AS HURRICANE IRMA CONTINUES ITS PATH TOWARD FLORIDA ALONG
THE WAY, BY THE WAY, DEVASTATING MULTIPLE ISLANDS.
WE'VE BEEN
SEEING NEWS THROUGHOUT THE DAY ABOUT THAT.
MANY ALONG THE WAY
ARE EVACUATING.
SOME ARE GETTING AWAY IF THEY CAN.
OBVIOUSLY ON THE ISLANDS, IT IS DIFFICULT.
SOME ARE SEEKING
DIFFERENT SORTS OF SHELTERS, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE IF
YOU DO INTEND TO GO TO A SHELTER YOU BETTER BRING YOUR PAPERWORK
BECAUSE THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF GRADY JUDD IS GOING TO
BE SCREENING EVERYONE WHO TRIES TO GET INTO ONE OF THE SHELTERS
IN HIS COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE NEVER BROKEN ANY LAWS.
HE TWEETED THIS:
THIS IS A MAN WITH HIS PRIORITIES IN ORDER.
I GUESS HE'S TRYING TO SAVE HIMSELF THE PAPERWORK.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SOME OTHER QUOTES FROM THIS SKY BECAUSE HE
IS
KIND OF AN A HOLE HISTORICALLY.
SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AND THINK, YEAH, YOU
DON'T WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE BREAKING THE LAW IN A SHELTER,
BUT WHAT YOU PROBABLY ALSO DON'T WANT IS MOST OF THE POLICE
THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING PEOPLE INSTEAD SPENDING ALL
OF THEIR TIME GOING BACK TO THE PERSONAL HISTORIES OF EVERYONE
WHO TRIES TO GET A BLANKET AND A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD.
SOUNDS LIKE BIG GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY TO ME.
THERE'S A
COUPLE OF ISSUES HERE.
ONE IS, JUST LIKE JOHN SAID, FORGET THE PAPERWORK.
I DON'T WANT THE COPS DRIVING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE JAIL.
LET'S GO, THERE'S A HURRICANE.
THEY CAN'T DO THAT ANYWAY ONCE THE HURRICANE HITS.
THERE'S A CATEGORY FIVE COMING.
IT'S THE BIGGEST
HURRICANE THAT HAS EVER BEEN RECORDED IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN.
LET'S PRIORITIZE HERE.
I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAYS LATER
WAS WE DON'T WANT INNOCENT CHILDREN IN A SHELTER WITH SEX
OFFENDERS.
OKAY, THAT'S FAIR AND NOBODY WANTS THAT.
REMEMBER HOW BROAD OUR SEX OFFENDERS LAWS ARE.
IF YOU ARE
AN 18-YEAR-OLD WHO STREAKS A FOOTBALL FIELD, YOU ARE A
PEDOPHILE FOR LIFE.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO DISTINCTIONS OF SEX OFFENDERS.
IT IS NOT THE TIME.
IF YOU START TALKING ABOUT THAT, ON THE
OTHER HAND, PEOPLE HAVE MINOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
THEY
COULDN'T PAY THE FINE FOR THEM OR THEY DIDN'T HAVE
INSURANCE WHEN THEY WERE DRIVING.
YOU CAN PRAY TO THE
HORRIBLES ON BOTH ENDS.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME.
GET PEOPLE
INTO SHELTERS BECAUSE WHILE YOU ARE DOING PAPERWORK OUTSIDE AND
DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM COMING TO SHELTERS JUST IN CASE THEY
HAD A TRAFFIC TICKET OR FINE OR WHATEVER IT WAS, PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO DIE.
LET'S RESCUE EVERYBODY FIRST AND THEN IF YOU
ARE THE SHERIFF, ISN'T IT YOUR JOB IN NORMAL TIMES TO GO
SERVE THOSE WARRANTS?
WHAT, ARE YOU TRYING TO SHIRK YOUR DUTY HERE?
IT'S SUCH A LAME TRY TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE.
REALLY, IF THERE
IS A SEXUAL OFFENDER OUT ON THE LOOSE THAT HAS ATTACKED
CHILDREN AND YOU HAVEN'T CAUGHT HIM, GO CATCH HIM BEFORE THE
HURRICANE.
OF COURSE THERE'S THE PEOPLE WHO DID SOMETHING.
GOD KNOWS
WHAT YOU CAN HAVE A WARRENT OUT FOR THE ISN'T AS BAD AS HE'S
MAKING
IT SOUND WHO THEORETICALLY WON'T GO TO A SHELTER AND MIGHT BE OUT
IN THE
HURRICANE BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE CHILLING EFFECT THAT THEY
ARE PURPOSEFULLY, LIKE THEY DO IN ELECTIONS, ALL OF YOUR
PAPERWORK IS GOING TO BE CHECKED AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK OF
YOUR HISTORY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOW GOING TO BE SCARED THAT
SOME OUT-OF-CONTROL POLICE ARE GOING TO BE ROOTING AROUND IN
THEIR PERSONAL HISTORY INTIMIDATING PEOPLE AND ALL THAT
STUFF AND THEY WON'T NECESSARILY FEEL SAFE GOING TO THE SHELTER
NOW EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE A WARRANT OUT ON THEM.
SOME
PEOPLE WILL BE SO SCARED AWAY FROM THIS THEY ARE GOING TO BE
OUTSIDE WHEN THE HURRICANE HITS AND LIVES WILL BE LOST.
I
DON'T THINK
THAT'S A SIDE EFFECT OF WHAT HE IS DOING.
I THINK THAT'S THE
GOAL.
IT'S NOT TRYING TO CATCH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WITH WARRANTS.
HE'S TRYING TO KEEP THE SHELTER STOCKED WITH JUST THE KIND OF
PEOPLE HE'S COMFORTABLE WITH.
THIS IS HOW POLITICIANS ARE TRYING TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY.
HE WANTS TO LOOK LIKE A TOUGH GUY.
BOTTOM-LINE.
MAYBE
HE DOESN'T, I'M SPECULATING COMPLETELY HERE.
WHAT'S THE
PLAN?
HE HAS TO CHECK PEOPLE WHO COME IN, TO PUT OUT AN APB,
HEY, I'M A TOUGH GUY AND WHOEVER WANTS TO COME DEAL WITH THE
TOUGH GUYS GOING TO DEAL WITH A TOUGH GUY.
ONCE YOU
WANT TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK A CERTAIN WAY IT'S THE DON'T HAVE
TO
DO ANY WORK.
I'M GETTING EVERYBODY WHO COMES IN HERE.
LOOK, MY TAKE ON IT WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM YOU GUYS
BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE THE ONE TIME THE POLICE GOT GOOD
PRESS FOR HELPING PEOPLE AND HE IS LIKE, I HAVE A GREAT
PLAN TO RUIN IT.
HOLD MY BEER.