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[bluesilverkdg]

Did ya hear about the cop who stopped a guy for speeding while taking his dying dog to the vet? The dog was choking, and while her owner was pulled over, the dog died. The officer responded to the pleading man by saying "it's a dog. You can get another one."

If I'd been stopped for speeding (which I was) while trying to get to the vet on Tuesday, and the officer had made such a remark to me, I can't say I would've been able to control myself.

Here's the video, if you can bear to watch.

I was watching this on CNN and they were taking call-ins. Someone suggested that the policeman could've escorted him to the vet and THEN given him the ticket after she was receiving medical attention, just as they probably would've had it been a human emergency. I'm not saying he didn't deserve a ticket at all, but it sure could have been handled a lot more sensitively.

Thoughts?

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[bluesilverkdg.livejournal.com]

He actually says something about speeding "on the interstate." And yes, at 1 in the morning, I can't imagine too many families of four (as the cop kept talking about) would be out and about then. He had his emergency flashers on, as well. The other day (during the daytime, just after lunch), a lady blew by me on I-26 doing at least 90 (I had my cruise on 70 and she passed me like I was sitting still), but she had her blinkers on and I figured something was amiss and didn't think two thoughts about it, other than to wonder what was wrong.

According to the segment on CNN, he will have to undergo sensitivity training to learn how to "address each situation individually", and he and his boss watched the tape together to figure out how he could've handled it differently. So, apparently no leave for him.