Posted
6/14/2009 01:04:00 PM
by Douglas
This story has received a lot of attention, but I have not read one single line about how a cop can pull over an
ambulance in the first place.
Authorities decided to make the footage public Friday after local media and FOX News reported on the grainy video showing the May 24 altercation between EMT Maurice White and Oklahoma Highway Patrolman Daniel Martin.
In the video, which was posted to YouTube, Martin and White are shown yelling next to the ambulance. Martin points at White and says, "You are under arrest," and the argument quickly escalates into a physical exchange. White is grasped by the neck -- but then appears to be let go without further police action.
In the dash-cam, you can hear the cop yelling at the EMT that he didn't "Yield to an emergency vehicle." Isn't he
driving an emergency vehicle? Why on earth did he stop? Would OHP set up a road block and tire spikes for an ambulance? And why didn't the cop just follow him to the hospital? None of this make any sense whatsoever.