Where's My Scrimps!!!!!!!!!
I came to this thread hoping for this reference, and I leave satisfied.
Where's My Scrimps!!!!!!!!!
yes.Didn't we just have some jerk call 911 because Burger King didn't have lemonade?
And wasn't there another, similar situation a few months before that?
Because if you give the 911 operators the ability to decide whether a 911 call is truly an emergency or not, then you open yourself up to some huge risks. What if an operator judges incorrectly, and someone dies as a result? The damages would be huge.
I think they *should* send a cop out to meet every 911 caller. And if someone's life or livelihood wasn't just saved, then out comes the ticket book. Or handcuffs.
I think they *should* send a cop out to meet every 911 caller. And if someone's life or livelihood wasn't just saved, then out comes the ticket book. Or handcuffs.
First it was the cop that held the guy up from his dying mother in law, now this. Why do idiots like this always seem to come from Texas?
I hope I'm not seeing what I will someday become *shudder*
First it was the cop that held the guy up from his dying mother in law, now this. Why do idiots like this always seem to come from Texas?
I hope I'm not seeing what I will someday become *shudder*
You know if the guy just stopped and accepted the ticket, he probably would have made it to his mother-in-law's bedside before she died. But no, it's always the police officer's fault.
He did stop and accept the ticket - in the parking lot in front of the emergency room, and in front of a nurse and another police officer who told the ticketing officer that the driver's story was legit. He made no effort to evade the officer or the ticket.
Nobody around here (Dallas area) seems to dispute whether the guy deserved a ticket; the issue was why the cop had to make the whole ordeal take 15+ minutes when he's faced with confirmation that there's a dying relative inside the hospital.
Kunkle said the video showed that Moats and his wife "exercised extraordinary patience, restraint in dealing with the behavior of our officer."
"At no time did Mr. Moats identify himself as an NFL football player or expect any kind of special consideration," Kunkle said. "He handled himself very, very well."
If you listen to the tape, at no point did Moats argue with the cop over the ticket. In fact, he keeps saying, "Yes, sir. Yes sir." over and over to get the whole ordeal over with.
And the police department has already dropped the charges and criticized the officer for his behavior.
"My mother-in-law is dying! Right now! You're wasting my time!" Moats yelled. "I don't understand why you can't understand that."
I guess that doesn't count as arguing?
In my country with all our problems we have a sense of comunity, we do not call 911 because there is noise next dorr, we go over and talk. We do not have AAA, we call a friend or family and they respond in 10 minutes or less. No one here is suffering from isolation, people here know how to comunicate.
Slippery slope effect? Sounds like something FOX News invented.
I can assure you, these idiots know nothing of their fellow compatriots calling 911 inappropriately as I'm sure they don't read/watch the news.
I'm going to call 911 to complain that I missed seeing this rather sad+funny thread before.
Shortchanging people's shrimp-rice is definitely a serious crime, as is refusing taco refunds and poisoning the water supply so it produces rainbows.
We should all protect our fellow citizens by reporting these nefarious acts as emergencies.
And then, once convicted, anyone who calls 911 for a non-emergency should have to do significant volunteer time at the 911 call center and/or an emergency room to get a clue about who is NOT getting help while their call is being answered.
Sheesh!!![]()
Damn, I've met some dumb Texans, but that just takes the cake.![]()