and instead, seems to take a casual attitude. you know the bad thing about it? what s that? you re watching up to him. that sucks, doesn t it? yeah. the officer notices the man s legs are scraped. did you go through a briar patch or something? yeah, roofing. i always roof in shorts. got my scratches up on the roof. that s why your knees are all cut up? yeah. do you all wear pads? it s too hot. the pads rub the back of your legs. it seems mcnair has an answer for everything. but when the officer asks him his name a second time, mcnair gives a different response. what s your name again? jimmy jones. he says his name is jimmy jones. but the first time, he said it was robert jones. what s your name? robert jones. but the police officer doesn t pick up on it and almost apologizes for detaining the man. put yourself in my position. well, yeah. but i m not
april 26th, 2004, perry, georgia. officer chris sutcliffe is in his patrol car overlooking the interstate when he notices a pickup truck making a sharp turn off the exit, going way too fast. seconds later, he sees another police car going after it, sirens blaring. officer sutcliffe doesn t think twice. he makes a quick but fateful decision to follow the speeding police car and join the pursuit. i initially just told my dispatcher, i m going to be here for backup in case he needs it. the chase lasts only a minute or two. the truck, racing at incredibly high speeds, crashes into a telephone pole. by the time officer sutcliffe arrives on the scene, officer chad payne has three suspects, teenagers, out of the truck and on the ground. you know, i was thinking, stupid kids out joyriding, getting scared. sutcliffe and payne have no idea what they ve just walked into.
disturbing dashboard videos leads federal authorities to investigate alleged misconduct and civil rights violations by the state s highway patrol. a man is on the run after fleeing his car during a traffic stop. driving down homer street. the trooper is in hot pursuit. he strikes the man with his squad, flipping him over. the officer s dash cam records him telling another police officer that he hit the fleeing suspect intentionally. i nailed the [ bleep ] out of him. he went flying up in the air. i wish you hit him? yeah, i hit him. i was trying to hit him. after the man is hit by the car, he gets up and keeps on running. i don t believe that it s part of standard training to hit fleeing suspects on foot. the incident is investigated. the officer says he didn t set out intentionally to hit the man. his punishment, a three-day suspension. you hit him? yeah, i hit him. i was trying to hit him. this man flees his car after being stopped for speeding and is also hit
is able to fool the cop. the man tells the police officer that he has a brother who can back up his claims. call my little brother, man. all right. let me just verify. he says his brother is staying at the motel. let me verify that. if so, i ll just cut him loose. all right, thanks. but the officer never checks, and instead, seems to take a casual attitude. you know the bad thing about it? you re matching up to him. that sucks, doesn t it? yeah. the officer notices the man s legs are scraped. did you go through a brier patch or something? yeah, roofing. i always roof in shorts. got my scratches up on the roof. that s why your knees are all cut up? yeah. do you all wear pads? it s too hot. the pads rub the back of your legs. it seems mcnair has an answer for everything. but when the officer asks him his name a second time, mcnair gives a different response. what s your name again? jimmy jones. he says his name is jimmy jones. but the first time, he said
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 of that truck, i will never forget. stay in the car! get in the car! the driver and passenger both pull guns. [ screaming ] the driver was able to use his free right hand i never did observe a gun. so, that tells me it was further down and hidden from my view. and in the video, you can see him dig down in there and pull a semiautomatic pistol out of his pants. they both unload their weapons. trooper stone falls down an embankment before he can fire back. it s believed they took about 20 shots at me. so, they fired until the guns were empty. they flee the scene, leaving the police officer for dead on the side of the road. they just wouldn t stop shooting. in my mind, ev