it looks like you lost a fight is what
it looks like to me well it looks like
it looks like you also in the hallway
with a machete not defending yourself
necessarily myself before you guys
showed up trying to start a fight to
make no there wasn't to start a
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fight on January the 21st
2023 at approximately 10 10:44 p.m.
officers with the Columbus Division of
police were dispatched to an apartment
building on a call about a man standing
in the hallway yelling racial slurs and
threatening to kill people all
right um when did it start all right
when my roommate Mr Troy Johnson who is
now in apartment 22 okay did not like my
use of the IM okay and I said d I've
earned every right in the
world just don't I'm trying not to but
I've earned every right in the world to
use that word when I was seven years old
I was written by six black man okay that
kind of gives me the right to use in my
opinions okay no it doesn't that's
ignorant it's ignorant what was ignorant
is the fact that you still call me CRA
okay you know so it's been kind of like
a
rationally
22 um but what's been ignorant is the
fact that you guys still think it's okay
to you know call even me you know
racially derogatory turns but if I drop
the N word one time then suddenly it's
racist okay I just got the [ __ ] B
because of that yeah okay but how many
people five all in 22 and all [ __ ]
trying to clim her up and say they
didn't do it all right I'm just my you
step out my hway do you know
specifically who they were the Trayvon
Kyra uh Troy
and whoever else was in the
apartment what's with the machete what's
that myself okay where what were you
doing upstairs with the machete where's
your apartment at first off 18 18 which
is just over on the other side right
right
here this is
did my partner upstairs see you in the
hallway or did he see you in your room
did he come your dooring about guy white
show yeah he saw me in the hallway saw
you in the hallway yeah okay cuz I was
coming out of my apartment okay cuz you
knew we were here or what well I knew
that if you guys weren't here I still
had to protect myself so you were going
to them to protect yourself I was not
going to them I was standing my ground
in the hallway
yes does it make sense
not standing your ground the hallway
standing your ground will be in your you
know that I did that that sounds like
you were coming in the hallway cuz you
want to retaliate cuz you got it is not
retaliation was protection okay all
right but I have five I'm not calling
you liar I'm just wanty I have five of
them come just wanted me okay so that
would make me think that you should have
probably been in your apartment prot
break myself into my own apartment why
is that because I couldn't get in
because um my my my keys were in my
apartment all I had was a card to get
into my apartment and I had to H it and
break into my apartment to get into to
get my to my B to protect myself okay so
this all started in the hallway right
why you were talking to your roomate no
where did this start it it started in my
apartment okay with Mr Troy Johnson who
has warrant and County okay I don't care
about that right now I'm here for this
okay I don't give a crap about their
warrant right now I care about this so
let's not get on a Sidetrack from this
I'm not trying to so so it started in
there you use the N word can I get like
I don't have any ice pack I don't have
any ice pack right now but I'll get a
I'll get a medic out here for you okay
if you can do that like push that yeah
but so you you were in your apartment
with your roommate yeah you Ed the NW he
said you can't use that you said you ear
in a right to to use right because of
the abuse that I suffering as child and
so an argument U all right right what
point were you attacked though is it in
your apartment or R was TR in the
apartment 19 okay who came down the
hallway and first I defended myself and
I did fairly well and then I had five of
them that came up and defended him and
helped him and the five of them helped
abuse me okay so this was in the hallway
22 so you stepped out in the hallway and
that's when you're attacked by who uh
five people in
22 okay five people in 22 yeah so you
can see it on the security
C said you want an ambulance what just
to get
compress just your face yeah just
hamage she can't come down step over
here step over here don't talk to her ex
step over here she's going to
and she gets to go first we're not
done don't start
on let what's your phone number
614
815 and they're trying to turn this all
like it's something racist is that it's
like what the [ __ ] you mean racist oh he
got a he got a noose he goddamn Skippy I
got a
noose you know I [ __ ] I I have a
right you know to Freedom religion
speech but you you understand like using
racial can incite people do that but you
also understand that if they use racious
L against Fe that also incites violence
yes but that doesn't give either one of
you the right to put your hands on each
other they put their hands on me I did
not put my hands on
them it looks like you lost a fight is
what it looks like to me well it looks
like it looks like you also were in the
