow them to go full Desmond and prostitute themselves, Real anarcho capitalist bullshit

[@bigchungus920]

@@IXIskarfaceIXI I dont know if that a joke or something but it made me laugh

[@LetsPlayKenny]

Yeah keep telling yourself that

[@nutbuster3862]

cartoon craver No,you are wrong.Kids play fortnite because it became popular and people started making clickbaits out of it and kids are used for money.

[@jeremymenchaca]

All of Stossel's videos make me want to run for a public office.

[@wjbailey7210]

When laws are created, they must be carefully considered. They have to be firmly created evenly enforced. You don't want unknown ingredients that could be dangerous put into foods and drinks? Bet those lemonade glasses didn't have listed ingredients and nutritional information. Want to ensure all food handling is done in a safe manner? Did the kids complete food handling safety courses to ensure all dishes were properly washed, dried, and sanitized? Where do you draw the line? Now kids can't sell lemonade without complying with federal, state and local regulations, permits, inspections, etc. Did the lemonade stand have the required number of public bathrooms and handicapped accessibility? Should they? You decide. And figure out how to make it as fair as possible to everyone. So this is why it is SO IMPORTANT TO VOTE FOR RESPONSIBLE, INTELLIGENT LAWMAKERS AND REPRESENTATIVES.

[@itsrudetostare673]

Shutting down a lemonade stand because you don't know what's in the lemonade... Isn't that being guilty until proven innocent?

[@catlover1781]

Since when was the United States a free country? 100 years ago? 200 years ago? It’s worse than Canada these days...and Canada has hate speech laws! 😂

[@user-sk5yw6cl5k]

@@catlover1781 hate speech is free speech you dumb fuck. I can shittalk whoever I want.

[@JakeFTWBlue]

@@user-sk5yw6cl5k But you can't sell lemonda in your own yard or build on your own property.

[@MrLuigge]

What makes them think that for example what haves in a big Mac is safe or not? People can put everything there.

[@apple78100]

@@user-sk5yw6cl5k are you even American?

[@SoaringEagle1]

"What are you in jail for"? "I killed a family while driving drunk, Felony Hit and Run..." "How about you"? "My husband and I held Church group on Thursday"

[@marxxplaysgames]

"Degenerate"

[@morehn]

Prison alpha male identified

[@zkittlezthabanditt604]

The average American commits 3 felonies a day withought even knowing it. This is a good example of this.

[@macioluko9484]

Wow! You know there are days when I just sit calmly on my patio and truly thank GOD for my health, my loved ones and the fact that these evil people want nothing to do with me. My heart goes out to those featured here and the thousands more that did not have a chance to tell their story.

[@reneperez1092]

And yet everyone crying about Trump taking on the EPA

[@aestheticsock8772]

Rene Perez what does that have anything to do with this

[@DaRocketGuy]

Tristan Hayward he's talking about the last story, the epa stole their house.

[@timithy4569]

Rene Perez The wetlands will still be protected. To solve this problem, the epa needs to be restructured to not bulldoze over small land owners.(unfortunately some people actually do build on wetland.) Since these people didn't build on wetland, they should be left alone. The EPA shouldn't be able to do that. If they did build on wetland, boo hoo. All they are gonna get is a slice of pity pie, cause wetland is wetland. And it needs to be protected.

[@pimperish666]

Rene Perez yeah. Recently I saw what the epa was doing to middle America. Tell manufactures they’re destroying the environment so the jobs go to China where they have the worst air quality in the world. And they weren’t hurting the environment to begin with.

[@jordancourtney6537]

@@timithy4569 No it doesn't. If someone owns property its theirs. They can dry it out or make it a wetland.

[@Bigcheese1334]

Your telling me that the government ruined this man's life over not putting lobsters in correct boxes what the hell?

[@themaxwell-xg2ht]

Michael Cmar that’s kind of exactly what government does.

