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67. so now we're advocating for driving while talking on a cell phone?

Reply to crim son (Reply #56)

Thu Oct 16, 2014, 01:47 PM

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Pregnant Iowa woman in labor forced to ground at gunpoint by cops for speeding on way to hospital [View all] LiberalElite Oct 2014 OP

*sigh* littlewolf Oct 2014 #1

85 in a 55 yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #14

Jeezus. Delphinus Oct 2014 #2

Holding them at gunpoint was ridiculous. Ilsa Oct 2014 #3

The cops were not out of order in this case. Hoppy Oct 2014 #4

Wonder why the dispatcher could not understand her? Language barriers? The police man was not jwirr Oct 2014 #16

Could also have just been bad cell reception. nt cstanleytech Oct 2014 #19

Okay. That would explain it. jwirr Oct 2014 #21

That actually is a good reason ... aggiesal Oct 2014 #68

Not just that either as some carriers have spotty to no coverage in some areas cstanleytech Oct 2014 #74

You are absolutely correct. pangaia Oct 2014 #127

No, she was in labor Stargazer09 Oct 2014 #24

If only there'd been someone else in the car with her Orrex Oct 2014 #35

I agree Stargazer09 Oct 2014 #112

oh snap. dionysus Oct 2014 #132

What was her HUSBAND doing at the time??????? George II Oct 2014 #50

My question exactly. crim son Oct 2014 #56

so now we're advocating for driving while talking on a cell phone? frylock Oct 2014 #67

What a ridiculous thing to say! George II Oct 2014 #83

The article said why she couldn't be understood. Why didn't the HUSBAND take the phone???? George II Oct 2014 #54

He was driving 85 miles per hour and that is not a good time to take the phone. However, he could jwirr Oct 2014 #63

No, It was the mother calling, husband driving, said she was screaming so much the 911 dispatcher Fla Dem Oct 2014 #70

The cop was blind? Unable to see the woman was pregnant and in labor? Matariki Oct 2014 #44

Obiously, not a female cop... Helen Borg Oct 2014 #45

When did the police acquire x-ray vision? George II Oct 2014 #51

None of those actions indicate a threat to my life Taitertots Oct 2014 #95

+1 jonno99 Oct 2014 #96

30 MPH above the speed limit and refusing to stop at 4 AM? George II Oct 2014 #98

Yeah, how about between the time the woman got out of the car and when she was ordered to the ground Matariki Oct 2014 #104

Obviously you didn't the entire article or other accounts, but.... George II Oct 2014 #105

I'm sure you'd be thinking SO much clearer than this man Matariki Oct 2014 #125

A couple of points.... George II Oct 2014 #128

I would rely on my training and experience. jonno99 Oct 2014 #114

Of course this would be more likely (if one isn't jumping to a biased anti-police conclusion): George II Oct 2014 #116

This is how authoritarianism reveals itself. Maedhros Oct 2014 #79

You really can't make this shit up, jen63 Oct 2014 #111

I have most of the howler monkeys on ignore, so I don't really see the simpering authority-worship Maedhros Oct 2014 #113

Howler monkeys! jen63 Oct 2014 #115

Are you aware that you just wrote this out... Systematic Chaos Oct 2014 #126

In the Movies ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #5

Yes, but in the movies that would happen AFTER they pulled over - and explained the obvious reason karynnj Oct 2014 #10

That is the movies - this Steve Kings territory. jwirr Oct 2014 #17

our youngest was about that size and also showed up rather quickly dembotoz Oct 2014 #6

I hear that! Just thinking it's a good thing they didn't stop me and my husband back then.. I was Cha Oct 2014 #7

... In_The_Wind Oct 2014 #9

Hey In_The_Wind.. Cha Oct 2014 #100

Yup. My first took an hour and a half. We blew through the last stop light at the hospital. nolabear Oct 2014 #34

Cops Gone Wild Dont call me Shirley Oct 2014 #8

Forget the gunpoint, the tack strips could have kill all of them. Downwinder Oct 2014 #11

Uh, when they dragged her out of the car and made her lay face down proReality Oct 2014 #12

America really needs to get a handle on this cop situation madokie Oct 2014 #13

DHS and Blackwater style training has got them pumped-up for a Race War PeoViejo Oct 2014 #26

As a kid, I saw a wailing cop/sheriff car tearing down the Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #32

I've seen that too madokie Oct 2014 #33

Damn sight better than a funeral home hearse with oxygen. Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #38

LOL madokie Oct 2014 #42

In Texas, a lot of the small towns with their old Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #62

true madokie Oct 2014 #65

Traffic is a soul-kilker. Time, waste, tension. Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #110

Thanks for this. Makes my day, Eleanors38. elleng Oct 2014 #43

Your welcome. Some horrendous/funny tales about Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #61

"No charges have been filed against the couple at this time, Ritts said." damnedifIknow Oct 2014 #15

Endanering the welfare of a minor, too. eggplant Oct 2014 #18

The cops could not.. sendero Oct 2014 #20

then cops should stop "reading minds" and finding them full of murder and mayhem. mopinko Oct 2014 #30

