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Ryan Moats detained by police at gunpoint while mother-in-law dies ins (1 Viewer)

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"Excuse me, my mom is dying," Moats said.

Moats and the other woman ignored Officer Powell's commands and rushed inside the hospital to see her mother.

"I've got seconds before she's gone, man," Moats said to the officer.

Motes couldn't find his insurance paperwork and was desperate to leave.

"Listen, if I can't verify you have insurance...," Officer Powell said.

"My mother-in-law is dying," Moats interrupted.

"Listen to me," Officer Powell said.

"Right now," Moats said. "You're wasting my time."

"If you can't verify you have insurance, I'm going to tow your car," the officer said. "So, you either find it or I am going to tow the car."

As they argued, the officer got irritated.

"Shut your mouth," the officer said. "Shut your mouth. You can either settle down and cooperate or I can just take you to jail for running a red light."

The clash shocked Moats.

"For him to not even be sympathetic at all, and basically we're dogs or something and we don't matter, it basically shocked me," Moats said.

"I can screw you over," Officer Powell said. "I would rather not do that. You obviously will dictate everything that happens; and right now, your attitude sucks."

Twice, the hospital sent nurses to try and get the officer to let Moats go.

"We're blue coding her for the third time," the nurse said.

Even a Plano police officer stopped to make a plea for the officer to let Moats go.

"Hey, that's the nurse," the Plano officer said. "She says the mom is dying right now and she wants to know if I can get him up there."

After 20 minutes, the officer ticketed Moats for running a red light.

However, by the time Moats made it up to the ER, she had already passed.

 
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"Excuse me, my mom is dying," Moats said.

Moats and the other woman ignored Officer Powell's commands and rushed inside the hospital to see her mother.

"I've got seconds before she's gone, man," Moats said to the officer.

Motes couldn't find his insurance paperwork and was desperate to leave.

"Listen, if I can't verify you have insurance...," Officer Powell said.

"My mother-in-law is dying," Moats interrupted.

"Listen to me," Officer Powell said.

"Right now," Moats said. "You're wasting my time."

"If you can't verify you have insurance, I'm going to tow your car," the officer said. "So, you either find it or I am going to tow the car."

As they argued, the officer got irritated.

"Shut your mouth," the officer said. "Shut your mouth. You can either settle down and cooperate or I can just take you to jail for running a red light."

The clash shocked Moats.

"For him to not even be sympathetic at all, and basically we're dogs or something and we don't matter, it basically shocked me," Moats said.

"I can screw you over," Officer Powell said. "I would rather not do that. You obviously will dictate everything that happens; and right now, your attitude sucks."

Twice, the hospital sent nurses to try and get the officer to let Moats go.

"We're blue coding her for the third time," the nurse said.

Even a Plano police officer stopped to make a plea for the officer to let Moats go.

"Hey, that's the nurse," the Plano officer said. "She says the mom is dying right now and she wants to know if I can get him up there."

After 20 minutes, the officer ticketed Moats for running a red light.

However, by the time Moats made it up to the ER, she had already passed.
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which was it?
 
Bri said:
wdcrob said:
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/...d.6f8a23c1.html

"Excuse me, my mom is dying," Moats said.

Moats and the other woman ignored Officer Powell's commands and rushed inside the hospital to see her mother.

"I've got seconds before she's gone, man," Moats said to the officer.

Motes couldn't find his insurance paperwork and was desperate to leave.

"Listen, if I can't verify you have insurance...," Officer Powell said.

"My mother-in-law is dying," Moats interrupted.

"Listen to me," Officer Powell said.

"Right now," Moats said. "You're wasting my time."

"If you can't verify you have insurance, I'm going to tow your car," the officer said. "So, you either find it or I am going to tow the car."

As they argued, the officer got irritated.

"Shut your mouth," the officer said. "Shut your mouth. You can either settle down and cooperate or I can just take you to jail for running a red light."

The clash shocked Moats.

"For him to not even be sympathetic at all, and basically we're dogs or something and we don't matter, it basically shocked me," Moats said.

"I can screw you over," Officer Powell said. "I would rather not do that. You obviously will dictate everything that happens; and right now, your attitude sucks."

Twice, the hospital sent nurses to try and get the officer to let Moats go.

"We're blue coding her for the third time," the nurse said.

