Hodgetwins - This Cop did the UNTHINKABLE!
Aired: 2025-10-21
Duration: 11:09


=== Escalation at the Golf Course (06:15) ===

[00:00:00]  Yeah, we got a damn good show.
[00:00:04]  You tell me.
[00:00:05]  I tell you what, if you guys want to cross your teeth and go ahead and cross your teeth and dot your eyes.
[00:00:14]  Let's do it.
[00:00:15]  Let's do what?
[00:00:16]  Do whatever you need to do.
[00:00:18]  Because I'm tired of you showing up on my house.
[00:00:21]  I haven't been to your house.
[00:00:23]  This guy's a fucking alcoholic.
[00:00:25]  He's down there at the golf course.
[00:00:28]  So let's do it or not do it.
[00:00:32]  What are we going to do?
[00:00:33]  What are you threatening?
[00:00:34]  Do it or not do it.
[00:00:36]  Are you threatening?
[00:00:38]  Do it or not do it.
[00:00:39]  Did you get clean up the lamp?
[00:00:41]  Come on.
[00:00:43]  Come on.
[00:00:46]  Go back to your go back to your apartment.
[00:00:48]  Do it.
[00:00:50]  Do it.
[00:00:54]  All right, that cop's an idiot.
[00:00:55]  Just because he tells you to do it doesn't mean you should do it.
[00:00:59]  You're the boss.
[00:01:00]  You're supposed to set the rule.
[00:01:03]  But you know what?
[00:01:04]  We laugh, but watch what happens next.
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[00:01:16]  Come on.
[00:01:21]  Wait a minute.
[00:01:22]  He's going to his abode.
[00:01:23]  Come on.
[00:01:24]  He's backing up.
[00:01:25]  Come on, motherfucker.
[00:01:26]  Why are you trying to get away from me?
[00:01:26]  He pulled his paper because you were already trying to hit me.
[00:01:30]  I didn't try to hit you.
[00:01:31]  Yeah, you're moving up on me.
[00:01:32]  So now I'm bleeding.
[00:01:34]  I didn't see that.
[00:01:34]  I didn't see any of that.
[00:01:36]  I saw him backing up.
[00:01:37]  Yeah, I didn't.
[00:01:38]  You told him to go back to his abode.
[00:01:40]  That's what he's trying to do.
[00:01:41]  Well, you keep tasing him.
[00:01:42]  Well, I think he's backing up because he's shooting a taser at him.
[00:01:45]  Well, he's about to go in his house.
[00:01:47]  Yeah.
[00:01:48]  Now I'm bleeding, and you're doing all that.
[00:01:50]  Faith in Central.
[00:01:51]  Go ahead and send me back up.
[00:01:52]  Subject tried to attack me.
[00:01:54]  Got him at gunpoint right now.
[00:01:56]  That's crazy.
[00:02:01]  You need to get down on your knees.
[00:02:03]  I haven't done anything wrong.
[00:02:05]  Get on your knees.
[00:02:06]  Now, I haven't done anything wrong.
[00:02:09]  I need it there.
[00:02:12]  Shots fired.
[00:02:13]  Shots fired.
[00:02:16]  So he shot him three times after he tried to knock his weapon.
[00:02:20]  Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:02:21]  Yeah.
[00:02:22]  Oh, man.
[00:02:25]  Excuse me.
[00:02:31]  You can't come at me like that.
[00:02:33]  He didn't come up.
[00:02:33]  Sit back here.
[00:02:36]  Sit up so I can help you.
[00:02:38]  Sit up so I can help you.
[00:02:40]  Now you want to help him?
[00:02:42]  And he's got an attitude about it.
[00:02:44]  You just shot the man three times.
[00:02:46]  Yeah.
[00:02:46]  And you got an attitude because he can't sit up.
[00:02:50]  That's called mentally.
[00:02:51]  That's low capacity.
[00:02:54]  Why do you do that to me?
[00:02:55]  Sit up so I can.
[00:02:58]  The news covered it.
[00:03:01]  Walk away.
[00:03:02]  You need to get down on your knees.
