Updated: 10:35 PM EDT Oct 27, 2017
WEBVTT HOUR.I DON'T CARE, TURN AROUND.>> ARE YOU OK?>> YEAH.>> DID YOU GET STRUCK?>> YEAH, I DID.>> OK, JUST GO AHEAD AND SITDOWN I'VE GOT A SQUAD.AMANDA SOUTHGATE POLICE OFFICER: GARRETT HAYNES STOOD GUN DRAWNON MAIN STREET.WITH TWO SUSPECTS FROM A HIGHSPEED CHASE ON THE GROUND.>> LOOK AWAY FROM A.AMANDA CINCINNATI POLICE QUICKLY: ARRIVED ON SCENEHANDCUFFING KEITH JOHNSON ANDPREGNANT PASSENGER MARGO MELTON.OFFICERS SAY THE TWO WERE ONTHEIR WAY TO CINCINNATI TO BUYHEROINHITTING SPEEDS OF 80 TO 110MILES AN HOUR ACROSS 471 FROMSOUTHGATE INTO DOWNTOW>> YOU STRUCK A CAR, YOU HIT APEDESTRIAN, AND YOU HAVE YOURPREGNANT GIRLFRIEND IN THE CAR, YOU ARE AN IDIOT.AMANDA KATHY DEBROSSE WAS: KNOCKED UNCONCIOUS FOR A FEWSECONDS WHILE WALKING HER DOG.>> IN SOME WAYS WE'RE FORTUNATETHERE WASN'T MORE HARM ANDDANGER DONE.AMANDA SOUTHGATE POLICE HAVE: USED BODY CAMERAS FOR 5 YEARSNOWBUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIMETHEY'VE RELEASED VIDEO FROM THEMTO THE MEDIA.>> WE THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.IT HELPS US IN COURT, IT'S ASILENT WITNESS THAT WE NEED INCOURT, VERY HELPFUL FORDIFFERENT TYPES OF CASES.AMANDA THE DRIVER ALSO HAD: SYRINGES FOUND ON HIMHE FACES SEVERAL FELONY CHARGESAND BOTH IN CINCINNATI AND INNORTHERN KENTUCKY.POLICE CHECKED OUT THE PREGNANTPASSENGER.SHE IS OK, BUT ALSO HAD SEVERALTRAFFIC WARRANTS OUT ON HER IN
Body camera footage just released Friday shows the tail end of a high-speed chase Tuesday that started in Southgate and ended in Over-the-Rhine.The dramatic video shows a police officer holding up his gun and keeping the suspects on the ground. Southgate police began the pursuit when they noticed the driver’s license was suspended. When the officer attempted to pull the driver over, the driver took off at speeds of up to 110 mph.You can hear the officer yelling at the suspects on the ground. Officer: "I don't care. Turn around. Are you OK?"Pedestrian: "Yeah."Officer: "Did you get struck?"Pedestrian: "Yeah, I did." Officer: "OK. Just go ahead and sit down. I've got a squad." Officer Garrett Haynes stood on Main Street with his gun drawn, waiting for backup. "Look away from me!” Haynes yelled. Cincinnati police quickly arrived on the scene, handcuffing the driver, Keith Johnson, and the passenger, Margo Melton. Officers said the two were on their way to Cincinnati to buy heroin. Officers said the car was traveling at speeds between 80 and 110 mph across Interstate 471 from Southgate into downtown Cincinnati. "You struck a car, you hit a pedestrian, and you have your pregnant girlfriend in the car. You're a (obscenity) idiot.,” the officer said.Kathy DeBrosse was knocked unconscious for a few seconds while walking her dog.“In some ways, we're fortunate there wasn't more harm and danger done,” DeBrosse said.Southgate police have used body cameras for five years now, but this is the first time they’ve released video from them to the media.“We think it's a good thing. It helps us in court. It's a silent witness that we need in court, very helpful for different types of cases,” said public information officer James Snider.Syringes were found on Johnson. He faces several felony charges in Cincinnati and in Northern Kentucky. Melton was checked out by police and she and her unborn baby were OK. She has several traffic warrants outstanding in Ohio.
