Officer Jesse Kidder is a a hero today for apparently not shooting a murder suspect who charged him following a chase. It's a story of a cop doing the right thing, but a story not often reported by the media. With all of the police shootings in the news lately, I do have to wonder if the outcome would have been the same, had the suspect been a black man.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-terrifying-confrontation-caught-bodycam.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-terrifying-confrontation-caught-bodycam.html
- Officer Jesse Kidder was confronted by Michael Wilcox, 27, in Ohio
- Suspect allegedly shot his fiance and best friend in separate incidents
- During a police chase he got out of his car and charged at Kidder
- Wilcox repeatedly said 'shoot me', but the cop constantly refused
- Eventually Wilcox submitted and surrendered to Kidder and his partner
- The former Marine had only been on the New Richmond force a year
An Ohio police officer has been praised for not firing at an armed double murder suspect as he charged at him during a terrifying incident caught on a bodycam.
Former Marine Jesse Kidder was in a patrol car chasing Michael Wilcox, who allegedly gunned down is fiance and best friend, in New Richmond on Thursday when they stopped and continued the confrontation on foot.
The 27-year-old accused killer then started sprinting towards Kidder, asking him to shoot.
The officer had been warned by dispatchers before he arrived at the scene that the suspect might try 'suicide by cop'.