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Ryan Moats police saga

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This story was first broke in the fanposts, but I thought it deserved another mention. Former Eagle and current Texan Ryan Moats is in the news after he was the victim of some very disturbing police misconduct that was caught on film.

The Dallas Morning News has the story

As he rushed his family to the hospital, 26-year-old NFL running back Ryan Moats rolled through a red light. A Dallas police officer pulled their SUV over outside the emergency room.

Moats and his wife explained that her mother was dying inside the hospital.

"You really want to go through this right now?" Moats pleaded. "My mother-in-law is dying. Right now!"

Officer Robert Powell, 25, was unmoved. He spent long minutes writing Moats a ticket and threatened him with arrest.

"I can screw you over," the officer said. "I'd rather not do that."

The scene last week, captured by a dashboard video camera, prompted apologies and the promise of an investigation from Dallas police officials Wednesday.

"There were some things that were said that were disturbing, to say the least," said Lt. Andy Harvey, a police spokesman.

Moats and his wife, who were pulled over as they pulled into a space in front of the emergency room pleaded for the officer to listen to them, but he refused despite hospital staffers and even another local cop confirming Moats' story.

His mother in law passed away while the officer forced Moats to remain in his car as he checked for outstanding warrants...

The story is definitely worth a read and it really makes your heart go out to Moats. The experience sounds like an absolute nightmare.

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This guy obviously became a cop for the power trip. I love how he tells Ryan that if he had just explained what’s going on he would have been let go. What more of an explanation other than “My mother-in-law is dying right now” is needed? Hate to think this whole situation had racial overtones.

by ajay on Mar 26, 2009 11:29 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This makes me sick

I seriously hope that cop loses his job.

by Bob_Q on Mar 26, 2009 11:38 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

And the police wonder why people don’t like them.

The road to victory!

by jayt on Mar 26, 2009 11:45 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

+3249823754

If football had a church, Brian Dawkins would be my preacher !

by NorthPhillyKid on Mar 26, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

http://www.libertyballers.com/

by Remis on Mar 26, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Texas "Law Enforcement..."

If you’ve ever seen the documentary by Erroll Morris, “The Thin Blue Line,” it gives you a whole new view of Texas law enforcement. I hate to stereotype but wow, this sort of callousness really bugs me.

"It's the only place where you pull up on the bus and you've got the grandfather, the grandmother, the kids and the grandkids—everybody's flicking you off."

- Michael Strahan

by #1EaglesFan on Mar 26, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

As if I didn't need another reason to hate that city

I really hope the douche gets fired, turns to a life of crime, eventually gets arrested, and then tossed into a hell-hole where he gets sodomized every night for being an ex-cop.

Sorry for the vulgarity, but this type of arrogance and cockiness infuriates me.

by Luxury_Used_Vehicles_By_Braman on Mar 26, 2009 11:53 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That's pretty shitty

I hate cops like that…

But guys please don’t make this an attack on cops. For every SHITTY cop, there’s many good ones. It is a VERy thankless job and they have to put up with BULL SHIT from not so good people EVERY day… They will also to be the first one to come save your ass in a robbery or assault. They have one of the most thankless jobs out there.

I hope everything works out for Ryan and that cop gets suspended or fired.

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!

by Joe_D on Mar 26, 2009 12:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i lose faith in cops the older i grow

If football had a church, Brian Dawkins would be my preacher !

by NorthPhillyKid on Mar 26, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+10000 i remember when i was younger i thought that the police force was perfect and that noone got away with anything… then i turned 15…

http://www.libertyballers.com/

by Remis on Mar 26, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1,

Cops do save your tail when you need them. I will be the first to call one is someone robbed me or hurt someone I know. And they do their thing to help.

But this guy reminds me of so many young cops I’vd come in contact with. These young comes think they are hot stuff.

City of Champions!

by yophillybro on Mar 26, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well said, Joe_D

All of the good cops should be pissed at this tool. It’s a real shame that Ryan and his family had to deal with that. I can’t imagine what was going through that cop’s head to make him act like that.

by MRPH on Mar 27, 2009 8:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I try to give them a break

I usually give cops the benefit of the doubt because people try to use excuses all the time to get out of tickets. But after reading this

“who were pulled over as they pulled into a space in front of the emergency room pleaded for the officer to listen to them, but he refused despite hospital staffers and even another local cop confirming Moats’ story.”

hope this guy gets knocked down to directing traffic for a full year

by Smallbugger on Mar 26, 2009 12:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

a full year?

i hope this guy’s dog dies in his son’s arms while he catches his wife cheating him

by PHIGHTINPHILS on Mar 26, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

good to see that ESPN is now running a story on this.

I read a few account on this. and Ryan seemed to be very polite and respectful. He even address this jerk officer as “Yes sire”. As the officer offered to charge him with fleeing. Thats a lie, this officer deserves to made an example of, just for being such a horse’s rearend.

City of Champions!

by yophillybro on Mar 26, 2009 12:14 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Just like someone said above that cop should loose his job, and end up in the big house where he is gonna have a lot of fun with big bubba for being an ex-cop

by Eaglesfan10 on Mar 26, 2009 12:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I found a video of this,

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090325_mo_detained.6f8a23c1.html

I have a problem, I am at work and do not have flashplayer on PC and do not have administrative priveleges to install anything. Basically, I can’t watch videos on the web.

Can someone peep this video and tell me about it. I will check it out when I get home later.

