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Jan. 22, 2026 - Liberty Hangout - Kaitlin Bennett
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I Was FEDERALLY CHARGED By DEMOCRATS For Being in Public

Kaitlin Bennett was handed a FEDERAL CHARGE by the National Park Service in St. Augustine for committing the grave offense of asking protesters questions! Watch how this bizarre violation of her First Amendment rights went down. SUBSCRIBE for more interviews from Kaitlin Bennett! Get PRO USA shirts HERE: https://LHmerch.com/

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Media At Protest 00:10:11
You probably might go to jail.
I'm gonna go to jail.
Possibly.
She's literally asking the police to remove me from public property.
All right, you guys need to move.
Why?
Over here, First Amendment area.
Yeah, this is a First Amendment area.
You don't have a permit here.
They do.
Yeah, so what does the permit do?
I want my rights to be respected.
I'm allowed to be on public property.
Here is our First Amendment area, number five for small groups, counter protesters.
You're a small group?
No, I'm not.
And you're a counterprotester.
I'm media.
Are you here with this group?
I'm here with media.
You need to move.
They're thanking them for writing me a ticket.
You're being detained for a ticket.
Over here.
Tell me about this private.
I'm sorry because you don't know the rules and regulations.
I'm sorry.
Oh man, this is going to be good.
You're not allowed to stick your mic in my face.
So step back and get it out of my face.
Donald Trump's federal officers are out of control once again and removing minorities from federal lands.
Just kidding.
It was actually Democrats ordering federal agents to have me removed this time.
So here we go again.
We've already been through this rodeo in Lakeland, Winter Garden, St. Petersburg, Orlando, DeLand.
And now, unfortunately, the city I got married in has to be added to the list of cities to violate my First Amendment rights.
I was in St. Augustine, Florida with Adam Francisco covering 5051's National Day of Action against Trump when protest organizer Comrade Kat ran to the police to tell on me for having respectful dialogue with my fellow Americans in a public park.
Seconds later, a park ranger came riding in on a bike to label me as a counter protester and tell me I had to leave even though other media was welcome.
With a sinister smile and camera at the ready, Kat comes back hoping to record her moment of victory.
Hold on, hi.
Permit's still privatizing.
So for the bottom, Adam, I've got it.
They have a permit for this location.
So everyone up there counting protests decides.
Yep, I'm not counter protesting.
And actually the permit for this area does not make it private property and they can't trespass people from it or ask anyone to leave.
Okay, so if you're counter protesting, everyone.
I'm not counter protesting.
That's all I have to say is this.
We're trying to keep this peaceful protest.
Sure, yeah.
All right.
I'm not counter protesting.
St. Augustine police.
Boy, I love St. Augustine.
Don't make us do this right now.
Don't make us do this.
After Kat, the anti-fascist, was unsuccessful.
She went back to cry a second time to get federal agents to deport the minority from public property.
At this point, she interrupts my conversation to tell this group of five respectful liberals to stop talking to me so the police can remove me.
And I called her out on the irony.
Human trafficking coming around right now.
And if you guys don't talk to them, these police are going to escort them out.
Oh, really?
Why am I not allowed to be here, Kat?
Kat, why am I not allowed to be here?
Are you asking the cops to come get me?
Yeah.
So this is Kat.
She's a professional protester.
She's been protesting for like 10 years.
She's a professional at this point.
You look a lot older than I thought you would.
Isn't it wrong to ask an officer to come in and remove someone from public property?
That's kind of like what fascists do when they have a different opinion than you.
And her sign said, her hat says Antifa's girlfriend.
Adam, get her out of there.
And what does your shirt say?
She has a photo of Jesus on her shirt.
That's disgusting.
Kat, let me ask you a question.
You're a very anti-ICE.
The organization you're with, 5051, that you professionally protest for.
We're going to find out how much you're getting paid, by the way.
How do we get these pedophiles out cat?
She's literally asking the police to ask them to remove me from public property.
Do you really want that to happen?
It's not going to happen.
And if it does happen, the police department's not going to feel very nice about it.
And here's what happened next at her beckoning.
So, Adam, get the police.
Get the police.
Adam Roberts, a park ranger who apparently knows Comrade Cat on a first name basis, he said, Kat, come here, now approaches me aggressively and is excited to violate my rights.
You guys need to move.
Why?
Over here, First Amendment area.
Yeah, this is a First Amendment area.
You don't have a permit here.
They do.
Yeah, so what does the permit do?
What does the permit do?
It is time for you to leave.
What does the permit do?
The permit gives them access to this area.
But does it make it private property?
No, it's federal property, but they have a permit to be here.
