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Oh complete bullshit, ths guy needs to be fired now.

A cop shouldn’t be acting that way, especially when Paramedics are in an emergency situation.

wow! amazing a whole buncha yelling for no reason. that cop….

Interesting how they cut out the sound (selectively) toward the end. Makes me wonder what else the cops are covering.

That officer deserves to be arrested for battery, too.

We test athletes for steroids, but not these guys.

You can’t even run a forklift at WalMart and not be drug tested.

And yet we let guys like this run around with guns.

(And if he’s not having a ‘roid rage fit here, what IS his excuse then?)

He also clearly cares more about his authoritah being respected than the patient in that ambulance. Even if it wasn’t rolling lights and sirens, the person inside could have still been in pain. I’ve been transported by ambulance, non-emergency, to be taken to a hospital where I could have my broken jaw set. Non-emergency, but would really like to get there and get my bone set, thanks.

But other human beings mean nothing to Officer Roidrage. Not when he has his wife watching from the car. So much for serve and protect.

Maybe the EMTs should get tasers to settle douchebags like his down.

An entire blog dedicated to police abuse. Blog owner, you’re right, the world is an imperfect place. Never let anyone tell you any different. lol

@William: Agree with battery statement, but I think the mic cut out due to the scuffle.

Curious what Jones opinion of the stop is now that we have the dashboard camera.

Cop: “Now… here, now”

Medic: “No, you now, what seems to be the problem?”

Cop: “What’s going on?”

Medic: “No.”

Cop: “I’m talking to the driver.”

Medic: “I’m talking to you. I’m the medic and I…”

Cop: “You better get back in that ambulance. I’m talking to the driver.”

Medic: “I’m in charge of this unit sir.”

Cop: “Okay.”

Medic: “My name is Maurice White

Cop: “Alright”

Medic: “I’m a physical care paramedic.”

Cop: (speaking to driver) “I’m gonna give you a ticket for failure to yield and when I go by you saying what’s going on you don’t need to be giving me no hand gestures. I’m not gonna put up with that shit. You understand me?”

Medic: “And I won’t put up with you talking to my driver like that sir.”

Cop: “I ain’t listening to you buddy. You get your ass back in that ambulance or I’m taking you in. I’m talking to the driver.”

Medic: “Take me in if you would.”

Cop: (to driver) “Come over here Paul.”

Driver: “We’ve got a patient…”

Medic: “No, We got a patient in this unit, right now.”

Cop: (to driver) “Okay. You want to go ahead and pull over to the side of the road when there’s an emergency vehicle behind you?”

Driver: “I didn’t…”

Medic: “You were tailgating us!”

Cop: “No I wasn’t!”

Medic: “You ran up on us quickly!”

Cop: “I did NOT run up on you quickly, buddy!”

Medic: “Yes, you did!”

Cop: “You better get back in that ambulance before you get your but to jail now. You understand me?”

Medic: “We gonna take my patient to the hospital, you can take me to jail, we’ll discuss this. Okay?”

Cop: “Come here Paul”

Medic: “No, no. We’ve got a patient in this…”

Cop: (cop grabs medic) “Get your ass… turn around.” (all hell breaks loose)

I see nothing that justifies the cop’s assault of the medic. Whoever cleared the cop after watching this video should be reprimanded (or hopefully fired).

That is the most egregious abuse of police power I have seen since Rodney King.
Had I been that EMT, I would not have stopped, have the discussion at the hospital.
Un-freakin-beliveable.

Didn’t the cop notice that the ambulance had to go around that white car before they could safely pull over? (Probably, but Officer Cartman had ahTHOR-I-tah that needed respectin’, right?)

Seriously, if you think OK Joe Hi-Po is bad, avoid OKC like the plague. The Town Clowns there make him look like a shining example of professionalism. I lived there for some years, and encountered /one/ Police officer, and one possible LEO. The rest were a pack of Barneys, save for a few that would have made good guards where Cool Hand Luke was imprisoned.

If you ever get the urge to say more than yessir/nossir to one of them, keep in mind that back around ’90 or so, the OKC area TCs met a mental case gone off his meds, standing in the door of his house, “armed” with a weed cutter, with a storm of gunfire, (circa 70 rounds fired, IIRC) killing him. No charges filed. If you’re pulled over, you’re better off with the Hi-Pos.

