sue will eventually join the chimpanzee troupe. looking back, sergeant bloomquist says the incident is a little funny, but it could have had an entirely different outcome. if his fist or his leg would have come through there, i think at that point, something a little more serious might have happened. for police, dealing with a chimp is an unusual occurrence. but dealing with speeding cars, that s an everyday hazard. this state trooper is about to meet his hazard head-on. it s june 2005, and tennessee state trooper rodney redman is working a crash investigation. he s about to become part of another one. i heard a tire squealing on an suv and saw a gray suv coming
get a shot at the chimp. and we ll go from there. they hope to tranquilize the chimp but sue spots the police car and decides to kick play time into high gear. the dash cam inside bloomquist s car records her as she pushes a trash bin down the street. but what happens next surprises even bloomquist. so about that time is when the chimp saw us and then proceeded to jump up on the hood, started banging on the roof of the car, and i had somebody ask me, you know, what was the animal control guy doing? and i said, are you kidding me? do you really think i m watching the animal control guy s face while this chimp s going ape on my car? sue then proves to everyone she s not monkeying around. then the next thing i know, he jumps off, jumps back onto the hood and he karate kicks the windshield twice, and it breaks. after breaking the windshield, sue decides she s had enough fun and wanders off. we exited the police car. we had other officers that were arriving at that time, and we
tranquilizer at her. but misses. soon after, the chimp spots her owner s van. i opened the doors of the van or the chimp went inside the van. that s where runaround sue s adventure ends, for now. it all ended well. very well. except for the car. the chimp s tirade on the squad car cost the kansas city police department about $2,000 and it cost sergeant bloomquist a little policeman pride. what i m dealing with now are names like monkey boy, gorilla boy, johnny b., king of the jungle, which honestly, i kind of like that one, or bubbles bloomquist. and sue gets a new home after her owner is cited for keeping a wild animal within city limits. sue has been transferred to the kansas city zoo. the kansas city zoo has one of the largest primate habitats in north america.
my explorer, looked through the window, got on top, started punching the sunroof. bloomquist must now figure out his next move. the last thing i want to do is shoot the chimp. i know they can be dangerous animals. they have five times the strength of a human. that point was proven in february 2009, when a chimpanzee got loose from a connecticut home and attacked the owner s friend, horribly disfiguring her. he s killing my friend! who s killing your friend? my chimp. my chimpanzee! well, i m not an expert, but to me, it did not appear that he was being aggressive. still, bloomquist knows he has to get sue under control. our job is to, you know, protect people, protect property. little does he know, the chimpanzee is nowhere near ready to call it a day. and i yelled for the animal control guy to get into my passenger side of the car, and i said, we ll zip down the street here and we ll you try and
sue will eventually join the chimpanzee troupe. looking back, sergeant bloomquist says the incident is a little funny, but it could have had an entirely different outcome. if his fist or his leg would have come through there, i think at that point something a little more serious might have happened. for police, dealing with a chimp is an unusual occurrence. but dealing with speeding cars, that s an everyday hazard. this state trooper is about to meet his hazard head-on. it s june 2005, and tennessee state trooper rodney redman is working a crash investigation. he s about to become part of another one. i heard a tire squealing on an suv and saw a gray suv coming toward me, and i tried to get out of its way. but redman can t respond quickly enough.