Guy gets hit by a car. Cop asks about his immigration status before offering him medical aid.

[kpete]

"Are you illegal?" A policeman's question to a Honduran who had just been run over by a car

A 31-year-old undocumented Honduran bicyclist, Marcos Antonio Huete, was hit by a car in Key West (Florida) on his way to work. The policeman's camera shows him inquiring about the victim's immigration status before offering medical assistance. He was later detained by the Border Patrol.

http://www.univision.com/univision-news/immigration/are-you-illegal-a-policemans-question-to-a-honduran-who-had-just-been-run-over-by-a-car?hootPostID=383f1e21dc528368d1ec8a9d8a46db2f

[american_ideals]

1. We should be celebrating the cops that don't do this

[cyndensco]

2. You think?

A cop should be celebrated for NOT asking an accident victim his immigration status? Shouldn't that be the default? The right thing to do - provide assistance then check status?

Celebrating a cop for doing the right thing is like giving a kid an award for participation, IMO.

[american_ideals]

4. I mean naming good cops, broadcasting their names

Holding them up as good examples.

(And telling other cops not to watch Fox and listen to RW radio, because conservative media lies to them and tries to incite hate in Americans.)

[dalton99a]

3. We're losing our humanity

[Blue_Tires]

5. Well, at least he didn't get shot on sight

so the cops are showing incremental improvement!

[barbtries]

6. pigs

they've lost their humanity, it's a sickness infecting this country and afflicting many. no empathy, no caring for another human being unconditionally because after all we are all in this together aren't we?