What an absolute cock of a cop.

[Coach McGuirk]

What a dickhole,

He ordered Moats' wife, Tamishia Moats, to get back in the SUV, but she ignored him and rushed inside the hospital to see her mother, Jonetta Collinsworth, 45, and was by her side when she died a short time later. She had breast cancer.
"Get in there," said Powell, yelling at 27-year-old Tamishia Moats, as she exited the car. "Let me see your hands!"

"Excuse me, my mom is dying," Tamishia Moats said. "Do you understand?"
Moats explained that he waited until there was no traffic before proceeding through the red light and that his mother-in-law was dying, right then.
Moats 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.
As they argued, the officer got irritated. "Shut your mouth," the officer said. "You can either settle down and cooperate or I can just take you to jail for running a red light."

[Tim]

Link?

[TripletDaddy]

Another example of a stupid cop

[youtube]7wf6QAvuEVw[/youtube]

[FN Phat]

Another example of a stupid cop

[youtube]7wf6QAvuEVw[/youtube]

"Do you have a concealed weapons permit to carry that?"

[Coach McGuirk]

Link?

Yeah sorry went to lunch,

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/11552848

He was at the hospital, nurses are verifying the story and he will not let the guy go see his MIL.

[TripletDaddy]

Here is the whole video. 16 minutes.

It is pretty horrible. Classic example of power vs authority. Cops spends a few minutes flexing about how much he "could" do to the guy...arrest him, tow his car, etc...

http://www.kvue.com/video/index.html?nvid=345766

[TripletDaddy]

I would have to imagine that if I were sitting there, my mom is dying any minute, and time keeps passing by and the cop is not hurrying along, I would start to get pretty agitated.

Another cop tells the first cop that the mom is dying, and the response is, "I'm almost done."

At the end of it, the cop lectures the guy about his attitude and then cites him for running a red light. How freaking petty given the context of this particular situation.

[Coach McGuirk]

I would have to imagine that if I were sitting there, my mom is dying any minute, and time keeps passing by and the cop is not hurrying along, I would start to get pretty agitated.

Another cop tells the first cop that the mom is dying, and the response is, "I'm almost done."

At the end of it, the cop lectures the guy about his attitude and then cites him for running a red light. How freaking petty given the context of this particular situation.

It is despicable and a total power trip. How hard would it have been for the Officer to follow them into the entrance and verify. But I guess that wouldn't have mattered, since he felt the ticket is more important.

The Guy has been reassigned to a desk job apparently, but he really should be looking for work.

[wuapinmon]

Here is the whole video. 16 minutes.

It is pretty horrible. Classic example of power vs authority. Cops spends a few minutes flexing about how much he "could" do to the guy...arrest him, tow his car, etc...

http://www.kvue.com/video/index.html?nvid=345766

Cops should get sabbatical. This guy was probably a good cop once (though he does say "I've chased once in 3 years"), but this is abuse of power. He is goading the man into getting upset. He has to be right, no matter what. It's like he gets off on telling the guy how much power he has. The job wears people down. Cops need sabbatical. So do public school teachers. I don't know how to pay for it, but it would probably be worth the extra expense.

"State law says I can"
"I can screw you over"
"I can make your night very difficult"
"I'm almost done"
"Attitude is everything"
"Remember attitude...." he's still goading the guy right now, having hospital confirmation that the mom is dying.

I bet the judge would throw this out. I'm making assumptions here, but I think a four-year college degree requirement for our peace officers would be a very good thing. Required study abroad. Required psychology classes. One-year internship, four year residency with other cops.

I bet if these guys were not black, the cops would've treated them differently too. I have no proof to think that, just my hunch.

[UtahDan]

Cops should get sabbatical. This guy was probably a good cop once (though he does say "I've chased once in 3 years"), but this is abuse of power. He is goading the man into getting upset. He has to be right, no matter what. It's like he gets off on telling the guy how much power he has. The job wears people down. Cops need sabbatical. So do public school teachers. I don't know how to pay for it, but it would probably be worth the extra expense.

"State law says I can"
"I can screw you over"
"I can make your night very difficult"
"I'm almost done"
"Attitude is everything"
"Remember attitude...." he's still goading the guy right now, having hospital confirmation that the mom is dying.

I bet the judge would throw this out. I'm making assumptions here, but I think a four-year college degree requirement for our peace officers would be a very good thing. Required study abroad. Required psychology classes. One-year internship, four year residency with other cops.

I bet if these guys were not black, the cops would've treated them differently too. I have no proof to think that, just my hunch.

Cops see the worst in our society every day and get accustomed to people lying to them every day about everything. They come to not trust almost anything they hear.

In my experience there are two kinds of cops I see in court. There is the kind that when you talk to them before court almost always say "hey, I did my job to get your guy to this point, whatever you and the prosecutor work out or whatever the judge does is okay with me." These types are friendly and less cynical. They care, but they are not personally invested in outcomes. There is a state trooper here about my age who has been at it for ten years, I saw him yesterday on a matter when my client almost ran him over at the side of the road while he was making another stop and he was very upset at the scene and chased my lady down. In talking to him yesterday he simultaneously described it as the closest call he had ever had and was also laughing about it with me.

The other kind, which probably represents a third of them, do take it personally, obviously have emotional investment in the outcome, are skeptical and borderline confrontational with me, don't want the prosecutor deal, get upset when they are cross examined and generally end up angry and bitter.

I can see how a person gets to be the second way. It happens often enough. But that is the guy who who gets jaded, angry and bitter and is more likely to make this kind of error in judgment because emotion makes him lose his cool or his perspective. I think they ought to be like fire fighters where they get large stretches off. It is just so easy for them to lose proper perspective and what we ask them to do is damn hard on the psyche. There is no excuse for how that officer behaved, but there is an explanation. This is something that should be better addressed.

[cougjunkie]

Here is an article with comments from the police chief:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9...PHCP&GT1=39002

[The_Tick]

I don't completely fault the cop.

They have a thankless job.

They get shot at and killed.

I know that I would always be on the edge also.

Could he have shown some more compassion? Sure.

Should he lose his job? No way.

Just to clarify...he did break the law.

[UtahDan]

Should he lose his job? No way.

I agree, but I do think he needs some counseling or additional training or maybe just some time behind a desk for a while. Keeping someone from seeing a dying inlaw is not the worst thing that can happen when this guy exercises poor judgment. To me that is the more troubling thing here.

With the exception of the Docs on here, none of us have jobs where people die when you have a bad day.

[TripletDaddy]

I agree, but I do think he needs some counseling or additional training or maybe just some time behind a desk for a while. Keeping someone from seeing a dying inlaw is not the worst thing that can happen when this guy exercises poor judgment. To me that is the more troubling thing here.

With the exception of the Docs on here, none of us have jobs where people die when you have a bad day.

I actually think part of keeping him off the street right now is for his own safety. Cruising around solo at night is probably not a great idea for this guy.

[wuapinmon]

I actually think part of keeping him off the street right now is for his own safety. Cruising around solo at night is probably not a great idea for this guy.

Plano isn't exactly a gangland.....but I'd still be worried.