I'm not an alcoholic wet brain, but I'd wager he's trying to cut a fine line between not the original stream as compared to a second-hand copy that has been edited. The problem being, outside of the water mark, restreamers don't do anything else to the source video. I understand Nick's argument of "it's not the original," but I also understand the police version of "it's the best we could get since the original was hidden." But even if the police are 100% wrong on that, they also have testimonies from the mandated reporter and others. As an uneducated every-man, this makes me want to say, "Okay Nick, prove you weren't unhealthy looking, swaying back and forth, repeating Cope and Sneed, with white powder on your nose." You have the video/evidence, prove us all wrong Nick. Did the police lie, I'd say it depends on who you ask; if I couldn't access the original, but let's say there were multiple copies around that all have you acting the same; fine, I didn't get it off your channel, but you're still acting like a fucking druggie.
As for him acting like a retarded sovereign citizen; most people mock his shitty Denny's joke with Kurt, but also remember he made an insinuation that he wouldn't report a massage parlor girl being held against her will.