1 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, Luck and load. Michael 2 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: Arry Show is on the air. It's Charlie from BlackBerry Smoke. 3 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: I can feel a good one coming on. 4 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: It's the Michael Berry Show. I try not to spend 5 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: too much time on the news of Houston where I live, 6 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: because we're a nationwide broadcast, But sometimes I feel like, 7 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 1: you know, we get too much LA news and New 8 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: York news and DC news. You need to know what's 9 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: happening out here in the real world, because the country's 10 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: more like Houston than it is DC, that's for sure, 11 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: or New York or LA. ICE has arrested over two 12 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: hundred illegal alien child sex offenders in the Houston area 13 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: over the past just six months that President Trump has 14 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: been the president. Credit for this story goes to a 15 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: site called Straight Arrow News. 16 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 3: Two hundred and fourteen people detained by ICE in Houston 17 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 3: over the last six months have either been charged with 18 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 3: or convicted of child sex crimes. The press release from 19 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 3: ICE says the arrest number over the past six months 20 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 3: surpassed the amount of child sex offenders not by the 21 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 3: office in all of twenty twenty four. The office, crediting 22 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,839 Speaker 3: the federal government's increase of resources, The acting Field Office 23 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 3: director says, while we still have a long way to 24 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: go to truly get this crisis under control, the strides 25 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 3: we have made in just six months to make our 26 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 3: local communities safer our substantial, and our officers continue to 27 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 3: work tirelessly every day to get the worst of the 28 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 3: worst criminal aliens out of Southeast Texas. According to new 29 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 3: analysis from the Deportation Data Project, ICE as a whole 30 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 3: has arrested more than one hundred thousand migrants since Trump's 31 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 3: inauguration on January twentieth. 32 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 1: Through late June. 33 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 3: The analysis suggests forty percent of those arrested are convicted criminals. 34 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 3: For comparison, in twenty twenty four, under the Biden administration, 35 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 3: fifty one thousand arrests were made and fifty three percent 36 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 3: had criminal records. 37 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: You've probably seen the story by now, because it's garnered 38 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:26,639 Speaker 1: a lot of attention. ICE has arrested an illegal alien 39 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: who was trying to buy a gun. Now, illegal aliens, 40 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: like felons, are not allowed to buy guns, and that's 41 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 1: how Ice was alerted. When he went to fill out 42 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: the federal firearms application. It triggered the fact that he's 43 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:48,119 Speaker 1: in the country illegally and ICE was able to arrest him. 44 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: He's in the country from Jamaica and he's not just 45 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: an illegal alien. He was serving as a cop in Maine. 46 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: He came to the country with a visa, but he 47 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: overstayed his visa, which by the way, is a crime. 48 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 4: ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations unit in Boston says John 49 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 4: Luke Evans was picked up in Biddeford after he illegally 50 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 4: tried to buy a gun in Maine. ICE says Evans 51 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 4: is from Jamaica and that he came here legally in 52 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 4: twenty twenty three but overstayed his visa. During the arrest, 53 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 4: they say he told ICE agents he was trying to 54 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 4: buy the gun to use as part of his employment 55 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 4: as a police officer. You can see Evans here in 56 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 4: a post from the Old Orchard Beach Police Department back 57 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 4: in June as they welcomed six new reserve officers, saying 58 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 4: the group had recently graduated from the Main Criminal Justice 59 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 4: Academy's Law Enforcement pre Service program. ICE is coming down 60 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 4: on Old Orchard BEACHPD, saying, in part, we have police 61 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 4: department that was We have a police department that was 62 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 4: knowingly breaking the very law they are charged with enforcing 63 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 4: in order to employ an illegal alien. Old Orchard Police 64 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 4: Chief Elice Chart is pushing back against ICE. She says 65 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 4: Evans did federal work authorization forms and that US Department 66 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 4: of Homeland Security verified that Evans was cleared to work 67 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 4: in the US. Chief Chard also points out that under 68 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 4: main law, non citizen residents are allowed to work in 69 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 4: law enforcement. 