Arizona Cop Runs Over Rifle-Toting Suspect | Marana Police Car Slams & Ram Armed Man | FULL VIDEO Arizona cops run over rifle-toting suspect because they wanted to ‘save his life’ Police in Marana, Arizona released footage (from security camera) of an officer running a suspect over with his patrol car — which the department said it did to save his life, KOLD-TV reported. The dashcam video shows Officer Michael Rapiejko maneuvering his vehicle onto a sidewalk and slamming into 36-year-old Mario Miranda Valencia on Feb. 19. Footage from a separate vehicle shows Valencia walking down a street carrying a rifle, firing one round off into the air. The Arizona Daily Star reported at the time that Valencia allegedly stole the rifle from a local store and threatened to shoot himself in the head when approached by officers before being hit by Rapiejko. According to KOLD, Police Chief Terry Rozema said that Rapiejko’s move saved the suspect’s life. Valencia was hospitalized for two days before being charged with aggravated assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm inside the city limits, and shoplifting involving a firearm. “This was a dangerous felon who’d been on a crime spree throughout the morning,” Sgt. Chris Warren said to KOLD at the time of the arrest. “He’d just stolen a weapon, loaded it, was not obeying commands from officers and was walking toward occupied businesses. It’s a busy time of morning, a lot of employees at work, a lot getting ready to come out for breaks, he’s walking toward those businesses. So we had to take immediate action and make sure he didn’t get inside those businesses.” Videos show Arizona police cruiser ramming armed robbery suspect Dashcam videos released Tuesday show an Arizona police officer using his cruiser to slam into an armed robbery suspect who was walking down a street while holding a rifle and firing it in the air. Police in Marana, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix, are defending the officer's action, saying the suspect was a danger to himself and others. But the suspect's lawyer is arguing police used excessive force, Police car slams into pedestrian suspect on dashcam Police in the Tucson suburb of Marana released some disturbing police dashcam video on Tuesday from a February incident in which a police cruiser rammed a pedestrian suspect. Police said the February 19 incident ended what they described as a "crosstown crime spree." The video encompasses views from two cruisers. One cruiser was following a suspect, identified by police as Mario Valencia. According to police, Valencia was fleeing from a local Walmart store, where they said he stole a rifle. Graphic dashcam footage shows Arizona police car ramming into suspect to detain him Graphic dashcam footage obtained from a police officer’s car shows an officer following a suspect in his vehicle before mounting the pavement and running him over to detain him. Police in Arizona released video footage from the incident on 19 February this week. The Marana police department claimed the suspect Mario Valencia was armed and had fired a gun into the air. The force insists it actually saved his life by hitting because he had threatened suicide. Former NYPD cop disarms gunman by ramming with police cruiser to end Arizona crime spree. A former NYPD veteran who calls himself Robocop used his police cruiser to ram a rifle-toting suspect on a one-man crime spree, dramatic Arizona police video released Tuesday shows. Marana Police officer Michael Rapiejko was hailed a hero by his chief after the department released the dramatic footage Tuesday highlighting the Feb. 19 incident. Police released video that shows an Arizona officer running over an armed suspect last month, sparking a debate over whether the cop saved the man's life or used excessive force. The video, released on Tuesday, was recorded on the dashboard cameras of two Marana police vehicles as they chased suspect Mario Valencia (hits him), who was on allegedly on a crime spree on February 19, CNN reports. Un coche de policia en estados unido golpea y atropella a un hombre armado sospechoso de robo. la víctima había robado una tienda, incendiado una iglesia, entrado en una residencia para robar un coche y asaltado un Wallmart para robar un rifle. El departamento de Policía de Marana, en Arizona, ha publicado un vídeo a través de Youtube, en el que aparece a un agente atropellando a un hombre de forma intencionada con su coche patrulla. En las imágenes, tomadas el pasado 19 de febrero, se observa cómo los agentes informan de que el sospechoso (con arma o pistola) tiene un arma cargada y piden mantener las distancias. Otro vehículo policial, sin embargo, hace caso omiso de esa petición y embiste voluntariamente al hombre, chocando después contra un muro. (video completo). April 14, 2015 (complete footage from dash camera cctv)

• published: 15 Apr 2015
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