Because YouTube monetizes certain accounts. This guy makes something like
$130,000 a year filming pranks.
The real question is, does the person who called and falsely claimed there was a laser pointed at them face any sort of false police report charge? How about the cops that illegally searched his vehicle? Or them threatening to make up some charge? Or them turning off his camera? Or the cops berating someone because
they got a wrong call, drove "across the city", and asked "what if I got into a crash"? Cops don't need to act like they are some holy moral force in charge of making sure no one acts in a way that steps of this arbitrary line they set on scene, regardless of the legality of it. They then have the nerve to act like him recording make him the bad guy ("We need protection from you") when the officer literally just said he'd make up charges for the kid!
This is all kinds of ####ed up and, IMO, indicative of police forces all over this country. The kid knew he ####ed up, but so did the cops, but instead of saying mutually agreeing they both ####ed up, the police will simply never point to themselves for not even attempting to de-escalate or understand the situation. Instead of basing their decisions on the legality of the call/stop, they get bent out of shape (blaming the kid for his driving ability), don't scald the caller for making a false claim, and try to play Mommy and Daddy scolding their child for misbehaving. These community servants are willing to send this kid to jail, "let the state's attorney figure it out", and let the chips fall as they may because, why? Because they feel like the kid deserves more punishment?
At the end of the day, they could have found anything to lock him up on, made some #### up like the officer said he'd do, and potentially ruin this kid's life all while they get no slap on the hand for not being professional, performing illegal actions while ignoring others, and avoiding any sort of punishment. The good cops? they stood around and watched it all happen.