Posted on 09/27/2016 12:23:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
After finding out his teenage sister had been killed in a car accident over the weekend, Mark Ross said he wanted to be with his mother as soon as he could.
Without a vehicle, Ross said that he convinced someone he knew to drive, and jumped in the man's car just after 3 a.m. Sunday in Indiana. Ross wrote in a Facebook post that they were speeding through Ohio, bound for Detroit, when the lights flashed behind them.
"I knew I was going to jail due to a petty warrant," Ross wrote.
Ross was in the passenger seat of the car when Trooper J. Davis pulled them over, and the driver had a suspended license and an outstanding warrant as well, according to Inside Edition.
Trooper Davis ended up taking the driver into custody and having the car towed, which left Ross stranded in Ohio.
Ross explained what happened next when Ohio State Highway Patrol Sergeant David Robison arrived:
"I broke down crying and he saw the sincerity in my cry. He REACHES OVER AND BEGAN PRAYING OVER ME AND MY FAMILY. He offered to bring me 100 miles further to Detroit because they towed the vehicle. Everybody knows how much I dislike Cops but I am truly Greatful (sic) for this Guy. He gave me hope"
True to his word, Robison drove Ross more than 100 miles to a Detroit coffee shop where he could meet his cousin.
"It was just so overwhelming," Ross told Inside Edition. "They were trying to help us."
Ross and his family said they are so grateful for Robison's generosity, and that the sergeant has even promised to attend the funeral.
I wish we had more cops, and just regular everyone, like this officer.
Be kind to strangers as they just might be angels in disguise!!!
This may not be popular, but I think this is a fine example of selective enforcement, which is the root of our problems. This is why laws should be blind or else everybody will find exceptions and laws would be meaningless. Enforce the law (outstanding warrants and speeding) or get rid of the laws. Put emotions aside, if you are enforcing laws, which is your job!
There was no selective enforcement. The officer who drove him to Detroit was not the officer who pulled him over.
agree 100%
“Everybody knows how much I dislike Cops”
Ignorance on display. Bless this officer.
Sad that he has to qualify his statement by reassuring us how rotten cops are, in general, before saying this one was good.
The police officer performed his job, and then helped an individual whose sister had just died. Sometimes, people do what's right. The letter kills, but the Spirit brings life.
I have no sympathy for criminals. Spent 25 years putting up with their whining in NY's prison system. Back when they didn't have easy access to make phone calls, they were allowed two calls a month. The calls were dialed by an officer. The cons would claim they loved their mothers, wives, girlfriends, etc. so much that they had to call them. I'd tell them if they'd cared so much about their loved ones, they'd have done everything possible to stay out of trouble to begin with. BS artists every one of them.
I think you missed the point of the story.
“...he decides to speed down the road in the middle of the night...”
He wasn’t the driver. He was the passenger.
Tears. God IS.
Thank you for dear photo.
This ain’t the third Reich sparky. The cop did good and exactly what he should have. They aren’t here to be the MPs on a SAC base.
True, but the dummy driving had a warrant or warrants on him as well as the rider.
Did you read the article?
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