i have worked long enough with officer deaton to know if he says step it up that means i need to get there now. he needs someone there. tipton hits his lights and sirens and punches it to the scene. back at the blue van, officer deaton tries to take control of the tense situation. at the time, i had him step out of the vehicle because i could tell that he was very upset. he wasn t complying with my orders. i didn t know what was inside that vehicle. and if i could get him to step out and get him into handcuffs, i kind of would feel i would have one step up on him. once out of the vehicle, german becomes combative. officer deaton pulls out his taser. i aimed it at him and told him to step back, calm down. deaton attempts to cuff the suspect. i said, you re not under arrest. i m going to place you in handcuffs for your safety and mine. i then grabbed his hands. as i went to put the left handcuff on, he decided to pull away. with one handcuff fastened,
german struggles to get away. the officer aims his taser and lets the barbs fly. it has no impact. the one barb hitting him in his right shoulder. the other barb hit him in his belt. the way a taser works, it works like positive, negative. if it doesn t have both, it s not going to work at all and the belt grounded out one of the barbs. german snaps. he pulls deaton toward him and unleashes a furious punch to his face. the first thing i thought in my mind was that [ bleep ] just hit me. at that time your body just goes into survival mode. deaton grabs on tight to the loose handcuff as the two exchange blows. i did not want to let go of the cuffs because he could then turn that and use that as like a plapded w ee ee eed bladed weap me. i know he s bigger than me. i feel if i can get him to the ground, i m going to kick his ass. deaton again uses his taser. this time uses a technique called a drive stun on german.
and i ended up next to the guardrail. trooper albright goes into crisis mode. he hops on one foot, tending to the injured. kind of one of them things where you fight through the pain. okay. where is the officer at? where is this guy at? where is this person at? the dui suspect is crushed between his car and albright s cruiser. on impact, albright had lifted the man off the ground, possibly saving him from a worse injury. apparently i picked him straight up off the ground because my car hit him on the front side of his legs. and it smashed him down on top of the hoot of my car. take those off of him, please. albright and another officer dislodged the man from between the two vehicles. incredibly, he only suffers minor injuries. once i realized where everybody was at, i kind of collapsed in the grass and that s when it really started hurting. oh, my knee is killing me. authorities soon determine that the driver who slammed into
i could take the cartridge off the taser and push the taser right on the subject and cycle it. deaton blasts german s back and neck with his taser. at the same time, officer malcolm tipton reaches the scene. he races toward the brawl with his taser locked and loaded. as i got about 10 to 15 feet from them, officer deaton turned mr. german toward me and gave me a clear shot at his back. tipton let s lose the barbs and zaps german with a direct hit. the officers cuff and arrest german. paramedics arrive at the scene to treat officer deaton. my adrenaline was still rushing. i saw all this blood that was on me and at this time i could see it was dripping off my nose. deaton s nose has been sliced open from one of german s punches. in the safety of the ambulance, the officer realizes the severity of the attack. realized, man, this is for real. this guy was really trying to
as he approaches the brawl, the suspect takes off running, but not before gambino rips his shirt off. i was trying to make him go down but he wouldn t go down. and i just grabbed his coat, shirt and he got away from me. so i just assumed the guy running was the bad guy. the suspect makes a mad dash toward a nearby mcdonald s restaurant. he was eating french fries and flipping burgers and i chased him behind the counter. one by one the passengers are leaving the vehicle. meanwhile, the officer s mike picks up the action inside the mcdonald s. you better open this door!