Elderly Diabetic Man Body-Slammed For Stealing Beer and Milk | His Trial Starts in 4 Days

A 63 year old diabetic who was apparently suffering a low blood sugar episode, being confused, went into a gas station and believing himself to be the owner of the store, grabbed beer and milk, then went outside and began to drink them. The actual store owner called police, seeking help for the man, who he believed was suffering a mental emergency. But when the police arrived, they immediately went hands-on, trying to grab the man’s beer, and then body slammed this elderly diabetic man onto the concrete ground, while taunting him.

After realizing the man is diabetic, they called paramedics and their supervisor. The paramedics said the man needed to go immediately to the hospital, but the cops said no. So the paramedics left without the elderly man who was suffering an apparent medical emergency. Then when the supervisor got there, the cops said nothing about the medical emergency, and then lied about the man throwing his beer on him, which is easily disproven by the video footage. So instead of medical help, this man got violence instead, and then a bunch of criminal charges. Now, in just a few days, the man is facing a trial, for which he may be looking at years in prison.

Charges in the system:

Original video description:

Cop Slams Disabled Senior Citizen Over Bicycle Law – Other Cops Laugh and High-Five

On February 17, 2025 at around 9pm at night, a disabled senior citizen named Danny Winklman was riding his bicycle through a neighborhood in St. Augustine, Florida. He had a run of bad luck. He had been hospitalized with serious medical issues, and as a result was evicted, leaving him homeless. All he wanted was a meal, and he was on his way home to fix himself something to eat. But a local St. Johns County Sheriff’s Deputy saw that his bicycle was not equipped with lights. Within seconds, the officer would slam the elderly man to the asphalt for “not listening” to him. Was that justified?

Danny’s GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/a4914e7a

Jeff Gray’s interview of Danny at the site: https://youtu.be/AbRkYsjc638?si=Dl2zmrRlJr9u3TlS Jeff Gray’s original video on the incident: https://youtu.be/hCrNtTdNdu8?si=TakQd4iv0jLIDE7y

The bicycle law:

11th Circuit case law noting that the charged crime is not sufficiently serious to warrant a violent takedown:

You sent me this viral Facebook Post about what cops did to this elderly veteran, so I showed up

Many of my viewers from around the country sent me this viral Facebook post by the wife of an elderly, disabled military veteran (with severe type 2 diabetes) about three police officers abusing him in front of their home in St. Mary’s West Virginia. After she reached out to me, yesterday I drove 3 and a half hours up to the location of the incident to investigate the scene myself. Frankly, I’m shocked by what’s happening up there, and they can’t be allowed to get away with it.

Here’s the original viral Facebook Post:

Here’s the criminal complaint with the full report:

UPDATE 3/20/25:

Cops Shove Elderly Woman Out the Door (they just leave her on the ground and go back inside)

Deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office literally threw an elderly woman out the door of their jail, telling her, “have a nice day,” then leaving her writhing in pain on the concrete sidewalk, as they walked back inside, smirking.