[00:03:04]  I haven't done anything wrong.
[00:03:05]  Get on your knees.
[00:03:06]  Now.
[00:03:08]  Breaking news video of a Charlotte County deputy shooting a man to death.
[00:03:13]  Thank you for counting on Golf Coast News.
[00:03:15]  I'm Kelly Burns.
[00:03:16]  And I'm Peter Bush.
[00:03:17]  The deputy was responding to an argument over a painted light bulb.
[00:03:24]  I think the cop, when you respond to these disturbances, you got to keep in mind what you're responding to.
[00:03:31]  And the whole point in going there is to de-escalate this nonsense, but he escalated everything.
[00:03:37]  Yeah, yo, just call us minor dispute.
[00:03:41]  The intent is to calm everybody down.
[00:03:44]  Yeah.
[00:03:44]  He escalated the situation.
[00:03:46]  Yeah.
[00:03:47]  Gulf Coast News reporter Jackie Gunther has an exclusive interview with the neighbor who called for help.
[00:03:52]  She joins us live in Charlotte County.
[00:03:57]  The deputy tried to get a man to go back into his apartment, but he didn't listen.
[00:04:01]  And now we're seeing him get tased and shot.
[00:04:06]  So let's do it or not do it.
[00:04:10]  What are we gonna do?
[00:04:11]  What are you threatening?
[00:04:12]  Do it or not do it?
[00:04:14]  Are you threatening?
[00:04:15]  Do it or not do it.
[00:04:17]  You see Deputy Timothy Poole pull out his taser at a condo on Saxony Circle last month.
[00:04:23]  Daniel Birch tells him to tase him.
[00:04:26]  You can see Birch swatting at the taser, which does not phase him.
[00:04:29]  That is when the deputy draws the gun, calls for backup, and demands him to get on his knees.
[00:04:35]  Go ahead and send me back up.
[00:04:36]  Subject tried to attack me.
[00:04:38]  Got him at gunpoint right now.
[00:04:40]  You need to get down on your knees.
[00:04:41]  Birch gets closer and he also swats at the gun.
[00:04:44]  Shortly after, the deputy shoots three rounds with two hitting Birch.
[00:04:49]  We're freezing that part of the video.
[00:04:51]  Fired.
[00:04:51]  Shots fired.
[00:04:52]  You didn't come at me like that.
[00:04:54]  You can see immediately after the deputy gets medical aid to help Birch.
[00:04:58]  Sit up so I can help you.
[00:05:01]  Sit up so I can help you.
[00:05:04]  What did you do to me?
[00:05:06]  Sit up so I can help you.
[00:05:06]  Birch died the next day in the hospital.
[00:05:09]  This all started when neighbor Terry Beggs confronted Birch about a light bulb that was painted black.
[00:05:14]  He tells me despite his health struggles since the incident, he hopes the deputy and Birch's family are doing okay.
[00:05:21]  I hope the deputy's okay.
[00:05:23]  I really do.
[00:05:24]  I really do.
[00:05:25]  And I feel sorry for Dan.
[00:05:27]  I hope the deputy's okay.
[00:05:32]  Babe, I'm looking at this from a...
[00:05:34]  No, you're looking at it the right way.
[00:05:36]  You have the right perspective.
[00:05:37]  You're surrounded by crazy people.
[00:05:39]  Family, I really do.
[00:05:41]  I really do.
[00:05:43]  I'll get over the mental stuff and the shakiness.
[00:05:49]  Hopefully.
[00:05:52]  But I'm more concerned about them.
[00:05:57]  They've been through more than I have.
[00:06:03]  As for Deputy Poole, he has served with CCSO for 22 years and he is currently on administrative paid leave as proto.
[00:06:11]  He's not even a rookie.
[00:06:12]  He's been doing this for 22 years and he's on paid leave.

