because you know what? That’s one looter that will not break into anyone else’s home and take advantage of them when they’re the most vulnerable and the most weak.”

Sheriff Grady Judd for the next FL governor, when DeSantis retires.

https://slaynews.com/news/sher...-like-grated-cheese/

Frank Bergman
October 9, 2022

A sheriff has given some words of advice to Florida residents who want to stop their homes from being targeted by looters.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told Florida homeowners that, if they catch a looter, they should “shoot him so he looks like grated cheese.”

Judd’s tip comes after Hurricane Ian ravaged the west coast of Florida last week.

As Slay News reported, Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis also delivered an unflinching warning to criminals in the devastating aftermath of the hurricane.

“The other thing we’re concerned about, particularly in those areas that were really hard hit, is we want to make sure we’re maintaining law and order,” DeSantis explained during a press conference.

“Don’t even think about looting.

“Don’t even think about taking advantage of people in this vulnerable situation.”

“I can tell you, in the state of Florida, you never know what may be lurking behind somebody’s home,” DeSantis warned.

“I would not want to chance that if I were you, given that we’re a Second Amendment state.”

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd issued an even more imposing warning to criminals considering looting.

During an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” Grady commented on the cases of criminals being arrested for looting in the areas obliterated by the Category 4 hurricane.

“People have a right to be safe in their homes,” Judd said on Friday.

“They have a right to their property, to be safe even when part of their home may be torn away.

“And these looters, that’s unacceptable. Absolutely unacceptable.”

Grady advised Florida homeowners, “I would highly suggest that if a looter breaks into your home, comes into your home while you’re there to steal stuff that you take your gun and you shoot him.

“You shoot him so he looks like grated cheese because you know what?

“That’s one looter that will not break into anyone else’s home and take advantage of them when they’re the most vulnerable and the most weak.”

Grady said that law enforcement and the community are “all gonna come together” during catastrophes like hurricanes.

“The community is gonna come together, and if there are looters that think they’re gonna take care of these people, they may breaking it, but they should be carried out in a pine box because that is unacceptable, that cuts against all laws and all reality,” he exclaimed.

“You have a right, and your property has a right to be safe and secure in your home, what’s left of it.”

The outspoken sheriff is not one to shy away from issuing forceful warnings to looters.

During the violent Black Lives Matter riots in the summer of 2020, Grady sternly warned criminals not to loot in the county east of Tampa.

“Let there be no misunderstanding, if you come here to riot, to loot, to injure people, we’re going to lock you up in the county jail,” Judd said in June 2020.

“We are going to hunt you down and lock you up if you engage in any criminal conduct.

“I would tell them, if you value your life, they probably shouldn’t do that in Polk County,” the sheriff said.

“Because the people of Polk County like guns, they have guns, I encourage them to own guns, and they’re going to be in their homes tonight with their guns loaded, and if you try to break into their homes to steal, to set fires, I’m highly recommending they blow you back out of the house with their guns.

“So, leave the community alone.”

In December 2021, Grady praised a Florida resident for giving a crook “an early Christmas present” during a home invasion.

“The homeowner did exactly what he should have,” Judd noted of the resident in Lakeland.

“He had a gun, he knew how to use it, it was loaded, and he shot him a lot.

“He gave him an early Christmas present.

“Only Santa Claus gets to come in your house — and Santa Claus is invited.”

Once when asked why his deputies shot a suspect so many times, Sheriff Judd responded, because that was all the bullets they had. Or something like that. Deputies fired 110 rounds 68 of which hit the suspect. The suspect had shot and killed a deputy execution style.

Dang, Swiss Cheese would be bad enough, he wants Grated Cheese.

Well....good luck with that around here.

A number of years ago, my parents house was broken into and a bunch of stuff taken. I fixed the basement window they used to enter the residence.

I figured they might come back and I could take my truck to a friends house and walk back home and they would not know anyone was there since I lived 120 miles away. Police did nothing the first time except tell me to put dead bolts on the doors.

Sure enough, they came back the second time. I had left knowing I would probably have to use deadly force. They had been to Court for shooting out the pickup window but the Judge only gave them a slap on the wrist.

