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A white man who was caught on video holding an airsoft gun while harassing a Black man last month in Florida is not a Navy SEAL veteran, as he claimed in the tirade.
Additionally, Fucheck's daughter, who asked to remain anonymous, confirmed to the newspaper that her father never served in the military and has been pretending to be a Navy SEAL for years.
"He's a narcissist," she told the Herald. "He just has to be the center of attention."
According to an arrest affidavit seen by the Herald, Fucheck was dropping off flyers in mailboxes in a North Miami-Dade neighborhood on June 14, when he got into a confrontation with Black man Dwayne Wynn.
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That caused Fucheck to return and start yelling at Wynn, while pointing a firearm at him that was later revealed as an airsoft gun.
"Damn right, I carry a gun because I'm a 35-year former Navy SEAL!" he yelled at one point, according to the Herald. "Go look at my Purple Heart!"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-florida-man-filmed-yelling-101251367.html
underpants
(182,922 posts)intrepidity
(7,339 posts)Or was he masquerading as a mailman, too?
Squinch
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It also appears that Fucheck may have broken a state law by having a license plate designated for Purple Heart recipients.
In order to get that license plate, one has to submit military paperwork to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.