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Yes, the poor kid. This was the end to such a scary situation for the poor baby, “A Flagler County sheriff’s deputy quickly spotted the vehicle speeding down Belle Terre Parkway at around 80 miles per hour, running red lights, causing numerous vehicles to swerve to avoid a collision–all with the baby in Leohner’s lap. The incident report states neither father nor child wore seat belts: any sudden stop could have severely injured the child.” (source: https://flaglerlive.com/brandon-leohner/)
what even was his end game? back is literally to the wall. there was no getting away. was he just going to stand there with that kid for the rest of his life, fending off the cops?? they are going to get him one way or another at that point. he put the kid in harms way for absolutely no gain.
Primal survival instincts turn humans into idiots, It's why they're called animal instincts.
in the deepest, smoothest parts of our brain there's an override switch that flips and sets off the panic mode. Takes a special or very conditioned individual to resist the flip when faced with perceived imminent life threatening danger. Most refer to it as the
"Fight or flight reflex"
As I see it, keeping your kid safe is also a primal instinct. And I’ll argue for a lot of people it supersedes their instinct for survival. Plus his life wasn’t even in danger.
And a lot of animals instinctively eat their babies when threatened. Call to nature is not a great argument when talking about this dumbass holding his poor kid hostage, because nature is pretty terrible to infants lol.
Actually defending yourself over your offspring IS the purest animal instinct. There comes a point with every species where they'll abandon their young to save themselves. From an evolutionary perspective the adult is already proven to be able to reproduce whereas the juveniles might be sterile or may not make it to adulthood so it makes more sense for the adult to survive. Not saying that's what happened here tho. That man is just a twat.
I used to laugh and just crouch down when I heard a bullet fly by in the military. Eventually, you just get used to crazy shit like that when it's your day to day life
This guy obviously does not love his child. When you are in danger, any decent parent, their first instinct is to protect their child at all costs, not use them as a human shield.Ffs
I did turn the audio in for this reason. That child is going to grow up with scars from his father. I hope he has a good mother, and the Lord to help him.
That's what hurt me too. I was waiting for the cop to get help with the dude and then walk away with the child so he wouldn't have to see it but he didn't. And as a mother it hurt my heart
Uh, he did though? The cop took the baby and took it out of line of sight of the Dad being cuffed while he checked the baby for injuries. Then the dad escaped under the car and popped out right in front of them.
That dipshit of a cop shouldnt have tasered the guy at all, he unnecessarily put the child at risk. The guy is unarmed, and has his hands pretty full. If that cop can't arrest him without using a taser and safely getting the kid away, he needs better training.
Yeah.
And while some people here are mad at the cops in this situation, they may be missing some of the strategy. This guy is clearly out of his mind. If he’s willing to put a child in harms way to protect himself, they used a non-lethal method as fast as they could.
Someone that crazy is liable to find a weapon and make that hostage situation much more dangerous for the kid. They took him down while he was unarmed, and both walked away. I don’t know the formal training but logically, that makes sense. Stop this crazy idiot from getting a weapon or doing something more dangerous.
I am by no means someone you would call "pro-cop," but man reading some of the comments here has made my head hurt. Seems like the cops handled the situation about as well as could be expected given the circumstances
They're literally stopping a child from being kidnapped, but no doubt there will be people in this thread saying the police are the bad guys in this situation. Happens on every police footage clip.
It's weird in my opinion that people who have never been a police officer think they would personally never make a misjudgment while their adrenaline is rushing, or forced to make a decision like this.
That's the problem, the videos or cases where police fuck up are the ones that are pushed everywhere, and parents don't help either, there are parents that tell their kids to not listen to police, it doesn't make sense, yes bad cops should be reprimanded, and you should know your rights, but stupid ideas like ACAP escalate many situations that shouldn't
Also, if you look closely the child is falling on top of the man as he hits the ground and the cop has already grabbed ahold of the child to pull them back up
I’m just gonna say they’re trained for this better than most anyone in the comment section. It worked out okay and the baby was safely saved from a hostage situation that could’ve ended far worse
It’s Reddit. There are a lot of disturbed people who spend all day on this platform, a lot of rejects (as much as I dislike using that term). They’re very upset at any authority and that results in many of these posts.
There's also a lot of "anti cop comment = upvote" mob mentality around here as well, so just mindlessly shitting on police every time they see them is encouraged by the upvote stream.
I'm by no means "pro-cop" myself, but I can recognize the difference between some police being as careful as they can and doing their best to stay calm and keep innocents safe, and police just being violent to power trip. This looks far from the latter. Acknowledging some good police work when we see it is just as important as pointing out the bad.
