I love that they're not attacking him, they're generally being pretty understanding even though its pretty clear he's done a lot wrong. This video is a good example of protecting and serving.
he wasn't remotely held to the same standard as a civilian what are you talking about he operated a deadly weapon while on multiple narcotics, struck another vehicle, fled the scene, and lied to cops repeatedly For this he was uhhh asked nicely to resign and given a different desk job What civilian doesn't spend months in jail, gets fired, and has this on their record forever? Where do you live where that happens lmao?
@@jebbush6657 He didn't strike another vehicle though? Detective Williams said he struck a 'curved concrete barrier'. It sounds like the car thing was brought up to see if he was paying attention or not... which he clearly wasn't cause when they bring up the imaginary car, he has a moment where he thinks he might've actually hit a car.
Yeah not so much. Any regular citizen would have been cuffed and stuffed the second he admitted to popping hydrocodone. He should have been arrested for leaving the scene of the accident immediately. The gang in blue works for themselves not the public. He even had adderall that he didn’t have a script for…anyone else would have caught a felony just for that. Fuck the police
They act like they can’t just give him a blood test to see the narcotics in his system . Naw let’s just keep asking him dumbass questions and continue letting him lie so he has more time for the shit to get out of his system. Fuck the police
That's a shame to see. He seems like a legitimately nice, cool guy. Just struggling with a pill problem right now. Another comment said they looked him up and he's currently working on his Master's Degree for social work. That's really glad to hear. You can tell this guy isn't 'scum' or anything like that. He just fucked up and needed to get his life back on track.
@@floridaboyglee230I think he mentioned it to attack the “all drug addicts are bad” stigma. Ontop of that, he’s a police officer and they are held to a higher standard which gives us the idea that: drug addict + cop = POS
WTF how is this a negative. Looks like a dude who hit a concrete curb which we saw then he merged into the parking lot. Then the officer who couldn't mind is damn business. Someone was getting raped and hurt during this shit instead he was bs this shit lolz
It's tremendously sad to see someone that has been self medicating pain on every level. Twitching, afraid, sweating and realizing that his world is imploding. As someone with addiction in my family lineage, notably a dear younger brother that is battling the demons of depression and alcoholism, I really see this man's suffering and I hope he's ready for help.
Absolutely. I battled pain medication addiction for 4 years because of severe pain from a form of muscular dystrophy (Cmt) . It's almost impossible to get out of it by yourself. You really need a wake up call to stop.
Just looked him up and he’s getting his Masters in Social Work. Probably going into rehabilitation. Good for him. Glad he was able to turn a negative into a positive
Damn i feel for this guy. I'm a recovering drug addict myself and i can feel his fear. Knowing you just destroyed everything you've worked for is horrible. Then again, situations like this are the ones that open our eyes. Thinking about all the times i could've killed someone bc i was so selfish in my addiction is awful. Thankfully that never happened and i hope this guy had the same realization
Same, homie. 7yrs sober now. One of my lowest points was demolishing one of my neighbors mailboxes driving drunk. I fled, sat at the grocery store for a while, came back and the street was still quiet and empty so I thought I was fine. After being inside a couple minutes, a guy in pajamas came to the door. It was the cop who lived across the street from my neighbor. Said he had footage of the entire thing. He asked if I was drinking because he could smell it, but I told him I took a few shots when I got home to calm my nerves. I'm sure he didn't believe me but he still didn't breathalyze me. Got a citation in lieu of arrest, booked into jail the next day then released, helped my neighbor repair his mailbox so he wrote a letter for me and got my record expunged. I was so insanely blessed to not have had my whole life ruined, I would have deserved it
I actually feel bad for him man. Bro was just having a huge panic attack the whole fkin situation. He doesn’t seem like a bad person at all, we all struggle with issues, tbh, they need more help for people like him, just cause you work for swat or the Police doesn’t mean you can’t become a drug addict sometime in your life. depending on what they do they see a lot of traumatic stuff and go through traumatic stuff, not to mention they may be around drugs all day, the temptation is real.
My brother (an Army Ranger) spent 6 deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan and when he was discharged it was astonishing how many hard meds the VA had prescribed for PTSD. I’ve seen so many cases of guys leaving the military with medication dependencies because of the VA overprescribing. They’re known for that. This officer needed to face the consequences of his actions but I really hope he is able to get off of everything.
Except he was taking pills he WASN'T prescribed. He claimed to have bought them off the Internet, but that's just more BS. He was a cop who BOUGHT & ingested ILLICIT drugs while on duty AND operating a vehicle. He doesn't need or deserve ANY sympathy nor excuses for his actions, which he obviously KNEW were illegal and dangerous. 🙄🙄🤦♀️
to add to that, my friends dad was deployed several times from 2004-2012. He was prescribed so many meds. My friend started to steal them from his dad and started to take them and hand them out to my other friends. They all developed a nasty addictions before turned 18. They became assholes and started to steal from each other to fund their addictions. I had to stop being friends with them after graduating high school.
One of my friends who was in a Stryker brigade was (eventually) being prescribed 400-500mg of Oxycontin a DAY from the San Francisco VA. He had to lie to his doctors about smoking weed because since it was a federal agency, they didn't recognize any legality of weed despite being in f'ing San Francisco of all places. He finally got a new doctor assigned to him, she was more into holistic medicine. He told her he smoked weed and she said that if it was helping him, he should continue doing it, and slowly weaned him off the 400-500mg of Oxycontin. Once they had weaned him off, he told me that while the weed obviously didn't kill his underlying pain completely as much as the Oxy (he had a shoulder replacement, hip replacement, etc. from an IED blast) he preferred to not be addicted to pills anymore.
I looked him up. He was awarded officer of the year in 2017 and the adderall pills he ordered off the internet were actually determined to be methamphetamine when they were tested, but he probably didn't know that. I hope he gets help and succeeds in life.
@Backlash00z89 I'm talking about what happened after this video, are you? Did you look up the case and find that they determined the pills to actually be amphetamines because I did and they tested positive for methamphetamine
I actually respect this officer because he didn’t cry, act like a dick, or ask for any special treatment. He took his arrest like a man and I hope that he gets the help that he needs. Honestly, I doubt that he will be able to keep his career because of what they found in his car. He is facing multiple felony charges.
Great job?? He crashed his car in a residential neighborhood while he was drunk and most likely off those pills. He should have been in jail. I’ll see if I can just resign from my job if I do something illegal.
As a recovering drug addicted myself, that cop TWEAKIN! He was looking at that half pill like a dog looks at a ham n cheese sandwich that they’re not eating.
I am not in the US and I've never had drugs problems but I gotta say I feel for this guy. He absolutely should be held accountable for what he did but he comes across as a guy who's life is in pieces and he is acting out of desperation. I hope this is a wakeup call and he can get himself together. You do the crime, you do the time but I wish him well.
@@Ellienollieyea but potential reasons someone does something is different than an excuse. Lol I mean the guy literally says he should be punished either way.
@@Ellienollie I don't know if it is narcissistic, not in this case anyway. This guy needs serious help. He needs to be punished heavily for what he did (yes, he could have killed people... multiple people). He should be banned from driving until he can prove he no longer has substance abuse problems and he should be given full access to all the help he needs. He's not some egotistical a-hole drink-driving after a party at his buddies house, he's someone who is clearly very troubled. Punish him, strip his licence and get him to therapy/rehab.
The algorithm. I notice it happen a lot. One month some new genre of video gets recommended heavily. Sometimes I fall for it and binge. My recommended feed has been full of DUI busts and other police related tomfoolery for about 3-4 weeks now. Safe to say we fell for it again this time.
As a former pill addict, I feel for him, it sucks to have to try and keep all the lies straight, it ruins you, but if I hadn't faced negative consequences, I'd never have gotten clean. I hope he is, too.
As a current citizen, I'm concerned that a cop is an addict of anything. Addiction, especially with prescription medication, is terrible (thanks, Sackler family) and they deserve help. Unfortunately, that should bar him from ever being a cop, probably ever having a license, and definitely needs the maximum punishment allowable under current law. If you can't read, "do not operate heavy machinery or drive while taking this medication," you're not literate enough to be a cop.
I understand what you're saying. When he said he was a former Army Soldier. I understand that during this time... The VA was issuing out so many fricken pills to Vets. I felt bad and then to hear he had a DUI. I feel bad and pray he gets help.
I don't feel bad for him. I guarantee that he arrested people for the same stuff that he's using on the job. He'd rather keep lying to try to get away with it and possibly hurt an innocent bystander instead of getting help. He's the worst kind of officer.
I'm a recovering addict with 15 years sober, and I did all of my damage in Phoenix. My biggest messes are now my greatest assets. I truly hope he gets help. We do recover!
Congratulations on your time miss. I'm almost 8 years sober. All my damage in Chicago/Maywood/North Lawndale. I pray he got the help that he needed and recovered. Losing everything, even just the fear of it, is absolutely CRIPPLING. I feel for him, he'll have to take it one day at a time, one hour at a time, one minute at a time, and do the next right thing.
Heroin addict from 1972 to 1983. Yes, there is life after addiction. But you have to want it. The shame is not the addiction, the shame is doing nothing about it. Good on you for wanting your life ❤
As a recovering addict I do feel for this guy, it's so clear that hes struggling with pills. But the thing that really surprises me is how the arresting officers don't cut him ANY slack at all... Nice to see that they weren't biased just because hes a fellow cop, good for them for doing the right thing! As I'm sure there are plenty of officers out there who wouldn't have handled it that way!
