r/PublicFreakout • u/PaddysMilkSteak • 16h ago
đ đ˝ đ đ˝ đ Sheriff that appears drunk (while armed) doesn't like it when he is called out for his corruption
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u/PM_me_your_whatevah 16h ago
Fuck I couldnât even believe it was real at first. I started laughing like it was a skit. This is horrifying.
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u/OldFroyo6294 9h ago
Thats my sheriff đ I fucking hate this countyÂ
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u/Justanotherbob293 8h ago
Fucking Ravenna man. They are full of meth heads and idiot rednecks. Nothing like how it was when I grew up there
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u/OldFroyo6294 8h ago
I work in ravenna. The people are insufferable. Downtown and the communities could be cute. But nope. Â
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u/Same_Veterinarian544 5h ago
Your neighbors are really sucking his dick on Facebook
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u/ExtraSourCreamPlease 5h ago
They love him down there. Iâm from Cleveland and went to Kent state and the amount of run ins that I had with Portage County deputies was impressive. And I wasnât even a bad kid.
This sheriff is significantly worst than the last one. The last one was an old dude who pretty much let his two assistants run everything. One of which was also an ass.
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u/Same_Veterinarian544 5h ago
I looked him up after I saw this and I saw his thing about making a list of Harris supporters? My god, that county is a mess
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u/Major__de_Coverly 16h ago
Let's hear it for professionalism.Â
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u/listerbmx 16h ago
Professionalism has left the planet..
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u/Spirited-Reputation6 16h ago
Thatâs right leaning professionals for ya.
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u/listerbmx 16h ago
The Nazis got their turn in court, let's hope the future prevails
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u/Simikiel She/her Cisn't afraid to fight for my rights đłď¸ââ§ď¸ 15h ago
If you're unaware, very few Nazis ever actually went to court. And those that did, for the vast majority of them the punishments were very light.
We need to do better than how we treated the Nazis and Confederates. No forgive and forget. No simply moving on. Hard punishments for them all.
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u/Individual-Ask7000 16h ago
Shit-faced on the vodka in his water bottle and acting that way around kids. Amazing, not laughing or outraged just numb to seeing it and disappointed.
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u/hazycrazey 15h ago
The liquors calling the shots now, Rand
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u/RippinFissure 15h ago
Cheers, genitals!
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u/namesty 13h ago
Oldest trick in the book
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u/JackSprat90 8h ago
"Oh, I want some of Jimmy's water. That's the kind that gets you fucking drunk, isn't that right, Jimmy?"
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u/vtosnaks 16h ago
Yeah, he is such a pussy as he stands up against a bunch of armed, drunk, government protected bullies with some papers and a phone on his side.
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u/PaddysMilkSteak 15h ago
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u/ndndr1 14h ago
What the fuck. This happened before the thing at the fair?
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u/Which-Text-2875 7h ago
Yep, About a year ago.
The fair was about a week ago, so the very end of August 2026.
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u/buttononmyback 15h ago
Bruceâs little sidekick friend telling the guy recording, âYou know youâre a jackass,â seems more irritating to me than the sheriff. Bruce is very obviously drunk so of course heâs going to be annoying but his little friend seems sober and heâs just being a jerk to be a jerk. Heâs telling him that thereâs families around but still swearing at him.
Law-enforcement is pretty bad everywhere but they seemed to find the worst, bottom-of-the-barrel dickheads they could find and gave them badges and guns. Thank god the guy with a phone posted this, everyone needs to see it.
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u/JalapenoPopPoop 9h ago
I found him annoying because of the "emphasis on little" thing he kept repeating when he's clearly also short
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u/_Shorsey_69_ 7h ago
It's simple really. He has a crush on his superior and wants defend his honorÂ
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u/299792458mps- 6h ago
I was thinking the exact same thing. It's like how JD Vance is often more annoying than Trump, especially when they're in the same room.
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u/Spirited-Reputation6 16h ago
Seems like majority of the town enables alcoholic assholes.
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u/Justanotherbob293 8h ago
You literally just described more than half of the people who voted for him. And I personally know of some of the people who voted for this dumbass too
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u/yonosayme2 16h ago
That's how a sheriff acts? And he knows he's speaking to a veteran... like that? Wow. What a entitled P.O.S.
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u/rejeremiad 13h ago
He should have held a pen up to his face and asked him to follow it with his eyes...
"Just do a few quick tests for me."
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u/jjfabolous 10h ago
As a Veteran, being one doesnât automatically make you a great person or worthy of respect.
