Milwaukee police on Friday released body-camera footage of a March 12 incident in which an officer clung to the side of a flatbed truck — an encounter that ended when the officer shot and fatally wounded the driver.
The footage shows the officer approaching a vehicle driven by Jonathan Otto, who was wanted on a parole violation. There was also a passenger with him in the front seat. The officer directed Otto to exit the vehicle, but Otto refused. When the officer tried to remove him, Otto drove off with the officer still holding the driver’s-side window and Otto’s coat.
Watch: Body camera shows officer clinging to flatbed truck before suspect is fatally shot
Body camera shows officer clinging to flatbed truck before suspect is fatally shot
Dashcam video from the officer’s partner captures the officer on the side of the vehicle. The partner immediately called it in, saying, “My partner’s hanging on the flatbed of a truck going eastbound on Rogers from 12th Street. White flatbed.” The partner noted the vehicle was traveling about 30 MPH…