dude back up! back up! get down on the ground! officer kidder says his family bought him a body camera after the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown in ferguson, missouri. he talked to local affiliate wlwt about what was going through his head during the encounter. he jumped out and sprinted towards me. i had my firearm already drawn on him, and i told him to put his hand ups up in the air. he was screaming as ef yellinghe was yelling, shoot me, shoot me. he had his arms at his side while he was running at me. he put his hand in his pocket there. so my eyes are watching that hand right now and nothing else. knowing backup was on its way, officer kidder kept back-pedaling while the suspect insist the officer kidder shoot
i ll shoot you. then the suspect charged. hi got towards my face right as i lost balance. i thought if he does attack me i ll have to use deadly force. just in the nick of time there s the sound of backup. the past several months we have shown a number of police encounter videos often showing very disturbing behavior on the part of law enforcement. several police officers who said to me these videos often do not properly capture the difficulties of making life-and-death decisions during interactions with suspect. what this video shows is a testament to that incredibly difficult task. it could have ended easily in death, and that is a testament to officer kidder s bravery and commitment to bringing the situation to a peaceful resolution. the question is, how do we create policing nationwide that produces more peaceful outcomes?
police department randy harvey. chief thanks so much for being with us. let me ask you right off the bat when you first saw that video, what was your reaction? well my first reaction was praise for officer kidder for using such great restraint. the fact that he was able to stay calm in this situation. the fact that he kept focused on the suspect, and his observations and was processing that to make the correct decision. was what impressed me most about officer kidder in this situation. you call it the correct decision. just to be clear, would officer kidder have been justified had he pulled the trigger? i believe officer kidder would have been justified in this situation to pull the trigger. any variable that may have been changed in this situation, reprobably most definitely would have had a different result and we may have been investigating a
all lives matter. all lives matter in this city. f reporter: in a statement to cbs news, gray s attorney is calling for police to release surveillance video. he s accusing authorities ofon withholding it until, quote, they develop a version of events that will absolve them of all responsibility. jeff? glor: thank you, mark. the attorney for a police officer charged with homicide in pennsylvania is trying to block the release of that video. officer lisa mearkle of hummelstown, pennsylvania, was charged after shooting 59-year- old david kassick twice in the back while he was on the ground, face down after a traffic stop. kassick was unarmed. the video is from a camera on the officer s stun gun. another officer is being applauded for showing restraint during an encounter in ohio. shoot me! glor: that is michael wilcox, a suspect in two murders yelling shoot me as he charges officer jesse kidder of the new richmond police. kidder did not fire. wilcox was taken into custody
in his pocket. watch what happens next. cy was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time to catch him and i didn t know at the time he was also located in a second homicide. i m glad we were all able to work together and get this individual off the streets. you can see finally wilcox complied with the officer and he later told the court the reason he committed those murders is because he was listening to music that told him to kill. asked what substances he was on he responded everything. officer kidder was praised for his cool head and overall