They caught a mess of illegals(I call them what they are) breaking into houses last week.

I think he meant a cheese grater...

If you aint Santa Claus, I rekon you shouldn't come knockin..

I think my 20” barreled 590-A1 came with the following warning:

WARNING: This product can expose you to Lead, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

It’s loaded with 81 .33” diameter lead balls. I might be able to accommodate Sheriff Grady’s recommendation.

I'm fairly certain he meant Swiss cheese. The good sheriff speaks off the cuff most of the time. He can't get everything right.

The idea of shooting someone so many times that they are reduced to shreds, literally- well, I just think that might be prohibitively expensive, with the cost of ammunition these days.

Swiss cheese is an easier standard to achieve. Would that be 2 or 3 shots from the 590-A1?

That's all great provided you have a DA that agrees.

They'd look more like the spaghetti meat sauce UNDER the grated cheese.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I'm fairly certain he meant Swiss cheese. The good sheriff speaks off the cuff most of the time. He can't get everything right.

The idea of shooting someone so many times that they are reduced to shreds, literally- well, I just think that might be prohibitively expensive, with the cost of ammunition these days.

Not to mention the expense of a professional cleaning crew.

Five gold Continentals??

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Once when asked why his deputies shot a suspect so many times, Sheriff Judd responded, because that was all the bullets they had. Or something like that. Deputies fired 110 rounds 68 of which hit the suspect. The suspect had shot and killed a deputy execution style.

If I remember the case right (we talked about it on the 10-8 forums), the suspect shoot two deputies, one uniform (at original crime scene and suspect got his rifle back out of deputy's vehicle trunk), and one plain clothes deputy stopped in traffic (shot execution style). The SWAT team caught up to the suspect and shoot the crap out of him. The family and their ambulance chasing attorney complained of and tried to file a lawsuit for "excessive deadly force".....which inspired the deadly Force Continuum for Police Officers:

1. Kind of, sort of Deadly Force (lowest level)
2. Regular Deadly Force
3. "We Ain't Fucking Around" Deadly Force (highest level)

There may have been a higher level but it involved the same tactics used to kill a vampire lord and to make sure they stayed dead.

Love this guy. Gives us every last detail of the child traffickers and criminals they take down. Photos, personal details, and relevant information all served up hot with a side of jokes at the perps expense. Not matter the position or status in life.

Keep kickin ass sir.

I like "so many holes he'll cast a polka-dot shadow" or "more holes than he's got fingers to plug," but "grated cheese " works too.

He needs to release that statement in Ass-Span-Yo to reach a wider audience.

I do NOT agree. Shooting someone until they look like a platter of grated cheese is a waste of good lead, which has become rather expensive and hard to come by in some sizes. IMO the best way to handle a looter is with a shotgun loaded with some #4 buckshot. One shot to the head and their brains are jello and that is plenty effective. Tip, if your shooting a pump keep about 10 lbs. of tension on the forearm so it comes slamming back as soon as the gun is fired and the bolt unlocks. Remember to bounce the slide off that full back position and slam it home and you can get 2 hits within 0.2 second.

BTW, if you take up Shooting Skeet after about a year of weekly practice you'll be proficient enough with a shotgun that a head shot is a 100% certainty at any distance under 15 yards. You'll also be at the point where you can reliably hit the pairs at stations 1 and 7. Which means you'll have the skill to hit two separate targets about as quickly as you can clap your hands twice.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Once when asked why his deputies shot a suspect so many times, Sheriff Judd responded, because that was all the bullets they had. Or something like that. Deputies fired 110 rounds 68 of which hit the suspect. The suspect had shot and killed a deputy execution style.

He also should have pointed out they needed some serious accuracy training and promise to do better next time.

As for the grated cheese comment... One of the problems TV and the movies has caused is folks are sublimely conditioned to fire just one shot... and then see if that stops the threat... because we all know one shot and the bad guy falls down dead. I learned in a force on force class that you need to 'multitask' in an encounter like this... you continue shooting and at the same time access when there is no longer a threat....

There are lots of Grady Judd press conferences uploaded to Youtube. Here is a recent fave: