terrible judgment when they downgrade america s rating. and despite calls by some republicans for him to step down, geithner says he is staying at his post. new unrest in london tonight after rioting on saturday. it all stems from anger over a fatal police shooting. now back to caught on camera. welcome back to caught on camera. i m contessa brewer. every time a cop pulls someone over, there is the chance for danger. in this next video, not only does the dash camera record shocking violence, it also makes the case. another traffic stop erupts in violence forcing a police officer to fight for his life. your body just goes in survival mode. and you are going to do whatever you can to survive to make it home to your wife and kids. july 21st, 2010, middletown, ohio. officer jason deeton is finishing up on a call when
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 deeton turned mr. german toward me and gave me a clear shot. tipton lets loose the barbs and zaps german with a direct hit. the officers cuff and arrest german. paramedics arrive at the scene to treat officer deeton. 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. deeton 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 take me out. luckily i m still here and i started thinking of my wife and kid. good thing was, i was on the
tipton hits his lights and sirens and punches it to the scene. back at the blue van, officer deeton tries to take control of the tense situation. at the time ihad him step out of the vehicle because i could tell that he was very upset. he wasn t comply 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 deeton pulls out his taser. i aimed it at him and asked him to step back, calm down. deeton 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
life. officer deeton goes back on his beat after a three-month recovery from his injuries. he looks at that roadside altercation as a learning experience and faces every day with a new routine. now every time i walk out the door i always make sure i say bye to my family because you never know. that might be the last time you see them. coming up these suspects really break the bank. you crashed a car into the bank. there s a problem here. when caught on camera: dash cam diaries continues. a networ. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we ll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites. for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it s the at&t network. and what s possible in here is almost impossible to say.
dispatch alerts him to a nearby hit and run accident involving two cars colliding. dispatcher started dispatching myself and other units to be on the lookout for a blue van with a ladder on it. within seconds of the call, deeton sees the van drive by. he flips on his blue and red flashers which automatically engages his dash cam. i got the vehicle up here. the blue van pulls over. officer deeton approaches the vehicle and identifies the driver as eric german, the 45-year-old is an fi himre icould tell he was much larger than i was. i could tell that he was in fairly good shape. almost from the start, deeton senses that german is going to be trouble. he was talking on the cell phone. i asked him to hang up the cell phone. then he grabbed his cell phone, hung up and threw it on the dashboard. that kind of made me aware that for some odd reason this guy is having a very bad day.