Butler County, Ohio Sheriff Richard Jones reacts to the Portland commissioner calling 911 over a Lyft ride on ‘Fox and Friends.’
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
Steve well, a Portland City
Commissioner, who pushed to
defund the police recently
called nine hundred and eleven over Ann argument, wit,
a Lyft driver who would not
close his window
ive got a Lyft driver. That
said, he would just drop the me
off
inaudible
and im not getting out of the
car
its not happening
all because I asked him to put
the window up
Steve. That city, commissioner,
waited until officers a awe e
arrived to get a new ride.
She called nine hundred and eleven, despite
overseeing efforts to defund
police
here with reaction, Butler
County Ohio Sheriff Richard
Jones
Sheriff Good Morning to you
good Morning,
Steve. She also last Thursday,
apparently called for eighteen dollars
million worth of cuts to the
police out there in Portland.
If somebody called your
department called nine hundred and eleven and made
her complaint, what would happen
to her?
Basically, we would have to
respond,
but when this is all over, we
would look. I would be getting
ahold of the prosecutor and id
be seeing if shes violated any
violation as far as tying up
emergency services, because
somebody wouldnt roll their
window up
with Covid
thats. What theyre supposed to
do have their windows down,
but its even worse. Coming from
somebody like her who has made
the commitment that the nine hundred and eleven
calls cut those back theyre a
waste of to send the police
to these calls and defund the
police and then go ahead and
treat this driver with
disrespect.
This drivers, car
but thats, why these people get
elected to these positions or
chosen for these positions and
they think theyre better than
the poor person that has to
drive them and make a living
id be looking at the prosecutor,
like most police departments,
would and for her to do that
and have that stance, but then
immediately go to nine hundred and eleven and tie
that up
Steve. I believe, with these
ride, share apps youve got to
do that
if youre the drivers youre
supposed to crack the window
hell who wouldnt want to do
that,
I wear a mask most places. I go
and weve had an increase here.
Everybody are washing their
hands
being in a car with somebody. You
dont know
youre supposed to follow the
rules,
but people get in these
positions and and they think,
because theyre high and
powerful that these people in
these positions they look down
on and you disrespect them and
their family by not letting them
put the win e doe down,
but its bad enough. But for all
people her or someone that wants
to defund the police and cut the
nine hundred and eleven calls the silly calls that
go out
and believe me, we get em,
but this is right up there,
equivalent of a 9 year old or an
8 year old kid calling or a
5 year old, calling nine hundred and eleven that my
mommy wont. Let me have my
cookies and milk,
its right up there along the
same thing except shes, an
adult and she knows better
Steve. She responded to this
question from the Portland
Tribune about calling it and
she said this. I dont call nine hundred and eleven
lightly, but I certainly am not
going to do anything that would
put my personal safety at risk,
its a lot harder when you are
black or brown in America to
make that decision
sheriff
hey, listen, its a lot
harder for anybody, no matter
what color you are black
brown white, it doesnt matter.
You make good decisions and her
decision to call nine hundred and eleven. I believe
because he wouldnt roll the
windows up and put the windows
up and risk the drivers life
who doesnt know her. She should
have just told the driver, Lee
the windows down and pay for the
driver to get where she was
going.
She made the is situation worse
and called nine thousand one hundred and eleven, and she has no
apologies for it
and she wont
ive never met her, but by
seeing the stance that she tax
on she takes on ninety nine eleven calls
and then she blames it because
of her color or her being a
woman is ridiculous.
Steve Sheriff were going to
leave it there.
Transcript generated on 2020-11-12.