In Ohio, an
unarmed black
man is attacked by a police officer's K-9
as he surrendered
to authorities with his hands up,
despite urging by an Ohio State trooper
not to release the dog.
CNN's Polo Sandoval joining us now
with more on this Polo.
This was caught on police bodycam
And, Fred,
we should mention that, though,
it was the Ohio State Highway Patrol
that initiated this traffic stop.
It's the actions of the Circleville, Ohio
Police Department.
That are being called into question here.
And their decision
to release their K-9 officer
as a suspect involved,
as you're about to see,
seemed to be in the process
of surrender himself
to authorities
now a warning to viewers,
and we can't do it enough.
This video is difficult to watch.
And we'll warn you again when the footage
takes that disturbing turn
The footage
provided by Ohio's State
Highway Patrol is disturbing,
but now under scrutiny after a man
was mauled by a police officer's K-9
July 4th, Jackson County, Ohio.
A case
report shows a highway patrol officer
in a marked vehicle tried
stopping the driver of this
big rig for a missing mud flap.
The man
behind the wheel later
identified by authorities as.
23 year old Darius Rose, drives on.
And a chase begins
about 20 minutes into the pursuit.
The big rig is
seen rolling to a stop drive,
but that lasts only a few seconds.
Driver continues
to flee and officers stay on him
for another 8 minutes.
They took off again.
All right. We're heading northbound.
It wasn't until police
use tire
deflation devices were stopped
that the chase came to a slow
but dramatic and disturbing stop.
That's a Circleville,
Ohio Police Department K-9
unit rolling up to the scene
after repeated orders
from state troopers
to driver eventually
steps out of the rig.
His hands in the air, as requested.
A patrolman is heard
asking the K-9 to not be released,
though it's unclear
if he could be heard by all officers.
On scene.
That's when the K-9 is deployed.
They're not released
at all with his hands up.
Do not release the dog with his hands up.
They're not released at all.
We're just hands up.
Don't let the dog off of me.
After the canine
takedown, an officer approaches
and quickly walks
away,
her hands covering her face
as Rose screams in pain.
The frustration
audible in the voice of another state
officer was not loud enough.
After the dog is removed.
Officers move in to arrest
Rose and administer first aid.
Just let a dog bite.
Oh, you had to come to me.
I was coming.
All the girls
calling them
the hardest thing to respect you.
You got to call upon him.
It's like 20 a year.
All you had to stop, Rose.
I did start.
A spokesperson for the Ohio State Highway
Patrol tells CNN
as troopers
were attempting
to gain compliance
by providing verbal commands
to the suspect.
The Circleville Police Department
deployed their K-9,
which resulted in the suspect
being bitten.
CNN has reached out
to the Circleville Police Department
for comment.
Police say
Rose was taken to a local hospital
where he was treated and released
before being taken to jail.
His attorney declined to comment.
The NAACP,
however, is releasing comments
including the head
of the Columbus branch,
releasing a statement to CNN,
really just condemning
the actions
of that canine officer and the handler.
In a statement
you see there writing the Columbus, Ohio,
ACP is outraged at the recent video
depicting the Circleville police
unleashing a dog on an unarmed
black man, Mr.
Darius Rose,
who had his hands up in the air
and was on his knees.
The officers, Pierce, shouted for him
not to unleash the dog,
but apparently their shouts
fell on deaf ears for that last portion.
We should mention again,
we have not been able to confirm
whether or not
that call from the state trooper
to not released a dog
if those were heard by other officers.
But Fred,
as you can imagine, that outrage
that these kinds of images
are reminiscent of pictures
from decades ago
with dogs being unleashed
on civil rights
movement members in the 1960s
All right, Polo Sandoval, thanks so much.