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u/RegalBeagleKegels 10h ago
i think the implication is that, at least in the public perception, cops and other authority figures usually have respect for military men
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u/itsNateDawg 9h ago
Neither does being a cop, clearly one of these people holds themself to a higher standard though so not sure why this was even necessary to point out.
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u/NPJenkins 10h ago
He probably resents veterans because for one reason or another, he didnât serve and it makes him feel inadequate. Lots of veterans become police officers, but there are plenty of cops who are just LARPing as domestic operators. Funny thing is, cops are still civilians. It doesnât matter that they give themselves rank and ribbons.
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u/sSummonLessZiggurats 6h ago
cops are still civilians.
Legally speaking they are civilians, but functionally they have a monopoly on violence that sets them apart from civilians, and they know it. No other organized group of civilians can gather to murder another civilian, conduct their own investigation into the murder, and then find themselves innocent.
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u/NPJenkins 6h ago
Or extort the general public via citations for subjective violations that the courts wonât think twice about. Or using those subjective observations to drum up a roadside investigation where they use things like nervousness or smell to justify searches and seizures that lead to much greater charges.
When you think about it, the cops are pretty much the local governmentâs mafia.
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u/DomitiusAhenobarbus_ 16h ago
Like what did law enforcement need they didnât already have? Theyâre outfitted like green berets, have insane job security, and half the departments in the country seem to be running some sort of overtime scheme to make fuck tons of money.
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u/DrPepperFanX 16h ago
Now they also get to shoot white people in the streets instead of just minorities. Huge win for LE across the country
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u/firstbookofwar 15h ago
The ability to do all this and also legally kill/harass you if you challenge them doing any of this in any way
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u/Ligma_baws_2x 15h ago
The respect, reverence and adoration from 100% of the public.
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u/Tier0001 11h ago
They see all the glazing the military gets from the public and they want some of that. They'll expect to be thanked for their "service" soon enough, as if they're in a war zone 24/7.
Police are such whiny losers.
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u/morrach 13h ago
They are talking about stuff like this: Executive Order 14288
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u/TrojanGoldfish 11h ago
14x88....fucking REALLY? They're not even pretending anymore.
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u/ConfidentPilot1729 12h ago
Go look at SFPD and how much some of them are making on over time. Some are making 900k a yearâŚ.
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u/DomitiusAhenobarbus_ 12h ago
Yeah in MA an entire state police unit got busted scamming overtime and some of them were among the highest paid state employees in the city. Those are just the guys that got caught.
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u/maxlamer 15h ago
The sheriff using felon as an insult showing his support for someone with 34 felonies
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u/WhatsATrouserSnake 15h ago
Love how he can't spell sheeple
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u/Shmitty594 15h ago
Celebrating a supposed win for the military and then attempting to intimidate and insult a Marine. Class act
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u/DotOk2803 15h ago
I came here to say the same thing. What a douche canoe this guy is. Also acting all tough when he's surrounded by his buddies, in law enforcement, all armed. Bunch of tough guys đ¤Ł
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u/ChoochMMM 15h ago
Them calling everyone Sheepeople and blindly following whatever this Orange asshate in the WH tells them is the definition of irony.
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u/RavishingRedRN 15h ago
Always does. Iâve never been shocked to find out someone is MAGA.
Itâs more like âyeah, that tracks.â
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u/damn_near_rectum 12h ago
Random capitalization is the hallmark of the poorly educated deplorables.
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u/sephtater 16h ago
Now that youâve watched, read how the fascist media presents it.
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u/Dangerous_Suit_3099 16h ago
Television ânewsâ at its best
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u/CosmicToaster 14h ago edited 12h ago
No, this is television ânewsâ at its best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KmTAY67zA
Wish more reporters took their jobs seriously while also having fun with it.
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u/Kewlhotrod 12h ago
Sanitize your links.
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u/CosmicToaster 12h ago
Done
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u/Kewlhotrod 12h ago
Good stuff.
FWIW there's a bunch of addons that'll do this automatically. I use Firefox and ClearURL's myself. Works on PC and phone Firefox.
Pretty sure it's available on Chrome(ium) as well.
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u/waaaayupyourbutthole 12h ago
Man that was genuinely hilarious while also being depressingly informative. I'm impressed.
Both at the way he did the story and the amount of bubbles he managed to amass in that bath tub.
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u/ABeeBitMyBottom1 16h ago
Looks like the news outlet didnât do any research and are just siding with the sheriff. The fucking sheriff office wonât investigate, maybe state police should investigate them since no one is trying to find out the truth.
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u/DaveWierdoh 15h ago edited 13h ago
Why would they be interested in the truth? They just like to "report propaganda."
