Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd
As residents of Florida are bracing down to prepare for Hurricane Irma, what is expected to be the strongest natural disaster to hit the Atlantic coast this century, Polk County Sheriff, Grady Judd, takes the time to post the following message to his Twitter account:
What’s wrong with this guy?
Please feel free to exercise your First Amendment right to share your thoughts on this character below or directly on his twitter:
https://twitter.com/PolkCoSheriff/status/905438093527928834
So they would welcome a mass murderer with open arms it someone on the registry? They can just die? That is inhumane.
what Church does this prick go to as he claims he is religious.
This seems like cruel and unusual punishment…..because of your past you will die.
Whats going to happen with all offenders in miami by the railroad tracks. I wonder if ththey are taking the same stance.
Grady Judd is a classic example of a coward hiding behind his badge and authority. When he lays his head on the pillow at night, I imagine there’s something that compels him to put on his fear-mongering, heroic persona for those who elected him.
He will face a Judge himself one day, as will those cheering him on. Hope he (and they) find more compassion that this tweet of his contains. All things will come to light in the end for him as it will for us all.
The Nazis were just “doing their jobs” up until the Nuremberg trials. Good luck in the hereafter sheriff.
It’s so sad.
He and all like him are in my prayers.
Grady Judd, you do every citizen of Florida a disservice by spouting garbage. You are so uninformed on the realities of this population, you make your community less safe. Your comments and behavior is so uncivilized it’s an embarrassment to us all. Please learn how to read, read the research and put your efforts towards investing in true public safety. If you’d like an education on this so you can develop an opinion worth listening to and helping your residents have a safe community contact me directly.
Gail Colletta
President Florida Action Committee
Thank you Ms. Gail, I was wondering why FAC had missed an opportunity to educate. You got me.
V/r,
Maria
Well said Gail. Problem is, ol’ Judging Judd fancies himself the “Hanging Judd” of “Imperial” Polk County. He’s a pandering, fear-mongering political hack at best. Sadly, it keeps him in office.
If his indiscretions, and rest assured, as a human he has them, ever come to the public’s attention, he will be the first to beg for mercy, and he will do so at the top of his unmerciful lungs.
There is no educating those who refuse to operate under any creed beyond “contempt prior to investigation.” What I do remember from certain politicians that screamed the loudest from their respective soap-boxes of fear is this: Some of them have been proven to be involved in the very behaviors they profess to so ardently protect the public from.
It is then, and only then, that they see the value of mercy and the importance of the Constitution they swore to protect.
Judd is a modern day, Neo Nazi, named Adolf Hitler. Trying to eradicate a class of people.
Someone please save all the comments under his twitter as they support the findings from 2 major judiciary victories for registered citizens.
Agreed and good idea.
Such uninformed public employees as “Shady” Grady need to be removed from office. He will welcome drug dealers, armed home invaders, murderers, bank robbers, etc. to be in with families and children but heaven forbid that a person with the least likely possibility of re-offending find safety in a tax-payer provided shelter. And he thinks he is providing a service to society. Not to brag but I will gladly put my character up against his any day and I have no doubt that I will win out. I respect all people which he obviously does not.
With all the Guns stolen from Polk Co. Pawn and Gun shops. Can’t leave anything in construction site in his County. It gets stolen. Can’t park your car in Lkeland its broke into. But the Sheriffs can sit and scam the computer a nd hang around Storm Shelters to do there job.
The reasonTargeting Men, Suppresing the Vote, practicing Unconstitutionl De-ExFacto Punishment, resulting in Banishment, is allowed. To set up the Police State. Acktung! Where are your Papers!?
Isn’t that against the 14th amendment? Equal protection. This is a time to be protected! WTF? What the Florida!!!
Do not depend on the law to provide for your safety in any sense. Law enforcement is not your friend. If this example from the Sherriff does not convince you then you are in denial. If and until the courts force change on those in power for denying us the same constitutional protections all other citizens enjoy you must not rely on government for anything. Please understand this fact for yourself and for those you care about. Law enforcement does not view you as deserving the same treatment as everyone else. Ask me how I know.
