Jadarrius Rose, 23, is seen on video during the July 4 traffic stop with his hands up surrendering to police before an officer deployed his canine.
A police dog mauled a Black man in Ohio during a July 4th traffic stop after he surrendered to authorities with his hands raised in the air following a “lengthy pursuit,” according to officials.
A Motor Carrier Enforcement inspector with the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) attempted to stop 23-year-old Jadarrius Rose who was driving a semi-tractor trailer because it “was missing a left rear mud flap,” according to an incident report. Rose was traveling westbound on U.S. Route 35 and failed to stop for the inspector and troopers who were called in for help.
Stop sticks were deployed twice on the vehicle before it came to a stop on U.S. Route 23.
“After several times of being ordered to exit the vehicle, the suspect exited the vehicle from the driver’s side door,” the incident report stated. “The driver was given orders to get down on the ground and the suspect would not comply.”
Rose can be seen on video released by the OSHP standing in front of troopers with his hands in the air.
An officer with the Circleville Police Department who has a K9 with him can be heard telling Rose to “go on the ground or you’re gonna get bit.” Meanwhile, a trooper with the OSHP is telling Rose to “come to me.”
It was then that the Circleville Police Department officer, identified as “R. Speakman,” deployed his K9.
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Sounds like Jadarrius had a good reason to not stop when the cops tried to flag him down for nothing at all. He knew this was going to be a “driving while black” stop and his life was at high risk.
My thought exactly. He probably didn’t stop because he knew he was targeted and was in danger. And he was right.
A later, follow-up news source has reported that the driver had talked to a police dispatcher and “was afraid for his life”.
And he was clearly right to be.
OK, so what’s the plan then? Just keep driving and hope they get bored?
Involving others so there are witnesses may have saved his life, or at least more serious injuries. The driver is alive, so he at least accomplished that part.