Former professional baseball player Johnny Damon mentioned his support for former President Donald Trump and the Blue Lives Matter movement during a traffic stop and subsequent DUI arrest on February 19, bodycam video released by the Windermere Police Department in Florida shows.
Damon was initially charged with one count of driving under the influence and one count of resisting an officer without violence, according to an arrest affidavit. Court documents show that he pleaded not guilty to the DUI charges, and the resisting charge was dropped.
According to the arrest affidavit, his breathalyzer test was at 0.30% two hours after police first stopped him, nearly four times the state's 0.08% threshold.
At one point, Damon can be heard saying a couple of times, "Blue lives matter," a reference to his support for police officers.
Two officers were eventually able to put Damon and his wife in handcuffs, according to the video and the affidavit.
"I know people are trying to target me because I'm a Trump supporter," Damon later said.
"I don't think that has anything to do with it," an officer responds.
"Yea, it does," Damon said.
"That's neither here nor there right now; that's not why I'm stopping you," the officer said.
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>Enslave and devastate two continents of human beings >Cry foul over someone extracting taxes as being oppressive
We live in the time of the victim olympics. And so many folks are going for the gold..even these red folks who swear shit is rigged against them just because it is no longer 100% rigged for them 100% of the time. There’s channels, radio shows, podcasts, and apps devoted to giving these folks a home to live in the alternate reality echo chamber. And shit like this is what you get.
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
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