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Man Dies During Traffic Stop From Asthma Attack as Cop Refuses to Let them Drive to Hospital
The Free Thought Project ^ | December 13, 2014 | Matt Agorist

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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TOPICS: Government; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: agitprop; choomgang; donutwatch; icantbreathe; leo; wisconsin
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To: BerryDingle

See my post #45


61 posted on 12/14/2014 6:29:17 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (My love affair with an abuser is over. Support a third party.)
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To: livius

Good for you, but you need to realize not all situations are the same.


62 posted on 12/14/2014 6:29:53 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: ClearCase_guy
"They aren’t there to help you. They are there to show you that they have power over you, and that you are just a peasant."

I swear, I need a "like" button.
63 posted on 12/14/2014 6:30:23 PM PST by softengine (Betrayal and Hypocrisy play on both sides of the fence.......but no one will admit it.)
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To: CatherineofAragon

At least the 911 call should be on tape, for later.


64 posted on 12/14/2014 6:31:24 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (/s /s /s /s /s, my replies are "liberally" sprinkled with them behind every word and letter.!)
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To: CatherineofAragon

Smart ..... life saved overrides contempt of cop in my book as well.


65 posted on 12/14/2014 6:33:26 PM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: livius

I disagree. The triage nurse was the one who screwed up in your example.

The myth that you get admitted sooner coming by ambulance over walking in is just that, a myth.

I have been on quite a few calls where this was explained to the patient before transport and they ended up getting a $900 taxi ride in an ambulance only to be sent out to the waiting room.


66 posted on 12/14/2014 6:33:31 PM PST by Clay Moore ("911 is for when the backhoe won't start." JRandomFreeper)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Thank god the cop survived to shoot a dog on another day.


67 posted on 12/14/2014 6:33:38 PM PST by dinodino
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To: livius

You know, this is a good point. Had they arrived not in an ambulance, they’d have likely let him die in the waiting room. We hear stories about that plenty.


68 posted on 12/14/2014 6:33:50 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: All

the first mistake that was made was driving him at all. you call 911 and go by ambulance.


69 posted on 12/14/2014 6:34:16 PM PST by willywill
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To: Slings and Arrows

In this case, its all about authority and power over the individual.


70 posted on 12/14/2014 6:34:40 PM PST by Sasparilla
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To: Slings and Arrows

This Free Thought Project, so-called, is a bunch of fecal matter.

Usually they even lie and leave out info.


71 posted on 12/14/2014 6:35:51 PM PST by ifinnegan
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To: Slings and Arrows

Oh obviously he could breathe! He was talking. He was just faking. All the “experts” said Eric Garner could breathe ‘cause he was talking.

What doesn’t this shithead take him to the hospital!

Frickin’ telling the woman that she’s not helping!


72 posted on 12/14/2014 6:36:04 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: Moonman62
When driving through Detroit at night (or most other times) waiting for a red is not a good policy. Check for on-coming and treat it as a stop sign for your direction....

Get a clue...

73 posted on 12/14/2014 6:36:09 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: willywill
"go by ambulance"

Way too expensive and way too slow if one only lives a couple of miles from the Hospital.

74 posted on 12/14/2014 6:37:58 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: A_perfect_lady
"they’d have likely let him die in the waiting room. "

THAT IS an issue....

75 posted on 12/14/2014 6:38:51 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: livius

Exactly.


76 posted on 12/14/2014 6:38:56 PM PST by kenavi (Debunk THIS!)
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To: CatherineofAragon

There you are. Settle it later except in the age the cop would probably shoot at your car.


77 posted on 12/14/2014 6:41:09 PM PST by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!a)
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To: Moonman62

Red lights and a siren is just a way to ASK for permission to go through a light. We still must pretty much come to a stop before proceeding and after driving for many years, I don’t even blow green lights at posted speed +10 as we are allowed.

I blow red lights every day I work. The red lights and siren just warn people, it does not stop them in any fashion. Most of the time, they just scatter like chickens. Some pull right, some left, some just stop, some ignore.

Red lights can be blown safely just like I do every shift, come to the light, no one in cross traffic proceed.


78 posted on 12/14/2014 6:41:23 PM PST by Clay Moore ("911 is for when the backhoe won't start." JRandomFreeper)
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To: CatherineofAragon

That’s the law in Florida now, too. If you can’t shift lanes, you are supposed to slow down to 20 mph under the speed limit.


79 posted on 12/14/2014 6:42:02 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
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To: Clay Moore

They don’t have a triage nurse if you drive in, or at least not in the South, where I live. They have some women with long fingernails and lots of extensions sitting behind the desk watching the soaps and asking if the patient you have brought in can stand up.

Believe me, going into the emergency room in an ambulance is the only way to go.


80 posted on 12/14/2014 6:42:06 PM PST by livius
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