UPDATED: Ohio Cop Who Shot Unarmed Motorcyclist in the Back and Was Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison Eventually Had Conviction Overturned

UPDATE: The post below is actually based on a news story from 2010 that nevertheless showed up as a recent article on Google News, as pointed out by some of our eagle-eyed commenters. Others commenters wondered whether the conviction would be overturned on appeal. They don't have to wonder now: it was. Sorry.

A former Ottawa Hills, Ohio police officer who was found guilty on a count of felonious assault for shooting an unarmed motorcyclist in the back in 2009, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, was sentenced to ten years in prison, according to the local NBC affiliate. He faced up to an 11 year sentence and will have to spend a minimum of three years in jail because he was found guilty of a gun-related charge.

Video* of the shooting below:

*It's not in Canada, the YouTube user is wrong.

Comments

[iEagleHammer]

Found not guilty of the gun related charge?

So who pulled the trigger? I guess his "proper conduct" must have pulled the trigger.

[iEagleHammer]

Oops, I misread that. Nevermind me... there's nothing to see here.

[Hugh Akston]

The Toilet of Justice finally flushes one down!

[Paul.]

There are always floaters. And the government's accountability arm is a low-flow toilet.

So, yeah.

[Paul.]

And now that I've read the rest of the thread from our quality research staff, he was a floater. So boom, justice got served!

[JW]

He still gets his promotion and medal, right?

[Jordan]

I'm shocked he got convicted at all, but 10 years for murder? Really?

[Jordan]

Okay, guess I should read the article.

[JW]

Um, Ed?

McCloskey suffered serious injuries as a result of the shooting. He is now paralyzed from the waist down.

[Hugh Akston]

Well he's gonna die eventually.

[Paul.]

And probably from lack of oxygen to the brain.

[Ed]

Sorry. Thanks!

[DEATFBIRSECIA]

Thought he was a dog, obviously.

[Jordan]

He was coming right for him. I mean the Earth is round, so it's technically true.

[John]

Anyone trolling Police One for some yummy tears and gnashing of teeth over this?

[Brendan]

Too worn out reading proggies whine and make absurd comparisons about Hobby Lobby.

It's been days and my brain still hurts.

[crazyfingers]

Let's see if the conviction actually holds up on appeal. Seems unlikely. Lots of pathetic sycophants in the comments.

[Harvard]

May he acquire the capacity to drive a chevy up his ass and parallel park it.

[derpules]

http://media.247sports.com/Upl.....735446.jpg

[John]

The motherfucker got bond while his conviction is appealed. That is fucking appalling. He should have been locked up upon his conviction. At the very least he should have gone straight to jail on sentencing. There is no justification to give this asshole bond.

[Paul.]

He's an upstanding member of the community with years of public sacrifice and service!

[MegaloMonocle]

I've never heard of a convicted violent felon getting bond during their appeal.

Double Standard, FTW!

[Andrew S.]

Not attempted murder?

Also, he's been bailed out pending appeal? Does that ever happen for a violent offender facing a decade in prison who isn't a cop?

[John]

No Andrew. It doesn't happen for nonviolent offenders.

[Andrew S.]

'twas a rhetorical question.

[Andrew S.]

Um, Ed? Did you realize this article is 4 years old?

[John]

And his conviction was reversed

http://statecasefiles.justia.c.....1358180084

I wonder if he was convicted in his new trial and Ed fucked up and put a link to a story about his first conviction.

[Andrew S.]

Googling the name, it looks like google shows the link as being one day old even though it's 4 years old.

Also note that when the conviction was remanded, the gun specification was reversed with prejudice, so they wouldn't have him on that regardless.

[Andrew S.]

Not only is this article 4 years old, THE APPEALS COURT EVENTUALLY OVERTURNED THE CONVICTION

Just when I thought you assholes were giving an un-nutpunch, it turns into a super nutpunch.

[JW]

Fucking fuck. Wrong instructions to the jury? "You should ignore your lying eyes."?

[crazyfingers]

http://www.policestateusa.com/ is updated every day with stories like this

[Vulgar Madman]

Jesus, it's a nut-punchorama over there!

[buybuydandavis]

Drive up and shoot a guy sitting on his bike.

Must be fun to be a cop and go peasant hunting.

[JD the elder]

You know, in medieval Japan, a nobleman had the right to strike down a commoner who offended him. And there were some theoretical limits on that; a samurai couldn't kill a commoner for just no reason, but he had to come up with something at least minimally plausible. Sounds kind of familiar...

[Dances-with-Trolls]

Yep, failure by the peasant to show the proper respect was an acceptable reason.

[MegaloMonocle]

OK, convicted in 2010, reversed and remanded in 2013. Should be another trial, unless his prosecutor buddies dropped the charges. I don't see anything on Google since the reversal, except a decision appointing a public defender because he's indigent.

[kilroy]

Ed is really in the weeds this week or really thinks any gun is icky, your call.

[AlmightyJB]

That shooting made no sense. Wonder if he had his finger on the triggerpulled that light glock trigger by accident and then got in front of the camera with his finger off the trigger to show he knew that you don't hold a gun with your finger on the trigger. Of course that would be manslaughter. If you're a cop you're almost better off saying you meant to do it than that it was an accident.

[MegaloMonocle]

Perhaps an intrepid reporter could make a few calls and find out what happened since the remand early last year?

[Paul.]

It's also clear that the officer hoped he'd bleed out. I'll bet he won't make that mistake again.

[John Galt]

He was just "in too deep." A crippling addiction to doughnuts caused him to mistake the motorcyclist for a family pet. There's countless reasons. I see the cop eventually being awarded millions by a properly selected jury.

[Paul.]

He's certainly eligible for back pay.

[John Galt]

Back-shooting pay.

[MasterDarque]

Another "hero" free to do the good work of the state.