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(Guess) Man Tells Cop He "Really Enjoyed" Resisting Arrest
Yep, Florida man enjoys that sort of thingA Florida man who tussled with a cop trying to arrest him for disorderly conduct later said that he "really enjoyed resisting" because it was like being on “Live PD,” a cable program that chronicles the mayhem police officers encounter on the night shift.
A patrolman was dispatched yesterday to a home in Sebastian, a city near Vero Beach, after a 911 caller reported that a man wielding a golf club was chasing a woman.
When an officer arrived on the scene, he encountered Rudolph Grant, 53, who smelled of booze and was screaming and cursing in front of the residence. After trying to walk away, Grant struggled as the cop sought to handcuff him, according to an arrest affidavit. Grant, the cop noted, tried to pull away from him, "tensed his arms with an attempt to get away from me," and finally “made his body go limp.”
Due to his “erratic behavior,” Grant was subsequently placed in “mechanical restraints that were double-locked.”
A patrolman was dispatched yesterday to a home in Sebastian, a city near Vero Beach, after a 911 caller reported that a man wielding a golf club was chasing a woman.
When an officer arrived on the scene, he encountered Rudolph Grant, 53, who smelled of booze and was screaming and cursing in front of the residence. After trying to walk away, Grant struggled as the cop sought to handcuff him, according to an arrest affidavit. Grant, the cop noted, tried to pull away from him, "tensed his arms with an attempt to get away from me," and finally “made his body go limp.”
Due to his “erratic behavior,” Grant was subsequently placed in “mechanical restraints that were double-locked.”
Of course since he's an older white dude he's still alive. If he wasn't the cop probably would've been afeared for his life and shot him multiple times, with backup officers putting a few more rounds in him just to be sure. (And this is not
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