Fans of the First Amendment Auditing genre who were looking for late night adventure or excitement Tuesday morning were disappointed with Jeremiah “Last Days of Freedom” Payne’s latest livestream, which managed to turn an explosive scene of a fire in downtown Nashville into a forgettable occasion.
Long time fans of the YouTuber were confused as the livestream began with Payne driving a car on the outskirts of Nashville since Payne has been famous for lacking a legal driver’s license. Both he and his wife Samantha had their licenses revoked some years ago and it was unclear if he was driving illegally or if he somehow obtained a new license.
Coughing heavily from the cigarette he was smoking, Payne’s breathing would become an issue later on in the livestream when he was exposed to smoking billowing from the scene of a fire at a salvage yard and recycling plant.
Payne parked behind an emergency vehicle and walked to the scene of the fire, largely ignored by firefighters and police as he filmed. Payne seemed to be observing Tennessee’s new halo law which went into effect last year and gives a 25-foot buffer around first responders engaged in duties after an individual is ordered to stand back.
Originally positioning himself near a fence to the salvage yard, Payne would eventually have trouble breathing the fumes emitted by the fire. When a worker from the salvage yard yelled at him not to cross over the fence, Payne used it as an excuse to mumble at the man that he had no authority and that he could do what he wanted.
He would eventually leave the position after the toxic fumes from the fire made him seek a mask from his car. Finding he had left his mask and other equipment at home, Payne bragged that he was now living in downtown Nashville and that things were so much better in Nashville when compared to the problems he had in Clarksville.
The YouTuber described the firefighters as being relaxed and the police in Nashville as much calmer than those in Clarksville. Payne reiterated that the Clarksville police were corrupt and that things would be so much better in his new city.
Payne’s partner in auditing, News Now Preston, was expected to join the auditor at the scene of the fire. However, Preston was pulled over by police on his way to the fire. It is unclear if Preston faced charges or was ticketed for the incident. Payne spent a good portion of the video checking in with Preston and reminding him the police could not extend a traffic stop to bring in a canine unit.
Eventually, Payne wandered back to the scene of the fire. He walked around empty fire trucks and took a vantage point on a hill overlooking the fire. He eventually complained about the cold and that he couldn’t feel his hands, which resulted in him cutting the livestream short without seeing a resolution to the fire.
Payne’s video has been seen 99 times as of press time, has had seven likes and zero comments.
The YouTuber promised that this would be the first in a series of livestreams now that he was in Nashville and had easy access to traffic stops and fires throughout the city due to his location and available personal transportation.
