American tourist Sawyer Hartman uploads moment he was allegedly extorted by Bali police

“I THOUGHT I was going to jail.” A tourist in Bali has detailed the moment he was allegedly extorted by Balinese police.

“WE JUST got f***ing hustled by the police in Bali”.

“I thought America was bad right now, Jesus, we just got hustled by the police in Bali.

“Welcome to Indonesia. Holy sh*t, let’s get home.

“I thought I was going to jail. I really did.

“You’re crooks, not all of you I’m sure, but you, you know who I’m talking to, you’re f***ing crooks.

“I just got robbed by the Bali police.”

An American tourist in Bali has detailed the moment he was allegedly extorted by Balinese police.

On November 13, filmmaker Sawyer Hartman and his girlfriend had just inked tattoos in Bali, when afterwards, while he was on his scooter, he was pulled over by local authorities for apparently not wearing a helmet.

The officer is seen briefly in the clip.

Mr Hartman had been uploading daily videos of his adventures in Indonesia when the event occurred — and he managed to capture a small glimpse of the proceedings before police demanded he turn his camera off.

“No no no for me, for safety,” Mr Hartman can be overheard while the camera is still rolling.

“You record? Stop, stop or I charge you,” a man, believed to be Balinese authorities, can be overheard.

“I’m so confused, what’s going on,” Mr Hartman says before the camera is turned off.

Later, in the same video, Mr Hartman details what just happened.

Mr Hartman with his girlfriend after the event in Bali.

The scooter the couple were riding on when they pulled over by police.

“I almost got f***ing arrested in Bali or something,” he explains.

“The Bali police pulled me over and said I wasn’t wearing a helmet, and I didn't have an international driver’s license and tried to take 1.5 million (AU$150.44) of their dollars from me.

“I tried to tell them I didn’t have the money, I have a credit card. They were telling me they were going to take me to an ATM to take the money out. I said, ‘f**k that, I don’t have an ATM card.

“I had my camera on me, he tried to take the camera, I didn’t allow that to happen.

“So then he said, ‘how much money do you have?’ and I was like, ‘I have 100,000’.

“He was like, ‘you can either take a ticket or give us cash’.

“I was like, ‘I’m not going to give you cash, give me the ticket’. He was like, ‘will you be back in Bali in December?’ I was like, ‘no’.

“Anyway he ended up taking my wallet out, he looked in my wallet, saw I had 200,000 ($A20) in cash, took the cash out of my wallet and said, ‘go, go’.

It comes as Australian teen Jamie Murphy walked free from a Bali police station after it was confirmed that white powder found on him at the Sky Garden Bar in Kuta on Monday night was not illicit drugs but painkillers.

Kuta Head of Police, Wayan Sumara gives press statement regarding the release of Australian teenager Jamie Murphy at Kuta police station, Bali, Indonesia. Picture: Johannes Christo

Jamie Murphy is escorted as he walks free at Kuta police station. Picture: Nashyo Hansel

The 18-year-old from Perth escaped charges after authorities confirmed the white powder he was found with was most likely crushed up paracetamol.

Mr Murphy’s blood and urine tests also also came back negative for illegal substances.

The Bali nightclub where the teenager was grabbed by police has now apologised for using “excessive force” and ordered the guard to undergo security training.

News.com.au has approached Mr Hartman for comment.