[@TheZombiesAreComing]

@@themaxwell-xg2ht "They may conclude too hastily that nature has formed man insusceptible of any other government but that of force, a conclusion not founded in truth, nor experience. Societies exist under three forms sufficiently distinguishable. 1. Without government, as among our Indians. 2. Under governments wherein the will of every one has a just influence, as is the case in England in a slight degree, and in our states in a great one. 3. Under governments of force: as is the case in all other monarchies and in most of the other republics. To have an idea of the curse of existence under these last, they must be seen. It is a government of wolves over sheep. It is a problem, not clear in my mind, that the 1st. condition is not the best. But I believe it to be inconsistent with any great degree of population. The second state has a great deal of good in it. The mass of mankind under that enjoys a precious degree of liberty and happiness. It has it’s evils too: the principal of which is the turbulence to which it is subject. But weigh this against the oppressions of monarchy, and it becomes nothing. Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem. Even this evil is productive of good. It prevents the degeneracy of government, and nourishes a general attention to the public affairs. I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccesful rebellions indeed generally establish the incroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions, as not to discourage them too much. It is a medecine necessary for the sound health of government." -Thomas Jefferson. We are quickly changing from government 2 to government 3

[@jacksondaly2676]

That makes me sick to my stomach

[@MrManfly]

@FOO OF MOORPARK governments have the military and most certainly the cops in their back pocket, so if they don't get you for one thing, they'll get you for another and start the same charade all over again! governments have NEVER been about representing "the people", it's all about power and money and enriching one self and making one self look powerful and important to the general public. and of course after all this, it's about seeing how much bullying you can get away with too!

[@johnsmith7303]

According to him

[@lapicker1010]

Won’t see this on CNN! (Or MSNBC, NYT, et al)

[@eod_dan5745]

Jaw dropped and speechless.......I/ We the people need more stories like this. Thank you Mr. Stossel

[@randomcommenter395]

Isn’t requiring a permit to hold meetings a violation of freedom of assembly and thus the first amendment? Edit: So much for the first amendment.

I believe so, too. Shit's absolutely ridiculous.

[@jwick4320]

Plain and simple tyranny! When are we the people going to take our government back?

[@phillip1519]

Requiring a permit to do a bible study in your own home is definitely a 1st amendment violation of religious freedom.

[@troodon1096]

Freedom of assembly yes, arguably this also violates freedom of speech and freedom of religion in the case mentioned in this video.

[@keithadams812]

You never really win if you're spiteful and hateful and work for the government you can do things like this to people.. It takes one person the start this madness

[@joughnut496]

This is so sad. A man had his life ruined because he sold lobsters in plastic bags instead of 40 pound boxes

[@sarahconnor2129]

People dont realize the weight this should carry

[@In0god0we0trust]

Gotta think too that 12 jurors sat there, heard the whole thing, and gave a thumbs up to the gov. to put the guy away.

[@nt7519]

Because that's not the real story. You can look up the court case online. He owned and operated a fishing fleet in Honduras for years, and amongst other minor issues (like the boxes) was breaking three notable Honduran laws designed to protect their fisheries. Specifically they were catching undersized lobsters, catching egg-bearing lobsters, and failing to report their catch numbers and have their catch physically examined by Honduran authorities.

[@ASMRGRATITUDE]

@@nt7519 thank you for explaining

[@stevenmckelvey4210]

@@nt7519 Thanks, there's always 2 sides to the story

[@Olliefouracre]

God bless America

[@leirawhitehart1236]

Man, this just reminds me of the time when I wanted to set up a lemonade stand as a kid, and my mom even bought me a special lemonade booth at Toy's R Us, and I wanted to actually get out there and sell lemonade, because I'd seen kids do it on tv, and it sounded like a fun way to make a bit of money! But then I found out you needed a permit to open up a lemonade stand, and that just killed all my enthusiasm and energy for the idea. How was I, a child, going to get a permit just to set up a lemonade stand? Ask my mom? She barely wanted to be involved with it in the first place! I still held a lemonade stand, (after all, my mom still bought the stand) it was just outside my house, but I was hoping to do it in a place more public, like in a park, or near a store and meet more people, maybe get a bit more money. The only customer who came by and bought something was my best friend's grandma. Ngl, I was very disappointed that day.