70 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: Somebody needs to throw the book at these people. Federal 71 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: authorities arrested two staff members a few days ago at 72 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: a medical clinic in California after they blocked ICE agents 73 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: from arresting an illegal alien who fled into the clinic 74 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: during pursuit, like Monuel Noriega running to a church. US 75 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: Attorney Bill Esseley, by the way, he is Trump's US 76 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: attorney pick for California. This guy is good and he 77 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: is in the belly of the beast. He is doing 78 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: such great work. US Attorney Bill Asselly says this story 79 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: is another example of a false narrative pedaled by irresponsible Well, 80 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: you know what, I'll let you listen to the story. 81 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 1: He says it all right here. ABC seven in LA 82 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 1: with the story. 83 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 5: It's cell phone video that went viral a couple of 84 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 5: weeks ago showing employees at a surgery center in Ontario 85 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 5: trying to stop federal agents from arresting a suspected undocumented immigrant. 86 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 5: Now two of those workers, Jose Ortega and Daniella Davila, 87 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 5: charged with assaulting and interfering with federal officers. 88 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 6: It is against the law to interfere with federal immigration agents. 89 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: You cannot touch them and you cannot get in their way. 90 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 5: US Attorney Bill A. Saley says that ICE agents were 91 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 5: following a truck with three men inside of it on 92 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 5: July eighth in Ontario. The complaint calling one of those 93 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 5: men a quote target alien. When the truck arrived at 94 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 5: the Ontario Advanced Surgery Center, their target, Dennis Giann, who 95 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 5: was a landscaper at the center, ran inside the building. 96 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: The narrative out. 97 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 6: There was an insinuation that this illegal alien was somehow 98 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 6: a patient at this medical center, that he was removed 99 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 6: during an appointment, and that's just completely false. He was 100 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 6: under investigation for being in the country here unlawfully. 101 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: He was being chased by federal agents. 102 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 6: He ran into this medical center to escape the agents, 103 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 6: and these workers obstructed or attempted to obstruct the agent's 104 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 6: ability to apprehend him, and they made physical contact. They 105 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 6: actually touched the agents. They laid hands on federal agents. 106 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 2: Well your imagine number. 107 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 5: The criminal complaint references this video allegedly showing the villa 108 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 5: wedging herself between the officer and Gien and Ortega then 109 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 5: grabbing the officer's arm. Ortega's niece speaking out alongside immigrants' 110 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 5: rights advocates this. 111 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 4: Afternoon, this arrest was not about law enforcement. 112 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: It was about silencing him. 113 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 3: My uncle was being targeted and prosecuted, not because he 114 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 3: broke any law, but because he has fearlessly stoot up 115 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 3: to defend the constitutional rights. 116 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 6: This arrest is not only a blatant abuse of power, 117 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 6: it is a direct violation of due process and a 118 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 6: dangerous attack on constitutional rights of US citizens. 119 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 5: Both medical workers have been arrested and made appearances in 120 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 5: federal court. 121 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 1: Did everybody knows who this guy is? Come on, man 122 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: fit them, Michael Berry, come on. DeSantis confirms that deportation 123 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: flights from Alligator Alcatraz began. I think it was last Friday. 124 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: They began, and he made clear. I want to be clear. 125 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: I don't want it to be where illegals are just 126 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: being stored at the facility and then just kind of 127 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: sitting around. I want them processed and deported on an 128 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: aggressive schedule. 129 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 7: This provides an ability to enhance the mission, to increase 130 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 7: the number and frequency of deportations. And so what's been 131 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 7: done here has really been remarkable. There's full ground air 132 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 7: communications from the airfield. There's air tracking radar capabilities, on 133 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 7: site security, securing all access ports of the taxiway and 134 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 7: runway on aircraft arrival that happens. You got five thousand 135 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 7: gallons of jet fuel on site, you got runway lighting, 136 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 7: you got everything you need to be able to do that. 137 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 7: This airport is able to accept commercial sized aircraft and 138 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 7: conduct both both day and nighttime operations. And so that's 139 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 7: what it's all about, to be able to help process 140 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 7: and remove folks that are legally in the state of 141 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 7: Florida and in the United States of America. So we 142 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 7: look forward to this cadence increasing. 