Former APD officer thought Lyft driver was in ‘gay fraternity,’ tried to kidnap him before shooting

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  • čas přidán 15. 05. 2024
  • Police say the former Atlanta police officer who admitted to shooting and killing his Lyft driver thought the man was a member of a “gay fraternity” and was trying to recruit him and kidnap him, according to a witness.
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Komentáře • 788

  • @ianbattles7290
    @ianbattles7290 Před 16 dny +492

    The fact that this cop wasn't fired *after crashing his car while high on drugs* says everything I need to know about this department & its leadership.

    • @elijahpiere5324
      @elijahpiere5324 Před 14 dny +17

      I mean, it’s Atlanta

    • @JGARCIA2012FULL
      @JGARCIA2012FULL Před 13 dny +8

      This guy was flying so over the cuckoo's nest that it was fired and not promoted by his blatant drug use!! Shocking, I know!!

    • @crptnite
      @crptnite Před 13 dny +3

      Amen.

    • @NeoAutodroid
      @NeoAutodroid Před 13 dny +18

      Stories like this really do highlight the gross incompetencies of some of our agencies

    • @MrColdwilliam
      @MrColdwilliam Před 13 dny +5

      Look up 'Officer Sean Sullivan Oregon' - it gets real bad.

  • @rockhaven4435
    @rockhaven4435 Před 11 dny +104

    Someone needs to tell him... prison is going to feel a lot like a "gay fraternity".

  • @ScallopHolden
    @ScallopHolden Před 20 dny +786

    He freaked out when he found himself attracted to the driver

    • @neverforget5350
      @neverforget5350 Před 20 dny

      So a gay killed s gay? That's not news. You must say it was a straight man full of rage.

    • @angeladavis2010
      @angeladavis2010 Před 19 dny +28

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @krisaaron8180
      @krisaaron8180 Před 18 dny +71

      It's called "gay panic".

    • @cowboydelnorte3078
      @cowboydelnorte3078 Před 18 dny +34

      Just ride in the back with your headphones 🤷‍♂️

    • @ShanteeSmith
      @ShanteeSmith Před 18 dny +29

      ​@cowboydelnorte3078 Fr tho ! People are getting weirder 🙄

  • @patricktrimble7954
    @patricktrimble7954 Před 20 dny +572

    That headline gets weirder with each word.

  • @kevinraymcgaugh7164
    @kevinraymcgaugh7164 Před 20 dny +531

    Even if the Driver was Gay he didn’t have the right to do that to him

  • @LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD
    @LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD Před 20 dny +432

    *well he definitely goin to a Gaye fraternity now that's fo' 'sho!*

  • @pasques
    @pasques Před 20 dny +174

    There was the woman who shot the driver because she thought he was kidnapping her to take to Mexico. Now, this guy thinks he was being kidnapped for gay people???? 😂 America is fked.

  • @void________
    @void________ Před 20 dny +281

    He probably tried to take the Lyft driver home and when the driver declined he had to get rid of him bc he didn't want it to get out. So, he flipped the tables with this story.

  • @7Train_latortuga
    @7Train_latortuga Před 20 dny +338

    That fool was fighting his temptations 😅

  • @sweetjanejonez
    @sweetjanejonez Před 20 dny +355

    So many questions...this dude is a psychopath. This is very alarming to know he was a cop at any point.

    • @claire5399
      @claire5399 Před 20 dny +19

      Not very unusual

    • @user-cj3qm9uo5f
      @user-cj3qm9uo5f Před 20 dny +16

      That shouldn't be alarming

    • @YAZZYUTUBE
      @YAZZYUTUBE Před 16 dny +22

      That's the type of people police departments hire. Liars, psychopaths, thieves... I could go on and on but I'm tired of typing😅

    • @undertow2142
      @undertow2142 Před 16 dny

      Funny how psychopaths often get jobs as cops. That “qualified immunity and above the law” is quite the incentive.

