A Very Angry Man

During the course of the day, the newsroom will handle hundreds of calls. Today, the assignment desk transferred an interesting phone call to me. I had no idea who it was or what the caller wanted. Turns out it was Anthony Garcia, a man I've never heard of who also runs a cable access show I've never heard of either. I think it's called Crimes Against Humanity(Wednesdays between 4pm - 5pm on Channel 27). Here's a screen shot:



I had no idea I was on his show as Garcia screamed over the phone at me about how he wanted "justice" and a publicized case. He claimed he has "no freedom of the press" and wants an publicized trial "like Michael Jackson and OJ Simpson" and claimed the press are a bunch of "liars."

I know this type of caller. This is a person who is quick to claim they are a victim--someone who has been in and out of jail so many times, they believe they are being picked on.

Turns out Garcia has been booked at least eight times over the course of a decade according to his record at Metro Court. He's been locked up for domestic violence, aggravated battery, and most recently, aggravated drunk driving.

I tried reasoning with the man over the phone. Immediately he went into a tirade about how the courts and the jails are "unconstitutional." Mr. Garcia wouldn't provide specifics so I ended the call without knowing who this guy was. There was no reasoning with the man.

One of my co-workers guessed who I was talking to (apparently Garcia has called our newsroom multiple times over the years). I was interested and decided to check the guy's story out by tuning into his show.

I called into his show and manged to get on. Again, Garcia went on a tirade and a rant about how he is a victim of a corrupt system and is being picked on.

Honestly, there is no reasoning with people like this. They've been in trouble so many times, they actually begin to believe everyone is against them.

I asked Garcia about his DWI case which he is appealing and if he could give me specifics on why he shouldn't have been convicted. He couldn't give me an answer and claimed the whole case was "unconstitutional."

I plan on pulling his DWI case to see what happened for the benefit of the doubt. But seriously, I really believe Garcia is someone who blames everyone else for his own troubles.
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