143 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: I don't think we've addressed this on the show yet, 144 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: but it deserves our attention. After the fires in Los Angeles, 145 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: devastating fires, there was, as there often is, a celebrity 146 00:08:52,480 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: concert called Fire Aid and it raised one hundred million dollars. 147 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: All the famous people performing, they never give their own money. 148 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: It's people at home, honest, decent, hardworking people sending in 149 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: ten dollars, twenty dollars, you name it. And so there's 150 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: Olivia Rodrigo, which is why you watch, or I don't 151 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 1: know who that is, Katy Perry or Lady Gaga. And 152 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: so one hundred million dollars was raised, but the money 153 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: wasn't shared with the victims. California Republican Congressman Kevin Kylie 154 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: is calling for Attorney General Pambondy to investigate after it 155 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: was revealed that the money went to non profit political 156 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 1: groups with no experience in fire relief, and not a 157 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: penny went to the actual victims. 158 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 8: I have asked Attorney General Pambondy to open an investigation 159 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 8: into the fire aid concert that took place in the 160 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 8: aftermath of the devastating Los Angeles fires. What has happened, 161 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 8: what we have earned, is absolutely beyond belief. In the 162 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 8: aftermath of these fires, which destroyed eighteen thousand homes and 163 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 8: killed tragically thirty people, there was a fire aid concert 164 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 8: in which a number of high profile musicians generously agreed 165 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 8: to perform, and people responded in an amazing way. Tens 166 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 8: of thousands of people donated, raising one hundred million dollars 167 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 8: for what they were told was direct relief for the victims. 168 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 2: But now we've learned that. 169 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 8: This money didn't go to the victims at all. Instead, 170 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 8: it went to nonprofits, some of which have nothing to 171 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 8: do with fire relief, where they promote things like voting 172 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 8: and civic engagement and multi generational power building. Some of 173 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 8: them aren't even located in LA So I've asked the 174 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 8: Attorney General to open an investigation in order to restore 175 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 8: the intent of the donors, in order to make the 176 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 8: victims whole and to bring accountability. 177 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: I yield back. We did this story yesterday morning on 178 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: the Morning Show. Give me if you listen to both shows, 179 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: because occasionally we do repeat ourselves, but I hope you 180 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: don't mind. This is such a positive, wonderful, sweet, beautiful story. 181 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: This fellow is a pilot and he was raised by 182 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: his grandmother and his grandfather. So he is on the 183 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: schedule to fly one day and he finds out that 184 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 1: his grandmother is flying from Memphis to Chicago. I think 185 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: he lives in Memphis, and she lives in Memphis two 186 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: and he finds out that his grandmother is flying on 187 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: this day at this time. He happens to be on 188 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: the schedule. So he contacts the pilot who's flying that plane. 189 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 1: He's certified to fly planes that size, and he gets 190 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: him to switch routes with him, so he gets to 191 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: fly his grandmother. Well, of course you've been on a 192 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: plane before. He gets on the plane, before she does. 193 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: He doesn't allow himself to be seen in the terminal. 194 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: He gets on the plane, they close the door behind 195 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: the cockpit. His grandmother sits down. Oh, I get choked 196 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: up on this one. His grandmother sits down in the flight. 197 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 1: She's basically his mother, she's raised him. And he's doing 198 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: the announcements, and he tells the story about his grandmother, 199 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,079 Speaker 1: and of course the sad story that his grandfather never 200 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: got to see him fly or never got to hear 201 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: him do the announcements. This one right here, this is 202 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: as beautiful as story as there is. 203 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 5: Good afternoon, everyone, Welcome on Born American Airlines Fight forty 204 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 5: three eight. 