City of Champions!

by yophillybro on Mar 26, 2009 12:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

i watched...

it basically shows the cop’s dashboard camera view of the incident. it started out with moat’s wife and her aunt trying to get into the hospital, but the cop started to yell at them. they eventually went into the hospital anyway, but moats stayed behind pleading his case. the majority of the video is the conversation between the two. moats at first had a frustrated tone (would you blame him?) but calmed down and responded with a “yes sir” for several questions. at some point a nurse and even another police over went over and told this cop the situation to which the cop responded with an “i’m almost done.” finally, after about 20 minutes, the cop issued the ticket and that was that.

this video just shows that moats has more patience and control than just about anyone i know. if i were in his shoes, i would have run into the hospital and risk getting arrested. i’m impressed that moats was able to keep his cool throughout the whole thing.

by awd777 on Mar 26, 2009 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

this is disturbing. I hate to play the race/power trip card but this just reeks of it. Some ignorant redneck cop saw a black man driving an expensive car and decided that he must be up to something. the cop then felt the need to flex his muscles and lay out all the different ways he could ruin Moats’ night.

tough guy cops like this that use their power to ruin other people’s nights just because they can are no better then the criminals they chase. Its an outrage if the result of this is anything less than the cop losing his job.

by njh3293 on Mar 26, 2009 12:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm not even black and think race may have played a factor. I hate the race card, but it sure sounds

like the cop had a problem with this guy, even though he was respectful.

City of Champions!

by yophillybro on Mar 26, 2009 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Racist or idiot.... or both

What a piece of crap! I like cops and most of my buddies are officers, but this guy is an idiot.

It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!

by USMC_Texas on Mar 26, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That cop is a scumbag

Mike T.

by mterkowski on Mar 26, 2009 12:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I’m here … this is an unfortunate situation for Moats and his family.

I will bite my tongue about police officers in general, I have been witness to the extremes I’ve watched cops unmercifully beat a guy on the street after he had laid down, put his hands behind his back as they had asked. I’ve had a cop take down a kid shortly after he had pulled a gun on me. I’ve been given a ticket for going 5 over the speed limit and been let go from going 20 over.

There are situations with extenuating circumstances and this was clearly one, and it was ignored, it is sad and this cop gives his entire profession a bad name.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Mar 26, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You had a gun pulled on you?

Were you talking shit in a Dallas sports bar again Whodie?

by ajay on Mar 26, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

some punk kid in college … got pissed I wouldn’t let him and his friends into a party.

"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"

by Whodie126 on Mar 27, 2009 8:26 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and he's from dallas?

what a surprise. nothing good comes from that cesspool of a town. if moats was smart, he would sue.

by snowhill82 on Mar 26, 2009 3:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it's a problem

i live in dallas, specifically near plano where this took place, and i have met very few friendly cops in my life. many of em are retired privates from the military who never really got educated enough to do anything. many of em are also the dumb jocks and bullies from high school that you knew would amount to nothing. see kumar’s tirade against a cop in Harold n Kumar pt. 1. and apply that tirade to 80 percent of the cops here. it’s a PROBLEM.

by Bleediots on Mar 26, 2009 4:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

hmm

what a friggin douchebag that cop is…
Not all cops are like that for sure but many of them are and I bet bs like this goes on all the time. This guy should be a crossing guard the rest of his adult life and should NEVER be allowed an ounce of power…EVER. We all make mistakes at work…this wasnt a mistake, it was a 13 minute series of bad behavior that should result in his termination…immediately. What else is there to review ? Fire him now. Stupid hillbilly jerkoff.

by Gdog2009 on Mar 26, 2009 5:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I read this early today...

and i’m more irrate every time i think about this.

I’m not normally in favor of a “mob” of people going after someones head, but seriously that cop has got to be fired.

this is just one of those things that cant be undone. She died and he will always remember that he wasnt there.

E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!!!!!

by 700 Level on Mar 26, 2009 8:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

What a bum

to be honest livin up in CT i like the cops in my town there nice and i know a few personally and there very good guys, so i like cops and i respect there authority and everything but how the hell does a guy like this get into the force???I gotta pull the rece card the powertrip card and the exEagle in Dallas card b/c there is no excuse when two nurses and another cop say to let him go and the best he can come up with is “Im almost Done” Again and again and again what a bum

To me the Eagles are like that girlfriend that pisses u off, then u hate her, but the next morning you wake up and remember that thing u love so much about her

by XxBleedGreen5xX on Mar 27, 2009 8:02 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

ROBERT "PIG" POWELL

ROBERT “PIG” POWELL absolutely got what he deserved. Most young cops are power hungry egotistical idiots. Pulling a gun on a man and his sobbing pleading wife? Come on!! Mr. Moats stopped at the light before passing through it, this show he was not a danger to other motorists!! Now we are down to the “intent” of the law or the “letter” of the law. Why didn’t PIG POWELL escort them into the hospital and convey condolences Isn’t that part of protect and serve? Cops (Pigs) have an agenda….they want to be boss and use the law to hide behind them bossing you around. PIG POWELL didn’t like his ticketing and bossing agenda disrupted so he pulled his gun!! He got caught. He is a jerk and I am so happy he lost his job, he has no reason to ever be a cop as this was not his 1st abuse of power. ie Zach Johnsons wife, harrassed for 3 hous by this idiot. Now PIG POWELL has no job and I hope he, his wife and his children suffer for all the pain they put others through. Shame on the wife for not correcting his assinine ego and behavior

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