[@theycallme4799]

I miss Toys R' Us.

[@leirawhitehart1236]

@@theycallme4799 same, man. Same. 😩

[@nztquark6480]

I thought this was the onion for a second.

[@fuckologic1202]

After watching the whole thing, I wish it was....

[@yazyaz2969]

Onion is funny and entertaining, but this is not.

[@jeffaller6190]

We're living on an onion.

[@tacfr6627]

@@jeffaller6190 truth

[@brainwashedliberals]

Right? Haha it's so ridiculous.

[@YouAreToxic]

"Land of the Slave, Home of the Offended."

[@bluesdriver6354]

lol

[@carlorizzo5308]

Like the lawyer said and I am an interstate truck driver no matter what if they want to find something that you are doing wrong they will and you will pay. This is not a government for the people, this is a government for the rich and Powerful

[@aaronlair5360]

We are failing ourselves. Litmus test after test failed. This country’s founders would beat us for what we’ve aloud. Career politicians, multi millionaire public servants. How many failed promises, intrusions, or wrongful prosecutions are to many?

[@mineapple8612]

-having a tree. WAIT, THATS ILLEGAL

[@agent1787]

watch out the trees spoke vietnamese

[@kieronbilton5595]

But the Tree told Me it wanted to pronouned a shrub yonks ago

[@agent1787]

@@kieronbilton5595 too bad they're vietnamese

[@kieronbilton5595]

@@agent1787 You wouldn't be trying 2 say Vietnamese can't pronoun themselves Bahahaha

[@spencerphillips5023]

*Opens lemonade stand* FBI GET DOWN ON THE GROUND!!!!!!

[@lithostheory]

Spencer Phillips Ladies and gentlemen... we got ‘em.

[@shopliftingcentral]

DONT FUCKING MOVE OR ILL BLOW YOUR FUCKING BRAINS OUT!!!

[@tigerstripe7566]

@@shopliftingcentral kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHrHfIeQrMl1mJo

[@ScubaDiverMan711]

Why is this funny but also true?

[@historystorieswithreggie2865]

Lol

[@doidoi8544]

The man and woman who lived on the "wetland," how is it legal what happened after the jury found they did nothing wrong? How could the Army Corps of Engineers and EPA disregard the jury based on their "feelings?" And how can they get away with fining them $38,000 a day when the 8th Amendment protects us from excess fines? I never truly understood why people wanted very small and limited government but after watching this, we need as little government as possible.

[@chrisbreatheslove]

This video was very valuable for me. Now I understand even more how important it is to do what you know is right regardless of what’s going on because you can easily be thrown in jail for nothing so may as well live your life to the fullest.

[@simonpotter7534]

There was a period in Medieval England where laws became so stringent and numerous that it actually undermined social cohesion and turned people into criminals/bandits. As an honest man could not get through his day with out breaking some law or local ordnance which drove them further in poverty. In the end legal system broke down as people stopped adhering to it and the government lost control. History has a nasty habit of repeating itself.

[@bsmartr806]

I hope so

[@razr190]

​@@user-ez9is7lb9p I don't have one for England, but if you want something similar, look up the German Peasants War of 1524. Imperial Laws made it essentially illegal for peasants to do things like hunt, fish, log for wood, etc. On top of that, it was illegal to get married without a noble's permission, and when a serf died, their 'lord' got the first pick of his estate. All of this coupled with extreme taxation, Imperial Knights (their right to fight honor wars had been overruled, so they turned on their peasants to make up for lost income), and the start of 'radical' Protestantism preaching for emancipation lead to one of Germany's bloodier wars.

[@cstephendrew]

The police force in London just recently admitted that they have entirely lost control of London streets, and are powerless to enforce much of anything. Thank you for sharing that fascinating bit of info. I like the idea that, one day, maybe the police departments here in the states will shove "duties" aside for the liberties of all individuals. Probably not as likely a scenario as ultimate tyranny due to the Massive technology disparity between citizens and the government who "we employ".