205 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: Great service over to Chicago. 206 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 2: My name is Justin and I will. 207 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: Be here captain on today's flight, calling over to Chicago. 208 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: This is a very special flight for me. Little backstory 209 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: about me. 210 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 2: I was born and raised here in the Memphis area, 211 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 2: here up. 212 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:01,439 Speaker 9: Here, and it's a special flight for me. 213 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 2: Guess right ahead. I grew up here in the business area. 214 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 1: They supported me, They've done everything they could to help me. 215 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 9: It's where I am today. 216 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 7: We passed away earlier this year, so he never got 217 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 7: the opportunity to fly with me. 218 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 9: But this amazing crew that I'm flying with here today 219 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 9: was able to. 220 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: Help me pull it off to where my grandmother got 221 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: the opportunity to apply to Chicago with you today and 222 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 1: I will leave the compan so we do. 223 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 9: Appreciate her mindy and help me get off. So we 224 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:43,079 Speaker 9: did do. 225 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: The House Ethics Committee finds that Alexandria o Casio Cortez 226 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: broke rules in accepting the gown that she wore to 227 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: the met gala back in twenty twenty nine. The thirty 228 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: five thousd dollar gown, sorry, thirty five thousand dollars a 229 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 1: ticket to go, and the gown she wore read tax 230 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: the rich, Well, isn't that cute? A bunch of rich 231 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: white liberals guilty over their wealth, wanting you tax to 232 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: death because they don't actually want. You know, they could 233 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: give money. At the end of your tax return, it 234 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: says you can donate to the federal government, you can 235 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: pay down the debt, do whatever you want. But these 236 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: rich white liberals, and that's who wants the taxes increased. 237 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: Blacks don't want the tax increased. It's white liberals. They 238 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 1: are the death of this country. She was ordered to 239 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: pay an additional twenty seven hundred dollars for the rented 240 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: gown she wore that was valued at more than eighteen 241 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. I don't think she cares. Honestly, I really 242 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: don't think she cares. What does do you want to marry? 243 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 2: What do you want? 244 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: You want to just to say the word and I'll 245 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: PLUGU is a video the guy made. It's been going 246 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: around and several listeners have sent it to me. And 247 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: it's a guy claiming to prove that the six hour 248 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: P three trigger will fire independent of being touched, which, 249 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: as you can imagine, is a huge problem. That's how 250 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: somebody gets killed or at a minimum, severely injured. And 251 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: I wondered, is there anything to this? Why do people 252 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: keep sending me this? I've had some six hour some 253 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: former six hour partisans, uh, telling me that this is 254 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: very concerning and needs to be brought to light. Now, 255 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: I've known some folks over the years who are huge 256 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: six hour fans. And then it turns out that there 257 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: is a police officer in Houston, thirty five year veteran 258 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: named Richard Fernandez Junior, who on January twenty at twenty 259 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,359 Speaker 1: twenty five, he was working traffic control for a parade 260 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: and apparently his six hour went off and shot him 261 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: in the foot, and he is filing lawsuit, a lawsuit 262 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: against sig Sour. This is an issue. Six hour has 263 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: created a website called P three twenty truth dot com 264 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: because this is coming up apparently quite a bit. There 265 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: are lots of people claiming this happened to them. Rick Fernandez, 266 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: thirty five year HPD officer, is our guest. Welcome, sir, 267 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: thank you tell me if you would what happened January 268 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: twenty at twenty twenty five. 269 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 2: Okay, Well, I work on a crime suppression team out 270 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 2: of Kingwood and they had brought us down for the 271 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 2: for a parade they were going to have on MLK Day, 272 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 2: and so we were given an assignment to do some 273 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 2: traffic direction at MLK and Airport Boulevard, and so that's 274 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 2: where we were at and I came out. We were 275 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,439 Speaker 2: told given our assignment, and we were told to go 276 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 2: ahead and get on posts. We went out to our 277 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 2: posts and I exited my patrol car and I walked 278 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 2: around to the passenger site to start directing traffic and 279 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,959 Speaker 2: have some people to turn onto MLK a certain direction, 280 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 2: and I made contact with the eye contact with a 281 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 2: driver that was coming towards me, and I started a point. 