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On October 28, 2024, officers with the
Key West Police Department were on
patrol when a male began shining a green
laser into their patrol vehicles. After
turning their vehicles around, the
suspect ran into a nearby bar. The
officer was directed out back where he
spotted the suspect, a 40-year-old male
named
John. I
wonder if the taste
You're going to get taste.
Stop. You're taste.
Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Turn on
your back. Turn it on your back now. On
your stomach. On your stomach. Roll
over. You'll get it again. Roll over
your stomach. Roll over.
I'm the guy over Get on your stomach.
You're going to get it
again. God, stop. Get on your stomach.
All right. Taser. Tas. Taser. Please.
On your stomach. Please. I did. Get on
your stomach. I did. I can't when you're
doing that, man. Get on your stomach.
You're going to get it again. Get on
your stomach now.
Stop. Put your hands behind your back.
What did I do? Hands behind your back.
What did I do?
Put your hand behind your back. Oh my
god, man. What the [ __ ] What the [ __ ]
Why are you guys so aggressive? What the
[ __ ] Put your hand behind. Taser.
Taser. Taser.
Oh my god. Where are you at? Please
stop. Halfway down Shaver's Lane behind
the house. What the? Get put your hand
behind your back. yourself.
So, so guys, what the
I was going home. I was going home.
Get on your stomach. I'm not going to
tell you again.
I did, sir. I did, sir. I did. I did.
What is wrong in custody? 10:13. Oh my
god. Stop.
You made a lot of bad decisions tonight,
buddy. What are you talking about, sir?
Sir, stop rolling over. I'm trying to
get on your feet. Get on your feet. I I
I can't. He's holding me down. Okay.
I was trying to go home.
Yeah. What the man? Yelled police
multiple times. He tried to try to sneak
out the back. You're not smart. I
didn't.
Hey now, if you can roll EMS drone is
bleeding from the top of his head.
Oh my god. What the man?
What the sir? What is the problem? You
tell me. Why are you running? I'm going
home. Oh. Oh, you run from us after I
say police mold. I didn't have any I
didn't have any fences. Yeah, you went
to It's all on body camera. All on body
camera. I didn't have any fences. Get
your feet. Okay.
Can you walk into the car,
please? What the hell
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is the cartridge? Is there still one in
him? Yeah.
Can you pull it out? Just wait.
What are you reaching for? I'm trying to
find the cartridge. He said, "Stop." He
never would have had it in you if he
didn't run. He said the cartridge was
still in me. Oh my god. No.
Okay, I understand. I was just looking
for it to figure out where it was.
Signal 14. There was a taser. That's
all,
sir.
Where my phone?
Man, you are twitchy. How many drugs are
you on tonight? Zero out. I just got off
work, guys. Like, what the
[ __ ] What the hell? What did I do? I
didn't do anything. That's what they're
asking.
Go with the front car.
Just wait. Don't go in the car yet. I'm
not talking to you. Come back here. I'm
sorry. I'm sorry. I thought you were
talking to me in your stands. Of course.
Stand.
I know it's really difficult with all
the drugs that you're on, but standing
still. Bull. I'm not.
Oh, get rid of that. All right, we're
good. We don't need We don't need it.
It's off of them.
No, it's off. Oh, this the guy with the
lights. Yeah, we had him on it last
night, too.
Oh, well done.
When you were last night, did it last
night? You guys stopped me and I talked
to you. Don't worry, we'll fix it
tonight. You guys stopped me and I
talked to you.
me last night. No, I didn't. We stopped
it last night. Careful. We did not.
That's why you went the opposite
direction on Southern. Huh? No, sir.
Don't worry. Save your Save your con
man. We'll get you. We got you on three
counts of felonies for that and then all
the other stuff today. So, no worries.
We're all good. It's a lot of worries.
Well, for you. Stop doing stupid. You
can't point lasers at three moving
police cars.
For real?
They're not lasers. They're particle
beams. What are they? They're particle
beams. Okay. So, listen, listen, listen
for a second. So, you have the right to
remain silent. Anything you say can and
may be used against you in a court of
law. You have the right to an attorney
and to have him or her present lawyer
being questioned. If you cannot afford
an attorney, one will be appointed to
represent you at no cost. Do you
understand your right, sir?
Hey, do you understand what I told you?
No. Okay. I don't really care. Can you
say it again? No. Go have a seat.