Nemo,

You’re full of it. OKC is a great place to visit with some of the friendliest people in the entire country. The cops are no different, this bad one just needs to be weeded out.

Did the cops have tasers back in the late ’80′s when that happened?

It’s a police state. They will continue to take our rights away as long as we accept it. Tasering people, sometimes to death, for things like traffic violations, shows how they see us as terrorists. If you’re going to defend tasering, you don’t deserve your rights as an American citizen. You deserve their next step, which is bringing in foreign military to merge with the police, so you can’t leave your home unless they say you can. You deserve what you are defending, and you don’t understand what Americans are losing.

First, I am pro-law enforcement, but I don’t condone the actions of the trooper. He was overly aggressive, and only escalated the situation when he made a sarcastic remark to the ambulance crew over the radio (prior to the traffic stop).

However, stating that he was running lights and siren to pick his wife up from the police station IS COMPLETELY FALSE. He was responding to assist a local police agency with a reported stolen vehicle. The local agency made the traffic stop at a roadside gas station. The trooper was disregarded from the assist shortly after he arrived, and then he stopped the ambulance. His wife was in the car the entire time.

You don’t have to like the police, but printing such false information doesn’t give your argument much credibility either.

This is a total abuse of the law that cop pulled him over for no reason the cop even attacked the guy for no reason and the cop must have been on steroids and/or drugs because he flipped out when the paramedic was trying to save someone the cap was/and is clearly off his rocker.

Observer, you must be new here, that is the norm.

He needs to move on to a new career field……..hopefully away from anything requiring good judgement

@observer

“You don’t have to like the police, but printing such false information doesn’t give your argument much credibility either.”

If she was in the car the whole time, they could have just said so. As it was it took them until a few days ago to even identify who she was. It was pointed out on Statter that at 1:32 in the dashcam video it does appear that someone gets in the car… Of course, simply releasing that info in the first place would have cleared it up, wouldn’t it?

http://www.wusa9.com/news/columnist/blogs/2009/06/prosecutor-blasts-troo...

The fact that his wife was in the car has no bearing on the altercation that occurred subsequent to the traffic stop. Yes, I’ve watched the dashcam footage, and read Statter911 daily. Did you think that the trooper could have exited the vehicle for a few seconds and then gotten back in? Why would his wife had happened to have been at a run-down gas station?

Mike – If she was in the car the whole time, they could have just said so.

And since they didn’t say so let’s just make shit up.

Observer – Why would his wife had happened to have been at a run-down gas station

It sure looked like a gas station to me to but when I read the article and it said “what appears to be a police station” I didn’t know what to think.

@Observer =shrug= Why wouldn’t she?

We don’t know. And her presence in the car more than likely influenced the EMT response, if you’ll remember. So yes, it did have a bearing.

@jones

Yeah, we’d have a better idea of what to think if the police had actually been honest to begin with. Making an inference from the video available isn’t making things up.

Then again, you’ve looked at video previously and claimed it didn’t show things it did, so I don’t have a lot of faith in anything you say anyway.

You’ve already demonstrated that a cop could probably eat a baby off the hood of his cruiser and you’d blame the baby for being so damn tasty.

(And then claim the edited dash cam footage doesn’t tell the whole story.)

The DA should put him on leave w/o pay, line his ducks in a row and then fire away.
Oh, I guess I was thinking of Internal Affairs on some cop show where they really go after the cop(s) for alleged infractions and nail their arse to the wall when it is proven they did commit wrongdoing…Yep, I must remember we are living in the real world.
Honestly, if that was my mother? I would have been on the cell phone calling for another ambulance immediately and not even waste my time trying to explain to the deaf ass of an officer and then I would have sued the living hell out of all involved from the cop all the way to the top for ignoring the real issue – - the patient.
One more thing, it really showed the callousness of the officer when he opened the door to ‘tell’ the patient she would be on her way in just a moment. That showed he was derelict in his duty to ‘serve and protect’ and that he acknowledged there was a person in need of medical attention to which he obstructed their right to immediate help regardless of what we may think may have been an emergency or non-emergency. ~Fire him.

OK is a beautiful state but the DA didn’t do anyone any favors by not filing charges on this clown.

This is like the Treaty of Versailles: A guarantee of future hostilities. What’s the point of a law against interfering with EMT’s?

