• entertainmeonly@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Why did they not call 911 and have an ambulance come? I know medical bills are crazy right now but speeding and driving away from cops is not the way to save some money. Why where they not on the phone with 911 while driving, would the cops not have been notified of the situation by the operator in that case?

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      1 year ago

      They were already driving as the situation deteriorated. The driver (who was driving…) and the passenger (who was having a medical emergency) aren’t exactly able to pull their phones out.

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        1 year ago

        There was a third person in the back that looked perfectly capable. While I am normally the first to exclaim “NO!, Do not call the F’ing police!” This is one case they probably should have.

        And absolutely not dismissing the officers actions, a car speeding towards the hospital with the hazards should be given a little more leeway until they give reason not to. Our entire police force in the US is an unfixable mess that needs to be razed and build back from the ground up.