UF Student Body President Jordan Johnson was cited for disorderly conduct by the University Police Department after demanding a SNAP ride to his off-campus home at about 1:45 a.m. Saturday.
According to the report:
Officers responded to a call from two SNAP employees whose van was parked on Museum Road near Beaty Towers. When the officers arrived, Johnson was shaky on his feet, and officers called for him to stop. As they approached, they could smell alcohol on his breath.
An officer placed Johnson in handcuffs to keep him from making a scene.
When asked to identify himself, Johnson said, “You know who I am.”
When asked again, he said he was the Student Body president.
When SNAP employees Aljahra Lewis and Kendal Orgera refused to take Johnson and girlfriend Erica Rakow to his off-campus apartment, Johnson got angry and pointed out that, as president, he funded SNAP and used it to get home frequently.
After continued refusal, Johnson said “Student Government should pull its funding from this [unknown expletive] program.”
During the interview, Johnson mentioned that UPD was a bad agency for their involvement in the recent shooting of an international graduate student.
Johnson said Tuesday he had no comment about the incident.
Huntley Johnson, Jordan Johnson’s lawyer, who has represented 23 Gators football players, said Jordan Johnson realizes he made a mistake.
According to Huntley Johnson, Jordan Johnson said if he could redo that evening, he would do things much differently, adding Jordan Johnson is taking steps to ensure something like this doesn’t happen again.
