Stupid Cops in Oklahoma

So an ambulance is moving quickly down the highway transporting a patient to the hospital. Cops, in pursuit of someone else, become upset that the ambulance is not pulling over, so they stop the ambulance, put the black EMT in a choke hold, and threaten to arrest him. The patient’s son captures the whole thing on his cameraphone.

From KTUL here:

An Emergency Medical Technician who was involved in a scuffle with an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper is speaking out about the incident.

Maurice White, Jr. is a critical care paramedic with the Creek Nation EMS. He was nearly arrested after the confrontation, which was captured by the cell phone of Kenyada Davis.

White says he saw the trooper approaching from behind at a high rate of speed with lights activated, but he did not hear a siren. He says Franks had a car in front of him that his attention was focused on and hadn’t seen the trooper before he was within a few feet of the ambulance.

“I called out to my partner and told him to pull to the side because there was a State Trooper behind us,” White says. White says as the trooper passed them, he made radio contact, telling Franks “you should consider checking your rearview mirrors”.

“As my partner was pulling onto the shoulder, the cruiser came alongside our unit and gestured for my driver to pull over,” White says.

White says the officer was in a rage when he approached them and yelled “get your a– back here! I am giving you a ticket for failure to yield.” White says he told the trooper they had a patient in the ambulance and that they were on their way to the hospital.

“He ignored my statement, became even more belligerent, and demanded my partner come to his patrol car so he could write him a ticket,” White says. “I calmly told the officer that we were transporting a patient and we could continue this at the hospital.”

White says the trooper then approached him and shouted “you are under arrest for obstructing a police officer” and grabbed his arm to handcuff him. A brief struggle followed, at which point the trooper grabbed White by the throat. The cell phone captured this incident on video.

The cops were asses. I hope they all get fired.