No way any officer is cutting him any slack in that spot. A) he hit another car, so the other car could report it as well and they would examine both cars B) There could be dashcam footage out there and witnesses to the crash. @@ComedyLove28
As a recovering addict myself (popping any pills was my drug of choice) it truly ruins you. The lies, deceitfulness, self esteem issues...just everything is awful. If it wasn't for my OD and DUI to get me straight, I wouldn't be here to enjoy my family and enjoy my successes. I hope this officer gets the help he needs, there is a life after the bullshit, just sometimes we have to work extra hard to get there
@@GiannaLThat's a really outdated and self defeating way to look at addiction. Yes, it's an illness but recent studies have found that forcing a medical concept of "you have a disease" can lead to poorer outcomes with addicts versus taking a more psychological approach. It's actually quite interesting. Addiction is awful and complicated and there are many theories and philosophies, and while sure anyone can relapse at any time the same is true that addiction itself can afflict anyone at anytime under the right circumstances.
glad we're both here to type this, I got clean from fent and xanax for 6 years, from 19 to 26 then my dad died and I thought since his strokes caused him to deteriorate before his suicide I'd have handled his death better, but when I found out it was suicide and how one day on his bday he's telling me he wants to die, 2 months later I'm playing him music on his deathbed as he lay dying from morphine and sedatives in the hospital... my sisters told me not to do anything, but I went home and for the first time decided to inject dilaudid never used a needle before, always said I never would, always made sure to use clean ones, I wanted to feel the warmth my dad was feeling on his way out and wanted a hug but all I had were drugs. And that warm rush felt like the best hug I'd ever gotten. At first, things were relatively under control, one shot in the night, small dose, just to sleep and have some semblance of peace as I couldn't stop picturing my dads death.. Bad timing, because a friend who struggled with addiction like I did but wasn't functional like I was I was taking more but some how managed to never steal, and only lied to people about what I was consuming. Well that friend needed a place to crash for the weekend, I just happened to run out of dilaudid, so I asked for 30mg of the "fentanyl" he was using. This pink shit that looked nothing like the fentanyl I took back in the day, even the street shit not patches, used to be grey or brown if heroin was in it, but now it's purple, pink, green, and I deluded myself into thinking I was being intelligent by dissolving 10mg in a specific volume of water calculating the precise dosage, this revealed the presence of a purple powder that isn't water soluble I later fouund out was a horse tranquilizer not approved for humans.. xylazine... and the numbness from that in 100ug (1/10th of 1mg as I calculated the dosage assuming purity to be higher than it would be, as that would be "smart" as I could increase dosages subtly until my desired state was achieved) the numbness from the xylaxine was more addictive than the warm blissful rush of dilaudid by IV, I never tried heroin by IV just snorting because I never trusted purity. within 4 months of my dads death I end up overdosing and was found in the same position mac miller died in, who was an inspiration to me as I play multiple instruments and write songs in multiple genres, no music posted, coming soon to another channel, if anyone's curious I'll link that new music account on my youtube channel page. Was in the praying position with drool coming out of my mouth, I blacked out on xanax and injected something I never had before and haven't since, carfentanil, fentanyl and whatever was mixed in with it, I shot it because the xanax reduced the inhibitions that normally prevent me from doing that type of stuff, after the shot, I was already on like 10 xanax bars, 2cb, mdma, maybe mda I forget, I think a bit of cocaine, then after the shot smoked DMT and had the gnarliest near death experience ever, travelled through galaxies, felt like I transported to a Peruvian mountain where a Shaman told me the universe is eternal and the big bang is just the creation story of our little pocket, and that creation is always occurring and recycling, creating in the form of a white hole opposite to a blackhole where matter is absorbed and contrary to modern physics concept that relies on hawking radiation to explain the dissolving of blackholes, as they don't directly radiate electromagnetic radiation or mass, obviously since light can't escape, how could it emanate heat or light. Well in this out of body visionary state, this shaman explained all of this to me without words it was like concepts being conveyed without actual words, but it felt like for the first time I could understand eternity, and the infinite no longer seemed like an abstract possible phenomenon but an inevitability, our observable universe changes by the millisecond as space expands faster than light (doesn't break the law of physics as it's not matter, but the actual space itself expanding) and in this state, what was conveyed to me was that as matter is pulled into a blackhole it's constituent fundamental particles are broken down into pure energy, a state beyond even the energy of light, and the matter recycles like water precipitating, the universes expansion being driven by this eternal creation and recycling of matter. I'm not saying hawking radiation isn't potentially accurate, but I don't believe it accounts for most of the blackholes mass "disappearing" once it dissolves, and weirdly I got this message that the matter that makes up our entire observable universe has already passed through an infinite series of universes, what we call the universe is really just a bubble in infinity, limited by C (constant for speed of light in a vacuum) and thanks to the universes expansion, lightwaves carried from galaxies 41.5 billion light years in every direction can reach us despite the age of our bubble being 15 ish billion years, possibly longer now that JWT provides contradictory data) After this strange enlightening encounter, the shaman smiled and we each reached our index fingers out, as they touched an infinitely bright white light engulfed me and I was surrouunded by these faces, but not like typical DMT story faces, not elves or aliens, it was like I was in an infinite dome which is a paradox as a dome implies a finite nature, but it was this never ending, expanding wall of human faces and the weird message I got in that space was just this abstract sense of a deep fundamental connection to every living being, not just humans as I was shown but it felt like this infinitely divided umbelical cord we all share to the same source, and I was an atheist for a good amouunt of time. I then had the message "god is love" pop out of no where non vocally just this abstract concept appeared in my consciousness like a divine email to my brain, I then woke up on the floor in the position mac was fouund in, realizing what I'd just done, and that 15 hours had passed, if I'd just taken the psychedelics I'd have had a merry and safe time, and it'd have been 15 mins for the dmt, this was like a 15 hour DMT trip I imagine the exogenously consumed DMT only catalyzed the experience then endogenous DMT secreted from the pineal prolonged it because I felt like I was out of my body, had no memory of who I was in this visionary state, felt no fear just love and peace, astonishment and then confusion upon waking up as to how a molecule could produce such effects, and just being grateful to be breathing. Tried quitting after that, but had to wean down as my dosage was so high and the xylaxine and benzo ratio was so high, that if I stopped abruptly, I'd have a seizure which happened once, then I got on suboxone because methadone is terrible, suboxone just took away the shitty feelings but never made me feel great or like abusing it. And needed clonazepam prescribed along with it because even after weaning down, I was still quitting an unknown amount of xylazine, roughly 300mg of cut fentanyl per day sometimes 500mg. No idea how much of what was in it but the constant thoughts of my dads cremation and death scared the shit out of me and made every day intolerable, so resorted to old habits when my healthy habits didn't work... should've sought therapy. But thought I could just meditate and exercise all my problems away. Got clean March 23rd and haven't craved anything since, the destruction is too great, I approached it as intelligently as I could and the stuff just clouds your thinking too much I don't think there's any way to intelligently take whats on the street now.
Shaking doesn't always mean intoxicated or scared. I have a brain injury and I shake whenever confronted by cops or anyone else that starts an argument with me. The doctors say I get an abnormal adrenaline spike but there is nothing I can do about it.
I have PTSD from being beaten up by homophobic cops, so I always get massive adrenaline spikes when I am around a cop. They will use ANYTHING to make you look guilty so don't worry about it, if you don't shake they will find some other BS
This is one of those rare instances where I feel real sympathy for the man. He seems to genuinely be going through a difficult time and needs some help desperately but there is still never an excuse to put people's lives at risk, ESPECIALLY when you have sworn an oath to protect and serve those same people. I'm so glad things didn't turn out worse. 🙏❤️
I like watching these US bodycam videos but I think it's kinda fucked up that these can legally be posted on the internet without the faces blurred and identities concealed, it's sad these people after going through this now have to deal with it being on a UA-cam video for millions to see. I think the bodycam program was a great way to keep cops accountable but I feel like it's now just being used in the wrong way.
@@ChrisM-bn5vr I agree with you, there is a thin line between holding someone accountable and kicking them while they are down. They are educational and provide some sort of deterrent but I wish the conversation could be steered in a more positive way.
@@ChrisM-bn5vr This is from Florida with their "sunshine law" meaning all arrests are public information. Designed to shame the accused. Maybe there is something to be learned from this encounter.
A cop in the rural area I live in had back surgery and became addicted to the pain medicine to the point that he staged a break-in late night at a pharmacy to get opiates. He was the first guy "on the scene" to check out the break-in and his story unraveled. Addiction makes people do stupid stuff.
I know, if I were a cop, I'd be more worried if someone you pull over, armed, shine light in face, and ask a bunch of probing/leading questions, when they're in control of the camera, ISN'T at least a little nervous. They could be a psychopath 😐. Also telling someone they seem nervous (whether they do or not), will certainly make them. I think in a lot of cases, it's to give them an excuse to continue their interrogation until they find something
When I get really nervous or scared I shake like leaf. The first time I ever got pulled over I was shaking and it was only for a headlight that was out. Lolj
I have Sjogrens disease among a few other autoimmune diseases, which cause me to sweat profusely and have blood shot eyes,dry mouth and tremors 24/7. It gets exacerbated with stress, so obviously traffic stops are instantly treated like I’m trying to hide something. I actually have a laminated paper with a note from a specialist that specifies all the symptoms associated with my diseases. It makes stops much more bearable if they ever happen.
I can’t do the heel to toe walk. I had a possible mini stroke. My neurologist doesn’t know why I have bad balance. I imagine I would be in a lot of trouble if I got pulled over. I don’t even drink or do drugs. Maybe I need a drs note. Lol
Man if anything this guy right here is a victim of the opioid epidemic. I'm a vet, and the number of people I know who went through some catastrophic injury, back, elbow, etc, who still struggle with opioid addiction is wild. I had surgery on my knee and I flat out refused pain pills because I saw that shit way too often. I generally don't like cops either, but I have sympathy for this dude. Addiction is a bitch and everybody should support medical Marijuana for this exact reason.
@user-yv8cb2xb7k I beg to differ from you I smoke weed and I have chronic back pain shoulder and some mental health issues as well plus I also take medication for it I smoke weed through out the day to keep me going and sometimes pain free so cause I don't want to take any narcotics if I don't have to
People need to remember that the law still applies to them even if they have some job that includes the government or arresting people edit- I made this comment before I saw the video, I made this comment based of off the thumbnail
He honestly didn't strike me as a guy who was doing that out of spite because he thinks he's above the law. The guy clearly has issues. He was on those pills because he can't help it. There's a difference. The guy needs help.
When in this entire Video did he think he can get away with it because he is a cop???? I see just some one who likes to get high and take addy's ! Not all cops think they are untouchable! So your comment was pointless! Its like watching a video of someone shooting a gun And Someone Comments "Cucumbers like to grow in dirt with 40% Worm castings" (Same thing)
@@TheTrueNarf Just because he's nervous about his career possibly being over and being in legal trouble doesn't mean he's unable to keep cool performing his job.
