“It’s a good example of how to handle yourself.”

By  Joseph Curl
Sep 10, 2020

Joseph Griffin was out for a jog late last month in a Deltona, Florida, neighborhood.

Griffin is a former military policeman and works as a registered nurse. So when he was stopped by police, he responded as such a guy would — he was calm and cooperative.

“Deputies stopped him for fitting the description of a burglary suspect they were searching for,” WSAV-TV reported. “The deputies said they were looking for a black male with a white tank top, dark shorts, and a beard — which Griffin matched.”


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He keeps calm and tells the deputies, “With everything going on, it’s just a little bit scary.”

“See it through our eyes,” one deputy says, and later adds: “We appreciate you being very cooperative.”

“I’m not trying to get shot over this,” Griffin says with a smile before laughing.

“Let’s avoid that race card cuz’ it ain’t here, I promise you that,” the deputy says.

Another deputy brings the witness to the scene and he’s not a match, a deputy says. Griffin is then released from the handcuffs. “Wrong place, wrong time,” he says into his phone, again with a laugh.

The deputies then expressed their gratitude to Griffin that he remained calm, and apologized for the inconvenience.


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