DAKAR, Senegal -- Former British police officer Ben Hooper hopes to make history by swimming every mile of the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to South America. After more than three years of preparation, he set off on Sunday.The 38-year-old walked down a beach in Dakar and into the Atlantic Ocean, launching a swim for 1,635 nautical miles, or nearly 2,000 land miles (3,200 kilometers), from Senegal to Brazil.This is for my daughter, said Hooper, who filled a water bottle with sand to keep for the 8-year-old who he said inspired the swim. Its been a long time coming.Flanked by two boats and a crew of less than a dozen, Hooper aims to be the first person to swim every mile of the Atlantic Ocean from continent to continent, stepping on land again in March.He says he trained three years as he gathered a crew for the Big Blue, the main boat on which he will eat and sleep when he is not swimming for about eight hours each day through waters infested with sharks and jellyfish.Water has loomed large in his life.I nearly drowned when I was 5 in a swimming pool in Belgium, Hooper told The Associated Press. Ever since ... Ive had this affinity with water. It was the calmest Ive ever felt.Hooper said he had a bout of depression about 3 1/2 years ago and decided to turn his life around for his daughter. So he looked to water.Nobody had swum a full ocean. More people have landed on the moon than have tried this, so at that point I thought maybe this is my calling, said Hooper. If I can inspire myself, other people and raise money for charity, why not do it?Inspired by British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Hooper said he hopes to motivate others, especially children, to swim.Funding for the expedition has taken time, and the launch was set back several times as various crew members dropped out and the boats faced mechanical issues.This will be a major achievement overall, said Nigel Taylor-Schofield, the captain of Big Blue. If anybody can accomplish this, it would be Ben. He is very determined.The crew, including a paramedic, will track the miles, and Hooper has said if he gets to Brazil with the help of currents, he will swim until he fulfills the full Atlantic mileage.The challenges, be it marine life, dehydration, and more, will be vast, but Hooper says his biggest fear is letting the team and his daughter down. Hell listen to a playlist on customized earphones that he said will include eurotrash music, Eminem and The Scripts Hall of Fame. Hooper will also wear various gear that helps camouflage him from sharks, and a tracking device so supporters can follow his nearly five-month swim online.Around 10:30 a.m. on the beach outside the Monaco Plage hotel in Dakar, Hooper and the crew were ready.See you in Brazil, he said, before eventually swimming off into the sunlit waters toward his goal.---http://www.swimthebigblue.com/--Follow Carley Petesch on Twitter at www.twitter.com/carleypetesch Air Jordan 12 Flu Game . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. Air Jordan Spizike Pas Cher . Pierce was ejected in the third quarter of Indianas 103-86 win Monday. 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LOUIS -- Videos obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch provide new insight into a fatal 2011 police shooting that led to first-degree murder charges this year against a white officer, who was carrying a personal assault rifle against police policy.Jason Stockley was charged in May in the Dec. 20, 2011, death of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith, a black man who was a drug suspect and was shot and killed after a high-speed chase. When the charges were filed, Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce cited new evidence that she did not disclose.A federal judge has prohibited release of the videos and police reports by lawyers who obtained it as part of a civil case in which the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners paid a $900,000 settlement for Smiths young daughter.But the videos posted Tuesday by the newspaper (http://bit.ly/2diSU90 ) are from the police SUV and store surveillance footage. The Post-Dispatch says it obtained copies of videos, police reports, crime scene and evidence photos and an OnStar vehicle assistance recording from someone not involved in the legal proceedings, who said he had received them anonymously. KTVI-TV also posted the dashcam video Tuesday, saying it received it on a thumb drive from an anonymous person.Stockley and Officer Brian Bianchi pulled up behind Smiths rented car outside of a fast food restaurant, the dashcam and surveillance camera videos show. Smitth backs into the police SUV, maneuvers out of the parking lot and speeds past Stockley, who is not in the SUV, nearly knocking an AK-47 rifle from his hands.dddddddddddd It was Stockleys personal rifle; officials say carrying that on duty is against department policy.Stockley fired several shots from his department-issued handgun, and the two officers began the chase. Court documents accuse Stockley of saying during the chase, Going to kill this (expletive), dont you know it.After Smiths car stops, Stockley tells Bianchi to ram the back. The officers get out and Stockley fires five shots from his department-issued handgun into the car. There is no audio of the officers voices outside their SUV.Stockley, now 35, told investigators he fired after Smith reached for a gun, then unloaded Smiths gun as a safety precaution after the shooting.Smiths relatives and supporters say Stockley planted the weapon. Documents cite tests that show Stockleys DNA, not Smiths, on a .38-caliber revolver that was found in Smiths car.Stockley left the force in 2013 and is free on $1 million bond secured by the St. Louis Police Officers Association. 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