update: 6/16/09 White told Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez he got involved because the driver had an "emergency." "But once confronted with the situation," White said, "there was no way with the patient and the unit, could I allow my driver to spend 20 minutes with the trooper discussing a possible ticket." White told Rodriguez Martin was in "a state of rage from the beginning." "And even after being informed that we had a patient," White said, "there was total disregard. So he started in a state of rage and simply escalated from that point." White added he repeatedly told the trooper he had a patient in the ambulance, and the patients family members also joined in, saying that their relative needed to get to the hospital. White said he would like to see the trooper fired. White told Rodriguez that based on statements, Martin and his superiors dont think Martin did anything wrong. "This trooper still doesn't understand he's not omnipotent," O'Carroll told CBS News. "He could no more tell Maurice to stop taking a woman to hospital than he could tell a pilot to run a jetliner into the ocean." O'Carroll told CBS News they are awaiting the patrol chief's ruling before deciding whether to take legal action. White said, "This gentleman needs to have his ability to carry a gun and a badge taken away so no other individual, and particularly a patient, has to go through this." But Martins attorney said the trooper -- whom he described as a decorated sailor and a 15-year law ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Split Screen - Oklahoma Highway Patrol chokes EMT - Dash cam and cell phone footage combined
Split Screen - Oklahoma Highway Patrol chokes EMT - Dash cam and cell phone footage combined Video Clips. Duration : 6.65 Mins.
update: 6/16/09 White told Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez he got involved because the driver had an "emergency." "But once confronted with the situation," White said, "there was no way with the patient and the unit, could I allow my driver to spend 20 minutes with the trooper discussing a possible ticket." White told Rodriguez Martin was in "a state of rage from the beginning." "And even after being informed that we had a patient," White said, "there was total disregard. So he started in a state of rage and simply escalated from that point." White added he repeatedly told the trooper he had a patient in the ambulance, and the patients family members also joined in, saying that their relative needed to get to the hospital. White said he would like to see the trooper fired. White told Rodriguez that based on statements, Martin and his superiors dont think Martin did anything wrong. "This trooper still doesn't understand he's not omnipotent," O'Carroll told CBS News. "He could no more tell Maurice to stop taking a woman to hospital than he could tell a pilot to run a jetliner into the ocean." O'Carroll told CBS News they are awaiting the patrol chief's ruling before deciding whether to take legal action. White said, "This gentleman needs to have his ability to carry a gun and a badge taken away so no other individual, and particularly a patient, has to go through this." But Martins attorney said the trooper -- whom he described as a decorated sailor and a 15-year law ...
update: 6/16/09 White told Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez he got involved because the driver had an "emergency." "But once confronted with the situation," White said, "there was no way with the patient and the unit, could I allow my driver to spend 20 minutes with the trooper discussing a possible ticket." White told Rodriguez Martin was in "a state of rage from the beginning." "And even after being informed that we had a patient," White said, "there was total disregard. So he started in a state of rage and simply escalated from that point." White added he repeatedly told the trooper he had a patient in the ambulance, and the patients family members also joined in, saying that their relative needed to get to the hospital. White said he would like to see the trooper fired. White told Rodriguez that based on statements, Martin and his superiors dont think Martin did anything wrong. "This trooper still doesn't understand he's not omnipotent," O'Carroll told CBS News. "He could no more tell Maurice to stop taking a woman to hospital than he could tell a pilot to run a jetliner into the ocean." O'Carroll told CBS News they are awaiting the patrol chief's ruling before deciding whether to take legal action. White said, "This gentleman needs to have his ability to carry a gun and a badge taken away so no other individual, and particularly a patient, has to go through this." But Martins attorney said the trooper -- whom he described as a decorated sailor and a 15-year law ...
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