Ellis Jones
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Really?
It really does go a long way.
You know, my early twenties, when I wouldn't be doing anything, I'd be getting harassed by the cops.
I'll call them fuckers.
Tell them I'm going to fuck your wife and all that.
It went a long way.
Cause they could have taken me to jail.
Instead, they wrote me a citation and took me home.
And when I went to court, I wrote the DA a letter, sent her screenshots, sent a check to the convenience store company.
It's a local chain.
Wrote the DA a letter, told her exactly what happened, like verbatim.
Right.
And go to court.
The judge was so impressed that I flew back from New York to Omaha to go to court that –
And the DA, I sat there and watched her read my letter.
She's like, let's put this on the back shelf.
I go sit back in the courtroom.
And I'm watching her kind of giggle and wiggle in her chair.
And I'm like, I'm getting out of this shit.
And the judge was like, she goes, Mr. Brooks was intoxicated.