I hope Mr. White gets a ton of money. Mr asshole trooper can buy a fishing cabin with David Letterman.

this cop should never be aloud to practice law again……

@ james
Not trying to be rude to you but that was certainly was not practicing “law”, that was abuse of (what the ofc perceived to be) power.
I noticed in the clip on YouTube that when the other officer put the moves on the EMT the original officer really showed more of his ‘stuff’. Totally disgusting…

PS: Kudos to the family for showing great patience, manners, and calmness while this tirade by the ofc was going on. Your mother has a great family and I know is proud. : )

I really do feel that these officers should be Fired for this type of conduct. What is the Chief of Oklahoma Police Dept is doing about this???
Is this the type of behavior acceptable in this state also???

Real professional Trp. A-hole. No wonder people hate Police. He better hope those ambulance drivers aren’t on duty the day that trooper needs medical help.

Real professional Tpr. A-hole. No wonder people hate Police. He better hope those ambulance drivers aren’t on duty the day that trooper needs medical help.

Tony, to answer your question of What is the chief doing. He’s doing what most chiefs do….. Either lie about it or nothing. They (chiefs) are bigger cowards than the criminals.

@michaelk42

You appear to assume that the medic even saw the trooper’s wife in the vehicle. We don’t know that he did, therefore, we can’t assume that it DID have any bearing on it.

@observer I’m not assuming anything. I read the EMT’s report. I thought you said you read Statter daily? That’s where I got it from.

“When the officer came to a complete stop behind the ambulance, I noticed a woman in the front seat. Based on the officer’s erratic driving behavior, I thought that the woman in the front seat of the cruiser was in need of immediate medical attention; hence, I exited the rear of the ambulance in order to assess the situation.”

So actually, yes, it did have bearing on it. And apparently you’ve not been reading Statter too closely if you didn’t notice the links to the statements.

Michaelk42,
I have a very young daughter who nearly always blames the reactions of those around her for her behavior, no matter how egregious her preceding behavior. She also nearly always blames her physical or verbal escalation on the reactions to her preceding behavior. She demands respect without earning it. I and she have a long road ahead of us.
Perhaps she is destined to be part of “the new professionalism”, or at the very least an apologist.

@John

Ah, so your experience playing la turista trumps my years living there? Nice to know. I’ll tell it to the guy I “didn’t” see beat into submission by some of them. Why “didn’t” I see it? Why, because I was told by said soi disant “LEO”s that I didn’t, and it was my word against all of theirs.

Presumably, I wasn’t heckled and cussed over the exterior speakers of a cruiser while a little lost (and therefore driving somewhat under the speed limit, looking for familiar street signs) in downtown OKC, while driving my not-yet-locally-tagged (but perfectly legal) car. Such friendly “officers”, kindly directing me to return to the state in which I no longer resided. Obvioulsy tourist-friendly.

Surely, all my experiences and those of friends and acquaintances crumble in the face you your unfounded assertion that I’m “full of it”, oh my!

Don’t take /my/ advice, Johnny-boi. Visit the OK State Fair, and have a couple too many, and get a little boisterous*, and see what happens. But don’t say I didn’t warn you.
*Not violent, mind. I never advocate to strangers that they engage in mindless violence. Do so at your own risk.

But not to worry, Johnny says that OKC cops are A-OK! Just one bad apple in the whole state, yay! *sarcasm off*

Will you tell me the Daily Okie was lying about the poor mental case who brought his weed-cutter to the gunfight that the cops staged on his doorstep? Or is it just your fantasy that tasering the mentally ill cures mental illness? (On the plus side, you are doing a marvelous job of undermining the little trust that still remains in the police tht the public may harbor.)

After watching it one more time, the dash cam, I think the officer really took a blow to the ego, already bruised, when he couldn’t just manhandle the big EMT guy. Think that made it even worse for him to maintain his cool. Most of the times when someone is mad they have been hurt somehow. Anyone with that fragile of an ego doesn’t need to be carrying a gun.

Why did the cop leave the previous location he was at?? he was supposed to assist them, but he was so pissed that the ambulance didnt yeild, that he tore out of that parking lot like a bat out of hell. his duty was to assist the sheriffs, if he dont get fired for acosting the medic, he should be diciplined for not assisting the sheriff. that comes first, who cares about failure to yeild, alot of police let that slide, unless someone is dying, then they write the ticket. I believe both parties were in the wrong.

Jones EAT IT! MichaelK42 Props!