=== The Unnecessary Use of Force (04:05) ===

[00:06:16]  Like, he's got the police union.
[00:06:17]  They protect the, but he did not have to ask, escalate it to something physical.
[00:06:22]  He didn't have to.
[00:06:23]  Yeah, he should have gave him an opportunity to leave.
[00:06:26]  Go back to your apartment.
[00:06:28]  I mean, it's going to be some back and forth, but give him an opportunity to leave peacefully.
[00:06:32]  You pull out his taser.
[00:06:33]  You didn't have to use it right away like that.
[00:06:36]  You could have used a little restraint and then you went straight to the firearm.
[00:06:41]  Yeah, it's nuts.
[00:06:42]  And he's already at his apartment.
[00:06:43]  He's on his right in front of his.
[00:06:44]  Yeah, I don't know who he's calling.
[00:06:46]  Maybe he's calling for the cop.
[00:06:48]  I don't know.
[00:06:48]  And that guy who lost his life, he had no idea that that cop was going to shoot him.
[00:06:53]  Yeah.
[00:06:53]  Because, you know, the rational thing, he was probably thinking rationally, he's not going to shoot me.
[00:07:02]  I'm out here in shorts.
[00:07:03]  I have no weapons.
[00:07:04]  I'm walking away.
[00:07:05]  Yeah, I knocked his taser away, but the cop pursued him.
[00:07:10]  Yeah, the cop kept coming forward and putting it in his face.
[00:07:13]  It's like the cop wanted him to do something so he could use it.
[00:07:16]  But the guy never did do anything that would justify him.
[00:07:19]  He swatted it out of his face.
[00:07:20]  With the gun?
[00:07:21]  To swat the gun out of his face?
[00:07:23]  That's a threat.
[00:07:24]  Yeah, you shouldn't even do that.
[00:07:25]  That's crazy.
[00:07:25]  Yeah, I think he put it in his face so he could swat it, so he could use his firearm.
[00:07:29]  I mean, that's a natural reaction.
[00:07:31]  I put a gun in your face.
[00:07:32]  Naturally, you're going to want to knock it down.
[00:07:33]  No, naturally, I'm like backing up.
[00:07:35]  But just think about it.
[00:07:37]  Naturally, you're going to want to knock the gun away.
[00:07:39]  Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:07:40]  You're not necessarily assaulting the police officer at that point.
[00:07:43]  You just want that gun out of your face.
[00:07:45]  The only time you should pull your taser is...
[00:07:48]  I don't think it's...
[00:07:50]  He didn't even give him an opportunity.
[00:07:51]  He did.
[00:07:51]  Was he like threatening another guy?
[00:07:54]  I don't know.
[00:07:55]  It was over a light bulb.
[00:07:56]  Said, do it or not, do it?
[00:07:58]  I don't know.
[00:07:59]  Yeah, I think this whole situation is nuts.
[00:08:02]  Yeah, I don't think that guy should be a police officer.
[00:08:06]  You're too high-strung.
[00:08:07]  That shit went to hell in a handbasket.
[00:08:12]  Like, that's crazy.
[00:08:13]  Let me suppose to de-escalate.
[00:08:15]  That was nuts.
[00:08:16]  Let me see these comments.
[00:08:18]  It's while the deputy engineering his own story while knowingly wearing a body cam.
[00:08:22]  Okay, they agree with us.
[00:08:23]  Yeah.
[00:08:24]  Yeah, hold on.
[00:08:24]  Let me read these.
[00:08:25]  I want to read a couple comments.
[00:08:26]  I like that comment.
[00:08:27]  He was engineering the own story on the body cam, but you could see it wasn't rational what he was doing.
[00:08:33]  Those are some.
[00:08:34]  Yeah, let me start over.
[00:08:35]  It's while the deputy is engineering his own story while knowingly wearing body cam.
[00:08:39]  Yeah, it didn't make sense.
[00:08:40]  It was irrational.
[00:08:41]  The policeman must be punished with the utmost rigor of the law because the video clearly shows an execution without the slightest chance of defending the victim.
[00:08:49]  Right.
[00:08:51]  Did that dumb really say sit him so I can talk to you?
[00:08:57]  Is he eight or something?
[00:08:58]  Does he not understand what a gun can do if you shoot a guy three times?
[00:09:02]  He isn't going to get up.
[00:09:04]  Yeah, it's like a disconnect.
[00:09:05]  Like, you've been on the force for 22 years?
[00:09:08]  Yeah.
[00:09:08]  And you don't have the wherewithal to understand what a bullet does to a human body?
[00:09:12]  Two of them?
[00:09:13]  Yeah.
[00:09:13]  And you didn't have to have an attitude because he couldn't sit up.
[00:09:16]  Yeah.
[00:09:16]  If this deputy isn't charged with unaliving, we have an evil problem in law enforcement.
[00:09:22]  Right.
[00:09:24]  Man, that was crazy.
[00:09:26]  And nobody's going to really talk about it because the victim's white.
[00:09:29]  If he's black, everybody be talking about it.
[00:09:32]  Oh, that's a good point.
[00:09:33]  Nobody cares.
[00:09:34]  Nobody cares.
[00:09:35]  Even white people are not going to care.
[00:09:37]  Especially the white people on the right.
[00:09:40]  There's no he doesn't.
[00:09:41]  This is egregious, Kevin.
[00:09:43]  Yeah, but man, we got some sickos on both sides.
[00:09:49]  You know, I don't think Kevin, the Republican voter, is not going to say this is.
[00:09:54]  I don't know.
[00:09:55]  Officer Tater might think that's Jessica.
[00:09:59]  Well, he might do a video though.
[00:10:01]  I'm going to be looking for it.
[00:10:02]  I'm thinking I don't think there's any justification for that.
[00:10:06]  I'm sure he'll find some justification.
[00:10:07]  He never assaulted anybody.
[00:10:09]  He never.
[00:10:09]  Well, he never came aggressively to anybody.
[00:10:13]  Yeah, never swung a punch.
[00:10:15]  All he was doing was deflect a gun out his face.
[00:10:17]  Yeah, I'm talking about before he even pulled the taser out.

=== No Reason to Pull It (00:47) ===

[00:10:21]  Yeah.
[00:10:21]  There was no reason to pull it.
[00:10:23]  You got to combat him a little verbally, but nothing to warrant you pulling out of shooting him with tail.
[00:10:30]  I'll be interested to see what Officer Tatum being a former law enforcement officer.
[00:10:37]  But I think that's that's that's I don't want to live in a I don't want to live in a society where cops are that aggressive.
[00:10:44]  That's that's that's scary because you know a lot of times you're upset you do things that you don't accustomly do and then before you know it your life has been taken by overzealous police officer.
[00:10:56]  Yeah, this is all over a light bulb.
[00:10:59]  Yeah you hope the deputy is okay.
[00:11:02]  He shot a man who didn't need to be shot.
[00:11:05]  Right.
[00:11:05]  Yeah.
[00:11:06]  Crazy story.
[00:11:07]  Yeah.
[00:11:07]  That is nuts.
[00:11:08]  Yeah.