Thin Blue Liar: Egregiously Stupid Florida Cops Open Fire On Handcuffed Man After Acorn Hits Patrol Car, ‘Shots Fired! I’m Hit!’
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Florida has harbored some of the dumbest people to ever walk planet Earth but these cops, one in particular, will forever be the heavyweight dumbass champion of the world.
On Nov. 12, 2023, according to a WKRG report, 22-year-old Marquis Jackson was accused of stealing a car, creating a public disturbance by incessantly honking the horn, sending threatening text messages, and making phone calls to the vehicle’s owner. When police arrived on the scene, Jackson was arrested, properly searched, handcuffed, and put in the back of Deputy Jesse Hernandez’s patrol car. What happened next is one of the worst examples of police ineptitude that we have ever seen and that’s saying a lot.
As Deputy Hernandez approached his vehicle to search Jackson again, he claimed that he heard a “pop” sound. He allegedly believed that not only was it a gunshot but that he was hit by said gunshot. Thing is, the handcuffed unarmed man didn’t fire a gunshot. An acorn fell on Hernandez’s car. Here’s what happened next…
New bodycam footage shows Okaloosa County, FL Deputy Jesse Hernandez declaring “shots fired!” and “I’m hit!” and shooting at the handcuffed, unarmed suspect inside of his police car.
He had not been shot, rather, it was determined that he heard an acorn drop onto the car. pic.twitter.com/D71fddl5V7
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) February 13, 2024
Not only did Hernandez wild out and start dumping rounds into his own car. His partner, Sgt. Beth Roberts, was so shaken by his cry for help that she began dumping rounds into the vehicle too!
Sgt Beth Roberts responded quickly to Deputy Hernandez erroneously calling “shots fired” in response to an acorn dropping from a tree.
“Where? Right there?” Roberts asked before also firing at the handcuffed, unarmed man in their car.
Luckily, both cops missed every shot. pic.twitter.com/S0WyadTakX
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) February 13, 2024
Fortunately, both Hernandez and Roberts are such bad shots that Jackson wasn’t hit by a single bullet. However, the trauma from that day is something that will stay with him for the rest of his life. He took to Facebook to recount the harrowing incident in the wake of the body camera footage being released to the public.
Following an internal investigation by Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Professional Standards, Hernandez was found to have violated department policy as his actions were deemed “not objectively reasonable” but Roberts was exonerated as she was reacting to a fellow officer’s fear. As a result, Hernandez resigned from the police force.
Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden posted a video on the department’s YouTube page addressing the situation.
What type of moron confuses an acorn with a gun shot? These are professional police officers who have heard gunshots, trained, and been instructed on firearms and he can’t tell the difference?? If you’re that scared then you don’t need to be a cop.
