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- moose26, on 03/26/2009, -2/+90I had a personal experience when I was driving thru Boston with a friend who was black after we got out of work at midnight. We were driving a regular car, a honda civic, that had the only option being factory 15inch aluminum wheels that were pretty dull. Both of us were in our dress shirts and jackets and were heading home. We get pulled over by a cop who proceeded to yell at us for driving down a main road in the center of town,.. Boyleston ( if you know it ) to head to my buddys condo for some pizza. He blatantly yelled and asked.. why are you driving your pimped out ride with that suspicious passenger to me.
Fact.. the car was a stock car with stock wheels. We were wearing conservative business attire and he claims that we had to be up to no good. Another cop shows up and a few locals came over and spoke to him.. This 2nd officer then called the cop over and they spoke. The 2nd cop got furious at the ***** cop and came to us. He apologized for the situation. I then said... can I have the number of your department's lawyers. He got really nervous,.. his supposed police chief shows up a minute or two later.. he must have heard what was going on and looked at us, my car and spoke to the local bystanders.
End of story.. that cop is no longer on the force as this was apparently not the first time he chose to be racist. - kd420, on 03/26/2009, -5/+72This is why I hate cops, not all of them, I guess only the ones you hear about. For every good honest cop out there, there is one who does ***** like this and gives them all a bad name. If they were speeding and you pulled them over, sure be skeptical. They are at the ***** HOSPITAL, why would they be lying? It makes me so angry when police officers abuse their power, they forget they are public servants, not public masters. To not be able to make an exception, or at least get it over fast and try and help, means that this officer is extremely stupid or extremely cruel.
- StarFingHipster, on 03/26/2009, -19/+85White cop. Black guy. Texas. (Almost) Nuff said.
Cops like this should be dragged through the streets. I think seeing your dying mother-in-law, with your wife in the car, justifies blowing a red light in the middle of the night when practically no one is out. And I bet the guy slowed down and looked before running the red light so as to not cause a traffic accident. Disgusting. ***** the police. - algaeturd, on 03/26/2009, -4/+51Hmmm...just yesterday we learned all about the cop that actually allowed a man's mother to die in the backseat of his truck while rushing to the hospital to get her some help.
Overzealous cops and times of economic strife are a lethal combination. Cops will do anything to 'save the world' but they're doing the wrong *****.
Hey cop buddy...you want to actually ***** HELP people? Try busting some real criminals, keep drugs out of the hands of children, keep pedophiles off the streets. Pulling people over for speeding doesn't make you cop of the year. - SnuKs, on 03/27/2009, -2/+38"... they were stopped by Officer Robert Powell, who reportedly DREW HIS SERVICE REVOLVER on the concerned family members."
WTF!? - DontLIE2Me, on 03/26/2009, -1/+35It's an officer like this one that makes life difficult for other officers. When instructed to review the video of the incident, the officer still didn't find anything wrong with his behavior. It's sad.
This wasn't the NFL's mother it was his mother-in-law but the death is still the same. - immatellyouwhat, on 03/27/2009, -1/+34You're friend is only black after midnight?
- GoKings, on 03/27/2009, -6/+39Chief of Police
David Kunkle
Dallas Police Department
1400 S. Lamar
Dallas, TX 75215
Phone: (214) 671-3901 - hellraisinazn, on 03/26/2009, -2/+34Kudos to Mr. Moats for keeping his cool in this situation. I would have probably flipped out, ignored the officer, run into the hospital, and suffered a gunshot wound.
- NightSkyWatcher, on 03/26/2009, -8/+32This is just.... terrible, unnecessary, inhumane. Anybody else have some words?
- larrimer7, on 03/27/2009, -3/+26Hes getting hammered by the media and everyone else...
and you know what?
he deserves it. - lido, on 03/26/2009, -6/+29Fire this officer. He's a disgrace to the the police force, and there is absolutely no excuse he can come up with the justify this type of behavior.
He still had the audacity to TICKET the guy despite all of this. What an absolute idiot. And to think, he has a gun... just think what else could happen with an officer like this that carries a gun and exercises bad judgement... - Spinducky08, on 03/27/2009, -2/+24Nothing worse than a PUNK with a badge.
- skidork, on 03/26/2009, -9/+29***** THAT. I'm not normally one to hate on cops, but that was ***** up.
