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While he did "run" the red light, I heard a report that said Moats STOPPED at the light, made sure it was clear then proceeded, and was driving with his hazards on. There is no excuse for this officer. It is officer's like this that make people so anti-police ... while it hasn't been released, I would be totally shocked if this was this officer's first incident or reprimand. He obviously is on an ego trip with his little gun.
While he did "run" the red light, I heard a report that said Moats STOPPED at the light, made sure it was clear then proceeded, and was driving with his hazards on. There is no excuse for this officer. It is officer's like this that make people so anti-police ... while it hasn't been released, I would be totally shocked if this was this officer's first incident or reprimand. He obviously is on an ego trip with his little gun.
That is what I heard as well. I'm in the Dallas area and have seen all of the news stories on this incident and saw the video of it yesterday. The cop was CLEARLY in the wrong and sounded like a total a-hole.
At 2 in the morning and going to the hospital to be with your mother as she is taking her last breaths........... I'd stop at the red light, coast is clear and procede thru it as well. I did that on the way to the hospital when I was in labor with my first. It was late, late night and hardly any traffic on the road. We stopped at the red lights, coast was clear, went on our way. No one can say that the way Moats and his wife acted is "normal". Getting a phone call in the middle of the night saying your mother is taking her last breaths and being asked to come to the hospital asap is NOT something that all of us can say we would behave in the same way. Everyone reacts differently to such calls.
After seeing this morons myspace and his tatoo........... he has a real problem and sees being a police officer as a power trip. This is the guy that if he was called in the middle of the night and heard his own mother was dying and only had minutes to live he would fly thru a red light w/o even stopping and IF a police officer followed him he would probably assualt them.
After seeing this morons myspace and his tatoo........... he has a real problem and sees being a police officer as a power trip. This is the guy that if he was called in the middle of the night and heard his own mother was dying and only had minutes to live he would fly thru a red light w/o even stopping and IF a police officer followed him he would probably assualt them.
Do you have a link to his myspace page I would like to see it. Like any business, police officers have their share of jerks. Not every cop is a heartless guy like this. It's just a horrible place to employ some one who likes to have power over people and does it in a negative fashion as he did.
This officer should have handled this better for the simple reason he is DALLAS PD ... Dallas PD is used to their Dallas Cowboys running from them and creating havoc!!
At least Moats was professional and didn't play that card !
He should have just escorted the family in and checked the story, so what, Mr Moets ran a red light, big deal. People run them at every stop light, every day. Im glad the cop is pulled out of service, what a disgrace to the DPD....that outfit has had some real big problems over the years and it appears they aren't being solved.
Do you have a link to his myspace page I would like to see it. Like any business, police officers have their share of jerks. Not every cop is a heartless guy like this. It's just a horrible place to employ some one who likes to have power over people and does it in a negative fashion as he did.
I'm thinking that Chief Kunkle should force this officer to be one of the escorts for the family during the funeral procession. Or at least force him to attend the service. Although if I were the family I would not want him anywhere NEAR me or my family ever again. Hmm, maybe he can be assigned to funeral procession duty for all other funerals and not this one. Put him in a position where he is forced to deal with a family that has lost a loved one recently. Then on his days off he should be made to make rounds with the hospital chaplains. Make him see another side of people and maybe get some compassion in his blood.
Which doesn't include some of the people in this thread, apparently. Good grief - nurses even came out and explained the situation. He didn't even try to verify. The guy was an asshat in no uncertain terms. If he isn't fired I'd be amazed.
That said, any particular reason the player didn't just say "fine, tow it" and go in? How is that a hard choice?
Maybe he thought the idiot cop would attack/shoot him.
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