By Carlos Miller
A 20-year-old Virginia man became so enraged when he saw a sheriff’s deputy speeding by, he decided to chase it down, at times reaching speeds of 90 mph.
“It was early in the morning and I knew he was not on a call,” said the 20-year-old college student who ended up filming the entire incident on his camera and uploading the video to Youtube.
“I just wanted to confront him about it and tell him I had him on video.”
After several miles, the Accomack County Sheriff’s deputy turned down a side road with the man known only as Chura46 on Youtube following closely behind, honking his horn furiously in a profanity-laden tirade.
When the deputy finally pulled over, Chura46 stepped out of the car with his video camera and demanded to be arrested.
And the deputy did not even touch him.
And if that’s not mind-boggling enough, the deputy was even disciplined for speeding when his superiors saw the video after it had been uploaded to Youtube.
The deputy, Jason Campbell, was disciplined for violating department policy by speeding, Giddens said. Campbell was not answering a call at the time and did not have his lights flashing as is required when an officer is exceeding the speed limit in the line of duty.
During a phone interview with Photography is Not a Crime Wednesday morning, Chura46, who asked that his real name not be used, said he did not learn that the deputy had been disciplined until he saw the link on this blog. In fact, the reporter who wrote the story never bothered to contact him.
“You’re the first person who contacted me about an interview,” he said.
In the video, you can see how Chura46 blocked the deputy in to the point where the deputy even threatened to arrest him for “kidnapping”.
Officer Pot. Meet suspect Kettle.
But the deputy ended up getting back in his car with Chura46 continuing to mock him.
“I will never do that again,” he said. “That was just a one-time thing. I know I am lucky he did not arrest me but he did not because he knew he had done wrong.”
Chura46 also stressed that he is not a cop-hater nor does he normally talk as vulgar as he did in the video. In fact, he didn’t curse once during the 10-minute phone interview.
“Cops are necessary for our community and not all of them are bad,” he said. “I have friends who are trying to get on the force. I have friends who have older brothers who are cops. But some cops just take advantage of the power they have and I was trying to expose that.”
I doubt this would have ever worked in Miami or any other big city where the cops would just end up beating you, tazing you or just simply shooting you.
But I’m impressed Chura46. You got balls.
Perhaps you should change your name to Chutzpah46.
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30 responses so far ↓
1 Packratt // May 19, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Yeah, I’d say that gentleman is deserving of a giant Stanley Cup-sized trophy shaped like…
er, well, yeah… That took a lot of chutzpah!
2 sickntired // May 19, 2009 at 10:51 PM
not really since the cops of Accomac and other towns on the Eastern Shore of Va think that they are above the law. I know since I was born and raise there. He is lucky that he did get arrested. cause in most cases at that speed on the shore you will be losing your license till court,
However the shore is the only were I know that Photographer don’t get harass by the police.. Very lay back towns on the shore..
3 Pinandpuller // May 19, 2009 at 10:58 PM
This wet behind the ears cop has a lot to learn. He looks like he should be a hall monitor in junior high-which is probably the last time life made any sense to him.
First of all I think mr new deputy needs to sublimate his abashedness into a an emotion better suited to cop culture-through lots of alchohol and council from veterans. They would have put mr smartass in the back of their cruiser and- on the way to county-given him a “screen test” at the very least.
Second of all he needs a crib sheet of bullshit charges to consult at times like this (disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, following too close).
Couldn’t Chura46 have called a State Trooper and performed a citizen’s arrest based on reckless driving?
4 Scott Chamness // May 19, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Man, that was stupid. Dangerous too, he could have hurt someone else on the road. He should have just gotten the license number and reported it.
5 diomedesxx // May 19, 2009 at 11:15 PM
Stupid, dangerous, and several other things, yes.
As others have mentioned, however, he definitely drags the ground.
6 Pinandpuller // May 20, 2009 at 12:00 AM
If he’s really that stupid and dangerous the deputy should have handed him an application.
