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Nope, its because they're learning how to read the public, and they've realized 90% of the public will think that officer was out of order & scumbag. If the story broke & it was about an average joe, they would do the same. Its all about the reaction of the majority, and most of the views on here represent how most people would feel in general.
If he wasn't famous the story wouldn't have broke though.
Yes it would have. I can't believe there are people on this board that think people being prevented from seeing a dying loved one because of a cop is an everyday occurance
Mate you don't have a clue. We have a man in the uk who had Downs Syndrome and had a stroke so went into hospital. He died due to them not feeding him. He went 26 days without food! This was in 2005 and its only made the news last week as a result of a report into 5 other deaths through neglect.

One hospital in Staffordshire has now hit the headlines because over a three year period an estimated 400-1200 people died through improper care!

None of those individual cases got any press on their own it took literally a catalog of complaints and gross incompentences before any of it made the news.

An ordinary person being inconvenienced just doesn't make headlines.

It was a huge story because Moates is a black celebrity. If he was just an ordinary working class guy, say a 23 year old McDonalds worker it wouldn't have made the local paper.