Shocking footage shows man fighting a cop, steal and roll police car
A body cam and dash cam captured the harrowing and violent altercation between an Ohio state trooper and a Michigan man. Things took a turn toward lunacy when the criminal stole the trooper’s police car and rolled it over multiple times before yet another altercation– this time deadly.
A disturbed man fought a state trooper, stole a police car, and a flipped it– all on dash and body cam footage
It isn’t clear what set Deshawn Leeth off. But he was having a hell of a day. When an Ohio state trooper arrived to find Leeth on the shoulder of the highway, he had already crashed a car. However, that was just the beginning of the Michigan man’s out-of-control encounter with police.
The state trooper got out of his cruiser just to find Leeth combative. “You need to step away!” Leeth repeatedly screamed at the officer. Troublingly, Leeth seemed insistent that the trooper was “the Devil.” The officer and the crash survivor wrestled for a bit, with Leeth saying things like “In the name of Jesus, get back!”
“Next time you touch me, you’re going to die,” Leeth said to the trooper on his body cam. “You’re gonna get hurt. Put your hands behind your back,” the exhausted cop responded. Then, Leeth ran away, only to return moments later. The officer tried to incapacitate him with a taser, but it proved ineffective. They fought, exchanging desperate punches until Leeth knocked the officer down and stole the Dodge Charger police car.
Leeth talks to himself in the cruiser for around 11 minutes, all the while speeding past other cars on the highway. However, Leethe’s joyride comes to an abrupt end when he makes contact with the inside barrier wall. He swerved to regain control. But his corrective actions made little difference.
The police car spears off the road and onto a grassy incline. The speed and angle of the off-road venture sent the cruiser rolling. It rolled over multiple times before sliding across the ground on its roof. After a crash that violent, the police car was no more.
Impressively, Leeth survives the rollover crash. At this point, he’s been in two car crashes and a fight within the span of 15 or so minutes. Unfortunately for Leeth and everyone involved, the debacle ended with an altercation and a deadly shooting, according to WKBN.
You can see the highlights of the wild highway saga in a news video below!
