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SmittynMo

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23. Handled all wrong

Thu Oct 16, 2014, 10:16 AM

Oct 2014

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A few years back, my wife called me at work, complaining that she had severe abdominal pains, and unable to get out of bed. You should have heard her on the phone.I told her I would be home immediately. I was doing 90 in a 65 to get there, on a major interstate with light traffic, with my flashers on. People were quite polite to move over to let me pass, probably because I had my flashers on. Fortunately, I was not pulled over. If I would have been, I would have explained the situation to them, and hopefully they would have given me an escort. When I got home, it took everything I could do to get her in the car, so I could get her to a nearby hospital. She had an emergency operation for her busted appendix.

Was I stupid for speeding. Absolutely. The adrenaline rush was extreme, thinking she was going to die. Should I have called 911 while on my way home? Probably, but the thought process was my wife was going to die, and I had to save her. OMG, the things that went through my head!!!

We do stupid shit when we are in a panic situation. It's a thought process I've never experienced before. After it was all over, I realized I handled it wrong. Very wrong. Would I do it again. Probably not now that I have learned a lesson. But its a lesson I wish on no one.

I'm sure the whole thing would have been resolved if they would have pulled over. Even though they were breaking the law, when caught, do the smart thing and pull over.

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Pregnant Iowa woman in labor forced to ground at gunpoint by cops for speeding on way to hospital [View all] LiberalElite Oct 2014 OP

*sigh* littlewolf Oct 2014 #1

85 in a 55 yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #14

Jeezus. Delphinus Oct 2014 #2

Holding them at gunpoint was ridiculous. Ilsa Oct 2014 #3

The cops were not out of order in this case. Hoppy Oct 2014 #4

Wonder why the dispatcher could not understand her? Language barriers? The police man was not jwirr Oct 2014 #16

Could also have just been bad cell reception. nt cstanleytech Oct 2014 #19

Okay. That would explain it. jwirr Oct 2014 #21

That actually is a good reason ... aggiesal Oct 2014 #68

Not just that either as some carriers have spotty to no coverage in some areas cstanleytech Oct 2014 #74

You are absolutely correct. pangaia Oct 2014 #127

No, she was in labor Stargazer09 Oct 2014 #24

If only there'd been someone else in the car with her Orrex Oct 2014 #35

I agree Stargazer09 Oct 2014 #112

oh snap. dionysus Oct 2014 #132

What was her HUSBAND doing at the time??????? George II Oct 2014 #50

My question exactly. crim son Oct 2014 #56

so now we're advocating for driving while talking on a cell phone? frylock Oct 2014 #67

What a ridiculous thing to say! George II Oct 2014 #83

The article said why she couldn't be understood. Why didn't the HUSBAND take the phone???? George II Oct 2014 #54

He was driving 85 miles per hour and that is not a good time to take the phone. However, he could jwirr Oct 2014 #63

No, It was the mother calling, husband driving, said she was screaming so much the 911 dispatcher Fla Dem Oct 2014 #70

The cop was blind? Unable to see the woman was pregnant and in labor? Matariki Oct 2014 #44

Obiously, not a female cop... Helen Borg Oct 2014 #45

When did the police acquire x-ray vision? George II Oct 2014 #51

None of those actions indicate a threat to my life Taitertots Oct 2014 #95

+1 jonno99 Oct 2014 #96

30 MPH above the speed limit and refusing to stop at 4 AM? George II Oct 2014 #98

Yeah, how about between the time the woman got out of the car and when she was ordered to the ground Matariki Oct 2014 #104

Obviously you didn't the entire article or other accounts, but.... George II Oct 2014 #105

I'm sure you'd be thinking SO much clearer than this man Matariki Oct 2014 #125

A couple of points.... George II Oct 2014 #128

I would rely on my training and experience. jonno99 Oct 2014 #114

Of course this would be more likely (if one isn't jumping to a biased anti-police conclusion): George II Oct 2014 #116

This is how authoritarianism reveals itself. Maedhros Oct 2014 #79

You really can't make this shit up, jen63 Oct 2014 #111

I have most of the howler monkeys on ignore, so I don't really see the simpering authority-worship Maedhros Oct 2014 #113

Howler monkeys! jen63 Oct 2014 #115

Are you aware that you just wrote this out... Systematic Chaos Oct 2014 #126

In the Movies ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #5

Yes, but in the movies that would happen AFTER they pulled over - and explained the obvious reason karynnj Oct 2014 #10

That is the movies - this Steve Kings territory. jwirr Oct 2014 #17

our youngest was about that size and also showed up rather quickly dembotoz Oct 2014 #6

I hear that! Just thinking it's a good thing they didn't stop me and my husband back then.. I was Cha Oct 2014 #7

... In_The_Wind Oct 2014 #9

Hey In_The_Wind.. Cha Oct 2014 #100

Yup. My first took an hour and a half. We blew through the last stop light at the hospital. nolabear Oct 2014 #34

Cops Gone Wild Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #8

Forget the gunpoint, the tack strips could have kill all of them. Downwinder Oct 2014 #11

Uh, when they dragged her out of the car and made her lay face down proReality Oct 2014 #12

America really needs to get a handle on this cop situation madokie Oct 2014 #13

DHS and Blackwater style training has got them pumped-up for a Race War PeoViejo Oct 2014 #26

As a kid, I saw a wailing cop/sheriff car tearing down the Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #32

I've seen that too madokie Oct 2014 #33

Damn sight better than a funeral home hearse with oxygen. Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #38

