If this was the other way around and the minority valet knocked out an off-duty cop, do you think he would have just gotten 30 days in jail?
You know the answer to that.
A former police officer was found guilty Wednesday of assaulting a valet attendant last year in Fort Lauderdale.
Judge Robert F. Diaz called the assault cold and calculated and sentenced John Kiernan to 30 days in jail. Convicted of misdemeanor battery, he also will be placed on 12 months probation and be required to attend anger management classes.
“That guy had no idea that was coming and he didn’t really do anything to you,” Diaz said.
After the verdict, Kiernan was put in handcuffs and taken to Broward County’s main jail.
The New Smyrna Beach man testified in his own defense, saying he believed the attendant had a weapon in his pocket.
“I didn’t make a conscious decision to hit him. It just happened,” Kiernan testified during the trial.
A key piece of evidence at the trial is the surveillance video from the Ocean Sky Resort. It was played in court Wednesday.
The video shows Kiernan punching Rodriguez and knocking him unconscious after the argument over the fee.
He needs to be in jail for YEARS, but you know how it goes.
Flip the page for the video that at least put him in jail for a little while.