    • @nessaboo232
      @nessaboo232 Před 16 dny +7

      Most cops are

  • @hermitbob7304
    @hermitbob7304 Před 20 dny +209

    So to avoid being 'turned Gay' he is going to spend the rest of his life in a men's prison getting passed around like the last joint at Willie's birthday bash.

    • @user-cj3qm9uo5f
      @user-cj3qm9uo5f Před 20 dny +4

      Exactly

    • @IssaPage
      @IssaPage Před 20 dny +10

      Chiiiiii the work of the damn devil. Choose love today y'all. 😊

    • @Esther-lm6pm
      @Esther-lm6pm Před 19 dny +1

      No .he will be in protected custody

    • @joyell821
      @joyell821 Před 15 dny +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @robsemail
      @robsemail Před 14 dny

      @@IssaPage not the devil! STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR PSYCHOPATHS!

  • @metoo6599
    @metoo6599 Před 20 dny +138

    Wtf is "gay fraternity"

  • @I_Love_my_adblock4408
    @I_Love_my_adblock4408 Před 20 dny +142

    🙋🏾‍♂️ He looks zesty in the mugshot. Purrrr

  • @deonsmith6331
    @deonsmith6331 Před 19 dny +53

    That sounds like a bs story that a police officer will tell. The cop was gay and couldn't find anyone.

    • @1993kennyb
      @1993kennyb Před 10 dny

      No, one of the guys they interviewed is actually gay. He done gay porn .

    • @1993kennyb
      @1993kennyb Před 10 dny

      No bc the people they interviewed actually done gay porn. They pick up “straight men “ and trick them. It’s called “thug bait”. One of them is using a different name. But …

  • @debraphillips1310
    @debraphillips1310 Před 20 dny +79

    The driver didn't have to die RIP young man.

  • @Just-yl5fo
    @Just-yl5fo Před 17 dny +45

    It looks like the former APD officer secretly wanted to be gay with the lyft driver

  • @WilliamsPinch
    @WilliamsPinch Před 20 dny +118

    Anyone can get a badge.

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Před 20 dny +2

      Not if they just cry on youtube

    • @montinaw1358
      @montinaw1358 Před 18 dny +3

      Exactly I thought they made them do a physiological testing apart of there training before graduating out of the academy?

    • @God7OD
      @God7OD Před 15 dny

      Not me I'm banned for life

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Před 15 dny +1

      @@montinaw1358 Maybe instead of crying you should take the job

    • @montinaw1358
      @montinaw1358 Před 15 dny +4

      @@silentmajority8365 you on drugs too?🤣 wth you talking about 🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @shaqwynn3326
    @shaqwynn3326 Před 20 dny +172

    This guy kinda looks like Columbus Short😂😂😂😂

  • @fredm.2699
    @fredm.2699 Před 20 dny +33

    Dude is running side missions in his head as Diddy’s favorite boy

  • @automatic_systematic
    @automatic_systematic Před 20 dny +60

    Now THAT'S what you call homophobia. In this case it's not an overused exaggerated catchphrase. The word is accurate here

    • @anthonymorris4211
      @anthonymorris4211 Před 17 dny +6

      Hypervigilant homophobia

    • @dmcr9525
      @dmcr9525 Před 15 dny

      Yep! and 98% of homophobes are homo..... And I will take that to the bank.

    • @joyell821
      @joyell821 Před 15 dny +1

      Exactly

    • @hvyarms4496
      @hvyarms4496 Před 12 dny +1

      The black community is taking longer than others to progress

  • @AGCreationsflorida
    @AGCreationsflorida Před 20 dny +36

    Imagine what hes saying is what he did and when the driver didn't bite, he killed him so his secret didnt get out.

  • @meatwrd
    @meatwrd Před 20 dny +104

    A registered Lyft driver is going to kidnap you ? Yeah okay

    • @Jahdayhartage
      @Jahdayhartage Před 20 dny +14

      Uber drivers do it

    • @len452000
      @len452000 Před 20 dny +12

      @@Jahdayhartage…. Facts!