LOL madokie Oct 2014 #42

In Texas, a lot of the small towns with their old Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #62

true madokie Oct 2014 #65

Traffic is a soul-kilker. Time, waste, tension. Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #110

Thanks for this. Makes my day, Eleanors38. elleng Oct 2014 #43

Your welcome. Some horrendous/funny tales about Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #61

"No charges have been filed against the couple at this time, Ritts said." damnedifIknow Oct 2014 #15

Endanering the welfare of a minor, too. eggplant Oct 2014 #18

The cops could not.. sendero Oct 2014 #20

then cops should stop "reading minds" and finding them full of murder and mayhem. mopinko Oct 2014 #30

Merci, Sendero. Paka Oct 2014 #31

The story makes it pretty.. sendero Oct 2014 #41

“I think I was screaming, 'Oh dear God, we can’t have the baby in the car'...” rocktivity Oct 2014 #60

Hey.. sendero Oct 2014 #64

and yet they did Man from Pickens Oct 2014 #106

Dip dong.. sendero Oct 2014 #107

and yet any sensible person knows Man from Pickens Oct 2014 #118

No sensible person.. sendero Oct 2014 #119

Forcing a pregnant woman, in labor, to the ground Maedhros Oct 2014 #117

American exceptionalism on display. whereisjustice Oct 2014 #22

Handled all wrong SmittynMo Oct 2014 #23

Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #25

Can we NOT use the term "crotchfruit?" It's MASSIVELY offensive to me. Adrahil Oct 2014 #29

The leavings of someone's shoulder fruit. nt Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #36

But for one word... Paka Oct 2014 #39

Yeah..... no. Adrahil Oct 2014 #40

If you have to use offensive language, you aren't being thoughtful. jeff47 Oct 2014 #58

Yes, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Feral Child Oct 2014 #87

It's a good thing you can speak to the dead and know exactly what they think. jeff47 Oct 2014 #89

I don't have to speak to the dead. Feral Child Oct 2014 #92

THANK YOU GOOD SIR!!!! Adrahil Oct 2014 #109

About as harmless as scatalogical humor. Feral Child Oct 2014 #120

One last serious note... Adrahil Oct 2014 #122

I think we'll probably disagree often. Feral Child Oct 2014 #123

Then I take it you don t like the rude pundit? ncjustice80 Oct 2014 #101

Crotchfruit is hilarious to me!!! valerief Oct 2014 #55

Yeah, it's so funny to use a disgusting term to refer to children! Adrahil Oct 2014 #72

Wow, you're very racist. I think I'll put you on Ignore. nt valerief Oct 2014 #73

Sure. You didn't understand that was sarcasm. Got it. NT Adrahil Oct 2014 #75

Are we "Puritan Underground"? Feral Child Oct 2014 #69

I consider it a direct insult to my child. She isn't a "crotchfruit." Adrahil Oct 2014 #71

I did not accuse you of "alerting". Feral Child Oct 2014 #86

Yeah asking that the poster not use a disgusting term... Adrahil Oct 2014 #88

You're *so* full of yourself. Feral Child Oct 2014 #91

Oh, I agree... I being completely unreasonable. Adrahil Oct 2014 #93

This rhetoric is beginning to sound familiar. Feral Child Oct 2014 #99

Time to feed the kennel-fruit. < Now that's funny. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2014 #108

Thanks, jtuck Feral Child Oct 2014 #121

Life isn't always like the movies Renew Deal Oct 2014 #27

And the cops could have called 911 but... SoapBox Oct 2014 #52

That article is incomplete.... Adrahil Oct 2014 #28

It's the NYPost. progressoid Oct 2014 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Oct 2014 #124

At least we didn't hear. "Stop resisting, Snotcicles Oct 2014 #37

This story is one that I file asiliveandbreathe Oct 2014 #46

There is video JonLP24 Oct 2014 #131

Labor is not a valid reason to drive like a psychopath. Xithras Oct 2014 #47

+100! KT2000 Oct 2014 #81

They'll probably vote for the pro-life pig... GeorgeGist Oct 2014 #48

Well that kid isn't going to have to worry about paying for college. Initech Oct 2014 #49

Actually the police department probably wont have to worry about a lawsuit or atleast losing one cstanleytech Oct 2014 #80

She wasn't forced to the ground at gunpoint "for speeding on the way to the hospital".... George II Oct 2014 #53

The police went overboard on this one but crim son Oct 2014 #57

If the officer knew there was a pregnant women in the vehicle and they were just cstanleytech Oct 2014 #76

How is this possible? KamaAina Oct 2014 #59

And the family was not slaughtered! NOLALady Oct 2014 #103

Husband should have pulled over, explained situation. Takes 5 minutes max. yellowcanine Oct 2014 #77

We've seen that happen dozens of times over the years. George II Oct 2014 #82

I'm just shocker the mother is white AngryAmish Oct 2014 #78

I just did the math - if they were 10 miles from the hospital (a guess), then.... George II Oct 2014 #84

Getting to the hospital that late, she probably delivered that almost 10 lb baby without drugs... Lars39 Oct 2014 #85

That is a good thing! vanlassie Oct 2014 #94

Not necessarily. Lars39 Oct 2014 #97

Well drugs would not have done much for this lady and her baby is better off. vanlassie Oct 2014 #102

A pregnant woman arrived at a hospital just in time to give birth in the lobby rocktivity Oct 2014 #90

Fact of the matter tabasco Oct 2014 #129

I saw this on the news there is an important fact to consider JonLP24 Oct 2014 #130

i remember when these type of stories centered around whether or not the cop gave the people a dionysus Oct 2014 #133