On another note, the title is inaccurate; it was his mother-in-law and not his mother. Don't be sensationalist. - navidb, on 03/27/2009, -1/+20***** that cop
- OjDidDoit, on 03/26/2009, -3/+21I've been pulled over here in Texas before, and I was with this real dark skinned black guy from Alabama. We had a busted tail light and after 10 minutes and me becoming Irate one of the 5 cops said to me "We are just trying to get to the bottom of the story". WHAT BOTTOM OF THE STORY? WE GOT A BUSTED TAIL LIGHT GIVE US ARE ***** TICKET AND LET ME BE ABOUT MY Business.
However I've had a lot more good experiences getting pulled over by cops, with just a warning when i was clearly in the wrong.
Moral of the story....
THIS GUY IS JUST A DICK FACE - analogkid01, on 03/27/2009, -0/+17Well, I guess that would be the place to do it...
- Rain12913, on 03/27/2009, -1/+18Wow, that's better luck than I've ever had with Boston cops (not the harassment, but they're backing down). Usually when they pull ***** with me and I ask for badge numbers they look like they're about to clobber me.
- Derka010, on 03/27/2009, -2/+18The sad part is the cop probably feels good about it!
- moose26, on 03/26/2009, -5/+21This guy only ran a red light... tried repeatedly to tell the officer that he wished to see his.. DYING MOTHER IN LAW... and was repeatedly ignored. Nurses came out repeatedly saying they were blue-coding her and telling the officer that the guys mother in law had only a few moments left. Even another officer came out to try n help, but no, the offending officer decided to continue being an *****/stubborn and by the time the guy got to his mother in law... she was dead.
The officer even had the audacity to say after viewing his own actions... that he felt he did no wrong.
There is also another fact that seemed to escape many is that the officer was white and the other guy black. Notice how it seems like tunnel vision setting in with his desire to chase down and prosecture and ignore anything else. Call me ignorant, but I know if this was a white guy going to see his mom.. he would have shown some if any compassion vs none at all.
WE should ***** ED-209 robots (from robocop 2) on the street as they will have the same amount of compassion. as many real living cops, which is absolutely none at all. - bag2p, on 03/27/2009, -0/+16I wonder what the officer's mother would say about this . . .
- inactive, on 03/27/2009, -0/+15didn't something like this happen just couple days ago where the mom died in the car.
- PocketSalt, on 03/27/2009, -0/+14FTA:
Unedited Dashcam Video
http://www.wfaa.com/video/featured-index.html?nvid ...
This was kind of hidden so I thought it would be worth posting. - v4r4n, on 03/27/2009, -4/+18***** the police.
All they care about is inflicting their power over others regardless of common sense. Dick heads like this cop need to be fired, immediately.
That or allow for the citizens to vote on removing specific cops from the community police force. - StarFingHipster, on 03/27/2009, -3/+16What I am saying is that cops have a well recorded history of racism. Driving While Black didn't come out of nowhere. Include the fact that south has an even worse record than places like Detroit, NYC, La, and so forth. That is what I am saying.
- bigsheldy, on 03/27/2009, -0/+12This is the most disgusting thing I've read about police in a while...this guy should lose his job. Cops like this are why police have a bad name, and as long as this is going on it's going to continue.
- mcquitty, on 03/27/2009, -1/+13He put on his hazard lights, proceeded to an intersection and the perpendicular traffic waved him through.
Gee, I can't think of a more responsible way to run a red light. The cop even drew the gun on him. Crazy crap right after the story of the cop who let a woman die when her son was driving her to the hospital.
It was his mother in law and his wife ran into the hospital. The cop was a dick even after nurses and other officers confirmed his story. And it was late at night. ***** power tripping cops. The hospital where this happened is just down the road from my house. In fact, my daughter was born there. There's no traffic to speak of at night there.
The cops here in Frisco stalk the streets looking for revenue. My last ticket, 11 MPH over, was $272. Crazy *****. - Nerys, on 03/27/2009, -0/+11JustinCase18 Are you a fraking IDIOT. they are AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND MULTIPLE TIMES NURSES CAME OUT AND PLAINLY SAID SHE IS DYING LET HIM GO
ANOTHER OFFICER SAID LET HIM GO.
Get a life moron. - emailer33, on 03/27/2009, -2/+13"You are friend is only black after midnight?" ???
- ithejosh, on 03/27/2009, -2/+12Terrible, but nothing would have happened if this wasn't an NFL runningback.