[@cpkz4042]

I thought the same... may as well not follow the law if you are gonna get fucked over

[@georgewagner7787]

My friend said in Greece they raised taxes so high people stopped paying.

[@Ethan7s]

“We don’t know how the lemonade was made”. Here’s an idea, since the cops had already located those evil little perps at the crime scene, maybe try the advanced investigative technique commonly known as asking.

[@kingdededelicious]

It's big brain time

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

As if it was impossible to lie to the cops. If you want to sell food, you gotta comply with food safety laws, as easy as that. You wouldnt want to consume food that someone threw together in his dirty kitchen with possibly spoiled ingredients, wouldnt you?

[@Ethan7s]

@@obi-wankenobi9871 I wonder why cops are always asking questions if people just lie to them anyway. Oh yeah, because their demeanor also provides info they can use. Not even going to address your second point, you are beyond stupid.

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

@@Ethan7s Youre a special kind of idiot, arent you? When you have laws that everyone has to obey, EVERYONE has to. Demanding, that not everyone who wants to sell food, has to play by the same rules is hypocritical, unfair and unamerican (even though americans love to be hypocrites). There is nothing wrong with my second point, youre just to fucking dumb to bring anything meaningful against it to the table, so you avoid arguing against it, by just saying it is stupid. Laws are laws, if you dont like them, change them and stop giving the people that have to enforce them shit.

[@jamesbizs]

KZbin User wouldn’t i? Probably not. How the fuck is it YOUR business if someone decides they do? You’re an authoritarian boot licker. Plain and simple. Laws are not laws. Laws are only laws for the people that can’t afford to say otherwise.

[@wakeUPdummies]

Thank you, sir. Great content.

[@ransomgoodnight272]

We need to do something about these laws against simple freedoms!!!!!

[@jd9304]

The government has too much power. In my area it’s illegal to keep commercial vehicles like dump trucks on your property simply because it’s an eye sore. Why tf can the government tell me what I put on my private property looks bad?

[@Peter_Turbo4]

This is why the 2nd amendment exists

[@jd9304]

nGon- my neighbor hood doesn’t have a HOA the local government decided back in like 2005 that keeping commercial vehicles on private property is an eye sore and made it illegal

[@SportSoulLife]

J D So all trucks, construction equipment, agricultural machines etc have to be parked on public roads too then?

[@jd9304]

SportSoulLife regular trucks are allowed aslong as they don’t advertise company’s and construction equipment/ commercial vehicles have to be either kept on the construction site or in a licensed storage area. Public streets, drive ways, and yards arnt allowed

[@SportSoulLife]

J D Id really like to see that law as there surely is a loophole one could exploit

[@whatintarnation4983]

Its stories like this that make me understand why people can be so anti government.

[@NotEvenDeathCanSaveU]

It's not a government for like 20-30 years already.. Its a corrupted mob that has a huge monopoly on everything and they get elected thanks to all these things like frauds, poor public education, psych warfare, expensive campaigns, school indoctrination, subliminal messaging, media propaganda, and all the usual daily distractions like hobbies, movies, shows, video games, long work hours that keep you occupied and so on

[@thatundeadlegacy2985]

if they were for legit reasons not the most stupid uneducated things

[@peetabread171]

and why so many people don't like their local police

[@frenchvanilla343]

I thought this was an Onion-type skit until 2 minutes in.

[@praisethelordjesuschrist3554]

We have a constitutional right to gather, freedom of speech, and freedom of press

[@kevinortiz6531]

I shower naked sometimes

[@bassman_0074]

I only shower in a 3 piece suit.

[@fadirached2386]

@@bassman_0074 same

[@WackyFolf]

I only shower in clothes that counts wore in 16th century Britain.

[@CaptHC]

Sick bastards. You should all be jailed for life.

