'Somebody Help Me!' Nurse Arrested After Refusing to Draw Blood

Time Magazine ^ | 9/1/2018 | AP

[Tammy8]

She was not charged with anything. LEOs finally came to their senses in the parking lot after lecturing her for 20 minutes in a cop car, in the heat.

[zeugma]

The chief (perhaps not the mayor) should have reviewed the body cam several weeks ago and suspended the officer then.

Indeed. One would think they'd have found the vid to be troubling before it went viral on the internet. It would appear that bad publicity is a sharp too to focus the minds of officials. I am not sure of the circumstances of the release of the bodycam vid. i.e., was it leaked? Was it released in response to a specific inquiry? (Perhaps from the hospital or their lawyers?

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Here's another oddball, yelling at people - who says "we've had enough [help]" - seriously?? The perfect vehicle for helping out in flooded areas and they're being sent away?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGa5-Vj-QeA

 

 

[Tammy8]

The nurse’s attorney released it when the nurse and her attorney felt nothing was being done by the police department regarding her treatment by the officers.

[morphing libertarian]

thanx

[Paul R.]

Agreed.

Re: 5. Not all military gear is combat type gear, of course, but giving cops combat gear is a bad idea. If THAT’s needed, bring in the National Guard temporarily in the numbers needed.

[Paul R.]

The squeaky wheel gets the grease!