Brining a Knife to a Gun Fight

[Music] this is a plff Lamont he says he brought his truck to their vendant for some repairs and that guy played him did unnecessary work to boost up the price when he questioned the bill the defendant pulled a pistol out of his pocket so he pulled out his pocket knife to defend himself they then tussled he got cut tried to run away and that's when the defendant shot bullets at him but line he's now owed $33,000 for all he's out he's suing for just that today this is the defendant David Randall he says the pl's a nut who stabbed him in the arm while he was trying to call the cops he grabbed his pistol and fired off a warning shot to scare the plaintiff off who ended up running away like the little baby he is he was stabbed six times in the arm by the plaintiff he doesn't owe him anything because he's the one who's owed money today he's accused of starting a brawl the defend had about a counters suit for $3,000 for spending 90 days in jail locked up with murderers and rapists all parties please your R you see it come to order then I get have minutes for you okay Lamont you've asked us not to mention your last name you're suing David Randall for $3,000 that he owes you according to you stemming from the repair of a vehicle which according to you he trashed before returning you have a counter claim against him for $33,000 stemming from lost wages cuz you were incarcerated thanks to him all right what went wrong here what happened okay uh got start at the beginning I know this man from his brother he had three kids with my aunt on my mother's side he knew me as I was a baby uh Marin said my brother's fixed cars you can go to him he'll take care of you so the two of you went to go purchase a car correct yes so so he went with me to get the vehicle I had it in my home for about two weeks I had to get a starter I took the truck over to his home and he started working on it doing little things and every time that he finish something oh this is a problem it's a problem here and I was making the money at the time I kept getting things finished I kept getting kept paying how much did you pay him for repairs that he said were necessary uh I probably probably about $800 $800 okay and according to you before everything blows up how much had he paid and repair uh rough about that much man got so at some point you start to feel like you're a chump and you speak to somebody a cousin or something who says that sounds like a lot I mean it was what year car was it is a 2002 Dodge R pickup right right you know like who knows it's almost old enough to vote all right so then what happens One Fine Day you decide you're done and you go over there and what happens I well first I'll go over his house whatever and the last job he did was putting in a 10piece suspension kit the last job he did was putting on a 10piece suspension kit yes that's upper and lower control arms wheel bearings and things like that okay and how much had you had you paid him for that I gave him 250 up front for that the deal and how much were you supposed to pay him to complete the job 500 okay so when you went there did you pay him the 500 oh yes I did do you have any receipts to show how much you paid for the 10o suspension do you have receipts no no I do not have receipt for that okay do you have proof proof of payment like a canceled check or something like that only thing that I proof that I paid him was the detective saying that he talked to this man this man said yes he paid me this $500 and he and he show me the police report so then you go um where the detective says that where do I see that because I don't see where he admits to the officer that no money was owed in fact your position is that he owed you money right on a repair and that that's why wouldn't give him the car and that's what created the argument according to you how much did he owe you $578 man $578 so according to you he owes you $578 and this was for what kind of job remover in place one new oil pan remover in place two front drive axles I had to take the front suspension down to get the oil pan off okay during the process removing it everything was rusted and corroded I said I can't put this stuff back on okay and that would led us to the Align shop where the attack took place so how much did he pay for the car for that vehicle do you remember I think two grand yeah I talked to I Grand he put 800 into it and now uh was the car like actually ready to go and ready to go yes all right how does when does he he makes a plan with you to go pick up the car or he I had to go take the alignment shop to get the alignment done after putting the front and back together you had to go get alignment okay replace her at the inter so where did he meet you at the alignment shop the we came to my house first and we went follow each other up to the alignment shop all right and when you go to the alignment shop that's where the car is that's where allu truck was yeah we went in he that's where all this stuff happens yes in front of the Align shop yes okay and according to you what happens uh as we was walking out he said give me my keys I said we going to you you got to take me back to the house and you going pay me we going to take a test ride you know and he said no give my keys and he pushed me and so my glasses flew off my vehicle I said brother my glass messed up it's going to be a problem then I get out looking for my glasses and he faints to the right and goes for the knife going for his knife yeah he had it right there clipped in his pocket okay I told you you w come to a gunfight with a knif brother cuz you had a gun right I had where did you grab the gun from it was in my pocket right here okay you guys are Ohio you're an open carry state all right and what happened I said you know what I'm going to call the police so I walked away go get my vehicle I put the pistol back in my pocket go get you ever point the pistol at him yeah that's what he that's what I told him yeah he went for a knife I bro you want to come to a gun fight with a you know with a knife so anyway I get well I think it's more you came to a knife fight with a gun but okay according