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Bystanders rush to help an Ohio cop struggling with a suspect during a traffic stop. Police in Cleveland are praising four good Samaritans who came to the aid of an officer trying to subdue a man who was resisting arrest. A 64-year-old man was pulled over for speeding by a female police officer in Willoughby, Ohio, and when the officer asked the driver for his license, he stepped out of the vehicle.
The officer told the driver to sit on the ground and he refused, which escalated into the officer attempting to handcuff the man. As she struggled with the driver, four bystanders rushed in and helped her subdue the man while she got the cuffs on him.
Detective Sergeant Michael Sevel with the Willoughby Police Department says it was very brave of the good Samaritans to intervene. “They had no idea what they were stepping into,” he says. “They could have been risking their lives to assist that officer.” Moments later a second officer arrived and the driver was taken into custody and charged with assault and resisting arrest.
Source: Inside Edition