Body camera footage just released Friday shows the tail end of a high-speed chase Tuesday that started in Southgate and ended in Over-the-Rhine.
The dramatic video shows a police officer holding up his gun and keeping the suspects on the ground.
Southgate police began the pursuit when they noticed the driver’s license was suspended. When the officer attempted to pull the driver over, the driver took off at speeds of up to 110 mph.
You can hear the officer yelling at the suspects on the ground.
Officer: "I don't care. Turn around. Are you OK?"
Pedestrian: "Yeah."
Officer: "Did you get struck?"
Pedestrian: "Yeah, I did."
Officer: "OK. Just go ahead and sit down. I've got a squad."
Officer Garrett Haynes stood on Main Street with his gun drawn, waiting for backup.
"Look away from me!” Haynes yelled.
Cincinnati police quickly arrived on the scene, handcuffing the driver, Keith Johnson, and the passenger, Margo Melton. Officers said the two were on their way to Cincinnati to buy heroin.
Officers said the car was traveling at speeds between 80 and 110 mph across Interstate 471 from Southgate into downtown Cincinnati.
"You struck a car, you hit a pedestrian, and you have your pregnant girlfriend in the car. You're a (obscenity) idiot.,” the officer said.
Kathy DeBrosse was knocked unconscious for a few seconds while walking her dog.
“In some ways, we're fortunate there wasn't more harm and danger done,” DeBrosse said.
Southgate police have used body cameras for five years now, but this is the first time they’ve released video from them to the media.
“We think it's a good thing. It helps us in court. It's a silent witness that we need in court, very helpful for different types of cases,” said public information officer James Snider.
Syringes were found on Johnson. He faces several felony charges in Cincinnati and in Northern Kentucky. Melton was checked out by police and she and her unborn baby were OK. She has several traffic warrants outstanding in Ohio.
Updated: 10:35 PM EDT Oct 27, 2017
WEBVTT HOUR.I DON'T CARE, TURN AROUND.>> ARE YOU OK?>> YEAH.>> DID YOU GET STRUCK?>> YEAH, I DID.>> OK, JUST GO AHEAD AND SITDOWN I'VE GOT A SQUAD.AMANDA SOUTHGATE POLICE OFFICER: GARRETT HAYNES STOOD GUN DRAWNON MAIN STREET.WITH TWO SUSPECTS FROM A HIGHSPEED CHASE ON THE GROUND.>> LOOK AWAY FROM A.AMANDA CINCINNATI POLICE QUICKLY: ARRIVED ON SCENEHANDCUFFING KEITH JOHNSON ANDPREGNANT PASSENGER MARGO MELTON.OFFICERS SAY THE TWO WERE ONTHEIR WAY TO CINCINNATI TO BUYHEROINHITTING SPEEDS OF 80 TO 110MILES AN HOUR ACROSS 471 FROMSOUTHGATE INTO DOWNTOW>> YOU STRUCK A CAR, YOU HIT APEDESTRIAN, AND YOU HAVE YOURPREGNANT GIRLFRIEND IN THE CAR, YOU ARE AN IDIOT.AMANDA KATHY DEBROSSE WAS: KNOCKED UNCONCIOUS FOR A FEWSECONDS WHILE WALKING HER DOG.>> IN SOME WAYS WE'RE FORTUNATETHERE WASN'T MORE HARM ANDDANGER DONE.AMANDA SOUTHGATE POLICE HAVE: USED BODY CAMERAS FOR 5 YEARSNOWBUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIMETHEY'VE RELEASED VIDEO FROM THEMTO THE MEDIA.>> WE THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.IT HELPS US IN COURT, IT'S ASILENT WITNESS THAT WE NEED INCOURT, VERY HELPFUL FORDIFFERENT TYPES OF CASES.AMANDA THE DRIVER ALSO HAD: SYRINGES FOUND ON HIMHE FACES SEVERAL FELONY CHARGESAND BOTH IN CINCINNATI AND INNORTHERN KENTUCKY.POLICE CHECKED OUT THE PREGNANTPASSENGER.SHE IS OK, BUT ALSO HAD SEVERALTRAFFIC WARRANTS OUT ON HER IN
