Dashcam video of Pennsylvania state troopers arresting a man who lead them on a high-speed chase

Dash cam video of Pennsylvania state police troopers arresting a man they say lead them on a high-speed chase in Centre County.

Now, his defense attorney is saying in a court filing that one of the troopers assaulted him while taking him into custody. We warn you some of the images could be disturbing.

Video from a trooper’s cruiser shows the encounter on December 6, off I-80 in Boggs Township.

State police say they tried to stop a white Chevy Tahoe for allegedly following a tractor-trailer too closely.

They say the driver then led them on a chase before exiting the interstate and stopping on a rural Centre County road. In the video, you can see the driver put his hands out of the car before one trooper appears to strike him at least 8 or 9 times as they try to pull him out of his car. It also appears his seatbelt is still holding him in place.

Following his arrest, the mugshot of Dereck Raimey shows that his left eye appears to be swollen shut.

Raimey was charged with fleeing and alluding police, reckless driving, as well as possession of drug paraphernalia and DUI.

On December 6th, just outside of Milesburg, in Centre County, 45-year-old Dereck Raimey, of Memphis, Tennessee, is seen with his hands already outside the vehicle as he is about to be removed by Pennsylvania state troopers, with guns drawn.

Troopers claimed after his vehicle was stopped, he resisted arrest. Raimey, in the video, appears to be punched multiple times, including in the eye, which is swollen in the mugshot.

In the preliminary hearing after the arrest, his attorney asks one of the troopers if it is policy to punch a suspect in the eye. That question is never answered, but the court documents we obtained do provide the police account of what happened before the traffic stop.

In the criminal complaint against Raimey, Trooper Shane Eichelberger says he and Trooper Joshua Yaworski were on patrol on Interstate 80 on the morning of December 6th. They say Raimey’s vehicle was observed changing lanes and then following too close to a tractor-trailer; too close translates to unsafe driving behavior, and police say they attempted to stop Raimey.

Instead, according to the troopers in the arresting affidavit, he takes off and a high-speed chase ensues, with speeds of up to 100 miles an hour, which goes on for nearly twenty minutes. The troopers say in the affidavit that Raimey almost caused a collision with several other civilian vehicles.

Police say Raimey got off the interstate, at the Milesburg exit, ends up on rural roads, hits dead ends and is finally stopped on Moose Run Road.

Police stressed that the high speeds and Raimey’s alleged driving, at times, in the wrong lane, he could have easily caused a crash or killed someone.

On McNamara Drive, police say an object was reportedly thrown from Raimey’s vehicle and was later determined to be a digital scale, which is commonly used in drug transactions. According to state police, a small bag of cocaine was also found in Raimey’s vehicle, which the affidavit says he admits he used while driving.