The arm swinging is a classic cop move along with rocking heel to toe. I like how the other cop interpted it by putting cuffs on him. No sympathy here.
This is sad. I'm a veteran and been clean for 8 yrs. The Army STARTED me on Xanax & Oxys IN AFGHANISTAN smFh... it just shows it can happen to Anyone! 🙏 i Pray you get help brother 💯 #GodBless Remember your Integrity Brother!
He's a walking pharmacy. Addiction is not picky, I've see everyone from judges to janitors as a detox nurse. I truly hope this young man gets into some kind of recovery program. He's smart enough to realize he has a problem, but the good news is no one has been seriously injured yet. Getting sober now would be a great experience for him to live a healthy life.
I was a pill addict for almost 20 years and been clean now for 5 years having quit on my own. By some miracle I never got into any sort of trouble over it. I feel for this guy but I'm glad they are treating him like anyone else and not special just because he's a cop.
While I feel for the guy as addiction is a horrible thing to fight, he also needed to face the consequences of his actions this night. I truly hope he got the help he so desperately needs.
This is so sad. I hope he's doing better now. I have been around addiction all my life with my friends my family and my neighborhood. I pray he's happy and healthy now. God Bless You All ❤
Reminds me of a good buddy of mine that died last year. Was a super good dude, but had personal issues with substances. RIP. I think this dude is heading the same direction unless someone puts him away somewhere. People like him are usually at a point where they can no longer help themselves.
pot head myself indeed, just take the chillaxin substance over the 10,000 rpm hyper substances or those that literally make you lose control of urself, not simping for weed as I had a addiction to it, am free from it, I still do smoke but not on occassion@@Wellorep
Unfortunately, losing his job is probably going to make it way worse. He should be held accountable, but you can do that through treatment programs and frequent drug tests.
Man, when watching this video, I feel so relieved to have control over all of my mischief from years ago. Particularly when the arresting officer had sort of 'freaked out' with a worried tone after having misheard the suspect, thinking that he had said he took 10 of the 5/325 hydros. Because, back in the throes of my own issues I would've considered 50mg hydro (+soma +zan +add) as merely an 'eye-opener'. Not glorifying my past transgressions here, but rather realizing just how deep into it I was, because at my plateau, I'd run through anywhere from 400-600mg hydro per day; would throw a half full water bottle into the microwave to warm up the water close to body temperature so that things would equalize and absorb more quickly, and then break down and toss 20 of the '10'/325 hydros (200mg) into that water bottle, shake it up into a chalky (yellow at the time) mixture and then down it. That's how I'd simply 'begin' the day. Chase that with about 4 or 5 soma. Head off to work, pop 5 or 8 more hydros every few hours or so. Get home, repeat my morning routine and then get myself ready to go out partying. Continue popping both hydro and soma throughout the night, all while tossing back a minimum of 6 'Double' 151/Redbulls (from a generous bartender since I always tipped well and would go there often). Head out of the club at 2am with the rest of my friends who were all doing the same thing I was doing (except the 151, of all the things mentioned, that was too much for them to maintain their awareness) and hit up the after hours hangouts and 24hr taco shops, but that's how high our tolerances had become. It's hard to articulate just how lucky I feel to be alive and breathing after going through that process for at least 8 years or so. To be frank, I feel so lucky to have realized how much I was screwing up, and then open enough to talk with a different and sober friend about needing help, because I can't imagine what it must be like these days considering all of the counterfeit Fent pressed stuff out there within the past several years. That's so damn frightening.
Ok I get it he did his service to us and also hope for his health. But at what cost? Putting you me himself at the end of a stick. He will not get my thanks. He’s been doing this for a bit now and should be ashamed of himself
Don't worry nobody actually prays for anyone. And if they would have actually read their bible they would know it's wrong to use their religion and praying specifically for social points@@starlaminde8436
The most relatable thing to me as an addict was when he's trying to make the story sound less serious, and throws in unnecessary details like the McDonald's run, and he holds up the McDonald's bag like "see? I really did go to McDonald's, so that makes the rest of my story credible." Hope he got sober.
Props to the officers for not sweeping it under the rug because the guy they arrested was a cop. As for the guy who got arrested, I hope the best for him and that he gets his life together.
I feel what he is going through as an addict myself been clean for over 5 years now being busted and having your supply taken away it all sucks over all and is a blessing in disguise. Hope all is well
its because a lot of viewers addicted are to pills themselves or know someone that is. If it was a black dude that was high on weed they would say 'Lock him up and throw away the key' lmao
@@anis6800 no one would have a different opinion based on skin color, and especially wouldn't care if it was weed. People view it differently than alcohol because lots of people people drive to work and back every day on prescription pain medications (whether they should or not) and other RX's without even thinking about it being an issue. Even if medically it can potentially be worse than driving under the influence of alcohol, it's simply more easy to be empathetic for prescription drugs due to how society views them. Also, he took adderall. I don't understand why that was even being focused on by the police. Literally millions of people legally drive around on adderall every single day. Not even sure why he lied about that and said he took Ambien. Ambien is actually dangerous.
That's rubbish. A lot of departments randomly drug test their officers, including for benzos. It's a tiny minority who are on xanax, they wouldn't be able to do their job if they were on it because it can cause you to black out or act erratically, This would be picked up by other officers or even the public. Hardly any cops are gonna risk reducing his reaction time by taking any CNS depressant. I don't know where you people on youtube get these ideas from, seems like just chucking out whatever sounds cool@@notpank
😂😂😂😂 it's pretty easy especially when ur trained in doing so there just like an addict but there not sn addict 😂😂😂 they can identify almost anything they know the shape the color the markings on the pill all that e
This arresting officer is professional, patient, respectful & unbiased. I feel compassion for both officers as I can't even imagine the daily stress in their jobs.😐. Hopefully this arrested officer will get excellent support & treatment. He served in Afghanistan too.🇺🇸 I don't understand why he didn't ask for a lawyer ASAP.
This arresting officer would have cuffed and thrown you or I in jail two seconds into the stop had it been us instead of a fellow cop. The double standard and two-tiered justice system for cops and for everyone else is disgusting and illegal.
I'd like to know HOW TF he STILL had a license when he was found a few months later to be driving DRUNK(and probably on pills then, too)?! Anyone else - who WASN'T a cop - would've LOST theirs in a HEARTBEAT, even if they HADN'T taken anything or drank a drop of alcohol, but a cop on a POWER TRIP arrested them for alleged impairment anyway! 💯💯🙄🤦♀️🤬
Jesus christ he was DUI again after this incident and hit a tree, and thats what it took for him to resign. He wasnt even fired after this DUI / fleeing the scene, and was back on the road endangering innocent lives. He probably never even lost his license. You or I would have been thrown in jail the first time.
As Americans, all that we ask for is accountability! No matter if it’s a single mother, or a judge. Both should be treated the same no matter the occupation
The arresting officers were outstanding to be honest. Everything by the book and no favour given. I feel so sorry however for the guy being arrested. He has obviously served his country and it appears that doing say has really taken its toll on him. He was fortunate that he didnt harm anyone in this incident. I genuinely hope that he is able to get the support and help he needs to rebuild his life. Enjoyed the video and subscribed.
They were waaay too lenient. They wasted multiple hours chit chatting with this guy after he smashed into another car and is clearly intoxicated. A regular citizen would've had their skull slammed into the asphalt and been thrown into jail.
I have to say my grandpa was pulled over by a cop just outside of my town. The cop asked if he was in a hurry my grandpa said no then he asked what his plates meant and what the with the biggest smile said that it was the first letters of the unite he was in during ww2. The cop thanked him for his service to his country my grandpa said thank you and went to his haircut and had a great story to tell. He was very proud of that stop for he was was assured that he was proud of his service and that the "younger generation " was still thankful for the service and sacrifice that was made during the war.😊 Thank you to everyone for your service ❤
People would like to think those they entrust with authority are worthy of it, and then forget we're all human, and everybody needs the appropriate amount of oversight.
If he werent a cop they would have pulled him out of his car, screamed in his face, handcuffed and thrown him into the back of a squad car. They also would have accused him of lying every time he gave some weak answer about his prescriptions, or not being able to sleep. Even when they are held accountable theres always two classes of citizen and they will always treat their own humanely while treating everyone else like dogshlt.
These guys need HELP. We need to help the ones in the army, as most who enlist in any of the armed forces, especially the Marines, have issues, PTSD from childhood, and need and deserve more help. They don't take drugs to hurt others, they take them to take away the emotional pain they feel. WE NEED TO HELP THEM.
Cops , teachers Defense forces ,Ammbos ,nurses, doctors ,& most 1st responders , need that extra help, they put up with so much shit , they need to be able to approach some one with ease .
Especially the marines? Why especially the marines? Guessing there is a stupid biased reason you threw that in. Statistically more army soldiers are put in combat positions but don't let that get in the way of ignorance.
“I understand today’s society.” Such an awful, revealing statement. He doesn’t truly believe fellow officers should be held to the same standard as everyone else, he just understands that that’s what us “civilians” demand and that he has to put up with it because there’s no other choice when body cameras are in use. Such a revolting mindset that way too many officers have. The worst part of that is how much harder it makes things for honorable, right minded police who don’t think that way.
true, but then rest assured & look at the investigating officers professionalism. not all are irresponsible DUI’ers… another recent case was when sheriff Lujan was arrested for obstruction.
typical addict cop or not. they never are at fault. they should never be held accountable. burnt a cop would just make this ugly fact about addiction worse. grandiosity. typical in all addicts
What amazes me is that he chose to cooperate with field sobriety tests. He could have refused everything and told him nothing, and they would’ve had a pretty hard time figuring out what he was on. It would’ve been hard to even establish probable cause to arrest.
Man - I hope this man gets the help he desperately needs. Addiction is no joke and does not discriminate. Get to a meeting buddy - admit you have a problem so you can start building your life back the right way.
@@mikemassegrafixshopmike I'm the same way, NA meetings never helped me. I have been clean for 7 years with no help from NA. But my dad was an alcoholic & for him AA meetings helped him immensely. He has been sober for 10 years & still continues to go to AA meetings. I think it really just depends on the person whether or not the meetings are helpful.
