Ohio cop gets 10 years for shooting motorcyclist

One dangerous goon down, many more to go. Never turn your back on a cop. They hate it and are very likely to attack

A judge has sentenced an Ohio police officer to 10 years in prison for shooting a motorcyclist in the back during a 2009 traffic stop.

The Lucas County Common Pleas judge sentenced Ottawa Hills police officer Thomas White on Monday on his felonious assault conviction in the shooting of Michael McCloskey Jr. McCloskey was paralyzed from the waist down when the bullet struck his spine.

Prosecutors say White used excessive force. Video taken from the police car dashboard showed McCloskey turning away from the officer to look at the patrol car.

White testified that he believed McCloskey was reaching for a weapon and that his life was in danger when he fired the single shot.

Original report here



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