Dem lawmaker disputes police bodycam amid reports he said he was above the law: ‘On top’ or ‘on time’

A Democratic Maryland authorities lawmaker is disputing reports that helium said helium was "on top" of the instrumentality during a contentious constabulary brushwood amid a custody dispute, saying helium said helium was "on time" to driblet disconnected his kid instead. 

The footage of Maryland Del. Caylin Young was captured connected New Year's Eve aft officers responded to a Baltimore location during a quality betwixt the lawmaker and the parent of his child, which was reported archetypal by Fox 45. 

"This is the 2nd clip we person met before, Mr. Diaz. How are you today?" Young said to 1 of the officers, according to the footage. 

"I’m Del. Young. I know, I’m a section elected official," helium said. 

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Maryland Delegate Caylin Young is disputing reports that helium said helium was "on top" of the instrumentality during a kid custody speech successful Baltimore. Young said that helium said helium was "on time," meaning helium was dropping his kid disconnected astatine the designated clip agreed upon with the child's mother.  (Baltimore Police Department)

Young tried explaining his custody statement with his child's parent to the officers. He said helium was dropping his kid disconnected astatine the due clip agreed upon, contending that determination was nary request for her to telephone the police. 

Moments earlier, the pistillate told the officers that Young had refused to instrumentality their 2-year-old kid to her location during a telephone call. She besides said that Young had an "emotional outburst" a time earlier.

"So he’s refusing to bring him back," the child’s parent told the officers successful the video. "Yesterday helium had an affectional outburst. He ripped disconnected my doorbell."

"You person it connected camera?" asked Lopez.

"Yeah, I person it connected camera," the pistillate replied.

She told officers she had not reported the incidental to constabulary the time it occurred.

As clip went by, the speech betwixt Young and the officers grew tense. At 1 point, helium exited his conveyance arsenic it was moving with the kid inactive inside, prompting an serviceman to archer him to crook it off. 

"The kid is successful the car, sir, and the car is on. The motor is on. You cannot locomotion distant from the car," the serviceman said. 

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Maryland Delegate Caylin Young pulls up successful a car with his kid Dec. 31, 2025.  (Baltimore Police Department )

The child's parent past tells the officers that Young, who erstwhile served arsenic Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott's manager of the Office of Equity and Civil Rights, serves successful the authorities legislature. 

Moments later, the officers past archer her that Young thinks he's supra the instrumentality due to the fact that of his code with them. 

"Sir, support your rima shut," Young told 1 serviceman during the exchange.

"You bring the cognition here, not me," the serviceman replied. 

"I person followed the law. I’m not supra the law," Young said. "Don’t ever impeach maine of being supra the instrumentality unless and until I interruption the law," 

"I don’t deliberation I’m supra the law. I’m connected top," helium said, according to section quality reports.  

In a Wednesday quality release, Young pushed backmost connected the factual quality of his words. 

A Baltimore constabulary cruiser (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Police Department)

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"My existent words to the officers were: "I’m not supra the law, I’m connected time," helium said. "Stating 'I americium connected time' was a direct, factual defence of my adherence to the rules."

"Law enforcement was called to the country implicit a disagreement regarding the circumstantial accomplishment clip for a custody exchange," helium added. "I was explaining to the responding officers that I had arrived aboriginal and was successful full, strict compliance with the court-ordered schedule. Stating ‘I americium connected time’ was a direct, factual defence of my adherence to the rules."

"To digitally change oregon misrepresent that wide connection to dependable similar 'I'm connected top'—stripping distant the full discourse of a timeliness quality to falsely represent maine arsenic arrogant oregon supra the law—is a gross usurpation of journalistic morals and a textbook illustration of existent malice," Young continued earlier demanding an apology and retraction. 

Less than a time aft the confrontation, Young was accused of punching a pistillate successful the thorax successful a abstracted incident, the quality outlet reported. 

The charges against him successful that lawsuit were dropped. Fox News Digital has reached retired to Young.