hallway with a machete not defending
myself before you showed up try to start
a fight to make no that wasn't to start
a fight that was not to start a fight
okay that was to defend myself before
you guys got here cuz I had already
called you why didn't you defend
yourself in your
apartment they weren't in my apartment
who's in your apartment now should be
nobody but my cat and I okay that's it
and you retrieved your machete from
where my apartment was anybody in your
apartment when you grabbed your machete
Troy
and then he
fled okay so at that point you could
have locked your door and stayed in your
apartment correct once he fled okay so
then why did you go back out into the
hallway to wait for you
guys cuz you were my next best
protection that's it okay why couldn't
you barricade yourself or put yourself
in the apartment come on man
please
okay
I wondering if y'all was concerned about
my welfare I was hell what's happening c
not much hry up go me this time what did
you see what
happened white neighbor yeah we for take
another
niggaer was like just shut okay his
neighbor don't she say no goddamn more
you know so he jumps out of his
apartment and put him up in the white
lady like CU he just starting [ __ ] yeah
got to fight him he busted his ass up
then he goes in now the
machete I don't know if yall remember a
couple months ago do you remember I
don't know came up here I thought
somebody I
talkig [ __ ] [ __ ] I got a dog ago listen I
got a dog so I got to take him out 4 in
the morning he jumps out of his
apartment hits me upside his head had to
hit him back upside his damn
hat so which too many [ __ ] which
neighbor was he fighting with he's not
going to be in trouble he shouldn't be
no he's not but I want to get his side
of it so he can
say freaking know
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yeah Hey Ron it's the police you're not
in trouble I just need to talk to you
and figure out what your side this is
make sure you're all right
yeah
hey are you all right yeah come
on you guys are right what uh what
happened with Jim Jim wanted to beat my
ass and then I had to fight him okay are
you hurt at all yeah I was I mean I got
my ass kicked okay but he didn't he he
had he had [ __ ] all his friends over
there I had no friends I have no friends
over here hey are you stabbed or
anything huh stabbed or anything he had
a big ass knife machete I want to make
he hasn't I know we've already got him
no he told me he was going to cut me out
okay but you didn't get stab no he he
did not stab me because I me I moved I
moved as fast as you know do you need a
medic or anything no I I don't think so
just check yourself real quick pull make
sure you're not I don't think so okay no
I'm pretty pretty pretty good at just
knowing that I mean no no why did he
want to do that to me I don't know he
was supposed to be my friend you know
when you're supposed to have a friend
they're not supposed to do that to you
right no friends aren't supposed to do
that to each other right right is that
correct absolutely no and I'm I'm okay
I'm having a great day and I'm drinking
some beer and just having some good time
with what I think is everybody that's
supposed to have a good time with me but
it what did it come to it come to anyone
come come after me and stuff like that
and then I had to I had to fight myself
you can see I have my blood blood on my
hand it seems like you handled yourself
well no I I took him out I took him out
quickly so this was so just to be clear
this was mutual combat I'm not a bad
dude not no I'm not telling you I'm
tougher than anybody else I'm not
tougher than him I'm not tougher than
you I'm not tougher than anybody but
this was mutual combat you two fight
yeah no he was coming after me and I
defended yourself yeah and I just I just
took him out I just
and I had him on the ground and I just
pound him out you know and it just I was
done I was done with it then all friends
were coming in and all the all all the
people he knows he see because I'm from
Cleveland I'm not from Columbus I'm not
from Columbus okay I'm from Cleveland
okay so I you know you know I'm living
here I'm not from Columbus so you know
the these guys want to sit there and
come after me what am I going to do so I
do I have to defend myself yeah of
course I do of course I do you're not
going to sit there and take me down
because you just feel like you're going
to do it hey here's what's going to
happen I'm going to take a report just
so that he can't come back later and
because there's Witnesses out there that
saw he came after you and stuff so I'm
going to take I beat his ass right now
way I beat he came after me and I just I
took him down so I'm going to take
report so he can't later there's my on
my hand I I was smacking him right in
the head what's your last name
what it's it's very
[ __ ] here comes another one you going
to let him go too are all right Jim did
you want an
ambulance give him a cold comess you got
his yeah what else is going
on all right I've asked a bunch other
questions but they keep you know like
[ __ ] like blaming me but the thing
is he was saying like killing killing
black people
