Well, I have some bit of excitement in our end The Villages to discuss tonight. As we often do we had dinner on that small table on this side of the lanai, just inside the house. We noticed unusual police activity at the traffic circle (across a golf course about half mile away). We are used to seeing accident and police stops there, but this one seemed odd with a searchlight being used. I grabbed our binoculars to look more closely, taking off my glasses to do so, and went out to the lanai to look. In the yard next to me I see two guys struggling, one shouting like law enforcement. I see a guy breakaway and run between our two houses. I sprint (at least as much as I can sprint at age 65) through our house out the front door.
I now see two guys struggling on the driveway at the house on the other side of ours. Once again one of them is shouting like law enforcement and demanding the other guy stop (keep in mind I still don’t have my glasses). One breaks free and runs briefly in my direction. I shout “STOP!” He turns between our house and the other and I can see it’s a cop chasing him. I go around the corner and cop has tackled the guy. The guys is clearly resisting the cop who is on top of him and calling for back up. I repeatedly ask the cop if he needs assistance but he does not answer me, so I don’t intervene.
My wife comes out and I tell her to direct cops I know are coming to the scene. She does. Another cop arrives who gets a successful tase on the guy (the other cop had tried repeatedly) but you could see when this one took as the guy went completely limp. My wife brings me my glasses and she begins recording the whole thing. Before it’s over there’s like eight cop cars, an ambulance and a firetruck all there.
My wife's recording suggests the guy ran from the traffic cop because he was on probation and afraid. I overheard conversations with the cops later indicating they found suspected drugs in his car and on him.
I now see two guys struggling on the driveway at the house on the other side of ours. Once again one of them is shouting like law enforcement and demanding the other guy stop (keep in mind I still don’t have my glasses). One breaks free and runs briefly in my direction. I shout “STOP!” He turns between our house and the other and I can see it’s a cop chasing him. I go around the corner and cop has tackled the guy. The guys is clearly resisting the cop who is on top of him and calling for back up. I repeatedly ask the cop if he needs assistance but he does not answer me, so I don’t intervene.
My wife comes out and I tell her to direct cops I know are coming to the scene. She does. Another cop arrives who gets a successful tase on the guy (the other cop had tried repeatedly) but you could see when this one took as the guy went completely limp. My wife brings me my glasses and she begins recording the whole thing. Before it’s over there’s like eight cop cars, an ambulance and a firetruck all there.
My wife's recording suggests the guy ran from the traffic cop because he was on probation and afraid. I overheard conversations with the cops later indicating they found suspected drugs in his car and on him.
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