This guy is a read d-bag! Here are some articles:
Sheriff Judd: Sex offenders, those with warrants not welcome at hurricane shelters
Florida sheriff bans sex offenders from Irma shelters
Polk sheriff’s statement on shelters criticized by ACLU
Sheriff says he won’t shelter sex offenders during Hurricane Irma to protect children – and sparks outrage
Florida Sheriff Says Sex Offenders Won’t Be Allowed in Hurricane Irma Shelters
Florida Sheriff Literally Threatens Hurricane Irma Evacuees Seeking Shelter With Jail Time
The criminals will not have access to shelters
‘This is monstrous’: Internet shellacs Florida sheriff for ID check and fugitive hunt at hurricane shelters
Florida Sex Offenders Not Allowed At Hurricane Irma Shelters, Sheriff Says
Wow, he has made international news. The Mirror, Sherbrooke, IBT…..
This is an email I sent to Governor Rick Scott. Sir, Yesterday, Friday 9/07/17, Sheriff Grady Judd made statements on national TV ordering his deputies to turn back all sex offenders from his shelters. But, in the same statement he said he would allow any illegal immigrants to seek shelter?
I am a veteran of the United States Air Force of 24 years, I am honorably discharged, but, I am also a convicted Sex Offender. After listening to your press briefings mentioning Life safety, that all lives are important to you. Why wouldn’t you open shelters to homeless or otherwise other situations that sex offenders have been put into. Does there life matter?
I believe Sheriff Grady Judd is a modern day “Adolf Hitler” trying to eradicate a specific class of people.
I don’t think your message is his message. Please come out an embrace disaster shelters for Sex Offenders.
Thank You,
Thanks. You beat me to the punch. Good e-mail. We must keep on the attack. I sent my letter to “Shady Grady” this morning.
And yet the stupidity keeps going. I have no respect for this guy. He constantly shows what an idiot he is and the voters of Polk County keep voting for him to stay in office as sheriff. All you hear on the news is about him. He obviously has an issue. He thinks he is the greatest sheriff in the state. But he is certainly not. I really hope that one day his bubble bursts as he is either voted out of office or removed by the courts. If not his day will come when he is standing before God and he is cast down to hell.
If I’m not mistaken wasn’t separate but equal declared unconstitutional. Also what about registrants with families wives, husbands and yes children is the registrant supposed to go to one shelter ( in most cases jail) while his/her family goes to another how humane is that ? If LEO’s are at every shelter isn’t it their job to watch over those in the shelter not look to make arrest so that would be the safety net not barring people. This policy puts more lives at risk because I doubt families would be willing to seek shelter knowing mom or dad or even brother or sister is barred from using the same shelter as the rest of the family and the last place any registrant wants to ever see again is the inside of a jail volenterily or not. Clearly this plan wasn’t well thought out and was implemented by the uninformed
“Wouldn’t the world be better if everyone behaved like a Christian?” Judd uttered from the stage, noting that the line was the title of his sermon.
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2015/06/18/atheists-demand-that-florida-sheriff-stop-delivering-church-sermons-in-uniform-but-he-isnt-backing-down/
It sounds to me like the Sheriff needs to read the Bible some more. He seems to conveniently be overlooking Matthew 7:12 which says, “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.” He certainly wouldn’t want to be treated with less care or compassion than displaced animals. He certainly would NOT want to be separated from his family during disaster. He certainly would want a clean, comfortable, safe place to stay with nice accommodations and good food to eat and yet this is how he would treat registrants and their families. I guess in his book the family of the offender, who have broken no laws, doesn’t deserve the same level of care he expects for himself and his.
Hypocrites like this piece of filth give real Christians a bad rap. A real Christian would welcome these registrants to a real and decent shelter and would provide them with an accountability partner to ensure they stay out of any questionable situations. Would there be some safety measures in place? Yes. Would they be turned away and told to ride out the storm in ways and in places no other human being would consider decent or humane? No way!! The Bible says in Matthew 10:16, “be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.”
Any of you who call yourselves Christians that think it’s ok to split up families during natural catastrophes and ok to put human beings in places you wouldn’t even leave a dog, I call you out as the heartless, self-righteous hypocrites you are. You are a shame and a disgrace to the name of Christ.
Amen!! Well said there. Yeah, this guy is a total disgrace to the state of Florida and our country. Yet, Rick Scott and Pam Blondie do NOTHING about what was said!! I’ll post the article to the Orlando Sentinel in my comment
Judd is simply a vile individual who is all evil rolled into one dispiccable individual. He is probably HAPPY to hear all these comments about him as it furthers his agenda. Too bad he is so ignorant, as we all can see. I hope he takes up the advice of the FAC and gets educated because he seems to get more and more stupid every time he gets an interview.
Here is the real clincher – I do not have the facts but from what I understand when Judd married his “high school sweetheart” in the 70s she was underage and today he would be a RSO. The man is a scary guy and cares nothing about the humans he is supposed to serve. And yet they keep electing him….I just do not get it.
