Raw Footage: Police Relase Dashcam Footage Of Shooting On Indian Reservation

Authorities have released the dashcam video from a deadly May 2009 shooting involving an Idaho State Police trooper the day after the man who assaulted that trooper during a traffic stop was sentenced to six years in federal prison. Ricardo Rodriguez, 39, of Culdesac, Idaho was sentenced Monday for assaulting Trooper Jeffory Talbott during a traffic stop on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. Talbott pulled over Randall Ellenwood and Rodriguez, who was a passenger in Ellenwood’s truck, for speeding. From the beginning of the traffic stop both men were aggressive and uncooperative with Trooper Talbott, and then turned and attacked him. Talbott’s dashcam video, which was entered into evidence in Rodriguez’s trial, shows the trooper asking the men for the identification, the men refusing to provide identification and then calling him a series of names and accusing him of lying about their going 48 in a 35 mile per hour zone. The two also questioned his authority being on the Nez Perce Reservation. After several minutes of arguing with Rodriguez and Ellenwood, and long after Talbott has called for backup, another man unrelated to the incident walks up behind Trooper Talbott. When that happened, Rodriguez got out of the truck, yelled Talbott to leave and accused him of trespassing. Shortly after that, Talbott turned his attention back to Ellenwood, asking repeatedly for his ID and for him to get out of the vehicle. At that point Ellenwood started fighting with Talbott with Rodriguez joining in the melee. At one point Rodriguez had him on the ground and was trying to choke him while Ellenwood was standing over the trooper kicking him in the face. Talbott drew his service weapon and fired it several times, killing Ellenwood and wounding Rodriguez. The dashcam video was released following the conclusion of Rodriguez’s sentencing on Monday. In addition to six months in federal prison time, Judge Mikel Williams also ordered Rodriguez to serve six months of supervised release and pay $4,320 in restitution. Trooper Talbott was cleared of any wrongdoing in the shooting and is back on duty.