The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Florida Police Arrest Legally Blind Man Whose Cane They Mistook For A Gun

Episode Date: November 11, 2022

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Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water,

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or wherever you get your podcasts. Jenny Garth, Jana Kramer, Amy Robach, and TJ Holmes bring you I Do Part Two, a one-of-a-kind experiment in podcasting to help you find love again. Hey, I'm Jana Kramer. I'm Jenny Garth. Hi, everyone. I'm Amy Robach. And I'm TJ Holmes. And we are, well, not necessarily relationship experts. If you're ready to dive back into the dating pool and find lasting love, we want to help. Listen to I Do Part 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. So you're telling me to watch out for Florida, man? Florida, man. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida.

Yes, you are a donkey. A Florida man attacked an ATM for a very strange reason. It gave him too much money. Florida Man is arrested after deputies say he rigged the door to his home in an attempt to electrocute his pregnant wife. Police arrested an Orlando man for attacking a flamingo. It's a breakfast club, bitches. Donkey of the Day with Charlemagne the guy. I don't know why y'all keep letting him get y'all like this.

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and reminding me every year that November 12th is indeed Sigma Gamma Rose Founders Day. Now, dog year today for Friday, November 11th, go to two police officers with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office in Lake City, Florida. What does your Uncle Sharla always tell you about the great state of Florida? Say it with me. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. Now, the officers' names are Officer James Hodges and Deputy James Gold. Full disclosure, I was tired on this fine Friday, kind of going through the motions until I saw this story.

And I said to myself, Florida, don't you ever stop being Florida. And I say that as if you could stop if you tried. Okay, Florida is going to always Florida, just like water is going being Florida. And I say that as if you could stop if you tried. Okay, Florida is going to always, Florida, just like water is going to always wet. All right, Florida will always be the craziest place in America, and it's not even close. I'm at the point where I truly believe these stories we see about Florida in the news, they're not even real. It's just all satire. And somebody writes these things just to make us laugh, and today is no exception.

I'm serious. Florida stories are so good. Okay. I could literally give these offices donkey of the day based off the headline alone on CBS news. Okay. Just the headline. Would you like to hear the headline?

Listen, remember this is Florida now. No, the headline. Oh, wait, wait, wait. Remember, this is Florida. Okay. Now that you know, this is Florida. Listen to this headline because you know it's good. A blind man was arrested after an officer thought he had a gun. Did you hear what I said?

A blind man was arrested after an officer thought he had a gun. Oh, and I forgot the most important part of the headline. It was his cane. I can't make this kind of stuff up. Let's go to NBC News for the report, please. Police arrested 61-year-old James Hodges, and he was charged for resisting an officer in late October on Marion Avenue and Duval Street in downtown Lake City.

The body cam video starts off with the deputy stopping Hodges, asking him what's in his pocket. It's a navigational age. What's the problem? You're a tyrant? Yeah, I am actually. What's your name and date of birth? I don't have to give that unless I'm here. Yes, sir. I was investigating. Do you have reasonable... Do you want me to put you in handcuffs right now?

Hodges then asked the deputy what her suspicion was, and the deputy responded that it looked like he was carrying a gun in his pocket. Shortly after, he takes the walking stick out of his pocket to show the deputy that it is not a gun. Am I detained? Yeah, you are. What's your name and date of birth? It does not matter. Yes, sir, it does. Hodges showed his walking stick to another deputy at the scene. The deputies then handcuffed him and took his driver's license out of his pocket. The sheriff's office declined to do an interview, but posted a statement on Facebook that says in part, quote, we are aware of the Columbia County Sheriff's Office body camera video involving the arrest of Mr. James Hodges on October 31st. Sheriff Hunter is troubled by what he has seen in the video and the matter is being addressed. Police mistook a

blind man's walking stick for a gun. Well I have to ask in this situation who's really blind? What's the point of having vision if you can't see poor stevie wonder better stay out of the sunshine state imagine stevie wonder having a glass of wine while playing the piano and then getting arrested for dui because police officers mistook the piano for a damn car what's also interesting about this is the man is blind you think he has a gun but you stop him to make sure he's carrying the gun properly. If I saw a blind man with a gun, I would want to know why is he carrying it at all? No disrespect to all the blind gun owners out there, but you can understand my confusion, right?