[@aliceakosota797]

What a madlad

[@wydkwhy]

Rather have kids selling lemonade in the sunshine than drugs in the dark... lmao ridiculous

[@Shadow77999]

Lol

[@ghostnoodle9721]

Why? Street smarts can open some doors...

[@dhgmrz17]

Nope if both are illegal, rather have the drugs because it makes more money.

[@terriecotham1567]

so true

[@skipintroux4098]

Lemonade is obviously a gateway to meth.

[@M-David-Hakoh]

By the crooks for the crooks help the crooks

[@ineedmoneysp]

This shit is despicable and it only seems to be getting worse not better while millions of families and normal people just wanting to live are screwed into the poor house. The corruption is out of control.

[@chriscube2362]

Sheriff: We dont know what's in the lemonade. Me: Lemons and water.

[@brandonm6117]

And sugar

[@ryanhemming9546]

I would make the sheriff's lemonade extra special. What a bunch dbags?

[@RealShipmate]

Police chief.

[@deltashot5608]

also some drugs

[@AngelBlood97]

Sheriff: We don't know whats in the white powdery packages. You: flour. You thinking: Officers: *Understandable have a great day* 🤦

[@singsongsou1865]

What the heck, she won the case and the federal government is completely ignoring it. What happened to the separation of powers and enforcing the constitution?

[@fairongaming9347]

The US Govermeng ran out of toilet paper a long time ago. Its had to be replaced by something...

[@PikaJess123]

@Hello World wut

[@kendsplaining]

@Hello World tf you talkin bout lmao

[@nintendu64]

That’s what happens when you give these paper pushing bureaucrats power. Some shitty human beings hide behind the anonymity of a badge or office with no personal accountability and the strong arm of blind government power at their fingertips. Founding fathers rolling in their graves.

[@sour4704]

@@kendsplaining he was making a joke that the feds are broke so they had to charge a couple on their own property for laws already upheld in federal and state law for 30 K a day. That’s the joke I think

[@callan816]

The law is supposed to facilitate not hinder.

[@MrBoston1977]

Always love your point of view!

[@redline1916]

*>4 year old toddler sells lemonade* >Cop: "That's it kid, you're spending 75 years in the slammer." >wtf

[@ayyblyat9450]

xXRedLineXx should be lucky. He’s gettin off easy

[@purpleaki8211]

>fuckmylife.gif

[@Miokomata]

Land of the Fee Home of the Slaves

[@lithostheory]

Don’t drop the soap...

[@gibbyace5077]

Here in germany, you need to be above 18 to be allowed to sell anything and must be at least 7 years old to be able to buy things

[@jnunnery94]

It's simple if someone can't make money off of u then it's illegal

[@studiobencivengamarcusbenc5272]

Jason Nunnery 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👩🏻‍✈️

[@lauranyc4966]

Mean time government gives money to illegal s !!!!

[@terriecotham1567]

so true at times and when things go wrong Gov's are the first to say its not my fault even thow we pass a law requiring you to pay us to inspect the work, the work must be done with in the laws or codes we passed We came out more that once and passed the work at each stage but the fact it fail is not our fult and if you wish to rebuild you must pull another permit and pay a fee for us to inspect the work to oue codes

[@kieronbilton5595]

You mean if the Government can steal assests from You they will. I wonder which Judge/Freemason bought the Land at Auction time. When is enough enough that Good People will Stand Up to this Tyranny

[@Smoothie782]

Dissolve the EPA and send them to jail

[@niclash]

"Sometimes against the People"?? Nah... Always against the peoples

[@killemtoenjoythesilence]

"What crime did jack and jill commit?" They went up the hill?

[@kaylons]

My god arrest them

[@user-er4nt4dp6q]

Kill em' to enjoy the silence 😂

[@brettoberry3586]

Lobster guy made an enemy in government or his competitor knows someone in government powerful enough to eliminate his competition.

[@rixille]

That is plausible.

[@MrLiquidxIce]

or maybe he looked and sounded like a mafia member.