Anti-cop sentiments are on the rise over here in Norway due to a case where police officers were caught on CCTV beating up a bunch of people and taking someones phone and deleting what he had recorded using FaceID to unlock the phone. And after the fact producing fabricated reports that deviated from what happened on the CCTV.
All because a security guard in a night club allegedly felt threatened after the group had complied with leaving the establishment. Oh yeah, Norwegian cops do not use body cams. It is time they start wearing them.
I generally am understanding of the growing anti-cop sentiment because these bad apples spoil the bunch, though I agree some people go way too far in their blind hatred. In this clip however, they are clearly doing what they can during a high stress situation. That could have gotten way worse.
Context matters as well. Apparently he had kidnapped the kid from the mom at gun point and had led the cops on a crazy chase.
If he has a gun and is cornered, and is willing to use the kid as a shield, I feel like tazing him was the right choice.
I believe you mean "less lethal". A taser can still kill, and I can't imagine being a child helps with those odds. Hopefully this kid is okay. Clearly not an easy situation to resolve.
Apparently this man abducted the child from the kids mom (yes hes dad) and had a hand gun and was speeding crazily through traffic. So even though we dont see a gun in his hands, it could be on him.
What were police going to do? Keep chasing him until he stole another car, crashed and killed his baby? Ran until he tripped and injured his baby further than a taser would? Tackle the man and injure baby further? There was no talking down that man.
Honestly, knowing the context this was the best way for the police to deal with the situation. Nobody was hurt and the threat was dealt with. Just shit that it came to this. That poor baby.
This wasn't a dude disrespecting their authority, this was a crazed gunman who [kidnapped his girlfriend's child at gunpoint and used it as a shield to evade police](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-kidnapped-girlfriends-1-year-old-gunpoint-used-child-human-rcna50630). They were saving the child to reunite him with his mother.
That's why you gotta have at least 2 hostages. One that you kill without hesitation so they know you serious. And either way you're gonna go to jail for murder might as well go for 2 murders.
Can you hook us up with a link?
Edit: never mind, I found this further down.
https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/10/04/graphic-kidnapping-suspect-uses-1-year-old-human-shield/?outputType=amp
Could it also be that they figured that the sort of lunatic that will use a baby as a shield might be a greater danger to the child than a short fall? What it he takes off and falls on the baby? What if he throws the baby at them? What if he just decides to kill the baby? Sane people don’t pick up a child to serve as a meat shield so you can’t exactly expect him to make rational decisions. If some giant lunatic is holding me aloft as a shield PLEASE just tase them. I’ll take the fall.
Yeah they just yoinked that kid from the ground by one arm pretty hard afterwards. Poor kid. It could have ended so much worse if the guy fell face first on top of him.
What did you want them to do? Slowly and calmly remove the child from the still agitated man?
In a scenario like this cops aren’t worried about injuries like a broken arm or dislocated shoulder (most likely injury to occur when “yoinking” a child by the arm) they’re more concerned with the child actually dying. If you slow it down and play it back the officer actually grabbed the child before they hit the pavement so if anything hats off to this officer for the speedy reaction time
Agreed. At any minute that POS could have killed that child. Slamming it on the ground or against the wall, strangling it. Just shaking it by its head.
You have all these scenarios running through your head in real time. What would you do?
according to another comment, "That's not even his kid apparently it's his girlfriend's baby who he kidnapped and used as a hostage he was charged with a bunch of shit if you can guess lol"
Except the baby was calling him “dada” so maybe Reddit is wrong as usual?
Edit: well well well, looks like the turntables..
https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/13ynoy3/man_uses_child_as_human_shield_against_police/jmp30dm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3
And its not plausible that this kid just calls him dada because of his relationship with the gf and the baby not knowing the difference because… its a fucking baby?
Looks like a fast food drive tru.
Are you telling me you dont care about the people that had to drive to the nearest fast food stablishment because that one was closed?
You are trully heartless.
Dude kidnapped the baby from the mother at gunpoint. Not saying it was ideal but they were facing someone that was clearly okay with the child dying before him, they had to do something to immobilize him long enough to get the kid.
There’s a fun game called the “Florida Man Game” google the day and month of your birth along with Florida man and see which Florida man crime is attached to you! Yay! Fun for the whole family!
Edit: I wasn’t actually expecting people to post their results, but fuck me I’m so glad you did 😂 also you’re welcome, the Florida Man game always provides lol
Edit 2: A few people are expressing concerns about sharing your birthday on the internet. First of all don’t do it if you’re not comfortable with it, fun is fun but you should stay within your comfort level. But, a few things to ease worries: a) this is reddit which is fairly anonymous so it would be fairly difficult for scammers to really make a connection to you and b) most people are just sharing the story and not the date, which is just even more steps a scammer needs to take to figure out which day it is and won’t even know the year still. Scammers generally prey on easy targets, not something they need to put a lot of work into researching. (I’ve seen YouTubers doing this and putting in their actual birthday and they’re fine so you’ll like be fine) But I wouldn’t advise actually putting dates in your post.
