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why are you coming back why are you
coming back why are you coming back on
January 14th 2023 at appr approximately
10:52 p.m. officer Johnston was
conducting a routine Patrol when she
received a text message requesting her
assistance at a local bar in Florida
upon arrival officer Johnston was
informed by the bouncers that a man
identified as Christopher Connelly was
causing a disturbance inside the
establishment what up that a sitting on
the bench over there tring to pull a gun
and come back here so you want to
trespass just trespass or no
Brandon I'll just talk to he broke our
door too yeah he smashed our door which
is why he got kicked out of here and he
tried to get tough then he started
running
names yeah so wow it's cold out you're
by yourself why are
you'll be back he'll be back
CHR you have no gun you have no gun hey
man you all right what is this what is
this I'm an ash hey what are you talking
about who beat you up do you want us
beat me again who beat get guys over
there what guys beat you
up hi sir my name's officer Johnston are
you okay what guys beat you up no the
the the goddamn the goddamn uh do you
want do you want Ems for your hand no no
we don't need to be hell out of me Chris
the guys the the bouncers the bouncers
beat you up yeah they beat Liv and Hill
so what I'm being told is he punched
bouncers right there beat him up I TR he
punched the wall and put a hole through
the wall he didn't put a hole bathroom
door I'm from New Jersey we put a hole
through any
wall we were literally just walking out
paying our Tab and he was literally in
front of me there the bathrooms are
behind us yes we're from New Jersey so
the thing is we don't do that what I'm
quite literally telling you though is
that he was in front of me I was the tab
so there is in no way shape or form
where
the well I have I have three bouncers
telling me that's fine because bouncers
always tell you what they're going to
tell
you that's fine we're not we're not
interested we're not interested we're
not interested in business tell you
whatever they want to tell you yes we're
not interested in business we're Jersey
we we don't deal with this we don't deal
with this I'm a union iron worker and
he's a Survivor and we don't we deal
with this we don't deal I have a pts do
come on I repat TSD dog come on no what
they did to me Chris we're not dealing
Chris we're not dealing with this we're
not dealing with this we're not dealing
with this right now I got my 's on the
way thank you so much yes
right
now very nice way to talk thank you so
much
let leave now okay and I have a PTSD
dog yeah
next
sorry stop I will Sho them stop live
excuse me what for the door have him pay
for the door pay for the door for what
he broke you broke
you blood from his body
what leave okay him I need you to leave
he yeah he broke the door why because
y'all were attacking
him talking about
no it's called You're a [ __ ] and you
have no respect for veterans eat
a
eat you know what eat a relax swallow
it
not what are we doing no we're not
why are you coming back why are you
coming back why are you coming back why
are you back
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chares no I want to press char
come
Char relax
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rela stop
charges press stop stop stop stop stop
charges press I'm pressing charges
charges I'm
pressing I'm pressing
charges I'm pressing chares R PTSD from
I'm pressing charges again
pts I
pts PTS
no I was here free
you you can you do this no
no you can do behind your back we were
attacked head behind your back we were
attacked
I know
you punch me in the
face please don't hurt me stop stop
resisting hey stop resisting all
right anybody else hey guys anybody else
yeah he punched me in the face and she's
going to for disorder
intoxication that's
ridiculous that's
ridiculous you
you you were there for
it all right yeah I the face she was
there that guy punched me right my eye
my nose he punched you yeah face your M
yes he did shut the he punched
her he did not punch her in any way
shape or
form she's going to jail he's going to
jail please
you anybody
else he wants and you guys the hospital
that's ridiculous please I just go to
the
hospital
Michelle on your I just got the hospital
sit on your I just got
Hospital on
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your please hey buddy buddy sit hey sit
up on this curb all right I'm going to
help you on this curb f with anybody no
no no please please don't
I just got out of the hospital from not
being able to breathe I
did
relax relax
relax relax
relax beat me up relax I don't want to F
what's your first name what's your first
name what is
it I don't want to fight with any
you have anything on you
that's I have a knife on you where is
it
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I I did that I'm a be member whatever
I'm a
American legan member I never done
nothing wrong I'm I I lost I lost when 6
91 I never my life
I just took a knife on
his it's
not can you lean back a little bit have
to compose yourself I just got a dog for
PTSD and he's supposed to be for
mysd
dog to deal with all this
[ __ ] I get a PTSD dog I just got him a
couple days ago we're going to treat you
all right soon as make sure our
officer's good we're going to treat you
next
is his
idea I moved here because the money I
got from my from hey what's your name
sir Chris CH look me look at me stop
talking Chris look at me I'm going to
lean you up against this tree all
right
me hey can you stand up or no
I put your left under listen to me list
to the hospital the other day your KN
days ago
stop talking put your foot underneath
you I need you to help yourself up all
right 1 2 3 all right we're going to sit
you
down sit sit sit sit
sit all right I just W up in the
hospital the other
day I have I have I have everything it
says I have
PTSD I have everything in under the
world that is a PTSD
I know you guys don't here in
the but I see everybody around me
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Christ can you can you pull my shirt
down in front of me you buy me thank you
love oh
see I don't know what they do but I
never done anything wrong okay I've only
part of American Legion okay we'll look
into it
okay I've never listen I don't know what
you guys do I've never been here first