Seems like a solid guy. Shame he lost control over his job like that. Strong drugs, prescription or not are never the answer. Hope he gets his life back together
If he was a "solid guy" he would have stopped after first DUI and went to the therapy. Instead he got arrested again. Gladly he hit a tree and not a person
Solid guy??? Would you let him baby sit your kids? All I can see is he is an addict who needs to get his life together before he ends it or kills someone else.
He should have known the moment he was stopped that he was screwed. At that moment, he should have stfu and refuse all test. Let them prove it in court.
Feel so bad for the first guy. This must've been so hard for him to admit anything, and he was probably getting himself in too deep. Hope he gets support he needs.
Thanks for the comments supporting this bloke. He was in Afghanistan and still continues to serve as SWAT. A Xanax addiction is far from the worst thing that could have come of this guy. I know people who have done far less and are addicted to far more… leave him alone he was just abit jittery at the stop because he was genuinely anxious as those pills would cause over time from a genuine need after Afghanistan but couldn’t kick it after. Keep strong brother there could have been far worse things to have happened there is no shame 💛💛💛
He easily could have killed someone. While I believe in empathy surrounding veterans and addiction, I also believe in condemning actions where needed. He put people in danger and lied. He should be judged to some extent
This is not Afghanistan. So that there. Follow our laws here. Sad excuse bringing Afghanistan into it. Did we make him go ? It’s a life choice not public vote!!! Stupid idiot
I thought the same regarding the elbow surgery… for many people, that’s all it takes to become addicted to opiates. You have a recommended surgery, you’re prescribed pain killers, you take as prescribed, and then get sick when the prescription runs out so you look for more elsewhere. Add the trauma of war to this equation and addiction would almost be imminent. Hoping for the best for this guy.
Addiction does not discriminate. I am glad they had the integrity to hold one of their own accountable. I am glad he did not kill anyone on the road. I hope he gets the help he needs
I'm amazed that after being read his Miranda rights and knowing he's been a cop, that he sat there and answered their questions. This is an example that it doesn't matter what you know or who you are, when you get into the interrogation room, the police will do everything they can to get you to confess. There are three officers in the room asking questions, with two standing of them standing above him, which indicted a power position over him. Most people in this position are already dazed, confused and nervous and don't know how to act, so they start talking. I'm not condoning his actions, he needs help and hopefully he gets it. But, imagine you are innocent and the pressure police put on people in these rooms is why you need a lawyer to make sure you are not saying something that can be twisted into a confession. Any lawyer out there would never allowed this conversation to happen.
Reminds me of that episode of The Office where Jim was like “Michael came into work one morning complaining about the speed bumps on the highway… I wonder who he ran over then 😳” Lmao
I feel really sorry for him. Hope he gets his shit together. He seems to be a good guy, he just got on the wrong lane for a while. Addiction can get to all of us.
Im an Australian nurse who trained in a Repatriation General Hospital in Sydney for Veterans affairs back in the late 80s and worked recently in a Mental health unit of a Hospital specialising in PTSD and addiction with majority of our patients active Defence and been in the recent wars and A Major problem was Addiction and I have seen many cases of Understanding military doctors prescribing meds for PTSD Anxiety Depression etc and thats all good for the acute phase. But soooo many leave the service and self medicate and use alcohol and drugs recreationally to deal with the long term problems. Which is not so good. I do feel for this man very much. And hope he gets the care that he needs rather than the pun8shment people believe he needs. As a nurse, I get it .
Unless you know you're guilty AF, and know that the cops have the goods on you already. Might just as well do the honorable thing and confess at that point.
is this a youtube video?
no
No this a Amazon Prime video 😅 wtf
Brah… it’s Netflix
NutFlox. You're on the wrong platform. Happens to me A LOT.
Maybe tiktok😅😅😅
No one is immune to addiction.
The fact that this officer was held to the same standard as a civilian is truly astonishing
In what freakazoid place do you live to where the Police can be drug addicts freely? That this is astonishing to you?
I love that they're not attacking him, they're generally being pretty understanding even though its pretty clear he's done a lot wrong.
This video is a good example of protecting and serving.
he wasn't remotely held to the same standard as a civilian what are you talking about
he operated a deadly weapon while on multiple narcotics, struck another vehicle, fled the scene, and lied to cops repeatedly
For this he was uhhh asked nicely to resign and given a different desk job
What civilian doesn't spend months in jail, gets fired, and has this on their record forever? Where do you live where that happens lmao?
@@callaco3176You're blind
@@jebbush6657
He didn't strike another vehicle though? Detective Williams said he struck a 'curved concrete barrier'.
It sounds like the car thing was brought up to see if he was paying attention or not... which he clearly wasn't cause when they bring up the imaginary car, he has a moment where he thinks he might've actually hit a car.
This is what REAL policing looks like. No sweeping it under the rug, no BS and straight to the point investigation and interrogation.
6:33 pls notice he said "...i understand todays society..." as if back in the day they would just let him go or what ever he meant with that!!!
because there are cameras now.
With bodycams, it is really hard to sweep it away. there is a record of the stop.
Yeah not so much. Any regular citizen would have been cuffed and stuffed the second he admitted to popping hydrocodone. He should have been arrested for leaving the scene of the accident immediately. The gang in blue works for themselves not the public. He even had adderall that he didn’t have a script for…anyone else would have caught a felony just for that. Fuck the police
They act like they can’t just give him a blood test to see the narcotics in his system . Naw let’s just keep asking him dumbass questions and continue letting him lie so he has more time for the shit to get out of his system. Fuck the police
That's a shame to see. He seems like a legitimately nice, cool guy. Just struggling with a pill problem right now. Another comment said they looked him up and he's currently working on his Master's Degree for social work. That's really glad to hear. You can tell this guy isn't 'scum' or anything like that. He just fucked up and needed to get his life back on track.
@@floridaboyglee230I think he mentioned it to attack the “all drug addicts are bad” stigma. Ontop of that, he’s a police officer and they are held to a higher standard which gives us the idea that:
drug addict + cop = POS
Yes? Tf? Plenty of addicts are completely hopeless
WTF how is this a negative. Looks like a dude who hit a concrete curb which we saw then he merged into the parking lot. Then the officer who couldn't mind is damn business. Someone was getting raped and hurt during this shit instead he was bs this shit lolz
@@nickporter9967and plenty of addicts are not completely hopeless…what’s your point?
So what if he was anyone else nobody would care and just call them a dirtbag criminal only difference is this asshole is a cop
It's tremendously sad to see someone that has been self medicating pain on every level. Twitching, afraid, sweating and realizing that his world is imploding.
As someone with addiction in my family lineage, notably a dear younger brother that is battling the demons of depression and alcoholism, I really see this man's suffering and I hope he's ready for help.
100%
SO sad
Yes bro. I hope this guy and your brother can find the strength to fight their addiction. ❤
don’t give up hope 🙏
then to turn around and drunk drive n hit a tree, hes a danger to himself and everyone else. Yeah he obviously has some issues he needs help with.
Brooo I felt the same way like damn he probably isn’t even a bad person just has some fucked up demons hoping he gets help
Absolutely. I battled pain medication addiction for 4 years because of severe pain from a form of muscular dystrophy (Cmt) . It's almost impossible to get out of it by yourself. You really need a wake up call to stop.
Just looked him up and he’s getting his Masters in Social Work. Probably going into rehabilitation. Good for him. Glad he was able to turn a negative into a positive
That's awesome!! Thank you for sharing this info!! I hope he does very well!!
That is awesome to hear. Addiction is a terrible thing. He doesn’t seem like a bad guy, I’m glad he’s moving forward in a positive way.
Good to hear. Thanks.
bootlicker
Good to know honestly I felt for this guy he seems like a genuine dude battling his own demons. We all got them. Thanks for the update.
Damn i feel for this guy. I'm a recovering drug addict myself and i can feel his fear. Knowing you just destroyed everything you've worked for is horrible. Then again, situations like this are the ones that open our eyes. Thinking about all the times i could've killed someone bc i was so selfish in my addiction is awful. Thankfully that never happened and i hope this guy had the same realization
Wishing you the best on your journey 👍
Same, homie. 7yrs sober now.
One of my lowest points was demolishing one of my neighbors mailboxes driving drunk. I fled, sat at the grocery store for a while, came back and the street was still quiet and empty so I thought I was fine.
After being inside a couple minutes, a guy in pajamas came to the door. It was the cop who lived across the street from my neighbor. Said he had footage of the entire thing.
He asked if I was drinking because he could smell it, but I told him I took a few shots when I got home to calm my nerves. I'm sure he didn't believe me but he still didn't breathalyze me.
Got a citation in lieu of arrest, booked into jail the next day then released, helped my neighbor repair his mailbox so he wrote a letter for me and got my record expunged.
I was so insanely blessed to not have had my whole life ruined, I would have deserved it
Ayye glad to hear you cleaned up!
@@filmgeekstudios4393keep up the strong work y'all
Cmon man. Get some help❤.
I actually feel bad for him man. Bro was just having a huge panic attack the whole fkin situation. He doesn’t seem like a bad person at all, we all struggle with issues, tbh, they need more help for people like him, just cause you work for swat or the Police doesn’t mean you can’t become a drug addict sometime in your life. depending on what they do they see a lot of traumatic stuff and go through traumatic stuff, not to mention they may be around drugs all day, the temptation is real.
Oh look, a pot head that hates cops. Go be garbage somewhere else ya degen pos.
@@indicahybrid974 That's a F@!#d thing to say, especially considering he is a Veteran of our Military who served in active duty.
If he said he has a problem he would not get fired
My brother (an Army Ranger) spent 6 deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan and when he was discharged it was astonishing how many hard meds the VA had prescribed for PTSD. I’ve seen so many cases of guys leaving the military with medication dependencies because of the VA overprescribing. They’re known for that. This officer needed to face the consequences of his actions but I really hope he is able to get off of everything.
As an adult when you decide to take medication(s) that may be addictive, you are responsible as well.