    • @naimahyara
      @naimahyara Před 20 dny +15

      It’s happened numerous times. Uber and Lyft drivers have done worse.

    • @spookylopez9682
      @spookylopez9682 Před 20 dny +8

      You’d be surprised how easy it is to join Uber & Lyft. They hire damn near anyone!

    • @GlobalTrader9
      @GlobalTrader9 Před 20 dny +3

      ​@spookylopez9682 no, they don't.

  • @righteousbyfaithinChrist
    @righteousbyfaithinChrist Před 20 dny +45

    What a bunch of bs is that?

  • @-Super_Dario-
    @-Super_Dario- Před 18 dny +19

    This is why evaluation is needed when hiring for authority. How was he ever a put on as a police officer???

  • @kathywarner8198
    @kathywarner8198 Před 20 dny +22

    Something is off about this whole story...

    • @RichardBarnett-hs1qy
      @RichardBarnett-hs1qy Před 14 dny

      Well then, tell us what it is.

    • @tell_em1522
      @tell_em1522 Před 12 dny

      Naw, I think there may be some truth to this- the guy Thomas Ballester was in a Thugbait video (gay porn) and you know what they say, “birds of a feather, flock together.” Google: baller part 3 thugbait. You’ll see for yourself.

    • @p.a.marlow9348
      @p.a.marlow9348 Před 2 dny

      @@RichardBarnett-hs1qy We don't know. That's the problem. How did this officer even come up with the idea that the Lyft driver was in a gay fraternity?

  • @greggreg2263
    @greggreg2263 Před 16 dny +18

    I wonder how he’s gonna cope with having a gay cellmate that is much bigger than him😂

    • @Gee-xb7rt
      @Gee-xb7rt Před 6 dny

      the dominant one in prison relationships isn't gay.

  • @AlldatJazz-rw9wy
    @AlldatJazz-rw9wy Před 20 dny +22

    Booooyyy, they'll make up anything if they think it will get off of murder rap. That's truly how these cops think. He did that from training, and like muscle memory just kicked in. Pathetic....

  • @culturechatt
    @culturechatt Před 20 dny +27

    Wtf Atlanta is wild

  • @kJ-qn9ld
    @kJ-qn9ld Před 19 dny +10

    The cop looks like he's in a "gay fraternity"

  • @RabbitWatchShop
    @RabbitWatchShop Před 20 dny +37

    Usual suspect: a cop

  • @user-cj3qm9uo5f
    @user-cj3qm9uo5f Před 20 dny +13

    What If the driver wasnt even gay?

  • @jennapitts8373
    @jennapitts8373 Před 20 dny +15

    He is nuts

    • @tell_em1522
      @tell_em1522 Před 12 dny

      No he’s not. I think there may be some truth to this- the guy Thomas Ballester was in a Thugbait video (gay porn) and you know what they say, “birds of a feather, flock together.” Google: baller part 3 thugbait. You’ll see for yourself.

  • @tphimactownplayaz2758
    @tphimactownplayaz2758 Před 20 dny +68

    So he was actually going to a Diddy Party in his mind huh🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @RalphSmith-cj5he
      @RalphSmith-cj5he Před 20 dny

      He was having a Hard 🌭Time...🙄

    • @darkmanxxx8810
      @darkmanxxx8810 Před 20 dny +3

      Dat fool was probably high on drugs and was bugging out in that car... this is why I can't be a stranger cab.... you never kno whats on ppl mind or what drugs they are using

    • @TreyIM22
      @TreyIM22 Před 19 dny +1

      No Diddy 😆😂🤣🤣🤣

    • @zelbongrimmage3770
      @zelbongrimmage3770 Před 19 dny

      😂😂😂

    • @tphimactownplayaz2758
      @tphimactownplayaz2758 Před 5 dny +1

      @@TreyIM22 🤣

  • @randyross5630
    @randyross5630 Před 20 dny +27

    So the Driver was Probably Talking about his Wrestling Stuff, and the Guy Translated that as a Gay Fraternity, and than Translated that as he was Going to Be Kidnapped and Forced to Do Things... Ain't That Something, being Offed over the Delusions of a Mad Man...