American
Legion I
always the worst thing that ever
happened to being
with I was there for eight
years and trying to deal with that is
horrible and these guys want to fight
with me you
know face right I don't know what's
wrong with my face my face feels my face
feels
the yeah but it's fine
I just don't
understand I'm a I'm a goddamn I'm a
goddamn officer with the American Legion
home all right well that doesn't give
you permission to punch a
cop I don't know that that punch a cop
you did you did right then I'm I'm I'm
so then I did I then I'm going to tell
you straight down before before you take
me to choke court or anything else if I
punch the cop then I deserve what I
get you know if I if I punch the C if I
punch the police officer I deserve what
I get 11 10 cuz 90% of my friends are
police officers so if I the police
officer I 100% believe it no no no I Del
I I'm telling you right now I will not I
will not go against it do I punch the
police officer I was wrong
yeah I feel I feel terrible for my life
though we came down
here I have no idea I feel like there's
nothing wrong with you no there's
nothing wrong with
you
officer what's your name Christopher
John con all right Christopher I'm
Lieutenant CS here's the deal partner
EMS is going to clean you up put in
your you got to get cleaned up you're
going to go to
go to jail for battery on a law
enforcement
officer you punched one of my officers
in the face I did you did I did I'm
wrong okay we're going to deal with that
okay yeah I agree with you they're going
to wipe off your face you're going to be
cool the rest of this time though right
100% you're going to wipe your face off
when you cleaned up we're going to get
you out of here is this going to destroy
my by wife life your
what we I'm
I'm I
was originally came down here was
because I got
I'm with the fdn Y okay so the reason I
wound up down here I got my settlement
okay is that going to destroy my life no
it's not going to destroy your life is
it going to destroy my settlement no
it's not going to destroy your
settlement you're just going to have to
go to court and stop search if she's
going to jail okay I think my nose is
bleeding let me see let me see look at
me look at me it's not you're good no I
got blood somewhere yeah it is is it
here you just go I got it
I'll bring
aely
ridiculous absolutely ridiculous I'm
sorry what it
is you good yeah I punch in the face and
a little bloody nose she'll work it out
we're good
it's best for us both just to not talk I
think okay she's to
jail already knew
that sorry abely
ridiculous hey Chris Chris Chris Chris
Chris Chris
he's he's severe PTSD no idea
PS um yeah no he's got anxiety high
blood press blood pressure is actually
on the on car over there um if you put
him through the roof he actually went to
the hospital I'm going to these offic
walk walk her to your car okay you good
with that right now this is not our
issue hey walk to T's car what is your
car 6
search here bag I didn't her bag your
boots on nothing on me okay cool thank
you
standard gotcha and then we walked over
here to have a
Dr you know and then one girl came in
there and said uh your husband get into
a my husband she goes well the people
that were sitting here with you like
might whoever the other girl was was
which was his wife might want to get him
out of here that's why I walked outside
like get you guys out of here like I
don't know where your cars parked like
I'll U youever you need to go that's why
I said I'll U youever you need to go you
don't need to drive yeah yeah I hear Let
me I I swear to God I'm I'm if you look
at my vest on the back I'm a I'm
American Legion the guy coming down this
is a American Asia um I would never in
my entire life ever go against law enfor
I am really sorry if I if I have to pay
thousands thousand thousands of dollars
that's on me but it sounds like you had
a little too much to drink tonight and
you made a bad
choice all
right I
just I be home in the morning oh you got
to go to first appearance in the morning
the judge will uh I have a I have a dog
I have a I have a dog for PTSD okay I
have a dog for
pts well you'll be able to deal with
that what happened to the girl that was
with him she in a know it went after my
wife just soon as they went after my
wife I started swinging
fish and that's that's when things went
South where's where's your car all the
way down there you want to drive around
this
is I was trying to get him before they
did but last thing I would ever do what
happened to your head bro I have no
idea do you have an accident I have no
idea I have a PTSD dog cuz I was at for
8 years for eight years yeah as an iron
work you got to push up with this leg
butt and I told them the guy beat me up
and I went after them and they say hit a
policeman I swear to God in the Holy
Bible I'm American Legion riter my my
best friend is coming to next week is a
president Legion right I would never I
would never hit a police officer okay I
don't know who all I know is people are
beating me up and I hit somebody so just
coming through the process and getting
this done and going home and listen my
dog is sitting at home in a cage so
let's get this just and I'm just saying
I have a PTSD dog and you can look me up
Christopher Connelly from 911 okay you
don't need to go to the hospital for
anything I don't need to go to the
hospital I have no problem with the law
enforcement or anything okay I'm a least
letal and get this done I'm I'm a
American Legion member we'll do this I
have no issue if I hit if I hit you me
we're going to get this we're going to
get it done if I I police officer
is she going to be
disorderly she might be a
littleit get this figured out together
got this I tried you look at my wrist I
tried to murder myself IB on the like
this is why you the dog I have a dog hey
Chris let's put one foot in front of the
other okay bud okay I have I I have a TC
dog okay we'll handle it okay
according to the incident report
Christopher initially calmed down in
jail but became agitated again upon
seeing his wife his aggression escalated
necessitating physical restraint by the
officers Christopher was charged with
battery on a law enforcement officer
resisting arrest and disorderly
intoxication his wife Michelle was also
charged with obstruction of justice and
disorderly intoxication
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