Complete footage of Centennial bridge shooting

***doberman 152*** · 08-15-2009, 04:46 AM

Justice Served!!! the sound doesn't kick in till 59sec into the vid.

http://m.qctimes.com/vmix_7a4d5038-8...cc4c03286.html

***SMWS6TA*** · 08-15-2009, 04:59 AM

Just curious why was the officer looking for him?

***doberman 152*** · 08-15-2009, 05:46 AM

The Davenport police officer who shot a man on the Centennial Bridge last week was "reasonable and justified" in his actions during a seconds-long life-or-death struggle, Scott County Attorney Mike Walton announced Thursday.

Steven Mallory, 39, was seriously injuring officer Clif Anderson and would have continued to do so if Anderson did not shoot him twice with his Glock .40-caliber handgun, Walton said.

The first shot to Mallory's chest hit his lungs and heart and is believed to be the shot that killed him, Walton said. The second entered his torso near his spleen and went through his body.

Mallory had bitten an eyebrow off Anderson, punched him, choked him and slammed his head against the pavement. The fight ended after Jim Weakley, an East Moline detective who happened to be passing by on the bridge, stopped and attempted to get Mallory off Anderson. Weakley couldn't, but Anderson then was able to remove his gun from his holster and shoot Mallory, officials said. Anderson will require plastic surgery.

"I'd go so far as to say it was heroic," Walton said, adding that Anderson saved injury and possibly the lives of others by stopping Mallory.

Mallory had a lengthy violent history and was a suspect in an unprovoked assault 15 minutes earlier. That assault knocked out Rylan Bebermeyer, a volunteer at the Café on Vine, a free meal site in Davenport that Mallory visited.

It was unfortunate that the incident resulted in death, Walton said, but there was no other reasonable course of action. The investigation into the incident is mostly complete, he said. Toxicology reports are not yet back on Mallory.

A written report is expected in several weeks, Walton said.

"I think it's fair to say officer Anderson thought he was going to die," during the assault, Walton said.

Walton released the full video of the incident, as well as photos of Anderson's injuries. The video, taken by Anderson's squad car camera, shows Anderson approaching Mallory, who was identified as the suspect in the Café on Vine assault by a witness who followed Mallory to the bridge. Anderson orders Mallory to his knees several times. When Mallory fails to comply, Anderson deploys his Taser.

The Taser did not work. Investigators believe it failed because only one of the weapon's two prongs hit Mallory. Mallory then charges at Anderson and takes him to the ground in a narrow space between Anderson's police cruiser and the railing dividing traffic from the bridge's sidewalk.

At that point, the struggle moves off screen, and Weakley arrives on the scene.

Anderson tells Mallory that if he does not get off, he is going to shoot. Shots are fired. Mallory comes back into view of the camera and collapses on the ground.

Anderson informs dispatchers of shots fired. He then kneels beside Mallory with Weakley standing nearby. Fellow officers, who were already en route to assist Anderson with the stop, arrive on the scene. They move Anderson away from Mallory.

When asked if he is OK, a bleeding Anderson replies, "I don't know."

Anderson remains on leave. He will be required to undergo treatment to make sure he is mentally and physically ready to return to work, officials said.

"He seems to be doing well in light of the circumstances," Davenport Police Chief Frank Donchez said. "He's looking forward to getting back to work."

An internal police department investigation will evaluate whether the department's policies and procedures were followed, Donchez said.

***doberman 152*** · 08-15-2009, 05:53 AM

Look at the bite mark, he deserved to get shot and killed.

**SeVeReDiStOrTiOn** · 08-15-2009, 05:54 AM

Nice...you can see him stop breathing and die a few seconds after he lays down. One less loser on the streets IMO.

**rbob93** · 08-15-2009, 06:02 AM

Never let the suspect get too close

***Ed Blown Vert*** · 08-15-2009, 07:27 AM

Wow!

**Krazydan** · 08-15-2009, 08:28 AM

That is so intense. He did what he had to do

**SSjunior** · 08-15-2009, 08:38 AM

**Mean Green Z28** · 08-15-2009, 08:53 AM

and Obama has "nothing" to say about this?

***Ed Blown Vert*** · 08-15-2009, 09:18 AM

One word. "Justified"

**Smkn_TA** · 08-15-2009, 10:17 AM

Yeah, we got a lot of winners in town.

**Tobynine9** · 08-17-2009, 04:52 AM

Wondering why he didn't taser him when he had the chance. He had it out, aimed, ready to go. The dude kept backing towards the police officer and looking over his shoulder like a right handed pitcher checking first.

***Ed Blown Vert*** · 08-17-2009, 05:25 AM

He did, apparently one of the darts missed.

**Tobynine9** · 08-17-2009, 05:49 AM

Ahhhhh, ok. That makes more sense.

**Tobynine9** · 08-17-2009, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by That Guy 2-1

and Obama has "nothing" to say about this?

I think it's clear that he behaved "stupidly"...

The perp, that is.

**Spaz** · 08-17-2009, 05:50 AM

Originally Posted by Tobynine9

Wondering why he didn't taser him when he had the chance. He had it out, aimed, ready to go. The dude kept backing towards the police officer and looking over his shoulder like a right handed pitcher checking first.

he did... it said that one of the prongs might have missed him...

***Ed Blown Vert*** · 08-17-2009, 06:54 AM

If the Taser would have hit and taken him down. You would have heard many complaining about excessive force with the Taser.

This shows that you never know the intent of a person. But if they are not compying with an Officer's verbal command. Then you have to escalate the force. Before something happens.

**waldo** · 08-17-2009, 07:10 AM

Sure am glad they got the cuffs on that dead guy, you just never know when they’re going to come back to life, jump up and start kicking ass again! You see it all the time in the movies!