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We're all aware that the cop didn't do this because he's lazy, right? It was essentially part of a cover up
The patient was the victim of a head on car crash, instigated by a high speed police pursuit against department policy
The other driver--the suspect--died in the crash. So why did the cop want the victim's blood? To find something to disparage the victim...
And excuse the police from instigating the deadly car chase. This is not really uncommon, relatively speaking. Other cop on video saying...
No probable cause. It's not that they didn't want to go to effort of getting a warrant, they knew no judge would sign one.
Also, the Supreme Court decision holding it unconstitutional to draw blood w/o consent or warrant came down last year. The cop...
Is a trained phlebotomist in the police blood draw unit. There is *no way* he was unaware of a SCOTUS case that directly controlled his work
So this is incredible in that its actually worse than the video shows--it's criminal abuse of power in at least three ways
Oh, and dept reviewed video w/in 12 hrs, did nothing til it went viral. If you think he's just a rogue cop, you're not paying attention
Turns out, victim was off duty Idaho cop. Nurse Wubbels was arrested for protecting an unconscious officer from abuse by another officer.
Source for most facts: washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/m…
Addendum: when I say cover up, don't mean this officer was covering his own criminal conduct. He wasn't involved in chase. I mean it's a...
Pattern of aggressive investigation of victims to cover up (or distract from) police culpability due to their policies & practices.
Salt Lake county changed it's pursuit policy in 2007 to chase only suspects of violent felonies b/c it's dangerous ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=7…
They engaged in high speed pursuit of this driver in mid-afternoon b/c he was suspected of reckless driving. google.com/url?sa=t&sourc…
