Some people make bad decisions, others make record-breaking bad decisions and then there is Steven Devon Mason Rivers, who apparently looked at his already disastrous situation and said, “Let me make this worse.”
Rivers is accused of raping a Florida Memorial University student. That allegation alone is serious, heavy, and life-altering. Police arrested him. Handcuffs on, ride to jail booked. Game over, right?
Wrong.
According to a footage, while being transported to jail, Rivers allegedly attempted to grab the buttocks of a female detective. Yes, while under arrest. Somehow, he thought this was the moment.
Let’s pause here. This man was already facing a rape accusation, already headed to jail, already in cuffs and his brain still said, “Now is a good time for sexual misconduct.” That is not confidence, that is self-sabotage at Olympic level.
Police did not laugh, the detective did not play along and the legal system definitely did not shrug. Instead, Rivers is now facing new charges, because apparently one charge wasn’t enough for him.
Surveillance footage shared by the Miami Gardens Police Department appeared to show a man jumping over a wall to get on to campus. The Opa-locka Police Department later apprehended Rivers before turning him over to Miami Gardens police, according to Miami Herald news partner CBS News Miami.
“Rivers, talk to me for a second. You will be OK,” one officer said in a footage obtained by CBS News Miami. Moments later, officers are heard saying, “Get your hands out of your pocket. You will be OK. Stop right there. Show me your hands,” and “Get on the ground for us. You will be OK. Put your hands out.”
When Miami Gardens police were escorting Rivers on Wednesday, he “aggressively reached out” and forcefully tried to grab the lead detective’s buttocks, the affidavit said. An officer restricted his movements and braced him against a railing.
“Mr. Rivers spontaneously chuckled as he uttered, ‘Good Catch, but I don’t give a f—,’ ” the affidavit said.
He was taken to Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. He was being held Thursday on over a $510,000 bond, jail records show.
Rivers now has more charges, more court dates, more problems and zero sympathy from the public.
If there was ever a moment to stay silent, keep your hands to yourself, and rethink your life choices, this was it and he still failed.
The case will move through the courts, justice will decide the outcome but one thing is already clear:
Some people don’t just cross lines, they sprint across them in handcuffs on the way to jail.
