After a brief police pursuit ended in a bad crash in Cleveland back in March, East Cleveland Police Commander Larry McDonald, the only officer involved in the chase, left the scene without stopping to check on the driver.
In fact, McDonald’s body camera footage from the incident shows he laughed after the crash and said, “I knew he was going to do that,” before cranking up his stereo and driving his patrol car to nearby bar.
Cleveland Police dispatchers contacted the East Cleveland Police Department, who denied having any involvement. At the exact same time Cleveland Police were working to verify the homicide warrant, video shows Commander McDonald was still sitting in his patrol car outside of the bar.Holmes: “Yeah?”Holmes: “They said that an East Cleveland cop chased him down the street, almost ran them off the road, and watched the car crash and then turned around.”Holmes: “Ivanhoe and St. Clair. It was a passerby that said all that. But it was a car crashed into a bus stop at Ivanhoe and St. Clair.
Holmes: “No, we covered. I’m not worried about it. That passerby is gone, they didn’t get any information. They just said that to Cleveland. So we’re good.”Holmes: “Don’t go down there. You ain’t had nothing to do with it.”On Tuesday, a Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted them on one count each of tampering with evidence, telecommunications fraud, obstructing official business, and dereliction of duty.
The chased continued across city limits into Cleveland, where speeds reached over 70 mph, according to police records.
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