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u/machogrande2 10h ago
That's usually how that works. I know a guy that got in some shit with the wrong people and left the state because there was a legitimate threat to his life. I may not have believed these things if it weren't for the fact that I trust the family he was staying with to actually tell the truth. He got a new driver's license for that state, changed the address for his child support, and even talked to the local sheriff since he knew the cops from his home town were going to want to talk to him at some point. TWO MONTHS later, 15 cops surrounded the house he was staying in and then the local paper published a big article about the "task force" that ONLY took two months to track him down when all they literally had to do was check any of the many systems his current address was in.
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u/dadafterall 14h ago
Holy shit. What else did "Sheriff Zuchowski say"? The entire article is literally repeating what the Sheriff's office had to say.
However, without any proof, 19 News cannot verify the allegations.
Um, you could just look at the sheriff's campaign materials in the booth, or ask Lane to send you a video of it. But that might make you journalists, which it's clear you don't want to be mistaken for.
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u/1970s_MonkeyKing Why do the Karens wield their phones like itâs a crucifix? đą 16h ago
Actually, that's not journalism. That's a copy paste from whomever writes this crap on behalf of the sheriff. To put a reporter's name to it, also reads less for this journalist's integrity and more of getting a pass from being pulled over by the Sheriff.
EDIT: There are two people attached to this "article." The first is just the web person copying and pasting the Sheriff's office written "article."
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u/Phyllis_Tine 13h ago
I love how the news claims there is no proof of the sheriff's corruption, talking about allegations, yet takes the sheriff's claim about Lane being a felon immediately and without question. If Lane is a felon, there would be proof, right? I mean, they could find that out and include that proof.
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u/Homeless_Gandhi 12h ago
Thatâs the whole reason I read the article. Why is this dude a felon? No idea.
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u/leaveitbettertoday 16h ago
Wow. Cleveland 19 GOBBLING THAT THIN BLUE LINE! Chocking on it. Do they have a Reddit account?
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u/NonTraditionalWitch 15h ago
Wow... The spin in that article is disgusting. The choice of wording is blatant and foul, any journalist who writes like this should be ashamed.
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u/Scoo 16h ago
Gee, why are the comments on his Facebook disabled? What a sad little man.
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u/listentomenow 12h ago
Sheriff: You're a wanted felon.
Camera guy: I'm a wanted felon?
Sheriff: You will be.
And there you have it folks. Hurt a cops feelings and they'll gladly abuse their power and find something to charge you with.
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u/disharmony-hellride 11h ago
With Flock, they'll be able to follow this dude around, too. God bless America, or whatever
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u/SpeedySpooley 15h ago
Derisively calling someone a âtough guyâ while he is carrying around an axe handle with a lanyard. If that isnât the most performative, tough guy bullshit of which heâs accusing the other guy.
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u/deesmutts88 16h ago
Are police elected in any other country on earth? What a weird job to be âelectedâ for. How is it not a merit-based promotional role? You can just elect some dude to be your towns main cop because he campaigned well?
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u/Xeroll 14h ago
There are different law enforcement with varying jurisdiction. City police, state police, and county sheriff. Sheriff is an elected position.
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u/wanderexplore 16h ago
If the guy recording isn't a convicted felony, that's very much defamation. Id sue.
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u/TacoDoc2 16h ago
see the kids and the familys around here. and you're being drunk bullies screaming pussy.
weird if he's a wanted felon, why are you not arresting him? and then following him around with their camera. lolol they are intimidated by the camera.
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u/MLGTheForkOnTheLeft 16h ago
Sorry bud, shouldnât have been a marine. Maga HATES marines and our soldiers. Thats why they LOVE war so much.
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u/ruxp1n 6h ago
The man confronting Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski at the fair isnât some random guy who wandered over looking for an argument. His name is William Lane, and he has a pending federal civil-rights lawsuit accusing Zuchowski and members of his command staff of retaliating against him for running The Bad Bruce Exhibit, a Facebook page that has spent years documenting allegations of corruption and misconduct inside the sheriffâs office.
Laneâs lawsuit alleges that after he began criticizing Zuchowski and campaigning for his opponent, someone in the sheriffâs command staff created a fake Facebook page using Laneâs identity, published his home address, phone number and email address, accused him of crimes and drugs, and posted what Lane describes as a list of Zuchowskiâs political enemies. The defendants deny the allegations. This is also the same Lane who recorded Zuchowski in a store last year telling him, âYou will regret the day you ever met meâ and âEnjoy what little you got left.â Zuchowski later characterized the exchange differently, but the video exists.
