New police bodycam footage shows the shocking moment an unarmed black man was savaged by a huge K-9 before its handler asks ‘am I wrong’ – following a routine traffic stop over a missing mudflap.
Ryan Speakman was fired from his position July 26 but captured the moment he released the K-9 unit onto Jadarrius Rose, 23, on a bodycam.
The new video shows the moment Rose was attacked on July 4 as well as Speakman defending his decision – which another responding officer appears to support.
‘He didn’t comply. I gave him three commands. I told him, ‘final warning if you don’t get on the ground you’re going to get the dog,'” Speakman can be heard saying to his colleague.
‘I don’t know why they seem mad at me. He wasn’t complying. I mean, am I wrong?’
‘No,’ the colleague can be heard responding.
Speakman had initially been placed on leave, but was later fired, after body camera footage showed him deploying the Belgian Malinois on Rose – who had failed to pull over when he was stopped by troopers for a missing mud flap on his vehicle.
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A now fired Ohio cop has been caught defending his actions to release a police dog on an unarmed black trucker after a lengthy vehicle chase
Ryan Speakman was fired from his position July 26 but captured the moment he released the K-9 unit onto Jadarrius Rose, 23, on a bodycam
The former cop can be seen arriving on the scene and immediately shouting ‘get on the f*****g ground or I’m gonna send the dog’ as he gets out of his vehicle, the footage obtained by NBC reveals.
‘You’re gonna get the f*****g dog. Get on the ground or you’re gonna get bit,’ he continues to shout.
Warning Rose two more times before saying, ‘final chance, you’re gonna get bit’ he unleashes the dog.
The police dog can be seen savaging Rose’s arm as the 23-year-old screams in agony ‘please, get it off me.’
Following the incident Speakman is heard defending his actions.
‘I don’t know why they seem, like, pissed off at me,’ Speakman can be heard telling another officer, who responds: ‘I don’t know.’
‘He didn’t comply. I gave him three commands. I told him, ‘final warning if you don’t get on the ground you’re going to get the dog.”
‘I don’t know why they seem mad at me. He wasn’t complying. I mean, am I wrong?’
‘No,’ the colleague can be heard responding.
A Motor Carrier Enforcement inspector with the State Highway Patrol tried to stop Rose because his left rear mud flap was missing.
Troopers deployed tire-deflating devices called ‘stop sticks’ twice before Rose’s vehicle stopped, the outlet reported.
New bodycam footage shows the moment Rose was attacked on July 4 as well as Speakman defending his decision – a position that appeared to be supported by another responding officer
Records provided by the Circleville Police Department indicated Speakman met twice with Chief Shawn Baer to discuss reports of him crying, talking to employees, families and K-9 trainers and exhibiting stress-related behavior after the July 4 incident
Records provided by the Circleville Police Department indicated Speakman met twice with Chief Shawn Baer to discuss reports of him crying, talking to employees, families and K-9 trainers and exhibiting stress-related behavior after the July 4 incident.
Late last month, Baer wrote that Speakman had ‘released confidential information’ and was deceptive when Baer sought information from him.
During the July 19 meeting, Baer wrote, he met with Speakman over reports that he had been crying and speaking to colleagues about being stressed over the incident.
Baer said he told Speakman that his conduct was not beneficial to himself or the agency, according to the documents the department provided.
The two met again on July 20, following reports Speakman was still speaking with colleagues about the matter.
Baer asked Speakman for a list of people he spoke to about the situation.
After receiving the list, Speakman admitted to also sharing details of the incident with members of his family.
According to the report, Speakman reportedly implored Baer to not ‘take his best friend from him,’ meaning the police dog involved in the attack.
The agency records also state Speakman provided a two-page list to investigators of the people outside the police department with whom he spoke following the attack.
His firing came one day after the department said he had been placed on paid administrative leave, a standard practice during use-of-force investigations.
The town’s civilian police review board found Speakman did not violate department policy when he deployed the dog, police said last week, although the review board lacks authority to recommend discipline.
Jadarrius Rose, 23, (pictured with his mother) spoke out about being attacked by a K-9 that was unleashed by ex-cop Ryan Speakman after a police chase on July 4
Rose said it was fear that kept him from stopping his truck.
‘I just didn’t want to lose my life or lose my arm,’ Rose told NBC News’ Tom Llamas on ‘Top Story with Tom Llamas.’
Bodycam previously released shows the moment Rose eventually stops his truck and emerges with his hands up.
An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper can be heard yelling ‘Do not release the dog with his hands up!’ before Speakman releases the K-9.
Rose was treated and released from a local hospital, then taken to the Ross County Jail where he was later released on bond. He faces a charge of failure to comply with an order or signal by a police officer.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the Rose family, said what happened to the 23-year-old was reminiscent of abuses that occurred during the Civil Rights Movement.