Except he was taking pills he WASN'T prescribed. He claimed to have bought them off the Internet, but that's just more BS. He was a cop who BOUGHT & ingested ILLICIT drugs while on duty AND operating a vehicle. He doesn't need or deserve ANY sympathy nor excuses for his actions, which he obviously KNEW were illegal and dangerous. 🙄🙄🤦♀️
@@thatrogersmith double that statement,
to add to that, my friends dad was deployed several times from 2004-2012. He was prescribed so many meds. My friend started to steal them from his dad and started to take them and hand them out to my other friends. They all developed a nasty addictions before turned 18. They became assholes and started to steal from each other to fund their addictions. I had to stop being friends with them after graduating high school.
One of my friends who was in a Stryker brigade was (eventually) being prescribed 400-500mg of Oxycontin a DAY from the San Francisco VA. He had to lie to his doctors about smoking weed because since it was a federal agency, they didn't recognize any legality of weed despite being in f'ing San Francisco of all places. He finally got a new doctor assigned to him, she was more into holistic medicine. He told her he smoked weed and she said that if it was helping him, he should continue doing it, and slowly weaned him off the 400-500mg of Oxycontin. Once they had weaned him off, he told me that while the weed obviously didn't kill his underlying pain completely as much as the Oxy (he had a shoulder replacement, hip replacement, etc. from an IED blast) he preferred to not be addicted to pills anymore.
I looked him up. He was awarded officer of the year in 2017 and the adderall pills he ordered off the internet were actually determined to be methamphetamine when they were tested, but he probably didn't know that. I hope he gets help and succeeds in life.
That's just horrible 😮
Wow, that's crazy!
No, they weren't determined to be methamphetamine. It was A amphetamine that would make sense, considering adderall is an amphetamine
Addreall is basically diet meth lol soooooo
@Backlash00z89 I'm talking about what happened after this video, are you? Did you look up the case and find that they determined the pills to actually be amphetamines because I did and they tested positive for methamphetamine
I actually respect this officer because he didn’t cry, act like a dick, or ask for any special treatment. He took his arrest like a man and I hope that he gets the help that he needs. Honestly, I doubt that he will be able to keep his career because of what they found in his car. He is facing multiple felony charges.
He was fairly sedated.
He’s going for his Masters in Social Work so he’s turning it around. He got the help he needed.
he shouldn't be arrested. he was as respectful as a american can be.
He literally could’ve killed someone
He wasn't fired, he resigned. He will be hired one town over. Probably wont be a fed, but easily be a cop in the city of his choosing.
This video absolutely restores my faith in the fact that there are some good cops out there. Great job guys
Thank the mandatory worn body cameras .....
Great job?? He crashed his car in a residential neighborhood while he was drunk and most likely off those pills. He should have been in jail. I’ll see if I can just resign from my job if I do something illegal.
How?
@@conradjones9673tfym great job. They are talking about the cops that arrested him not the cops in trouble. Jesus you’re clueless 😂
@@bsmoove1031 you big dummy he should have been in jail like any one else. Move along fool.
As a recovering drug addicted myself, that cop TWEAKIN! He was looking at that half pill like a dog looks at a ham n cheese sandwich that they’re not eating.
I am not in the US and I've never had drugs problems but I gotta say I feel for this guy. He absolutely should be held accountable for what he did but he comes across as a guy who's life is in pieces and he is acting out of desperation. I hope this is a wakeup call and he can get himself together. You do the crime, you do the time but I wish him well.
Bravo!
You would have a very different opinion if someone like this ended your life in an instant merely because of his carelessness and egotism.
Nope. No excuse this is extremely narcissistic and deceptive behavior.
@@Ellienollieyea but potential reasons someone does something is different than an excuse. Lol I mean the guy literally says he should be punished either way.
@@Ellienollie I don't know if it is narcissistic, not in this case anyway. This guy needs serious help. He needs to be punished heavily for what he did (yes, he could have killed people... multiple people). He should be banned from driving until he can prove he no longer has substance abuse problems and he should be given full access to all the help he needs. He's not some egotistical a-hole drink-driving after a party at his buddies house, he's someone who is clearly very troubled. Punish him, strip his licence and get him to therapy/rehab.
I’m not sure why I started watching these videos, but I can’t stop, I need help.
Also, cops make the absolute worst drug addicts. Keep your mouth shut, they aren’t your friends even when they were
The algorithm. I notice it happen a lot. One month some new genre of video gets recommended heavily. Sometimes I fall for it and binge. My recommended feed has been full of DUI busts and other police related tomfoolery for about 3-4 weeks now. Safe to say we fell for it again this time.
Take some Xanax and Hydrocodone as & when required! 🙂
Same. I didn’t mean to get addicted to them. It just happened.
Same. I'm just riding the wave.
ngl, i’ve been binging this yt channel, big fan man keep it up
As a veteran, I get it brother. You want better for yourself. I’m proud of you
As a former pill addict, I feel for him, it sucks to have to try and keep all the lies straight, it ruins you, but if I hadn't faced negative consequences, I'd never have gotten clean. I hope he is, too.
As a current citizen, I'm concerned that a cop is an addict of anything. Addiction, especially with prescription medication, is terrible (thanks, Sackler family) and they deserve help. Unfortunately, that should bar him from ever being a cop, probably ever having a license, and definitely needs the maximum punishment allowable under current law. If you can't read, "do not operate heavy machinery or drive while taking this medication," you're not literate enough to be a cop.
You feel for him but not a mention of the people he hit and could have killed? Seems like you still got a lot of issues.
I understand what you're saying. When he said he was a former Army Soldier. I understand that during this time... The VA was issuing out so many fricken pills to Vets. I felt bad and then to hear he had a DUI. I feel bad and pray he gets help.
@@armynation31B5V5P Awww, did you have a hard time killing brown people in another country? poor baby.
I don't feel bad for him. I guarantee that he arrested people for the same stuff that he's using on the job. He'd rather keep lying to try to get away with it and possibly hurt an innocent bystander instead of getting help. He's the worst kind of officer.
I'm a recovering addict with 15 years sober, and I did all of my damage in Phoenix. My biggest messes are now my greatest assets. I truly hope he gets help. We do recover!
15 years! Rock on. Prayers to you.
Keep going strong!
Congratulations on your time miss. I'm almost 8 years sober. All my damage in Chicago/Maywood/North Lawndale. I pray he got the help that he needed and recovered. Losing everything, even just the fear of it, is absolutely CRIPPLING. I feel for him, he'll have to take it one day at a time, one hour at a time, one minute at a time, and do the next right thing.
Heroin addict from 1972 to 1983. Yes, there is life after addiction. But you have to want it.
The shame is not the addiction, the shame is doing nothing about it.
Good on you for wanting your life ❤
You don't have any assets
As a recovering addict I do feel for this guy, it's so clear that hes struggling with pills.
But the thing that really surprises me is how the arresting officers don't cut him ANY slack at all...
Nice to see that they weren't biased just because hes a fellow cop, good for them for doing the right thing!
As I'm sure there are plenty of officers out there who wouldn't have handled it that way!
You "feel" for a DUI?? 😮🙄
Yeah, I feel some sympathy and empathy for someone who clearly has substance abuse / addiction issues...
No way any officer is cutting him any slack in that spot. A) he hit another car, so the other car could report it as well and they would examine both cars B) There could be dashcam footage out there and witnesses to the crash. @@ComedyLove28
Well duh.. Called. Cameras.lol..they literally can't otherwise take your guess the likelihood he would have been let go?
@@squibbelsmcjohnson Sorry, was that jumble of letters and random punctuation meant to spell out something constructive?
This is such an awesome channel! Thank you! I can't stop watching lolo i live in Glendale AZ so i knew right where they were in the 1st video.
He clearly has an addiction. I hope he gets the helps he needs. This might be the wake up call he needs. I’m glad no one was hurt.
if you watched to the end it said he swerved and hit a tree. so there is a chance that he is dead
@@xandle-bi3od He's not dead, video says he resigned AFTER the second incident in which he swerved and hit a tree
As a recovering addict myself (popping any pills was my drug of choice) it truly ruins you. The lies, deceitfulness, self esteem issues...just everything is awful.
If it wasn't for my OD and DUI to get me straight, I wouldn't be here to enjoy my family and enjoy my successes.
I hope this officer gets the help he needs, there is a life after the bullshit, just sometimes we have to work extra hard to get there
Any recovering addict knows not to use past tense words like “was”. You are still sick and you could relapse any day at anytime.
Yes you should be scared of losing your job… hope you do
@@GiannaLinteresting, may I ask why?
@@GiannaLThat's a really outdated and self defeating way to look at addiction. Yes, it's an illness but recent studies have found that forcing a medical concept of "you have a disease" can lead to poorer outcomes with addicts versus taking a more psychological approach. It's actually quite interesting. Addiction is awful and complicated and there are many theories and philosophies, and while sure anyone can relapse at any time the same is true that addiction itself can afflict anyone at anytime under the right circumstances.
glad we're both here to type this, I got clean from fent and xanax for 6 years, from 19 to 26 then my dad died and I thought since his strokes caused him to deteriorate before his suicide I'd have handled his death better, but when I found out it was suicide and how one day on his bday he's telling me he wants to die, 2 months later I'm playing him music on his deathbed as he lay dying from morphine and sedatives in the hospital... my sisters told me not to do anything, but I went home and for the first time decided to inject dilaudid never used a needle before, always said I never would, always made sure to use clean ones, I wanted to feel the warmth my dad was feeling on his way out and wanted a hug but all I had were drugs. And that warm rush felt like the best hug I'd ever gotten. At first, things were relatively under control, one shot in the night, small dose, just to sleep and have some semblance of peace as I couldn't stop picturing my dads death..
