The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: California Judge Posts Bail One Day After Shooting & Killing Wife

Episode Date: August 14, 2023

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on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. yes donkey today for monday august 14th goes to judge jeffrey ferguson i know it's monday i know we need to ease into the heaviness on a monday but there's no way to ease into this one see jeffrey is accused of killing his wife during a drunken rage now jeffrey is a man who investigators discovered owned 47 weapons including the pistol used in the shooting and more than 26 000 rounds of ammunition inside his home can't expect a person like that who owns that many weapons to have any conflict resolution skills that don't

involve gunplay now let me tell you uh jeffrey is actually free he was freed a day later a day later after being taken into custody and posted a one million dollar bail no need to to play a game, but guess what race it is with this one. Okay, in fact, prosecutors are seeking new bail conditions after arguing that all the weapons he had indicate that he could pose a risk to public safety as well as be a flight risk. They want him to surrender his passport, wear an ankle monitor, and possess no alcohol or firearms ahead of this September 1st arrangement. Big Sue, you tell me what race you think he is. Ah, hmm.

I'm going to go with Caucasian. Absolutely Caucasian, okay? If he was black or brown, prosecutors wouldn't be seeking anything. They would have already done it all. All right, weapons confiscated, passport seized, probably no bail. But not only is he a white male, like I said, he's a judge since 2015. So it's a lot of different privileges at play here but that's not what we're here for today ladies and gentlemen of he hard missionary baptist

we are here because jeffrey in spite of two alleged admissions his defense attorneys maintained that his wife's death was the result of an accident and nothing more an accident you say well this is remember i said uh jeffrey ferguson had two admissions of guilt remember that okay he had two admissions of guilt in this crime and one of them is the reason he's getting donkey of the day let's go to abc7 what the hell did i just say let's go to abc7 news for the report please today an orange county judge 72 year old jeffrey ferguson faces one count of murder for shooting and killing his wife cheryl on august 3rd it started with a verbal argument at dinner with their adult son according to the charging documents documents, that Ferguson was drunk and during a fight at the restaurant made a gun gesture with his hand. Soon after at home, his wife referenced that gesture and the documents say

moments prior to the shooting, she said something to the effect of, why don't you point a real gun at me? And that he retrieved his pistol from his ankle holster and shot her. Their son called 911. Then the documents say Ferguson texted his court clerk and bailiff to say, quote, I just lost it. I just shot my wife. I won't be in tomorrow. I will be in custody. I'm so sorry. End quote. Anaheim police arrested him and investigators recovered 47 weapons from the Anaheim Hills home, including rifles, shotguns and handguns, plus more than 26,000 rounds of ammunition. But prosecutors worry one rifle is still missing.

Ferguson was booked on a $1 million bail, which he posted the next day. I just shot my wife. I won't be in tomorrow. When I hear stories like this, the only thing I want to know is, what was he drinking so I don't ever drink it? Okay, I'm just not this kind of drunk. At no point in my life have I ever been, you know, that drunk. I'm not an angry drunk. I don't get drunk and want violence in any way, shape, or form.

I'm not a belligerent drunk that gets toasty and just says anything. I'm not a drunk that gets wasted and forgets what happened. I'm the type of drunk that gets happy. Okay, and wants to hug and love on everybody. Start telling you how much I love and care about you. I'm not ever going to get to the point where I'm so drunk, I get so mad that I'm going to pull out a gun and shoot you. Even if you ask me to. Now, that's the other part of this story we don't want to discuss but we have to ladies i'm telling y'all watch what you say to these men out here okay

y'all claim we don't listen but then y'all run into a man that is unstable and listens too well okay when y'all say things like boy i wish you would put your hands on me some men will hear you hear you and you know grant you your wishes and that's a lesson his wife found out quick when she said, why don't you point a real gun at me? What a strange request. And what a strange time for this man to decide he was going to listen to his wife. Okay, why would you ever say something like that to a man that was caught with 47 weapons and 26,000 rounds of ammunition inside his home? What did you think that was for? To play Call of Duty?

That is a man that wants all the smoke and is ready for war, whether it's with you or Russia. Okay, when you got that many weapons, you can't wait to use them. But I could never imagine being so drunk and so angry at your wife that you shoot her dead over a meal. Like you're reenacting the dinner scene in belly. Not to mention the judge said, I just lost it. I just shot my wife. I won't be in tomorrow. I will be in custody.

I'm so sorry. What trips me out about this is he said wife i won't be in tomorrow i will be in custody i'm so sorry what trips me out about this is he said i won't be in tomorrow not once did he feel like his job his job was at risk i would think that shooting your wife dead is a letter of resignation but not in judge jeffrey's world in judge jeffrey's world he just won't be in tomorrow he should be good for the day after but tomorrow after just killing his wife nah too soon okay oh to be white and privileged in america that's the real wop okay white and privileged i kill your wife it's only an accident an accident that you only have to miss one day of work for and have it called by the media a shocking arrest that has left officials grappling with how to

handle the case that's how they're spinning it look here's the thing when a person commits a crime like this they are no longer the person you knew. I don't care how celebrated Judge Jeffrey Ferguson was. I don't care about the awards he won. He killed his wife in a drunken rage, handled him accordingly. And for him to say it was an accident, even though he admitted he did it twice, lets you know he lacks remorse and accountability for his actions. As a judge, he would probably throw the book at someone who was handling a case like this, you know, if he was handling

a case like this the way he was. So whatever judge who was on this case needs to do the same. Please let Remy Ma give Judge Jeffrey Ferguson the biggest hee-haw.

Hee-haw, hee-haw. You stupid motherfucker. You dumb. Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm. I'll tell you something else, though. Sometimes you get what you ask for

and you get it because you ask for it you know this is a horrible situation all the way around now coming up we have the fearless fund coming in what's their names

Ayanna Parson and Arian Simone they are the founders of the fearless fund and they will be here with their legal representation attorney Ben Crump to tell you all about the fearlessless Fund and what the Fearless Fund is and why they are being attacked by anti-affirmative action activist Edward Braun. Right? Can we say what Edward Braun is right now?

You know what I want, Eddie. Come on. Tell me what Edward Braun is. Cracker ass cracker. That's right. BET, peace. See you tomorrow.'s the breakfast club the breakfast club

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who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. to murder a one-woman WikiLeaks. She exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state. Listen to Crooks everywhere on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, 1974. George Foreman was champion of the world. Ali was smart and he was handsome. The story behind The Rumble in the Jungle is like a Hollywood movie. But that is only half the story. There's also James Brown, Bill Withers, B.B. King, Miriam Akiba.

All the biggest black artists on the planet. Together in Africa. It was a big deal. Listen to Rumble, Ali, Foreman, and the Soul of 74 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Gracias Come Again, a podcast by Honey German, where we get real and dive straight into todo lo actual y viral. We're talking music, los premios, all the latest happening in our entertainment world and some fun and impactful interviews with your favorite Latin artists, comedians, actors, and influencers.

Each week we get deep and raw life stories, combos on the issues that matter to us. And it's all packed with gems, fun, straight up comedia. And that's a song that only can sprinkle. Listen to Gracias Come Again on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.