This is beyond reproach... To serve and protect my ass, this officer should be fired

[JT Rock]

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I'm so pissed I cant even type

[BIG H]

Makes me sick!!!!!! And they wonder why we hate them

[CFH]

I have very little use for 99% of the "services" cops provide.

[Kev]

Whilst I agree the cop sounded like a total tosser on the video I'm not sure exactly what else he could have done.

I mean he ran a red light and then didn't stop for a police car. A policeman isn't psychic and his duty is to stop those who go through a red light, especially as it was in the early hours of the morning.

He clearly had to follow the car to the hospital and talk to the driver, that is his job.

And even when somebody says 'my mum is dying' what is a cop supposed to do. If you get stopped for speeding or jumping a light and a cop pulls you over you and you say 'Look someone I care about is dying' do you expect them to instantly say 'No problem go go!' and let them dash off straight away?

Maybe some cops might but others might need more convincing. Look at it another way, if a couple smuggling drugs or wanted for a criminal offence, or maybe had an abducted child in the back was stopped and they said 'Look my mother is dying' and the cop just let them go without checking for insurance, name etc and then it turned out they were criminals he let get away or they killed someone under the influence the cop would get it in the neck for that too.

It's just a horrible situation where a cop happened to observe a traffic violation and his job meant he had to investigate although in this instance the running of a light was justified.

I definitely think the cop could have handled it better but even then I imagine traffic cops listen to a string of excuses from countless drivers that they stop every single day and so are hardened to any kind of emotional pleading.

[Spicoli]

They are showing this on CNN right now.They'd have to shoot me,tazz me or gaffle me.What an absolute display of idiocy.I think its a case of stereo typing and predjudice...hope that dick head can live with himself!!He was in no threat and the cop should have put his humanity and situational judgment ahead of the badge and bureaucracy.

[Kev]

They are showing this on CNN right now.They'd have to shoot me,tazz me or gaffle me.What an absolute display of idiocy.I think its a case of stereo typing and predjudice...hope that dick head can live with himself!!He was in no threat and the cop should have put his humanity and situational judgment ahead of the badge and bureaucracy.

He definitely deserves criticism for his manner but what else do you think he shouldn't have done?

I mean he had to follow the car and talk to the driver right, that's his job, there's no way he can know they are jumping a light to get to a dying woman on time.

And once there he still had to get the insurance details from the driver, again that's his job.

He shouldn't have given them a ticket or talk to them the way he did but even giving them a ticket was just his job.

It's easy to say he should just exercise his own judgement but what if his judgement was wrong? What if they had stolen the car and then after getting flashed for jumping a light they decide to head for the hospital and claim someone is dying hoping the cop will let them go without checking any for any insurance, ID etc. I guarantee if there was an extreme the other way where a man abducted a child and ran a light, was flashed by police and so drove to a hospital and said 'The girls mum is dying' to the cop and so he just let him go without asking for ID, insurance or anything and then a week later or so it came to light that a man was caught on CCTV getting in that car with an missing child and it came to light that a cop had caught them running a light but had let them go without even checking for ID and insurance that that would make the news too.

At the end of the day police, soldiers, firemen etc all have incredibly difficult jobs and have to follow out their duties according to the law.

I think it's a horrible situation all around, clearly distressing for the family but also for the cop and his family. He might be a very good cop who had had a bad day, has listened to hundreds maybe thousands of excuses in his job as a traffic cop and so jst plays straight by the rules.

What's ironic as well as that already without knowing anything about the cop or his background people are already wanting to jump on him, get him fired and probably tarred and feathered yet they cannot see that maybe the cop who deals with a 101 excuses a day for running a red light might also jump to conclusions or just stick to the letter of the law as a guidline to avoid trouble etc.

[Andre]

They are showing this on CNN right now.They'd have to shoot me,tazz me or gaffle me.What an absolute display of idiocy.I think its a case of stereo typing and predjudice...hope that dick head can live with himself!!He was in no threat and the cop should have put his humanity and situational judgment ahead of the badge and bureaucracy.

They are taught what to think and how to react.
Uniformed cops take the cake through lack of thought.
Here last month they shot and killed a young man of 15 who was upset over his dads death and had a knife and wouldnt put it down.
Fuckwits didnt think to shoot him in the legs did they? No our targets dont have legs .Thats how dumb and brainwashed they become.
Then you get one of them on the camera reading out the offical statment in monotone.
You can be knocked back from the uniformed job by having a too high IQ you know, they steer you away from it.

[Tilt A Whirl]

Whilst I agree the cop sounded like a total tosser on the video I'm not sure exactly what else he could have done.

I mean he ran a red light and then didn't stop for a police car. A policeman isn't psychic and his duty is to stop those who go through a red light, especially as it was in the early hours of the morning.

He clearly had to follow the car to the hospital and talk to the driver, that is his job.

And even when somebody says 'my mum is dying' what is a cop supposed to do. If you get stopped for speeding or jumping a light and a cop pulls you over you and you say 'Look someone I care about is dying' do you expect them to instantly say 'No problem go go!' and let them dash off straight away?

Maybe some cops might but others might need more convincing. Look at it another way, if a couple smuggling drugs or wanted for a criminal offence, or maybe had an abducted child in the back was stopped and they said 'Look my mother is dying' and the cop just let them go without checking for insurance, name etc and then it turned out they were criminals he let get away or they killed someone under the influence the cop would get it in the neck for that too.

It's just a horrible situation where a cop happened to observe a traffic violation and his job meant he had to investigate although in this instance the running of a light was justified.

I definitely think the cop could have handled it better but even then I imagine traffic cops listen to a string of excuses from countless drivers that they stop every single day and so are hardened to any kind of emotional pleading.

If you can detain him in the parking lot that long,you can follow him up to the hospital room and detain him there,he was just saying "Respect mah athoritah"

[:::PSL:::]

Tax payers money at work.

[Hunter]

Moats handled the situation with class during the altercation....Not once did he mention he was an NFL player.......

He was upset but not out of control and still showed respect despite the situation.

I think this would have been in the press regardless of who it was.

[armin]

Cop did what he was supposed to do to an extent but also acted like a prick, the nurses came out of the hospital to plead with the cop to let the family go inside because the mum was near death, he wouldn't. This is where it's jacked up he knew 100% the story about dying mum wasn't made up and failed to show compassion, let the family go upstairs and see their mum, you got all the info you need to write them a ticket and mail it to em...just really shitty judgement on the cops part. I know cops have a hard job so I don't think the guy should be crucified for the situation but definitely needs some sensitivity training or just a good ol dose of common sense

[Andre]

Unfortunatley about 68% of them need to pack skips with old cardboard and newspapers as their 'to serve' level suits that job requirement to a tee.

You cant train someone to be bright or compassionate. Intelligence is too broad a word to even use when dealing with them in their group mentality state.
Alone and in public some are quite ok with high IQ's but they soon get moved to higher tasks out of uniform once they are found out .