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Sheriff Grady Judd Arrest Homeless Man (The Real Story)
Sun, 08 Dec 2024
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Chapter 1: What led to Gabriel Riding's arrest?
me and my girlfriend get into an argument and she had just been diagnosed with diabetes and break down on the side of the road. And we're kind of fighting about what we should do. And she, her blood sugar level starts dropping and she starts to panic and calls 911. And she doesn't know she needs an ambulance or whatnot, but the dispatch hears us arguing.
And then I spit out the window next to her and the dispatch ends up accusing me of
battery essentially so i get charged with felony battery because they thought that i'd spit on my girlfriend right and so is she saying you spit on her no she she was like you should probably go the cops are coming i've told them not to come and they they're trying to talk to you and i just i don't know what's going to happen i don't feel well you should probably just take a walk and i was like okay cool like let me know how it goes and we're totally resolved the issue right
Yeah. And the cops are trying to make this big deal out of it. Six cops come there and they're like, he's abusing you. Like, you got to stand up for yourself. And she was like, what are you talking about? Like, we had a little argument and she gets berated for several hours. And I'm waiting there. I'm like, are they still talking to you? Like, what is going on? This seems pretty excessive.
And they finally let her go. So then I end up back on the reservation. And I thought everything was fine. And so on the reservation, we have our own police, Seminole PD. Polk County isn't allowed onto the res without Seminole PD's permission. But Seminole PD knocks on the door and they're like, hey, we need to talk to you. And I was like, okay. And they're trying to call Polk County.
And Polk County Sheriff shows up. And he was like... He didn't really know what was going on. I didn't know that they decided I had a warrant. And he's like, I'm going to put you in handcuffs. I'm going to call the hub or whatever. If you have an active warrant, I'm going to take you in. If not, I'm just going to release you. And I was like, I didn't do anything. So I was like, very cooperative.
And I'm sitting in the back of the cop car. He doesn't say a word and just starts driving off. And I'm like, oh, shoot. And so... What had happened?
Polk County went ahead and pressed charges for your girlfriend?
Yeah.
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Chapter 2: How did police culture in Polk County differ from Colorado?
And so they had nothing and had to let me go. And so I dropped them off and I drive to my work. And when I get into work and we're going to telemarketing job, police come into my work and say, yeah, we need to speak to a Gabriel writing. And then sobriety comes like, the cops need to talk to you. And I'm like, what?
And they tell me that a concerned citizen said that I was driving erratically on the way to work. So they're making me do field sobriety tests in my suit and tie. And the drug dogs sniffing around, again, they can't find anything. And I'm like starting to get really stressed out. And I was like, can I go home? Like, this has been a crazy day. And so I stopped at the gas station.
And then this time, unmarked vehicles show up. Different cops. And again, the whole deal, like when you see your ID, this time they didn't even ask. They knew. They were like, you're Gabriel Rodding. Like, we need to check for open containers, have drug dogs sniff. And I was like, this is the third time you guys have pulled me over.
Like, I'm sure you could have figured out some way to arrest me by now. Yeah. Like you could have made something up like the first time. It was so strange. So I'm sitting there talking to the cops very politely for about an hour and people were watching and two more cop cars show up unmarked and they were like,
We don't think you've been drinking or anything, but we want you to blow in this machine. I was like a breathalyzer. And he was like, it's a new technology. We just want you to calibrate it. And he's like, you're not going to jail right now. Like, it doesn't matter what the machine reads. We just want to test this to calibrate this machine. And I was like, am I allowed to say no?
And I was like, I don't understand. And he's like, yeah, he's like, don't worry, you're not going to jail. We just want to try this new technology. And I was like, then try it out on each other. Yeah. And I was like, well, I'm not I don't understand that. So I'm not going to do that. And so they had nothing.
And so I guess they walked into the gas station and told the gas station attendant not to sell me any alcohol or cigarettes whatsoever. And so I went in there and I was like stressed out and tried to get some wine to bring home. And the guy was like, I can't sell you that. And I was like, okay, well, can I get a black and white cigar?
And he's like, the cop told me not to sell you any alcohol or cigarettes. And then I asked the manager and they're like, it's up to you. And I don't want to get in trouble. And so these cops are actively trying to... Were you drunk when the incident happened with your girlfriend?
No, no. So why are they... I mean, is a part of the, because you're currently on bond, is a part of being on bond you're not allowed to drink?
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Chapter 3: What happened during the 911 call involving Gabriel and his girlfriend?
Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Pretty much just whatever I could. Yeah. I made friends with the people down there because I was my only community. I don't have anyone else out here, but my girlfriend who I can't talk to. That's just was the culture. And yeah, so I ended up relapsing on the drug that I recovered from in Colorado. Funny.
I ended up getting lumped in with these guys who are selling drugs and I am messing up and it's this, this whole situation could have been avoided if I could have just gone home and whatever. How long does this go on before you get, do you get arrested? I ended up getting arrested probably about two months later with a friend in the car, and I think he had drugs.
I ended up having a seizure in the car, and I thought I was parked near the bus station dropping him off, and I have a seizure disorder, and I had a seizure in the car, and I come to... in an ambulance, and the cops are asking me, like, which... We were outside of a hotel near a bus station, and the cop, like, right out of the seizure was like, which room did you get the drugs from?
Which room did you... They thought I had overdosed, because they had Narcan me, and they said my heart had stopped for a minute, and... I didn't know what was going on. I didn't know if my friend had stuff on him.
