LOUISVILLE, KY – Louis Mossey is recovering from injuries sustained after he rescued a woman from a brutal beating by an off duty police officer. The Good Samaritan witnessed a car crash into a parking lot, followed by a man and woman getting out of the vehicle and getting involved in an altercation. Instead of pulling out his cell phone, he decided to intervene.
“I just did what I thought was right. I just couldn’t stand to see somebody get hurt. I know normally somebody’s quick to grab your phones out and record it, but I just can’t bear to see somebody treated like that. I just couldn’t do it,” Louis Mossey said.
Officer Jonathan Osborne attacked the woman, punching her in the face and putting her in a chokehold.
“Before I knew it, she was trying to get up off her knees and he took two steps forward her and kicked her right in the head. I was shocked. I couldn’t believe it,” Mossey said. “I noticed he had her in a choke hold and he was standing behind her and her feet were barely touching the ground and I didn’t know if he was trying to kill her or what.”
Mossey ran at Osborne, tackling him and breaking his wrist in the process. He then sat on him, waiting for police to arrive. It took two officers to subdue the man when they arrived.
Officer Osborne was charged with battery resulting in serious bodily injury, attempted battery of a police officer for trying to spit on an officer, resisting law enforcement and criminal mischief leading to the monetary loss of at least $750 but less than $50,000. He is also barred from any contact with his wife.