    • @Percival_assmackey
      @Percival_assmackey Před 18 dny +9

      Nah ain’t no grown, mentally stable man thinking this way. Most likely he’s the one who was secretly gay & wanted the driver & got rejected. He had to kill him to silence him & put his own narrative on the story

    • @teamridgeback
      @teamridgeback Před 10 dny

      I think he was talking about your Dad and you know he just had too much to drink.

  • @zcvxs
    @zcvxs Před 14 dny +5

    Not worth working as a driver these days

  • @zacharyshults3802
    @zacharyshults3802 Před 20 dny +18

    He’s gonna have to spend about 10 years in prison for this one. He is screwed.

    • @freddy8479
      @freddy8479 Před 20 dny +3

      LITERALLY WITH THE HELP FROM BUBBA,TINY, AND PEACHES!!!!! 😂

    • @ReneLuis-ge7df
      @ReneLuis-ge7df Před 20 dny +1

      10 years for murder is not screwed

    • @mnwm9300
      @mnwm9300 Před 20 dny +8

      10 years..more like life.

    • @ReneLuis-ge7df
      @ReneLuis-ge7df Před 20 dny

      @@mnwm9300 white man just got 20 for first degree murder...but yeah definitely agree life since he is black

    • @zacharyshults3802
      @zacharyshults3802 Před 19 dny

      @@ReneLuis-ge7df No its not screwed completely but there is a chance he gets murdered in prison and then he’s really screwed

  • @brotherlogicrmf2199
    @brotherlogicrmf2199 Před 20 dny +28

    There's Sus fraternities in Atlanta?

    • @Anuscringe8814
      @Anuscringe8814 Před 20 dny

      You have much to learn…

    • @Eddy12383
      @Eddy12383 Před 20 dny +34

      The whole city

    • @boequicaprothotii4045
      @boequicaprothotii4045 Před 20 dny +2

      Duhha, there's DL (gay) crips, bloods, married men with multiple children, you name it. Atlanta is full of these so-called str8 men. how I know? my youngest brother is gay and he shows me receipts

    • @360conscience
      @360conscience Před 20 dny

      Is a pigs left butt cheek pork? No diddy.

    • @demetriuspowell29
      @demetriuspowell29 Před 20 dny +8

      The only people who would know are those who engage in that lifestyle

  • @kshay89
    @kshay89 Před 17 dny +4

    I really hope someone figures out who the first cop was that responded to his other accident an hour before. Because how was he not already arrested if he was that impaired?

  • @ohiosbestpeach770
    @ohiosbestpeach770 Před 14 dny +3

    It’s a terrible thing when you find yourself on the other side of someone else’s mental breakdown. Especially when that person is a murderer in his heart.

  • @DG-kq6gc
    @DG-kq6gc Před 20 dny +10

    Hopefully he had a camera in the vehicle to prove this "cop" is lying..smh. One day you're here & the next, you're gone. Smh

  • @LexiSanat
    @LexiSanat Před 18 dny +4

    Schizophrenia much?

  • @acomedybyec1437
    @acomedybyec1437 Před 19 dny +14

    I pray he comes out of prison gayer than when he went in. What do you call a gay fraternity ?

  • @cicioneandonly478
    @cicioneandonly478 Před 20 dny +4

    How do you even hire someone like this to police others? They should have been known he wasnt ever mentally capable to handle such as task.

  • @AlanBurr-nu5tm
    @AlanBurr-nu5tm Před 20 dny +18

    Blk masons love going to the purple room . Usually takes a few weeks to recover

  • @BourneSupremacy1906
    @BourneSupremacy1906 Před 15 dny +4

    Atlanta is “Gay-nsters Paradise”. 🕺

  • @It_Puts_The_Lotion_On_Its_Skin

    Anyone who finds this alarming hasn’t been paying attention.

