Ben was in Las Vegas for DEFCON, the world’s largest annual hacker convention. Ben’s day job is in the field of cybersecurity. He was staying at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel. Around 11pm on Sunday, August 14, he’s startled out of a sleep, in his dark hotel room. There’s pounding on the door. He walks to the peep hole in his underwear, peers through and sees what appears to be armed law enforcement in tactical gear.
He’s ordered out of the room, in his underwear. They then search his room for firearms. They’re not law enforcement, but rather the hotel’s “Special Response Team.” They refuse to explain the basis for their belief that Ben has firearms in his room.
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I forgot to mention it since this video centers on the issue of private vs. official action, but yes, assuming official action could be established, or in the event this involved REAL law enforcement officers, 4th Amendment protections absolutely apply to tenants of hotel rooms. Thus a warrant would be required, absent voluntary consent or exigent circumstances.
What kind of d-bag failure do you have to be to wind up a hotel wanna be swat team member
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He got too irate with the hotel worker, who made a mistake.
I would recommend no-one ever stay at that hotel. Let alone anywhere in Las Vegas.
Is a hotel a mini-apartment. Is it considered curtilage, since you are renting it?
They assume he has firearms because of his social media channerls.
As ALWAYS one of the worst things is the piggies NEVER admit they screwed up
When you rent something it becomes yours legally for the duration of the rental term. That room was his house with all the same rights as a real house. Thats been decided probably hundreds of years ago. And there is a clear expectation of privacy.
Something doesn't add up. Your client said he only asked the security where he could get coffee. But during the encounter, he admitted that he had told them that he had been shooting that day. I'm confused.
I live near LasVegas. I’m not defending the casinos here.
I just want to remind everyone here that ppl are still scared in LasVegas since the mass shooting at the outdoor concert.
I think everyone should avoid LasVegas until gun laws are a little safer(whatever that means). I refuse to go to any place that ppl are being shot in numbers.
The 8$ cup of coffee is the second reason.
LasVegas, just by its attractive nature has drawn in a less than desirable crowd.
Ppl live in casino hotels around here. They just give their SSA check ( pension or what ever fixed income they have) to the hotel. Nevada law requires them to check out on day 30(so they can’t claim residency). But on day 31 they can check back in and then it’s day one again. These ppl sign up on the hotels membership rewards program and have all their play added up for the bonus rewards program every month. They get meals complmentally and night complementary.
And they hope to find a life partner to share it all with! Lol.
In conclusion your statement ppl need to remember, don have the gathering in LV. Go have it A bit north of Dallas and attendees can entertain themselves at the Win Star.
It’s a beautiful place, Dallas is welcoming, and I’ll bet you won’t get treated like that.
Coffee is not 8$.
Dallas has pretty good weather. I’d rather worry about a Tornado than a guy with a room full of guns and ammo near the top of a high rise.
He doesn’t want to be recorded?!! That’s rich considering the hotel guest is getting a middle of the night shakedown by Jack booted thugs
This is crazy! Does your social media or pubic records search show that you have a manufacturer's license, or that you had gone shooting ? Could they have been "triggered" by your social media or a public records search?
We really do need to extend constitutional protections to private security forces that perform policing roles, if we allow everyone to have their own privarte security force. This is a problem on college campuses as well.
Never OpEn ThE DoOr 🙄
Retired police…I don’t like to fly with my weapon so I fed-ex it to the hotel and pick it up at the business desk lol. What happens is the bell hop/ maid looks for the firearm tag on the bag
Don't matter. I always have a gun
What are the responsibilities of a landlord, in that state?
'Hotel Special Response Team'!? Is this the Hotel Continental?
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I have no idea what kind of collusion exists but wouldn’t doubt it, so I assume they used facial recognition technology to identify him and the correlation to firearms.
What is the addy of the gentleman that sent this.
Can't find his address for you tube.
When you rent a room, isn’t that considered your house? So basically, these guys kidnapped him and attempted to rob him of his gun in what is considered his home at the time.
Unfortunately it's pretty much universal everywhere that hotel guests have zero rights. They are guests of the hotel and the hotel gets all say. I'd have told them they can't come in my room and to fuck off while I pack up and leave. They can make you lave but have no right to search you or your property.
I love how the cops were trying to look tough
Bonds,bonds,bonds,,, security is required to have. Remove said bonds and they can't have security.
Ooo,I see a big law suit here and no qualified immunity on this! Hotels corporate is not going to like this!😡😡😡
When did Hotels start having their own SWAT?
I'd ask for room upgrade to their finest suite at no charge and a thousand dollars of comps.
This hotel just screwed its self over no more business
If I was him, I would call police
Welp that Hotels getting a Nice Law Suit..
Paris Las Vegas Hotel will never get my business..
Well thank you for helping me decide on if I would go to Black hats this year.
Lucky you didn’t end up in the TOOL ROOM .