Florida Cop Accuses Cop Watcher of Masturbating in Car in Order to Stop him from Recording him

Like most cops, Lakeland police officer Javier Perez does not like to be video recorded by pesky citizens with cameras, especially a particular individual named Michael Burns from Cop Block Central Florida who video records cop in his area on a regular basis.

But rather than threaten Burns with arrest as so many cops have done in the past, Perez decided to resort to a more creative method to prevent Burns from recording him as he worked an off-duty security shift in front of the Hookah Palace one night back in January.

Never identifying himself as a cop, Perez called his own department’s non-emergency line to report a “suspicious person” sitting inside his vehicle in front of the hookah lounge, telling the dispatcher, “I think he’s masturbating.”

Within minutes, a pair of Lakeland cops confronted Burns in his car, demanding his identification, treating him as if he was a sexual offender that needed to be locked up.

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