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...
“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.”
I agree with you. Also, the police have been conditioned to go by the book because of the video cameras in their vehicles and their fear of not being backed up if an arrest goes bad. I believe most cops are great.
Not to long ago, I was faced with a similar experience. One of my boys was attacked by a swarm of bees and his throat swelled up to the point that he was having trouble breathing.
We live about 3 miles from the hospital and I rushed him to the emergency room. I was speeding and blinking my lights and sounding my horn. An officer saw me speeding and came up behind me and motioned for me to pull over. I ignored him and proceeded to the emergency room and grabbed my boy and ran inside to have him treated.
The officer followed me inside and waited as my boy was being treated. One of the nurses came into the room and said that the officer wanted to see me. I expected the worst.
The officer was very understanding and professional once I explained what had happened. He did not write up a ticket. The only thing he cautioned me about was that if it ever happened again, I should think about calling 911 rather than driving myself.
He said good luck with my boy and left.
This policeman,to me, did his job correctly.
My wife and I were out to dinner not too long afterwards and saw him and his wife in the restaurant. I told our waiter that I wanted to pay for his meal. My wife and I left before they finished up. I don’t know what his reaction was when he was told that someone had paid for his meal.
What about serving the other public, the people who don’t want to get run over by someone driving at 63 mph in a 25 zone in the dark? They also get some protection.