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Amy-Strange

(854 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 05:56 PM Jun 2020

Man wronged in past by police saves officer from burning car

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Man wronged in past by police saves officer from burning car

There was a boom, then the house shook. Daylan McLee thought for a minute it might have been a small earthquake until a relative came running inside to say there had been a car crash involving a police cruiser outside the apartment in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, about 45 miles south of Pittsburgh.

McLee ran outside and pulled an officer from the mangled patrol car as flames began to spread into the cabin. Police officials and others have credited McLee with saving the officer’s life after the Sunday evening crash.

“I don’t know what came across me, but I ripped the door open and just pulled him to safety across the street,” McLee said Monday.

Protests over police brutality following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis that have gripped the nation for weeks have laid bare tensions between police and the communities they serve, exposing grave mistrust by civilians, and frustration by law enforcement officers who say they are being painted with too broad a brush. But for McLee, the issue broke through the larger questions on race and policing; it was about saving a life.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/man-wronged-in-past-by-police-saves-officer-from-burning-car/ar-BB15R2Fh?ocid=msedgntp
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Man wronged in past by police saves officer from burning car (Original Post) Amy-Strange Jun 2020 OP
A hero! Karadeniz Jun 2020 #1
That is very near us... Freedomofspeech Jun 2020 #2
Take the time to read this story. Dem2theMax Jun 2020 #3

Dem2theMax

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3. Take the time to read this story.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:09 PM
Jun 2020

Well worth it. Daylan McLee is a very special human being. He can teach all of us more than a thing or two.

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