And of course he makes an appearance on Fox And Friends Sunday morning. What a joke!
Yup, murderers are welcome, burglars, car jackers, drug dealers, domestic abusers, all criminals are welcome in the shelters except…RSOs who have one of the lowest recidivism rates of any crime in the World. Until the public starts to believe the truth we will never change this …. We can educate Judd and the rest of the politicians but as long as they know that the general public thinks they need them to “save them” from those scary RSOs the education falls on deaf ears.
Please investigate this guy thoroughly. This guy has to have some deep dark secrets and some skeletons in his closet. I can almost wager on that. What a despicable and disgusting individual. This man is no sheriff. But, life has a special karmic way of dealing with people like Judd sooner or later.
People, I want you to read this article very carefully: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-06/what-country-forced-blood-draws-cavity-searches-and-colonoscopies
**This should go to show you that the police and especially pieces of sh** like Grady Judd have no respect for people like us, and even the average American citizen. This should open your eyes that these people want to control every facet of our lives through force and domination and eventually destroy us if they can get away with it. Yet, we still keep turning to and using that same system hoping for our vindication. I’m on a mission to educate people on a different level. To educate them on the fact of what kind of a country we truly live in. One that does NOT have yours, mine, or anyone else’s best interest at heart to live a life full of liberty and the pursuit of happiness as promised to us in the DOI. We can use the ACLU and file lawsuits all we want, all the while this states courts, judges, and LE officials are laughing their asses off at us thinking that our feeble attempts to vindicate ourselves are “cute.”
Here’s a look at another article to prove my point:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/weather/hurricane/os-hurricane-irma-florida-sheriff-jail-shelter-20170906-story.html
Read this article and look at the ridiculous statements made by Rick Scott and Pam Blondie. Scott totally avoided the issues altogether when he knows damn well what was said and how ridiculous Judd is as a “sheriff”. And Pam Blondie actually had the nerve to say that she hopes we would be “compassionate” here in Florida during a time of crisis…..COMPASSIONATE??!!! When you’ve had 270 people living under a bridge for years and now you wanna talk about compassionate??!!! GTFOH. If you’re so “compassionate” Blondie, then force your weight in Polk County and publicly scold and rebuke Judd and demand that shelters be open all across the state for ALL PEOPLE to go to no matter what their status. But, this state has the backing of the Feds on every level. Especially since Scott and Blondie supported Trump in 2016. THey get the Fed money for the sex stings and then want to leave them out to die in a time of emergency, all the while preaching to the state for all to leave. LEAVE?? I’m on probation and you’re forcing me to be stuck here. Why not issue an emergency clearance or provision for probationers and SOs during a time like this so we can be with our families?? I mean, this is the kind of madness that just makes you want to go nuts!!! California is seen by many as the most ridiculous state in the country and jokingly called the land of “fruits and nuts.” Well, Florida has responded…”hold my beer.” Because this state certainly takes the prize as the most ridiculous place to dwell on the entire planet. Please someone do something about this state!! PLEASE!!
This isn’t just Sheriff Judd acting out. One article I read said that there’s a ban on RC’s residing at hurricane shelters in Polk County as part of their residency restrictions.
Someone in Florida needs to challenge this and request an emergency injunction, lest people be seriously hurt or worse. Article 1, Section 10 of Florida’s constitution prohibits Bills of Attainder. If this is not unconstitutional as a Bill of Attainder, then the prohibition has no meaning at all.
So there saying an offender deserves the death penalty for thier crime. Then do it and show that a murderer can get off and a drug dealer who killed hundreds can get off. this idiot should be fired.
I just saw a article about what Grady Judd said on MSN along with Twitter comments supporting what he said. That’s right show your and your counties ignorance to the world smh. Can someone tell me why anyone registrant or not would be sleeping next to someone else’s 5 year old ? My point exactly.
Happened to read the comments posted in responce to the Orlando Sentinal. People will agree with the despicable Judd as long as they too stay misinformed, or choose to remain so. Also, when are we going to stop using the term “sex offender?” It sounds as though it is ongoing and current. It is ex-offender please, just like it is for any other person who was once guilty of an unlawful act. It does nothing more than perpetuate a belief that continues to harm our cause. Maine-iac is correct, where are the attorneys?
Well said Donna…X is the key word of thought to be said loudly…
It’s really sad that America has come to this. Pets are welcome at evacuation shelters, but human beings (ex-offenders) are turned away and threatened with false imprisonment. As a society, we have learned nothing from the past. When mankind is put under the animal, he becomes the animal.
