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

[Tilt A Whirl]

The cop should be fired. If he thought they were dangerous criminals why did he let the three others run into the hospital. He didnt call for backup? He knew Ryan was telling the truth and chose to be an ass.

He should have took his license and walked with him into the hospital and once he verified with a nurse let him go.

He did call for backup and he didn't let the others run into the hospital they just ran in when he told them to stay where they were, did you even watch the video?

The cop didn't know they were telling the truth, all he had to go by was a driver jumped a red light in plain view of the police then refused to stop when flashed to pull over.

I'm sorry but in that situation if you are a cop your immediate reaction is that this is a potential hostile situation with an uncooperative lawbreaking driver who may be dangerous.

Just driving to the hospital and then leaping out of the car yelling someone is dying and trying to run off doesn't mean the cop can just believe everything you say.

How can you in all seriousness based on one single news report claim definiteively that you enough information and judgement to be able to sack a man you have never met and do not know anything about?

How is that consistent. You are doing EXACTLY the same as what the cop did.

The cop saw a guy run a light, he saw a car blatently refuse to pull over for him and continue driving and so he assumed the driver was a hostile, uncooperative and potentially dangerous risk.

He jumped to a conclusion based on the evidence he had at that time EXACTLY the way you are doing now.

Can you not see the hyprocrisy in this?

How can say the police offer should have used his judegment in that moment and tried to see things from a different perspective when you are incapable of the same thing?

And remember this whole 'detaining' incident took less than 2 minutes!

The cop was doing his job, he had no way of knowing when he confronted them that their mother was dying and even after they told him he had no way of knowing that that was true.

He reacted in the moment according to the information he had and got it wrong. Yes he could have handled it better but he's only human and didn't have the information we now have at that time.

The backup asked for Moats to be let go

[Kev]

I've just read in an article that he actually detained him for 13 minutes, if that's the case then its clearly out of order, the video I watched of the incident lasted only 1 minute and 54 seconds, maybe that was edited?

[Hunter]

I've just read in an article that he actually detained him for 13 minutes, if that's the case then its clearly out of order, the video I watched of the incident lasted only 1 minute and 54 seconds, maybe that was edited?

You are asking me if I watched the video and it is apparent you havent. The moron detained Moats for 15 minutes. Two nurses and a Plano cop all talked to the "cop" and he still wouldnt let him go. The first nurse talked to the cop after 6 minutes and confirmed his mother in law was dying and he kept Moats another 9 minutes.

[Kev]

I've just read in an article that he actually detained him for 13 minutes, if that's the case then its clearly out of order, the video I watched of the incident lasted only 1 minute and 54 seconds, maybe that was edited?

You are asking me if I watched the video and it is apparent you havent. The moron detained Moats for 15 minutes. Two nurses and a Plano cop all talked to the "cop" and he still wouldnt let him go. The first nurse talked to the cop after 6 minutes and confirmed his mother in law was dying and he kept Moats another 9 minutes.

I watched the video link that was provided that lasted only 2 minutes. The drawing of the gun, the nurse coming out and the long delay wern't in that video that I saw.