[@Chan0art]

we dont know who made the lobsters or what the lobsters were made of so we had to shut it down

[@this_is_patrick]

^^^ this. lobster guy must've been eliminated because he messed with the wrong competitor, or had some powerful and influential dude who wanted his market share.

[@rixterz11]

"Dunno what the lemonade was made with" fucking oranges, you reckon?

[@Zeakthecat]

just lemons and sugar are enough to make lemonade. but agree, that was a very dumb argument by that tyrant bitch.

[@keithkorthals6183]

Polititions investigate those that speek out. Find a minor offence get 2 years in jail for that person and put them in solidary confinment. In many cases these are people speaking out about government abuse.

[@donder172]

"In California..." you already know something is wrong just by these two words.

[@a.gabbey5569]

😂😂😂

[@thefbi9581]

Wait that’s illegal

[@LPF7]

even the FBI doent know whats what , the worlds crazy

[@viciousKev]

@Dr. sludge 69 is illegal

[@fire9042]

wait that's illegal

[@SuicideRedemption]

Everything unless you are an illegal immigrant or black. Then you get to do whatever you want

[@LauraHorrorshow]

THE FBI What’s illegal? I mean, besides everything.

[@Hoss999]

Thank you!!!

[@mrbuck5059]

This is why I moved my business to South Dakota and the other part to Georgia from Minnesota. Blue democrat states like Minnesota suck for business.

[@faithfulpatriot5590]

Keep going President Trump; rip up those goofy regulations.

[@wannawatchu66]

Amen! That's what can happen when an entrepreneur and real estate tycoon is president, not a f---ing career politician who's in everybody's pockets.

[@janishart5128]

@minecraft creeper: #walkaway

[@jerimiahstephens8580]

All of you boomers are delusional lol Trump is a fucking crook just like the rest of them. Ron Paul was the only real chance America had at returning to what it was always ment to be

[@flipnap2112]

@@jerimiahstephens8580 wow. never saw a crook give away hundreds of thousands of dollars. why would a crook say "im donating my entire paycheck for 4 years"

[@nickblack7910]

He is a tyrant

[@Twitter_Posts]

This makes me scared to breathe too much oxygen in the US

[@ghostnoodle9721]

I feel as though we are a week away from going full lorax... The great wall was predicted, ruled with a tiny iron fist. Trump gunna fuck up our air and sell it to us. NNNNNNNOOOOO

[@gabrielzarazua7430]

@@ghostnoodle9721 Someones a bit to into politics lmao

[@trey1956]

Alonzo Salvary except he’s cut the EPA’s funding by 9%.... and plans to cut to get that to 23% down since 2016

[@SuicideRedemption]

@@ghostnoodle9721 its not trump. It's the lefts fault

[@jaredvh7034]

Oh just wait, soon they'll put a carbon tax on that. Don't wanna pay, easy, don't breathe.

[@1098234567]

And people ask me why I hate the government and the ones who enforce these arbitrary laws. The system is designed to keep you down not prop you up

[@Chiken1]

there should be a plea for humanity, so you don't have to deal with stupid laws as long as your a person and not some rich person, or big business.

[@RonHelton]

All the more reason to shrink this government fast! Term limits for Congress. No new "laws and regulations" that run counter to the Bill of Rights. Enough already!

[@s0nnyburnett]

Or end up with a useless figurehead like the queen of england who does nothing while he country continues to degrade.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

Max Wylde And which family will become the USA Royal Family in this USA Hereditary Monarchy? Sounds like a dictatorship to me.

[@Kunta1926]

We have term limits. They're called the ballot box. We're too stupid to do anything about it.

[@Gravyballs2011]

You think Congress are going to vote to put themselves out of a job? The first responsibility to a Senator or Congress person is not to their constituents but to get re-elected as much as possible.

[@Typhoonbladefist]

Phillip S how do you think they get re-elected? By listening to their voters and changing their platform to get voted in so they will accurately reflect the will of their constituents. If a congressman isn't trying to change to get re-elected and keeps his job regardless, that is the definition of a tyrant.