The issue is the callousness (or raw stupidity) of the cop after the car was stopped.
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I take it his inhaler was ineffective. He was administered CPR in the ambulance. Had the officer taken him in the squad car after dealing with the hysterical woman and her daughter, there would have been no one to administer CPR. As it was the man died of cardiac arrest in the hospital. Sometimes you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. And then there are some on FR who will blame the cops no matter what. (I’m not saying that’s you.)
Here's the problem. The average law-abiding citizen no longer sees a cop as a friend or ally. That's almost always based on personal experience, mine included. So cops are no longer given any benefit of the doubt in situations like this one.
It's up to the police to change this perception.
A mere formality.
The cop aggravated Casey's condition by trying to get him to "lie down". The six-minute delay was critical. The EMT guys wouldn't or couldn't apply appropriate measures by the time they arrived, and it was probably too late anyway.
Casey was brain-dead by the time the EMT guys loaded him into the ambulance. Once he collapsed to a prone position he had about 30 seconds left to live. CPR is ineffective in those circumstances.
The only thing that could have saved him then would have been immediate oxygen and adrenaline injection. It is agonizing and seconds count.
Been there, done that.
The ambulance arrived and the person received treatment in six minutes.
By the time the ambulance arrives, it takes another 2 and 1/2 minutes before Kressin begins his journey to the hospital
The story leaves out that the person receives treatment in an ambulance.
Hands up don't shoot.
It's a tough call for both the police man and the driver.