282 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 2: I think I started a point, but I heard of 283 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 2: pops and then at that point I kind of got 284 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 2: a little confused because it sounded like my gun had popped. 285 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 2: It didn't sound like a gun shot. So I looked 286 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,199 Speaker 2: down and I saw that I had a hole in 287 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 2: my pants around my calf, and then I could see 288 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 2: that I was starting to bleed because it was it 289 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 2: was coming out, dripping down my calves down onto the ground. 290 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 2: And I told one of the people I was working 291 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 2: with that I think I'd been shot, and so, uh, again, 292 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 2: we didn't hear a gunshot, we heard a pop. So 293 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 2: he walked me around to the driver's side of my car. 294 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 2: He laid me down in the car and at that 295 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 2: point people started, I guess he radioed. People started coming 296 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 2: towards me to help, but they started putting tarniquits on me, 297 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 2: and I didn't. I was I was confused because my 298 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,479 Speaker 2: gun never it never came out of the holster. It 299 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 2: was in the holster the entire time. I didn't even 300 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:51,479 Speaker 2: touch my gun and it fired. So uh So, anyway, 301 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 2: I was transported to Herman Hospital and they removed the 302 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,640 Speaker 2: bullet went in the upper part of my calf, went 303 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 2: down my calf all the weight to my ankle, and 304 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 2: they were moved at the next day. Surgically, I have. 305 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 1: Very well developed calves. How would you describe the development 306 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: level of your calves? Some people have really just kind 307 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: of straight up and down legs, and some people, like 308 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: a lot of Asians, will have really big muscular calves. 309 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: Where do you fit in that? 310 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 2: Well, I was a college football player and I am 311 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 2: I'm older now, but I am I am very much 312 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,120 Speaker 2: at an infort rower. 313 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 1: So I rowe probably a lot like mum. I row 314 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: a lot. 315 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 2: So if anybody that knows me knows I talked about rowing. 316 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: If I'm walking along in short pants and I flex 317 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: my calves in front of people they don't know me. 318 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: A lot of times people will comment, wow, that's an 319 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: imp you're probably getting that as well. 320 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 2: Well, I don't know. I really I don't know. I 321 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 2: don't wear shorts that often. I guess but U them. 322 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 2: But well, I have I. 323 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: Understand where you are, so so at what point? So 324 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: I'm thinking that the natural reaction for you never having 325 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: touched your weapon is that somebody else had to shoot you. 326 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm thinking your first thought had to be, well, 327 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: I know, I didn't touch my gun. Somebody shot me? 328 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 7: No? 329 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: Or was it angle? 330 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 2: No, it was just it didn't. I didn't hear a gunshot. 331 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 2: I heard a pop, and so it confused me on 332 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,640 Speaker 2: how did my gun fire in the holster and I'm 333 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 2: not pulling it out, I'm not touching my gun. How 334 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 2: did it fire? That couldn't be my gun? And I'm 335 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 2: not sure if I felt a little recoil on my hip, 336 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 2: but my gun never moved from the hulster. Yeah, so 337 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 2: I was confused. I didn't feel like anyone was shooting 338 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 2: at me because I felt like I would have heard 339 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 2: the gun shot. I've heard enough gunshots that I would 340 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 2: recognize the gunshot. But I heard a pop, and it 341 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 2: was because it was locked. 