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Man Dies During Traffic Stop From Asthma Attack as Cop Refuses to Let them Drive to Hospital
The Free Thought Project ^ | December 13, 2014 | Matt Agorist

Posted on 12/14/2014 6:00:40 PM PST by Slings and Arrows

Chippewa Falls, WI — Dashcam video has been released that shows the disturbing last moments of a man’s life as he’s detained by a Chippewa Falls police officer on the way to the hospital.

29-year-old Casey Kressin died after suffering a severe asthma attack when the vehicle that was rushing him to the hospital was pulled over by a Chippewa Falls police officer.

After they were stopped, Kressin’s girlfriend immediately starts to beg the officer to take him to the hospital. The officer instead calls for an ambulance.

The couple was just 3 miles from the hospital when they were stopped. It took over 6 minutes for the ambulance to arrive.

During the stop, the officer callously listens to the begging couple’s pleas for help as Kressin slips further away. “He’s going to die! He can’t breathe!” screams Kressin’s girlfriend. We can hear Kressin begging for help as he falls to the ground, starving for air, “I can’t breathe…..I can’t breathe.”

The officer just stares at the couple, telling them to wait for the ambulance. By the time the ambulance arrives, it takes another 2 and 1/2 minutes before Kressin begins his journey to the hospital; sadly too much time had passed. Police say Kressin became unresponsive at that time and was pronounced dead at Saint Joseph’s Hospital.

Chippewa Falls Chief Wendy Stelter says she stands behind the officers who responded, saying that Kressin’s girlfriend should not have been allowed to drive the rest of the way because she was hysterical.

However, she was only hysterical because her boyfriend was dying and being kept from life saving treatment that could have saved his life.

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TOPICS: Government; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: agitprop; choomgang; donutwatch; icantbreathe; leo; wisconsin
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To: weezel
Next day I walked into the Marshville police station and there sat the chief of police at his desk. He looked up and saw me, my face burned and red, both eyes blood red, and he said tome, Goddamn, I hope you aint as mad with me as your wife was yesterday!

I hope you were.

281 posted on 12/15/2014 9:52:07 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
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To: Tired of Taxes
Then she would’ve had to find parking and somehow help him into the hospital. Or she would’ve had to park in the ambulance lane, run into the hospital, run up to the front desk, and ask for someone to come out and help her boyfriend into the hospital.

Parking? You're hilarious. In a life-and-death emergency, I'm not looking for parking. LOL

282 posted on 12/15/2014 10:17:56 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: ex91B10
Twenty years ago I would of laughed at that. Not now.

I know what you mean.
It keeps getting more and more realistic/accurate.

283 posted on 12/15/2014 11:02:52 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: QT3.14; All

>> “It’s amazing when subjects about the police come out on FR, the Monday Morning Quarterback police-haters come out of the woodwork” <<

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Defenders of incompetent arrogance like you do FR a huge disservice!

Police and Firefighters need to be trained to step aside if they are not competent to assist. A man is dead directly, proximately, because of incompetent arrogance.
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284 posted on 12/15/2014 11:17:46 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: QT3.14; editor-surveyor

> Defenders of incompetent arrogance like you do FR a huge disservice!

Oh, come now... if nobody were to defend “incompetent arrogance” we wouldn’t have the Romney-Bots or the “You have to vote Republican!” guys who ensured Boehner got re-elected.


285 posted on 12/15/2014 11:26:05 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

I wish I could LOL...

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286 posted on 12/15/2014 11:39:13 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Oh noz! S and A will not hate. S and A will not hate.
Let them keep their own hate. It will devour them. We be love as best we can while we help them devour themselves.


287 posted on 12/15/2014 12:19:22 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: SoothingDave
Parking? You're hilarious. In a life-and-death emergency, I'm not looking for parking. LOL

She would've had to stop the car somewhere at the hospital. As I said, even if she pulled up to the door, she still would've had to run into the hospital and ask for help, or she would've had to somehow help him through the doors and ask for help.

Sorry, but I spent too much time being rushed to the hospital over and over again one year. I even was dropped off at the door of the emergency room a few times. If you really want to laugh, laugh at the idea that you pull up and the hospital staff rushes to your aid immediately. LOL. Now THAT'S funny.

288 posted on 12/15/2014 2:31:53 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: Slings and Arrows

Very distressing.


289 posted on 12/15/2014 2:33:21 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: wardaddy

“Life threatening asthma is a kitchen sink emergency...”

I remember being given big shots of adrenaline at the Fort Meyer clinic when I had a bad asthma as a kid. I’d go from barely able to catch a breath to feeling like superman in about 10 seconds.

Much as I love Virginia it didn’t love me in spring and fall when the pollen load was heavy.


290 posted on 12/15/2014 11:22:02 PM PST by Pelham (Treason, not just for Democrats anymore)
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To: SaraJohnson

Having suffered from severe asthma in the past I’ll hate him for ya.


291 posted on 12/15/2014 11:26:15 PM PST by Pelham (Treason, not just for Democrats anymore)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Actually, no I wasnt, not at him but the officer who held us up, I was pissed at him. I couldnt blame him for pulling us over cause we were speeding badly but he should have seen to it that I got to the hospital, I mean, you could look at me and tell I was in bad shape.I could hear David telling him to do what he was gonna do with him but first get me to the hospital cause he was afraid I was gonna be blinded. Instead, he kept us hung up there and wrote David a speeding ticket.

Next day when I saw the Chief he explained to me that even though it was an emergency, and that the officer handled it wrong, it was still against the law to be speeding like that. He then told me to tell David to tear up the ticket and he would handle it.


292 posted on 12/16/2014 4:52:50 AM PST by weezel
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To: weezel

Distinction noted. I’m glad you came through with your vision intact.


293 posted on 12/16/2014 5:44:12 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("I Only Love You When I'm Drunk" - http://youtu.be/uT-tCbvfDUg)
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