Is that even a thing? I'm 44 years old. It's never even crossed my mind on whether blind people own guns or not, but now I can't stop thinking about it. So I did some research, and by research I mean Googled. I typed in, do blind people own guns? And the answer is most definitely. Okay? Apparently in America. You ever heard that, Indy? No.

Well, apparently in America, being blind does not keep you from owning a gun. Some states, like Nebraska and my home, South Carolina, require gun applicants to show proof of vision, but in 2007, Texas lawmakers passed a measure to help legally blind people hunt. Let me tell you something. I watch Daredevil,

so I know that blind people's other senses are extremely heightened, but there ain't no way in hell I'm going hunting with a blind person. No way. It makes no logical sense to me whatsoever. Look, I tell y'all all the time, I'm not the highest grade of weed in the dispensary, but one would assume that being able to see would be one of the necessary qualifications for owning a gun.

Okay? That's the problem with most of y'all humans nowadays anyway. You shoot like you're legally blind. All right? Most of y'all humans nowadays. Anyway, you shoot like you're legally blind. All right. Most of y'all don't hit what you're aiming at with 20, 20 vision. So how are you going to hold it down when you POP? Let me tell you some officers in Lake City, Florida. With that man lax in vision, you are lacking empathy. There is absolutely no reason for that man to have been incarcerated.

And he had every right to be frustrated with y'all because it's ridiculous. OK, whenever you're accused of doing something you weren't doing it sucks but when it's something as ridiculous as mistaking my walking cane for a gun imagine if he had his seeing eye dog with him what would you mistake that as huh a little kid he kidnapped as part of a human human sex trafficking ring huh you know they say empathy is seeing with the eyes of another. Clearly, the officers were seeing with the eyes of the blind man they decided to harass. I would tell Florida to do better,

but Florida, doing better would be so less entertaining for the rest of us. Please give Officer James Hodges and Deputy James Gold the sweet sounds of the Hamiltons. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day you are the donkey of the day by the way there's a movie on hulu called see For Me. And this woman is house-sitting and she's blind. She also was a professional skier. And it just brought to light a lot of things that you talked about because she ended up having to kill these people that came into the home

that were home invaders. But there's an app for blind people where you have a person that navigates you to walk around the house. It's really interesting, but it's a real-life thing. Just putting that out there. What do you mean? Guide you around and be like,

make a left, shoot now, like that, like that type of thing? Exactly. Like you put it on FaceTime. I think the app is called Titular and you put it on FaceTime.

So if you're blind, they can help you like kind of guide and navigate through. So she was on the app with this person and they were like, okay, you know,

at three o'clock, he's at three o'clock. And yeah, it was interesting. I meanclock, he's at 3 o'clock. It's interesting. Obviously, it's just a movie but I didn't realize. Obviously, it's not because Charlemagne just said blind people have weapons and have licenses to own firearms. Right. No, I'm saying that's a real life app.

That's all. It just made me think of that because I was like, she's really doing a great job with this gun even though she's blind. Okay. Thank you for thank you for that yeah and thank you for that donkey today Charlemagne up next UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards will be joining us all right we're gonna kick it with him next so don't move it's the Breakfast Club good morning hey guys I'm Kate Max you might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more.

After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not.

No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before listen to on purpose with jay shetty on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts hello my undeadly darlings it's theresa your resident ghost host and do i have a treat for you. Haunting is crawling out from the shadows and it's going to be devilishly good.

We've got chills, thrills, and stories that'll make you wish the lights stayed on. So join me, won't you? Let's dive into the eerie unknown together. Sleep tight, if you can. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Jenny Garth, Jana Kramer, Amy Robach, and TJ Holmes bring you I Do Part 2.

A one-of-a-kind experiment in podcasting to help you find love again. Hey, I'm Jana Kramer. I'm Jenny Garth. Hi, everyone. I'm Amy Robach. And I'm TJ Holmes. And we are, well, not necessarily relationship experts. If you're ready to dive back into the dating pool and find lasting love, we want to help.

Listen to I Do Part 2 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.