The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental.
Unless you're trying to make a movie on the sly, there's no way to get around this. If you want to use public spaces, film on the streets, have the cooperation of the police, you have to have a permit.
I wouldn't call him a slave. I don't whip him when he does something wrong. Just when he does something good.

