CHUD THE BUILDER WALKS ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES?

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:03][snorts] >> What's happening everybody? Welcome to the channel. Thank you for tuning in. We are going to get right back to this Chud the Builder case. Let me explain because the affidavits came out in the state of Tennessee regarding this case and it's a lot different than people think. I did two previous videos on Chud the Builder.

[00:00:23]Let me explain to you who he is real quick in 30 seconds and then we'll get to the affidavit. I have to explain who he is for those of you who are just tuning in and never heard about him.

[00:00:34]Chud the Builder, that's his his his name that he uses for his YouTube channel, right? And he goes out and he does racially charged content and I'll I I admit that he uh from what I learned about him, he instigates trouble. He kind of looks for trouble, you know, uh it was a matter of time until trouble came his way. He calls people the N-word. He says to black people, "You're you're chimping out. You're chimping out." referring to chimpanzees and uh he seems to get himself involved in a lot of heated conversations with black people on the street, you know? And then the debate was uh is it morally and ethically correct correct for him to do that? Uh does he have a right to do that on the freedom of speech under the First Amendment? And so this is the debate that took place. And the reason that this debate took place is because last week Chud the Builder was going to court in Montgomery, Tennessee for an unrelated matter uh for skipping out on a restaurant bill cuz supposedly they asked him to leave the restaurant. He felt that if they were asking him to leave, he shouldn't pay his bill. He was charged with theft of services. He had to go to court for that. As he was going for court for that, he came out of court 1:00 in the afternoon and there was a confrontation.

[00:01:56]A lot of those facts have not been released. A lot of opinions is have come out. We're going to get to that in a minute. But, there was a confrontation between him and a black man named Joshua Fox, okay? And in in this confrontation, in this incident, where we don't know what happened, but we have a little more evidence of that. I'm going to explain it to you in a minute. Where we don't know what happened, Joshua Fox was shot twice by Chud the Builder. He was shot in the stomach, and he was shot in the shoulder, and Chud the Builder also shot himself himself in in the arm in that struggle.

[00:02:34]When the first responders were putting Chud the Builder on the stretcher, he gave a statement to the first responders that Joshua Fox attacked him.

[00:02:45]That Joshua Fox was saying things to him as he was walking out of the courthouse.

[00:02:52]That saying things like um "Say that chimp stuff out to me. Tell me that I'm chimping out. Let me hear you say that to me." This was Chud the Builder's statement to the first responders. He shouldn't have given a statement at all. But, that's what happened. Well, that's what they've said to what happened. We don't really know what happened at that moment. There was a a brief video of the struggle, and we're going to get to that in a minute as well. Right? Because there's a lot I have to say to to to a lot of the people that left comments, all right? And one thing that you get on this channel is I deal with facts.

[00:03:28]I don't speculate.

[00:03:30]And if I give you my opinion, I clearly tell you that it's my opinion. So, you know that I'm giving you my opinion, right? But, I deal with facts as a critical thinker. I look I take in all the information that I can, factual information, and try and base my opinion on that. But, I let you All right, we'll get back to that. All right? So, what happens at this point is uh Chud the Builder is then arrested um by the police department in Tennessee and he's charged with attempted murder in the first degree where you face 60 years just for that crime. Okay? He's also charged with unlawful use of a firearm which is a felony and and and aggravated assault which is a felony. So, he's charged with one A felony and I believe two C felonies and he's facing 60 years in prison for this for this attempted murder. Okay? And so, it was very And let me let me say this before we continue cuz this is not a video defending Chud the Builder at all.

[00:04:36]This is a video that's dealing with facts.

[00:04:39]Okay? I don't like Chud the Builder from what I've learned of him and from what I see of him. Does he have a right to do what he did in the videos prior to this confrontation? I believe he does have a right to do it. And you can take it any way you want, but there's a lot of black people that I'm not saying it's right.

[00:05:01]Not saying it's right at all and not even trying to get into a racial disparity or racial argument, but there was a lot of black people that go around society calling white people crackers or targeting white people and they have the freedom of speech to do that. And if a black person has the freedom of speech to call a a a white person a cracker and if you don't know where the where the word cracker comes from, it was because in generations before they would crack the whip and so, they were called crackers because they would crack the whip. All right? So, it's a derogatory name towards white people. Okay? And so, if if if African-Americans are allowed to address white men and white women as crackers, then Chud the Builder has all the right in the world to address um black people using the M-word, you know? And uh so I'm not saying that I'm I'm I agree with it. I'm not saying that it's morally correct. I'm not saying that it's polite. I'm not saying that it's proper. I don't believe it is at all, but I'm saying he has a right to do that.

