A man who was pulled over by police has recorded the bizarre interaction where he read the cop his "rights" and threatened a $100-a-minute fine if he was arrested.
The strange ordeal is believed to have happened about 11 days ago but made its way to social media in recent days. It's unclear where in the country it was filmed.
The video shows the police officer asking the man, believed to be from the sovereign citizen movement, if he had his driver's license on him, to which the man replied: "I don't have a license James, you people know that".
"I don’t know you," the officer replied.
The man said the officer should know him, and proceeded to ask if the cop would like to see his "paper work".
"And just by the way, can I read you your rights James?" the man asks.
The police officer declined "it's fine, I know my rights", though the man was adamant in doing so.
"I'll read your rights, no, no, I'll read your rights," the man insisted.
"You have the right to remain silent, you have the right not to do anything, you have the right to get in your car and bugger off back to wherever you came from," he said.
"Okay? That's your right."
The man then warns the police officer would be liable for a $100 a minute fee for detaining him.
"Sweet," the officer replies.
The man asks if he's being detained, "yes" the officer replied.
"Okay you're liable to $100 a minute, this has been served on your..." He continued.
The officer tells the man "you can send me the bill, I don't care" and asks again if the man has his licence.
"I do not have a licence, James."
Asked if the man had "any form of ID" on him, the man provided a stack of paper supposedly served by the cop's boss, former Police Minister Poto Williams.
"I don't need to do anything, I don't even need to talk to you."
The police officer told the man he needs to provide his personal details, though the man continued to tell him "I do not need to do anything".
The man claims the Land Transport Act does not apply to him, where a to-and-fro ensues between the pair about whether it does or not.
"Are you not going to give me your details?" the officer asks.
The man tells him he's given his details. When asked what his last name is, the man said, "I don't have a last name".
"Right your last chance to give me your details, or you're getting arrested," the officer warns.
"I'm getting arrested?" He asks.
The officer then proceeded to arrest him.
A Police spokesperson told Newshub: "This is an excellent example of one of our staff responding appropriately to the situation at hand."
