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To: Teflonic
Sorry, I have to disagree. I'll be the first to lambaste the officer if he's out of line but not in this case. They hear every excuse in the book and 9.5 times out of 10 it's a lie. He has no idea whether she's drunk or high. He lets her go and she kills someone, his life is basically over, in a manner of speaking.

She took off,then disobeys a lawful order after being stopped again and then starts to drive away while he's reaching in to put the car in park. Could have killed or injured him.

BTW, ambulances have no legal right to speed, even if they have someone dying in the back.

Tell Dad to call an ambulance next time, much better odds all around.

12 posted on 05/03/2007 9:00:30 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: Eagles6
"BTW, ambulances have no legal right to speed."

Yes they do under strict guidlines. I know since I used to be a paramedic. Stick to fact and you will have more credibility.

17 posted on 05/03/2007 9:09:34 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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To: Eagles6

I agree. 63 in a 25 zone at night? Suppose she hit somebody. The person would have died. She also seemed to be ripping up the parking lot pavement pretty well, so it’s a good thing no one else’s daddy was walking out to his car.

A side note to everyone reading this thread, if you see a cop driving like a maniac, complain to the department. The bosses know what happens when people drive too fast, that includes cops.


18 posted on 05/03/2007 9:09:36 PM PDT by sig226 (Where did my tag line go?)
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To: Eagles6

I think this is overstating the case. It’s a traffic stop. There was no warrant out on her, she didn’t rob anybody, she wasn’t a shoplifter, a murderer, or even a vandal. She had no drugs and she wasn’t drunk. She was speeding. He pulled her over in the hospital parking lot (or at the very least at the hospital entrance). Sure, she could have come up with a story about visiting the hospital to get out of the ticket, but it’s just a speeding ticket, for crying out loud. In the grand scheme of things it’s not that important. If she’s lying, so what — once again, all she did was drive fast, and if she was telling the truth, the officer could have decided to err on the side of caution and show an ounce of compassion instead of acting like a pr*ck (and he definitely came off as one in the video). I can tell you from personal experience that there *are* other officers who would find his behavior embarrassing and offensive. Even though officers are under tremendous stress day in and day out, you don’t necessarily sign away your humanity when you’re issued the uniform and firearm and that fact speaks to just how critical it is that our officers be men and women of extraordinary character — for they have extraordinary powers and responsibilities.


19 posted on 05/03/2007 9:09:47 PM PDT by Windcatcher (Earth to libs: MARXISM DOESN'T SELL HERE. Try somewhere else.)
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To: Eagles6

re: BTW, ambulances have no legal right to speed, even if they have someone dying in the back.

Are you sure?


33 posted on 05/03/2007 9:58:05 PM PDT by jwpjr
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To: Eagles6
He first stopped her at the ebtrance of the hospital parking lot. Good chance she's telling the truth.

In any case how hard is it going to be to first find if her father has been admitted, or has collapsed in the parking lot? And then charge her.

40 posted on 05/03/2007 10:34:50 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (No.. I said he was a Korean student, not a Koran student)
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