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Since there seems to be little accountability in law enforcement, maybe we need to go back to public shaming. Refuse service to these loser cops so they can't even get gas or groceries.
My brother got a dwi on a bicycle when he had been drinking and was crossing at a crosswalk (riding bike), and was hit by a Martin county, FL sheriff's car.
The nurse came into his room and said "I need to draw blood", so he said ok, and the cops used it to file dwi charges against him. He was charged with a dwi, convicted and lost his DRIVERS license for 5 yrs. He sued the police, because cop was speeding with unruly prisoner in back and never saw him, or hit his brales until after he hit him (doing 60 in a 45.).
I think if you are in a hospital, cops should be required to get a warrant for a blood draw. Peopke agree to most anything a nurse tells you they need to do. What is being done with blood should be disclosed.
"Here you go...The Supreme Court on Thursday said that police must obtain a warrant before requiring a suspected drunk driver to submit to a blood alcohol test. In a divided opinion, the court made a distinction between blood tests, which require the piercing of the skin, and breath tests, which it found are not particularly painful, intrusive or embarrassing"
Actually it may be law to retrieve blood results from a driver from a crash/injury/death accident. The nurse is probably guilty of obstructing\similar charge
Do a little more research to make sure you're right
According to the nurse herself, she could not draw blood because:
- the patient was not under arrest,
- the patient was unconscious and therefore unable to give consent, and
- there was no warrant.
One of her supervisors was on the phone with the cop and was heard to be telling him that he "was making a huge mistake right now" in arresting her.
She is going to OWN that cop's job when this is all over, and I hope she does.
You know for all the rightie cop apologists, I sure wish you held the 4th amendment in the same high regard as the 2nd.
Secondly, let's go back and revisit the thread about trump giving military weapons to cops...guy like this are why it's bad idea. Of course there are good cops, but until the good cops rise up and seek to gets cops like this fired instead of remaining silent, they are also part of the problem.
Since there seems to be little accountability in law enforcement, maybe we need to go back to public shaming. Refuse service to these loser cops so they can't even get gas or groceries.
No, I do not think so. On the whole I do believe cops are doing the best they can with what they know and how people behave towards them. The problem is in upper management. Like other professionals they need to have regular refresher classes that address new laws and how it affects their jobs and what they can and cannot do as well as dealing with situations that may anger them. I don't blame this cop for anything other than losing his cool because she was in no way being rude to him. He should have stepped away and awaited his supervisor, however his own supervisor arrived and basically told the nurse she should have obeyed. Both were incorrect. Why they were incorrect is in question. Did they honestly not know the law or did they disregard the law. If it was the second then they should be reprimanded, if it was the first then the department needs to set up some remedial training of all officers on a periodic basis not just one time.
I do not think the public should shame them, refuse service, or in anyway treat them differently. One day, you will need an officer, and if you previously acted like an ass to them, would you want them to deny you?
Why didn't the cop just go over the nurse's head and talk to her supervisor? There had to be one on duty. Remind her it is federal law.
He was on the phone with one of her supervisors, and was told that he was making a "huge mistake" in arresting her.
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