- The Black man who was mauled by a police dog in Ohio said he thought the police were "trying to kill" him.
- Jadarrius Rose called 911 as state troopers pursued him on a highway on July 4.
Minutes before an unarmed Black truck driver was mauled by an Ohio police dog, the man called 911 as authorities were chasing him on a highway and said he was scared the police were "trying to kill" him.
In the recordings of the 911 call obtained by Insider through the Ross County Sheriff's Office, Jadarrius Rose told dispatchers that he was "about to comply" with state troopers who were pursuing him along an Ohio highway on July 4, but didn't because they had their guns drawn.
"I was trying to pull over for the police and when I pulled over, I parked the truck and I was about to comply with them, but they all had they guns drawn out for whatever reason," Rose, 23, can be heard telling a dispatcher, according to audio of the call.
Rose added that authorities "tried to throw spikes down" at his truck and that he did not know why police were trying to stop him.
"I feel like they trying to kill me," Rose told the dispatcher, who told him to "comply" and pull over his vehicle.
The dispatcher continued: "You need to pull over. You're going to get yourself in more trouble than what you already are in. You just need to pull over."
"I don't know why they're trying to kill me," Rose told the dispatcher who responded: "They're not trying to kill you."
"Yes they are, obviously, they're throwing stuff on the ground trying to explode the tires," Rose said. The dispatcher replied, "Right, so you'll stop."
Rose later told the dispatcher that he did not "feel safe with stopping."
"Right now I have police officers following me for a long time and I was trying to figure out why they have their guns pulled out at me. I'm just a truck driver," Rose said on the 911 call.
"And it's all really white people. They got their guns out and I'm in the truck. I'm going to deliver my load and I don't know why they have their guns pulled out like I'm a threat or something," said Rose, explaining, "I don't feel safe."
Body camera footage recently released by the Ohio State Highway Patrol shows police pursuing the semi-tractor trailer Rose was driving for more than 25 minutes before he ultimately surrendered to authorities.
Rose eventually surrendered with his hands raised in the air on the shoulder of US 23.
But when he did, Ohio's Circleville Police Department unleashed a dog on him, mauling him even as a state trooper repeatedly warned, "Do not release the dog with his hands up."
State troopers are investigating Rose's arrest.
Rose was hospitalized for his injuries and was ultimately booked into the Ross County Jail on a charge of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, records show. He's since been released from jail.