Sean Aranas is a University of California, Berkeley police officer. ^[0]

On September 9, 2017, Officer Aranas was recorded on video ticketing a hot dog vendor, identified as Juan, rifling through his wallet and confiscating his money.

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The video was recorded by Martin Flores and has gone viral on social media. ^{[1] [5]}Flores was buying food for his children and turned on the camera when he saw Officer Aranas stop Juan to ticket him for selling food without a permit. ^{[1] [4]}

In the video, Officer Aranas takes Juan's wallet, Juan then pleads in Spanish for his "dinero," meaning money.

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Flores can be heard off-camera saying, "That's not right … you're going to take his hard-earned money?"^{[1] [5] [4]}

"Yep, this is law and order in action," Officer Aranas, replied.

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