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Glad to see Dallas police officer resign after incident with NFL player
The incident in Dallas two weeks ago involving a former Dallas police officer and Houston Texans running back, Ryan Moats, was disturbing to say the least.
If you didn’t hear or read already, Moats and his wife were rushing to a Dallas hospital as his wife’s mother was literally lying on her death bed.
Moats, in a hurry to see his mother-in-law alive one last time, ran a red light.
The police officer, Robert Powell, flashed his lights and followed Moats to the emergency room entrance at the hospital.
He drew his gun and reportedly pointed it at Moats' wife who ignored the officer as she ran into see her dying mother.
Moats stayed behind to deal with the officer.
While many people are pulling the race card (Powell is white, Moats is black) I wouldn’t go that far.
But I wouldn't hesitate to pull the jerk card.
Listen, I’m sure police officers hear excuses similar to Moats’ all of the time. In fact, I personally know people who have used the excuse when pulled over that they were rushing to see a dying family member.
I know police have to take these excuses with a grain of salt and still do their job, but HELLO, Moats was three feet from the emergency room entrance of the hospital.
That is pretty believable.
A woman ran from a presumably loaded gun which was reportedly pointed at her into the hospital.
Sounds legit to me.
Furthermore, about 10 minutes after Moats unsuccessfully begged the officer to let him go inside to see his mother-in-law, another officer told Powell that a nurse confirmed the woman was dying and Powell’s response was “I’m almost done.”
Unlike the officer, Moats wasn’t on an egotistical power trip that night. Moats could have easily resorted to what a lot of celebrities do when they are pulled over and pull the “don’t you know who I am?” card. For the most part, he kept a level head but it’s still heartbreaking to hear a man plead “My mother-in-law is dying, I don’t understand how you can’t understand that.”
By the time Powell was done with Moats, a reportedly 13 minutes later which included threats such as “I can screw you over,” his mother-in-law was dead.
Now, Powell is done. He resigned from the department today.
His departure was inevitable as the chief of the department told the media he was disgusted and embarrassed by Powell’s actions.
I think everyone should be disgusted with Powell, including himself.
-Nick Carrabine
If you didn’t hear or read already, Moats and his wife were rushing to a Dallas hospital as his wife’s mother was literally lying on her death bed.
Moats, in a hurry to see his mother-in-law alive one last time, ran a red light.
The police officer, Robert Powell, flashed his lights and followed Moats to the emergency room entrance at the hospital.
He drew his gun and reportedly pointed it at Moats' wife who ignored the officer as she ran into see her dying mother.
Moats stayed behind to deal with the officer.
While many people are pulling the race card (Powell is white, Moats is black) I wouldn’t go that far.
But I wouldn't hesitate to pull the jerk card.
Listen, I’m sure police officers hear excuses similar to Moats’ all of the time. In fact, I personally know people who have used the excuse when pulled over that they were rushing to see a dying family member.
I know police have to take these excuses with a grain of salt and still do their job, but HELLO, Moats was three feet from the emergency room entrance of the hospital.
That is pretty believable.
A woman ran from a presumably loaded gun which was reportedly pointed at her into the hospital.
Sounds legit to me.
Furthermore, about 10 minutes after Moats unsuccessfully begged the officer to let him go inside to see his mother-in-law, another officer told Powell that a nurse confirmed the woman was dying and Powell’s response was “I’m almost done.”
Unlike the officer, Moats wasn’t on an egotistical power trip that night. Moats could have easily resorted to what a lot of celebrities do when they are pulled over and pull the “don’t you know who I am?” card. For the most part, he kept a level head but it’s still heartbreaking to hear a man plead “My mother-in-law is dying, I don’t understand how you can’t understand that.”
By the time Powell was done with Moats, a reportedly 13 minutes later which included threats such as “I can screw you over,” his mother-in-law was dead.
Now, Powell is done. He resigned from the department today.
His departure was inevitable as the chief of the department told the media he was disgusted and embarrassed by Powell’s actions.
I think everyone should be disgusted with Powell, including himself.
-Nick Carrabine
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