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Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies
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planetbarb
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3/27/2009 9:29 AM
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Anonymous Coward
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3/27/2009 9:30 AM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
It won't bring his mother-in-law back, but I hope he sues the police department. Maybe they'll hire smarter officers. |
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planetbarb
User ID: 577415
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3/27/2009 9:32 AM
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It won't bring his mother-in-law back, but I hope he sues the police department. Maybe they'll hire smarter officers. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 568001
Yes, the officer seemed as dumb as a box of rocks and about as warm hearted as a snake.
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PatrikC325
User ID: 587344
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3/27/2009 9:50 AM
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Friggin Dallas cop it figgers! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 533984
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3/27/2009 9:51 AM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
Did he break the law in anyway? |
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planetbarb
User ID: 577415
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3/27/2009 9:57 AM
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Did he break the law in anyway? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 533984
Technically he probably did -but the deal is the cop must have known the car was heading to the hospital. In the video you can see the driver had put on flashing hazard lights. He wasn't driving at an unsafe speed when he turned onto the hospital ER drive. The cop could have quickly taken his license and so on written the ticket and so on in about one minute if he were playing fair. I watched the video and it looked like the cop kept him there over fifteen minutes.Meanwhile his wife's mother died, and in that time period a nurse went down to the parking lot at least twice. Even with the nurse just telling him that the mother in law is dying, the cop kept giving the same lame lecture over and over. He repeated the same things and on and on...
I remember seeing in old movies cops escorting people who were racing to the hospital. Whatever happened to cops ASSISTING PEOPLE IN EMERGENCIES?
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planetbarb
User ID: 577415
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3/27/2009 10:05 AM
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[link to www.dallasnews.com]
DALLAS NEWS 27 March 2009
Dallas police chief apologizes for conduct of officer who drew gun on NFL player outside hospital
06:13 AM CDT on Friday, March 27, 2009
By STEVE THOMPSON and TANYA EISERER / The Dallas Morning News
As a storm of outrage gathered over his department, Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle called a news conference Thursday to apologize for the behavior of an officer who detained a distressed family outside a hospital emergency room.
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Unedited dash camera video documents entire incident (Dallas Police Department)
03/26/2009
Dallas police chief offers apology to the Moats family
Kunkle said Officer Robert Powell had been placed on paid administrative leave in connection with the incident last week, in which he stopped a family rushing to visit a dying mother, keeping them for 13 minutes to write a traffic ticket. The woman died before two of the family members were able to see her. .............................
................................. article continues....
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Princess Bride
User ID: 643920
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3/27/2009 10:10 AM
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If you listen to what the nurse was telling the cop, she was telling him that Ryan needed to sign papers allowing rescetation for the MIL, who was code blue. In case, no one understands, code blue is when someone has just died but timely measures could still save them.
IOW: This woman DIED because the cop was an asshole.
He should be FIRED.
Heart of the heroes, ride.
Up through an empty house of stars,
Being what heart you are,
Up the inhuman steeps of space
As on a staircase go in grace,
Carrying the firelight on your face
Beyond the loneliest star.
"The Ballad Of The White Horse,"
G. K. Chesterton
This is the generation of that great LEVIATHAN, or rather, to speak more reverently, of that mortal god to which we owe, under the immortal God, our peace and defence.
Thomas Hobbes |
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Anonymous Coward
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3/27/2009 10:12 AM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
It won't bring his mother-in-law back, but I hope he sues the police department. Maybe they'll hire smarter officers. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 568001
He should be fired plain and simple. And if that nfl gy was just a lil ruthless he'd sue the man persoanlly as well as the police dept. No way that officer has the cash to keep a good attorney for any length of time. Whether he won or lost he'd be knee deep in attorney's fees. Cold I know. Oh well
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 140992
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3/27/2009 11:02 AM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
The cop was plainly vindictive towards Moats. Common sense tells you that someone with flashers on, pulling up to a hospital emergency room more than likely has an emergency, i.e., the sign "Emergency Entrance". DUH!!! The nurse, her code blue messages and the nurse just about begging for the "officer?" to let them go, speaks volumes.
I'm glad that Moat's wife ignored that jackass pig (and that's exactly what this guy was/is) and went into the building. It was a chance she had to take and I'm glad she had the nerve to take it.
Officer"?" Powell must be a miserable person. Karma is a bitch. |
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anonymous
User ID: 643755
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3/27/2009 11:48 AM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
you can give permission by phone to save a relative cause i already did ..he goofed acted eratic and cops persued him..he every time something happened to black it is never thier fault ..til facts come out and then that they had fucked up everywhere 99 percent of the time.. .i am sick of whinny baby blacks ..and so is evertone ese cause If they are marching on tv, then i know they have fucked up again.and i instantly change channels ... |
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Princess Bride
User ID: 643920
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3/27/2009 11:51 AM
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you can give permission by phone to save a relative cause i already did ..he goofed acted eratic and cops persued him..he every time something happened to black it is never thier fault ..til facts come out and then that they had fucked up everywhere 99 percent of the time.. .i am sick of whinny baby blacks ..and so is evertone ese cause If they are marching on tv, then i know they have fucked up again.and i instantly change channels ... Quoting: anonymous 643755
I know because we went through that back in Decmeber to.
I think the nurse was trying to help the guy and get the cop off his ass so he could be with his dying MIL.
Heart of the heroes, ride.
Up through an empty house of stars,
Being what heart you are,
Up the inhuman steeps of space
As on a staircase go in grace,
Carrying the firelight on your face
Beyond the loneliest star.
