Bodycam: Councilman Arrested After Allegedly Smoking Crack, Passing Out in Car After Court

Bodycam footage shows the moments Rhode Island police found Matthew Reilly passed out in the driver’s seat of his car with an alleged crack pipe in his hand on Monday. Authorities said Reilly, a now-former Cranston City council member, was arrested and charged with drug possession after the substance found in his car tested positive for crack cocaine and fentanyl. The 41-year-old politician resigned from the city council and his position as chairman of the Cranston Republican Party Thursday after pressure from the mayor and other council members. The Law&Crime Network’s Angenette Levy has the details.

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[kevinsok]

Big respect for the cop that said "A month from now you'll be thanking us." He's so real for that, because I was also neck deep in an addiction, and it took getting arrested for me to see how bad things had actually gotten. I hated the cops that day, but that was what kick started my sobriety. 5 years sober since that day.

[charlottebats]

I hate it when I’m sleeping in my car and I get arrested for smoking crack.

[Mysterious-Outdoors]

A crack pipe and sleep don't even go in the same sentence.

[lightbeforethetunnel]

Before bodycams, imagine how many times the cop would have looked the other way just because he's a councilman. He even said "this is being recorded" to indicate he has to actually do his job.
It's just sickening how corrupt-minded cops are. That was his knee-jerk reaction. I'm thankful steps are being made to try to hold them accountable for following the same laws they enforce on the rest of us.

[steveo]

Addiction is no joke. I was on opiates for 15 years and I put myself in rehab and now I have 53 days clean.
Edit:Thank you everyone for all of the kind words.

[kenyaepps]

The cops treated him so respectfully. It's a shame that everyone is not treated the same!!

[BrownGeorge-pwxo]

Crack addiction actually destroyed my life for over 23 years. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

[princessshazie]

This Is heartbreaking.. unfortunately when your an addict if life gets hard we tend to go back to what we know to cope.. I hope and pray he gets the help he needs 🙏

[KittySkeed]

I can't imagine the shame and embarrassment this poor man was feeling. Drug addiction does not care who you are and relapse sneaks up on you. I wish him all the best.

[learningwithsongs]

I relapsed and lost my wife and 6 month old daughter. She moved out and filed for separation. I immediately went to rehab and got sober. Im now 4 years sober, have 50/50 custody, a healthy relationship with my ex, and the most beautiful relationship with my little girl. Being a single dad has allowed me to have an intimate relationship I may have never had being in the relationship. Sometimes the dark times are just the night before the sun rises. Never give up.

[TheDubastro]

For those of you defending this guy, just know that this was around the same time that he SA’d a child. This isn’t a sad man, this is a bad man.

[Dietcokeslut]

The kindness and general empathy he received should be extended to all people suffering from an addiction. Not just people with nice/public jobs.

[bealight]

He was treated with dignity and respect in the midst of a binge.
I’d love to see this same empathy projected towards all people.

[Metromania]

Never heard of anybody falling sleep after smoking crack.

[kaliffoo]

That Sgt. showed great fairness and compassion. More like him are needed.

[ThePurePlayaz]

It's scary to think how many high level people are bringing in/selling/ or even doing drugs.

[jackiedunn]

It's such a shame that this stuff is ruining so many people's lives and not just the one doing the drug but families

[kingconcerto]

I will never understand how people can use stimulants in public, the anxiety from the paranoia/sketchiness is unbelievable. Back in my drug using years, you wouldn't have been able to pay me to even do a line of coke unless I was behind a locked door on private property. Smoking crack while driving a car in public is completely incomprehensible to me.

[fms]

So much respect for that cop being so nice and actually caring.

[mattusapparatus]

"I have sleep apnea" 😂😂😂 "no drugs in the car, I was smoking air out of that crack pipe"