Posted on 12/14/2014 6:00:40 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
Chippewa Falls, WI — Dashcam video has been released that shows the disturbing last moments of a man’s life as he’s detained by a Chippewa Falls police officer on the way to the hospital.
29-year-old Casey Kressin died after suffering a severe asthma attack when the vehicle that was rushing him to the hospital was pulled over by a Chippewa Falls police officer.
After they were stopped, Kressin’s girlfriend immediately starts to beg the officer to take him to the hospital. The officer instead calls for an ambulance.
The couple was just 3 miles from the hospital when they were stopped. It took over 6 minutes for the ambulance to arrive.
During the stop, the officer callously listens to the begging couple’s pleas for help as Kressin slips further away. “He’s going to die! He can’t breathe!” screams Kressin’s girlfriend. We can hear Kressin begging for help as he falls to the ground, starving for air, “I can’t breathe…..I can’t breathe.”
The officer just stares at the couple, telling them to wait for the ambulance. By the time the ambulance arrives, it takes another 2 and 1/2 minutes before Kressin begins his journey to the hospital; sadly too much time had passed. Police say Kressin became unresponsive at that time and was pronounced dead at Saint Joseph’s Hospital.
Chippewa Falls Chief Wendy Stelter says she stands behind the officers who responded, saying that Kressin’s girlfriend should not have been allowed to drive the rest of the way because she was hysterical.
However, she was only hysterical because her boyfriend was dying and being kept from life saving treatment that could have saved his life.
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And millions of people have died from the DDT ban.
I hear you.
Yes!
The EMT crew in the video did not seem to be aware of the correct protocols, or the need for speed.
To be fair, it might have already been too late when they arrived. The police stop used up all the safety margin.
Driving slowly will get you pulled over more often than moderate speeding. ;)
“Hopefully you’ll think about your statement, the cop you let die may be one of the most compassionate and helpful people in the world, in other words a human being. “
Then maybe THEY should reverse that. They keep treating our lives as nothing, but expect our concern and support as if it is theirs by right of God. You reap what you sow. And they’ve sown an arrogant disregard for other people’s lives. LE has had crappy attitudes about the deaths of innocent people at cop hands. Even the chief of the NYC stairwell shooting simply dismisses it as an accident, that should have no consequences.
As long as cops have that attitude about my life and dignity, they can pound sand over anything they want from me. Actions have consequences, even for cops.
As for the myth of the good cop. There are only two possibilities. Either there are too few good cops to deal with the issue of bad cops, or those ‘good’ cops are perfectly comfortable with the bad ones among them.
I will remember that when Officer Harless went nuts in OH, the other officers of his department gave him their support. That is the measure of their concern for a bad cop.
Does the cop know where the hospital is?
Regardless of where the hospital is, the ambulance leaving the hospital and the supposedly hysterical driver have the same distance to cover.
The policeman made his decision and told the driver to stay. The driver then made her decision and stayed.
Damn those doughnut munchers.
It's fun to drive on studded tires in the Winter across prohibiting states by never getting off the Interstates.
Of course carrying guns through some states is not recommended. Better to drive around.
I personally know a guy who was pulled over by a city cop in Clayhatchee, Alabama.
Now this guy was a Federal agent driving an unmarked car and it was not a black Crown Vic with premium tires and little antennae all around it. It was an ordinary car.
When the cop asked for ID the agent showed his badge and the cop said just about what you would expect him to say. He apologized as he had no probably cause to stop him. Fortunately for him the agent was in a good mood.
You know, at one time it was, at least for me anyway. Growing up in the 1960's, my next door neighbor was a cop, and yes, he was an Andy-type, laid-back yet very professional.
In the late 1970's I worked security for a university. In that position I interacted with many city policemen. Many were WWII veterans, and most were Andy-types. I saw quite a few non-violent takedowns executed by those guys.
How the times have changed.
Her mistake was stopping for the police officer. She should have kept driving to the Hospital ER. She was four minutes away from saving Casey.
Getting out of the car and walking twenty feet used up all the oxygen reserves he had left. He might have had another two minutes if he had remained upright and seated in the car.
> Mandatory IQ tests needed sooner rather than later.
At least in some departments, they have them. Candidates who score too high don’t get to become cops.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836
When police officers come to an accident do they load the injured into their cars and take them to the hospital as standard practice, or do they call the paramedics?
I know. But this ain’t Mayberry, and that cop ain’t Andy.
“””Another article says the car was stopped after speeding through a red light. What if she had t-boned somebody?”””
What if? What if the cop acted human?
Should you be able to afford it, please buy a clue; for your own good..
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Having a reasoned discussion is good, but please don’t direct your criticism to me personally.
I prefer to stay where we don’t need anything related to snow and all the nearby states are reciprocal.
On the other hand, other than the weather, the people, the food, the beaches, the taxes and the economy, the South really sucks. Y’all enjoy that white stuff for me.
I don't follow. If the ambulance was being dispatched from the hospital, it would have to cover twice the distance to get the patient to the hospital as would the car.
The driver then made her decision and stayed.
Once the cop was on-scene, the driver really could make no decision. If the driver decided to continue, the cop most probably would have forcefully prevented it.
cops aren't paid to think.
My thoughts exactly.
WTH is it with police and people with breathing issues?
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