[00:06:11]If the if other individuals have a right to do it to you you follow what I'm saying, right? And so but I still don't I would never do that because I care about people and I respect people and I love people. So I think anyone that does it on either side, a black person that calls a white person a cracker or a black person that a white person that calls a black person derogatory slurs and anything, they're both wrong. We shouldn't conduct ourselves like that in society. We're supposed to be building each other up because in my eyes we're all human beings, but I'm saying from a legal standpoint, you follow me? Chud the Builder has the right to do that, but because Chud the Builder was known for that, when this incident happened with him and Joshua Fox, social media already pointed the fact out that it must be this incident must be Chud the Builder's fault. Why? Because Chud the Builder Builder appears to be a racist, Chud the Builder uses the N-word, Chud the Builder instigates trouble, right? I can agree that he does those things, but does that mean that he did it at this time in this incident? See, it doesn't matter what someone's done a hundred times before.

[00:07:24]It doesn't matter. Can you use it to show their character? Yes, you can in a court of law. You can use previous incidents to show their character. Yeah, but this incident is what matters and what happened in this incident. First of all, Uh, uh, also for Chud the Builder was arrested and charged with all those crimes. And he was giving given a $1.25 million bail.

[00:07:49]This is insanity.

[00:07:51]Okay? Uh, uh, when Carmelo Anthony killed Austin Metcalfe in Texas, he was given a $250,000 bail. And he killed someone. Stabbed him in the heart.

[00:08:05]Right? I understand why he was given a $250,000 bail. I actually think that was a fair bail.

[00:08:11]He was 17 years old. I said this in my last video. He was 17 years old. He wasn't a flight risk. I don't even know if he had a passport.

[00:08:20]He had never been convicted of a felony before.

[00:08:23]He had an ankle bracelet on. He was restricted to home confinement. $250,000 bail was fair.

[00:08:30]And he murdered someone.

[00:08:32]But innocent until proven guilty.

[00:08:35]Even though he admitted to murdering the guy.

[00:08:38]He gave a statement to the police.

[00:08:42]Now Chad the Builder didn't kill anyone.

[00:08:46]Gives a statement to the police that it was in self-defense.

[00:08:50]And he's given a $1.25 million bail.

[00:08:56]So, you had black people crying that the bail was too high for uh, Carmelo Anthony.

[00:09:07]But where's the people saying that the bail was too high for Chad the Builder?

[00:09:12]A $1.25 million bail and he didn't kill anyone. He had a bail hearing today. He had another bail hearing today. From the information I got so far, I haven't checked, they didn't drop the bail. They left it at $1.25 million. But anyway, back to the case.

[00:09:29]The affidavits came out.

[00:09:33]Before I show the affidavit, let me tell you what happened when I made the last two videos.

[00:09:38]I had a bunch of jerk-offs in the comment section.

[00:09:43]That people that want to throw fuel in the fire. People were saying, "Chug the Builder called them the N-word." No evidence of that. And I don't like Chug the Builder.

[00:09:53]I'm dealing with the facts of the case.

[00:09:56]I'm not looking at the case from a racial aspect. Let's just look at the criminal element of the case.

[00:10:03]Where was the evidence? Someone said, "There's video and Chug the Builder attacked them." There's no video. You're a liar if you said you saw a video.

[00:10:12]There is a video. There's only one video. You can't tell what's happening in the video. You can't tell it. There's only one video out there and it's from a distance and it's so grainy and it's only at the end of the video where you could see two blurry people on the floor being pulled apart by the police.

[00:10:28]There's no video that shows how it started.

[00:10:31]I've had a ton of uh comments from people saying, "Oh, I saw a video." I had tons of people saying they saw the police report. Nobody seen the police report. It wasn't released at all.

[00:10:42]The affidavit was just released yesterday.

[00:10:45]And let's get to the affidavit because the affidavit says nothing.

[00:10:50]Let me show you the affidavit. That's the affidavit right here. Let me go to it on my phone, right? In the affidavit, on May 13th, 2026, at approximately 13:19 hours, Dalton Eardley, that's Chug the Builder, Dalton. Dalton Dalton Eardley and Joshua Fox engaged in a verbal altercation.

[00:11:13]Okay, they engaged in a verbal altercation.

[00:11:17]This affidavit doesn't say who started that altercation.

[00:11:21]It doesn't say if Joshua Fox attacked him.

[00:11:24]It doesn't say if Chug the Builder attacked Joshua Fox.

