{"id":1454802,"date":"2022-04-26T22:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T02:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454802"},"modified":"2022-04-26T22:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T02:59:40","slug":"dash-cam-footage-shows-police-officer-getting-run-over-as-suspect-flees-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dash-cam-footage-shows-police-officer-getting-run-over-as-suspect-flees-traffic-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Dash-Cam Footage Shows Police Officer Getting Run Over As Suspect Flees Traffic Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdash-cam-footage-shows-police-officer-getting-run-over-as-suspect-flees-traffic-stop%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454802&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Traffic-Stop-scaled-e1651011330655.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A police officer in Tennessee was run over and another was injured after a man fled the officers during a traffic stop on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Franklin Police Officer Dustyn Stevens\u2019 legs got caught under the vehicle as the suspect sped away on I-65, south of Nashville, according to authorities. The suspect, 26-year-old Roy Nicholson, was later apprehended outside of a Walmart in Franklin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn this dramatic dash-cam video, you see Nicholson break away from the officer, get back into his car where a firearm was present, and then drag Officer Dustyn Stevens and an assisting Officer, Matt Lamarr, down the Interstate, before running over Officer Stevens during his getaway,\u201d a press release <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/franklinpdnews.com\/2022\/04\/25\/officers-recovering-after-being-dragged-run-over-by-fleeing-suspect\/\"><span>stated<\/span><\/a><span>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The press release was accompanied by dash-cam footage of the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stevens asked Nicholson to get out of his vehicle after he saw a gun and smelled marijuana, according to the Franklin Police Department. When Nicholson stepped outside, he resisted the officer and eventually got back into his car with Stevens and Lamarr trying to apprehend him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bystanders who witnessed Nicholson escape the officers followed him and alerted authorities to his location. More officers responded and found him outside a Franklin Walmart, where he was arrested.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stevens, a four-year veteran of the Franklin Police Department, was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. According to the press release, he was treated for his injuries and released. Lamarr, the other officer on the scene, did require hospital care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nicholson has been charged with \u201ctwo counts of aggravated assault against a first responder and felony evading,\u201d Franklin Police said. His bail was set to $40,000, and he is scheduled to appear in court on June 9.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFranklin Police say it is amazing that no one was more seriously injured, and that what we see in this video clearly shows the importance of drivers adhering to Tennessee\u2019s Move Over Law,\u201d the press release said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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