  • @bakarikentrell527
    @bakarikentrell527 Před 20 dny +11

    The irony being that NOW he is about to unwillingly join an ACtuAL GAY FRATERNITY (prison) and not HAVE a CHOICE whether he wants to be toyed with or not. Lol.... critical thinking skills 0.

  • @RoyalAlkebulan
    @RoyalAlkebulan Před 12 dny +2

    there’s no such thing as a gay fraternity

  • @nicford548
    @nicford548 Před 14 dny +3

    Why is being gay a crime?!? WTF is going on the USA?!?

  • @TheTrill334
    @TheTrill334 Před 20 dny +5

    He has to be kn serious drugs . None of this story makes any sense.

  • @kharris0465
    @kharris0465 Před 18 dny +2

    You can believe what you want. Your reality can contradict the truth if that makes you happy. Try leaving people alone. That is the challenge.

  • @IamSNOWyte
    @IamSNOWyte Před 20 dny +12

    Atlanta 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @DarthVader1977
    @DarthVader1977 Před 20 dny +4

    I'm noticing a pattern....

  • @MisterRay-iw1zb
    @MisterRay-iw1zb Před 20 dny +6

    Never drive on Xanax

  • @JiffydaRhino
    @JiffydaRhino Před 19 dny +3

    Bro had to be cracked out

  • @thomasharris5151
    @thomasharris5151 Před 13 dny +2

    Wow minor thought he was in Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity?!🎉😂

  • @trainerdeleon
    @trainerdeleon Před 13 dny +2

    How was he not removed from the police force with this type of history?!

  • @stvnsn
    @stvnsn Před 11 dny +1

    the zesty sassiness of his mugshot suggests the “frat recruiter” was on to something…

  • @writerconsidered
    @writerconsidered Před 12 dny +2

    Sounds like his gay fantasy went unfulfilled so he turned on the driver.

  • @diorjeter1156
    @diorjeter1156 Před 20 dny +16

    Note to self: don’t be the one that lights up the room. Noted 📝

    • @tltinatl
      @tltinatl Před 12 dny +1

      Also, don't ever try to "turn your life around." You're sure to end up dead within a month.

  • @pgaven9396
    @pgaven9396 Před 18 dny +5

    The cops nickname is Darius Butker...they call him hootiehole and the buttfish.😂

  • @roboticusroboticus7912
    @roboticusroboticus7912 Před 16 dny +4

    Looks like the cop is in the gay one made a move on the driver driver did not accept his gay move so he shot him. Because the gay cop is still in the closet.

  • @Mon18896
    @Mon18896 Před 19 dny +3

    I thought that was the Stomp the yard guy for a minute

  • @YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND
    @YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND Před 15 dny +1

    Let's see what he does when he sees those types of guys in prison...

  • @alonzoruffin7358
    @alonzoruffin7358 Před 14 dny +2

    Don't do drugs, kids.

  • @patriciaprendergast5166
    @patriciaprendergast5166 Před 20 dny +2

    Well here comes your recruitment...free of cost!!! You dirty cop!

  • @DRACOFURY
    @DRACOFURY Před 18 dny +3

    Look like he was into that kinda stuff... He is from Atlanta

  • @yeper8686
    @yeper8686 Před 14 dny +1

    It does not even make sense...

  • @tonioteach84
    @tonioteach84 Před 4 dny +1

    What in the actual hell...🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @sushibites
    @sushibites Před 17 dny +1

    Wait until Netflix releases a movie on this

  • @StingLikePepperPepper
    @StingLikePepperPepper Před 20 dny +6

    Gross

  • @luvenchantra
    @luvenchantra Před 2 dny +1

    ATL people is becoming like FL.people .completely unhinged

  • @jakefarmstate6730
    @jakefarmstate6730 Před 11 dny

    Every Lyft passenger has a 5 star rating.

  • @Kamone111
    @Kamone111 Před 12 dny +2

    Say what now???!

  • @BeckyG-ip2ns
    @BeckyG-ip2ns Před 20 dny +3

    Jesus Christ. WTF is going on.