Yes, but it's time to move.
You've been asked.
Yeah.
So let me ask you this, if I don't...
So am I going to write you a ticket for failing to listen and move?
Where do you move now?
Let me know what you want to do.
So what would the ticket do?
It's a federal ticket.
You either have to pay it, go to court, or you'd be arrested.
Okay, so I'll, um, well.
Do you want to move or do you want me to write you a ticket?
Oh, I want.
I want my rights to be respected.
I'm allowed to be on public property.
Here is our First Amendment area, number five for small groups, counter protesters.
You're a small group?
No, I'm not.
And you're a counterprotester.
I'm media.
Are you here with this group?
I'm here with media.
You need to move.
Why?
You can come out here.
You cannot be in this area.
Yes, I can.
Come with me.
Can you show me the permit?
Yep.
I'm going to write you a ticket too.
Let's go.
Okay, write me a ticket.
Okay, so the St. Augustine Police Department, and they're thanking them.
They're thanking them for writing me a ticket.
You're being detained for a ticket.
Adam, Adam, come on, come on.
They are.
Get them.
Over here.
Don't you know?
So what's happening is the St. Augustine Police Department is going to write me a ticket.
You're on federal land.
I'm a federal officer.
So you're getting a federal ticket.
Okay, great.
I can't wait to fight this.
The liberals here in St. Augustine, Florida are cheering because this guy is trying to kick me off of public property.
No, no, no.
You get to stand here on federal public property.
Public.
You notice you said public.
You don't get to tell me which public property I can be.
Tell me how this is private.
I'm sorry.
This is the rules and regulations.
I'm sorry.
Oh, man.
This is going to be good.
So tell me the first thing.
So let's go over something.
Public property.
Are you with the St. Augustine Police?
No.
National Park State.
National Park Service.
Let's go get your ticket.
I have a feeling you're a liberal, aren't you?
This is not going to turn out very well for you.
I hope you know that.
So you don't have to talk back, but I am going to give you a little information before my lawyer has to do it.
I need your ID.
For what?
Because I'm writing you a ticket.
Yeah.
So here's the thing.
I don't have my ID.
Do you have anything with your ID on?
No.
Okay.
Get your mic out of my face.
I'm allowed to do this as my first amount of time.
You're not allowed to stick your mic in my face.
So step back and get it out of my face.
Is this good?
Perfect.
Okay.
So here's the thing.
You're not going to stay with your name on.
No.
Ladies and gentlemen, here is an actual example of a federal agent who doesn't know how to keep his composure and, in my opinion, is not fit for the job.
And again, I must point out the irony that he targeted me for my speech because paid Democrat activists told him to do so.
So here's the thing.
I am on public property.
He just admitted I was on public property.
This is not permitted to turn this space into private property.
You guys cannot do this.
We have been over this in Florida with three different police departments, three.
So these liberals in St. Augustine, they were chanting and they were clapping when the police tried to, well, they did.
They detained me for being on public property.
We have been over this.
This guy's a little unhinged.
I'm not standing in front of his vehicle.
You never know who they let into the National Park Service these days.
Actually, the National Park Service has been known for being super liberal out here.
So we are in front of the Castillo de San Marcos Fort Adam.
Go ahead and pan to the fort.
This is federal property.
This is federal property.
They had a permit to hold their protest on this space.
The permit, as we know, guys, we know this, does not make this private property.
They cannot kick people out that have not committed a crime and is not disturbing the peace.
I wasn't doing any of that.
I have a different opinion.
I'm over here.
There's a combat veteran here who has a following.
We'll put it up who cheered when the police and the national park officers, whatever they are, detain me.
They're going to write me a ticket for being on public property.
This is not going to go well for them.
I know my rights.
We have been over this three different times in the state of Florida.
I am urging every single representative.
If you are a Republican representative in the state of Florida, something needs to be done about this.
This has happened now for the fourth time, the fourth time.
And it is disgusting.
We need to know our laws and we need to know our limits in the state of Florida when it comes to police.
This is disgusting that this would happen to somebody.
I am not counter protesting.
I am not out here doing anything like that.
I'm interviewing people as the media, which is my First Amendment right.
And if counter protesters are here, they're allowed to be over there as well.
Code Broken 00:05:57
They are not allowed to trespass, detain, and ticket anyone that has not committed a crime just because someone has a permit.
So are you going to tell me?
Sir, can I ask you a question?
I'm not doing any interviews.
Can I ask you a question?
No, I can't.
I can't ask you a question.
Requiring law enforcement?
It is regarding law enforcement.
Okay, once he's done, he can talk to you about that.
Yeah, I'm just wondering if I could see the permit.