“Then again, you’ve looked at video previously and claimed it didn’t show things it did, so I don’t have a lot of faith in anything you say anyway.

You’ve already demonstrated that a cop could probably eat a baby off the hood of his cruiser and you’d blame the baby for being so damn tasty.

ROTFLMAO MichaelK42!

OK -Please POST/REPOST

“Until Trooper Martin is disciplined/retrained and apologies issued from the Oklahoma Governor’s office to White, the patient and her family, I continue to support Georgia Paramedic Hayden Barnes’s BOYCOTT of QuikTrips, ConocoPhillips, and Alamo and National Car Rental companies for us out of towners while we are

NOT driving through Oklahoma watching out for OHP and their wives running ambulances off the road on the way to stolen car reports (picking up his wife) and returning to illegally assault EMT.”

I don’t normally comment on any story but I have been around this industry most of my life. My brother had a very large ambulance company and I have several friends and family members who are police officers. Both are first responders and should act professional at all times. No matter how mad the trooper was, as soon as the medic said that they where transporting a patient. The Trooper should have asked them what hospital and met them there. Had the ambulance been running there lights letting the trooper know that they where in transport or on the way to a call this most likely this would not have happen at all. If that patient has any problems from the delay of treatment . The state is going to have two lawsuits, one from the patient, and one from the Ambulance companies insurance recouping there expenses and pay out involved. I DON’T thank the trooper should be fired but instead he should have to take anger management classes and get a desk job for at least a couple of years being involved in training and planing first response plans with state and county EMA and let him learn how important it is to have your community first responders to fill equal and trust each other in emergency situations. I only fill the trooper should be fired if he is not man and doesn’t apologize to both medics and admit he was wrong and he was having a bad day. And maybe for the assault charge the judge will sentence him 200 hours community service working at the ambulance company washing and cleaning. We need both of these services and most of the people doing them.

It would not be in that cops favor to be injured on duty and have the same paramedic crew get the call.

This trooper is damaged goods. He could be provoked in the future by anyone who recognizes his name and reputation. He could also second-guess himself in a situation that requires use of force and get himself or others hurt or killed. He should be a high school coach.

He should also avoid any procedures that require catheterization.

This is the most blatant misuse of power I have ever seen.

This cop should be euthanized! He is obviously on a power trip!

He should be stripped of his badge.

That officer should be fired not allowed to hold a job in any kind of police work or security jobs. H should be charged assult and verbal abuse. He’s going to pull over the wrong person and get his ass blownaway.

He needs to be fired and then prosecuted.

I bet if the lady die while this was going on, the cop would have lost his f-ing job then.. the city would cut him lose to protect themselves from a wrongful death suit…

then again most cops are nothing more then abuser and killers with a badge..

Frank and John T.-
I completely disagree. The EMT’s are professionals and they would do their damnedest to help him if he was hurt. That’s what being a professional is. If they didn’t, they would be guilty of the same thing he is: letting their bruised egos interfere with their duties.

Kevin Camp,

I agree with you.

Ego maniac cop who lies, is violent and puts peoples lives at risk. Fire him.

OK statute 21650.3: §21-650.3. Delaying, obstructing or interfering with emergency medical technician or other emergency medical care provider – Punishment.
Every person who willfully delays, obstructs or in any way interferes with an emergency medical technician or other emergency medical care provider in the performance of or attempt to perform emergency medical care and treatment or in going to or returning from the scene of a medical emergency, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1990, c. 320, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990

In essence, the Trooper could not arrest the EMT at the stop, and once the EMT has said “patient” the Trooper was violating the law. I’m finding LEOs falling on both sides of this issue, but FDs and Ambulance Services are on the side of the EMT with qualifications. FD Association (sic) in OK points out that they normally run without siren/lights with heart patients to reduce anxiety, and that the EMT is responsible for the Unit.

The LEOs against the Trooper point out his rage, that the Ambulance did not fail-to-yield but did so in a reasonable way, that the gesture is something the Trooper has no right to react to and detain for, and that “patient” ends the stop immediately. There is no consensus within LE on this one.

(this is a comment which I have added to most of the posts on this incident, if you wish to comment go to the post regarding this story going national)

Where do you people see him joyriding with his wife? He’s obviously heading to a call at the gas station. The ambulance should’ve yielded to him since they weren’t running in emergency conditions.

That being said, what this officer did was way out of line and he should be disciplined, but he was within his rights to pull the ambulance over.