Even a Plano police officer stopped to make a plea for the officer to let Moats go.

"Hey, that's the nurse," the Plano officer said. "She says the mom is dying right now and she wants to know if I can get him up there."

After 20 minutes, the officer ticketed Moats for running a red light.

However, by the time Moats made it up to the ER, she had already passed.
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which was it?
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I beleive the Moats in begginning of transcript was the wife...the one at end was Ryan.
 
The fact that the Mother-in-law was asking to see him before she died makes this story just awful. I have no idea how I would react to that. Just sad.....

Sorry for your loss Ryan. I sincerely hope you can get through this.

 
identikit said:
AhrnCityPahnder said:
Police Officers: I know a lot of you are good. This guy is the reason a lot of people paint you with a wide brush.

:hot: I hope the guy is jobless soon.

also,

Jason Wood said:
wdcrob said:
which was it?
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Moats = his wife. There were two women in the car.
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Not being excellent.
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:sarcasm: wth? ;)
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He probably thought he was trying to be an a**. I thought he was too until I read the actually link.
 
Ap/Daily Morning news story

PLANO, Texas (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who delayed Houston Texans' running back Ryan Moats, who is black, from visiting his mother-in-law before she died in a Plano hospital was reassigned to dispatch pending an investigation.

Moats, his wife and other family members rushed from their suburban Dallas home to Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano during the early hours of March 18 after getting word around midnight that Moats' mother-in-law, Jonetta Collinsworth, was dying. She had breast cancer.

Dallas-Fort Worth station WFAA-TV, which obtained video from a dashboard camera inside the officer's vehicle, reported that Moats' vehicle rolled through a red light en route to the hospital. Officer Robert Powell, 25, stopped the SUV in the hospital's parking lot outside the emergency room.

Moats explained to the officer that he waited until there was no traffic before proceeding through the red light and that his mother-in-law was dying, right then.

The dashboard video revealed an intense exchange in which the officer threatened to jail Moats.

"Get in there," said Powell, yelling at 27-year-old Tamishia Moats, wife of Ryan Moats, as she exited the car. "Let me see your hands!"

"Excuse me, my mom is dying," Tamishia Moats said. "Do you understand?"

She and her great aunt ignored the officer and rushed inside the hospital to see Collinsworth.

Hospital security guards arrived and told Powell that the Moatses' relative really was upstairs dying. Powell checked inside his vehicle to determine whether Ryan Moats had any outstanding warrants. He found none.

Another hospital staffer came out and spoke with a Plano police officer who had arrived. The Plano officer told Powell the relative was indeed dying, in an unsuccessful attempt to intervene.

By the time the 26-year-old NFL player received a ticket and a lecture from Powell, at least 13 minutes had passed. When he and Collinsworth's father entered the hospital, they learned Jonetta Collinsworth was dead, The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday in its online edition.

Dallas Police Assistant Chief Floyd Simpson said Powell, who was hired in January 2006, told police officials that he believed that he was doing his job.

"When people are in distress, we should come to the rescue. We shouldn't further their distress," Simpson said.

The Moatses said Wednesday that they can't help but think that race might have played a part in how Powell treated them.

"I think he should lose his job," said Ryan Moats, a Dallas native.

The ticket was dismissed, Lt. Andy Harvey told WFAA-TV.

Collinsworth was buried Saturday in Louisiana.