[00:11:29]This the says nothing. It says, Joshua Fox and Dalton Eardley and Joshua Fox engaged in a verbal altercation verbal altercation in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse 2 Millennium Plaza.

[00:11:46]During this verbal altercation, Mr. Eardley, Chad the Builder, turned his body in a bladed stance towards Mr. Fox. So, he turns, faces Mr. Fox, and reached for his firearm located in his right jacket pocket.

[00:12:03]He reached for a firearm.

[00:12:05]Did he pull out the firearm?

[00:12:08]Did Joshua Fox see the firearm?

[00:12:11]He just reached.

[00:12:13]I'm reaching for the coffee cup on my table right now.

[00:12:17]Did I grab it?

[00:12:19]Am I showing it to you?

[00:12:20]Reach reaching means nothing. There's a lot of legality in this.

[00:12:24]But, the point is, why is he reaching for it?

[00:12:27]What happened that's making him reach for the gun?

[00:12:31]The affidavit doesn't say.

[00:12:34]Did somebody say something to Chad the Builder to make him reach for a gun?

[00:12:38]Is somebody approaching Chad the Builder and making him go for his weapon?

[00:12:44]Did somebody scream out something to him?

[00:12:47]Why is Chad the Builder reaching for a weapon?

[00:12:51]This is a very important question. The affidavit doesn't say.

[00:12:57]Therefore, a physical altercation ensued.

[00:13:02]They're in a fight. They're not saying who started that fight.

[00:13:05]Right? The second part, let me read you the second part.

[00:13:09]The second part says, Mr. Eardley, Chad the Builder, discharged his firearm striking Mr. Fox multiple times.

[00:13:20]As a result of being shot, Mr. Fox was life-flighted to Vanderbilt Hospital and underwent emergency surgery.

[00:13:29]In addition, at the time the shots were fired, there were several innocent bystanders in the area. Surveillance video of the incident shows a ricocheting projectile hitting nearby walls. Mr. Earley employed a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, to wit, criminal attempt murder in the first degree.

[00:13:52]This affidavit says nothing. This affidavit doesn't tell you who started the fight.

[00:13:59]This affidavit does not tell you if Chad the Builder used the N-word and instigated anything. Now, as we said in previous video, there's a stand-your-ground law in the state of Tennessee.

[00:14:11]Okay? And in the state of Tennessee, um if someone is attacking you, you have the right to use deadly force and stand your ground.

[00:14:22]Okay? So, we don't I'm not saying that's what happened. We don't know what happened. But, there's also the other law that if you provoke the incident in Tennessee, if you are the one that provokes the confrontation, okay? In the state of Tennessee, if you are the one that provokes the incident, if you are the one that starts and provokes the other person to come toward you, then you lose your right of self-defense.

[00:14:47]In other words, if he if if Chad the Builder called Joshua Fox the N-word and Joshua Fox attacks him because of that, Chad the Builder loses his right to claim self-defense because he is the one that instigated the incident.

[00:15:05]Tennessee has this law along with a few other states.

[00:15:08]But, there's no evidence of that in the affidavit. And the affidavit is supposed to be a statement of truth of the incident.

[00:15:15]And so, if it's the other way around, and Chad the Builder Chud the builder, I'm sorry, is walking out of court and Joshua Fox recognizes him as a YouTube star and starts saying something to him and following him through the parking lot and says, "Yo, you say that chimpin stuff out to me, watch what happens to you."

[00:15:43]Chud the Chud the builder has the right to stand his ground because someone's coming towards him in a threatening manner.

[00:15:50]He turns around, reaches for his firearm to make sure that he's safe, and this guy attacks him.

[00:15:58]Chud the builder can claim self-defense 100% and he has a right to fire shots.

[00:16:05]Shooting someone is not illegal.

[00:16:08]Shooting someone multiple times is not illegal if you're doing it in self-defense.

[00:16:15]Right? And so I said, "All these people in the comments were making judgments too soon. You can watch my two previous videos and see what I said. I said there is no evidence to know what happened.

[00:16:27]Everyone stop making judgments."

[00:16:30]Now, what I think happened in this case, right?

[00:16:35]Is that Tennessee looked at this incident and they made a mistake.

[00:16:42]And the mistake was they charged Chud the builder with these very serious crimes where he can face 60 years without doing a thorough investigation of exactly what happened. They didn't charge Joshua Fox at all.

[00:16:58]He was airlifted to the hospital and he wasn't charged. So, what happened that made them charge Chud the builder?

[00:17:06]Because the affidavit doesn't say.

