Cray Turmon, a homeless black man in Columbia, S.C. came to the rescue of a white policewoman.
Turmon said; “She’s a woman slammed to the ground and she’s an officer. … I saw her belongings hit the ground,”
“She’d done everything she could. … It was going to get ugly, ya know? Something had to be done.”
“I just dove,” he said, pinning the suspect to the ground.
“I needed someone to assist me to get him on the ground,” Hardesty said Wednesday, recalling the tense standoff.
“I didn’t see him coming,” she said of Turmon. “I thought, ‘Is that a cop? That’s awesome. Oh, it’s not a cop.’
The suspect, Donald Songster Brown, 39, has a 10-page criminal record that shows largely petty crimes
such as trespassing, credit card theft, shoplifting and resisting arrest. Many offenses involve alcohol or drugs,
until Tuesday, the most serious charge against Brown was an armed robbery case filed in June.
Now, Brown is facing attempted murder and kidnapping among other offenses.
Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook honored Turmon for his courageous act by awarding him with a certificate
to commemorate his “extraordinary actions to preserve life and aid public safety.”
He called Turmon a hero and handed him two $50 Walmart gift cards just in time for Christmas.
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