Florida congressional candidate apologizes for threatening officer during traffic stop: report

ORLANDO SENTINEL ^ | 02/24/2022 | GARFIELD HYLTON

[conservativehusker]

A Florida congressional candidate apologized to an officer after threatening to ruin their career during a traffic stop.

A congressional candidate from the Sarasota area, Martin Hyde issued the apology Wednesday, WFLA reported.

The officer’s body camera captured the incident of pulling Hyde over on Valentine’s Day.

The video shows the female officer explaining to Hyde that she pulled him over for speeding and texting while driving, WFLA reported.

Hyde asked the officer, “You know who I am, right?” and threatened to call the police chief.

[conservativehusker]

When I saw the title of the video I settled in expecting a self righteous democrat - but was surprised - not shocked - that it was a republican...

[Gaffer]

Shades of drunk Reese Witherspoon....

[Gaffer]

I think he was running as a Republican trying to unseat a RINO who holds the seat now.

[Leaning Right]

Yeah, I just looked it up. Hyde is a Republican running against a Trump-endorsed incumbent Republican congressman in the primaries.

Republicans like Hyde we don’t need, obviously.

[RWGinger]

Make that FORMER candidate.
How stupid do you have to be to act like that knowing you are being recorded.
Had to laugh when he showed his campaign sticker

[joma89]

Do not accept the apology and destroy this guy.

[Qiviut]

Nope .... Republican.

[Roccus]

Nope...

UNIPARTY

This Alpha Hotel tried to run before he caught the ball.

[moovova]

Not the first time he's been a complete pile of... You'd think he'd learned his lesson.

Martin Hyde quits City Commission race after allegation of racist comment

(Note: This is a different race.)

[dznutz]

The Republican and Democratic parties are full of Martin Hydes. Let’s fire up those body cameras and cellphones and get to work. The arrogance of this man to say those things, knowing full well he was being recorded.

I saw a video of him on YouTube having a verbal altercation with a teen at a tennis club he was a member of, apparently his membership was rescinded after the situation came to light.

[Leaning Right]

> Had to laugh when he showed his campaign sticker <

Yep. Before I wised up, I’d always show cops my old Class President campaign poster. That never once got me out of a ticket!

[Zack Attack]

He is an R, though by his behavior, the media may have assumed he was acting like D. Yet many R’s are self-righteous pricks also.

[RWGinger]

Nicely done
Maybe it could have made them laugh

[sauropod]

Agree.

[Blennos]

Direct link to video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SunGGUktKok&t=343s

[GOPJ]

Hyde asked the officer, “You know who I am, right?” and threatened to call the police chief.

The last thing we need is more thugs in office... what's he running for - head of the CIA?

[TribalPrincess2U]

This behavior is expected of Democrats.

Any ‘Republican’ that acts like they’re the entitled one
and we peons are suppose to lick their boots are OUT!

[JoSixChip]

This behavior is expected of Democrats.

Here are two truths I know to be fact:
1) The media is lying.
2) There is no substantive difference between democrats and republicans. Power means more to them then their constituents.

[outofsalt]

Rosemary Lehmberg Austin Texas DA
In 2013, she was arrested for and pleaded guilty to drunk driving.
Lehmberg served eight years as Travis County’s district attorney before retiring in January 2017.

[throwthebumsout]

Every time I hear someone respond with, “Do you know who I am?”, I am reminded that we have two-tiered justice system.