to what you're saying I know I didn't know he had it I didn't know so go ahead and what happens I get in the vehicle the windows down I reach over to the little C have my Tel phone at I'm calling the police right and they I know he's in the doorway stabbing what do you mean in the doorway do you mean the window door open what do it my door is shut my van your door shut but your window down the window's down okay so he comes through the window and does what he stabbed me how did he actually make contact how many times were you stab six times okay act caught or stabbed stabbed okay did you end up with stitches yes how many stitches oh god um well this right here the deepest one already I think it like 12 in and 12 out okay the armrest how does it end what happens he uh I roll out from underneath him from his attack I roll out into the floor of the vehicle and then that's when I pull the pistol out and he takes off running so when I get outside I said well he run in front of the shop okay so you hadn't pulled the pistol out on him outside so that's when you pull the pistol out and then what happens he takes all running down towards his car parked around the corner okay do you shoot I shot up in air I couldn't shoot in front of the building and there you know there people coming in out the shot why so you shot in the air and what happened nothing I tie my arm off with my t-shirt and go straight to the ver room right what did he do he went went went down the street to his car went down the street call police okay so when do so he's the one who calls the police and then I called him too well I didn't know he called him after after when did you call the police you said you were about to and then you got stab right there after I got stabed I called the police when you speak to the police you tell them your version he tells them his and you end up getting arrested 30 days later he brings him to my yard he brings him to my shop and in the meantime what was happening with the car the car I impounded I put it in my impound lot so he gave me his version of what happens you tell me what happens okay today incident happened I post it post be done I didn't paid him couple times for all this work he did he's getting will like he said me and my uncle he's here from out of town I pull up in front of this place I walk up I see a guy underneath my truck he's he's all the way underneath and I see some something leaking I say Excuse me sir can you uh let me know where I pay for this whe L at I I tell him this he pick his head out it's his friend Tucker his friend his friend Tu I say what why is my truck leaking and yard had it for 3 months he says I can't talk to you about that you have to talk to Dave inly I get furious like why should I talk to this man when you're underneath my truck already and you know what's going on I going inside he says pay for the wood alignment I said Okay I I pay for it they didn't take debit card I paid cash for it I said give you my keys he said no you who did you say give me my keys to to to to him right here okay he says no you have to sign this I said sign what he said you owe me some more money so tell me what actually happens between the two of you you ask for your keys he says no he say no he starts to walk out or whatever I get in front of him I said no I want my keys because I you you didn't have my truck for so long and you really have you haven't done anything and it's still leaking now he tells me like no you not getting that truck he pours a gun on me and this is all on recording I could not get the recording to bring it here because it would take two months detective I have his cell phone he said let them know I will tell call them and say what need to say it's all on coun he has a gun in my face four or five times I'll push the G down hold on slow down you just said I would hear a recording what kind of recording can I hear no no oh not record but uh it's a it's a video but the detective told me if you have any problems video what a video of what of him on in the Safeway tire place holding a gun in my face okay I'd love to see that how can I see that if I gave you detective cell phone number right now but I don't want to I'll do that I'm gonna call to see if I can I don't I don't want to chitchat with him I understand I don't I don't you know care where he has this I don't I don't need him to decide for me who's telling the truth that's my job but I would love to see very much that video because it seems pretty important there was a trial in this case right it was was there a jury or no that's not how it works over there is a judge making the decision a judge judge so um was that video played at the trial yes it was okay and yet you were found not guilty of assault by that judge who watched that him stabed me they show me put a pistol on him you know that he was found not guilty by the judge from that video that you show me is going to show him uh illegally pulling a gun G out on you it actually the judge thought it was justifiable that that's the judge in Cleveland Bud okay so I'm not sure that I'm going to go through all these hoops to get a hold of a detective to see a video that another judge already saw and said well this doesn't prove him to be aggravated assaulting you in fact this I'm going to find him not guilty based on this because I see you with the knife welcome back to the People's Court Harvey 11 here so if somebody pulls a knife on you can you pull a gun on them absolutely um my if my person is being threatened I should be able to defend myself what do you say of course self-defense is a knife equivalent to a gun it's not equivalent but it's a form of self-defense and if you have a gun on you and someone throws a knife why not fair enough going inside the courtroom I didn't pull out a knife on why did the judge think it was justifiable for him to pull out a gun I I don't no no he what he say what did the judge say the judge told me I didn't I didn't wasn't there because I got myself into my own situation I wasn't there to when their outcome what situation did you get yourself into I I had to go do some some time myself going like the way because of