[00:17:08]There is eyewitnesses to this case and one of the eyewitnesses is is an attorney because this happened in front of the courthouse at 1:00 in the afternoon. We haven't been uh uh privileged to see their statements yet.

[00:17:19]That's going to be evidence that the lawyers will get in disclosure when you file disclosure.

[00:17:25]My opinion on this case is that Chad the Builder is not going to be found guilty of attempted murder in the first degree at all.

[00:17:36]I think that he will be found guilty if he goes to trial.

[00:17:42]I don't think he's going to take a plea bargain.

[00:17:45]I think he's going to be found guilty of some type of assault, maybe assault with a deadly weapon, or discharging the firearm in a public place, but he's not going to be found guilty for the attempted murder.

[00:18:00]This affidavit doesn't say anything.

[00:18:03]This affidavit is a blemish on the police department in Tennessee that arrested him so quickly.

[00:18:11]No matter what you think of Chad the Builder, I don't think he's a great guy at all for what he does.

[00:18:18]Does he have a right to do it? Yeah, it looked like he had a right to do it.

[00:18:22]But there's nothing in the affidavit to say what happened at that moment and who started it.

[00:18:30]And this is what this is a going to be a case about. This case is all going to be determined by who started it.

[00:18:39]When you find out who started it, then we'll have the answer of exactly whether he was justified in shooting him or not.

[00:18:50]Chad the Builder was going to court at 1:00 in the afternoon in the middle of the day to deal with a court matter in a suit and tie.

[00:19:04]Would he decide to start trouble in front of the courthouse.

[00:19:13]As he's dealing with another legal matter.

[00:19:16]He's not in the middle of filming his YouTube videos.

[00:19:19]He doesn't have his camera out like he usually does when he films videos. So, he wasn't interested in filming a video.

[00:19:27]He wasn't doing anything for likes.

[00:19:30]He I'm not defending this guy. I'm stating facts right now.

[00:19:34]He wasn't doing anything for likes. He wasn't doing anything for his YouTube channel. He wasn't because he didn't have his camera out.

[00:19:44]Every time he did something for views and likes and subscribers, he had his camera out.

[00:19:51]He was just coming from court.

[00:19:56]Is it more likely that he just decided to turn around and say something to Joshua Fox or that Joshua Fox see him coming out of court, know he was going to be in court, and show up there, and instigated himself?

[00:20:15]We're going to get some more answers to that.

[00:20:18]I also have to add this because it's very important to think of.

[00:20:23]And although this statement may sound like I am defending Chad the Builder, which I am not, I'm just trying to examine the confrontation.

[00:20:35]So, I want you to think of this.

[00:20:37]Chad the Builder shot himself in the arm during this incident.

[00:20:44]If Joshua Fox, if when he fired the gun at Joshua Fox, if Joshua Fox was away from him, 5 ft away from him, 10 ft away from him, 20 ft away from him, if Joshua Fox and Chad the Builder had distance between them, and Chad the Builder had his firearm out, had his weapon out, and he was pointing it at Joshua Fox, and he shot him.

[00:21:17]How would he shoot himself in the arm?

[00:21:22]You see, because the gun is extended.

[00:21:24]You have the gun extended, and you're aiming at the person that you're about to shoot.

[00:21:29]And he shot him in the stomach and shot him in the shoulder.

[00:21:34]I don't know if there was any distance between them, but it seems to me in order to What did he do? Take the gun, point it into his arm, shoot himself in the arm, and then shoot Joshua Fox? That doesn't seem logical at all.

[00:21:49]What seems more logical to me is that he had the gun in his pocket, as the affidavit clearly states, he reached for the gun in his pocket, and Joshua Fox attacks him, and they're on the floor, and he shoots his gun, shooting himself in the arm, and then firing a few more times, and hitting Joshua Fox in the shoulder and the stomach.

[00:22:21]Or he hits Joshua Fox in the shoulder and the stomach, and then fires again and shoots himself in the arm. Whichever way it happened, but it would appear that he shot himself in the arm during a struggle.

[00:22:33]And that means that there was he was attacked.

[00:22:40]Do you follow what I'm saying?

[00:22:42]He didn't run up to Joshua Fox with the gun in his pocket, and then shoot himself in the arm.

[00:22:48]I think you could follow what I'm saying here. So, I'm just looking at If I was an attorney, you know, this is why a video helps. I wish there was better video of the incident. The video that we have been shown shows nothing.

[00:23:01]So, that's it for that. That's my scenario on that.

[00:23:07]I'll talk to you guys later.

[00:23:09]Let me know what you think in the comments section.

[00:23:11]All my best.

[00:23:13]Peace.

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