  • @Thatdeal79
    @Thatdeal79 Před 14 dny +1

    What kind of paranoid way of thinking even causes this kind of thought to get into someone’s head? Dude must have been highly AF on drugs & went down an Internet rabbit hole with a bizarre conspiracy theory before he stepped foot in that lift.

  • @dennisthomas6782
    @dennisthomas6782 Před 5 dny

    WTF is happening ? Crazy people running around killing innocent people for absolutely no reason other than some sick disgusting crazy BS .... This guy needs to be in prison for the rest of his life .

  • @edatt.7264
    @edatt.7264 Před 8 dny

    High as a Kite, what a disgrace. RIP to the Lyft driver.

  • @preciousj6931
    @preciousj6931 Před 8 dny

    From one fictional fraternity to a REAL FRATERNITY. RIP Driver!

  • @AP90x
    @AP90x Před 14 dny +2

    Bro look like discount yeezy

  • @MrBubba311
    @MrBubba311 Před 4 dny

    The person that gives psych evals to cops in that department should be fired and fined for incompetency.

  • @rumpelstiltskn5574
    @rumpelstiltskn5574 Před 20 dny +4

    ...wtf

  • @JapanSpr94
    @JapanSpr94 Před 20 dny

    Horrible. Prayers to the surviving family. 🙏🏿

  • @bryanwhiteeagle5983
    @bryanwhiteeagle5983 Před 4 dny

    He was hoping he was from a gay fraternity and got mad when the driver said; no just a lift bro.

  • @MelvinNesbittJr
    @MelvinNesbittJr Před 15 dny

    Uber and Lyft driving is incredibly dangerous and I hope I never have to do it. Regularly having strangers in your car, not knowing if they are violent or have a weapon, is such a vulnerable scenario. I’m guessing these companies take no responsibility for the safety of their drivers since they seem to be passing all the costs of doing business onto them.

  • @JustinJenseninCurrentEvents

    What an embarrassment to man-kind.

  • @loisprew8820
    @loisprew8820 Před 17 dny +5

    Ummm… how any black person can do this when there’s a history of things like this against black people is beyond hypocrisy.

    • @VendieSolde
      @VendieSolde Před 15 dny

      How are you struggling to understand brutality of black people when your people have been doing it for decades? Racist.

  • @atlsongbyrd6084
    @atlsongbyrd6084 Před 13 dny

    How did this man ever become an officer?!

  • @seeingimages
    @seeingimages Před 2 dny

    Yikes! APD needs to do better background checks before hiring. 🤦‍♂️🙄

  • @TimBezos-wn4cj
    @TimBezos-wn4cj Před 14 dny +1

    Xanax was all I had to hear lmao

  • @brentfu1119
    @brentfu1119 Před dnem

    The only job where you can resign to avoid jail time.

  • @ScarletAdhesive
    @ScarletAdhesive Před dnem

    Here's yoyr sign. Put it on your forehead. It reads, "Help me, I want to go to the big house with Bubba!"

  • @mrparts
    @mrparts Před 12 dny

    His lawyer is going to argue it was in self defense.

  • @user-hu3ze4yw4q
    @user-hu3ze4yw4q Před 9 dny

    Every driver should have cameras.

  • @sonofatlas1372
    @sonofatlas1372 Před 12 dny +1

    They gonna go crazy on his butt cheek meat in prison fraternity 😭

  • @WrvrUgoThrUR
    @WrvrUgoThrUR Před 12 dny +1

    How to know if your sexuality is fragile or in self-questioning mode.

  • @Jus4fun-mg5xg
    @Jus4fun-mg5xg Před 20 dny +1

    Bro what? 😂

  • @NewGoalsNewDreams
    @NewGoalsNewDreams Před 20 dny +1

    He looks like Oldish Gambino

  • @bsp5689
    @bsp5689 Před 14 dny +1

    Dude looks like Columbus Short

  • @dgaoyamaat
    @dgaoyamaat Před 16 dny +1

    1:24 he looks rough and like he's wrestling with mental health issues.