Video Released of Arkansas Cop Gunned Down During Routine Traffic Stop

At Telegraph UK, "Arkansas police release dashboard camera video of fatal officer shooting":

US authorities have released footage which shows an Arkansas police officer pleading for his life before he was fatally shot during an incident last year.

Footage captured by a dashboard camera in the police vehicle shows how the tragic events unfolded during a routine stop in April 2011.

Trumann police officer Jonathan Schmidt and his colleague Corey Overstreet pulled over a car on suspicion of it being uninsured. The driver was handcuffed and questioned. Mr Schmidt then opened the rear left door to the vehicle where Jerry Lard was sitting. Lard opened fire on the officer, shooting at his face.

He then ran from the car, continuing to shoot at the two officers as he yelled, "What you got b----?"

In the 20-minute long video, Mr Schmidt can be heard pleading with Lard off-camera: "Please don't shoot me. Please don't shoot me again."