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This was a rescue scene of a very nasty traffic accident. Often times there are life threatening hazards to all involved while rescue crews race a very short clock. As much sympathy as I have for the father -- I very likely would do the same as he -- I am not going to judge these emergency responders based on a very brief newspaper article.

As for the criminal charges. This is CYA liability protection mode. If they had restrained the father without the criminal charges, there is no official blame assigned to the father. Next thing you get a big, fat lawsuit. The first thing his attorney will ask, "If he behaved so badly that you had to restrain him, why didn't you file criminal charges?"

Its a bad situation all the way around. But this is how the silly lawsuits make a Police Officer to take care of a volatile scene while making sure he doesn't lose his shirt and his house.

Most importantly, prayers and condolences to the young man's family.

This was a rescue scene of a very nasty traffic accident. Often times there are life threatening hazards to all involved while rescue crews race a very short clock.

I understand that.

However, it must be said, there have been thousands of occasions where others on the scene, witnesses etc, have saved many lives, in auto collisions, aircraft crashes, ran into structure fires in an effort to rescue etc. Many times these non paid, non-official rescuers have forced doors open, broke windows, picked vehicles up off victims, stopped bleeding, transported victims etc etc.

I have been on scenes where family members have been allowed in past the tape, if you will, and many times the victims were children.

Based on the article, it seems this possibly could have been handled a little better. But then again, the wreckage of both vehicles could have been sitting in a pool of fuel.

Not a good scene regardless. Life can really suck at times.