Florida Statutes 843.08 — FALSE PERSONATION
“A person who falsely assumes or pretends to be a firefighter, a sheriff, a deputy sheriff, a police officer, [. . . ] and takes upon himself or herself to act as such, or to require any other person to aid or assist him or her in a matter pertaining to the duty of any such officer, commits a felony of the third degree.”*
Jeremy Dewitte has long since pointed to the law’s requirement that one ‘take it upon himself to act’ like a cop, correctly stating to anyone who will listen that his appearance alone is not a crime in the State of Florida.
With this brief video, Jeremy Dewitte might actually regret his habit of recording everything.
Probably not, though.
*Many other positions are listed in Florida’s false personation statute. To keep things focused, they have been omitted from the quoted text.
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It's kind of sick he just has to pretend to be a cop, or fall over dead. As a Floridian I would never mistake these weirdos as cops. I would however report them the instant I saw them "acting as if".
Starting at about :40 one of the clown’s costumes has an empty magazine pouch since you can look right thru it.
“That’s not MEEEEEE! That’s not even my voice!â€
Lol. What a clown!
Things are awful quiet on the peanut farm lately!!
I'd feel like such a clown dressed similar to a cop, without actually being one. Especially with a real cop around.
Yup. That should do it!
You clowns haven't had a real job yet.
Oh this isnt weird this is Florida
Does FL not have a way to check if a Co is self insured or not? I had to have an account that could not be drawn down below $100.000 and a statement from the bank that it is as is (was back then). They can (could) check on it at anytime one of the truck or vans were pulled over.
How does Metro State afford to be Self Insured
Dewitte is the World's Most Famous, & Most Committed Cosplayer!!😂
He swears this isn't him, just as hard as he swears he never touched that girl in the club, or was she a family friend, or his little niece. Either way he didn't touch her, well he gave her hugs and kisses but she was like family
They should make a film of his life and adventures… " Jeremy want to be a cop"..
When he says "we just stand here and act as if". Reminds me of Paul Blart. We turn our right hip away and put our hand on our hip as if we have a gun but we all know we don't.
Act as if.. you weren’t a sex offender
He's so gross. Calls himself sexy? Even his arm hair is nasty. I have no clue how this guy gets women to sleep with him. Yuck
My wife is going to start asking me where the lube keeps going every time a few Jeremy video gets posted
The pants and boots is the real crime! He just called himself and his losers "goons"… what a idiot, he thinks he's so damn cool!
Someone in Florida PLEASE put this clown away !!
I’d love to see a Netflix doc about JDW. Problem is, I’m afraid it would no doubt create a huge number of dipshits who will turn him into some kind of anti-hero and form a fan-club, inevitably followed by some bullshit hashtag campaign.
IT IS THREE PRONG THOUGH!
Way to toot your flute Dimwitte. Way to act as if… professional ðŸ§ðŸ¤¦ðŸ½
This dude tried his hardest to say without saying and ended up quoting the statute… PRICELESS
Does Dimwitte realize how ridiculous he looks in those outfits?😂
Real cops don't even want to be cops as much as this guy does.
Yay! He’s going to file a police report against everyone on YouTube.
oh Jeremy, he’ll never win…