[orangegilly]

Words escape me.....

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032609dnmetcopstop.3e9c080.html?nTar=OPUR

 

[weasel]

kinda been there done that..
in 96 my dad had a stroke, i was at home about 22-23 mins away[normaly] from the hospital, when i got the call, i jumped in the car, put the 4ways on, was carefull, but FAST[mostly xway].. i got to the hospital in 12 mins!! and if i'd been 'lighted' by a cop, i wasn't stoping untill i got there!!

 

[jbswear]

Not stupidity on the part of the police as a group, but on that one person.

 

[LSCYCLING]

guh....FTP!

 

[Gerard7aa]

He was upholding the law (robocop)

 

[mg66]

That's pretty ****ing sad to say the least.

 

[arimichael]

I took one look at his picture and knew he was a f*cking d!ckhead.

 

[Currently]

298 pages of comments and still going strong!

There are a lot of pizzed people out there. :

 

[SpeedisaVirus]

Our proud officer is out of a job I am sure. I also expect the department to face litigation.

 

[intel_killer]

First time, in a long time, I have seen a chief almost cross the union line ... he had some pretty harsh words for the officer.

 

[pne]

nice to see that he is on paid leave..

 

[SpeedisaVirus]

Well when the law suit is announced I am sure that pay will end

 

[DieTrying310]

I wouldn't have had nearly the restraint Moats had. I commend him for his patience in that situation. That officer needs to be fired immediately.

 

[intel_killer]

I wouldn't have had nearly the restraint Moats had. I commend him for his patience in that situation. That officer needs to be fired immediately.

You know he should have just lied and said he was a Cowboys player instead of a Texan ... hehe But yes, he made no mention of his status, good for him.

 

[DieTrying310]

Or just scream "I'm Plaxico son, you wanna mess with me?!?!?!?!"

 

[SpeedisaVirus]

But yes, he made no mention of his status, good for him.

Yeah, I totally respect him for that. Instead of being the arrogant ***** a lot of pro players can be. Not to mention the stress he was dealing with at the moment you have to commend his restraint.

 

[aparish250]

As a fellow cop...what this officer did makes us all look bad. I mean come on...all that over the guy running a red light...and then when he doesn't pull over immediately a couple blocks from the hospital...it's pretty obvious that there is some sort of emergency involved. To top it all off making the guy and his family wait some 13 minutes to write a ticket that should normally take well under 10 minutes to write. Very unprofessiona, IMO.

 

[Whatever Dude]

I took one look at his picture and knew he was a f*cking d!ckhead.

+1

 

[raab02]

Fack. Terribly frustrating to watch.

 

[Coop]

I know when I got "the call" back in 2002 about my Dad I broke some traffic laws getting to the hospital. You just aren't in a good state of mind when that happens. I can't believe that officer had such little compassion that he wouldn't wait until they got to see their family member. That's sad.