Dude eats his lunch on the hood of an off duty deputies car as the deputy learns that the same laws that apply to us, apply to him. ​In downtown San Antonio along East Commerce Street, a City of San Antonio parking enforcement officer pulled up outside a Bill Miller Bar-B-Q to start writing tickets for commercial loading zone violations. Right on cue, the enforcement officer was prepared to cite regular citizens, but conveniently walked right past a personal pickup truck parked dead in the red zone. Why? Because sitting in plain sight through the windshield was official sheriff deputy gear and plaquer for parking at the sheriff department. This was the classic, unspoken “courtesy pass” meant to deceive others into thinking this was an official vehicle of the sheriff department. ​Enter the independent journalists, who wasn’t about to let standard double standards slide. He looped the parking enforcement officers that this was a personal vehicle and it should be subject to the same laws as ever other citizen. Parking enforcement got to work on creating that violation. ​When Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Charo (Badge #0754) realized what was unfolding, he quickly came out from the restaurant trying to move his privately owned vehicle before he could face the exact same consequences an everyday taxpayer faces. But the journalist pulled off an absolute stud move: he set his takeout lunch right down on the deputy’s hood and calmly began eating. Because touching or moving the vehicle would risk escalation, Deputy Charo was stuck standing there, forced to watch the city enforcement officer deliberate while being called out on camera. ​The sad part is even with clearly posted signage prohibiting parking in that zone, the city parking officer choked, refusing to write the deputy a ticket. ​Instead of letting the buddy-system win, the journalist was not giving up as he escalated straight over their heads: he dialed the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office dispatch directly to report Deputy Charo for exploiting his department credentials to secure illegal personal street parking while working off-duty, demanding a field supervisor respond to the scene to document the misconduct. ​At that moment you can see the deputy’s posture shift in real time. The moment he realizes his badge isn’t granting him immunity, and that county command was being called directly to the curb, the irritation is written all over his face. When ordinary citizens pay hundreds of thousands of dollars each year into municipal coffers for minor parking infractions, watching a public servant act entitled to a personal commercial loading zone is the ultimate reality check. ​No one is above the law—especially not when it comes to the simple rules everyone else has to follow. ​What’s your take? Should city parking enforcement have cited him on the spot, or is calling county command the only way to break the blue wall of convenience? This can't be rules thee but not for me.