Posted on 05/28/2009 6:57:31 AM PDT by Dallas59
The incident happened near Boley in Okfuskee County.
In the video, you see OHP troopers pushing the paramedic and grabbing his neck.
The fight happened during an emergency call when a patient waiting to be taken to the local hospital was in the back of the ambulance.
Officials say OHP troopers became upset after the paramedic failed to yield while the troopers were rushing to a call of their own.
The troopers claim the paramedic assaulted one of them before the camera started rolling.
The video was shot by the patient's son. He says he continually asked the troopers to stop, so his mom could be taken to the hospital.
"We're like telling this dude. 'Man, my mom is in the back.' My step-dad was like 'man my wife is in the back, can we do this at the hospital,'" said Kenyada Davis.
The patient was finally taken to the hospital where she was treated and released.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol won't comment on the video while it's being reviewed by Okfuskee County prosecutors.
And, it's only a hypothesis, but I wager that "roid rage" accounts for at least some of the police brutality claims that are seen from time to time.
Hm, seems like a clear case of assault to me.
Does it seem like the government’s enforcers (police) are acting a little more... aggressively, this year?
What, if any, is the link to politics and who is in office?
I always try to be armed around Black males because of their high crime rates.
Not unlike what would result if you compelled any public sector employee to take an IQ test...
>I always try to be armed around Black males because of their high crime rates.
I see.
The most likely outcome is they’ll arrest the kid for making the video tape.
So a few harsh words make it ok for the police to assault a person? If cops dont have more self control than that they should be fired and certainly shouldnt have guns.
hows your foot taste?
He probably would've avoided an unnecessary and illegal beating at the hands a some @$$-hole LEOs....
Never know when Oprah is gonna try to steal your car....
...You mean Oprah isn’t a black male...?
Apparently this was a traffic stop. They pulled over the ambulance, that was on an emergency run with a patient in the back because it did not yield to the police cars on a call. I don’t know which law supersedes, but to pull over an EMT on a something like this... That EMT might be clearing your airway tomorrow after the Cop has a traffic accident or worse gets shot or something. It sure seems that the traffic stop was unnecessary. What happened to the call the Trooper was going on that was so important? I just don’t get why we empower government employees to be thuggish and brutal. The next story at the site was that the Tulsa Police were planning one of those huge traffic blitzes to calm down bad drivers. “Warning books put in the trunk” and drivers license checkpoints. Why do “you people” want this? Policeman per 1000 in this country is 2.77.
# 1 Montserrat: 7.81501 per 1,000 people
# 2 Mauritius: 7.28432 per 1,000 people
# 3 Dominica: 6.40311 per 1,000 people
# 4 Italy: 5.55565 per 1,000 people
# 5 Hong Kong: 4.79374 per 1,000 people
# 6 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 4.7868 per 1,000 people
# 7 Portugal: 4.64878 per 1,000 people
# 8 Kazakhstan: 4.54998 per 1,000 people
# 9 Latvia: 4.51878 per 1,000 people
# 10 Czech Republic: 4.47613 per 1,000 people
# 11 Slovakia: 3.72086 per 1,000 people
# 12 Lithuania: 3.53934 per 1,000 people
# 13 Malaysia: 3.43936 per 1,000 people
# 14 Thailand: 3.35665 per 1,000 people
# 15 Kyrgyzstan: 3.25049 per 1,000 people
# 16 Slovenia: 3.14023 per 1,000 people
# 17 Moldova: 3.01481 per 1,000 people
# 18 Germany: 2.91153 per 1,000 people
# 19 Ireland: 2.8989 per 1,000 people
# 20 Hungary: 2.88528 per 1,000 people
# 21 Spain: 2.86696 per 1,000 people
# 22 South Africa: 2.7668 per 1,000 people
# 23 Estonia: 2.72543 per 1,000 people
# 24 Poland: 2.61367 per 1,000 people
# 25 Jamaica: 2.57054 per 1,000 people
# 26 Georgia: 2.46034 per 1,000 people
# 27 Norway: 2.42412 per 1,000 people
# 28 Turkey: 2.38057 per 1,000 people
# 29 Iceland: 2.24441 per 1,000 people
# 30 Romania: 2.18728 per 1,000 people
# 31 Colombia: 2.12215 per 1,000 people
# 32 Australia: 2.09293 per 1,000 people
# 33 France: 2.049 per 1,000 people
# 34 United Kingdom: 2.04871 per 1,000 people
# 35 Switzerland: 1.93617 per 1,000 people
# 36 Netherlands: 1.92448 per 1,000 people
# 37 Denmark: 1.91716 per 1,000 people
# 38 Chile: 1.85583 per 1,000 people
# 39 Korea, South: 1.85461 per 1,000 people
# 40 Japan: 1.81103 per 1,000 people
# 41 Sri Lanka: 1.72484 per 1,000 people
# 42 Canada: 1.70767 per 1,000 people
# 43 Zimbabwe: 1.68859 per 1,000 people
# 44 Finland: 1.56347 per 1,000 people
# 45 Zambia: 1.13674 per 1,000 people
# 46 Papua New Guinea: 0.985032 per 1,000 people
# 47 India: 0.956207 per 1,000 people
# 48 Costa Rica: 0.370767 per 1,000 people
Why do “you people” want an aggressive and armed government monitoring your activities? I don’t understand. You have to be a physical coward to demand the government provide you with a zero risk environment.
Interesting hypothesis! I would be interested in seeing it tested but would not hold my breath until it is, for all sorts of reasons.
What's your point? Yes, I'm a little dense.
His point is more cops = less freedom.
Another isolated incident, no doubt.
Even comedians, Chris Rock for one, know to keep themselves respectful and their mouths shut when confronted with police officers;whether they are black, white or titty pink. This ratchet mouthed diversity product more than likely ragged it on knowing he was being videotaped and with the prevailing mindset of the Rodney King supporters acted the same. Again, we get to see the end of the incident when the LE loses it.
We control our government. If people demand a lot of cops and are willing to pay for it... We get a lot of cops. If people would be unwilling to pay for lots of cops we wouldn’t have a lot of cops... Pretty simple formula. We live in a quasi police state where armed government employees are plentiful, aggressive, and always ready to correct bad behavior. We live in that environment because that’s what the people want. If you don’t want to live a life being surveillance by armed government employees join me in voting down every police bond issue. Don’t call city hall and demand more police. Police are human. Humans are very very fallible. To empower another human to govern your affairs is a really chancy thing. Be wary of it. Power voluntarily given up to somebody else will never be voluntarily returned.
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