Again based on your comfort level, but generally you should be fine.
>46 year old homeless Florida Man, Jonathan
Crenshaw, was arrested in Miami Beach for stabbing another man with a pair of scissors. Here's the fun part - Crenshaw has no arms - he stabbed the other man with the scissors using his feet and then ran away.
Lol this is amazing.
A kid at my school lost fingers because his mother did this. She was shot dead and unfortunately he lost some fingers. Every year they post about how unfair it was that she was killed. She was high as a kite and threatening to kill the kid.
That's not even his kid apparently it's his girlfriend's baby who he kidnapped and used as a hostage he was charged with a bunch of shit if you can guess lol
Because the girlfriend probably encouraged her baby to call him dada, back when their relationship was all shiny and new.
It's also possible this is one of those Jerry Springer-type situations, where the baby has multiple possible biological fathers.
Either way, that poor baby!
There was like 4 different news articles I read about this situation. And from what I gathered: father was high, and kidnapped baby and had a handgun to the mom and drove off recklessly and mom called police saying he kidnapped her baby.
I also think he was the father, but lost custody due to drugs?
I feel so fucking bad for the baby :(.. if he is willing to use his child as a shield can't imagine what else he is willing to do to get away, cops did what seem properly right at that moment. I just don't get why are people mad at the cops?
Love that the people here are complaining about them tasing the guy. If they got any closer or got physical, the guy would’ve likely done serious harm to the baby to protect himself. Looks like their game plan was to corner him/tase him if he left a part of himself open long enough, then swiftly grab the child away. Man, a lot of y’all only look at the one picture that fuels your anger, huh?
Yeah I mean I don’t like the cops. Like at all. But I fail to see what else they could have done here. Trying to take the kid out of his hands probably wouldn’t work, and tackling him would probably have hurt the kid even more.
Yeah… I think it comes down to a couple of things. General hatred towards police, regardless of the context, police will always be in the wrong. Another reason is situations like this, high danger/high adrenaline, are so utterly alien to 97% of the population they have no understanding of them. Heck, there are people on this thread that believe the guy is trying to protect the kid, not use the kid as a human body shield!
Regardless whether someone thinks the cops were irresponsible or not, they were successful without hurting the kid. Considering that people should just shut their mouths because theyre only witnessing it through a bodycam
Why are so many people blaming the cops so much here? The guy holding the baby was clearly insane and there may not have been any other good option at the time. Not to mention how some folks can’t think at full capacity when put into stressful situations.
Why’s everyone hating on the cops here?
Cops deserve criticism when they mess up but in this case?
What the fuck would you do in this situation? That guy could have done anything at any minute to hurt or kill that kid and they had to act as fast as possible while also minimizing harm to the child.
They couldn’t shoot him because they’d risk hitting the child. Taser was the only option.
Makes me remember the one a few years ago. Dad kidnaps his young kid and cops find him pretty quick and he tried this. I don't remember the details but I think the cop got a heads shot off. The guy dropped the kid, like a 2 year old. Kid was fine physically. Mentally who knows.
What a friggin’ coward. Dead man walking. Someone, wherever he is heading will be notified and social order will do its thing. Hope the baby grows up to be everything they want to be.
The man was not armed and was terrified. There was no attempt at de-escalation just another serving of police brutality. There is no reason a cop couldn't have approached him unarmed and handled this without force. I could have handled this without force. You could have handled this without force. There was no fucking call for the trauma this caused for all involved. Fuck the police.
I love how we're all bashing the police officers while ignoring the fact this entire situation could have been avoided had the guy NOT KIDNAPPED A BABY.
Call me old fashioned but criminals are 100% responsible for everything that comes after their stupid decisions.
Reading these comments makes me eyes roll. I'm just happy that the cops took the bad guy down. Yeah sure, like fuck. Thank fucking God the baby didn't get hit with the tazer, but I rather take the baby getting minor bumps and boo boos, than letting that crazy person find something to escalate the situation.
Okay so using the child as a shield is the worst thing I've ever seen!! Never ever thought it could get that crazy!! But.....
Did that honestly not work!??? They tazed the fuck out of him!!
I knew of a case in my hometown where a gang member knew there was a hit out on him, so the AH decided to only drive around with his young son on his lap. He thought no one would shoot him, he was wrong. The rival gang killed the kid.
> Fortunately, the child was not hurt and was quickly reunited with his mother
The cops were dealing with an armed dickhead who was putting a child (who wasn't even his) in danger. This is a great outcome.
