he was in it for the long haul, or so he thought. i loved the job. this was my career. at age 25, steven rankin has seven months under his belt as an officer with the crisp county sheriff s department in georgia. in the predawn hours of february 2nd, 2006, everything is about to change. deputy rankin is following a driver who is blasting his car radio. i really thought he was a dui. i mean, with the loud music and the way he was kind of erratic driving, i figured he was a dui, especially at 2:00 in the morning, coming from the city. with the police video camera on in the patrol car, the deputy walks up to the driver. all the windows are pretty tinted. even with my lights, my takedown lights on, i couldn t really see into the car too well. i leaned in to the driver s side door to speak to him. and i thought he d roll the window down, like most people do. but he just opened the door up. all i saw was a flash, the bang. and that was it. [ gunshot ] i never saw a gun. all i saw w
here s what s happening. watching severe weather this weekend. tornado warnings for texas, oklahoma, nebraska and kansas throughout the evening. the man accused of shooting at george zimmerman is out on bail. he was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and other charges. zimmerman who was acquitted on charges after shooting and killing unarmed teenager trayvon martin. back to caught on camera. tyler, texas, march 22nd, 2006. a state trooper s viciously shot on a dark highway, and it s caught on his dashboard camera. get in the car! get in the car! the incident begins when
what? weed. weed? yeah. it kind of caught me off guard. normally, they make you drag the answer out of them. so, i asked him again. i said, is it weed? he said, yes, it s weed. and i set that down on my patrol car because he s going to be under arrest for possession of marijuana. okay. i got a bag full of drugs here. the situation grows tense as trooper stone places the driver under arrest. turn around. place your hands behind your back. you re under arrest. stop. but before he can get the handcuffs on stay in the car! the passenger door opens. trooper stone reaches for his weapon. when that door first came open, the look on that man s face as he was first getting out
it s right downtown at boston s back bay station. and as he rounds the corner, sergeant colombo realizes he s been spotted by the alleged car thief. i asked him, come on. show me your registration. prove your side of the story. and that s when i reach for my radio to tell the station where i was, what i was doing the suspect smacks the radio out of colombo s hand and starts throwing punches. i tried to trip him up. at one point, i took him. and i had him by the back and scruff of the neck. and i actually rammed him like you would ram down a door with a battering ram into a car. and the guy went down. but the attacker just pops back up. when he got up, i was a little concerned, you know, that maybe this guy is on drugs or something. get on the ground now! on the street, people are passing slowly by as sergeant colombo finds himself in a full-on brawl. i could see the people looking. i know they want to help. but i m getting the feeling that
man. put yourself in my position. well, yeah. but i m not i know. i m not throwing you against the you think i m an escapee? hey, you wouldn t believe what the guys do. i mean, they ve got years and years to think about how they re going to do it. after a few minutes of discussing his jogging route, the officer lets the wanted man go with a wave and a smile. be careful, buddy. thank you. all right. mcnair killed a man during a robbery in 1987. he s listed by federal marshals as one of the country s most-wanted criminals and eludes a nationwide manhunt for nearly two years. he s captured in canada in 2007 and is extradited back to the united states. coming up get in the car! outgunned on the side of the road. police getting in trouble. sit down! i m not a dude. and an airport nightmare. when caught on camera, the thin blue line continues.