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>> IF YOU RIOT, IF YOU LOOT, IF
YOU HARM OTHERS, PARTICULARLY IF
YOU HARM A LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER DURING ONE OF THESE
VIOLENT ASSEMBLIES, YOU ARE
GOING TO JAIL.
WE’RE GOING TO HOLD YOU
ACCOUNTABLE.
SOME OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
ARE ACTUALLY TELLING, NOT
NECESSARIFULLY FLORIDA, BUT
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TELLING
POLICE TO STAND DOWN WHILE
CITIES BURNT, WHILE CITIES WERE
BURNT.
WHILE PEOPLE WERE BEING HARMED.
IF YOU TELL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
STAND DOWN, THEN YOU ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE THAT
ENSUES.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THE MOB
WIN THE DAY.
BRIAN: SO GOVERNOR DESANTIS
MAKING SURE WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA IS NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN IN FLORIDA.
SIGNING WHAT HE CALLS THE
STRONGEST ANTIRIOTING PRO-LAW
ENFORCEMENT LEGISLATION IN THE
COUNTRY AS ANTI-POLICE RIOTS
RAGE ACROSS THE NATION.
POLK COUNTY SHERIFF GRADY JUDD
WAS WITH THE GOVERNOR YESTERDAY.
YOU SAW HIM OVER HIS RIGHT
SHOULDER WHEN HE SIGNED THAT
BILL AND PASSED BY 23-17 MARGIN.
SO, SHERIFF, WHAT CHANGES FOR
YOU TODAY?
>> WELL, IT JUST RECONFIRMS OUR
COMMITMENT TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY
SAFE.
GOVERNOR DESANTIS, CHRIS, OUR
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, WELTON
SIMPSON OUR SENATE PRESIDENT
SAID LOOK PROTESTS ARE FINE,
PEACEFUL PROTESTS ARE ALL RIGHT.
BUT RIOTING, LOOTING, BURNING
MOM AND POP OUT, RUINING THEIR
LIVES, THAT’S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT KEEPING THE
20-PLUS MILLION PEOPLE THAT LIVE
IN FLORIDA SAFE AS WELL AS THE
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT VISIT
WITH US EVERY YEAR.
BRIAN: INCREASES THE CHARGE FOR
BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER.
ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SUE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS OVER PERSONAL OR
PROPERTY DAMAGE, INCREASES
PENALTIES FOR PROTESTERS WHO
BLOCK ROADWAYS OR TEE FACE
PUBLIC MONUMENTS.
ALL, I THINK, POSITIVE STEPS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I SENSE ALSO IS
GREAT AFTER TALKING TO SO MANY
POLICE OFFICERS OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS, ESPECIALLY?
IT SHOWS THE GOVERNMENT BACKS
THE LOCAL POLICE.
SHERIFF, HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT
TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE YOUR
BACK?
ACT RESPONSIBLY, YOU HAVE A CODE
OF ETHICS, YOU HAVE BEEN
TRAINED.
YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE
ACADEMY, BUT THEY HAVE YOUR
BACK?
>> YEAH, BRIAN.
WHAT’S IMPORTANT, WE HAVE GOT
THE BACK OF THE COMMUNITY.
BUT IF THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
DON’T HAVE OUR BACKS.
BRIAN: YUP.
>> THEN IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP
THE COMMUNITY SAFE.
THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE
SAYING STAND DOWN.
WE HAVE PROSECUTORS SAYING WE
WON’T PROSECUTE.
WELL, WHAT DO THEY THINK IS
GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU GIVE
THE REPORTER PERMISSION TO RIOT?
THAT’S NOT HAPPENING IN FLORIDA.
WE LOVE THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE
OF FLORIDA.
WE GET IT RIGHT HERE BECAUSE WE
HAVE GOT GREAT LEADERSHIP.
WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IS LEADERSHIP
TO KEEP THE PEOPLE SAFE IN OUR
STATE.
BRIAN: RIGHT, IS THERE ANY DOUBT
IN YOUR MIND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT
THE JUDGE WAS SAYING YESTERDAY
THAT MAXINE WATERS WAS DOING?
>> THE JUDGE GOT IT RIGHT.
THINK ABOUT IT.
IF YOU CAN’T HAVE THE SANCTITY
OF THE RULE OF LAW, IF YOU CAN’T
STAND DOWN LONG ENOUGH FOR A
PERSON TO GET A FAIR TRIAL, AT
THE MOMENT OF THE TRIAL, THAT’S
A FRIGHTENING THING.
BUT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WE
KNOW THIS IS WHERE THE WORLD
COMES TO PLAY.
THEY BRING THEIR CHILDREN HERE.
AND WE’RE GOING TO KEEP IT SAFE.
THAT’S A GUARANTEE.
BRIAN: SHERIFF, REAL QUICK, YOU
ARE GOING TO ADD A LOT OF PEOPLE
BY 2025.
2 MILLION PEOPLE IN 2020.
2025, 3 MILLION PEOPLE.
WHAT’S YOUR MESSAGE.
>> WHEN YOU COME TO FLORIDA YOU
COME FOR LOW TAXES, LOW CRIME
AND YOU WANT IT TO BE WARM IN
THE WINTER.
WELL, IF YOU COME HERE AND VOTE
THE STUPID WAYS THAT PEOPLE HAVE
UP NORTH YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE A
WARM WINTER BUT YOU ARE NOT
GOING TO HAVE LOW CRIME AND YOU
ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE LOW TAXES.
SO COME HERE AND ENJOY THIS
BEAUTIFUL STATE WHERE WE CARE
FOR THE PEOPLE.
BRIAN: IT’S GOING TO BE
INTERESTING, SHERIFF, IN 2022
WHEN GOVERNOR DESANTIS RUNS FOR
RE-ELECTION HE WON BY ONE POINT
LAST TIME.
WE WILL SEE IF PERFORMANCE
MATTERS BECAUSE YOU ARE A VERY
TIGHT STATE.
IT’S PURPLE IN EVERY WAY.
>> HE WILL WIN BIGGER THIS NEXT
TIME I KNOW IT.
BRIAN: SHERIFF, ALWAYS GREAT TO
SEE YOU.
GREAT TO CECE YOU OUT IN THE
FIELD WHEN I WAS WITH THE
GOVERNOR ABOUT A MONTH AGO.