Crook run down and killed by Florida police car



Marlon Brown [above] was spotted by DeLand, Florida, police on May 8 for allegedly not wearing a seatbelt, and decided to do a runner when they attempted to pull him over.

When he reached a dead-end, he stopped his car and fled on foot.

Dashcam footage shows a second police car slamming through bushes and hitting Brown head on as he falls to the ground.

A loud thud is heard as Mr Brown disappears underneath the car. "I think he’s underneath the (expletive) car," a voice can be heard off camera.

Mr Brown’s family made the decision to release the footage after a grand jury decided not to indict officer James Harris on a charge of vehicular manslaughter, reports CNN .

"We knew it wasn’t going to be an easy video to watch," said Krystal Brown, the ex-wife and mother of Mr Brown’s children. "But in order to obtain justice, and that’s what we’re looking for, we knew it was something that we had to do."

During a press conference, the Brown family’s attorney, Benjamin Crump, said: "Marlon Brown was executed in a vegetable garden."

The family has already received a payout of $550,000 from the city of DeLand, albeit never admitting any fault, according to Ms Brown.

"We’re just asking for justice, nothing extra. Nothing no one else would want for their family member. "We would have had no problem getting a call that morning saying, ‘OK Marlon ran from the police and we had to tase him’ or ‘the dogs bit him’ or something more along the lines of not using excessive force," Krystal Brown said. "But to get the call that he has been ran down with a vehicle for running from the police? That doesn’t fit."

She added that the family was "disappointed" and "felt let down by the criminal justice department".

"Just knowing what the charge entails, it doesn’t have to show intent — it only has to show reckless driving," she said.

DeLand Police Chief William Ridgway has been delicate in his handling of the situation, telling CNN in a statement: "The actions taken by Officer Harris that night are not consistent with our department’s training, directives, or accepted practices or techniques."

The department are conducting an internal review into the incident.

Mr Brown was a known crook to police, arrested more than a dozen times. According to ocalapost.com he had 18 misdemeanour charges against his name, plus five felony charges and three felony convictions.

Original report here

　

　

　

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