Traffic Pullover Life & Death Video

Law enforcement is very risky. Our police officers never know what is in store when they pull a vehicle over. The police video, below, from Hamilton, MT shows how a routine traffic pullover can instantly and unexpectedly lead to a life or death scenario.

A coroner's jury ruled that Police Officer Ross Jessop was justified in killing a man during a late night traffic stop. It took a six woman jury an hour to rule that Officer Jessop justifiably shot and killed Raymond Thane Davis after Davis shot at him. The 5 hours of testimony included this chilling video recording of the shooting made by the police car dash camera. Davis first tried shooting Officer Jessop in the face from a few inches away. The click of Davis' revolver's hammer hitting a previously fired round was audible on the tape. Davis then shot again as Officer Jessop retreated and drew his own weapon. The outcome would have been much different if the first round in the cylinder had been a live one. Davis died of wounds received when Officer Jessup returned fire.

[My thanks to Tom Nick for this article and video]