 
Bri said:
Ap/Daily Morning news storyPLANO, Texas (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who delayed Houston Texans' running back Ryan Moats, who is black, from visiting his mother-in-law before she died in a Plano hospital was reassigned to dispatch pending an investigation.Moats, his wife and other family members rushed from their suburban Dallas home to Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano during the early hours of March 18 after getting word around midnight that Moats' mother-in-law, Jonetta Collinsworth, was dying. She had breast cancer.Dallas-Fort Worth station WFAA-TV, which obtained video from a dashboard camera inside the officer's vehicle, reported that Moats' vehicle rolled through a red light en route to the hospital. Officer Robert Powell, 25, stopped the SUV in the hospital's parking lot outside the emergency room.Moats explained to the officer that he waited until there was no traffic before proceeding through the red light and that his mother-in-law was dying, right then.The dashboard video revealed an intense exchange in which the officer threatened to jail Moats."Get in there," said Powell, yelling at 27-year-old Tamishia Moats, wife of Ryan Moats, as she exited the car. "Let me see your hands!""Excuse me, my mom is dying," Tamishia Moats said. "Do you understand?"She and her great aunt ignored the officer and rushed inside the hospital to see Collinsworth.Hospital security guards arrived and told Powell that the Moatses' relative really was upstairs dying. Powell checked inside his vehicle to determine whether Ryan Moats had any outstanding warrants. He found none.Another hospital staffer came out and spoke with a Plano police officer who had arrived. The Plano officer told Powell the relative was indeed dying, in an unsuccessful attempt to intervene.By the time the 26-year-old NFL player received a ticket and a lecture from Powell, at least 13 minutes had passed. When he and Collinsworth's father entered the hospital, they learned Jonetta Collinsworth was dead, The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday in its online edition.Dallas Police Assistant Chief Floyd Simpson said Powell, who was hired in January 2006, told police officials that he believed that he was doing his job."When people are in distress, we should come to the rescue. We shouldn't further their distress," Simpson said.The Moatses said Wednesday that they can't help but think that race might have played a part in how Powell treated them."I think he should lose his job," said Ryan Moats, a Dallas native.The ticket was dismissed, Lt. Andy Harvey told WFAA-TV.Collinsworth was buried Saturday in Louisiana.
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I hate when people play the race card but, man you gotta wonder. *sigh* This is a sad sad story.
 
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As he rushed his family to the hospital, 26-year-old NFL running back Ryan Moats rolled through a red light. A Dallas police officer pulled their SUV over outside the emergency room.

Moats and his wife explained that her mother was dying inside the hospital.

"You really want to go through this right now?" Moats pleaded. "My mother-in-law is dying. Right now!"

Officer Robert Powell, 25, was unmoved. He spent long minutes writing Moats a ticket and threatened him with arrest.

"I can screw you over," the officer said. "I'd rather not do that."

The scene last week, captured by a dashboard video camera, prompted apologies and the promise of an investigation from Dallas police officials Wednesday.

"There were some things that were said that were disturbing, to say the least," said Lt. Andy Harvey, a police spokesman.

Moats' mother-in-law, Jonetta Collinsworth, was struggling at 45 with breast cancer that had spread throughout her body. Family members rushed to her bedside from as far away as California.

On March 17, the night of their incident with Powell, the Moatses had gone to their Frisco home to get some rest. Around midnight, they received word that they needed to hurry back to the hospital if they wanted to see Collinsworth before she died.

The couple, along with Collinsworth's father and an aunt, jumped into the SUV and headed back toward Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano. They exited the Dallas North Tollway at Preston Road, just down the street from the hospital.

Moats turned on his hazard lights. He stopped at a red light, where, he said, the only nearby motorist signaled for him to go ahead. He went through.

Powell, watching traffic from a hidden spot, flipped on his lights and sirens. In less than a minute, he caught up to the SUV and followed for about 20 more seconds as Moats found a parking spot outside the emergency room.

Moats' wife, 27-year-old Tamishia, was the first out. Powell yelled at her to get back in.

"Get in there!" he yelled. "Let me see your hands!"

"My mom is dying," she explained.

Powell was undeterred.

"I saw in his eyes that he really did not care," Tamishia Moats said Wednesday.

Tamishia Moats and her great-aunt ignored the officer and headed into the hospital. Ryan Moats stayed behind with the father of the dying woman.

"I waited until no traffic was coming," Moats told Powell, explaining his passage through the red light. "I got seconds before she's gone, man."

Powell demanded his license and proof of insurance. Moats produced his license but said he didn't know where the insurance paperwork was.

"Just give me a ticket or whatever," he said, beginning to sound exasperated and a little argumentative.

"Shut your mouth," Powell told him. "You can cooperate and settle down, or I can just take you to jail for running a red light."

There was more back and forth.

"If you're going to give me a ticket, give me a ticket."

"Your attitude says that you need one."

"All I'm asking you is just to hurry up."

Powell began a lecture.

"If you want to keep this going, I'll just put you in handcuffs," the officer said, "and I'll take you to jail for running a red light."

Powell made several more points, including that the SUV was illegally parked. Moats replied "Yes sir" to each.

"Understand what I can do," Powell concluded. "I can tow your truck. I can charge you with fleeing. I can make your night very difficult."

