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>> GINGER: A 5 YEAR FIGHT TO
CLEAR HIS NAME IS NOW OVER FOR
MICHIGAN MAN. HE WAS VISITING
THE SPACE COAST WHEN HE WAS
PULLED OVER FOR DUI. SO HERE’S
THE PROBLEM. HE WAS NOT DRUNK.
>> MATT: 6 INVESTIGATOR, ERIK
SANDOVAL, IT’S THAT SIMPLE HAS
BEEN TRACKING THE DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE STORY. SO, ERIC, WHAT
HAS HAPPENED? WELL, YOU KNOW,
JOHN SCHOOL MAKERS HIS NAME.
HE IS THIS MAN RIGHT HERE IN
THIS DASH CAMERA VIDEO. WE
FOUND OUT THAT HIS LAWSUIT
AGAINST THE BREVARD COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS BEEN
SETTLED OUT OF COURT. THIS MAN
IS GETTING MONEY. HE’S ALSO
GETTING AN APOLOGY. HE IS ALSO
RETURNING TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
TO TALK TO THE MAN WHO TRAINS
BREVARD COUNTIES. DEPUTIES.
>> I HAVE TO DO A FEW
EXERCISES TO SEE WHETHER OR
NOT YOU’RE OKAY TO DRIVE TO
MEDICATE. OKAY.
>> JANUARY 2018 DASH CAMERA
VIDEO SHOWS A BREVARD COUNTY
SHERIFF’S DEPUTY CONDUCT A
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST ON JOHN
SCHOOL MAKER WHO WAS VISITING
THE SPACE COAST WITH HIS WIFE.
HE CLAIMED HE DOESN’T DRINK.
>> AND HE WASN’T DRUNK. ARE
YOU TAKING ANY MEDICATION OR
>> IS THE PACK.
>> SCHOOL MAKER COMPLETED 3
FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES THAT
THE DEPUTY CLAIMS HE FAILED.
AT THIS POINT. HAVE NO CHOICE
BUT TO PLACE AN ARREST FOR DUI
SCHOOL MAKER WAS ARRESTED FOR
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE,
BUT NOT BEFORE THE DASHCAM
PICKED UP
>> SCHOOL MAKERS NEGATIVE LAB
RESULTS, FORCE PROSECUTORS TO
DROP THE CHARGES AND PROMPTED
HIM TO SUE FOR FALSE ARREST.
NEWS. 6 FOUND OUT HE SETTLED
OUT OF COURT WITH THE BREVARD
COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE LAST
MONTH.
>> I THINK JUSTICE IS IS IN
THE PROCESS OF BEING SERVED.
>> SCHOOL MAKER AND HIS
ATTORNEY SAY UNDER THE TERMS
OF THIS SETTLEMENT, THE
BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE WILL PAY HIM $45,000
ISSUE A LETTER OF APOLOGY TO
SCHOOL MAKER FROM THE
SHERIFF’S COMMAND STAFF. HE IS
ALSO GOING TO GET AN IN-PERSON
MEETING WITH UNDER SHERIFF
DOUGLAS WALLER WHO’S
RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING
DEPUTIES. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SEE CHANGED?
>> MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO SOME
SENSITIVITY TRAINING AROUND.
EVERYBODY HAS A STORY. AND SO
WHEN YOU PULL SOMEBODY OVER,
YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO BEGIN
TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STORY
BEFORE YOU START.
>> NEW 6 INVESTIGATED AND WE
FOUND OUT THIS SETTLEMENT WITH
THE BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE COMES AS LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE SETTLING
SIMILAR LAWSUITS HERE IN
FLORIDA SINCE 2010. THE
ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
PAID $100,000 TO SETTLE CLAIMS
OF FALSE ARREST. FORT
LAUDERDALE’S POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS PAID OUT MORE THAN
$230,000. AND MIAMI’S POLICE
FORCE HAS PAID NEARLY $900,000
IN SETTLEMENTS.
>> THEY THINK.
>> THE SETTLEMENT ALLOWS US
TO.
>> MAYBE.
>> MOVE FORWARD RATHER THAN
JUST PUSH THIS
>> SCHOOL NADER WILL BE
MEETING WITH THAT UNDERSHERIFF
SOMETIME OVER THE NEXT 60
DAYS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE
FIRST REPORTED WHAT HAPPENED
TO SCHOOL MAKER LAST YEAR, THE
BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE TOLD US THAT THEY DON’T
COMMENT ON PENDING LAWSUITS,
SO REACH BACK OUT TO THEM TO
SEE WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY NOW
THAT THIS BUT THIS HAS BEEN
SETTLED AND WE’RE STILL
WAITING FOR THEM TO RESPOND.
WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH A
SIMILAR SITUATION OR MAYBE
SOMETHING COMPLETELY
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THROUGH RIGHT NOW AND HOW WE
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I MEAN, THIS HAD A RESOLUTION
BUT HE COULD HAVE LOST HIS
JOB. ABSOLUTELY. HE IS A
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND TRAUMA
COUNT WHOLE. SO THAT’S WHY
HE’S FIGHTING THE SO
ABSOLUTELY HE WAS HAVING
CLIENTS COME IN ASKING WHAT
ABOUT THIS ARREST? WHAT
HAPPENED WITH THIS ARREST? HE
SAID, NO, I’M INNOCENT, I’M
INNOCENT. I’LL SHOW YOU. WHICH