342 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: In the holster. And you think that what sound dampened it? 343 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 2: Yes? 344 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: Interesting, Well, a thirty five year veteran, you've been to 345 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: the range a fair number of times and you've heard 346 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: enough rounds go off, so I think you'd know the 347 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: difference between a pop and a gunshot. It's just amazing 348 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,239 Speaker 1: that it's on your hip and it goes off and 349 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: then you're I mean you might have I don't know, 350 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: I'm just spitballing. You might have gone in shock. Your 351 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: body might have been in a shock that you were 352 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 1: not aware of. 353 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 2: There's no doubt I was in shock. 354 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: So they take you to the hospital and my understanding 355 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: is that you lost feeling in your Is it your 356 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: right or left foot? 357 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 2: Right? Okay? 358 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: So the bullet goes through your calf, down the leg, 359 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: and does it lot in the foot or does it come. 360 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 2: Out and lodges in next to my ankle? 361 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: Oh? Is it still there now? 362 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 2: They took it out? 363 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,199 Speaker 1: Okay, So tell me about the process from there. I'm 364 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: assuming that's pretty painful. I'm assuming you have some surgeries. 365 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 2: Yes, surgery to remove the bullet. Uh, And I was 366 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,360 Speaker 2: out for about three months and then I returned back 367 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 2: to duty. But as far as the pain and as 368 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 2: far as the you know, the surgeon at Herman was fantastic, 369 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 2: Doctor Easton fantastic. Uh. And my leg looks it looks 370 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 2: about the same as it did before. And you know, 371 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 2: I do have some starring along my leg. It kind 372 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 2: of followed the trace of the bullet. And I've had 373 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 2: I've had to have lots of physical care, and I've 374 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 2: had to do lots of rehabilitation to it, and I 375 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 2: still don't have feeling in part of my leg. 376 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: I can only imagine what size round does that fire? 377 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 2: It was a nine millimeter. 378 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: I look, I'm not the judge in your case, but 379 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 1: I can't imagine what level of anger I would feel. 380 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: I believe that a gun that I was wearing discharge 381 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: without me touching it can cause me all this. Can 382 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: you hold with us for just a moment, Kits of. 383 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 7: The world as we know it is the world? 384 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: Sargan grit Frnandez Junior is our guest. He says that 385 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,400 Speaker 1: on January twenty, twenty twenty five, while he was working 386 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: as a police officer for the Houston Police Department, a 387 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:09,399 Speaker 1: thirty five year veteran, his service weapon discharged a six 388 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: hour p three. So you you do? You go? So, 389 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: so Scott Cisco, your lawyer, how did you know to 390 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: find him? Is this his expertise? And then kind of 391 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: take us through that case if you would. 392 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 2: Okay, first of all, not a sergeant, just a senior 393 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 2: police officer. Uh, because I know a lot of policemen 394 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 2: listen to you and they're going to be giving me 395 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 2: a hard time. 396 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: Oh did I say, sergeant? 397 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 2: I think I know. I'm yes, you did. I'm sorry, 398 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 2: I'm okay, Okay, that's you know. So Uh, Yes, Scott 399 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,120 Speaker 2: is my attorney. Scott's been a friend of mine since 400 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 2: I was well, for a long time before my police 401 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 2: career started. Since elementary school. I've known Scott, So we've 402 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 2: been friends forever. Uh. And so I called Scott on 403 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 2: the day it happened to let him know what happened. 404 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 2: He also knows me my wife knew her before we 405 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 2: were married. I mean, he's I've known Scott for so long. 406 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 2: So I called him to let him know what was 407 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 2: going on. And Scott came down and met with me 408 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 2: down there, and so I just felt like Shott was 409 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 2: such a good friend I had to let him know, 410 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 2: and yes, he is an attorney. We actually rode together 411 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,199 Speaker 2: at hpd H when we wrote out of Beech Nut. 412 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 2: So you know, I've known Scott forever. 413 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: And so you send a demand letter to them prior 414 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: to a lawsuit, or you filed a lawsuit. Kind of 415 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,199 Speaker 1: walked me through how that has gone so far and 416 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: how they've responded. 