Lt. Yerima harassed by police after refusing to show ID and covering his vehicle plate number

A video has captured a tense encounter between police officers and Lt. Yerima after he refused to identify himself while driving a vehicle with its plate number covered.

The video shows the lieutenant beginning to record himself as the officers approached. “He has started making a video upon his wrong deed. He came with a car plate number covered and we stopped him,” one officer says.

When asked to identify himself, Lt. Yerima reportedly could not provide proof. “Identify yourself,” the officers insisted, but he did not comply. Witnesses said he responded by insulting those confronting him. “The best thing he could do is to start insulting everybody,” one officer said.

The confrontation escalated as the officers pressed him on his actions. “Do you now accept that what you did is wrong?” they asked, but he denied wrongdoing. When questioned about not seeing a particular individual, he reportedly said, “No, I didn’t even see her,” prompting further challenges: “You didn’t see it?”

The video has circulated widely, drawing attention to the encounter and raising questions about proper identification during interactions involving officers.

Watch video here