Posted on 12/14/2014 6:00:40 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
Chippewa Falls, WI — Dashcam video has been released that shows the disturbing last moments of a man’s life as he’s detained by a Chippewa Falls police officer on the way to the hospital.
29-year-old Casey Kressin died after suffering a severe asthma attack when the vehicle that was rushing him to the hospital was pulled over by a Chippewa Falls police officer.
After they were stopped, Kressin’s girlfriend immediately starts to beg the officer to take him to the hospital. The officer instead calls for an ambulance.
The couple was just 3 miles from the hospital when they were stopped. It took over 6 minutes for the ambulance to arrive.
During the stop, the officer callously listens to the begging couple’s pleas for help as Kressin slips further away. “He’s going to die! He can’t breathe!” screams Kressin’s girlfriend. We can hear Kressin begging for help as he falls to the ground, starving for air, “I can’t breathe…..I can’t breathe.”
The officer just stares at the couple, telling them to wait for the ambulance. By the time the ambulance arrives, it takes another 2 and 1/2 minutes before Kressin begins his journey to the hospital; sadly too much time had passed. Police say Kressin became unresponsive at that time and was pronounced dead at Saint Joseph’s Hospital.
Chippewa Falls Chief Wendy Stelter says she stands behind the officers who responded, saying that Kressin’s girlfriend should not have been allowed to drive the rest of the way because she was hysterical.
However, she was only hysterical because her boyfriend was dying and being kept from life saving treatment that could have saved his life.
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At least the cop went home safe that night.
They aren’t there to help you. They are there to show you that they have power over you, and that you are just a peasant.
If that had been my husband with an asthma attack and me behind the wheel, there would have been no stopping, and definitely no begging. I’d have kept going, cop be damned.
Somehow I don't believe that LeBron and company would have cared about this "I Can't Breathe" case.
I don’t suppose it ever occurred to the officer, if he was concerned about the girlfriend being “hysterical”, to put both of them in his cruiser and speed them to the hospital.
We have a tough, dangerous job.
Our brother cop did not get up that morning with the goal of becoming involved in an officer-involved shooting.
If you’re REALLY not up to no good you won’t mind me taking a look, right?
What, are you a hippy..?
Still mad about that ticket, 10 years ago..?
We’re just doing our jobs.
The key thing is for us to go home safely at the end of the shift.
Next time you have an emergency, just call the ACLU.
We have to make split second decisions —you’re being unfair.
Don’t paint us all with the same broad brush.
I don’t think you understand just how highly we are trained.
We’re the thin blue line, what, ya want anarchy..?
You must just be a cop hater.
Have more? HELP me complete my list..!
I soul have driven away and then pleaded my case before a jury.
In the old days, 10 to 20 years ago, one would ask the cop to lead the way and follow him all the way in.
There is no discretion left anywhere.
If that had been my husband with an asthma attack and me behind the wheel, there would have been no stopping, and definitely no begging. I’d have kept going, cop be damned.
When seconds count the ambulance is minues away.
A society controlled by idiots is a happy society. Deaths are perfectly acceptable so long as protocols were observed and no animals were placed in danger. The girlfriend ought to be thankful that she wasn’t shot on the spot.
Well, that cop sure showed them! /sarc
> I don’t suppose it ever occurred to the officer, if he was concerned about the girlfriend being “hysterical”, to put both of them in his cruiser and speed them to the hospital.
Give in to two “civilians?” That’s crazy talk.
I wasn’t there, but how wild was the girlfriend driving that the officer noticed it and pulled her over to begin with?
IMO the best scenario would have been for the officer to be willing to drive them and to have someone else pick up the police car and take it in.
I have asthma, I don’t have time for THAT!
Exactly. Why the heck did they stop?
Exactly. Let the officer arrest you after notifying the hospital of your husband’s situation and go before a jury.
I don’t suppose it ever occurred to the officer, if he was concerned about the girlfriend being “hysterical”, to put both of them in his cruiser and speed them to the hospital.
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If he dies in the cruiser or even in the hospital guess who gets sued?
Why not escort the chick's vehicle? The Chief popo needs to be gone.
If that had been my husband with an asthma attack and me behind the wheel, there would have been no stopping, and definitely no begging. I’d have kept going, cop be damned.
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If you’re going to take matters into your hands, you might as well go all the way.
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