{"id":86404,"date":"2019-04-19T10:48:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T14:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=86404"},"modified":"2019-04-22T14:07:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T18:07:25","slug":"joey-christian-arabs-cell-phone-service-the-last-straw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=86404","title":{"rendered":"Joey Christian &#8211; Arabs &#038; Cell Phone Service &#8211; The Last Straw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-86405 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian.jpg?resize=500%2C296&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian.jpg?resize=500%2C296&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian.jpg?resize=768%2C455&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian.jpg?w=789&amp;ssl=1 789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are tracking the story of Joey Derek Christian of Pasadena, TX who went into a cell phone store and went on a rant. Christian came into the store because his nephew was required to provide identification to sign up for a plan.<\/p>\n<p>There was disagreement with Christian and &#8220;Mo&#8221; the cell phone service employee and it came out that his name &#8220;Mo&#8221; was actually &#8220;Mohammed.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0This seemed to anger Christian who launched into a rant saying he has been killing this kind in foreign countries for two years &#8211; implying military service. He soon expanded his claim to twenty years of killing Arabs.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, after Christian&#8217;s Arab killing spree, coming back to the good ol&#8217; US of A and having to deal with a customer representative that had the name Mohammed was more than he could take.<\/p>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"html5\" id=\"arve-html5-\" style=\"max-width:720px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"arve-embed\">\n\t\t\t<video class=\"arve-video fitvidsignore\" controls controlslist=\"\" data-arve=\"arve-html5-\" onloadstart=\"this.volume=1\" preload=\"metadata\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Joey-Derek-Christian-5-Fast-Facts-You-Need-to-Know-Heavy.com_.mp4#t=0.1\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/valorguardians.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=86404#arve-html5-\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"contentURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/valorguardians.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/Joey-Derek-Christian-5-Fast-Facts-You-Need-to-Know-Heavy.com_.mp4\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more about it at: <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/news\/2019\/04\/joey-derek-christian\/?fbclid=IwAR2G81KYfiOyrDtdc9eDaxzzJB6KLP_j2zqw97lezoaeCu9t1jIt2K7tDiA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heavy.com<\/a>\u00a0 <em>(There are additional videos of the before and after)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are waiting for his official military records and will post when we get them, but a preliminary search does not show any active duty for Christian on DoD Manpower \/ SCRA.\u00a0 Christian&#8217;s prior address history also does not support time in the military, especially in the last 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>As the article states, Christian has a string of criminal charges and prison time.\u00a0 Joey had charges that would have been a problem for him to serve in the military.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll keep an open mind, but at this early juncture, his reference to killing Arabs in foreign countries does not seem to be a result of military service.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps he meant something else?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-6934563\/Houston-man-fined-680-shocking-racist-rant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DailyMail.co.uk<\/a> reports that due to this incident, Joey Christian was charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct and was fined $682.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>UPDATE: 22 APR 2019<\/p>\n<p>We received the FOIA results back for Joey Christian.\u00a0 They could not find any military records for him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian-foia-redacted-1.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-86482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian-foia-redacted-1.jpg?resize=450%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian-foia-redacted-1.jpg?resize=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian-foia-redacted-1.jpg?resize=768%2C990&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian-foia-redacted-1.jpg?resize=258%2C333&amp;ssl=1 258w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/christian-foia-redacted-1.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We really wish Joey Christian would clarify what he meant &#8211; the implication that he was in the military when he was killing Arabs is not a fair or accurate characterization of the military nor its missions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are tracking the story of Joey Derek Christian of Pasadena, TX who went into a cell phone store and went on a rant. 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