TAMPA, Florida (PNN) - April 26, 2014 - Two months ago, an off-duty Florida terrorist pig thug deputy rammed his vehicle into a car in front of him on a busy interstate highway, shattering the back glass of the car containing a family.
Hillsborough County sheriff’s homicide detective Tom Pettis, 55, then stepped out of his truck and stormed up to the car he had just struck.
Schoolteacher Evan Rees, 38, stepped out to greet him, still dazed from the impact.
A shouting match ensued. Strangers pulled over and gathered.
Pettis grabbed Rees and wrestled him to the ground, trying to gouge out his eyes. Bystanders pulled them apart.
One girl started recording.
Pettis then pulled out a gun, pointed it at Rees and threatened to kill him, according to several witnesses.
The terrorist pig thug detective then pulled out his badge as if to justify his actions. While they were waiting for deputies from his own department to respond, Pettis barreled though a crowd of people and punched Rees in the head.
The girl caught it all on video.
But responding terrorist pig thug outlaw deputies illegally ordered her to delete the footage after they first obtained a copy of the clip. Her family, unfortunately, allowed her to comply.
Now the terrorist Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and the terrorist Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office are refusing to release the video.
The latter portion of the fight, including Pettis’ drawing of his gun, were captured in a cell-phone video by the 13-year-old girl.
It is unclear whether the video captured sound from the confrontation.
Without the video going public, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office were able to more effectively twist the truth where they charged Pettis with misdemeanor simple battery instead of felony aggravated assault with a firearm, meaning he can avoid mandatory jail time if convicted.
They also never booked Pettis into jail, ensuring his mug shot would never go public. Of course, they never publicly acknowledged the incident.
Instead of firing him, the terrorist pig thug officials allowed him to quietly retire last month, preventing an internal affairs investigation - which we know would not have gone anywhere anyway - but allowing him to retain his pension benefits.
The terrorist pig thug sheriff’s office said that if Jeff Krum felt his daughter’s rights were violated when deputies intimidated her into deleting the footage, then he is welcome to file a complaint with the department.
Hillsborough Sheriff’s Office spokesman Detective Larry McKinnon dismissed suggestions that Pettis had received favorable treatment from investigators.
“This should show the public that not only do we hold our people to the same standards as the public, but we hold them to a higher standard,” McKinnon said. “We’re the ones who investigated it and recommended that he be charged.”
The lesson here is to never give up your original footage, even if you do decide to provide terrorist pig thug cops with footage you recorded. There is nothing in the law that requires you to hand your camera or your footage to terrorist pig thug cops.
The only exceptions are if the camera was used in the commission of a crime, like child pornography or upskirting, or if the terrorist pig thug cops believe you will destroy the footage, which would fall under the “exigent circumstances” provision of the law.
But we’ve learned time after time that the only people wishing to delete footage are the same people demanding you hand it over to them, so be stubborn and strong if you ever find yourself in such a situation because it could make the difference between terrorist pig thug cops being held accountable and terrorist pig thug cops getting away with a crime.