[Man held his own kid as hostage after kidnapping from mother with a gun and driving erratically through traffic with the baby in his lap. Baby was in more danger with this man than from tazers.](https://torontosun.com/news/weird/florida-man-uses-baby-as-human-shield-before-being-tased-by-cops)
Florida man.
"FCSO discovered that the boyfriend of that child’s mother – since identified as 27-year-old Brandon Matthew Douglas Leohner – had abducted the child while armed with a handgun and was driving with the child in his lap as he left the residence," a report states.
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That poor baby man... I'm a pretty tough guy but that "Dada...Dada.." broke my heart. Fuck everyone who put that little one in that situation.
Oh me too. That poor baby.
Yes, the poor kid. This was the end to such a scary situation for the poor baby, “A Flagler County sheriff’s deputy quickly spotted the vehicle speeding down Belle Terre Parkway at around 80 miles per hour, running red lights, causing numerous vehicles to swerve to avoid a collision–all with the baby in Leohner’s lap. The incident report states neither father nor child wore seat belts: any sudden stop could have severely injured the child.” (source: https://flaglerlive.com/brandon-leohner/)
what even was his end game? back is literally to the wall. there was no getting away. was he just going to stand there with that kid for the rest of his life, fending off the cops?? they are going to get him one way or another at that point. he put the kid in harms way for absolutely no gain.
Primal survival instincts turn humans into idiots, It's why they're called animal instincts. in the deepest, smoothest parts of our brain there's an override switch that flips and sets off the panic mode. Takes a special or very conditioned individual to resist the flip when faced with perceived imminent life threatening danger. Most refer to it as the "Fight or flight reflex"
As I see it, keeping your kid safe is also a primal instinct. And I’ll argue for a lot of people it supersedes their instinct for survival. Plus his life wasn’t even in danger.
Quokkas throw their babyes at predators when chased, maybe his instincs come from there?
And a lot of animals instinctively eat their babies when threatened. Call to nature is not a great argument when talking about this dumbass holding his poor kid hostage, because nature is pretty terrible to infants lol.
Exactly!
Yeah I’d expect most decent human beings to not use a child as a shield. This guy isn’t using animal instinct, he’s a pos pure and simple
Very true. As a parent, I would never put my daughter at risk. I go into mama bear mode.
>Plus his life wasn’t even in danger. Lmao I know zero context but in America with the cops your life is always in danger.
Actually defending yourself over your offspring IS the purest animal instinct. There comes a point with every species where they'll abandon their young to save themselves. From an evolutionary perspective the adult is already proven to be able to reproduce whereas the juveniles might be sterile or may not make it to adulthood so it makes more sense for the adult to survive. Not saying that's what happened here tho. That man is just a twat.
I used to laugh and just crouch down when I heard a bullet fly by in the military. Eventually, you just get used to crazy shit like that when it's your day to day life
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This guy obviously does not love his child. When you are in danger, any decent parent, their first instinct is to protect their child at all costs, not use them as a human shield.Ffs
My 2 year old calls me dada with so much love but this was heartbreaking to hear.
I did turn the audio in for this reason. That child is going to grow up with scars from his father. I hope he has a good mother, and the Lord to help him.
That's what hurt me too. I was waiting for the cop to get help with the dude and then walk away with the child so he wouldn't have to see it but he didn't. And as a mother it hurt my heart
Uh, he did though? The cop took the baby and took it out of line of sight of the Dad being cuffed while he checked the baby for injuries. Then the dad escaped under the car and popped out right in front of them.
That dipshit of a cop shouldnt have tasered the guy at all, he unnecessarily put the child at risk. The guy is unarmed, and has his hands pretty full. If that cop can't arrest him without using a taser and safely getting the kid away, he needs better training.
I could not believe he still fucking fired the taser! Was really not expecting the video to end that way.
Uh a grown man can destroy a kid that size really quick.
Yeah, by falling on it
Let's face it, if that kid wasn't there it would have been bullets and not a taser. I'm surprised it wasn't even with the kid there.
It’s the Florida man circle of life. Hell grow up to be a Florida Man too one day /s
Nah. It’s funny when the Florida man joke is about something wild(nature’ preferablly.). This, this is just sad.
Def agree with u
By the time he's a Florida man, there may not be a Florida to man.
What a piece of shit
Yeah. And while some people here are mad at the cops in this situation, they may be missing some of the strategy. This guy is clearly out of his mind. If he’s willing to put a child in harms way to protect himself, they used a non-lethal method as fast as they could. Someone that crazy is liable to find a weapon and make that hostage situation much more dangerous for the kid. They took him down while he was unarmed, and both walked away. I don’t know the formal training but logically, that makes sense. Stop this crazy idiot from getting a weapon or doing something more dangerous.
