December 11th 2008 (Fight with Inmate)

Today was a hell of a day, with an unexpected altercation. I went from enjoying the company of my partners, to fighting for control in a matter of seconds.

Story # 3: Fighting for Control

Today was a very slow day at county. My partners and I were all enjoying how slow it was, hanging out sharing stories about each others week.

One of are partners walked by on his way back to his work station, when an inmate walked out of one of the open cells that we were moving people from. This inmate yelled out to my partner that had just walked by "HEY BRYAN, YOU KNOW ME FROM THE STREETS!!!"

We were all kind of thinking the same thing, my partners name was not Bryan, so who was he talking to, and what was he talking about.

My partner that had walked by turned around and walked back toward the cell. On his way back toward the cell the inmate stepped out again and yelled "WHAT THE F**K YOU LOOKING AT, YOU WANNA DO SOMETHIN' OR WHAT?!!!"

At that time he took a swing at my partner and barely missed his head. My partner took a swing at him and it was blocked. By this time myself along with a few other partners had ran over, and we managed to take this 6'1" 260 lb Pacific Islander to the ground.

We all were trying to fight for control of this man but he would not give up and continued to be combative. Every time he got hit he would just say "WHAT" as if we couldn't hurt him. My partner to the left was hitting him with knees to the side, my other partner was hitting him with elbows to the side of the head, and my other two partners were hitting him with straight punches.

One of my partners ended up fracturing his hand on this guys head, and the guy ended up giving up after about 30 seconds of getting pounded on by 5 Deputies. We requested for him to put his hands behind his back and he finally complied.

In the end one deputy suffered two large cuts to his fist and a fractured finger. The inmate suffered two black eyes, one swollen shut, one cut under his eye, a busted lip, and one hell of an A** beating.

One thing I will never understand is, if you have a problem with law enforcement that's fine (even though you would call us if you or your family was getting hurt, or in danger), but why would you choose a time to fight a deputy when 6 of his partners are standing right behind him?

These are the type of guys that think all deputies and officers are worthless a**holes and punks until that time comes where you need us, then you want us to be your hero and come save the day. Some things I will never understand.