Merci, Sendero. Paka Oct 2014 #31

The story makes it pretty.. sendero Oct 2014 #41

�I think I was screaming, 'Oh dear God, we can�t have the baby in the car'...� rocktivity Oct 2014 #60

Hey.. sendero Oct 2014 #64

and yet they did Man from Pickens Oct 2014 #106

Dip dong.. sendero Oct 2014 #107

and yet any sensible person knows Man from Pickens Oct 2014 #118

No sensible person.. sendero Oct 2014 #119

Forcing a pregnant woman, in labor, to the ground Maedhros Oct 2014 #117

American exceptionalism on display. whereisjustice Oct 2014 #22

Handled all wrong SmittynMo Oct 2014 #23

Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #25

Can we NOT use the term "crotchfruit?" It's MASSIVELY offensive to me. Adrahil Oct 2014 #29

The leavings of someone's shoulder fruit. nt Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #36

But for one word... Paka Oct 2014 #39

Yeah..... no. Adrahil Oct 2014 #40

If you have to use offensive language, you aren't being thoughtful. jeff47 Oct 2014 #58

Yes, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Feral Child Oct 2014 #87

It's a good thing you can speak to the dead and know exactly what they think. jeff47 Oct 2014 #89

I don't have to speak to the dead. Feral Child Oct 2014 #92

THANK YOU GOOD SIR!!!! Adrahil Oct 2014 #109

About as harmless as scatalogical humor. Feral Child Oct 2014 #120

One last serious note... Adrahil Oct 2014 #122

I think we'll probably disagree often. Feral Child Oct 2014 #123

Then I take it you don t like the rude pundit? ncjustice80 Oct 2014 #101

Crotchfruit is hilarious to me!!! valerief Oct 2014 #55

Yeah, it's so funny to use a disgusting term to refer to children! Adrahil Oct 2014 #72

Wow, you're very racist. I think I'll put you on Ignore. nt valerief Oct 2014 #73

Sure. You didn't understand that was sarcasm. Got it. NT Adrahil Oct 2014 #75

Are we "Puritan Underground"? Feral Child Oct 2014 #69

I consider it a direct insult to my child. She isn't a "crotchfruit." Adrahil Oct 2014 #71

I did not accuse you of "alerting". Feral Child Oct 2014 #86

Yeah asking that the poster not use a disgusting term... Adrahil Oct 2014 #88

You're *so* full of yourself. Feral Child Oct 2014 #91

Oh, I agree... I being completely unreasonable. Adrahil Oct 2014 #93

This rhetoric is beginning to sound familiar. Feral Child Oct 2014 #99

Time to feed the kennel-fruit. < Now that's funny. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2014 #108

Thanks, jtuck Feral Child Oct 2014 #121

Life isn't always like the movies Renew Deal Oct 2014 #27

And the cops could have called 911 but... SoapBox Oct 2014 #52

That article is incomplete.... Adrahil Oct 2014 #28

It's the NYPost. progressoid Oct 2014 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Oct 2014 #124

At least we didn't hear. "Stop resisting, Snotcicles Oct 2014 #37

This story is one that I file asiliveandbreathe Oct 2014 #46

There is video JonLP24 Oct 2014 #131

Labor is not a valid reason to drive like a psychopath. Xithras Oct 2014 #47

+100! KT2000 Oct 2014 #81

They'll probably vote for the pro-life pig... GeorgeGist Oct 2014 #48

Well that kid isn't going to have to worry about paying for college. Initech Oct 2014 #49

Actually the police department probably wont have to worry about a lawsuit or atleast losing one cstanleytech Oct 2014 #80

She wasn't forced to the ground at gunpoint "for speeding on the way to the hospital".... George II Oct 2014 #53

The police went overboard on this one but crim son Oct 2014 #57

If the officer knew there was a pregnant women in the vehicle and they were just cstanleytech Oct 2014 #76

How is this possible? KamaAina Oct 2014 #59

And the family was not slaughtered! NOLALady Oct 2014 #103

Husband should have pulled over, explained situation. Takes 5 minutes max. yellowcanine Oct 2014 #77

We've seen that happen dozens of times over the years. George II Oct 2014 #82

I'm just shocker the mother is white AngryAmish Oct 2014 #78

I just did the math - if they were 10 miles from the hospital (a guess), then.... George II Oct 2014 #84

Getting to the hospital that late, she probably delivered that almost 10 lb baby without drugs... Lars39 Oct 2014 #85

That is a good thing! vanlassie Oct 2014 #94

Not necessarily. Lars39 Oct 2014 #97

Well drugs would not have done much for this lady and her baby is better off. vanlassie Oct 2014 #102

A pregnant woman arrived at a hospital just in time to give birth in the lobby rocktivity Oct 2014 #90

Fact of the matter tabasco Oct 2014 #129

I saw this on the news there is an important fact to consider JonLP24 Oct 2014 #130

i remember when these type of stories centered around whether or not the cop gave the people a dionysus Oct 2014 #133