“but what if”
WHAT IF is the cry of nanny-staters everywhere. You, by your pathetic statement of support for fascist tactics by the police, have earned the badge of “Duped”.
May God have more mercy on your soul than the cop in question and you showed this woman.
YES! Right on target. Some of the people in this thread who are defending the behavior of this cop are scaring the HELL out of me. I cannot believe that anyone can justify the behavior of this cop. The hospital was literally IN SIGHT of the location where he pulled her over. All he had to do was escort her for about a 90-second drive, then take another 2-3 minutes to walk inside and VERIFY her story with the Emergency Room. If it turned out to be false, he could charge with everything he could dream up within the law...and he could have come up with a lot had she been lying. BUT, if she was telling the truth, he could have done something that cops have forgotten is their duty...to SERVE the public.
The story of this poor woman is all to familiar. On the rare occasions when I have been forced to deal with Police, and they are given a choice between being friendly or being jerks, they choose the latter the VAST majority of the time. The scumbag Democrats are almost NEVER right about any issues, but they have a legit point when they bitch about police conduct. Now in all honesty, part of why cops act like JERKS is because of Democrats and their unfair bitching about everything related to the police, but I would hope that people in the position of power that police hold would be able to distinguish between real criminals and people who may have stumbled into a situation that created the perception of criminal activity.
But as another poster correctly pointed out, far too many police look at ALL of us as would-be criminals rather than the citizens who pay their salary. And that needs to change...
Pay close attention. I stated that I feel sorry for her situation but that is no excuse for her endangering anyone else. I worked as a paramedic for quite a few years and saw the result of reckless behavior and in many cases stupidity.
Did the officer over react? Possibly. But she should not have taken off after she was stopped.
One more thing. I used to work the night shift in an urban area. I worked with police on a routine basis. It's true some are jerks but for the most part I found them professionals doing a dirty job and the only thanks they got was criticism for doing that job from people like you.
PS. What do you do for a living?