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Related: About this forumFlorida man jumps in ocean to avoid giving cops, girlfriend his phone's passcode: 'You're telling me I'm resisting'
A Florida man, desperate for his girlfriend and cops not to access his phone, jumped into the ocean to avoid giving up his passcode and fled arrest after being grilled by police while out on a boat.
Bodycam footage from April shows two female Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) officers questioning a man who identified himself as AJ and his girlfriend on a boat somewhere in the waters near Key West in a YouTube video posted last week.
In the video, which has garnered over a million views, AJ argues with the officers and his girlfriend over the phone and proper identification and becomes increasingly agitated before finally jumping into the ocean.
Questioning what would happen if he just swims away, he then led the cops on a seven-minute pursuit back to shore before getting arrested. .................(more)
https://nypost.com/2024/07/17/lifestyle/florida-man-jumps-in-ocean-to-avoid-giving-cops-girlfriend-his-phones-passcode-in-viral-youtube-video/
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Florida man jumps in ocean to avoid giving cops, girlfriend his phone's passcode: 'You're telling me I'm resisting' (Original Post)
marmar
Jul 17
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ret5hd
(21,060 posts)1. the cops had ABSOLUTELY no right to demand...
his passcode.
i dunno what this guy was hiding (to me it seemed he didnt want his gf to see his phone)
but he needs to learn these words:
i am invoking my 5th amendment right to remain silent
and then stay that way (silent).
chia
(2,320 posts)2. The cops didn't demand his passcode, his girlfriend did, presumably to help him. That's a misleading headline.
ret5hd
(21,060 posts)3. "fear of gf" it is then!
man, just accidentally drop it! youre on a fn boat!
Oops! im so clumsy!
chia
(2,320 posts)4. ex-girlfriend by now maybe, as per her parting threat ;)
I watched the whole thing, I rarely watch videos but for some reason I wanted to see Florida Man play out this time.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,560 posts)5. Is he single now? He seems nice...