Body camera footage just released Friday shows the tail end of a high-speed chase Tuesday that started in Southgate and ended in Over-the-Rhine.The dramatic video shows a police officer holding up his gun and keeping the suspects on the ground. Southgate police began the pursuit when they noticed the driver’s license was suspended. When the officer attempted to pull the driver over, the driver took off at speeds of up to 110 mph.You can hear the officer yelling at the suspects on the ground. Officer: "I don't care. Turn around. Are you OK?"Pedestrian: "Yeah."Officer: "Did you get struck?"Pedestrian: "Yeah, I did." Officer: "OK. Just go ahead and sit down. I've got a squad." Officer Garrett Haynes stood on Main Street with his gun drawn, waiting for backup. "Look away from me!” Haynes yelled. Cincinnati police quickly arrived on the scene, handcuffing the driver, Keith Johnson, and the passenger, Margo Melton. Officers said the two were on their way to Cincinnati to buy heroin. Officers said the car was traveling at speeds between 80 and 110 mph across Interstate 471 from Southgate into downtown Cincinnati. "You struck a car, you hit a pedestrian, and you have your pregnant girlfriend in the car. You're a (obscenity) idiot.,” the officer said.Kathy DeBrosse was knocked unconscious fo
r a few seconds while walking her dog.“In some ways, we're fortunate there wasn't more harm and danger done,” DeBrosse said.Southgate police have used body cameras for five years now, but this is the first time they’ve released video from them to the media.“We think it's a good thing. It helps us in court. It's a silent witness that we need in court, very helpful for different types of cases,” said public information officer James Snider.Syringes were found on Johnson. He faces several felony charges in Cincinnati and in Northern Kentucky. Melton was checked out by police and she and her unborn baby were OK. She has several traffic warrants outstanding in Ohio.
Body camera footage just released Friday shows the tail end of a high-speed chase Tuesday that started in Southgate and ended in Over-the-Rhine.
The dramatic video shows a police officer holding up his gun and keeping the suspects on the ground.
Southgate police began the pursuit when they noticed the driver’s license was suspended. When the officer attempted to pull the driver over, the driver took off at speeds of up to 110 mph.
You can hear the officer yelling at the suspects on the ground.
Officer: "I don't care. Turn around. Are you OK?"
Pedestrian: "Yeah."
Officer: "Did you get struck?"
Pedestrian: "Yeah, I did."
Officer: "OK. Just go ahead and sit down. I've got a squad."
Officer Garrett Haynes stood on Main Street with his gun drawn, waiting for backup.
"Look away from me!” Haynes yelled.
Cincinnati police quickly arrived on the scene, handcuffing the driver, Keith Johnson, and the passenger, Margo Melton. Officers said the two were on their way to Cincinnati to buy heroin.
Officers said the car was traveling at speeds between 80 and 110 mph across Interstate 471 from Southgate into downtown Cincinnati.
"You struck a car, you hit a pedestrian, and you have your pregnant girlfriend in the car. You're a (obscenity) idiot.,” the officer said.
Kathy DeBrosse was knocked unconscious for a few seconds while walking her dog.
“In some ways, we're fortunate there wasn't more harm and danger done,” DeBrosse said.
Southgate police have used body cameras for five years now, but this is the first time they’ve released video from them to the media.
“We think it's a good thing. It helps us in court. It's a silent witness that we need in court, very helpful for different types of cases,” said public information officer James Snider.
Syringes were found on Johnson. He faces several felony charges in Cincinnati and in Northern Kentucky. Melton was checked out by police and she and her unborn baby were OK. She has several traffic warrants outstanding in Ohio.