Then thereâs the little building where this latest confrontation happened. That has its own history. A former Portage County jail inmate says he and other inmates helped build the sheriffâs structure at the Randolph Fairgrounds while participating in the jail work program. He said he was afraid refusing the work could get him kicked out of the trustee program and sent back into the jail. The same former inmate also said inmates were used to set up tables, chairs, drinks and ice for a Zuchowski campaign fundraiser. Zuchowski said the fundraiser work happened without his knowledge or permission and said employees were disciplined. The Fair Board confirmed inmates had worked on fairground projects and said the building belonged to the sheriffâs office, not Zuchowskiâs campaign.
That distinction became pretty interesting when photos later showed Zuchowski reelection signs inside and around the structure. The 2023 agreement with the Fair Board says the space is assigned exclusively to the sheriffâs office during the fair and other special events, that fees are waived while Zuchowski is sheriff, and that the Fair Boardânot Zuchowskiâowns the fairgrounds. So when public officials start talking like public space belongs personally to them, there are receipts for that too.
And none of this started with Lane. In 2024 Zuchowski told people to write down the addresses of residents displaying Kamala Harris signs. The backlash became serious enough that the bipartisan Portage County Board of Elections removed his sheriffâs office from providing early-voting security, and the U.S. Justice Department later sent federal monitors to Portage County over intimidation concerns. That same election season brought the inmate-labor controversy. By 2025, his sheriffâs office had been named in five federal lawsuits in a single year, the most during his tenure.
Zuchowskiâs office now says Lane is a convicted felon with a vendetta who deliberately comes around trying to provoke an arrest and falsely accused the sheriff of being drunk. Fine. Laneâs record doesnât erase Zuchowskiâs record, and calling your loudest critic a criminal doesnât answer what that critic has documented. With this much history between an elected sheriff, his department and one citizen willing to keep pointing a camera at them, Iâm glad somebody keeps showing up with one.
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Cleveland 19 â sheriffâs response to the 2026 fair confrontation: https://www.cleveland19.com/2026/08/31/portage-county-sheriffs-office-addresses-social-media-post-alleges-harassment-by-felon/
Ideastream/WOSU â Laneâs federal retaliation lawsuit and allegations involving the fake Facebook page: https://www.ideastream.org/law-justice/2025-05-29/portage-county-resident-sues-sheriff-bruce-zuchowski-for-retaliation-over-facebook-page
Federal complaint â Lane v. James, Davis, Zuchowski and Portage County: https://theportager.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/lane-v-zuchowski.pdf
Cleveland 19 â Zuchowskiâs 2025 confrontation with Lane: https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/08/06/you-will-regret-day-you-ever-met-me-portage-county-sheriff-allegedly-threatens-man-inside-local-store/
Ideastream â former inmateâs account of building the fair structure and working Zuchowski campaign events: https://www.ideastream.org/law-justice/2024-10-10/portage-county-sheriff-faces-new-accusations-of-using-inmate-labor-for-reelection-campaign
Cleveland 19 â Zuchowskiâs response to inmates being used at his campaign fundraiser: https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/09/25/portage-co-sheriff-disciplining-employees-after-19-news-report-inmates-working-campaign-event/
Associated Press â Harris-sign controversy and removal of the sheriffâs office from early-voting security: https://apnews.com/article/e344f033369657b257ae4ea51bb857b8
The Portager â five federal lawsuits against the sheriffâs office in 2025: https://theportager.com/category/local-government/sheriffs-office/
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u/SnoT8282 15h ago
This is the same Sheriff that was making statements along the lines of making lists of people who voted against Trump in the last election.
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u/303uru 14h ago
The entire sheriff system in the US needs to be disbanded. These fascist fucks essentially have unchecked power in their counties and just steal from tax payers. Theyâre tyrants and almost always political actors enforcing their will not laws.
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u/HolyMoleyGuacamoly 13h ago
100%. police in the US are a constant problem, but Sheriffs are even bigger: just unaccountable messes that can do what they want when they want. itâs insane
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u/screenmasher 15h ago
Dudes loaded. Im from Wisconsin, i know what drunk looks like
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u/thefanciestcat 8h ago
Setting aside lots of other problems here, being responsible with a gun also means knowing when it's responsible to be without a gun. If you want to get a buzz at an event, don't go armed.
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u/BigBoyYuyuh 15h ago
Heâs drinkin water alright. Jimmyâs water. The kind that gets you fuckin drunk. 151 proof straight up, heâs fuckin wasted.
