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Old 05-04-2007, 09:15 AM   #31
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I first saw this story on GMA yesterday. I was appalled by the lack of compassion the police office exhibited right from the start when the woman tried to tell him her situation. I was even further disturbed to see the force he used on her when he finally pulled her out of the car. She was not a large woman and she was not combative at that point. The brute force he used in slamming her to the car was totally unneccesary and just his reacting to the situation and his own anger. He was wrong at this point for the use of force on a woman.

The woman though was also wrong for initially running from him. She should have just him write the ticket and hurried on her way. Instead the whole situation escalated because she kept running. I don't believe all the charges against her should have been dropped but it's easy to tell they were dropped because of the threat of lawsuit. There is always time to court and explain your situation after the ticket has been issued. She would have even had the hospital records to prove her case. BUT the police office could have taken the time to verify her story or listen to it. He obviously must have a parent and knows he would do exactly the same thing as her in her situation. He could have even helped her look for her father. We are all still humans at this point and still need to have some compassion for one another.
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Old 05-04-2007, 09:19 AM   #32
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>BUT the police office could have taken the time to verify her story or listen to it.

He really shouldn't have. He should have treated her just like anyone else that flees police after getting caught breaking the law.
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Old 05-04-2007, 12:07 PM   #33
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That depends on how you look at it. The cop is getting a 5 day vacation startin May 22, so you could say they did let him slide.

I will say that in her position, I would NOT have driven off while the cop was writing the ticket. That was kinda dumb.
Suspended for a week without pay isn't a vacation, it's punishment. In fact, for someone like me who's paying for a house/car/student loans/all of the bills/insurance/taxes, etc, by myself....it would be a pretty severe blow indeed....all because SHE did something everyone seems to agree was dumb and the cop lost his temper and treated her like a man resisting aresst instead of a grief stricken woman.
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Old 05-04-2007, 12:15 PM   #34
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>BUT the police office could have taken the time to verify her story or listen to it.

He really shouldn't have. He should have treated her just like anyone else that flees police after getting caught breaking the law.

He admitted to not believing the story. He lost his objective views due to the feeling he lost his power over the people. He now is a liabilty to that city because there will be a settlement I'm sure. Police officers are not the best paid, however, they seem to get a lot of perks citizens do not get. He definitly be held accountable for his actions. Just imagine if you were needing an emergency specialist required surgery and that doctor got stopped by this cop. Life or death is now in the hands of the power trippin' cop!!!!
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Old 05-04-2007, 04:11 PM   #35
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That woman was on tv this morning saying she was sorry and she was just frieghten for father. She even said the officer had reason to stop her. She could have been on the tv bad mouthing him badly. ?But she wasn't
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Old 05-04-2007, 08:36 PM   #36
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I know from being a female I tend to react with emotions first and foremost...(I'm sure I'm not speaking for all females here) but I would haul booty too if I thought a loved one was in need or about to die!! I would want to be there ASAP to do anything at all possible for the patient or extended family etc. Men usually are more analytical therefore react more calmly than those of us that react to the "heart" and thinking as caregivers we could be of immediate help to someone.
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Old 05-04-2007, 08:56 PM   #37
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He admitted to not believing the story. He lost his objective views due to the feeling he lost his power over the people. He now is a liabilty to that city because there will be a settlement I'm sure. Police officers are not the best paid, however, they seem to get a lot of perks citizens do not get. He definitly be held accountable for his actions. Just imagine if you were needing an emergency specialist required surgery and that doctor got stopped by this cop. Life or death is now in the hands of the power trippin' cop!!!!
Uhhh I know a doctor who has been stopped on the way to the hospital for an emergency. It was not a lie. It was a real emergency. They don't care but I bet he would have if it was his parent or sister or mother or child laying their in a critical situation needing that doctor. I am quite sure he'd want them to speed and get their fast.
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Old 05-04-2007, 09:26 PM   #38
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Of coarse they would. But only us women over react. Us poor little things
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On the other hand....how many of us women have cried or manipulated our way out of a ticket?
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Never. I have always taken my medicine, but then I have only had one speeding ticket when I was 18.

Yes, Isaac, that was just 11 years ago!!!!!!!!!!
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I've never had any kind of ticket or accident. I've got a perfect driving record. And I just BET that very few (if any) of you have driven a vehicle as HUGE as the one I drove in the military.
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There was these two times I was pulled over, I believe they were both for expired inspection stickers.. Both times, my wife was in the passenger seat, and at the time, my two boys were very little, and sitting in the back seat.

By the time I pulled over, and the cop got up to my window, the wife was basically "letting me have it" and the kids were getting a bit excited in the backseat.. Both times, the cop looked at me.. looked past me to my wife, looked in the back seat at the boys, then looked back at me...... and told me to "drive safely" LOL

And then there was this "Other" time.. I won't get into the specifics LOL but there I was, Cop on horseback on one side of me, cop on a bicycle on the other side of me.. they were getting ready to "write me up" a ticket.. when my wife.. at the time about 9 months pregnant with our first boy.. steps out of the car and she started to let me have it Cops told me to go home, and "drive carefully"

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I've never had any kind of ticket or accident. I've got a perfect driving record. And I just BET that very few (if any) of you have driven a vehicle as HUGE as the one I drove in the military.
I don't know man.. I drove a '75 Chrysler NEWPORT.. that's pretty damn big LOL
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You know LN those cops probably thought you were getting a punishment far worst than a ticket could do. But I would like to know did she teach you anything.
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You know LN those cops probably thought you were getting a punishment far worst than a ticket could do. But I would like to know did she teach you anything.
LOL yup, those first two times, the cop looked at me, and obviously just felt sorry for me

That last time.. they were probably afraid she was fixing to go into labor

Did I "learn" anything ? yeah, the wife is great at getting me out of tickets
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