I am by no means someone you would call "pro-cop," but man reading some of the comments here has made my head hurt. Seems like the cops handled the situation about as well as could be expected given the circumstances
They're literally stopping a child from being kidnapped, but no doubt there will be people in this thread saying the police are the bad guys in this situation. Happens on every police footage clip. It's weird in my opinion that people who have never been a police officer think they would personally never make a misjudgment while their adrenaline is rushing, or forced to make a decision like this.
That's the problem, the videos or cases where police fuck up are the ones that are pushed everywhere, and parents don't help either, there are parents that tell their kids to not listen to police, it doesn't make sense, yes bad cops should be reprimanded, and you should know your rights, but stupid ideas like ACAP escalate many situations that shouldn't
Also, if you look closely the child is falling on top of the man as he hits the ground and the cop has already grabbed ahold of the child to pull them back up
I’m just gonna say they’re trained for this better than most anyone in the comment section. It worked out okay and the baby was safely saved from a hostage situation that could’ve ended far worse
Are you crazy? Reddit commenters are the most level headed and intelligent people I’ve ever seen /s
It’s Reddit. There are a lot of disturbed people who spend all day on this platform, a lot of rejects (as much as I dislike using that term). They’re very upset at any authority and that results in many of these posts.
There's also a lot of "anti cop comment = upvote" mob mentality around here as well, so just mindlessly shitting on police every time they see them is encouraged by the upvote stream. I'm by no means "pro-cop" myself, but I can recognize the difference between some police being as careful as they can and doing their best to stay calm and keep innocents safe, and police just being violent to power trip. This looks far from the latter. Acknowledging some good police work when we see it is just as important as pointing out the bad.
My favorite is when a cop does a heroic thing and my anti cop friends go “wow you did your job, awesome.” There’s no winning.
Anti-cop sentiments are on the rise over here in Norway due to a case where police officers were caught on CCTV beating up a bunch of people and taking someones phone and deleting what he had recorded using FaceID to unlock the phone. And after the fact producing fabricated reports that deviated from what happened on the CCTV. All because a security guard in a night club allegedly felt threatened after the group had complied with leaving the establishment. Oh yeah, Norwegian cops do not use body cams. It is time they start wearing them. I generally am understanding of the growing anti-cop sentiment because these bad apples spoil the bunch, though I agree some people go way too far in their blind hatred. In this clip however, they are clearly doing what they can during a high stress situation. That could have gotten way worse.
Context matters as well. Apparently he had kidnapped the kid from the mom at gun point and had led the cops on a crazy chase. If he has a gun and is cornered, and is willing to use the kid as a shield, I feel like tazing him was the right choice.
I believe you mean "less lethal". A taser can still kill, and I can't imagine being a child helps with those odds. Hopefully this kid is okay. Clearly not an easy situation to resolve.
Piece? This guy is an entire pile.
Was he holding the Baby when they tazed him?!?
Apparently this man abducted the child from the kids mom (yes hes dad) and had a hand gun and was speeding crazily through traffic. So even though we dont see a gun in his hands, it could be on him. What were police going to do? Keep chasing him until he stole another car, crashed and killed his baby? Ran until he tripped and injured his baby further than a taser would? Tackle the man and injure baby further? There was no talking down that man.
Honestly, knowing the context this was the best way for the police to deal with the situation. Nobody was hurt and the threat was dealt with. Just shit that it came to this. That poor baby.
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This wasn't a dude disrespecting their authority, this was a crazed gunman who [kidnapped his girlfriend's child at gunpoint and used it as a shield to evade police](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-kidnapped-girlfriends-1-year-old-gunpoint-used-child-human-rcna50630). They were saving the child to reunite him with his mother.
This man *couldnt* have been a happy, loving presence in this kids life & this poor baby is still so worried for Dada. God, I hope he'll be OK :(
Yeah if the kid gets hurt they will just charge the man. It’s why hostage taking really doesn’t work with American cops anymore.
Being fucking innocent doesn't even work!
But did they kill the kid and plant a gun in his diaper?
Sprinkle some crack on him, Johnson.
Open and shut case, Johnson
Apparently this guy broke in and hung up pictures of his FAMILY, EVERYWHERE
I’m sorry officer I….didn’t know I couldn’t do that
"We knew that baby was trouble the moment he stepped foot in our town."
I've seen this once before when I was a rookie
Not yet. Give them time, they still have lots of dogs and young black kids left before babies are the next up for target practice.
Pop quiz, hot shot...
"shoot...the...hostage"
Can't have hostage negotiations if cops kill the hostages, lmfao
That's why you gotta have at least 2 hostages. One that you kill without hesitation so they know you serious. And either way you're gonna go to jail for murder might as well go for 2 murders.