7 Pinandpuller // May 20, 2009 at 1:12 AM
Speaking of stupid and dangerous-check this out:
http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Ny-ub7E1E
8 Simon Jester // May 20, 2009 at 3:56 AM
PinandPuller: If you are going to perform a citizens arrest, and making it stick is always a difficult thing, be sure that the person would go to jail for at least a year. Otherwise it might be just a misdemeanor and the case would stand a good chance of getting tossed out of court.
9 enhager // May 20, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Great update. Thanks for letting me know.
10 h3 // May 20, 2009 at 1:07 PM
> I doubt this would have ever worked in Miami or any other big city where the cops would just end up beating you, tazing you or just simply shooting you.
.. Then prosecute you for resisting your arrest and attacking them.
11 Jay R. // May 20, 2009 at 1:23 PM
I’d be more impressed if I didn’t know that my dad did this same thing more than 30 years ago. He followed a cop doing 70+ in a 35 zone – the cop’s goal was a gas station. He needed to fill up.
12 blah blah blah // May 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM
“Perhaps you should change your name to Chuptza46.”
don’t you mean chutzpah?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutzpah
13 Carlos Miller // May 20, 2009 at 2:07 PM
BBB,
Yes, that’s what I meant.
14 jack // May 20, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Wow that is mad crazy. Props to the videographer!!
15 Pinandpuller // May 20, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Simon Jester
I was thinking that I heard the difference between cops and mere mortals was that cops could perform arrests for misdemeanors while all citizens could perform arrests for felonies (barring certain conditions).
I was hit by a drunk driver in 2005. A lady with no licence, no insurance,no registration and no plates was pulled over by a Wyoming HP at the “town” of Waltman, 45 miles north of Casper, WY. As it happened she lived on the Shoshone/Northern Arapahoe reservation between Riverton and Lander, WY so I will let the readers pencil in their own cause/effect color commentary.
I was driving out to pick up my kids from my first wife’s house with my then girlfriend-now wife. All along the way the north/south traffic intersections were blocked by police cars with lights flashing. The route we were taking was out towards the airport so I wondered if Dick Cheney was coming to town.
We were not stopped at the intersection of 7 mile road and 20/26 so we proceeded back into town to our house. As we passed over the Platte River heading east the road turned into 1st street and curved into downtown Casper making it pretty much impossible to see objects closing at a high rate of speed until they are right up on you-and that’s precisely what happened.
Chrissy Bigeagle rear-ended us going about 50 mph on 3 rims and one good tire. She slung us around about 150 degrees and plowed into a building much like Dale Ernhardt, only we slowed her down considerably.
So what seemed like 300 cops and sherrif’s dept and emts and whatnot suddenly showed up and wrestled her out and handcuffed her and the minor occupants of her vehicle, and no they did not use any distraction blows.
We all got transported to the hospital-I got a CT and anti-inflamatory shots in my hips (I’m sure all of you have figured out that they have worn off lol). My 4-Runner was totaled-to put it mildly.
We heard thru hospital channels that her BAC was about .30 (I may have a decimal wrong). So she got charged with reckless driving, contributing, DUI, possesion of MJ, no insurance etc and every single charge was a misdemeanor. She ended getting probation and time served from not being able to bond out of county. As it happened she violated and ended up in the pen after all.
So if anyone out there wonders why I don’t hold cops up on some kind of a pedestal-well-the most they are good for is cleaning up after some kind of tragedy-IMHO.
I also came up with a joke that I will tone down a bit so people aren’t so upset.
If your BAC is higher than your GPA-you might live somewhere between Lander and Riverton.
16 Voice of Reason // May 20, 2009 at 5:12 PM
I’ll add my two cents:
First cent: There’s three words that describe this person: Hero, insane, and lucky.
Second cent: As they used to say on TV, “Don’t try this at home, kids”.
