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UPDATE: While not in the same league as to situation, the cop was right to stop him and Moats kept pushing him, the lack of compassion by slowing the process down and then contempt for questioning him makes this cop a powertripping douchebag. That he later had to apologize is proof he handled this wrong. (found by Mr. Justin)
“I can screw you over,” the officer told Moats. [...] “Shut your mouth,” Powell told him. [...] “Your attitude says that you need [a ticket].”
Remember all those stories about the police and military having to lower recruitment standards to fill the shortages. This is the consequence of those actions.
#20–Ricky==you should get together with amodedoma and find out why he is not a fan of authority figures, how a dash cam or personal cam would have provided more complete information for us to evaluate here, and who those MP’s were. Course, with YOUR attitude, you’d think he was just lying anyway.
Whats your estimate of the amount the cops lie? Do they have the same motives to lie, or more? or less?
Life, so many varied facets to admire.
20,
Lets see… his mother died. The cop wrote a ticket. And he called an ambulance. So, it looks like this is the story:
Guy was driving his mom to the hospital. Cop stopped him a wrote a ticket. A ticket is generally the lowest of the low traffic offenses. You don’t get a ticket for murder, rape or robbery. Then the cop called an ambulance, which means that the woman WAS ill. The woman died due to the delay. So, what other side are you looking for? How hard a job the cop has?
If he had taken just a bit more time he could have written the son up for transporting a dead body without authorization. Stupid cop.
I know Mr. Abels. I worked with him at a local TV station (a different TV station than the one that had the report) while I lived in Memphis. Very nice guy. It is extremely unfortunate that these situations happen in the first place. Doubly so when you know one of the main individuals involved.
Sorry to hear about this Wayne, and sorry about your Mother as well.
This cop will probably only recieve the usual paid suspension while the case is “investigated” or swept under the rug….
More dirty cops getting away with murder.
The cop could have easily escorted the man and his mother ot the hospital, then give a ticket to the son.
This is inexusable. It appears that anal retentiveness trumps human life (unless it’s a fetus, I guess).
(Full disclosure – bad cops killed my cousin-in-law, BTW.)
I bet they tried to use the car pool lane too!!
(another ticket!)
If I just hopped on this blog I would gather it is just a bunch of cop hating nimrods.
1. The man made the mistake of trying to get his mother to the hospital instead of calling an ambulance.
2. The man broke the law in his truck.
the police officer sees the infraction and does a stop.
3. The officer sees the problem and calls an ambulance (and rightly so) for the man’s mother.
4. The mother assumes room temperature.
Escorting someone to the hospital is out of the question due to liability against the department if let’s say, the cruiser makes it through an intersection and someone t-bones the truck and kills or injures both.
The officer was correct in making the stop and at that point he and or the department would have been liable if he just waved them along and something bad happened down the road.
I guess I shouldn’t confuse this blog for a bunch of intellectuals because too many aren’t.
28,
So, there has never been a police escort of a civilian in an emergency?
Yes, carry on Mr Intellectual. Make sure you complete all your tasks assigned in your work-camp… for the good of the country.
I’m guessing, due to liability, you rarely leave the work-camp?
#28: Odd then that Lindsay Lohan could get a police escort home from shopping.
Cops are trained nowadays to follow rules to the letter or the department risks a lawsuit. He cannot be sued for this but can be sued if he went red-lights-and siren to the hospital as an escort. I can see it now, “Mom died because of loud siren.”
The system as a whole lacks common sense. Calling for an ambulance when they can be headed to the hospital is ridiculous, but that is probably the rule.
That said the deputy’s name should be released and he should be subject to public scrutiny.
31,
“Cops are trained nowadays to follow rules to the letter ”
Sure they are…
#29 Named
Nice try. I guess you prove the point about nimrods being on the site.
Did I say there has never been a police escort?
My late hamster’s age surely exceeds your IQ and from the look of your comments probably by an order of magnitude.
I have to agree with Mr. Diesel and JCD except for releasing the cop’s name.
The cop did everything properly. I would add that the cop is not a trained or authorized medical person and so is incapable of evaluating a person’s health.
Yes, yes, I know, it sucks. That though is life. If the guy had of phoned for an ambulance ASAP then this would not have happened. EMTs are well qualified to give care and triage on the way to the hospital.
#5, Named,
Anytime the police contracts are threatened, they just seize up on writing tickets. Once the city figures out the loss of revenue, the police get their contract.
Anytime I hear something like this the first thing I think of is “ooopps, somebody just got a ticket”.
If you don’t want a ticket, don’t speed, don’t park illegally, make sure your license plate is renewed, don’t turn left on a red, don’t run through stop signs, signal your turns, repair broken lights, and any number of other traffic violations.
#31 Too many crimes have been committed in history under the guise of “I was only following orders”.
There can be no justice as long as laws are absolute. When did we stop being human and start being robots who only follow the rules? There are times when men of good conscience need to disobey certain rules. I gather that this police person has no good conscience.
35,
15 years as a driver, 2 violations. 1 for speeding which I won in court and 1 for a radar detector… which sux because I was driving my friend home after he blew out his clutch knee skiing… I drove his car. And that was well over 1 year ago for both.
So, no. I didn’t get a ticket. But, I do know that cops are revenue generators.
33,
“Escorting someone to the hospital is out of the question due to liability against the department if let’s say, the cruiser makes it through an intersection and someone t-bones the truck and kills or injures both.”
Right. So rather than take charge of the situation and not worry about the billing system, he could have escorted. But, he preferred to do the procedure thing… you know. “It says here I gotta do this. Oh, your dying. Yeah, that’s not in here.”
You’re obviously a slave.
Just another thought, in the video the son said his mother had a chronic respiratory problem. If that was the case then she should have also had O2 available at home.
If she died so quickly it is more than probable she would not have survived even if she had of reached the hospital.
Then add in that the police have been fooled many times before with the old “escort me to the hospital” trick.
Not pretty, but the cop made the right call. The son screwed up. Just think, if he had of renewed his plate this wouldn’t be a topic.
#38 Named
And you continue to prove that you are an idiot.
#36 Beard
You could gather that the officer had no good conscience, I would say you were wrong.
Maybe his conscience resides with providing for his wife and children at home and didn’t want to jeopardize their future.
He could also be the kind of officer who would brave a burning car to pull someone to safety since that doesn’t usually involve getting your ass sued off if you attempt it.