Blind man gets arrested for carrying a walking stick 😬

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Occurred on October 31, 2022, in Columbia County, Florida. James Hodges spent 26 hours in jail for this. Later, Sheriff Mark Hunter suspended both officers and demoted Sgt. Randy Harrison (Jayme Gohde's supervisor) He also publicly apologized to Hodges. 😬

The fact that we're publicly seeing this, which can only be police bodycam footage, most likely means this guy they falsely arrested requested or subpoenaed this video as part of his lawsuit. This video is a good sign that he's pursuing something against these cops.

I wish cops could be sued personally rather than tax payers taking the bill, but hopefully he is going after them.

I love how they still straight up double down when they're wrong. Instead of "My bad you partially blind pedestrian citizen, carry on."

"Oh, it's just a cane? Sorry about that sir. My apologies. Oh you're legally blind? Sorry to hear that, did you need help getting somewhere in this bad weather that we can assist with? Apologies, if you have any q's / concerns about this stop, you can contact our Chief at ..."

There are REAL criminals out there and we’re wasting time with this nonsense?

Cops leaving their jobs but arresting a legally blind man because they can’t differentiate a walking aid from firearms? Why?

When the cop was asked why he did it… 😂

We need more police officer in our departments. 👍🏻