What do you think about this Police video?

waljac6108

looked like the average cop to me.

gnossis

Well, a five day "administrative suspension"...that's a week off- with pay. Hard to consider that anything except a bonus.

zebj25

1 time and 1 time only. 63 MPH in a 35!! Then she took off? Exactly what could she have done for her father by being there 2 minutes earlier? Is she a surgeon? Does she have knowledge of radical new medical procedures? Her father drove himself to the hospital. He wasnt doing 63 mph and he was the one having the heart attack.

Master Yoda

Not having been there personally, it wouldn't be fair to pass judgment. However, as an individual working in law enforcement, the deputy acted properly.

In all fairness, police officers hear all sorts of excuse all the time, secondly, traffic stops are incredibly dangerous, because you have no idea who you are pulling over or how to react.

The fact that she took off while being stopped gave the officer probable cause to think her story might not have been the truth, regardless of the fact she pulled into the hospital parking lot.

In short, both parties probably should have done things differently. I imagine it could have been much worse. Maybe you should do a ride along with your local PD, and you'll see that not all cops are bad.

Lastly, cops are like lawyers, everyone hates them until they need one.

Kenneth C

I probably wouldn't have wrote her a ticket if she just had stayed for a few minutes and let me do my thing.

I would have gone back to my car and checked her for wants. I have been burned before by people who make up an emergency to get out of being pulled over. I had a person once with a 100,000 warrant out of a neighboring county. Told me he was speeding to the hospital to see a sick family member.

She was speeding and he stopped her for it. Her father is in the hospital, it's not like there is anything she can do for him. If she is willing to break the law, then she needs to be willing to accept that she will be delayed for a few minutes.

People say he could have verified her story. True, but she still would have sped off when he want back to his car to make some calls.

I wouldn't have taken her to jail. But I would have written her a ton of tickets for being an idiot.

Shanty J

looks like a normal reaction of a cop .this gun and badge lets me do what i want to. you are guilty no matter what. she should have sued the police dept,not for money,but for his dismissal.

Hootiesplace

This officer obviously didn't use the best discretionary judgement in the world. However, what he did was legal and procedurally correct.
Could he have used a different tact? Of course, and so would have many other officers. This guy caught a 5-day suspension, so I'm pretty sure it won't happen again.
By the way, don't use the actions of this officer as just another excuse to slam all cops. That shows your intelligence.

scruffycat

I am very close to my dad who has, thus far, survived 3 heart attacks and a stroke. So I empathize with this woman in wanting to see her dad.

When my dad suffered a small stroke last year, my cousin was there and drove him to the hospital. As a nurse, herself, she prided herself on the fact that she broke every known traffic law to get him to the ER on time. Personally, I was pretty miffed, because (1) breaking traffic laws is nothing to be proud of, and (2) she could have killed Dad and/or several other people just getting him to the ER. When I have been too distraught to drive safely, I've called people and begged them to drive me and drop me off at the hosp.

I know the panic and the grief that might make a person throw caution to the wind and make a bee-line to the suffering loved one... but it is so dangerous to throw EVERYONE ELSE's caution to the wind, as well... You just HAVE to keep your presence of mind and get to the hospital safely... In fact, the very first heart attack my dad had, I drove 400 miles to see him... I was tired when I got to his city, and forgetting myself, went 70 in a 45 zone. I was in a borrowed car that didn't have insurance where I could find it... I got a ticket. Big one. I deserved it. Then I continued to the hospital.

That said, yeah, the officer did seem to use excessive force... then again, like the guy above me said, the officer didn't know whether the woman was telling the truth or fleeing a murder scene.
It's a tough call, and would have been more tragic, if the dad had died.
I think the bottom line is, the woman should have driven more safely... despite - and especially because of - her grief and fear. But she didn't. The officer should maybe have been a little more sensitive and given her the benefit of the doubt, and at least have said, "I understand, and we'll go as quickly as we can here" or something to that effect... but he didn't. She tried to drive off... and she shouldn't have. So he assumed worse of her, which, unfortunately, made sense. I don't know, maybe he "should've" followed her to the ER and ticketed her inside... but what if she was just stalling and trying to get away?

I feel for both and am glad I am not a police officer. My respect for them is still intact... and my empathy goes out to the woman involved. I'm just glad her dad is ok. I'm sure that her dad has now seen the publicity of this event, and that the woman's love for her dad must warm his heart.

gromit801

Considering the woman was pulled over IN the hospital parking lot, it would have been childishly easy for the cop to check her story. Internal affiars asked the cop why he didn't try to check her story first. All the guy had to do to calm her down was say, "Just let me check the hospital, give me a minute."

When you listen carefully to the sound, and the woman is crying about her father (when they drag her out of the car) that her dad is having a heart attack, you can hear the cop say "Good! Now you're going to jail!"

Remember the woman who was having a miscarriage and trying to get to the hospital? And the cops let her bleed, and they arrested her for some minor warrant. She miscarried in jail.

And people wonder why cops are so hated.

vanamont7

I can't get this on this terminal. I'll just say this; the police are largely a corrupt institution. I haven't seen it to be otherwise. As far as the F.B.I. goes, wait'll you have to deal with them. You'll get a whole different perspective. Look up ' violent impotence ' it's a technical term applied in government. It applies to all functionaries in government anywhere at this time. This is also known as a phenomenon. Look that up too. No, it isn't permanent. A lot of people are going to wish it were, though.

Arsobia64

Disgraceful! That punk pig should not only be fired but his wife and kids should be thrown in a cage with ten serial rapists.This is why cops get shot and why no one should shed a tear when they do. They're so big and bad when they got that tin star and that side arm. I hope I run into this pig someday. That poor girl should sue,sue ,sue!

reene2g

they've been blasting that video all day on CNN, Fox News and every tube in America.
If that was a person of another race, they would have never been given the time of day on American TV and would still be in jail quite honestly.

Voice of Liberty

This is a sensitive subject. I hate to say, but the officer was right. She broke the law not, once, but then she fled. What did she think was going to happen?

If police let everyone go who said that their father was having a heart attack, that would be the excuse all criminals would give. Where do you draw the line? It was unsafe for her to be speeding through the HOV lane to get to the hospital. The job of that deputy was to protect the public and she or someone else could have been injured especially if it turned out that she was drunk or high.

The act that she fled, gave the officer reason to believe that she was hiding something and that her actions could raise the chance of her injuring another person.

Now, if he had let her go and she turned out to be a criminal who had just murdered someone, would he, or his supervisors be able to live with the fact the she might kill again?

docie555@yahoo.com

I'm 51 and I don't have an ounce of respect for any cop or person to act this way. Fire them all, and start over.

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