A man named DeShawn Leeth was caught assaulting a police officer, minutes before stealing a police car and dying in a crash on the Ohio Turnpike in Ohio, USA.
Body camera footage shows DeShawn Leeth punching an officer after being hit with a taser. Leeth died after crashing the police car he stole in the confusion that occurred on April 4th.
Leeth was a 30-year-old Black man who had been arrested on previous occasions and was known as a community leader.
He was approached by an officer who asked him to put his hands behind his back. According to the video, the offender threatened to kill the officer if he was touched again. He fled but returned to assault the officer.
DeShawn Leeth was hit by a taser but managed to punch the officer. Drivers attempted to stop him, but he was able to escape and steal the police car.
Leeth crashed the vehicle after an 11-minute high-speed chase. He was killed by the police after the crash.
He had been arrested for burglary at the age of 18, serving time from 2012 to 2015. Even after being released, he was arrested again but mentioned in an interview with WEMU that he had changed his mindset.
His time in prison motivated DeShawn Leeth to create the non-profit organization Underdawg Nation, aimed at preventing youth violence.
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