Bad timing, because a friend who struggled with addiction like I did but wasn't functional like I was I was taking more but some how managed to never steal, and only lied to people about what I was consuming. Well that friend needed a place to crash for the weekend, I just happened to run out of dilaudid, so I asked for 30mg of the "fentanyl" he was using. This pink shit that looked nothing like the fentanyl I took back in the day, even the street shit not patches, used to be grey or brown if heroin was in it, but now it's purple, pink, green, and I deluded myself into thinking I was being intelligent by dissolving 10mg in a specific volume of water calculating the precise dosage, this revealed the presence of a purple powder that isn't water soluble I later fouund out was a horse tranquilizer not approved for humans.. xylazine... and the numbness from that in 100ug (1/10th of 1mg as I calculated the dosage assuming purity to be higher than it would be, as that would be "smart" as I could increase dosages subtly until my desired state was achieved) the numbness from the xylaxine was more addictive than the warm blissful rush of dilaudid by IV, I never tried heroin by IV just snorting because I never trusted purity.
within 4 months of my dads death I end up overdosing and was found in the same position mac miller died in, who was an inspiration to me as I play multiple instruments and write songs in multiple genres, no music posted, coming soon to another channel, if anyone's curious I'll link that new music account on my youtube channel page. Was in the praying position with drool coming out of my mouth, I blacked out on xanax and injected something I never had before and haven't since, carfentanil, fentanyl and whatever was mixed in with it, I shot it because the xanax reduced the inhibitions that normally prevent me from doing that type of stuff, after the shot, I was already on like 10 xanax bars, 2cb, mdma, maybe mda I forget, I think a bit of cocaine, then after the shot smoked DMT and had the gnarliest near death experience ever, travelled through galaxies, felt like I transported to a Peruvian mountain where a Shaman told me the universe is eternal and the big bang is just the creation story of our little pocket, and that creation is always occurring and recycling, creating in the form of a white hole opposite to a blackhole where matter is absorbed and contrary to modern physics concept that relies on hawking radiation to explain the dissolving of blackholes, as they don't directly radiate electromagnetic radiation or mass, obviously since light can't escape, how could it emanate heat or light. Well in this out of body visionary state, this shaman explained all of this to me without words it was like concepts being conveyed without actual words, but it felt like for the first time I could understand eternity, and the infinite no longer seemed like an abstract possible phenomenon but an inevitability, our observable universe changes by the millisecond as space expands faster than light (doesn't break the law of physics as it's not matter, but the actual space itself expanding) and in this state, what was conveyed to me was that as matter is pulled into a blackhole it's constituent fundamental particles are broken down into pure energy, a state beyond even the energy of light, and the matter recycles like water precipitating, the universes expansion being driven by this eternal creation and recycling of matter. I'm not saying hawking radiation isn't potentially accurate, but I don't believe it accounts for most of the blackholes mass "disappearing" once it dissolves, and weirdly I got this message that the matter that makes up our entire observable universe has already passed through an infinite series of universes, what we call the universe is really just a bubble in infinity, limited by C (constant for speed of light in a vacuum) and thanks to the universes expansion, lightwaves carried from galaxies 41.5 billion light years in every direction can reach us despite the age of our bubble being 15 ish billion years, possibly longer now that JWT provides contradictory data)
After this strange enlightening encounter, the shaman smiled and we each reached our index fingers out, as they touched an infinitely bright white light engulfed me and I was surrouunded by these faces, but not like typical DMT story faces, not elves or aliens, it was like I was in an infinite dome which is a paradox as a dome implies a finite nature, but it was this never ending, expanding wall of human faces and the weird message I got in that space was just this abstract sense of a deep fundamental connection to every living being, not just humans as I was shown but it felt like this infinitely divided umbelical cord we all share to the same source, and I was an atheist for a good amouunt of time. I then had the message "god is love" pop out of no where non vocally just this abstract concept appeared in my consciousness like a divine email to my brain, I then woke up on the floor in the position mac was fouund in, realizing what I'd just done, and that 15 hours had passed, if I'd just taken the psychedelics I'd have had a merry and safe time, and it'd have been 15 mins for the dmt, this was like a 15 hour DMT trip I imagine the exogenously consumed DMT only catalyzed the experience then endogenous DMT secreted from the pineal prolonged it because I felt like I was out of my body, had no memory of who I was in this visionary state, felt no fear just love and peace, astonishment and then confusion upon waking up as to how a molecule could produce such effects, and just being grateful to be breathing.
Tried quitting after that, but had to wean down as my dosage was so high and the xylaxine and benzo ratio was so high, that if I stopped abruptly, I'd have a seizure which happened once, then I got on suboxone because methadone is terrible, suboxone just took away the shitty feelings but never made me feel great or like abusing it. And needed clonazepam prescribed along with it because even after weaning down, I was still quitting an unknown amount of xylazine, roughly 300mg of cut fentanyl per day sometimes 500mg. No idea how much of what was in it but the constant thoughts of my dads cremation and death scared the shit out of me and made every day intolerable, so resorted to old habits when my healthy habits didn't work... should've sought therapy. But thought I could just meditate and exercise all my problems away.
Got clean March 23rd and haven't craved anything since, the destruction is too great, I approached it as intelligently as I could and the stuff just clouds your thinking too much I don't think there's any way to intelligently take whats on the street now.
This first cop is worth saving and keeping on the force! This makes me mad. It’s the higher ups who act entitled who deserve to be let go😢
No he’s not
These are the videos the public needs to be shown , the good side ,the integrity side the professional side of policing .
Shaking doesn't always mean intoxicated or scared. I have a brain injury and I shake whenever confronted by cops or anyone else that starts an argument with me. The doctors say I get an abnormal adrenaline spike but there is nothing I can do about it.
I have no injury and still shake.
I run unbearably cold and shiver a lot
That’s true. But the shaking wasn’t the only evidence of intoxication.
I have PTSD from being beaten up by homophobic cops, so I always get massive adrenaline spikes when I am around a cop. They will use ANYTHING to make you look guilty so don't worry about it, if you don't shake they will find some other BS
@@bridgetgress in this case you're correct. He was on drugs
This is one of those rare instances where I feel real sympathy for the man. He seems to genuinely be going through a difficult time and needs some help desperately but there is still never an excuse to put people's lives at risk, ESPECIALLY when you have sworn an oath to protect and serve those same people. I'm so glad things didn't turn out worse. 🙏❤️
I like watching these US bodycam videos but I think it's kinda fucked up that these can legally be posted on the internet without the faces blurred and identities concealed, it's sad these people after going through this now have to deal with it being on a UA-cam video for millions to see. I think the bodycam program was a great way to keep cops accountable but I feel like it's now just being used in the wrong way.
He also talked himself into a dui arrest and should have known better. Regardless, I hope he kicks the pills and his situation improves.
@@ChrisM-bn5vr I agree with you, there is a thin line between holding someone accountable and kicking them while they are down. They are educational and provide some sort of deterrent but I wish the conversation could be steered in a more positive way.
@@ChrisM-bn5vr This is from Florida with their "sunshine law" meaning all arrests are public information. Designed to shame the accused. Maybe there is something to be learned from this encounter.
Understood, but he has no business being in a law enforcement capacity, much less carrying an issued Firearm while being severely addicted to drugs.
A cop in the rural area I live in had back surgery and became addicted to the pain medicine to the point that he staged a break-in late night at a pharmacy to get opiates. He was the first guy "on the scene" to check out the break-in and his story unraveled.
Addiction makes people do stupid stuff.
Always sad to see vets struggling. Hope he gets better. Its never too late to turn your life around
I have tremors and always shake. Everytime I deal with a cop they believe I'm trying to hide something. It's super annoying
I know, if I were a cop, I'd be more worried if someone you pull over, armed, shine light in face, and ask a bunch of probing/leading questions, when they're in control of the camera, ISN'T at least a little nervous. They could be a psychopath 😐. Also telling someone they seem nervous (whether they do or not), will certainly make them. I think in a lot of cases, it's to give them an excuse to continue their interrogation until they find something
When I get really nervous or scared I shake like leaf. The first time I ever got pulled over I was shaking and it was only for a headlight that was out. Lolj
I have Sjogrens disease among a few other autoimmune diseases, which cause me to sweat profusely and have blood shot eyes,dry mouth and tremors 24/7. It gets exacerbated with stress, so obviously traffic stops are instantly treated like I’m trying to hide something. I actually have a laminated paper with a note from a specialist that specifies all the symptoms associated with my diseases. It makes stops much more bearable if they ever happen.
I can’t do the heel to toe walk. I had a possible mini stroke. My neurologist doesn’t know why I have bad balance. I imagine I would be in a lot of trouble if I got pulled over. I don’t even drink or do drugs. Maybe I need a drs note. Lol
I feel bad for him. Honestly seems like a genuine guy and had a good career path. Drug addiction is a *****. I hope he got the help he needs.
Man if anything this guy right here is a victim of the opioid epidemic. I'm a vet, and the number of people I know who went through some catastrophic injury, back, elbow, etc, who still struggle with opioid addiction is wild. I had surgery on my knee and I flat out refused pain pills because I saw that shit way too often. I generally don't like cops either, but I have sympathy for this dude. Addiction is a bitch and everybody should support medical Marijuana for this exact reason.
@@Ballfondler794 id say medical marijuana is just as addicting
@user-yv8cb2xb7k I beg to differ from you I smoke weed and I have chronic back pain shoulder and some mental health issues as well plus I also take medication for it I smoke weed through out the day to keep me going and sometimes pain free so cause I don't want to take any narcotics if I don't have to
@@user-yv8cb2xb7k No way. Not even close.
@@Albertan1984 try to go 1 solid month without smoking any weed I bet it won't be easy as you think it turns into habit imo
If this were an audit, I'd give everyone, including the arrested, an A+. I hope he can stay clean and continue to do good.
People need to remember that the law still applies to them even if they have some job that includes the government or arresting people
edit- I made this comment before I saw the video, I made this comment based of off the thumbnail
He honestly didn't strike me as a guy who was doing that out of spite because he thinks he's above the law. The guy clearly has issues. He was on those pills because he can't help it. There's a difference. The guy needs help.
Does it? He was allowed to resign after it happened AGAIN.
@@Hugs_4_Bugs_and the I understand today’s society comment made it seem like he wanted it swept under the rug
I am skeptical. As a cop wouldn't he know to shut up after being Mirandized? Requesting to see a Union Rep.
When in this entire Video did he think he can get away with it because he is a cop???? I see just some one who likes to get high and take addy's ! Not all cops think they are untouchable! So your comment was pointless! Its like watching a video of someone shooting a gun And Someone Comments "Cucumbers like to grow in dirt with 40% Worm castings" (Same thing)
6:00 "im nervous as hell" gotta love how he is trying to act sober and tries to use "nervousness" as excuse
Yeah, because being a nervous person is a super good quality for a member of SWAT! 😂😂
@@TheTrueNarf Just because he's nervous about his career possibly being over and being in legal trouble doesn't mean he's unable to keep cool performing his job.