was like no saying [ __ ] [ __ ] nigg like
calling us [ __ ] calling my ti a [ __ ]
like you feel me like yes what do you
mean yeah yeah happened again
again nothing to do with
another y'all leave me the hell alone
who's
that y y'all and him leave me the hell
alone so we have a question did he point
uh the knife at you and make a statement
towards
you I'm asking yes what' he say to you
specifically [ __ ] Niger n he going chop
my head off oh yeah he believe I think
he need to be took to the hospital do
you believe he
was but we done physically [ __ ] with
it's yes no on your answer is how we can
go from there you go
take that's that's the go ahead no get
in there come we off we now do you
believe no I this goddamn head off where
would you take so you don't believe you
don't believe it's listen there's a
there's a crime called aggravated
medicine okay and um um something uh
something a riot cuz after all if all
the [ __ ] would have came out that
would been like a r inting inting Riot
I'm an intelligent one Bingo and I'm
close a close but okay we not quite
there dangerous wait listen now cuz I
[ __ ] [ __ ] with is he dangerous do I feel
that thre no but he's yes okay but okay
cuz we already you know so I'm not
scared I'm already with Y conneting it
all do you understand he is dangerous to
other people do you understand where
we're coming from yes cuz next time it
could be some [ __ ] by law and it
could be some [ __ ] next time you
have to you have to have a victim right
if you don't believe you're that
hospital I can't just that'd be
violating his rights by taking him off
cuz I'm taking custody of you know what
I mean the courts don't like that okay
see there you go ask another one who was
go get your head cut off he go cut
head we you asking us are
we this guy he's a piece of [ __ ] yes
he's threatening people here he's a
criminal yes I need your name I need
your information we got it we got it
we're being arrested to her all
right listen I know I know you're a
tough lady I got you I got you I got you
I you fight against that dumb ass but
[ __ ] him I with you take care no just
real quick stay with them because
they're in charge right now I know I
know they're in charge but I
want wow what's going on you got no
fuing idea okay here's what I'll tell
you because I'm getting a bunch of
different stories but I have a lot of
people saying that you're making racial
slurs and threats they're getting people
in here upset you don't understand he's
one of them that was one of them
attacking me okay well what I'm hearing
from other people is that you attacked
Ron when he defended himself other
people pulled him off why would I why
would I have no idea why would I attack
a white girl a white guy with racial
slurs I'm not saying you attack him with
raal slurs I'm saying you attack him
with your fist but other people in this
building in different races are claiming
that you're making terrible statements
that could lead to you getting your ass
beat and you know what making
provocations and fighting WR were you
not making racial SES I did to my
roommate not directly to him or about
him you
understand vote people to fight and I
put him out of my apartment because he
couldn't accept the fact that I said
what I had to say I said get the [ __ ]
out of my apartment okay so it sounds
like you're pissing people off to the
place where they're causing this it's my
apartment then stay in your apartment
and don't how did you get your ass beat
in the hallway if you stayed in your
apartment cuz they came down knocking on
my door check the [ __ ] security
cameras I'm getting three different
stories but a then that that then
[ __ ] listen to them [ __ ]
okay go down here and talk to them and
I'm going to no you cannot go down there
and listen to that I'm getting real
[ __ ] tired of this go down there act
like an adult and listen to what the
minutes have to say [ __ ] them [ __ ]
hey you want to say it loud enough to
have somebody else come down here and
beat your
ass hey get a witness statement good
going to
J
BR your
back know
yep tell people you're going to chop
their if you don't loosen up I'm going
to throw you on the ground loosen
up yeah keep Abus me nobody's abusing
you you're acting like a dumbass while
we come here to help you I'm here to be
help
clearly hey you got your
info you're not in charge right now
we'll do what we need
glasses off the
flo yeah I'm done with you tonight
that's for
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sure you got anything in your pockets no
sir
look to your
left you spit on him or you spit on me
I'm punching you in the face you
understand me I
understand switch
me look to your
right
no yeah it's
mine you didn't have a right to hit me
in I got to make sure you don't have any
drugs inside
you careful watch your head watch it get
your feet in there I'm trying to get
your feet in there I'm trying to get
your feet in there get my ass in here
first I have ma African-American family
and friends
I personally find an offensive your
language and your attitude you need to
do me a favor and shut the [ __ ] up I
have two
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