Ryan Moats and the DPD

I always wondered what would happen if I had to rush to get the hospital without a police escort. Anyway Moats thinks the cop might have had a hint of racial pretense. I honestly disagree, instead I propose that the guy just seems like an overall jerk but thats just my opinion. Anyway ESPN has the whole thing on tape.

Police Chief On Incident Involving Moats - ESPN Video - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4019107)

So what do you guys think?

I cant watch the video here at work but I read a story about it on Foxsports. The police cheif even admits the officer was at fault here. But as to the racial pretense part....... I dont really think thats the case here.

Yea I saw this and read what happened. What an asshole I couldn't believe it when I read it. Damn cops that think they have so much power so ridiculous

http://www.thewarpath.net/parking-lot/22540-baltimore-cop-vs-kid-2.html#post539842

Yea I saw this and read what happened. What an asshole I couldn't believe it when I read it. Damn cops that think they have so much power so ridiculous

Please keep in mind not all cops are like this. When your the last line of defense for the public/community the cop has to get control of any given situation in order to keep others as well as himself safe. Sometimes looking like an asshole. I doubt people actually know how many time an officer hears on a traffic stop " my family member is in on their way to the hospital," " a family member is having a baby," " a family member is on their death bed" on traffic stops simply to get out of a ticket. I've heard co-workers say they use lines like that in hopes the officer will believe they need to move on in a hurry and let them go with a warning.

Now the B.S. part of this story is the officer could have parked his car, notified his dispatcher that he was out with someone going into the hosptial and actually checked this story out and given a warning if proven true. Something the cop failed to do. Two other factors; How young was the officer and how long has he been on the force.

http://www.thewarpath.net/parking-lot/22540-baltimore-cop-vs-kid-2.html#post539842


I didn't look at this video but if it's the one with the meter maid officer who yells at the skate boarders and jacks the kid up. He needed to be fired. Nothing else said. Well, except for the law suite I would have for the officer.

Please keep in mind not all cops are like this. When your the last line of defense for the public/community the cop has to get control of any given situation in order to keep others as well as himself safe. Sometimes looking like an asshole. I doubt people actually know how many time an officer hears on a traffic stop " my family member is in on their way to the hospital," " a family member is having a baby," " a family member is on their death bed" on traffic stops simply to get out of a ticket. I've heard co-workers say they use lines like that in hopes the officer will believe they need to move on in a hurry and let them go with a warning.

Now the B.S. part of this story is the officer could have parked his car, notified his dispatcher that he was out with someone going into the hosptial and actually checked this story out and given a warning if proven true. Something the cop failed to do. Two other factors; How young was the officer and how long has he been on the force.
He'd been on the force 25 years. It's in the article.

Three in a row. :( Just keep in mind. No matter where you live or where you work their are assholes. I like to think the assholes are the 1% in any given situation. Yes you will find bad cops, but for every on bad cop there is a whole department of good ones.

It would be unfair to say everyone on message boards are assholes when it's probably only 1% who are that cause problems.

Just keep in mind.....an officer has a job to do. If he doesn't do his job the community gets mad, people get hurt and he gets fired. He or she has a lot of stress to deal with everyday. The biggest issue being will he or she make it home to their wife/husband and kids. At any given moment that can be taken away from them:

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go halfway down and look at "officer down in the line of duty" and look at the officers who will not be saying good night to their loved ones anymore.

He'd been on the force 25 years. It's in the article.

Again I only saw the NFL footage. I'm not trying to defend him. I agree he messed up and should have handled it another way.

Just asking people to not be judgmental of everyone.

Please keep in mind not all cops are like this. When your the last line of defense for the public/community the cop has to get control of any given situation in order to keep others as well as himself safe. Sometimes looking like an asshole. I doubt people actually know how many time an officer hears on a traffic stop " my family member is in on their way to the hospital," " a family member is having a baby," " a family member is on their death bed" on traffic stops simply to get out of a ticket. I've heard co-workers say they use lines like that in hopes the officer will believe they need to move on in a hurry and let them go with a warning.

Now the B.S. part of this story is the officer could have parked his car, notified his dispatcher that he was out with someone going into the hosptial and actually checked this story out and given a warning if proven true. Something the cop failed to do. Two other factors; How young was the officer and how long has he been on the force.
That's all well and good, but by the time he actually got to the car they were already in the hospital parking lot and Moats' wife was crying and running to the door.

I understand the cop probably felt like he was just doing his job, and that he probably became aggrevated because Moats was fairly emotional himself, but common sense should have taken over sooner. There was no reason for the cop to hold him for 15 minutes, or to threaten to arrest him and have his car towed when it was obvious that the man just needed to get into the hospital ASAP.

And I thought the cop was only 25. Towards the end of the video he says "I've had one chase in 3 years," or something like that.