A North Carolina man says he came to Georgia to help out local police, but metro Atlanta officers say his idea of helping could have killed someone.
Gwinnett County police say Michael Purciful, 41, of Gastonia, North Carolina, parked in the middle of Interstate 85 near Indian Trail Road around 4 a.m. Saturday. They say two cars nearly rear-ended him.
“I can control traffic and write property damage, which, in turn, frees you all up to go write and do high-priority calls,” Purciful told police on body camera footage. “I’m an officer just like you.”…