It took 7 people to take down 1 meth induced madman who was causing chaos on the streets. Usually in situations like this most just sit back and watch but these bystanders helped de-escalate a potentially deadly situation.

According to RT,

Auburn, Indiana – Instead of acting like a bunch of idiots and pulling their cell phones out, 6 people jumped in to help an Auburn police officer who was fighting a violent suspect.

Concerned citizens of Auburn, Indiana called 911 about a man running in and out of traffic . Officer Steve Vallance quickly responded and found 18-year-old Allen Wilcox being erratic on State Road 8. Officer Vallance went to put cuffs on you 18 year old when he started actively resisting arrest.

Andy Jagoda, who’s father was a state police officer for 29 years jumped in the help Officer Vallance. Heather Kovalcik’s jumped in to assist too, she stated that her boyfriend is a police officer and hopes that someone would jump in to help him if need be. Altogether, 6 people joined the fight to help Officer Vallance get cuffs on the suspect.

The Officer said “It restores your faith in humanity that there’s still people out there that will do the right thing whether it’s a police officer or another citizen”. It turns out that the 18-year-old suspect was high on crystal meth during the incident. He was charged with battery on an officer and resisting arrest.

A lot of people in this situation would have pulled out their cell phones and started filming the officer. Some people would have even attacked the officer like in the video below. In this incident, Officer Matthew Cammarn witnessed a man assault a woman. When the suspect started resisting arrest, some people in the crowd jumped in and attacked the officer.

Source: BlueLivesMatter