- Metadrew, on 03/27/2009, -1/+11Are you illiterate? (to everyone else: yes I know this is a dumb question to type since he can't read it)
"The hospital twice sent nurses to try and get the officer to release Moats.
"We're blue-coding her for the third time," a nurse said on the police videotape.
A Plano police officer stopped to make a plea for the officer to let Moats go. "Hey, that's the nurse," the Plano officer said. "She says the mom is dying right now, and she wants to know if I can get him up there.""
No one even suggested he should be treated better for being an NFL player.
Either dumb troll or huge idiot, you decide. - javiero, on 03/27/2009, -7/+17***** the police
- mcquitty, on 03/27/2009, -1/+11Aah, don't be mistaken. It's not just the white cops in Texas. What you don't realize is that Frisco is next to Plano and both are highly affluent areas. A player for the NY Giants lives down the street. A lot of Cowboys live here.
We have our fair share of power tripping black police officers here, too. Don't ask me how I know. - inactive, on 03/27/2009, -0/+10from: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/lat ...
"Moats turned on his hazard lights. He stopped at a red light, where, he said, the only nearby motorist signaled for him to go ahead. He went through."
The officer still had the right to pull Moats over because he did violate the law, but once he saw that Moats was not lying about his motives (the nurses came out and pleaded to let him go see his mother in law), the cop should have backed off. He did not and Moats did not get to see his mother-in-law before she died. - daedalus256, on 03/27/2009, -3/+11So you're saying that if your mother was at a hospital on her deathbed and you were trying to see her alive one last time and you accidentally run a redlight that the cop should threaten to beat the ***** out of you and that's ok?
***** you. - LoadStar, on 03/27/2009, -2/+10This was in the parking lot outside the hospital. There was no need to accompany them to the hospital - THEY WERE THERE ALREADY. They even had the nurses running out to try and get the cop to let the guy go - they were telling the cop that the mom-in-law was coding.
- tbonepower07, on 03/27/2009, -0/+8Because if you RTFA, you would know that several nurses came out and were pleading with the cop, confirming that the man's mother-in-law was dying, but that didn't change his response.
- MarkOfTheDead, on 03/27/2009, -0/+7FTA:
“When it came to our attention, we immediately called for an internal investigation to be done,” said police spokesman Lt. Andy Havey. "
Yeah but only now because the story hit the internet, will he actually have to take action. - TinternAbbot, on 03/27/2009, -3/+10It's even worse then. Who wouldn't love to watch their mother in law die?
- inactive, on 03/27/2009, -1/+8From: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/lat ...
"Moats turned on his hazard lights. He stopped at a red light, where, he said, the only nearby motorist signaled for him to go ahead. He went through." - Gr00ver, on 03/27/2009, -2/+9A shame to say the least. I hope that cop loses his badge.
My condolences go out to the family for their loss. - Collecto, on 03/27/2009, -1/+8It's much better the second time around
- koolmoecraig, on 03/27/2009, -2/+9Buh bye officer *****.
- Swarms, on 03/27/2009, -0/+7You're being a smartass, but that was funny.
- SaladCactusKing, on 03/27/2009, -1/+7I don't think that's true, with the big media stories about the choking dog and the dying 83 year old woman, I think the NFL profile simply helps spread the news faster. This can only be a good thing in the long run.
- Nerys, on 03/27/2009, -0/+6its amazing how many of you did not even READ the story in question.
he did not "run" the light. He stopped got the ok from the ONLY other car there and THEN ran the light.
He did not say he was going to the hospital. THEY WERE AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
There was nothing to confirm NURSES AND ANOTHER OFFICER vouched for him.
Do you people ever RTFA ? - joey368, on 03/27/2009, -1/+7It's the mother in-law. Well he is a caring guy at least.
- SaladCactusKing, on 03/27/2009, -0/+5http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestn ...
Sounds like Kunkle is taking action. - icefox0724, on 03/27/2009, -0/+5hmm i hope if one of your relatives is seconds away from death you make sure to go the speed limit and obey all traffic laws. you should be ashamed of yourself. not all but a lot of cops abuse their power and this guy was doing just that to make a statement. "i'm a cop you will respect me because you have to" cops are here like i say above to protect and serve. the cop was trying to make a personal statement and he was 100% in the wrong.
- V1ncent, on 03/27/2009, -0/+5Fire that moron
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