417 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 2: Well, I I was, you know, talk contacted Scott, talked 418 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 2: to Scott and basically told Scott what I wanted to do, 419 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 2: because this does not need to happen to any other 420 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 2: police officer or any other citizen, or any other person 421 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 2: in the military. This does not need to happen. This 422 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 2: is a malfunction of their weapon. So Scott, he did 423 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 2: what you know, he's an attorney, so he did what 424 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 2: he needed to do as far as the legal process, 425 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 2: and I know you're an attorney as well. I don't 426 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 2: know what was filed after that or how the sequence 427 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 2: went after that, because you know a lot of that 428 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 2: was me recovering. You know, this wasn't just a physical injury. 429 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,120 Speaker 2: This was a very much a mental injury. And you've 430 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 2: been around enough policeman to know that. You know, we 431 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 2: kind of joke around and give each other a hard time. 432 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 2: It was a very embarrassing situation for happened even though 433 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 2: I didn't do anything wrong. And I was telling people 434 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 2: that from ten minutes after I got shot, that I 435 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 2: didn't do anything wrong. This gun fired on its own, 436 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 2: and because I know how police been on to give 437 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,479 Speaker 2: you a hard time and it's jokingly, but you know, 438 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 2: I didn't want to hear it. And like I said, mentally, 439 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 2: you know, knowing the embarrassment that I felt like I 440 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 2: had brought to myself and my family, I was just 441 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:58,119 Speaker 2: I was upset about that because and I kept replaying 442 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 2: things in my head how this happened. Because I didn't 443 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,239 Speaker 2: touch my gun and it fired. And so you know, 444 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 2: I mean to say that someone can do that, not 445 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 2: try and figure out, you know, how did it fire 446 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 2: in the hulst. I mean, it wasn't It wasn't just 447 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 2: hanging out of the ulster. It was locked in. You know, 448 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 2: our holsters are there, they're very you know, they have 449 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 2: to be a level three holes or so it's locked in, 450 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 2: it's secured, and it's still fired. 451 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 1: Six hour rights the P three to twenty cannot under 452 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,360 Speaker 1: any circumstances discharged without a trigger pool. This is verified 453 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: through extensive testing by six hour, the US military, elite 454 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: law enforcement agencies, and independent laboratories. And then they say uninformed, 455 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: agenda driven parties recently launched attacks against six hours most tested, 456 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: most reliable, and most durable product, the P three twenty pistol. 457 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: This misinformation causes confusion and uncertainty among our valued customers. 458 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: And yet you're not the only person filing a lawsuit. 459 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: Two years ago, the AP reported that a lawsuit filed 460 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,120 Speaker 1: in US federal court and conquered New Hampshire claimed over 461 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: one hundred incidents of the P three to twenty pistol 462 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: unintentionally discharging when the user believed they did not pull 463 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: the trigger. That's a lot of people making a claim 464 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,960 Speaker 1: for sig sour to say it's not true. Now, if 465 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,679 Speaker 1: if it is true, the company may not go bankrupt. 466 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: But this would be a massive hit, and on a 467 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 1: product that they presumably sell a lot of. So you've 468 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: got two sides locked up. But I'll tell you if 469 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 1: I was you, and I was certain I didn't pull 470 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: the trigger or in no way contributed to this gun firing, 471 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 1: I'd do nothing short of making them pay that would be, 472 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: that would be for certain. What would be the proper response? 473 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: What what do you believe they should do? 474 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 2: Well, I think first of all, they need to get 475 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 2: rid of the gun or fix the gun. The gun 476 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 2: has a problem. And you know, I've been around guns 477 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 2: that I'm not someone that knows a hole lot about guns, 478 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 2: but I've been around guns because I've been a policeman, 479 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,160 Speaker 2: had HPD for thirty five years, and I was a 480 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 2: bel air policeman before that, so I've been around guns 481 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 2: for a little while. And I have never heard or 482 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,959 Speaker 2: never seen or never a rumor about a gun firing 483 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 2: in the holster without someone pulling the trigger. Never heard 484 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 2: any gun doing that, Never heard of another SIG model 485 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 2: doing that, just the one P three twenty, and everybody 486 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 2: has the same story. And when I bought this gun, 487 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 2: I had never heard anything about anything bad about this gun. 488 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 2: And you know, I it wasn't until even after that 489 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 2: I learned about the drop test stuff. 