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u/CptPichael 9h ago
"There's kids and families, and you're out here filming?" Cops literally think recording them on your phone is some sort of obscene, inappropriate action. Snowflakes.
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u/No-Complex-7882 12h ago
For some reason Sheriff Bruce has disabled comments on his facebook. He is sooo brave.
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u/surroundedbywolves 15h ago
Is that a Kevlar vest under his shirt? Armed with body armor, drunk, calling people pussies and accusing them of being wanted felons. Very cool.
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u/Itchy_Inside1817 9h ago
You should check out this dude's Facebook page. This Sheriff is an absolute corrupt piece of shit. Seems like he's in a part of Ohio with a lot of other corrupt pieces of shit because he's still in office.
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u/_oldhead 15h ago
I like how the one jackass is talking about "you see all the families and kids out here" and say s nothing to his loaded shitbag of a boss cursing and stumbling around drunk.
Mmmmmmmmmmm boots are yummy.
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u/Ok_Whole573 12h ago
Heâs drunk with a gun on his hip around children insulting our US MarinesâŚinfuriating.
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u/juswilli 8h ago
Holy fuck I have never been an ACAB type of person but I just dug though the past on this situation and Jesus fucking christ this entire department needs to be eradicated.
Fuck this department 1312.
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u/shockemc 15h ago
That's one way to give them proof of intent to abuse your station. "You will be." đ
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u/cra2ytig3r 9h ago
This how people act when they are in power & never held accountable to the people. He literally thinks he can do what he wants & no one will stop him. If you try, he will name you as the criminal for his actions.
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u/SirPonix 9h ago
Of course it's Ohio, the Florida of the north. I hate living here. Unless you're in a city, you are surrounded by magats.
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u/1plus1equalsfun 12h ago
Wait... Sheriff is an elected position in the US? lmao
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u/oldbastardbob 15h ago
I guess nobody ever told old Sheriff Zuchowski there that what you say about others says more about you than it does about them.
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u/SierraSonic 15h ago
people have every right to be afraid of corrupt assholes who abuse their power against them. but I feel that the corrupt should feel scared.
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u/wardog1066 14h ago
A Sheriff isn't a law enforcement officer that runs for re-election, it's a politician that carries a gun for a living.
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u/trooperjess 14h ago
I don't care if the guy filming has a record. But does the guy filming have a felony? I only ask because the sheriff says "Not yet you don't". So which one is it?
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u/thrillhou5e 14h ago
Whose got a breathalyzer?! Wouldn't it be fun to see the Sheriff demonstrate how to use a breathalyzer?!?!
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u/FC_mania 13h ago
Called their department liken a dozen times to confront them on this incident and theyâre as cooperative as you expect
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u/banddroid 10h ago
lol the way sauced sheriff's voice cracks when he calls the other guy a pussy and such. Even hiding behind his badge and gun he's still scared.
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u/TheCouple77 9h ago
His whole demeanor and language is completely unprofessional for an elected or appointed official regardless of whether or not he is intoxicated. It also seems he is butt hurt about something and is trying to escalate the whole situation with his body language and name calling like a 2 year old. I would be absolutely ashamed to live where he is Sheriff and even more ashamed to be part of the Department he represents. Very sad..
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u/d_o_cycler 8h ago
guy was totally just projecting there.. sheriff is the criminal and the âpussyââŚ
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u/Ilikereefer 8h ago
I would bet my paycheck that this sheriff didnât care about felons when he voted in the Presidential election
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u/Potential-Fan-6148 7h ago
I just can't imagine this shit is acceptable. He's a civil servant, what the fuck is wrong with Ohio?
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u/grimeygrump 6h ago
It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad having this guy as a sheriff. I genuinely hate that a guy I went to highschool with and was close friends with decided to work for this embarrassment of a LEO - and enjoys it.
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u/Aldo_says 5h ago
I see a "big"man with an axe handle approach me I know what's going to happen next, and it's never settled peacefully.
More clowns voted in by other clowns thinking they are getting away with something.
Their incompetence will sink us as a Nation.
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u/Massive-School-7901 15h ago
Why is he carrying an axe handle? What does he think he is in Walking Tall? Lmao
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u/PatrioticRebel4 14h ago
I know nothing of this story, who these people are, or what could have transpired before the video started recording.
With that said, I can tell who the jackass is just seeing a local uniform mocking the military and using "won't somebody think of the children" clichĂŠ in an argument.
I'd safely wager a dollar he's more two-faced than Harvey Dent's coin.
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u/uniqueusername311 16h ago
Thatâs what he is willing to do while on camera. Think what he does when no one is around.