You want to You want to play? No. I'm
sorry. I didn't hear. Well, then you
weren't listening. I'm not going to ask
you any questions. It doesn't matter.
So, you want to play games, then
fine. Go take a
seat. Have a seat, buddy. Go take a
seat. It's so violent, man.
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Let me look down. Let me see your head.
You hurting anywhere? Yeah. Where? My
back, my thigh. Okay. My neck from where
he I know you guys were doing your job.
Like I was I I thought you guys were
this guy that was trying to jump me
earlier. I'm not going to talk to you
cuz you don't understand your rights.
So, okay. Well, I asked him what he
said. I didn't Okay, I'll I'll say it
again. You You with me? So, you have the
right to remain silent. Anything you say
can and may be used against you in a
court of law. You have the right to an
attorney and to have him or her present
while you're being questioned. If you
cannot afford an attorney, one will be
appointed to represent you at no cost.
Do you understand what I'm telling
you?
Okay. So where your neck, back, head,
and knees. Did you say knees? I got I
got got some little road rash and stuff
on both of them. Okay. So you said this.
Sorry. I thought you I didn't realize it
was you. Nobody said hey. Nobody said
PD. Like I don't know. Like Okay. So I
work at the Bourbon Street Pub. Like
why? I have to work in the morning. Why
were you pointing a laser down at the
cop cars? I was just flashing them down
at all of Duval. Like they're not
they're not lasers. They're particle
beams. They will not hurt your eyes. Oh,
what's the difference between a laser
and a particle beam? Cuz I don't know.
Uh, so a particle beam shoots so fast
that the human eye can't repeat it. Like
you can't see it. Oh, okay. So it
doesn't hurt anything. So that green
light that was shining down was a
particle beam and not a laser. Is that
correct? Correct. Okay. Cuz I I don't
The individual was Yes. He got one. Just
wait. Stay there. He's got one in the
back of his left eye. Yeah. And the
other one I don't see a point anywhere.
He's in my back in my kidney and it
[ __ ] hurts. And here, staying just
spin yourself so I can see your
back. Probes are moving. Yep. We got
both probes. They're all good. Which
side? Right or left? Left, sir. Uh,
right there.
Spin a little bit more for me if you
can. There you go.
Perfect.
Look, look. Don't get out of the car.
I'm not I'm not getting out of the car.
I'm trying to talk to you guys.
Nobody identified themselves. So, I
didn't know there was key like asking me
to stop. I thought there was these guys
are trying to jump me earlier. So, I try
to try to steal my coin down to Irish
cabins and I thought it was the same guy
following me. These are drunk and I work
at pub. Like I'm I like I respect you
guys. I was only I was I was doing the
lights down the street. This is a laser
show for everybody at the bar. It wasn't
intentionally on the cars. I promise.
Like I respect you guys. You guys have
helped me out. I'm I'm not trying to get
out. I'm trying to face him while I'm
talking to him. But you guys have
helped rescue coming. Is that about his
head? They say he's got a cut on his
head, but
that's what they call him for.
I'm just dizzy. It's been a long night.
I worked last 13 days straight at
Fantasy Fest, man. Like, you're not
going to do anything stupid. I'm going
to get you out and have it not. I I told
you I respect you guys. Like, I'm not
going to do anything. Can you Can you do
me a favor and be honest with me? Have
you taken any drugs tonight? No, sir. I
don't do drugs. Okay. I've had a couple
drinks, but that's it. Okay. All right.
Let's go. Anybody speak to you? Yeah.
I'm going to fill out. Okay. Did anybody
speak to you? Did you see what happened?
Don't ask me that, man. I don't want to
see that. Hey, I'm looking for inside
over here. So,
[ __ ] it. I mean, I'm not a local. What's
up?
So, did you see this with the beard with
the light up shoes with the I guess
laser gloves right here?
So, what was he doing? He just was
handed and he just [ __ ]
layer and I was like, "What are you
doing?" I was pointing at it. What?
Where was like where exactly at?
We saw the We saw three of them roll
by. I just I literally just walked up
for the beer. Mhm.
And as they roll by, I was like, "Damn,
they're rolling tape." And then he had
his little glove hand out and he started
pointing. I thought it was from coming
from down here. Okay. But it was his
little [ __ ] hand thing.
So he was just pointing the laser like
across the street. I know you said you
thought it was coming from you.
Okay. In the end, John was charged with
three felony counts of pointing a laser
at a driver and resisting an officer
without violence. His case remains
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