Kevin “The Angry Vet” Soper started the day in his truck with the YouTuber known as Baltimore County Observer (BCO) at his side, both men eating McDonalds breakfast meals and jokingly declaring that they’d host weekly “mukbang” videos on Soper’s channel.
Soper took the time to get introspective about life and the YouTube community. He said that his constant struggle with mental illness had been a focus of his channel but also had been a stigma of sorts since oversharing was often used against those within the auditing community.
The angry veteran said that he had been trained during his military experience to see the signs of distress in others, and he had missed those signs when presented by someone he knew online in the past who ultimately took their own life.
He also lashed out during the broadcast at two specific YouTubers who have a history of taking an individual’s previous personal trauma to trigger that person into a new mental health episode.
Soper dramatically pledged that he would personally stop those who would take such actions, as mental health was precious and those individuals kept “fucking around and will find out.”
Eventually turning his thoughts to he and BCO’s plans for the day, Soper said that the pair may visit the workplace of a Baltimore County police officer they had negative encounters with in the past before ending the livestream.
Hours later, Soper and BCO went live again, this time as they were in an altercation with police in front of a building in downtown Baltimore. In the story that emerged from the pair, police were called because Soper had been accused of entering a restricted area of the courthouse building to film.
It’s unclear if Soper meant the interior of the courthouse building or exterior, as he provided no clear details. It would eventually emerge that Soper had approached the security station in front of the parking area of the building and asked questions of the workers there before the police were summoned.
The police on scene told Soper and BCO that they were not yet free to go since they were actively investigating disorderly conduct and trespassing charges related to whatever had happened earlier within the building.
Soper provided an outraged position with the police until a police lieutenant arrived on the scene. The lieutenant said that Soper and BCO were free to go as no officers could confirm that Soper had entered a restricted area.
After the lieutenant left, Soper asked another officer if he and BCO had been trespassed from the building. That officer said that they had not been trespassed, which set off Soper again.
Soper began yelling that he’d have all of the police officer’s jobs. BCO then informed Soper that BCO’s livestream had not started yet and Soper instructed his partner to start the livestream. He noted that BCO’s channel had yet to be monetized and the incident would help him achieve that goal.
Switching to BCO’s livestream from Soper’s stream, Soper again met with the police lieutenant and demanded disciplinary action against all the officers involved in the previous investigation.
Soper singled out “Seargent Sanchez” and told BCO’s viewers to find the telephone number for the building and call and complain about the specific officer. He gloated that this was his third lawsuit over the past week and reminded himself to get footage from the incident in the lobby as a police officer had “put hands on” BCO.
BCO’s stream ended shortly after that with the pair returning to Soper’s vehicle without incident.