@@TheTrueNarfTo be fair, a bit of nervousness would be expected when entering life-threatening scenarios
@TheTrueNarf yeah cops show emotion, they're bad cops. Cops are like Robots with no emotions. They're bad cops. That makes sense.
The arm swinging is a classic cop move along with rocking heel to toe. I like how the other cop interpted it by putting cuffs on him. No sympathy here.
This is sad. I'm a veteran and been clean for 8 yrs. The Army STARTED me on Xanax & Oxys IN AFGHANISTAN smFh... it just shows it can happen to Anyone! 🙏 i Pray you get help brother 💯 #GodBless Remember your Integrity Brother!
He's a walking pharmacy. Addiction is not picky, I've see everyone from judges to janitors as a detox nurse. I truly hope this young man gets into some kind of recovery program. He's smart enough to realize he has a problem, but the good news is no one has been seriously injured yet. Getting sober now would be a great experience for him to live a healthy life.
I need to get clean 😔
I was a pill addict for almost 20 years and been clean now for 5 years having quit on my own. By some miracle I never got into any sort of trouble over it. I feel for this guy but I'm glad they are treating him like anyone else and not special just because he's a cop.
Good for you!💯
While I feel for the guy as addiction is a horrible thing to fight, he also needed to face the consequences of his actions this night. I truly hope he got the help he so desperately needs.
This is so sad. I hope he's doing better now. I have been around addiction all my life with my friends my family and my neighborhood. I pray he's happy and healthy now. God Bless You All ❤
20:29 he did not just scream AMBIEN! like he just won a game of jeopardy LMAOO this guy was wired in.
"I'm gonna take this sleeping pill before I drive home because I'm having trouble sleeping." This guy's a rocket scientist, huh?
Addict logic.
But he was packing tho 🤤🍆
If you can't do anything else you can always become a cop
Reminds me of a good buddy of mine that died last year. Was a super good dude, but had personal issues with substances. RIP. I think this dude is heading the same direction unless someone puts him away somewhere. People like him are usually at a point where they can no longer help themselves.
But they pass it out like candy but try to imprison you over weed
@@VG-rj8pn Yeah they got it all wrong with weed.
pot head myself indeed, just take the chillaxin substance over the 10,000 rpm hyper substances or those that literally make you lose control of urself, not simping for weed as I had a addiction to it, am free from it, I still do smoke but not on occassion@@Wellorep
Unfortunately, losing his job is probably going to make it way worse. He should be held accountable, but you can do that through treatment programs and frequent drug tests.
@@derp195 it doesnt matter he cant be a swat officer when blasted on xannies
8:47 him saying he just had elbow surgery while swinging his arms is funny to me 😂
Man, when watching this video, I feel so relieved to have control over all of my mischief from years ago. Particularly when the arresting officer had sort of 'freaked out' with a worried tone after having misheard the suspect, thinking that he had said he took 10 of the 5/325 hydros. Because, back in the throes of my own issues I would've considered 50mg hydro (+soma +zan +add) as merely an 'eye-opener'. Not glorifying my past transgressions here, but rather realizing just how deep into it I was, because at my plateau, I'd run through anywhere from 400-600mg hydro per day; would throw a half full water bottle into the microwave to warm up the water close to body temperature so that things would equalize and absorb more quickly, and then break down and toss 20 of the '10'/325 hydros (200mg) into that water bottle, shake it up into a chalky (yellow at the time) mixture and then down it. That's how I'd simply 'begin' the day. Chase that with about 4 or 5 soma. Head off to work, pop 5 or 8 more hydros every few hours or so. Get home, repeat my morning routine and then get myself ready to go out partying. Continue popping both hydro and soma throughout the night, all while tossing back a minimum of 6 'Double' 151/Redbulls (from a generous bartender since I always tipped well and would go there often). Head out of the club at 2am with the rest of my friends who were all doing the same thing I was doing (except the 151, of all the things mentioned, that was too much for them to maintain their awareness) and hit up the after hours hangouts and 24hr taco shops, but that's how high our tolerances had become. It's hard to articulate just how lucky I feel to be alive and breathing after going through that process for at least 8 years or so. To be frank, I feel so lucky to have realized how much I was screwing up, and then open enough to talk with a different and sober friend about needing help, because I can't imagine what it must be like these days considering all of the counterfeit Fent pressed stuff out there within the past several years. That's so damn frightening.
I normally don’t read long comments but I’m glad I read yours glad your doing better happy thanksgiving buddy
@@emperial4421 Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well, friend ✌️
Prayers for the guy. Hope he's getting the help he needs. Thanks for your service.
Ok I get it he did his service to us and also hope for his health. But at what cost? Putting you me himself at the end of a stick. He will not get my thanks. He’s been doing this for a bit now and should be ashamed of himself
Prayers..., so,nothing?!
Why y’all pray for a cop who is addicted but not anyone else? Like he’s better than the town junkie HES NOT! Prays do not do jack shit
Unless someone forced him to take the pills, I have no sympathy. I had surgeries and wouldn’t take those Oxy’s because of possible effects.
Don't worry nobody actually prays for anyone. And if they would have actually read their bible they would know it's wrong to use their religion and praying specifically for social points@@starlaminde8436
The most relatable thing to me as an addict was when he's trying to make the story sound less serious, and throws in unnecessary details like the McDonald's run, and he holds up the McDonald's bag like "see? I really did go to McDonald's, so that makes the rest of my story credible."
Hope he got sober.
i hit a curb, ho hum.
EXACTLY
Props to the officers for not sweeping it under the rug because the guy they arrested was a cop. As for the guy who got arrested, I hope the best for him and that he gets his life together.
“Those are zanny bars” it’s so funny to me when cops say terms like that 😂
I feel what he is going through as an addict myself been clean for over 5 years now being busted and having your supply taken away it all sucks over all and is a blessing in disguise. Hope all is well
Good for you!💯
whats worse than being dopesick in jail?
I find it interesting how sympathetic and forgiving everyone is considering it’s pills and not alcohol
I'm Shocked at these comments. Xanax is worse than alcohol, from personal experience. If this was anyone else people would be calling for their head 😂
its because a lot of viewers addicted are to pills themselves or know someone that is. If it was a black dude that was high on weed they would say 'Lock him up and throw away the key' lmao
@@anis6800 no one would have a different opinion based on skin color, and especially wouldn't care if it was weed. People view it differently than alcohol because lots of people people drive to work and back every day on prescription pain medications (whether they should or not) and other RX's without even thinking about it being an issue. Even if medically it can potentially be worse than driving under the influence of alcohol, it's simply more easy to be empathetic for prescription drugs due to how society views them. Also, he took adderall. I don't understand why that was even being focused on by the police. Literally millions of people legally drive around on adderall every single day. Not even sure why he lied about that and said he took Ambien. Ambien is actually dangerous.
Right?
Slightly disturbing.
@@anis6800they would huh? That's called projection, work on your sad racism.
Dude was jacked up lol good video but that goodbye at the end was kinda harsh man. Lol
They're so cordial to each other
It's actually pretty impressive how well the cops can identify the pills.
It’s not hard. Once you know the marks, they don’t ever change. Get yourself “The Pill Book” and you can too.
With xanax its double easy since most people take xanax regardless - its a standard GAD med. I bet most cops take them.
That's rubbish. A lot of departments randomly drug test their officers, including for benzos. It's a tiny minority who are on xanax, they wouldn't be able to do their job if they were on it because it can cause you to black out or act erratically, This would be picked up by other officers or even the public. Hardly any cops are gonna risk reducing his reaction time by taking any CNS depressant. I don't know where you people on youtube get these ideas from, seems like just chucking out whatever sounds cool@@notpank
😂😂😂😂 it's pretty easy especially when ur trained in doing so there just like an addict but there not sn addict 😂😂😂 they can identify almost anything they know the shape the color the markings on the pill all that e
Xany bars are so ez to spot, those big beutiful bastards.
This arresting officer is professional, patient, respectful & unbiased.
I feel compassion for both officers as I can't even imagine the daily stress in their jobs.😐. Hopefully this arrested officer will get excellent support & treatment. He served in Afghanistan too.🇺🇸
I don't understand why he didn't ask for a lawyer ASAP.
Because he's high...and police work is very safe in comparison to other professions. Look it up.
This arresting officer would have cuffed and thrown you or I in jail two seconds into the stop had it been us instead of a fellow cop. The double standard and two-tiered justice system for cops and for everyone else is disgusting and illegal.
I'd like to know HOW TF he STILL had a license when he was found a few months later to be driving DRUNK(and probably on pills then, too)?! Anyone else - who WASN'T a cop - would've LOST theirs in a HEARTBEAT, even if they HADN'T taken anything or drank a drop of alcohol, but a cop on a POWER TRIP arrested them for alleged impairment anyway! 💯💯🙄🤦♀️🤬
Anyone else triggered by the fact that the questioning officer keeps calling the hydrocodone oxycodone?
Jesus christ he was DUI again after this incident and hit a tree, and thats what it took for him to resign. He wasnt even fired after this DUI / fleeing the scene, and was back on the road endangering innocent lives. He probably never even lost his license.
You or I would have been thrown in jail the first time.
As Americans, all that we ask for is accountability! No matter if it’s a single mother, or a judge. Both should be treated the same no matter the occupation
Except for Biden and his families
No way you can hit a car and not notice .. amazing how we think we can talk our way out of anything when we’re drunk ( I have been there )
Awww. SOMEONE is mad because their guy is a treasonous lying loser. Name me ONE honest politician? I'll wait. Smfh.
@@Ilikepie18855 I know you right!!
@@jodiforeman3314 I’ve talked myself out of a dui before but I never hit something and didn’t know it
The arresting officers were outstanding to be honest. Everything by the book and no favour given. I feel so sorry however for the guy being arrested. He has obviously served his country and it appears that doing say has really taken its toll on him. He was fortunate that he didnt harm anyone in this incident. I genuinely hope that he is able to get the support and help he needs to rebuild his life. Enjoyed the video and subscribed.