Can I see their permit?
I am not the one talking to you.
Once he's done doing this stuff, he could talk to you about that.
Why can't you talk to me about it?
I don't have all that information.
I already told you I'm not talking to you regarding that.
You came up.
You were the first one to talk to me.
So I would love to see their permits.
My lawyer, you know what?
The lawyer that I use, you can go to his website.
It's remnantlawfirm.com.
And if that's the wrong wording, we'll put it up on the screen.
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Please make a donation to his website to help him continuing to offer me his services and his legal advice and counsel because I have needed it and now we're going to need it all over again.
Have you heard about what happened in Winter Garden, Florida with their police department?
I'm not doing any interviews.
No.
Well, this is just a question.
Have any of you officers heard about Winter Garden?
I know it's a little further south, but I want you guys to Google Caitlin Bennett Winter Garden Police because you're going to see what you just did was unlawful and not allowed.
If you could point to the city code or a law that I've broken, is there a city code that I've broken?
Is there a law, ma'am?
Is there a law or a city code that I've broken?
Just stay over here, please.
Ma'am, so you want me on this public property?
So is there a law or a city code that I've broken?
I'm not doing any interviews.
We're just going to wait.
You guys have detained me.
So, can you tell me what law or city code that I've broken?
It's been explained to you already.
So, stop.
Just hang out for a minute.
What law or city code have I broken?
If you are detaining me, I should be able to know what law or city code I have broken that justifies being detained.
We can explain to you.
You can explain to you again once he's done.
Okay.
Yeah, nothing has been explained to me except counter protesters over here, which I have said that I'm not.
And you guys have said that I'm being detained for being in their permitted area.
I have not broken any laws.
I've not gone against any city ordinances.
There is no justification for coming over here and making me get a ticket.
How long does it take to write a damn ticket anyway?
Why is this taking so long?
Adam, film them.
Film them in there.
There he is right there.
Zoom in on him.
There he is, writing my ticket.
These cops are over here looking at me.
I do it.
Guys, all right, they won't answer me.
What law or city code have I broken?
I don't know, Caitlin Bennett, but do you feel like your rights were violated?
Um, well, my First Amendment rights definitely were because, are you okay?
You're shaking a little bit.
I'm cold.
You're cold.
I'm cold, you're cold.
Okay.
All right, this is public property over here.
Right.
In the state of Florida, we have gone through this.
Now, this will be the fourth time where police have tried to remove me from a public space.
Just because you have a permit in Florida to hold a protest doesn't make it private property.
You just have a permit to protest here and for them to put up these gates right here.
That's all the permit allows.
In fact, they could gather here without a permit, but they got a permit for the gates.
That's what they got.
And for them to hold their little event.
But they could be out here even without a permit because it's federal public property.
And I was not breaking any laws or any sort of city ordinances that would justify removing me from the space.
They can't remove someone engaging in First Amendment activity on a public space unless they're breaking a law or an ordinance.
So we've been through this three times in Florida, so we'll see what happens.
Who are you?
My name's Brennan Ambrose.
I'm with the St. John Citizen.
Is it okay if I use your quote just from then to?
You can use anything, yes.
Awesome.
Thank you.
It took them forever to write my ticket because as you'll soon find out, they were really struggling to find any law they could write me up for.
Yeah, so I came out here to conduct interviews to talk with people who disagree with me because that's what I do on my YouTube channel.
And unfortunately, the liberals, quote this too, the liberals who are against fascism asked the police to remove me from public property for engaging in my First Amendment right.
So you feel like that's pretty hypocritical of them?
Yes.
Typically fascists ask the police state to remove people that they don't like for having a certain opinion.
Right.
Gotcha.
And what are your next steps following this?
Well, I'm going to go back over there on the sidewalk part because I'm allowed to be right there.
I have children at home, so I don't push my boundaries too much.
They matter more than trying to prove something with the police.
So as a mother, they're my priority.
So I want to make it home to them.
So I'm not going to push it too much.
If I didn't have kids, though, boy, I would have sat right down.
But yeah, we'll go back over there on the sidewalk and we'll see why those fascists were okay with removing a woman, a woman from public property, and why they think that they can now turn federal public property into private.
I just want to, I just want to get their opinion on that.
We'll see what happens.
What is the ticket for?
Are they giving you a ticket?
Why Was I Ticketed? 00:03:58
Yeah, they said I'm getting a ticket.
I don't know.
They won't tell me anything.
They won't tell you.
Interesting.
And here comes a shaky Park Ranger, Roberts, to give me more content.
It's coming.
Why does it take so long?
We have to write it out.
So what exactly am I getting a ticket for?