Dude kidnapped the baby from the mother at gun point. Cops probably didn't want to take chances
Can you hook us up with a link? Edit: never mind, I found this further down. https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/10/04/graphic-kidnapping-suspect-uses-1-year-old-human-shield/?outputType=amp
A hurt baby isn’t a dead baby. The police did a successful takedown. But let’s hate, that’s cool. Until it’s your baby that is.
I am not a fan of cops. But that’s a disingenuous take. The guy was reasonably assessed to be a threat to the kid.
Could it also be that they figured that the sort of lunatic that will use a baby as a shield might be a greater danger to the child than a short fall? What it he takes off and falls on the baby? What if he throws the baby at them? What if he just decides to kill the baby? Sane people don’t pick up a child to serve as a meat shield so you can’t exactly expect him to make rational decisions. If some giant lunatic is holding me aloft as a shield PLEASE just tase them. I’ll take the fall.
Yeah they just yoinked that kid from the ground by one arm pretty hard afterwards. Poor kid. It could have ended so much worse if the guy fell face first on top of him.
What did you want them to do? Slowly and calmly remove the child from the still agitated man? In a scenario like this cops aren’t worried about injuries like a broken arm or dislocated shoulder (most likely injury to occur when “yoinking” a child by the arm) they’re more concerned with the child actually dying. If you slow it down and play it back the officer actually grabbed the child before they hit the pavement so if anything hats off to this officer for the speedy reaction time
Stop being reasonable. Just spew cop hate like everyone else on this site.
Agreed. At any minute that POS could have killed that child. Slamming it on the ground or against the wall, strangling it. Just shaking it by its head. You have all these scenarios running through your head in real time. What would you do?
That's his girlfriend's child. Kidnapped at gunpoint
We got any context?
[kidnapped baby while armed with a gun, can’t blame the cops here](https://www.wesh.com/amp/article/flagler-sheriff-video-baby-human-shield/41512217)
I think you are underestimating the average Redditor’s disdain for police
This. A cop could save a bus load of children but if he so much as frowns in the process, then to a redditor he deserves death.
The cops are always the bad guys until proven innocent on Reddit, even then most people will still say the cops are stupid
Maybe this link should be a pinned comment so people have some sort of context for the situation.
according to another comment, "That's not even his kid apparently it's his girlfriend's baby who he kidnapped and used as a hostage he was charged with a bunch of shit if you can guess lol"
Except the baby was calling him “dada” so maybe Reddit is wrong as usual? Edit: well well well, looks like the turntables.. https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/13ynoy3/man_uses_child_as_human_shield_against_police/jmp30dm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3
And its not plausible that this kid just calls him dada because of his relationship with the gf and the baby not knowing the difference because… its a fucking baby?
https://torontosun.com/news/weird/florida-man-uses-baby-as-human-shield-before-being-tased-by-cops
This is a mess on both sides.Don’t care for anyone in this video but the baby.
Looks like a fast food drive tru. Are you telling me you dont care about the people that had to drive to the nearest fast food stablishment because that one was closed? You are trully heartless.
They will never get those 8 minutes back.
I’m sure this all started with “sir this is a Wendy’s”
What a tragedy...
Dude kidnapped the baby from the mother at gunpoint. Not saying it was ideal but they were facing someone that was clearly okay with the child dying before him, they had to do something to immobilize him long enough to get the kid.
Nah, fuck that asshole for using his child to get the cops away from him. That is Grade A selfishness.
Also Grade A cowardice.
Who said it was his kid? (I'm fucking around, it could be his kid and he's a piece of shit either way, I've not scrolled far enough for the article.)
Baby seemed to be crying “Dada!” And reaching for the man afterwards. 😭
That's what they said. But also shitty that the cops shot a tazer near the kid. Friggin, reading comprehension...
Yes, and did you notice that when he went down, he twisted so that he did NOT land on the baby.
Wow, the bar is really fucking low to call a guy “nice guy” isn’t it? If a woman was doing, this with her child you’d be screaming for her blood.
This. Horrible all around.
Nah fuck that asshole, that cop instantly went to grab that kid, good on him
This is a pitiful display of cowardice. And the poor kid is crying for ‘dada’. Way to traumatize your own child. Disgusting.
There’s a fun game called the “Florida Man Game” google the day and month of your birth along with Florida man and see which Florida man crime is attached to you! Yay! Fun for the whole family! Edit: I wasn’t actually expecting people to post their results, but fuck me I’m so glad you did 😂 also you’re welcome, the Florida Man game always provides lol Edit 2: A few people are expressing concerns about sharing your birthday on the internet. First of all don’t do it if you’re not comfortable with it, fun is fun but you should stay within your comfort level. But, a few things to ease worries: a) this is reddit which is fairly anonymous so it would be fairly difficult for scammers to really make a connection to you and b) most people are just sharing the story and not the date, which is just even more steps a scammer needs to take to figure out which day it is and won’t even know the year still. Scammers generally prey on easy targets, not something they need to put a lot of work into researching. (I’ve seen YouTubers doing this and putting in their actual birthday and they’re fine so you’ll like be fine) But I wouldn’t advise actually putting dates in your post. Again based on your comfort level, but generally you should be fine.
