Ryan Moats delayed after being pulled over while mother-in-law dies
On March 18th, Houston Texans RB Ryan Moats was pulled over for running a red light when he was in a rush to visit his dying mother-in-law in a Dallas-area hospital.
Officer Robert Powell reportedly pulled a gun on Moats while in the hospital parking lot.
Powell is an ass. He took one of life's most difficult situations (the death of a loved one) and made it ten times worse. Like Moats says, Powell "should lose his job."
Officer Robert Powell reportedly pulled a gun on Moats while in the hospital parking lot.
"My mother-in-law is dying! Right now! You're wasting my time!" Moats yelled. "I don't understand why you can't understand that."Powell has been put on paid administrative leave while the matter is being investigated.
"Shut your mouth," the officer said. "You can either settle down and cooperate or I can just take you to jail for running a red light."
"I can screw you over," [Powell] said at one point in the videotaped incident. When another officer came with word that Moats' mother-in-law was indeed dying, Powell's response was: "All right. I'm almost done."
"When we at the command staff reviewed the tape, we were embarrassed, disappointed," [Dallas Police Chief David] Kunkle said. "It's hard to find the right word and still be professional in my role as the police chief. But the behavior was not appropriate."Moats' mother-in-law, who was suffering from breast cancer, had died while Moats was being delayed in the parking lot.
"His behavior, in my opinion, did not exhibit the common sense, the discretion, the compassion that we expect our officers to exhibit," Kunkle said.
Powell is an ass. He took one of life's most difficult situations (the death of a loved one) and made it ten times worse. Like Moats says, Powell "should lose his job."