Rose ‘was on his knees, putting his hands in the air, which is the universal sign of surrender,’ Crump told NBC at the time. ‘What more can a Black person do to say that ‘I’m not putting you in fear’?’
A 911 call made by Rose revealed that he told the dispatcher he felt unsafe after he was instructed to roll down the window.
‘I did that the last time and all of them had their guns pointed at me. You think I feel safe?’
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the family, also spoke Thursday, and said what happened to Rose was reminiscent of abuses that occurred during Civil Rights Movement
When the inspector turned on the lights of his marked vehicle, the ‘suspect vehicle continued west on US-35,’ the Highway Patrol’s case report said, noting the driver made direct eye contact with the officer, who called for backup.
Video of the chase showed that as cops began to pursue Rose, he slowed down and stopped, at which point an officer gets out of his vehicle with his gun drawn as he ordered Rose to step out of the truck.
Instead, Rose continued to drive away.
During the ensuing chase, he called 911 and told dispatchers the officers following him were ‘trying to kill’ him and he ‘did not feel safe’ pulling over the vehicle, according to recordings released by the Ross County Sheriff’s Office.
Throughout the recordings, Rose tells dispatchers he was confused about why he was being asked to pull over and why police had their guns drawn when he briefly stopped.
Eventually, however, Rose does stop the semi-truck and gets out of the vehicle surrounded by police cars and officers with his hands raised.
In a video provided by the highway patrol, Rose is seen standing in front of the vehicle with his hands raised as law enforcement officials order him to get on the ground.
A state trooper in the distance could be heard screaming, ‘Do not release the dog with his hands up.’ It is unclear whether Speakman heard that order.
The footage showed the dog running towards Rose, on his knees, and the K-9 appeared to be biting and pulling the driver.
Rose screamed loudly and could be heard saying, ‘please get it off.’ ‘Get the dog off of him!’ a trooper yelled.
Other officers were heard on the video requesting first aid and medical attention for Rose. The suspect then asks officers why they released the dog and ordered it to attack.
Ryan Speakman, pictured, was fired from the Circleville Police Department after body camera footage showed him deploying a dog on Rose who was unarmed at the time
Footage shows the Belgian Malinois biting and attacking the black trucker
‘You just let the dog bite me,’ Rose said, to which Speakman replied that he failed to listen to his commands.
Video of the chase showed that as cops began to pursue Rose, he slowed down and stopped, at which point an officer gets out of his vehicle with his gun drawn as he ordered Rose to step out of the truck.
‘Circleville Police Officer Ryan Speakman’s actions during the review of his canine apprehension of suspect Jadarrius Rose on July 4 show that Officer Speakman did not meet the standards and expectations we hold for our police officers,’ the department said in a statement following Speakman’s removal from the force.
‘Officer Speakman has been terminated from the department, effective immediately.’
The Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association said on Facebook that Speakman was terminated ‘without just cause.’
‘Senior Counsel Joseph Hegedus filed an Official Grievance on behalf of Officer Ryan Speakman who was terminated this morning by the City of Circleville without JUST CAUSE,’ the statement posted July 26 read.
An ensuing investigation included a determination by a use of force review board, which found the Circleville Police Department’s ‘policy for the use of canines was followed in the apprehension and arrest.’
But city officials now say they impaneled another review board to re-examine the evidence, the Scioto Valley Guardian reports.
The police department also noted: ‘It’s important to understand that the Review Board is charged only with determining whether an employee’s actions in the use of force incident were within the department policies and procedures.
‘The Review Board does not have the authority to recommend discipline.’
It continued on to say that Shallow Creek Kennels, a Pennsylvania-facility that trained the dog said their training and protocols were also followed.
The incident unfolded on July 4 after law enforcement officers engaged in the lengthy pursuit of a semi-tractor trailer driven by the 23-year-old
The vehicle was missing a mud flap and it had failed to stop for an inspection, a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol stated
Those protocols, it says, are ‘standard for service dogs’ used by the US military, Customs and Border Patrol officer, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and police departments throughout the US and Canada.
‘We know the video of the incident is upsetting, and has attracted widespread attention and comments,’ the police department said in its statement Wednesday.
‘In short, we meet or exceeded all current Ohio laws and standards for police training for our canine teams.’
The Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, meanwhile, said it filed a grievance Wednesday on behalf of Speakman — who it argues was fired without just cause.
The union asked the police department to rescind his termination; pay and reimburse Speakman for ‘all lost wages, seniority and benefits lost’ resulting from his firing; expunge his employee record of his termination history; ‘and/or any further relief necessary to make the grievance whole.’