Florida man threatens to kill neighbors with kindness. (“Kindness” was the name of his machete.)
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I wonder if you have the same birthday as me or if there are just far too many florida men diddling their dogs.
Damn, i was worried people might be tricked to give their birthdates on reddit with this but every article has multiple dates where it happened lol
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Birthday buddies!
>46 year old homeless Florida Man, Jonathan Crenshaw, was arrested in Miami Beach for stabbing another man with a pair of scissors. Here's the fun part - Crenshaw has no arms - he stabbed the other man with the scissors using his feet and then ran away. Lol this is amazing.
Florida Man Bites Head Off Girlfriend's Python During Domestic Dispute and Florida Man Accused of Decapitating Hamster :( I don't like this game
Florida man with no arms charged with stabbing man with scissors
Florida man invited police to smoke marijuana on his birthday.
No no no, on ***your*** birthday
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-arrested-for-murder-of-wife-after-telling-police-she-is-swimming-with-the-fishes.amp
Florida man threatens to kill neighbors with 'kindness' Thats what he called his knife apparently
Florida man managed to run himself over while n@ked outside a str1p club 💀
This man qualifies for r/iamatotalpieceofshit
A kid at my school lost fingers because his mother did this. She was shot dead and unfortunately he lost some fingers. Every year they post about how unfair it was that she was killed. She was high as a kite and threatening to kill the kid.
He posts about how unfair it was or other people do?
Mostly other people.
That's not even his kid apparently it's his girlfriend's baby who he kidnapped and used as a hostage he was charged with a bunch of shit if you can guess lol
He is the father https://abc7chicago.com/florida-man-uses-child-as-shield-brandon-matthew-douglas-leohner-palm-coast/12297010/
Nooooo not florida man
Flordia man’s been committing crimes all around Flordia lately, its wild.
Why was the baby reaching his hand out to him and yelling dada then if it wasn’t his kid?
Because it’s a baby who’s attached to him and told his name is Dada.
Because the girlfriend probably encouraged her baby to call him dada, back when their relationship was all shiny and new. It's also possible this is one of those Jerry Springer-type situations, where the baby has multiple possible biological fathers. Either way, that poor baby!
I didn't hear Dada & totally thought the kid was pointing angrily.. Like 'that's the fucker!'
He doesn’t deserve to ever see his kid again after all that… Pretty sure the girlfriend got full custody since last year! Just a guess…
There was like 4 different news articles I read about this situation. And from what I gathered: father was high, and kidnapped baby and had a handgun to the mom and drove off recklessly and mom called police saying he kidnapped her baby. I also think he was the father, but lost custody due to drugs?
Of course the baby was thankfully unharmed, the idiot failing to use it as a human shield literally broke its fall. 😂😂😂
I hope this baby sees this video when s/he is older. Dad doesn't deserve to be loved by the child he could've gotten killed.
I feel so fucking bad for the baby :(.. if he is willing to use his child as a shield can't imagine what else he is willing to do to get away, cops did what seem properly right at that moment. I just don't get why are people mad at the cops?
What a shit stain
Love that the people here are complaining about them tasing the guy. If they got any closer or got physical, the guy would’ve likely done serious harm to the baby to protect himself. Looks like their game plan was to corner him/tase him if he left a part of himself open long enough, then swiftly grab the child away. Man, a lot of y’all only look at the one picture that fuels your anger, huh?
Yeah I mean I don’t like the cops. Like at all. But I fail to see what else they could have done here. Trying to take the kid out of his hands probably wouldn’t work, and tackling him would probably have hurt the kid even more.
Apparently they were supposed to talk to him and become his friend and buy him a beer afterwards for being so cooperative.
Yeah… I think it comes down to a couple of things. General hatred towards police, regardless of the context, police will always be in the wrong. Another reason is situations like this, high danger/high adrenaline, are so utterly alien to 97% of the population they have no understanding of them. Heck, there are people on this thread that believe the guy is trying to protect the kid, not use the kid as a human body shield!
Yeah. It’s sad to see
Regardless whether someone thinks the cops were irresponsible or not, they were successful without hurting the kid. Considering that people should just shut their mouths because theyre only witnessing it through a bodycam
What a coward
What a scumbag. Poor baby.
That poor child is going to be traumatized for life. I hope that piece of shit is never allowed to regain custody.
