Surveillance Video Contradicts Cop’s Claim Overhead Lights Were On When He Ran a Stop Sign and T-Boned Another Car

James
McLaughlin is suing the city of Buffalo, New York, after he was
injured two years ago when his car was T-boned by a police cruiser
that ran through a stop sign at an intersection. A police report
claimed the cop car was “using overhead lights and siren,” but
surveillance footage (no audio) of the accident shows the car
turning its overhead lights on only after the accident. WGRZ, the
NBC affiliate in Buffalo,
reports:

Attorneys Steve Boyd and John Elmore represent James McLaughlin,
the driver of the car that was hit. They’re suing the city and
looking for any witnesses to the accident.

“The tape is obvious that the lights weren’t on and our client
certainly could not hear any sirens, so it’s very important that
these witnesses come forward,” Elmore said.

McLaughlin did not want to appear on camera, but in a statement
said, “I was shocked when I read the police reports that indicated
the police car had its lights and siren on …it did not.”

You can watch the surveillance footage in the WGRZ segment

here.