Police Being Police!

This is probably my worst fear! Picture this: An NFL player, Ryan Moats, was rushing his wife to the hospital after a call about her mother. The family is told she is dying! Ryan is driving a tad bit fast but, he makes it to the hospital. In the emergency room parking lot, an overzealous police officer stops the car. When the officer is told of the dire situation, he detains the family for 15 minutes! He even threatens to arrest anyone who leaves the car! During the detainment, the mother-in-law dies! WTF? I have seen pregnant women escorted to a hospital by police! This is absurd!!! Read what the chief of police has to say:
"As a storm of outrage gathered over his department, Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle called a news conference Thursday to apologize for the behavior of an officer who detained a distressed family outside a hospital emergency room.Kunkle said Officer Robert Powell had been placed on paid administrative leave…… in connection with the incident last week, in which he stopped a family rushing to visit a dying mother, keeping them for 13 minutes to write a traffic ticket. The woman died before two of the family members were able to see her. “I am embarrassed and disappointed by the behavior of one of our police officers,” the chief told a packed audience of media outlets that included Inside Edition. “His behavior, in my opinion, did not exhibit the common sense, discretion, the compassion that we expect our officers to exhibit.” During the traffic stop, caught on the officer’s in-car camera
, Powell berated the driver, 26-year-old NFL running back Ryan Moats, and threatened him with arrest for running a traffic light."

I will keep this family in my prayers as well as the officer!