Woman miscarries due to police negligence

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Women is pregnant, bleeding and they don’t get her medical attention? It just shows how much this culture of death has influenced people.
 
The abortionist Tiller and his political cronies have made Kansas a major center of the Culture of Death.
 
The subject of this thread, which is NOT the current headline of the story, is highly deceptive. A woman did indeed miscarry, but it’s very wrong to say that it was due to police negligence. Indeed, the phrase “rash judgement” springs to my mind.

I assume that the thread’s title was the orginal headline of the story and that CNN changed it (to “Officers suspended in case of woman who miscarried”) to be factually accurate?
 
It’s my understanding if you are already on the way to the hospital and the police stop you they are supposed to provide you with a police escort to the hospital? What these officers did was wrong. While my mil was not pregnant she did have uncontrollable bleeding and very nearly died from it. This situation was very serious and these officers should have seen to it that the woman did receive medical care. It’s a sad day when officers show a lack of concern for someone in need. 😦
 
Timidity said:
The subject of this thread, which is NOT the current headline of the story, is highly deceptive. A woman did indeed miscarry, but it’s very wrong to say that it was due to police negligence. Indeed, the phrase “rash judgement” springs to my mind.

I assume that the thread’s title was the orginal headline of the story and that CNN changed it (to “Officers suspended in case of woman who miscarried”) to be factually accurate?
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Actually I think it would be negligence. If she had a medical condition that required her to go to the hospital and that lead to the miscarriage it would be negligence.

I can understand why the officers did what they did. I doubt they would have done what they did if they knew it would end in a miscarriage, even if they could legally get away with it. I might make the same rash judgement too, if it’d been a long day and I thought the lady was making up a story, she was the type to put up fake tags. Good chance that call might save some time, but this time the person was telling the truth. Didn’t do the job and officers are at fault.
 
Timidity said:
The subject of this thread, which is NOT the current headline of the story, is highly deceptive. A woman did indeed miscarry, but it’s very wrong to say that it was due to police negligence. Indeed, the phrase “rash judgement” springs to my mind.
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OOPS! It looks like someone has already judged the case. You are correct. Thread titles are supposed to be the same as the article. The original poster needs teo re-visit the rules.

That being said, rather than comment on the situation to which I have no facts, I will speak in generalities. No, police do not provide escorts for everyone with warrants that say they need to go to the hospital. The woman could have prevented the need for arrest by paying for traffic convictions in a timely manner, or at least making payment plans. There is not a judge anywhere (in my experience) that will not be tolerant of a poor man attempting to pay. It is those who dodge the law who get the warrants. This irresponsibility will catch up.

If a person has been hard to locate on some warrants, then an arrest would have been in order, even if she said she needed medical treatment. However, once an arrest is made, an officer is responsible for the care of the person. When a person is taken to jail, the officers there assume responsibility for her care.

In Texas, a medical screening is required before anyone is incarcerated and if the person needs treatment, the arresting officer has to go get treatment first. I can unequivocably state that the situation in the article would not have happened where I work. Similar situations arise constantly and I always send the officer to the hospital.
 
pnewton said:
You are correct. Thread titles are supposed to be the same as the article. The original poster needs teo re-visit the rules.
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I was charitably assuming that CNN changed the headline, and the the OP acted correctly.
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The woman could have prevented the need for arrest by paying for traffic convictions in a timely manner, or at least making payment plans.
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Actually, according to the article the warrants were for trespassing and mistreatment of children, so my guess is there was more at work then missing payments.
 
jman507 said:
Actually I think it would be negligence. If she had a medical condition that required her to go to the hospital and that lead to the miscarriage it would be negligence.
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From what we currently know, the officers certainly seem negligent, the thread title states that this negligence was the direct cause of the miscarriage. That statement is not supported by the facts even a little.
 
Timidity said:
From what we currently know, the officers certainly seem negligent, the thread title states that this negligence was the direct cause of the miscarriage. That statement is not supported by the facts even a little.
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Sorry, I meant from the facts given the case would be negligence if she was needed to go to the hospital and clearly let the officers know that, espcially if in the custody of the police. As an EMT, negligence would be the deviation from the accepted standard of care resulting in further injury to the patient. I’m sure it would be much the same for the police, with the posiblity of a little more relaxed due to it not being the usual scope of their work. Plus, I don’t know exactly what is the law is and tends to take into consideration. If I’m wrong, can you please clearify Pnewton, actually I’d be more than happy to be corrected.

In the end, it’s best to be very careful and cover yourself. There are plenty of lawyers out there who would be more than happy to take a person who may seem sympathic, and to tear into you on the stand as an officer who abused their authority.

I think I might have sounded like I jumped to conclusion a bit too quick, I might have misswritten what I meant in my first post. It is important to note that what is written in the story may not be completely correct, and if there are corrections, they tend to be put in an often overlooked place. It seems a bit odd, that if medical care was needed, during the whole time, with everyone during the process did not realize her need for care when she said she needed it if she did bring it up often enough. It seems either pretty clear cut or there is more to the story.
 
Timidity said:
Actually, according to the article the warrants were for trespassing and mistreatment of children, so my guess is there was more at work then missing payments.
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From the article:
She was arrested February 5 and held overnight on traffic violations and outstanding city warrants.
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Timidity said:
The subject of this thread, which is NOT the current headline of the story, is highly deceptive. A woman did indeed miscarry, but it’s very wrong to say that it was due to police negligence. Indeed, the phrase “rash judgement” springs to my mind.

I assume that the thread’s title was the orginal headline of the story and that CNN changed it (to “Officers suspended in case of woman who miscarried”) to be factually accurate?
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I suppose you are correct, I appologize for the phrasing of my title, however the police opperated under gross negligence when it came to this woman. Not only should they bee suspended, they should be fired.
This woman warned them several times that she needed to go to the hospital.
They could have taken her there an kept her under police custody at the hospital if it was that important.
 
rayne100 said:
I suppose you are correct, I appologize for the phrasing of my title, however the police opperated under gross negligence when it came to this woman. Not only should they bee suspended, they should be fired.
This woman warned them several times that she needed to go to the hospital.
They could have taken her there an kept her under police custody at the hospital if it was that important.
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They should be fired and serve jail time. What they did was horrendous negligence. They should be completely ashamed of themselves.
 
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