Posted on 04/22/2008 7:01:07 PM PDT by buccaneer81
stand between a man and his and you’ve got it coming to you.
tragedy and I can understand the father. hopfully the charges will be dropped but they appear to be the least of his worries.
Good grief!
Leave the DAD alone. If I were him, I’d do the same thing. If I couldn’t directly help, I’d want to be near the crew verbally encouraging my son. How dare these arseholes. Have a heart for the Dad.
I agree.
They are behaving like cold hearted Nazis.
The law better find WMDs.
It was a stupid decision to charge him. Restrain him, yes, because you don’t want to stop the emergency workers from doing their job. But charging him was absolutely insane.
er..the master.
Agreed. He could have been speaking to his son anyway. Why wouldn’t they let him go near him??? That’s ludicrous. He didn’t have to be in the way while the experts were doing their jobs of course however, they COULD have let him stand by and try to speak to his son. It would have been comforting to his son and to him. Tragic.
Yep this cop kept this man being with his son the last minutes of his son’s life. I don’t know from what I read whether the son was out cold or not, but what a jerk. Did he go over to the guys house and shoot his dog after the accident scene was taken care of?
Yep this cop kept this man being with his son the last minutes of his son’s life. I don’t know from what I read whether the son was out cold or not, but what a jerk. Did he go over to the guys house and shoot his dog after the accident scene was taken care of?
God bless all the state troopers, who deal with this kind of tragedy week in and week out.
Agreed. He could have been speaking to his son anyway. Why wouldn’t they let him go near him??? That’s ludicrous. He didn’t have to be in the way while the experts were doing their jobs of course however, they COULD have let him stand by and try to speak to his son. It would have been comforting to his son and to him. Tragic.
But why charge the man? No jury will convict him. Temporary insanity. Whatever.
This is a police state run wild. The sheriff's opinion that he 'crossed a line' is self-important bilge. Guess what, Mr. High Sheriff, the world does not revolve around you and your department, especially when a man's son is dead. He's got more on his plate than he can handle, already.
Don’t these people have common sense?
Agree with everything you said.
I share your sentiments.
I’d do the same, and I’d probably wind up in cuffs too. The cop way over reacted. That said, imagine handling fatal MVA scenes every week for years. It’s got to wear on you. I have a special place in my heart for the highway patrol officers, who have to bear that burden.
Do not think boys, in particular; or 'kids' in general; should be driving at sixteen. . .up the age requirement.
That said, prayers for this family.
What a bunch of Nazis!
That father may not have been able to physically help them, but he could have spoke to his son and encouraged him - even if he was unconscious. As it turned out, he lost that opportunity on this earth. Hope these pompous, control freaks are pleased with themselves.
Dad will spend the rest of his life muttering to himself .. "I could have done it ... I could have done it ... "
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