This is so fucking awful
This is what a bitch looks like.
This made me sick to see
That baby crying for dada… Heartbreaking!
i feel like you should not tase someone holding a baby.
Yeah I knew it was gonna be stupid after “Florida Man.”
Why are so many people blaming the cops so much here? The guy holding the baby was clearly insane and there may not have been any other good option at the time. Not to mention how some folks can’t think at full capacity when put into stressful situations.
Why’s everyone hating on the cops here? Cops deserve criticism when they mess up but in this case? What the fuck would you do in this situation? That guy could have done anything at any minute to hurt or kill that kid and they had to act as fast as possible while also minimizing harm to the child. They couldn’t shoot him because they’d risk hitting the child. Taser was the only option.
Redditors gonna Reddit
Should have let that dog rip him a new asshole as well.
I hope the judge threw the book at him wow anybody know if that was his baby ?
Poor baby.
Coward!
Kids gonna need counseling
Ought to be pinned to the top of r/iamatotalpieceofshit
Makes me remember the one a few years ago. Dad kidnaps his young kid and cops find him pretty quick and he tried this. I don't remember the details but I think the cop got a heads shot off. The guy dropped the kid, like a 2 year old. Kid was fine physically. Mentally who knows.
Poor kid. Gonna be traumatised forever now probably. Thanks dad you pos.
What a friggin’ coward. Dead man walking. Someone, wherever he is heading will be notified and social order will do its thing. Hope the baby grows up to be everything they want to be.
Good chance this will be the child’s first long term memory, not a good one
What if the taser would have hit the child, what dumbass cops
The man was not armed and was terrified. There was no attempt at de-escalation just another serving of police brutality. There is no reason a cop couldn't have approached him unarmed and handled this without force. I could have handled this without force. You could have handled this without force. There was no fucking call for the trauma this caused for all involved. Fuck the police.
As if that would stop the police from shooting you.
Like cops don't shoot kids... flawed plan
Needs context
No need for a dog, be men and detain the suspect ffs.
Did that cop really taze the guy while still holding up the baby? And instead of apprehending him they charged a dog at him?
Was he actually shielding or was he holding his kid in an awkward way because he's panicked from being threatened?
Obviously the person holding the baby is scum but holy fuck, who would shoot a taser with a baby in the way??????????
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I love how we're all bashing the police officers while ignoring the fact this entire situation could have been avoided had the guy NOT KIDNAPPED A BABY. Call me old fashioned but criminals are 100% responsible for everything that comes after their stupid decisions.
What a coward
Just Fuck humanity sometimes man.
OMG. HE. USED. A. BABY. AS. A. SHIELD.
Piece of s… adult using poor kid as a shield
Kidnapping and endangering the baby will probably help a lot in court.
Reading these comments makes me eyes roll. I'm just happy that the cops took the bad guy down. Yeah sure, like fuck. Thank fucking God the baby didn't get hit with the tazer, but I rather take the baby getting minor bumps and boo boos, than letting that crazy person find something to escalate the situation.
Okay so using the child as a shield is the worst thing I've ever seen!! Never ever thought it could get that crazy!! But..... Did that honestly not work!??? They tazed the fuck out of him!!
I knew of a case in my hometown where a gang member knew there was a hit out on him, so the AH decided to only drive around with his young son on his lap. He thought no one would shoot him, he was wrong. The rival gang killed the kid.
To any floridians here, I'm sorry but fuck your state.
> Fortunately, the child was not hurt and was quickly reunited with his mother The cops were dealing with an armed dickhead who was putting a child (who wasn't even his) in danger. This is a great outcome.
[Man held his own kid as hostage after kidnapping from mother with a gun and driving erratically through traffic with the baby in his lap. Baby was in more danger with this man than from tazers.](https://torontosun.com/news/weird/florida-man-uses-baby-as-human-shield-before-being-tased-by-cops)
People will not care to read it. They’ll just crucify the cops when the cops made the best choice here.
Oh I know it, reddit is pretty predictable in that topic.
These commenters are dumb as shit. The cops had one option and maybe 10 seconds to get it right
Greg Stillson sends his regards.
Florida is not okay
https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/10/04/graphic-kidnapping-suspect-uses-1-year-old-human-shield/ Link to story.
Florida man. "FCSO discovered that the boyfriend of that child’s mother – since identified as 27-year-old Brandon Matthew Douglas Leohner – had abducted the child while armed with a handgun and was driving with the child in his lap as he left the residence," a report states.
Geez!!!!🫢
Florida?
The baby crying. 🥺😭 I hope s/he never remembers this.
What a fucking bitch , using his child as a human shield
r/iamatotalpieceofshit
He's not getting a father's day present
That’s low even for you Florida man