Florida deputies may be in hot water after a video went viral of them arresting a man who said he was legally blind for seemingly nothing, with Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter conceding Monday that he was “troubled” by the footage.
The video, obtained and posted on YouTube by the man arrested in the incident, shows two deputies place James “Jim” Hodges in handcuffs for refusing to identify himself. The 61-year-old repeatedly attests that he owes the cops nothing because he hadn’t committed a crime.
The two deputies didn’t heed his pleas, however, arresting Hodges on a charge of resisting arrest without violence. It carried a $1,000 bail, an arrest affidavit says.
