Was this a failure to identify?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

A while back you said you "only have a few more" but you're slamming us with several each day. These videos are truly time-wasters. This guy is a mental case, and we all know that.

If you want I'll post the link to his YouTube channel here so anyone who wants can go see these useless videos and you can stop posting them here.

What you DON'T know about this guy is he's a welfare case, convicted drug offender, and he harasses citizens just as much as he does police. There are a few videos of him getting his ass knocked into the dirt from citizens who get tired of putting up with his shit. One of these days "Josh" is going to turn up missing, and no one will care to find him. There are a lot of folks around here with backhoes.

[Asker]

The problem is certain people keep trying to take down things that have nothing wrong witn them, and there are people who have interesting perspectives.

There was a time where there was a couple point gamers and people angry with me were the only ones posting.

[Asker]

I also know he’s a drug offender. I’ve looked up uo and he’s admitted he’s done meth but claims to be off of it now.

Now I don’t wish death on the man. He’s a nuisance but I don’t think someone should go out of their way to kill the individual.

[Asker]

But. What I’m really looking for is opinions just like yours. Explaining him, his videos, and your perspective on him. So. Look for MHO

[Opinion Owner]

I don't wish death on him, but I used to live in that area and I know how little patience people there have with nuisances. I know quite about him and have had my issues with him too.

He's an EDP, which comes as no surprise. That's why the police generally ignore him. He's prone to frequent outbursts over totally stupid stuff; he's loud, obnoxious, though not usually prone to violence. I worked part time in a convenience store there, and he threw a fit because the store would not accept his EBT card. He started yelling, swearing, knocked over a display, and threw some candy bars at the cashier who promptly threw him out then called the police. This is second hand, but there were a couple of other incidents as well. He was in a McDonald's and started recording and dropping the f-bomb. There were kids in the area, so one man told him to stop swearing because there were kids there. You can guess "Josh's" reaction, so the dad drug him to the door and tossed him out into the parking lot. In another case, he was harassing a road repair crew, demanding they identify as public servants - they weren't, they worked for a commercial company contracted by the city to do road work. They ran him off the site after roughing him up.

His elevator definitely doesn't go to the top, and he's like an equal opportunity harasser. Funny thing is while he trashes government, he lives off government social services. He has no job, and walks or rides a bike everywhere - all day long. Even the phone he uses for these shaky videos is provided for with government assistance. Also on his YouTube page, he states he is not a lawyer and is not giving legal advice, but he tells passersby what he thinks the law is.

Springfield police are fine. And by the way, yes, he's right about turn signals, but in that part of Missouri you could buy a 15 year old car with never-before-flipped turn signals because drivers there are horrible about using them lol.

[Asker]

Thanks for sharing. I know about Josh as well, people who describe him as the town lunatic are pretty accurate. The police do their best not to give the individual what he wants.

He seems to want to play the victim. If the cops are bothering him it’s harassment. But if they aren’t harassing everyone else over turn signal violations well that’s another story

[Asker]

I do understand that people not using turn signals is annoying. I would be fine with Josh if he recorded the police and didn’t cause a problem. If he was pointing out real corruption or dirty cops. I would think he was fine.

But the majority of law enforcement (and everyone else) aren’t doing anything to him and are trying to do their jobs. To have a jackass yell at them

[Asker]

It was like he was harassing a road crew that he made claims worked for SPD. He also was harassing a guy on a ATV claiming the same that he worked for the city. When he was wrong. He was wanting peope to contact SPD to go and ticket him for illegally operating a ATV on public roadway

[Opinion Owner]

Thanks for MHO!

[Asker]

You’re welcome and yes I’m from Missouri. People are really nice (for the most part) unless you piss them off. I don’t think most people would go as far as murder. But I get it… I have a short fuse with people too

[Asker]

But there is a lot of great people. There’s also a lot of Karen’s and Darren’s. There was a lady who was a school bus driver for a local district. Imagine the real life Mrs. Crabtree. She would yell and scream and cuss a lot like Josh. Especially in the summer when she was collecting unemployment.

Felt bad for her husband. Glad I don’t work there anymore

[NewgodOmega]

Cops telling you they don't like the fact that you are free not to follow anything a man in a stupid uniforms says you to do

[gorydetails]

lol. The fatass filming was winded by standing still.