They did their job as it should be done. Respect.
They were waaay too lenient. They wasted multiple hours chit chatting with this guy after he smashed into another car and is clearly intoxicated. A regular citizen would've had their skull slammed into the asphalt and been thrown into jail.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 SWAT GOT SWATED 😂😂
I have to say my grandpa was pulled over by a cop just outside of my town. The cop asked if he was in a hurry my grandpa said no then he asked what his plates meant and what the with the biggest smile said that it was the first letters of the unite he was in during ww2. The cop thanked him for his service to his country my grandpa said thank you and went to his haircut and had a great story to tell. He was very proud of that stop for he was was assured that he was proud of his service and that the "younger generation " was still thankful for the service and sacrifice that was made during the war.😊 Thank you to everyone for your service ❤
I'm sure he never thought he'd be in an interrogation room answering questions for a change. 😂
It's refreshing to watch a DWI video where the perpetrator isn't constantly screaming "I'm innocent" or "I didn't do nothing".
People would like to think those they entrust with authority are worthy of it, and then forget we're all human, and everybody needs the appropriate amount of oversight.
Or a proper medical background check. Health personal has to do it as well cause of their responsibility. Not sure why cops wouldnt have to.
He did not!! All that jazz 😂 YES! He did! 😂😂
I love this channel. Great content! 👍🤘👊🫸🖖🤟
If he werent a cop they would have pulled him out of his car, screamed in his face, handcuffed and thrown him into the back of a squad car.
They also would have accused him of lying every time he gave some weak answer about his prescriptions, or not being able to sleep.
Even when they are held accountable theres always two classes of citizen and they will always treat their own humanely while treating everyone else like dogshlt.
These guys need HELP. We need to help the ones in the army, as most who enlist in any of the armed forces, especially the Marines, have issues, PTSD from childhood, and need and deserve more help. They don't take drugs to hurt others, they take them to take away the emotional pain they feel. WE NEED TO HELP THEM.
Cops , teachers Defense forces ,Ammbos ,nurses, doctors ,& most 1st responders , need that extra help, they put up with so much shit , they need to be able to approach some one with ease .
You get in ANY trouble with drugs in the Corps you're done. Fail one drug test and its over. Makes no sense.
Especially the marines? Why especially the marines? Guessing there is a stupid biased reason you threw that in. Statistically more army soldiers are put in combat positions but don't let that get in the way of ignorance.
@bbeen40 the military should always have a zero tolerance policy. Druggies don't belong in my military.
😡 he is a DUI , he endangered others on the roads. I have huge sympathy for those struggling but zero sympathy if they get behind the wheel.
“I understand today’s society.”
Such an awful, revealing statement. He doesn’t truly believe fellow officers should be held to the same standard as everyone else, he just understands that that’s what us “civilians” demand and that he has to put up with it because there’s no other choice when body cameras are in use. Such a revolting mindset that way too many officers have. The worst part of that is how much harder it makes things for honorable, right minded police who don’t think that way.
true, but then rest assured & look at the investigating officers professionalism. not all are irresponsible DUI’ers…
another recent case was when sheriff Lujan was arrested for obstruction.
typical addict cop or not. they never are at fault. they should never be held accountable. burnt a cop would just make this ugly fact about addiction worse. grandiosity. typical in all addicts
Yep
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i mean its the same with most people. If you were in his situation, you.wouldnt want to be let off?
Man tripped on that invisible step
He was so extremely worried that I could sense it 110% and over.
Dude, they mentioned like 8 different pills in the video, he's like a walking pharmacy
What amazes me is that he chose to cooperate with field sobriety tests. He could have refused everything and told him nothing, and they would’ve had a pretty hard time figuring out what he was on. It would’ve been hard to even establish probable cause to arrest.
He told the truth, tbh makes him a better person.
Facts. But a good attorney is still going to get him off most of those charges.
Damn driving on Ambien is crazy as hell. I was prescribed that and sleeper walked and woke up on the size of my house at 7 am. Scary stuff
Poor him,
Charged AGAIN...
ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY BABY !
Man - I hope this man gets the help he desperately needs. Addiction is no joke and does not discriminate. Get to a meeting buddy - admit you have a problem so you can start building your life back the right way.
Meetings don't fix people you have to fix yourself 14 yrs sober and not one meeting helped me
@@mikemassegrafixshopmike I'm the same way, NA meetings never helped me. I have been clean for 7 years with no help from NA. But my dad was an alcoholic & for him AA meetings helped him immensely. He has been sober for 10 years & still continues to go to AA meetings. I think it really just depends on the person whether or not the meetings are helpful.
@mikemassegrafixshopmike different strokes for different folks. Either way he needs to admit he has a problem and needs to get sober.
Damn, he didn’t just fail that walking test, he just became an education video for police training 😂😂😂😂
He's geeking down off the addies
Subsequent testing found they were counterfeit. Just good old street level amphetamines. Lol
Swat doesn’t even know to stop answering questions
Seems like a solid guy. Shame he lost control over his job like that. Strong drugs, prescription or not are never the answer. Hope he gets his life back together
Happens to SWAT just like it happens to squaddies, they see to much.
If he was a "solid guy" he would have stopped after first DUI and went to the therapy. Instead he got arrested again. Gladly he hit a tree and not a person
@@miorioff he has a problem but didnt do anything that would make him a bad person
@@imsid7851 His drug use started after his time in the Army. It came up like 2 times.
Solid guy??? Would you let him baby sit your kids? All I can see is he is an addict who needs to get his life together before he ends it or kills someone else.
I hope he got the help he needed …Just to be ok..He doesn’t seem like a bad guy at all
No just an asshole who drives under the influence no big deal right?
I lost my daughter due to a drunk driver. These might not seem like “bad guys” but they destroy families
I hope he never becomes a cop ever again. Dude could have killed a person
dude wasn't drunk LOL sooo irrelevant bud idk why your saying all that sorry that happened to you drunk drivers are awful@@grime1
@@grime1 hugs 🤗 I agree wholeheartedly
À man in the throes of several addictions. I hope he gets his life back, and becomes inspirational.
He should have known the moment he was stopped that he was screwed. At that moment, he should have stfu and refuse all test. Let them prove it in court.
Ooooh perfect timing. Getting ready to go work so i can listen while i do that💃
Waiting a week for your content feels like 7 days 🧠
Feel so bad for the first guy. This must've been so hard for him to admit anything, and he was probably getting himself in too deep. Hope he gets support he needs.
Tell us you didn’t watch the full vid without saying you didn’t watch the full vid.
As someone that got started on an addiction after gastric surgery, it’s easy to see how fast an addiction happens.
*civilian does it*
"GOOD JOB OFFICERS, ANOTHER PIECE OF TRASH OFF THE STREETS!"
*cop does it*
"Omg addiction is so real, I feel sorry for him!"
Exactly!
Thanks for the comments supporting this bloke. He was in Afghanistan and still continues to serve as SWAT. A Xanax addiction is far from the worst thing that could have come of this guy. I know people who have done far less and are addicted to far more… leave him alone he was just abit jittery at the stop because he was genuinely anxious as those pills would cause over time from a genuine need after Afghanistan but couldn’t kick it after. Keep strong brother there could have been far worse things to have happened there is no shame 💛💛💛
He’s a criminal
Still shouldn’t be driving.
He easily could have killed someone. While I believe in empathy surrounding veterans and addiction, I also believe in condemning actions where needed. He put people in danger and lied. He should be judged to some extent
This is not Afghanistan. So that there. Follow our laws here.
Sad excuse bringing Afghanistan into it.
Did we make him go ?
It’s a life choice not public vote!!!
Stupid idiot
I thought the same regarding the elbow surgery… for many people, that’s all it takes to become addicted to opiates. You have a recommended surgery, you’re prescribed pain killers, you take as prescribed, and then get sick when the prescription runs out so you look for more elsewhere. Add the trauma of war to this equation and addiction would almost be imminent. Hoping for the best for this guy.
Addiction does not discriminate. I am glad they had the integrity to hold one of their own accountable. I am glad he did not kill anyone on the road. I hope he gets the help he needs
Damn taking ambien before driving is a horrible idea
I'm amazed that after being read his Miranda rights and knowing he's been a cop, that he sat there and answered their questions. This is an example that it doesn't matter what you know or who you are, when you get into the interrogation room, the police will do everything they can to get you to confess. There are three officers in the room asking questions, with two standing of them standing above him, which indicted a power position over him. Most people in this position are already dazed, confused and nervous and don't know how to act, so they start talking. I'm not condoning his actions, he needs help and hopefully he gets it. But, imagine you are innocent and the pressure police put on people in these rooms is why you need a lawyer to make sure you are not saying something that can be twisted into a confession. Any lawyer out there would never allowed this conversation to happen.
He's drugged, sedated, so....... yeah
Reminds me of that episode of The Office where Jim was like “Michael came into work one morning complaining about the speed bumps on the highway… I wonder who he ran over then 😳” Lmao
Wow, this dude was pumped! No wonder he was sweating and shaking!
Bro is geeking !!
I feel really sorry for him. Hope he gets his shit together. He seems to be a good guy, he just got on the wrong lane for a while. Addiction can get to all of us.
I love watching videos like this.
Imagine one of us regulars just playing on the phone the whole time we’re being investigated for DUI
Im an Australian nurse who trained in a Repatriation General Hospital in Sydney for Veterans affairs back in the late 80s and worked recently in a Mental health unit of a Hospital specialising in PTSD and addiction with majority of our patients active Defence and been in the recent wars and A Major problem was Addiction and I have seen many cases of Understanding military doctors prescribing meds for PTSD Anxiety Depression etc and thats all good for the acute phase. But soooo many leave the service and self medicate and use alcohol and drugs recreationally to deal with the long term problems. Which is not so good. I do feel for this man very much. And hope he gets the care that he needs rather than the pun8shment people believe he needs. As a nurse, I get it .
never answer questions from the government without an attorney present, ever, for any reason..
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Unless you know you're guilty AF, and know that the cops have the goods on you already. Might just as well do the honorable thing and confess at that point.
God knows what the man went through in the military. Hope he finds the help he needs :(
lets acknowledge the good cop in this interaction. man did the right thing