A man was sentenced to life in prison for attacking two Orlando police officers while streaming on Facebook Live in September 2021.
William McClish he faced several charges, including resisting an officer with violence, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with a weapon, depriving an officer of means of protection, and attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer with a weapon.
“Officers who were brutally attacked are lucky to be alive and they were able to go back to work. We thank the State Prosecutor’s Office and the jury for the result achieved. “Now a violent criminal will remain behind bars for the rest of his life,” Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith said in a statement..
McClish was found guilty by a jury last Tuesday, according to the State Attorney’s Office. He represented himself at trial.
“I didn’t do it and the evidence was manipulated”he said in his opening statement. That was all she said. The jury took an hour to return the verdict and the judge sentenced him to life imprisonment.
“Our team did a great job presenting the case to the jury over the last day and they were able to get a verdict,” State Attorney Andrew Bain told FOX 35. “We no longer have to worry about him doing that in our community,” he added.
The attack
Just before 1 a.m. on September 25, 2021, two Orlando police officers patrolling downtown were standing on the corner of Washington and Magnolia when McClish suddenly attacked one of them without warning. He was armed with a brick with which he hit one of the officers in the head..
McClish then bit and gouged the second officer’s eye while trying to subdue him, the State Attorney’s Office said. The attacker placed his phone against a trash can and broadcast the entire attack on Facebook Live.
Throughout the attack, officers told McClish multiple times to comply and stop resisting, which he did not do. Instead, he attempted to take the gun from one of the officers and ripped the radio from the second officer’s uniform in an attempt to prevent him from calling for help.
Both officers were injured in the attack. Other police officers arrived minutes later and detained McClish.
While in jail, McClish bragged about his attempt to grab the officer’s gun during the attack, the State Attorney’s Office said. Later, the authorities They discovered a video previously recorded on his phone where he said: “I’m going to kill him live”. This established premeditation and his intent to kill.
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