17 Kol. Klink // May 20, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Carlos,
Got another great one for ya
Birmingham police beating video: Five officers fired
Posted by Carol Robinson – The Birmingham News May 20, 2009 9:08 AM
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/05/five_birmingham_police_officer.html
Five Birmingham police officers have been fired for a January 2008 beating of an already-unconscious suspect with fists, feet and a billy club, a battering caught on videotape until a police officer turned off the patrol car camera, city and police officials said today.
Authorities believe the video, [see the full 20-minute chase here] taken after a high-speed chase by several area law enforcement agencies ended when the fleeing suspect’s van flipped, has been seen by numerous Birmingham officers and up to a half dozen supervisors over the past year. But top city and police officials weren’t made aware of the taped beating until they were contacted by the district attorney’s office two months ago.
In fact, investigators say, the suspect, Anthony Warren, didn’t even know he’d been beaten until the tape surfaced at his trial in March. Warren was ejected from the vehicle and knocked unconscious, and thought all of his injuries were sustained in the wreck.
18 Mister DNA // May 20, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Remember, Kol. Klink, those were distraction blows. Ask any law enforcement officer and they’ll tell you: a suspect who has been thrown from a vehicle and rendered unconscious is extremely dangerous, so it’s Standard Operational Procedure to beat him into further unconsciousness.
19 genewitch // May 21, 2009 at 12:56 AM
carlos your comments section is becoming ripe with satire.
I like it.
20 Riley Trosky // May 21, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Heh. Did you see the camera violently shaking as the kid’s adrenaline rush set in? It ended up being too much for him.
21 Jason Campbell // May 21, 2009 at 1:35 PM
That cop gives Jason Campbell’s a bad name…..
22 Carlos Miller // May 21, 2009 at 2:12 PM
It’s true. I ended up having to cut Jason Campbell from my fantasy football team.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Campbell
23 Bill // May 27, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Pinandpuller is totally right! Cops are only good for cleaning up after tragedy strikes. Whats worse, they are often the cause of said tragedy.
24 Eric // May 28, 2009 at 5:58 AM
NICE…
25 natefromstaunton // May 28, 2009 at 8:53 AM
FUC*ING AWSOME!! Cops who “know” the law break it….. pisses me off soooo much too!! EVERY CITIZEN GET ARMED WITH A VIDEO CAMERA!!! visual proof is 100% proof hahaha
26 Shelby Bell // May 30, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Stupid and dangerous, yes. But this guy made an important statement. I have seen too many cops get badge muscles and ego attitudes after putting on the uniform. Good cops take the high road, try to be helpful first, diffuse tense situations, treat people with respect and never forget to “serve and protect”. I’ve seen and met many, many good cops. There are a few that damage that creed. They are seldom held accountable. Good cops are compelled to turn a blind eye to the abuse of power by their peers. I understand the concept of loyalty, especially when your life depends on your brothers and sisters. Cops, like soldiers in Iraq, are expected to transition from public relations experts to combat at a moments notice. It’s sometimes up to a citizen to occasionally remind authority who is ultimately in charge in a Democratic Republic.
27 Bill // May 30, 2009 at 12:20 AM
If you think a speeding cop is bad… how about a stupid cop that pulls over a medic unit with patient en route to the hospital?
video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KluItc365hU
pdf of the paramedics report: http://static.ktul.com/documents/emtstatement_0509.pdf
28 ed // May 30, 2009 at 4:49 AM
people race on the streets at even greater speeds totally unaware of others. You werent in any danger.
29 Cynthia // Jun 5, 2009 at 4:49 PM
I understand that police officers should obey the law also, and they should. But that moron could have caused an accident and hurt himself or worse yet someone else. Apparently he wasn’t any smarter than the officer. And the language he was using, not a cop hater, maybe you should rethink that. Sounds like one to me.
30 Nunya // Jun 14, 2009 at 1:12 PM
I understand what this guy must have been trying to do, but he has GOT to be the dumbest human on earth! His ignorant, vulgar mouth and the stupidity and recklessness disregard for the safety of others makes him worse than the stupid trooper he was chasing.
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