another another situation a domestic violence I had to go do a couple months for domestic violence so I wasn't even there the whole time they were doing this and they they switched my prosecutor about four times okay who did who test you had to be there because you had to testify I I just I didn't get to say I didn't say anything I just yes ask yes or no questions I didn't tell so you testified that's called testifying you don't get to pick the questions they asked you they asked you questions your physical body was at the trial correct yes all right right so do you know whether or not they I guess they played the tape they played the tape okay and then you were found not guilty now oddly you were found guilty of stealing his car and that's on appeal right now yes ma'am now at some point during these proceedings after you get arrested and you spent how much time in custody 90 days okay were you unable to make bail or there was no Bail no there was no bail was nobody have you ever been in trouble with the law before no and they so they didn't set a Bond at all nothing based on the charge I guess not until I uh they asked me to turn the truck over and then they give me the $10,000 get and then you got out on bond then I got out on bond okay so how did you turn the truck over quote unquote I had my uh lawy to the law area Med police headquarter they dropped it off par so Lamont at some point you I guess a detective or the prosecutor somebody tells you we have the keys to your car we have your car yes all right and according to you when you see your car your car has been trashed yes okay how was it trashed uh for for one uh after doing all this business with him and he's fixing and that was the last day I see him getting a wood alignment the car had to be told to the police station okay like he cut my wheel my my my belt uh he cut my cord going to my battery and the police officer they they took pictures of they seeing all okay may I see that no I I I don't have I don't have that them doing that but they I I need evidence of what you're saying that he that he vandalized your car did you take any video videos um and pictures of the cut wire here and the cut wire there and all everything you're saying uh the the police officer who who you have to stopped saying hey there's a guy somewhere who will say that I want evidence that wires were cut okay man like I said I don't have anything saying here because the business you have not proven to me that he needs to pay you $3,200 for the Dodge Ram because he trashed it I I I'm not seeing any proof of that you're also steing for $1,000 for lost wages from 97 to 1025 explain that because at that time I I was work I la dry wall okay and through through all this cuz I couldn't work because of my own finger cuz you cut your pinky with your knife I cut a tenant in my in my with my pink with your knife from a a torn tenant in his finger whatever for trying to take that that gun for me that's why they didn't give me assult at all you mean the knife in your hand cut your pinky the knife it broke cut your pinky and he should pay you $1,000 got it you got a counter claim against him for $33,000 and what you were suing him for are lost weight es for 90 days while you were in custody yes so essentially what you're doing is you are filing a claim for malicious prosecution yes okay um because what you're saying is that he lied and got you arrested yes ma'am how did he lie and get you arrested what did he lie about uh he well he didn't lied to me the the detective lie I didn't never see him until who lied the detective and the prosecutor they lied they never then go sue them why is he you're you're suing him so you got to prove to me I got locked up man well yeah and then cuz he cuz every one thing about the the cut belts whatever the reason why all was froze up cuz it set out there out there in impound for 90 days so when it went to started up it cranked up and it broke it shredded the belt yeah yeah yeah that's how the belt got shredded was in the back of the vehicle yeah okay gentlemen so on your lawsuit Lamont against Mr Randall because you want him to buy your Dodge Ram because he trashed it I find insufficient evidence of that on your lawsuit that he should pay you lost wages from 97 to 1025 I find insufficient evidence of that on your counter claim against him because you're claiming that he that the police lied and the prosecutor lied and they're crooked that wouldn't that wouldn't justify him having to pay you $3,000 for that so on your claim against him zero on his claim against you zero good luck to you gentlemen we're done well we have a z00 tie in this case Mr Lon it didn't work for you the judge said you couldn't prove your case what do you think she said I couldn't but like I couldn't get the detective ding with me because he know he did all this he know what what he did and he know he owed me that money and I paid him that money and we this is the outcome this is the judge said she doesn't know see you didn't have enough proof to convince thought I thought I had more than enough with that detective you needed the detective he he said he didn't want to control but he said if you need me call me which I'm going to do now and see what I can do about it all right well good enough to you okay sorry you lost the case that's the way it goes now here C Mr Randall Mr Randall you you lost your case too you've been through it here this is it what a mess I'm so glad it's over you're glad over I man oh yeah this is we got we got another one coming up once here go through he hasn't seen the Last of Me really oh man it's not over City oh it's not over it's not over all right this is sett I'm so glad well good luck to you sir thank you very much good luck to you hope it works out keep the peace hary okay Doug in almost all states um if you have the ability the opportunity to diffuse a situation by walking away you have to do it and that will do it for this case litigant for the next case on the way into the courtroom right now

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Length: 17min 33sec (1053 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 01 2024