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Ohio Cops Criminally Charged In Car Chase Shootout
Ohio grand jury indicts police officer and supervisors involved in firing 137 shots into an unarmed driver and passenger.

Timothy J. McGintyA light blue 1979 Chevy Malibu SS was left wrecked, riddled with 137 bullets in the parking lot of Heritage Middle School in East Cleveland, Ohio on the evening of November 29, 2012. Its unarmed driver, Timothy Russell, and passenger, Malissa William, died at the scene. The case takes on extraordinary significance as a Cuyahoga County grand jury on Friday indicted six of the police officers who were involved.
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the suit by the families is looking pretty good right now. that is going to cost the city a few bucks.
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Listen to "Officer" Brelo almost breakdown in tears. He has never been so scared in all his life.

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I read that interview transcript and it screams baloney. Manslaughter is way too lenient. While the driver bears responsibility for running from LEO the LEOs completely overreacted like a bunch of untrained kids playing cops and robbers. Ironically the City of Cleveland doesn't believe the average citizen is responsible enough to be armed, that the use of firearms should be limited to law enforcement.
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Force Science Institute's latest News mailing, #257, has an interesting tie-in and analysis on a recent US Supreme Court ruling regarding the use of deadly force to stop pursuits.

I don't think the article is on-line in their archives just yet, but it should be, soon.
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Is it just me, or does Ofc. Brelo have the same accent as Elmer Fudd?
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Additional related to original story: 5 years from the shooting, and the cases against the police involved are still being investigated. Not referring to a lawsuit, that's been settled for 3 million.

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The families of Russell and Williams split $3 million paid by the city to settle a resulting lawsuit.
Six of the 13 officers who shot their weapons were fired, and an arbitrator ordered in June that five of them be reinstated. The exception was patrolman Michael Brelo, who was charged with involuntary manslaughter for firing 49 rounds, including the last 15 from the hood of the Malibu. A judge acquitted him at trial in May 2015.

Five supervisors accused of failing to control the chase remain on restricted duty with their cases unresolved. The former county prosecutor dropped their misdemeanor dereliction of duty charges in Cuyahoga County court, where the charges would have been heard by the judge who acquitted Brelo, and said those charges would be tried in East Cleveland. But charges against the supervisors haven't been filed there, a defense attorney said.
For now, the five police supervisors aren't allowed to interact with the public or earn additional money from moonlighting, and they're stripped of their city-issued handguns.

Brian Betley, president of the Fraternal Order of Police chapter that represents the supervisors, said he's frustrated that they remain "in limbo."

"There needs to be some closure to it," Betley said Friday. "Go ahead with trial or drop the whole thing and dismiss it — game over."

David Grant, an attorney for one of the supervisors, said the situation is unfair. He said it's his understanding that the office of the new county prosecutor, Michael O'Malley, wants no involvement in the case.

"They've been in limbo for years now," Grant said. "We think the case should be dismissed. It's a massive waste of taxpayer money."

Dozens of officers who received lesser discipline, such as unpaid time off, for their roles in the chase are waiting to hear whether an arbitrator decides to rescind that discipline, according to the president of the union that represents patrol officers.

Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association President Steve Loomis said the disciplinary process following the 2012 shootings has been "driven by politics and the media."
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