I didn't know if he had already been arrested, but they take me into the hospital and the cops come in and they blood test me to see if they could charge me with a DUI or something like that. And I thought I was going to jail again. The cops escrowing me all the way through the hospital.
And I was like, oh man, like this is going to put a lengthier timeline on getting back to where I wanted to be with my girlfriend. So they blood test me and apparently, I guess I was fine blood tested because I walked right out of the hospital. I ended up getting subpoenaed later to get those results back. So just preemptively after this, I...
turn myself into an inpatient drug rehab, a detox, like a five day detox to look good. And cops thought I was doing drugs, hanging out with these people and end up doing the five day detox. And I'm getting sober and kicking all that stuff and still just like hitting wall after wall after wall. And
Now it's like they're trying to charge me with a DUI or conspiracy to sell drugs because my passenger, he ends up getting arrested later on with drugs and they're trying to connect me back to that. And it's just... Is he saying you're selling drugs with him? No, but he ended up catching charges, and so they're just still trying to link pieces that aren't exactly there. Right. Yeah.
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Chapter 4: What is the process when one party does not want to press charges?
I mean, I don't know.
The thing about the homeless thing since COVID is it's going to be an issue for a long time. Like, I don't know how to solve homelessness. And I've spent a large majority of my life homeless. But I've never been criminalized for existing in a space. A space that I can't leave now because I can't leave Polk County because of my bond conditions. Right.
Or maybe not even the homelessness, but maybe just the culture. Because I'm thinking, who knows how many views this video does? But the last one did a million views. And I'm sure some people have seen it. So let's just say someone within the Lakeland Police Department is watching this. And now you have a platform to express your experience throughout there.
What do you think could have been done differently as a department? Or how you could have been treated? Or what do you think could have been done better? Yeah. Or what do you think they can do now?
Well, I think in the first place, if the judge would have just listened to my girlfriend or like... See, the thing is, he's right. There are people who don't want to live a regular life and do want to be homeless. But for the majority of the... Homeless population, they're trying their hardest to not live that life. It's not desirable by any means.
I do know people who do decide to be homeless, but for the majority, people don't want that life. And so him saying that, like, why don't you just get a job and work like the rest of us? And so our quality of life is being impeded upon because of you suffering. and having to sleep outside, like the eyesore that you're creating is impeding on our quality of life.
And it just, it completely dehumanizes people who are trying their hardest. And it's, The thing, like, so Colorado grass has been legalized for so long. And so I know so many people who are doing a year in county for, I think it's like 21 grams of grass is a felony in Florida. And so, like, in Colorado, like, you could get caught with 100 pounds.
And so it's like they create these laws to trap people into situations. And the jails are so overcrowded. Like, it's... The jails are so grim, like the county jail is so grim that, you know, I really don't know. I just think to answer your question, like what could they do differently is just the way that they hunt down and track people and decide some people are good and some people are bad.
And if they just... I don't know.
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Chapter 5: How did the legal proceedings affect Gabriel Riding?
Yeah. So.
And you're, yeah. And you're stuck in Polk County. I'm stuck in Polk County.
Colby's trying to figure out how to get out of this. How does he, what can he do? Like you can't do anything.
i brainstorm with my parents every day and they're just like just just try and stay positive like they're like this is crazy like being well there's a the problem is that i'm sure somewhere in between is a balance between being in a conservative state and being in a liberal state and i'm sure there's a balance somewhere but but this isn't it You know what I'm saying?
This is pretty far from that balance. And it would be different if you were sitting here telling me I didn't want to work. If you were saying that I don't want to work, fuck that. I want to sleep in the woods and be left alone.
All I want to do is work and come home and pay my bills with my partner or... If that's not allowed by them pay bills somewhere else, but they've made it almost impossible for me to work.
So yeah, so so you're not the you're not the homeless person that Grady Judd is talking about. You're someone who's been lumped who's been forced to be homeless and can't get out of it because of Grady Judd, the system they have in Polk County.
Yeah. And me going and buying this house with my girlfriend was me getting out of homelessness in Colorado. Right. So it just seems like the issue of homelessness in America is so complex and it's it's so it's so powerful that like there is no one fixed decision or answer. It's it's.
it's yeah it's going to be prevalent for a long time and my dad he lives out in los angeles now and since covid like their homeless population has exploded like close to six figures and i understand that like that that's a grim situation because there's open drug markets and nobody wants that
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Chapter 6: What challenges did Gabriel face as a result of the arrest?
Yeah.
But here's the thing. Some people can hit the ground running and some people struggle and sometimes things just go wrong.
Yeah, totally.
Sometimes you get pulled over in a vehicle and your buddy's got some drugs on him and they search the car and your buddy doesn't want to own up to the drugs and you both end up going and getting arrested and it takes... a week or two for you to get bonded out. By that point, what happens is I got fired from my job. I now don't have the money to pay my rent. I'm now being evicted.
And you were barely making it to begin with. And the whole thing spirals down and you think either I'm gonna end up homeless once again, now that's illegal. And what do I do? My only choice was it was in my opinion, was for me to commit some kind of a crime to start making enough money to try and get myself back to the place I was at before.
Yeah, to some viable place, whatever that might look like.
Yeah. And the problem is, is that most people have no empathy at all for someone in that situation.
no yeah no not at all so like i i get it i get that hey we don't want criminals committing crime here but you also don't want to see people commit a crime and bounce back yeah right you want to see people commit a crime and decline and go somewhere else yeah go go don't stay in this county and and the problem is and most people are okay with that yeah most people are okay with that until it's your sister
Yeah.
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