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EMT Who Fought With Oklahoma Trooper Wants Officer to Lose Badge
AP (via FOX News) ^ | June 16, 2009

Posted on 06/16/2009 1:10:08 PM PDT by Eddings

OKLAHOMA CITY — The paramedic who scuffled with an Oklahoma highway police officer while a patient waited inside the ambulance says the trooper should lose his badge.

Maurice White Jr. said Tuesday on the CBS "Early Show" that trooper Daniel Martin was in a state of rage when he stopped his ambulance and totally disregarded the patient's safety.

Martin stopped the ambulance May 24 for failing to yield.

White says he got out of the ambulance to tell the trooper they were taking a patient to the hospital. The argument quickly escalated into a scuffle and Martin put White in a choke hold.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: cop; donutwatch; emt; leo
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1 posted on 06/16/2009 1:10:09 PM PDT by Eddings
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To: Eddings
one thing i don't get: why even stop the ambulance?

anyway, i have yet to see the video in it's entirety.

2 posted on 06/16/2009 1:11:50 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: thefactor

I have not followed this, but I thought I heard that the ambulance did not have lights or siren going (so could be stopped for traffic violations).


3 posted on 06/16/2009 1:13:02 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Eddings

Failure to yield? I would have thought an ambulance had the right of way.


4 posted on 06/16/2009 1:14:13 PM PDT by mrsdeb (I didn't expect THAT to happen.)
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To: NEMDF

then the obvious question is why didn’t they? they had someone in the back. must not have been very critical.


5 posted on 06/16/2009 1:14:27 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: thefactor
one thing i don't get: why even stop the ambulance?

Don't get in the way of a donut run.

6 posted on 06/16/2009 1:16:20 PM PDT by Dan(9698)
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To: thefactor

Maybe someone who knows this story can help?


7 posted on 06/16/2009 1:16:59 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Eddings

Can’t we all just get along punk?


8 posted on 06/16/2009 1:18:54 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now,----> tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: mrsdeb

If the officer was in such a hurry, why stop to hassle another person on call?


9 posted on 06/16/2009 1:20:16 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: NEMDF

There are some FR threads on it. But searching keyword “donutwatch” and “doyouknowwhoiam” or “respectmyauthority” might bring back too many unrelated threads.


10 posted on 06/16/2009 1:21:12 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: Eddings

that officer should absolutely lose his job. He is menace with uncontrollable urges that will put lives in danger.

He is a blight to the LEO community and cannot be trusted to carry out his duties with integrity.


11 posted on 06/16/2009 1:21:50 PM PDT by Vendome
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To: Eddings

“Officer, if your “emergency” were more important than MY emergency, you wouldn’t be standing here peeing on my shoes!”


12 posted on 06/16/2009 1:22:49 PM PDT by G Larry (ObamaCare = "DYING IN LINE!")
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To: Eddings

OHP needs to fire an officer and the county needs to get a new DA. Publicly stating I’d be proud to have EMT Maurice White stand up for me. We should stand up for him.


13 posted on 06/16/2009 1:23:04 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: NEMDF

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2271677/posts


14 posted on 06/16/2009 1:24:07 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Eddings
cannonball run

"Cysts, on the walls of her lungs. Why, we couldn't even go through Denver it's so high."

15 posted on 06/16/2009 1:28:28 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: Eddings

Anger management class.Give him another chance.


16 posted on 06/16/2009 1:28:32 PM PDT by fatima (Free hugs.)
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To: Vendome

agreed


17 posted on 06/16/2009 1:28:46 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Eddings
donuts Pictures, Images and Photos
18 posted on 06/16/2009 1:28:46 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Eddings

The PC crowd is doing all it can to railroad the officer by using one frame of the officer holding the neck of the attendant. The media is using the cellphone video rather than the patrol car video because it is limited to the actions around the ambulance and not the whole scene. Checking the whole scene proves the officer did the right thing. But police rarely get favorable attention from the media. And this officer is on leave because his family is being threatened by brave liberals (no doubt) and he wants to be at home to provide protection.


19 posted on 06/16/2009 1:30:00 PM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: Vendome

Have you seen the full video?. You comment is full of crap.


20 posted on 06/16/2009 1:31:04 PM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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