"I understand," Moats responded. "I hope you'll be a great person and not do that."

Hospital security guards arrived and told Powell that the Moatses' relative really was upstairs dying.

Powell spent several minutes inside his squad car, in part to check Moats for outstanding warrants. He found none.

Another hospital staffer came out and spoke with a Plano police officer who had arrived.

"Hey, that's the nurse," the Plano officer told Powell. "She said that the mom's dying right now, and she's wanting to know if they can get him up there before she dies."

"All right," Powell replied. "I'm almost done."

As Moats signed the ticket, Powell continued his lecture.

"Attitude's everything," he said. "All you had to do is stop, tell me what was going on. More than likely, I would have let you go."

It had been about 13 minutes.

Moats and Collinsworth's father went into the hospital, where they found Collinsworth had died, with her daughter at her side.

The Moatses, who are black, said Wednesday that they can't help but think that race might have played a part in how Powell, who is white, treated them.

"I think he should lose his job," said Ryan Moats, a Dallas native who attended Bishop Lynch High School and now plays for the Houston Texans.

Powell, hired in January 2006, did not return a call for comment. Assistant Chief Floyd Simpson said Powell told police officials that he believed that he was doing his job. He has been reassigned to dispatch pending an investigation.

"When people are in distress, we should come to the rescue," said Simpson. "We shouldn't further their distress."

Collinsworth was buried Saturday in Louisiana.
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Lucky Lefty said:
He was at the hospital, so Mr. Moat wasn't going anywhere. Just stereotyping at it finest...
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I doubt the police have some sort of rule that allows them to blow off an obvious crime/traffic infraction. Moats does have to show insurance. I'm not excusing it. This dopey cop probably could have just radioed in to get permission to blow it off or deal with it later. That would have taken all of ten seconds.ETA:Boy did I word that poorly, they do blow off little stuff, just ....yeah digging a hole here due to poor wording
 
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Bri said:
Lucky Lefty said:
He was at the hospital, so Mr. Moat wasn't going anywhere. Just stereotyping at it finest...
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I doubt the police have some sort of rule that allows them to blow off an obvious crime/traffic infraction. Moats does have to show insurance. I'm not excusing it. This dopey cop probably could have just radioed in to get permission to blow it off or deal with it later. That would have taken all of ten seconds.ETA:Boy did I word that poorly, they do blow off little stuff, just ....yeah digging a hole here due to poor wording
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All for what? 95 in a 25? No ... rolling through a red light
 
Bri said:
The ticket was dismissed, Lt. Andy Harvey told WFAA-TV.Collinsworth was buried Saturday in Louisiana.
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Traffic ticket.Death of a family member.Anyone with a lick of sense can see the great difference in importance between these 2 things.
 
fatness said:
Bri said:
The ticket was dismissed, Lt. Andy Harvey told WFAA-TV.Collinsworth was buried Saturday in Louisiana.
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Traffic ticket.Death of a family member.Anyone with a lick of sense can see the great difference in importance between these 2 things.
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And realisitcally, why dismiss it? If it was so important and such a problem what he was doing, shouldn't he face the full penalty of justice? We can't go around making exceptions....
 
Deranged Hermit said:
Awful job by the cop here. I usually roll my eyes when the 'race card' is pulled, but that was absolutely the case here.
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Why? We will never get past these race issues until we stop making those assumptions. It's possible folks, that the cop was just #####, and would've done the same thing if he was white or black. You can't just assume it's racially based. Some people are just a-holes.Either way, the guy should be disciplined, if the story is true as written.
 
PatrickT said:
Deranged Hermit said:
Awful job by the cop here. I usually roll my eyes when the 'race card' is pulled, but that was absolutely the case here.
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Why? We will never get past these race issues until we stop making those assumptions. It's possible folks, that the cop was just #####, and would've done the same thing if he was white or black. You can't just assume it's racially based. Some people are just a-holes.Either way, the guy should be disciplined, if the story is true as written.
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agreed - i'm not dismissing the possibility of race as a motivating factor - but a lot of people in power are just a holes on an ego trip. Either way the cop was a doosh here and deserves what he has coming to him by way of demotion, firing, bad press, etc.
 
