A Leon County, Florida deputy sheriff who mistook a man holding up a gas pump nozzle for a gun faced immediate ridicule from his suspect, and is now being roasted online.
The incident occurred on the afternoon of Aug. 7 at a Circle K store in Tallahassee, according to police body camera video posted online by BP Cast, a YouTube channel focused on law enforcement abuses.
The video begins from the point of view of the deputy as his patrol car is fast approaching a tattooed man in a tank top standing next to a gas pump. The deputy jumps out with his gun drawn and has this exchange with the startled man:
Officer: What do you have in your hand? Show me your hands!…