You are assuming bad intentions by the officer. Or, maybe the officer made a mistake. Do you think the officer planned this? Maybe he did not want the man to see his son in this condition our of compassion.
You are probably right the cop made a mistake and typically charged the grieving father to cover it up. Yeah I feel much better about him in that case. Maybe the cop went over and shot the dog and cat?
Not the cop’s call to make.
My wife and two children were involved in an accident a couple years ago. They were missing down a steep embankment for a short time before they were finally found, while the police were at my home taking a report. The cop at my house was and still is a good friend of my family.
While he was still getting information, I heard the call come over his portable radio that my wife’s vehicle had been found. He tried to get me to stay home while he went to check it out, wishing to spare me the horrible scene (potentially).
I still remember my exact words to him, in a voice as cold a s a tomb: Deputy (even though we were friends and had been on a first-name basis for several years), I am going to my family RIGHT NOW. If you want to stop me, you are going to have to kill me, because if you try to stop me, I’m going to kill you.
I could have been arrested and tried for my (dead serious) threat, but the Deputy decided that it was best NOT to get in between a man and his (possibly) injured family.
BTW, my family was not injured. The vehicle was totaled, and they had a few minor scrapes and bruises.
It involves far more than physical appearances than you understand. Five months ago, I would have said you have a valid point. Today, I couldn't disagree more.