A dispute over the ocean turned ugly when a fisherman pulled a gun on a surfer. The incident happened on Jacksonville Beach, south of the pier.
The clip starts out as a peaceful day at the beach, but that changes quickly as a surfer and fisherman get into a confrontation.
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The surfer walks up to the fisherman, and the two appear to argue, and then there’s a scuffle. Then, the fisherman pulls out a pistol. And the surfer then backs away and puts his hands up. The surfer walks away and flags down a group of lifeguards on patrol.
“My first reaction was ‘wow,’ you know, just this is the day and time that we’re in, you know, where you’re seeing more and more confrontations and confrontations result to a firearm being pulled out,” said News4JAX crime and safety analyst Lakesha Burton, who spent more than two decades as a Jacksonville police officer and supervisor. “I think what’s key is de-escalation. I think that’s essential. Practicing de-escalation skills really helps to defuse and can prevent potential violence.”
Jacksonville Beach police responded later, putting the 65-year-old fisherman in handcuffs.
According to the incident report, News4JAX obtained through a public record request he had a concealed weapons permit for his handgun and claimed the surfer punched him in the nose after the two argued about fishing lines in the water.
The surfer left before the officers arrived so that officers couldn’t get his side of the story. They reviewed the video, which showed the surfer making a motion toward the fisherman’s face, but it’s unclear if he struck the other man.
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The incident report noted, “Based on the video and the uncooperativeness of the unknown surfer, (the subject) was released and continued to fish.”
Burton said this could fall under a self-defense law called Stand Your Ground. She believes everyone should have stepped back and calmed down to avoid danger.
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“At the end of the day, we can always walk away because when you look at this particular situation, just imagine if it would have escalated to somebody being shot and God forbid, dying,” she said. “And you look at the why behind it. Somebody’s fishing, somebody’s surfing, there was a dispute that could have been settled by just simply walking away or talking through it. So yeah, we got to start chilling out.”
A lifeguard spokesperson acknowledged there’sension between surfers and fishermen competing for the best spot.
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