An 18-year-old girl was racing her mother to the hospital until Arkansas police used the pit maneuver to pull them over. NBC News’ Steven Romo has more.
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Guaranteed they’re on Medicaid. We’re ALL paying for her health care INCLUDING the ambulance cost. But the main thing is she does have a big point, the ambulance would’ve taken longer to get there.
Common sense applies here people!!!!
Ambulances arnt always fast enough
They should have stopped, explained and let the cop take them
Rude
Cops be racial AF 🤦🏿♀️
The cops are wrong. If you need to get a loved one to the hospital now. Call 911 on the way.
If it’s a cop who Jed’s a dr now, let them wait for an ambulance.
She is right! An ambulance would be slower! I’d have done the same thing
…..you fined her?
“A trooper supervisor reviewed the incident and approved of the pit.” AKA We investigated ourselves and found no wrong doing.
So how were the cops suppose to know that it was a medical emergency?
Obey the Law it's their for a reason.
They were not speeding and not a threat!! My untrained eyes could see that. Why don't we train police the way they need to be trained? Who is in charge of this? Hold them responsible!!
Some cops are just stupid and pigs
Lock trump up!!😎🍻
I love it pick and choose what laws to break
Meanwhile the cops can speed anytime for anything and it’s call an emergency but if others due , your breaking the law 🤔🙄 while putting other drivers life’s at risk , too!! 😑🤦🏻♀️
Next time give the police a courtesy call before you take them on a five mile chase at 100+ mph. 🙄
The dispatcher can talk to the guy following you at least.
Either way, you have to let them know what's up and you can't be driving at those speeds without an emergency escort or something, that's for sure.
I mean, what if while trying to save your mother, you killed someone else's. how would that be fair? Think next time.
Wow the comments are amazing here kool aid drinkers
They knew what they were doing you can’t go 100 just because your going to the hospital.that was a danger for other on the road.by time ambulance shows bs.that they keep ambulance on every side of the city.they would have been there,and you everyone in the car could have died of it wasn’t for the police doing there job.slowing people down.this lady passed 15 ambulances truck well speeding across down putting all there lifes at risk
I feel bad for them. I rather drive myself to the hospital also.
Someone is dying but im not allowed to speed to the hospital. So let them die because i gotta drive the speed limit. Yeah that makes perfect sense 🤨
The law will make you pay for that ambulance…
Unless your Trump and don’t have to follow any laws.
Not the cops fault. The daughter should have called 911 and reported their situation.
my mom did the same thing when my father almost died, difference, WE CALLED 911, they met them and escorted them all the way to the hospital.
I thought an ambulance is free. 😢😢😢
Usa is just sick
I’m going to break the law if it means getting my family member there faster and cheaper. Our hospital is less than two blocks away, mind you. 🤷🏼♀️
Everyone is talking about how expensive am ambulance is but that has nothing to do with this situation, she clearly said they didn't think about calling an ambulance because by time the ambulance would arrive they could already be there.
Sorry but my mom or someone else in my family I don't care how fast I'm going I'm making it to the hospital
I would of pulled over.
Even if the victim had stopped, the cop would not have listened to their story and would have delayed them enough search the car and then let them go with a warning. If the charges are not dropped, the jury should nullify (Nullify means that the jury simply says that they do not think the law was fairly applied even though on paper, there may have been a crime. If I were on her jury, I would petition the other jurors to nullify in this case. In cardiac cases, even seconds can make the difference between life and death).
Land of the free home of the brave, enjoy the circus
So she had a panic attack (hence why she was discharged from the hospital the previous day) and was driven at reckless speed putting everyone else in danger…. It’s amazing how bias and uninformed all these comments are. If it was such an emergency call 911. You don’t get to break the law and run from the cops.