490 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: That was going on with it. 491 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 2: So as far as I knew, you know, the gun 492 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 2: was a good gun, and I didn't know about all 493 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 2: these problems. But it's a flawed gun and it has 494 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 2: a problem, and you know, I guess they're just going 495 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 2: to bury their head in the sand on it and 496 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 2: you know, keep making money off of it. 497 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 1: I think I read somewhere that you've only used this 498 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: gun for a few years. My brother, who was an 499 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:02,000 Speaker 1: over thirty year law enforcement officer, carried a glock and 500 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: his answer for that was the long trigger pool. That 501 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: was the thing he carried durability, but the long trigger 502 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: pool was was a really big deal compared to some 503 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 1: guys that still carried revolvers, and he just believed in 504 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: that didn't want an accidental discharge. What did you carry 505 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: before the. 506 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 2: C I carried a Smith and Weston forty five six. Uh, 507 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 2: and that was a gun I carried. I carried with 508 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,840 Speaker 2: when I was a partnered with Scott Cisco. You know, 509 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 2: we carried the same gun. And uh, they quit making 510 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 2: that gun twenty years ago. You know. It was an 511 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 2: old gun, but it was a dependable gun. It was 512 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 2: my gun. I knew how to use it. But I decided, 513 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 2: I guess a little later on my career, that I 514 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 2: was going to try something different because that gun was 515 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:51,560 Speaker 2: a big gun, and it was a heavy gun, and 516 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 2: I'm not as as strong as I used to be, 517 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 2: so I thought, well, let me let me uh you know, 518 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 2: let me better myself here. And so once I did 519 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,200 Speaker 2: purchase the thig, you know, of course I got a 520 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 2: new holster with it. So I we practiced a lot 521 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 2: with these guns because I wanted to get proficient with 522 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,040 Speaker 2: not only the gun but the holster as well, because 523 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 2: I needed a new holster to go with it. So 524 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,479 Speaker 2: I did, you know, me and some other people on 525 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 2: my team, we went out and shot and shot a lot. 526 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 2: So we just we again wanted to get proficient with 527 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 2: the weapon, wanted to get proficient with the holster. 528 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: Thirty five years. How long were you a bel Air 529 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 1: police officer before that? 530 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 2: From eighty eight to ninety and I started HBD in 531 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 2: ninety so. 532 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: You've got you're going on forty years as a law 533 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: enforcement officer. That is a career longer than probably all 534 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: but one or two percent of law enforcement. That's that's impressive. 535 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: How long would you have continued to be an officer 536 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 1: had this not happened? 537 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 2: Well, I don't know. I just got a big pay raise, 538 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 2: so you know, I mean, come on, I don't know, 539 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 2: a couple more year. Like I said, I try and 540 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 2: stay in shape. I know that that HVD has a 541 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 2: lot of younger officers, and you know I want to 542 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 2: be able to I don't want to be the weak 543 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 2: link of my unit. 544 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,240 Speaker 1: Well, Officer Rick Fernandez Junior. First of all, thank you 545 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: for thirty five years of serving the Houston Police Department 546 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: a couple of years before that. In bel air, You've 547 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: obviously committed your life to it. You deserve better. I 548 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: hope for the absolute best for you. Thanks for sharing 549 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,240 Speaker 1: your story with us, and hope for good things to 550 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: come for you service. 551 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 2: Thank you very much for having 552 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: Me, Thank elus for good thank you, and good night.