A Florida sheriff’s deputy whose fragile ego was hurt after an autistic man wearing headphones did not hear his commands to stop walking into his house earlier this year is now apologizing for his brutal actions.

But Santa Rosa sheriff’s deputy Zachary MacPherson — who was suspended for three days — is only apologizing because there was so much outrage from the public, thanks to a Black woman recording the abuse from across the street in a livestreamed video that went viral.

At first, the sheriff’s office released a statement trying to justify the deputy’s actions by claiming the man he attacked had committed a “potential law violation” while also “disregarding verbal commands” from MacPherson — but never elaborating on the potential law violation.

MacPherson later claimed he was only l

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