Exactly, but you can't expect anyone to do so.

Honestly, if I was in the husband's place, I think I would've probably done the same thing.

...and you would have been just as wrong to do so as he was.

And it still doesn't change the fact that we get to read a story that's extremely biased in his favour. We have no clue what really happened, we only know what he himself most likely wants people to think happened.

After reading several articles, some of which are more informative than the one in the OP, it sounds like the guy did the right thing and caught a bad break.

I was listening to a radio show today on this. One mentioned that although it was an emergency, the guy still broke the law.

What if he hit someone on those red lights? He could have caused harm to multiple people.

He got lucky though, still svcks that the cop took him in.

He didn't blaze through the red lights; he stopped, made sure nobody was coming, and then went. Like turning right on a red, except he didn't turn right.

I know.

I was just mentioning what the radio host said. But you never know, he could look one way, and then some guy could come speeding from the other side. You never know what will happen.

The same is true for streets with stop signs. You should never go. Just stay at the stop sign forever; you never know what will happen!

He may have saved a life but he also potentially endangered the lives of everyone else he was on the road with. Granted yes it doesn't seem like he was driving erratically or especially dangerous but he was still going through red lights (which you're always taking a risk when doing that no matter how "safe" you think it is) and most likely speeding (if only a little bit)

I truly don't know what kind of military would allow you to potentially endanger the lives of many other people to save one person. I am certain they don't appreciate one man shows that go all Gung-ho that could possibly screw up an operation terribly.

It is because he's a veteran that he should have known better.

However, the police could have handled the situation a bit more tactfully but I honestly think he should still be charged with the felony. Precisely because he is a veteran and precisely because he should have known better.

Stop signs are way different....Everyone stops at a certain point and they know to stop.
There's always a green light going at stop lights. There could always be that guy whose not paying attention and just speeds through his light.

There are two people who screwed up here. The Husband by doing what he did and the cop for doing what he did. Both of them over-reacted to the situation. However, the Husband can be excused for what he did, in that situation you do what you think is best to get care for someone as quickly as possible. Was there a better way to get her to the hospital, we don't know. We were not there. But I can tell you I would have done the same thing.

However the cop should have assessed the situation before reacting. For one, the guy pulls into the emergency area and is trying to get someone inside. Any reasonable person seeing that should have paused for thought.

Does the Husband deserve a ticket for running the red lights? Probably. The other charges? Probably not. Those are the charges that cops petulantly give out when ever they are inconvenienced by the public.

Resisting arrest seems a little much when he went to turn himself in and they sent him away.



Sorry, what? Can't seem to figure out what you're getting at, there. :unsure:

You were trying to compare him driving through a red light and stopping at a stop sign. At least I think you were....

If I resist arrest and escape one day

and go in to turn myself in the next....

I'm still accountable for resisting arrest the day before

As for why they turned him away when he turned himself in I couldn't tell you. SNAFU on their part I guess :shrug:

He didn't resist arrest the previous day, either. The hospital staff stopped the police officer, because they needed the guy to give them critical information that the patient was unable to communicate. The cop could have waited until she was saved, and then tried to arrest him. Instead, he apparently left.

Whatever way you turn this, and however it reflects on the guy, the police officer screwed this up. There really isn't any escaping that. The guy is a moron with a badge.

We could debate that with the defendants testimony and the cops affidavit and get nowhere considering we have no idea whether or not he actually resisted as the cop claims

However, let's use a different example, one that we know the defendant did admit to, which is evading police. Either way he is still charged with that offense and either way he'll have to either pay a fine (should be considered guilty) and or spend time in jail.

I don't think the cop is a moron, maybe an ass for pursuing the case as far as he did, but given the charges he's still within his right to charge the husband

The real crime here is the amount this is going to cost both taxpayers and the driver in court costs to sort out this bureaucratic lunacy... over a bloody ticket.

Let's hope the driver gets a judge who understands all the mitigating circumstances.



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Every (decent) military in the world operates under the credo of "no man left behind" and willingly risk a battalion to save a company, because not doing it is just worse. If you don't do everything in your power to save those in dire need, you haven't done enough.

There's a difference between no man left behind (a team effort) and Gung-ho-I'm-going-to-save-the-world-guns-blazing

Guess which one he did

He saved his wife? I'd call that mission accomplished.

Dang. Thats weird.

Ok

Now did he do it through a team effort (which would have been very honorable) or was he an ass and decided to be all Gung-ho about it and say screw regulations?

He saw what needed to be done, and did it. The cop was just being obtuse about doing his job. What's gung-ho about that?

I am a bit surprised that for any reason or method a scared man trying to save his wife is an ass.

Seriously. Priorities.

I think that a trained medical professional might understand when to get in the car and go, and when to wait for an ambulance. He got her there, and got her treated. He did his job both as a husband, and as a medic. When a loved one is in danger, priority one isn't being a good citizen, priority one is the loved one. The cop, based on this article, attempted to stop them at the door and interfere with her getting care. Mr. Wright still would have been doing his job as a spouse if he had full on assaulted the officer to get him out of the way. As a cop, you don't stop someone and ask they're condition when they are being rushed in for care. Now, while Wright could have made things easier by pulling over and getting Officer Wonderful's help, for all he knew, that particular cop could have been a complete dumb ass and ignored the situation to take his sweet time ticketing or, in a worst case scenario, arresting him.

Taking her himself was a risk, but not as big of a risk as relying on the help of an unknown cop when your wife is dying.

He didn't follow normal regulations (if he's a veteran he knows what regulations there are) in saving his wife. Typically when you ignore those regulations and blow through intersections and evade police you're Gung-ho