UPDATE! Cops Arrest Paraplegic in Wheelchair for "Kicking Down" Woman's Door

I don't mean to interrupt your lunch. They got a quadriplegic guy up there.

You forcefully entered her home and attacked her.

Is this a joke?

I have an important update on the Charles Reed case. That's the paraplegic man who was wrongfully accused of kicking down a woman's door and then allegedly fleeing on foot.

So what happened?

He kicked in the door. I ran.

He choked me out.

Despite the fact that he's been in a wheelchair for more than 20 years.

How long have you been in your wheelchair? Since I was 18.

Since you were 18?

5 years.

I literally can't.

I don't have muscle control.

I'm not.

Oh my God! Oh my God!

Ahhh! muscle control. I'm not. Oh my God.

And a few lingering questions about accountability inside that police department.

You're paralyzed. Somebody must've made a mistake.

Cause if the door was kicked in, he didn't kick it in.

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Such as in this case, you may remember this guy who was a paraplegic for 20 plus years, and the cops literally dragged him out of his wheelchair.

Oh my god!

Oh my god! Ahh!

Also, by the way, I'm still down here in beautiful rural Florida. If you couldn't tell by the beautiful river behind me, as opposed to my usual work cave. I recently went on the Michael Malice podcast. I think it was like the first thing that he said to me was, I found out about you because I saw this ridiculous video of cops dragging this guy out of a wheelchair. That was this case.

Let me tell you the exact video of yours I saw that made me, we'll play a little clip of it here, that really made me enraged to the maximum threshold. There was a warrant for a man who was accused of kicking down a door and I believe assaulting a woman. He's in a wheelchair. He's been in a wheelchair for 15 years. He's clearly not kicking down a door and I believe assaulting a woman. He's in a wheelchair. He's been in a wheelchair for 15 years. He's clearly not kicking down any doors. The cops see him. He's like in his 50s, by the way, he's not some kid. And they're like, how long

you been in a wheelchair? He's like, 15, 20 years. The amount of guilt I would feel and be like, what have I gotten to that this is my job, that I'm pulling people out of wheelchairs? By the way, this is the only video like that. But there's none of that. There's this like, oh well, what are you going to do?

So if you remember, this all started when a woman named Katherine Jensen claimed that this guy Charles Reed broke into her home and assaulted her.

Oh thank God.

Hi, how you doing? Officers had arrived at the scene, including Officer Mark Bilotte, who ultimately charged Charles Reed.

So what happened?

He kicked in the door, I ran, he choked me out, I guess he took off on foot.

And even after Reed explained again and again that he's paralyzed from the waist down, Officer Bilotte and his supervisor insisted that the arrest warrant against him was valid, and that they must have the right guy, and that he's not really paralyzed, he's just trying to avoid being arrested.

According to Ms. Jensen, on this date, you forcefully entered her home and attacked her. How long have you been in your wheelchair?

I was 18.

Since you were 18?

5 years. So... How long have you been in your wheelchair? Since I was 18. Since you were 18? 25 years.

So...

Uh, yeah, that's uh...

And you say you have no recollection of who she is?

I have absolutely no idea who that is.

Yeah.

I certainly haven't forced my way into anybody's house. Because she was able to provide us with your exact information and a description of how

you look.

Don't mean to interrupt your lunch. I'm stepping in, helping out a little bit.

They got a quadriplegic guy up there.

I just told him about that.

Oh, he already got the run down?

Yeah.

Yeah, but it's funny watch.

Yeah, but how could he?

And I just want to put it out there. He flopped out the wheelchair. I was like, can you raise your hands? I'm trying to you know, pat him down make sure he doesn't have anything I don't know if the camera's gonna catch it, but I got him without a tip of my fingers. He just

It's a ruse man. So I mean it's an obvious attempt to not to get jail. Yeah

But he is fucked up from the waist below that is for that. I've actually seen him. I agree He was then again, like I said, I don't know what happened between nine months ago from now and I don't know how much muscle mass you lose from not using your legs. So I don't know if, you know.

That's important to decide. Yeah.

Yeah. Wives have been paralyzed for 19 years.

So.

Okay.

I just keep praying you to clear him.

