Ryan Moats police saga

I just read this.

“I can screw you over,” the officer said. “I’d rather not do that.”

That quote sums it all up. Some cops just get off on power trip. Officers like that have no business being on the force. This could have been a lot worse, I am not sure I would have handled myself like Moats did. I wonder if this cop has a wife and kids and how they feel about his actions?

that’s rough. you would think that the guy would offer a little sympathy over an issue of a dying mother, but i guess not.

my god

THATS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS IVE HEARD IN A WHILE!

brothers on the police force soon. And I have to tell you, some cops definately get off on power trips. I see cops pull people over by my way for fun. There is this one skinny 19 yearold cop that thinks he is the man. You just want to slap the smerk of his face. This story is disgracefull. That cop should lose his job just for being a robotic moron.

You sir a a JERK!

loser on a power trip

Thanks Jason for adding the quote in- I wasn’t quite sure how to put that and the hyperlink in the post.

I was just surprised to hear Moat’s name on the radio. Unfortunately, I doubt that the cop will suffer any serious repercussions… I have a few friends in the force, and this doo$$h definitely gives them a bad rap. At least it was caught on camera.

Hospital security guards arrived and told Powell that the Moatses’ relative really was upstairs dying.

Powell spent several minutes inside his squad car, in part to check Moats for outstanding warrants. He found none.

Another hospital staffer came out and spoke with a Plano police officer who had arrived.

“Hey, that’s the nurse,” the Plano officer told Powell. “She said that the mom’s dying right now, and she’s wanting to know if they can get him up there before she dies.”

“All right,” Powell replied. “I’m almost done.”

Just a few added details I found

here

Lost in the brouhaha that has erupted regarding the shameful (in our opinion) incident that unfolded between Dallas police officer Robert Powell and Texans running back Ryan Moats is a report that Powell drew his gun on Moats’ wife.

Apparently, the weapon was pulled at the outset of the confrontation, when Moats’ wife tried to rush inside the nearby hospital.

"Get in there," Powell said. "Let me see your hands. Get in there. Put your hands on the car."

It should have been obvious to anyone with an ounce of common sense that a car with its hazard lights flashing that ran a red light and stopped in the parking lot of a hospital contains people who for whatever reason need to get inside said hospital.

This isn’t about Powell’s subsequent perception, right or wrong, that Moats had a bad attitude. From the moment Powell got out of the car, he was wired for a confrontation. Otherwise, he would have let Moats’ wife head to the hospital without incident.

The fact that Powell opted not to shoot her when she decided to ignore him proves that Powell knew what was happening. And yet he still opted to act like a royal ass.

We realize some are concerned that criticism of police officers might undermine their ability to perform their jobs effectively. We prefer to believe that criticism of those in authority is appropriate, when deserved. Otherwise, Powell and people like him will continue to make the darkest moments of people’s lives unnecessarily darker.