Watch: Officer shoots at man after mistaking acorn falling for gunfire



Police body camera footage shows Florida officers opening fire on a Black man handcuffed in a patrol vehicle after mistaking a falling acorn for a gunshot. The man was unharmed but said it left him traumatized. The officer later resigned while under investigation.

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26 comments

  1. Prayers out to the unarmed man and his family.

  2. JFC, is this the kind of abject stupidity with deadly consequences we can expect from any police interaction?

  3. This is insane! 😂🤦🏻‍♂️ “I’m hit” with what?! That dude should have never been a cop

  4. RIP❤ NAVALNY. May GOD Nless your Soul

  5. This feels like an onion article

  6. Where is this cops background check doesn’t seem like he should have a firearm. He needs to be a security cop at a mall.

  7. The acorn, though a juvenile, will be tried as an adult.

  8. "So anyways, I started blastin"

  9. If a comedian made this video people would tell them it's too silly and to play it a little straighter.

  10. They shot at each other. Crazy police. I mean they were in escorted line of fire.

  11. Yeah, but what about the acorn? Is it still at large?

  12. Dude needs to leave that ratchet alone. She called the cops on him because he took her car. Then she told them he had a silencer. And that he assaults her. Then after they shot up the car her story changed. Blackman when will you learn. She knew what would happen. But she wasn't ready. Saggy bihh

  13. There needs to be criminal charges of reckless endangerment against this guy

  14. man these guys have beef with the Ice Age squirrel 🐿️

  15. His voice is ridiculous he sound like someone trying to do a bad Arnold Shwartzenager impression. "awhhhhhhhhh….im hit"

  16. This is officially the most mind numbing idiotic piece of crap content I’ve ever seen on the internet

  17. 😮When I read the article regarding this incident, I assumed the acorn gave off a loud pop and one officer fired only a couple rounds. The fact that the sound was a soft impact and both officers FIRING WILDLY is insane.

  18. Man heard something that's something so quiet, it goes undetected by his bodycam. But it still shocks him to the point that it teleports him into Dark Souls, so boy just starts rolling.

  19. This reminds me of a Dani devito story….so there i was…and I start blastin

  20. Truly embarrassing and just pathetic

  21. Nobody’s gonna talk about the female cop also shooting without seeing anyone with a gun or shooting other than the other cop

  22. Hang on. This happened back in November of last year…why is it coming out NOW?
    Christ this country.