Cuyahoga County Deputies Called ‘Cowboys’ for Pointing Assault Rifle Out of Window During High-Speed Chase

Isen Vajusi, a Cuyahoga County sheriff’s deputy, pointed an assault rifle out of a moving cruiser’s window while speeding more than 100 mph at times during a December chase of a stolen car, bodycam footage shows.

Once the fleeing car crashed and flipped into a telephone pole, Vajusi jumped out, pointed his rifle at one suspect and shouted numerous vulgarities. “We don’t want to kill people,” Vajusi yelled, according to a review of the footage by The Marshall Project – Cleveland and News 5 Cleveland.

He later boasted about the arrest: “We got the dudes. We got the car. We didn’t shoot anybody. It can’t get any better than this. … I’m glad I didn’t have to use my gun this time.”…

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