"The Ballad Of The White Horse,"
G. K. Chesterton
This is the generation of that great LEVIATHAN, or rather, to speak more reverently, of that mortal god to which we owe, under the immortal God, our peace and defence.
Thomas Hobbes |
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Sireen-reborn
User ID: 626293
United States
3/27/2009 11:55 AM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
Cops no longer exist for the purpose of Protect and Serve,...they are here for one reason only....
to uphold the laws of the land....no exceptions!
anything after 'but' is bullshit!
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"Once you open your mind to the possibility of conspiracy, you then see conspiracy in everything." [link to deadbydecember-sireen.blogspot.com] |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 644012
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3/27/2009 12:23 PM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
you need to see the whole video
Moats blew a red light, the cop tried to pull him over, Moats did not stop.
After they got to the hospital the cop was certainly was an asshole, but why was Moats running reds?
That just happened to be the first one?? I doubt that. He most likely ran every red light on his trip to the hospital.
More people could have gone to the hospital because of this.
No argument the officer was a jackoff after the situation had been explained, but how many times do you think the guy has had problems pulling assholes over. |
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Sireen-reborn
User ID: 626293
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3/27/2009 12:25 PM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
If someone I loved was dieing, I'd run every red light neccessary to get there!
anything after 'but' is bullshit!
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 432008
United States
3/27/2009 12:27 PM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
So everyone should have a light or sign to install on their car to tell cops 'ignore my shitty driving, I have an emergency at the hospital'? |
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planetbarb
User ID: 577415
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3/27/2009 5:23 PM
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If you listen to what the nurse was telling the cop, she was telling him that Ryan needed to sign papers allowing rescetation for the MIL, who was code blue. In case, no one understands, code blue is when someone has just died but timely measures could still save them.
IOW: This woman DIED because the cop was an asshole.
He should be FIRED. Quoting: Princess Bride
I thought I heard that, too... perhaps he should be looking at a manslaughter charge. |
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planetbarb
User ID: 577415
United States
3/27/2009 5:26 PM
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The cop was plainly vindictive towards Moats. Common sense tells you that someone with flashers on, pulling up to a hospital emergency room more than likely has an emergency, i.e., the sign "Emergency Entrance". DUH!!! The nurse, her code blue messages and the nurse just about begging for the "officer?" to let them go, speaks volumes.
I'm glad that Moat's wife ignored that jackass pig (and that's exactly what this guy was/is) and went into the building. It was a chance she had to take and I'm glad she had the nerve to take it.
Officer"?" Powell must be a miserable person. Karma is a bitch. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 140992
I am also very glad she ran on and at least she was there with her mother when her mother passed on.
It is good the officer at least did not detain the entire family.... |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 624751
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3/27/2009 5:41 PM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
While the cop could have used some common sense and dealt with the traffic stop after the mother in law's issue was handled, he did nothing legally wrong and Moats did. Could he have been a bit more compassionate? Yes.
Moats ran red lights and could have been charged with felony eluding. It's likely that a prosecutor would drop the charges after hearing of the circumstances but Moats took a huge risk continuing to drive to the hospital while the cop had activated his lights and siren.
Moats is lucky the officer didn't follow what is most likely department policy on high risk stops like this and wait for additional units, systematically empty the car at gunpoint, and arrest all occupants.
The cop was a jackass plain and simple, but this could have and most likely would have gone in a completely different direction if Moats had pulled over the second he saw the lights and explained to the officer what was going on. That would have been much more effective than wasting 20 minutes and arguing with the officer in the parking lot. |
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FreeFlow
User ID: 456207
 Austria
3/27/2009 5:46 PM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
You should all be aware that's the way psychopaths behave, they have no sense for proportionality which comes from their complete lack of true emotions, hence they can't estimate situations correctly ever, they just follow plans.
I am here to challenge your indoctrinated false belief that flaming queens don't use shovels ... |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 98008
United States
3/27/2009 5:55 PM | | Re: Houston Texas running back Ryan Moats delayed by cops as wife's mother dies | Quote |
Had an emergency call from my grand mother's home a couple years ago.. My normal trip to work takes approx 19-20 minutes.. I hit the highway with my hazards on a tapping my brights while doing about 95.. Every car, with one exception politely moved over.. The only car that didnt pull over kicked on his lights an sirens and followed me after I passed him..
He just said to "Never do that again, but he understood why I did" Lucky me.. Probably avoided about 10 reckless drive tickets that day |
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planetbarb
User ID: 648345
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4/3/2009 5:02 AM
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While the cop could have used some common sense and dealt with the traffic stop after the mother in law's issue was handled, he did nothing legally wrong and Moats did. Could he have been a bit more compassionate? Yes.
Moats ran red lights and could have been charged with felony eluding. It's likely that a prosecutor would drop the charges after hearing of the circumstances but Moats took a huge risk continuing to drive to the hospital while the cop had activated his lights and siren.
Moats is lucky the officer didn't follow what is most likely department policy on high risk stops like this and wait for additional units, systematically empty the car at gunpoint, and arrest all occupants.
The cop was a jackass plain and simple, but this could have and most likely would have gone in a completely different direction if Moats had pulled over the second he saw the lights and explained to the officer what was going on. That would have been much more effective than wasting 20 minutes and arguing with the officer in the parking lot. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 624751
It is true that there could have been a different outcome, had Moats stopped and told the cop he was on the way to see his dying mother in law in intensive care.
My gut was the cop wanted to cause a problem instead of helping - but it is true Moats should have stopped and hoped for the best that the cop would let him just go on....
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