PatrickT said:
Deranged Hermit said:
Awful job by the cop here. I usually roll my eyes when the 'race card' is pulled, but that was absolutely the case here.
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Why? We will never get past these race issues until we stop making those assumptions. It's possible folks, that the cop was just #####, and would've done the same thing if he was white or black. You can't just assume it's racially based. Some people are just a-holes.Either way, the guy should be disciplined, if the story is true as written.
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True and racist a holes are worse. "The Moatses, who are black, said Wednesday that they can't help but think that race might have played a part in how Powell, who is white, treated them."I wonder if he'd do the same to a white guy in a suit driving a Caddy.
 
Bri said:
Lucky Lefty said:
He was at the hospital, so Mr. Moat wasn't going anywhere. Just stereotyping at it finest...
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I doubt the police have some sort of rule that allows them to blow off an obvious crime/traffic infraction. Moats does have to show insurance. I'm not excusing it. This dopey cop probably could have just radioed in to get permission to blow it off or deal with it later. That would have taken all of ten seconds.ETA:Boy did I word that poorly, they do blow off little stuff, just ....yeah digging a hole here due to poor wording
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If they don't, they should; when situations like this arise.
 
If someone was in the car dying I can see running the red light...but the person was already at the hospital He should have stopped for the red light.

 
prymetyme25 said:
Bri said:
Ap/Daily Morning news storyPLANO, Texas (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who delayed Houston Texans' running back Ryan Moats, who is black, from visiting his mother-in-law before she died in a Plano hospital was reassigned to dispatch pending an investigation.Moats, his wife and other family members rushed from their suburban Dallas home to Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano during the early hours of March 18 after getting word around midnight that Moats' mother-in-law, Jonetta Collinsworth, was dying. She had breast cancer.Dallas-Fort Worth station WFAA-TV, which obtained video from a dashboard camera inside the officer's vehicle, reported that Moats' vehicle rolled through a red light en route to the hospital. Officer Robert Powell, 25, stopped the SUV in the hospital's parking lot outside the emergency room.Moats explained to the officer that he waited until there was no traffic before proceeding through the red light and that his mother-in-law was dying, right then.The dashboard video revealed an intense exchange in which the officer threatened to jail Moats."Get in there," said Powell, yelling at 27-year-old Tamishia Moats, wife of Ryan Moats, as she exited the car. "Let me see your hands!""Excuse me, my mom is dying," Tamishia Moats said. "Do you understand?"She and her great aunt ignored the officer and rushed inside the hospital to see Collinsworth.Hospital security guards arrived and told Powell that the Moatses' relative really was upstairs dying. Powell checked inside his vehicle to determine whether Ryan Moats had any outstanding warrants. He found none.Another hospital staffer came out and spoke with a Plano police officer who had arrived. The Plano officer told Powell the relative was indeed dying, in an unsuccessful attempt to intervene.By the time the 26-year-old NFL player received a ticket and a lecture from Powell, at least 13 minutes had passed. When he and Collinsworth's father entered the hospital, they learned Jonetta Collinsworth was dead, The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday in its online edition.Dallas Police Assistant Chief Floyd Simpson said Powell, who was hired in January 2006, told police officials that he believed that he was doing his job."When people are in distress, we should come to the rescue. We shouldn't further their distress," Simpson said.The Moatses said Wednesday that they can't help but think that race might have played a part in how Powell treated them."I think he should lose his job," said Ryan Moats, a Dallas native.The ticket was dismissed, Lt. Andy Harvey told WFAA-TV.Collinsworth was buried Saturday in Louisiana.
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I hate when people play the race card but, man you gotta wonder. *sigh* This is a sad sad story.
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bcr8f said:
PatrickT said:
Deranged Hermit said:
Awful job by the cop here. I usually roll my eyes when the 'race card' is pulled, but that was absolutely the case here.
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Why? We will never get past these race issues until we stop making those assumptions. It's possible folks, that the cop was just #####, and would've done the same thing if he was white or black. You can't just assume it's racially based. Some people are just a-holes.Either way, the guy should be disciplined, if the story is true as written.
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True and racist a holes are worse. "The Moatses, who are black, said Wednesday that they can't help but think that race might have played a part in how Powell, who is white, treated them."I wonder if he'd do the same to a white guy in a suit driving a Caddy.
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It is my experience that white people get screwed over by the cops too.
 
bcr8f said:
PatrickT said:
Deranged Hermit said:
Awful job by the cop here. I usually roll my eyes when the 'race card' is pulled, but that was absolutely the case here.
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Why? We will never get past these race issues until we stop making those assumptions. It's possible folks, that the cop was just #####, and would've done the same thing if he was white or black. You can't just assume it's racially based. Some people are just a-holes.Either way, the guy should be disciplined, if the story is true as written.
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True and racist a holes are worse. "The Moatses, who are black, said Wednesday that they can't help but think that race might have played a part in how Powell, who is white, treated them."