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And during that arrest, Reid was actually pulled from his wheelchair and ended up on the ground, unable to get himself back up, while officers continued insisting that he had somehow broken down a door and escaped on foot.

I truly have no idea that it's like...

I understand you say you haven't been here, but unfortunately you do have the warrant out for your arrest. So I'm going to have to place you into custody and I'm going to have to take you downstairs. You're going to be booked and entered and you're going to have to go to jail. And you say you've been in this wheelchair since you were 18. If you have proof of all of this information, that can be verified.

If you get those documents in order, you can bring those with you when you go to your first appearance.

Can I pee and stuff? Like I...

You'll be able to pee. I'm gonna take you right downstairs. You're not even going anywhere. I am... Hot. This is crazy to me Put your hands up

Put your hands up

Is this a joke?

Thank you

Put your hands up

Bow your head please

I don't have muscle control

Put it on the other side

I literally can't, I don't have muscle control

I'm not

Oh my god! Oh my God!

33 to Radio Canal. We're sitting in the foot of my location for a white male who fell out of a wheelchair.

What's the warrant for?

Agasol.

He broke into somebody's house.

Threat of trespass, Agasol.

How long ago?

June 19th.

June 19th.

June 19th, 15 15, 9th. How long have you been paralyzed? 25 years.

25 years?

Okay.

Make a phone call to me.

Behind the scenes, officers even discussed the fact that the accuser's story made no sense and that Reed had been paralyzed for 25 years.

And I was like, is this him? She was like, yes, that's him.

Gentleman right there.

This is a warrant. So now he's saying man, I ain't been here in like X amount of years.

Wife said he got shot at 19. He's been paralyzed since then. Might need to call the district attorney's office because if the door was kicked in, he didn't kick it in. He didn't kick it in.

Well, she didn't say kicked in. She said, well I can't recall if it was kicked in or if that's what she said. Because all I remember I wrote was that forced entry was made. So if it was kicked in and he has indeed been paralyzed since he was 19 years old. That would be kind of hard.

I mean because I'm looking at his legs. I got a couple of relatives that are quadriplegics. That what we see with his lower extremities, ain't for play. That's legit. I would suggest calling the district attorney's office,

let them know what you got. And even though she, cause now it's looking like she might have made

a false report. And despite all that, the warrant was never questioned and Reed was treated like this violent criminal instead of an innocent disabled man. Ok, so here's what's changed since that video went live. Officer Mark Balot, the arresting officer whose conduct triggered most of the public outrage has now been fired. Terminated.

Gone. The department quietly confirmed it after an internal review. Now you'd think that would be the beginning of real accountability. But that's where things get complicated. Because while Balot was fired, the supervising lieutenant, the one who repeatedly accused Reed of lying about his paralysis, who dismissed obvious evidence, and allowed the arrest to push forward, who was too lazy to get up off his ass from eating potato chips

in his office.

They go upstairs, talk to their supervising officer, Sergeant, I remember the guy's title. This fat pig, I would say, I'm not going to put words in your mouth, ironically, can't even bother to get up. He says no, without any assessment, he goes, no, he's lying. He's faking it.

It's a ruse, man.

So, I mean, it's an obvious attempt to not to get in jail.

Yeah.

But he is fucked up from the waist below.

He apparently faced no discipline at all. Zero. Nothing. As far as I can tell, he's still employed, still in good standing, and as far as the department is concerned, did absolutely nothing wrong. That's despite the fact that his statements on camera were some of the most concerning

and outrageous of the entire incident. Insisting that Reed couldn't be telling the truth, mocking his disability and refusing to consider the possibility that the accuser had made a false report. If anything, his role was supervisory misconduct. He's the one who reinforced Belat's actions.

He validated this unconstitutional arrest and he shut down any attempt by other officers to question the warrant and everything that was happening. But the department apparently decided that arresting an innocent paraplegic and throwing him out of his wheelchair and calling him a liar, etc. Apparently none of that violated policy. Even if it did violate the Constitution.

So that's the update. Officer Balot fired. The lieutenant who backed the false accusation untouched. This is a pattern that we see again and again. The lowest-ranking officer takes the fall while the supervisor who created the environment for the violations to take place walks away clean. I'll put all of the relevant contact information in the description below. Let me know in a comment what you think.

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