Newly released footage from an Ohio traffic stop revealed that police allowed a K-9 to attack a Black man — after he already surrendered. On July 4, commercial truck driver and Memphis, Tennessee resident Jadarrius Rose led authorities on a 25-minute chase through Ohio after failing to pull over for a Motor Carrier Enforcement inspector. inspector. According to a highway patrol case report, the reason for the attempted stop was because Rose’s truck was “missing a left rear mud flap.” Officers were able to bring the vehicle to a halt using a spike strip.
In a bodycam video shared by NBC News on Sunday (July 23), a state trooper ordered the 23-year-old Rose out of the truck, to which he complied by exiting the trailer with his hands in the air. A local cop — identified in NBC’s report as “R. Speakman” — appeared a short distance away with a K-9 in tow. It was at this moment when the trooper yelled instructions to not release the dog. Despite the demands, the dog was deployed and attacked a screaming Rose. He then received medical attention before being taken to Ross County Jail. He was released from custody July 7.
“As troopers were attempting to gain compliance by providing verbal commands to the suspect, the Circleville Police Department deployed their canine, which resulted in the suspect being bitten by the canine,” said Ohio State Highway Patrol Sergeant Ryan E. Purpura. “This case remains under investigation and the patrol is unable to provide any further details at this time.”
NAACP Columbus Branch President Nana Watson reacted to the video in an official statement. “This type of barbaric behavior brought back horrible memories and images of the unleashing of dogs on civil (rights) activists that occurred in the South during the 1960s,” Watson said. “The Circleville Police department deserves admonishment for this type of behavior. Quite frankly, the Columbus NAACP is ashamed of the officer’s behavior.”
It isn’t clear if Speakman or any of the other officers on the scene received any disciplinary action.