Summary

Duncanville police released a dash-cam video of a confrontation last year involving James Allen Thorpe, the man charged with capital murder this week in the death of a Richardson car salesman. Duncanville crossed paths with Mr. Thorpe on Oct. 13, 2007, after a disturbance at a convenience store. During the video, Mr. Thorpe tells police his only name is "Uzan," says he can't remember his birthday because he "wasn't there" and approaches an officer in a threatening manner. Later in the video, Mr. Thorpe can be heard breaking out the back window of the police cruiser and telling officers, "Don't Tase me, bro." Mr. Thorpe, who has a history of mental illness, also showed erratic behavior in a televised interview following his latest arrest.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 301092
Story Slug COP READY TO RUMBLE- 2007
Location DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS
Format DASHCAM
Date 10-13-2007
Archive Time 2:22:47
TRT 21:00
Video Description DAYTIME COLOR DASHCAM, WE HEAR OFFICERS TELLING SUSPECT TO KEEP HIS HANDS ON THE CAR, SUSPECT TELLS OFFICERS HIS NAME IS “UZAN,” BOTH HIS FIRST AND LAST, HE DOESN’T KNOW WHEN HIS BIRTHDAY IS AND YOU CAN’T ASK HIS MOM BECAUSE SHE IS DEAD, SUSPECT GETS IRATE WITH ANOTHER OFFICER AND SHOUTS AT HIM, THEN HE MOVES TOWARDS HIM LIKE HE IS GOING TO FIGHT, LOTS OF “OH YEAHS!” EXCHANGED AND PUFFING UP OF CHESTS...SO MANLY. OFFICER STRIKES A KUNG FOO POSE, SUSPECT PUTS HIS HANDS IN THE AIR AND IS THROWN TO THE HOOD OF THE DASHCAM, SUSPECT IS PUT IN BACK OF SQUAD CAR “SHUT MY GODDAMN DOOR BITCH! PUSSY! TAKE THESE CUFFS OFF ME,” SUSPECT EXPLODES WITH EXPLICITS AND RACIAL SLURS TOWARDS THE OFFICERS, WE HEAR THE OFFICERS JUST CHUCKLING AMONGST THEMSELVES, WHEN ONE OFFICER IS CALLED THE N WORD THE OFFICERS JUST LAUGH SAYING “YOU KNEW THAT ONE WAS COMING,” SUDDENLY YOU HEAR A LOUD SMASH, OFFICERS TRY AND GET SUSPECT OUT OF THE CAR, HE ASKS IF THEY ARE GOING TO TAZE HIM,
Description Duncanville police released a dash-cam video of a confrontation last year involving James Allen Thorpe, the man charged with capital murder this week in the death of a Richardson car salesman. Duncanville crossed paths with Mr. Thorpe on Oct. 13, 2007, after a disturbance at a convenience store. During the video, Mr. Thorpe tells police his only name is "Uzan," says he can't remember his birthday because he "wasn't there" and approaches an officer in a threatening manner. Later in the video, Mr. Thorpe can be heard breaking out the back window of the police cruiser and telling officers, "Don't Tase me, bro." Mr. Thorpe, who has a history of mental illness, also showed erratic behavior in a televised interview following his latest arrest.
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Keywords

CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
DASHCAM
COPS
POLICE
COP
CHASE
IN CAR
POV
CAM
DASHCAMMING
DASHCAMMANIA
DASHCAMS
DASHCAMOONDOD
DASHCAMOOLA
DASHCAMIZZLE
FUNNY
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