He'll explain it to you.
He'll explain it to you.
I'm getting a ticket, but I don't even know what for, but he'll explain it to me.
The guy who could not keep his composure talking to me, so a woman had to step in and calm things down.
You know what?
Women are great.
I love them.
I'm content for you.
More content.
Did you say more content for me?
Thank you.
Disobeying a lawful order is your ticket.
What lawful order was that?
I directed you to go from there to here.
And you think that was lawful?
You refused my lawful order.
So that was lawful, huh?
So this is United States District Court violation notice.
It's a $500 forfeiture.
Okay.
$30 processing fee.
Very cool.
Total collateral is $530.
Yeah.
This is a federal court ticket.
So to contest it, you need to go to court in Jacksonville, Florida.
Very cool.
Okay.
You have 30 days to answer.
Okay.
And you will have a certain amount of days to respond to my lawyer when you realize that you can't do it.
I'll be right back.
National Park Service.
Yeah.
File a tort claim.
We'll deal with it.
So are you having fun doing this?
It's A. Roberts.
What's your first name?
It's my job.
Yeah.
A. Roberts 1251.
Okay, very cool.
All the 12.
I wonder what your voter registration is.
Okay.
You can go online and pay your ticket there.
Very cool.
Or you can call the court at this phone number here.
So what was I doing that was illegal or against city ordinance?
I didn't explain that.
No, you didn't.
And it's not a city ordinance.
Cool.
It's a federal ordinance.
Okay.
Okay.
Which ordinance is that?
Federal regulations.
Okay.
36 CFR 2.3 A and 2.
What does it say?
You can look at it.
So does it say that I can't be in public property if there's a permit?
Here's your ticket.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
So what happens if I go back into that federal public property?
You probably might go to jail.
I'm going to go to jail.
Possibly.
Okay, very cool.
All right.
This is a First Amendment area, area number five that we've designated for small groups.
Yes.
You can be in this area for the duration of this permit.
Yeah.
I'm not a counterproductive.
The permit expires at five o'clock.
Okay.
Okay.
At five o'clock, you can move into that area.
Okay.
Got it?
Any other questions?
Yeah, what's your voter registration?
You can look it up.
I'm sure you will.
Have a great day.
For reference, here is the federal ordinance that Park Ranger Roberts wrote me up on.
Violating the lawful order of a government employee or agent authorized to maintain order and control public access and movement during firefighting operations, search and rescue operations, wildlife management operations involving animals that pose a threat to public safety, law enforcement actions, and emergency operations that involve a threat to public safety or park resources or other activities where the control of public movement and activities is necessary to maintain order and public safety.
And if I were to pay the fine, I would be, quote, admitting to a criminal offense and a conviction may appear in a public record with adverse consequences.
He thinks it's a game because he's like, oh, I've got more content for you.
That dude's out here running these places.
He has the authority to give me a ticket.
How disgusting.
All right.
Thank you guys.
Let's go back.
What was the lawful order that you just didn't tell me?
You didn't tell you?
Yeah, that's a good question.
There's a local journalist here.
Actually, why don't you go ask him?
You're a journalist.
Go ask him.
Go ask him.
It's a good story for you.
I didn't get anything, but I'm going to, I was asking about like doing a FOIA request and they said I have to do it through the like park ranger website, the government website.
Notification Bell Disobeyed 00:01:38
So that's my next step, I guess.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you.
A local journalist out here appreciate it.
So you asked what lawful order I disobeyed.
And he couldn't tell me he said.
So very interesting.
Thank you for doing that.
I appreciate your journalism and your efforts.
So I appreciate it.
Yeah, me too.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Even after removing me from the park, Comrade Kat still failed to get what she wanted because she was unable to prevent the liberals there from willingly talking to me from the other side of the barrier.
Ironically, Kat gave this golden quote to the local news just moments after having my constitutional rights violated by federal officers.
She told St. John's citizens that, quote, the group opposes what it sees as unconstitutional actions and said, quote, it's unconstitutional and un-American to have a paramilitary operating in the United States.
Oh, the sweet irony.
I love our law enforcement officers here in the state of Florida, but I love the First Amendment even more and am really disturbed at how frequently this is occurring to me.
I am calling on every department and it looks like the National Park Service as well to retrain their officers on the First Amendment to be in the know before I show up to your town next or risk looking like a fool on the internet.
You probably might go to jail.
Then you will go to jail.
You could face jail time for that.
Would you guys arrest me?
You would be trespassed from the park or perhaps even in court.
Make sure you subscribe and hit the notification bell to stay up to date on this story because I will be fighting this with every legal toll I can.
Thank you guys for watching.
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