Recently, John H Bryan (johnbryanesq), aka The Civil Rights Lawyer, took to his YouTube channel to talk about Judah Everage’s encounter with the police in Melbourne, Florida. In a video that got over 1.7 million views, he used body camera footage, an interview with Judah’s lawyer, and police reports to break down the incident. The highlight reel shared to Instagram racked up over 2 million views and stirred up outrage on both platforms.
In the highlight reel, Bryan claimed that the police were initially called to help a mother deal with her 16-year-old son, and we saw the officer, identified by WESH and Bryan as William Markle, enthusiastically agree to her request to make it dramatic. When the police arrived on scene, they encountered 15-year-old Judah, who Bryan claimed was dressed differently. In the body cam footage, we see an officer yell, “Get on f—ing the ground. I will f—ing tase you.”