I wonder if he'd do the same to a white guy in a suit driving a Caddy.
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Agree with the bolded. All I'm saying is that just because this incident happened with a white cop and a black man, don't assume it was racially motivate. Secondarily, I think it's really irresponsible journalism to even point that out so blatantly, making the flagrant assumption that it WAS racially motivated.
 
captbly said:
If someone was in the car dying I can see running the red light...but the person was already at the hospital He should have stopped for the red light.
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Your dad a cop? He did stop, he put his hazards on, he made sure it was safe, his wifes mother was dying. No one is saying he shouldn't have gotten a ticket. They are saying it was completly wrong for the cop to detain him for 20 min. while it was made very clear buy a multiple of sources that his mother-in-law had moments to live. The cop clearly put his own EGO ahead of any humanity.
 
Assuming things went down as reported, this is totally absurd behavior by the police officer. I'm not sure how it can be defended. As an officer of the law, you have to have some measure of understanding and compassion for those you're sworn to protect.

 
Jason Wood said:
Assuming things went down as reported, this is totally absurd behavior by the police officer. I'm not sure how it can be defended. As an officer of the law, you have to have some measure of understanding and compassion for those you're sworn to protect.
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If you watch that video, it very much appears that is how it went down. It makes it even worse if you throw in the fact that the Moats were distraught and Ryan was the one that ended up taking the high road.
 
Bri said:
Lucky Lefty said:
He was at the hospital, so Mr. Moat wasn't going anywhere. Just stereotyping at it finest...
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I doubt the police have some sort of rule that allows them to blow off an obvious crime/traffic infraction. Moats does have to show insurance. I'm not excusing it. This dopey cop probably could have just radioed in to get permission to blow it off or deal with it later. That would have taken all of ten seconds.ETA:Boy did I word that poorly, they do blow off little stuff, just ....yeah digging a hole here due to poor wording
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Not sure where you originally heading. The officer can just say, "Given the circumstances, I'll give you a warning." He probably still has paperwork to write up, but he can let Moats go.
 
wdcrob said:
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/...d.6f8a23c1.html

Twice, the hospital sent nurses to try and get the officer to let Moats go.

"We're blue coding her for the third time," the nurse said.

Even a Plano police officer stopped to make a plea for the officer to let Moats go.

"Hey, that's the nurse," the Plano officer said. "She says the mom is dying right now and she wants to know if I can get him up there."
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I mean seriously! Nurses and ANOTHER cop asked to let him go up..... friggin' D-Bag cop..
 
Unbelievable. IMO the officer should be fired.

IMO Moats should have just walked into the hospital like his wife did. What would the cop do, shoot him? So what if his car got towed. That said, it may have been worse if the officer pursued him into the MIL's room and handcuffed him while she was dying...

 
captbly said:
If someone was in the car dying I can see running the red light...but the person was already at the hospital He should have stopped for the red light.
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Dude - if you were told your spouse's mom was about to die any minute you don't think stopping, putting on hazards and going through a red light to get there is reasonable? I along with many others probably wouldn't have been so cautious as he was.
 
Marvelous said:
Bri said:
Lucky Lefty said:
He was at the hospital, so Mr. Moat wasn't going anywhere. Just stereotyping at it finest...
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I doubt the police have some sort of rule that allows them to blow off an obvious crime/traffic infraction. Moats does have to show insurance. I'm not excusing it. This dopey cop probably could have just radioed in to get permission to blow it off or deal with it later. That would have taken all of ten seconds.ETA:Boy did I word that poorly, they do blow off little stuff, just ....yeah digging a hole here due to poor wording
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Not sure where you originally heading. The officer can just say, "Given the circumstances, I'll give you a warning." He probably still has paperwork to write up, but he can let Moats go.
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that's true, good pointI just botched that up previously
 
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