Ex-MLB player Johnny Damon whines persecution for being a trump supporter when

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failing a field sobriety test after being pulled over for DUI. He blew a 0.30 alcohol level. Then his wife started mouthing off. Ugh.

'Hey we're good people': Former MLB star Johnny Damon touted friendship with Trump during DUI arrest

Tom Boggioni
March 10, 2021

In police body-cam video obtained by WKMG, former New York Yankee and Boston Red Sox star Johnny Damon is seen slurring his words and stumbling after he was pulled over by Florida police during a DUI stop that showed his blood alcohol level at a stunning 0.30.

During the February 19 pullover in Windermere, Florida, Damon is seen getting out of his car and telling police officers he was "just trying to get home."

While being asked to perform some simple tests to judge his inebriation level, the former baseball All-star told the arresting officer, "Hey, bro, I'm a good f*cking guy. I know people are trying to target me because I'm a Trump supporter," before adding, "Believe me, I am Blue Lives Matter... What are you doing right now? We are all for cops. Guys, we are all for cops."

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Before cuffing Damon -- which is documented at the end of the body-cam video -- officers can be seen dealing with Damon's wife, Michelle Mangan-Damon, after she jumps out of the SUV to confront them.

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https://www.rawstory.com/im-a-good-bro-former-mlb-star-johnny-damon-touted-friendship-with-trump-during-dui-arrest/

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Edited to add:

If they were less white, they both would probably be dead by now.

[greenjar_01]

1. Spent too much time with dipshit Curt Schilling when they were on the Boston Steroid Sox

Heyooooo!


Honestly, this cop is an asshole for the beginning of the stop.

[Ohiogal]

5. That's got to be the reason.

[MineralMan]

13. Honestly, No, He Was Not an Asshole at All.

He was a solo cop dealing with two very drunk people who would not do what he told them to do. One cop; two drunks. They could easily have been armed. Both of them.

You are way off-base with your comment. Just imagine that you're a cop in that situation. I thought he showed great restraint.

[Treefrog]

22. I thought he was amazingly patient. Guy was drunk as hell and not listening.

[MineralMan]

23. Yes. Now, of course, I wonder how he would have been

if the driver were Black. I suspect things would have gone differently, to be quite frank.

[Treefrog]

29. Yes, sadly I'm sure you're right on that as well. I'm amazed that guy could stand with that much

booze in his system. I’m sure the cop was aware how quickly things could change with someone that drunk. That guy needs to get some help with his drinking imo. Probably the wife too.

[MineralMan]

31. People build up tolerance to alcohol. They can still stand and talk

at blood alcohol levels that would have us passed out. That doesn't mean that they can drive, though. However, for the same reason they can't drive properly, their judgment is hosed as well. A cop dealing with a seriously drunk person has a real problem on his or her hands. If there are two drunk people, he's going to need backup.

It's a dangerous job in many ways. However, for too many cops, overreaction is also a common issue, especially with people of color.

I don't know what the solution is.

[BeyondGeography]

16. Bullshit...the cop did everything right

You don’t open your car door, come toward a cop and disobey his orders at a traffic stop. Damon is lucky he didn’t get capped. The OP is right; a nonwhite wouldn’t have made it past the first two steps without a violent reaction.

[greenjar_01]

18. We've normalized shitty cop behavior so much that even reasonable people (see above)

think that screaming out panicky orders at people is an A-OK way for a professionals to conduct themselves.

There are places in the world where cops don't act like this.

[MineralMan]

26. You're replying to yourself, rather than to the people

who replied to your first reply. What's that about?

[Demovictory9]

2. mugshot

While being arrested the couple attempt to curry favor with law enforcement and pointed out they were big supporters of Blue Lives Matter.

'Hey, bro, I'm a good f***ing guy. I know people are trying to target me because I'm a Trump supporter,' Damon said to the officer.

'This is bulls***,' Mangan-Damon said. 'Look at our license plate. We have Blue Lives Matter. Like, this is crazy. What's going on right now?'

Damon pleaded, 'Guys, we are all for cops.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9344907/Bodycam-MLB-Star-Johnny-Damon-47-unable-walk-straight-line-arrested-DUI.html

[CurtEastPoint]

3. dear god, they reproduced. The kids? Dreanna Michelle, Devon Rose, Dasha, Danica Rayne, Daliah

Pure WT

[dchill]

4. So she says "Are you kidding me right now?"

Yes. Yes, lady. Just kidding.

[brush]

6. White privilege. If POCs did all that they'd be cuffed and in the back,,,

of a cruiser. He was obviously impaired and she kept disobeying the officer.

[Aristus]

9. POC's would be dead, shot in the back,

and the officer on the scene bleating "Ah done feared fer m'life!"

[BeerBarrelPolka]

10. I think

I think Damon is part Asian.

[underpants]

21. Mother is Thai. Father is white.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Damon

[underpants]

17. A. Both were hammered. B. Serious privilege even getting out of the car

You don’t get out of the car. Everyone knows that. Yes they were drunk but that just brings things out mostly. They can’t imagine that the should even be stopped.

The Blue Lives Matter bs was hilarious.

[Celerity]

20. Damon is half Thai nt

[Aristus]

7. So Blue Lives Matter means consequence-free criminality?

Who knew?

[Tommy Carcetti]

8. There's an all-star team of former players from the 90s-00s who turned out to be Trumpist douchebags

Johnny Damon
Curt Schilling
Aubrey Huff


Kills me that I rooted for a few of them on the field.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Anti American racist

To many people Johnny, when you say you're a Trump supporter, they hear you saying you're against America and for racism.

[jcgoldie]

12. What a putz

[gratuitous]

14. Did he run through all his money and he can't afford cab fare?

He's going to have to pay for a lot more than a taxi would have cost him.

[demtenjeep]

15. sad

he was a Royal for a short minute till he got big bucks

he is a traitor

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

19. .30!

This is not "I had an extra glass of wine with my dinner" intoxicated. This is not even shit-faced drunk intoxicated. .30 for someone his size is more than 10 drinks. It is stupified, you're going to kill someone, drunk. This asshole shouldn't be allowed to drive a tricycle again-let alone ever be behind the wheel of a car. I don't know how he was walking and talking, let alone operating a vehicle at that level.

[underpants]

25. "I'm a big boy" he says at the end.

I think this wasn’t anything new for them.

[bottomofthehill]

27. Lifetime .280 batting average blood Alcohol Level .300

Not many people can claim that. Takes some work to get to a .30.

Good thing he and his wife are white. Would have been tazed and possibly shot for that behavior if a person of color.

[Initech]

28. Why am I not surprised that an admitted Trump supporter would get in a fight with authorities?

It's almost like Trump attracts a type.

[Baked Potato]

30. Drunk people say the darndest things!