Thank you so much Donna. So much truth in your very wise words. We all need to always remember there is intense power from the words that leave our lips. Again thank you!
So if I have kids they can sleep next to a repeat drug offender or aggravated assaulter, but not someone who was lied to about a girl’s age or someone who didn’t even actually have a victim, was just arrested by the thought police…..
Where in the hell does this make any sense. I don’t truly hate many people, but this “person” Judd is one of them.
It wouldn’t surprise me JV, if Judd took this as an opportunity to set up a sex sting at the shelters to make even more Fed money. I can just see the craigslist ad now…….Shelter Sex 69…..”Come meet me at the convention center bathroom stall” ….wouldn’t surprise me at all. What a POS that guy is. I hope Irma destroys his sheriffs office, his personal home, and floods all his patrol cars
Ah, yes. Our own little inbred redneck Joe Arpaio wannabe. He is a publicity whore and an embarrassment to a profession that, as a general rule, is pretty damed hard to embarrass. We should be more Christina, Grady? Well, hw about that whole “insomuch as ye have done it to the least of these, my brethren……” thingy?
I called this morning. The person on the phone told me that ID’s are required to enter a Polk County Shelter and that background checks will be ran on everyone and this person said that anyone with a criminal background they will make “appropriate accommodations” for.
At a time when resources are spread thin. And manpower should be used to HELP THE CITIZENS, Ole Judd chooses to spend thousands of EXTRA dollars and EXTRA hours to “Do a Background Check” on EVERY person That comes to a Shelter !!!. Instead of opening the Doors to ALL CITIZENS and providing SECURITY to oversee the situation !!!. Judd is a Power crazed moron that loves to see his self on the TV/Internet !!. There is a special place in HELL for people like him !!!. He is a disgrace to the Polk County Sheriff Department !!!!. Even ole Crow was better than him and that’s saying alot !!!!.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/6/1696458/-Florida-sheriff-threatens-residents-ahead-of-a-deadly-hurricane-and-unleashes-a-storm-of-his-own?detail=emaildkre
They do mention RSOs but no real comments about it – but it does have some of the Tweets he received
This man is a turd with legs and nothing more. He is so hate filled and vile that calling him scum would be insulting to actual scum.
Hey F U – Hope your entire family is wiped out by this storm or the next one or the next one or the next one.
Lee
Isn’t this just more evidence that the RSO lists is in fact punishment? Ex post facto punishment? Where are the lawyers in Florida who will stand against the unconstitutional laws?
I feel a Class Action Lawsuit coming on !!!. 26000+ just in Polk County !! Another 20000+ in Marion County alone !!. The only option was JAIL OR DIE !!! That’s so far from our constitution that someone has to start a Lawsuit !!. It time this crap stops !! And hopefully this storm is what it takes to do it !!!!. Let’s Do Something ???!!! Please !!.
Ok were are the lawyers. Do we need to get someone out of the state of Florida?
We need to get together on this. Pete
772-940-5448
I would like to make comments but it seems my password is not correct
Seems OK to us
Sheriff Appero ( I think is how you spell it) of Pinellas County was asked about the concern of sex offenders going to Shelters, he said he was not concerned about it, that his concern is that EVERYONE is safe. ole “shady Grady” needs to take lessons from him, in humanity.
It’s about time someone stood up for protecting S.O’s
I agree…seems to me that if a human being is discriminated against because of a label that they did not chose and can not change then they should be considered a protected class…just as being black, jewish, or gay.
If a human being can not find work because of their social status (and at this point this is a social status issue)…if they can not find housing because of their social status…if they are not allowed into a public area such as a city park, museum, or a Disney World (the gold standard) they they are being discriminated against on the basis of their social status which they did not chose and would certainly change if they could – they law prevents them from making that change – EVER!
Lets sue the state of Florida for discrimination. I think it is time to pound this message home and not change the attack plan. This is not only punishment but is also clear discrimination of a very specific group of citizens.
In history we had a villain with a similar plan. His name was Adolph Hitler.
Can we have a class action lawsuit of sort for the registry? I’m for it.
More reasons that would convince a judge that this system is the Modern version of American Slavery.
The standard for something to be unconstitutional is it must “shock to conscience “. This clearly shocks the conscience.
If you can demonize a group of people in the public s eye you can get tax money make superficial jobs and promote your polical career why not. Just look at what isis has done with that