Aline Wright probably thought that she had enough tough breaks in her life when her husband rushed her to the emergency room in Chattanooga. Aline is a cancer survivor, amputee, she was showing signs of a stroke and her new husband Jesse Wright ( a nurse technician) ran her to the emergency room. Then she ran into an officer from the Chattanooga Police Department.
Wright stopped at the two red lights between him and the emergency room but proceeded through the lights toward the emergency room. The officer spotted him the second time and followed them to the emergency room. The officer prevented the couple from entering the emergency room as Wright tried to carry Aline into the Erlanger Medical Center. She was unable to walk.
Despite this obvious emergency scene, the officer demanded answers on why they ran a red light. When the couple finally prevailed in demanding to enter the hospital, the officer tried to enter their room to arrest Jesse. Accordingly to the couple, the officer was only deterred from arresting Wright by hospital staff who insisted that, since Aline was unable to speak, they needed the husband to answer questions.
The officer was not done. He returned to the police station and a warrant was reportedly issued for Jesse Wright’s arrest. After being informed, Jesse had to leave his wife’s side and go to the police station, where he was told that they did not have a copy of the warrant. He went back to the hospital and fell asleep by his wife’s side. According to the couple, the security officers then rushed into the room in the early morning and arrested him for the Chattanooga Police Department.
The officer hit Wright with seven charges, including felony evading arrest.
The Chattanooga Police Department insists that they have no reason to investigate unless someone files a formal complaint. Lt. Kim Noorbergen insisted, “[u]nless we receive an Internal Affairs complaint on an officer we trust he is doing his job.”
Of course, there is the media coverage and the public statements of this couple. However, until a formal complaint is filed, it appears that no evidence or allegations are sufficient for the CPD to actually open an investigation — absent a formal complaint.
Obviously, the Wrights should file a complaint and, if these allegations are true, they should sue the city for such an obvious abuse of power and lack of basic humanity.
The account reminds one of another recent case
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Kudos: CCD
Don’t want to be contrarian here or suggest that what this officer did was right but why didn’t the guy call an ambulance? His wife would have been receiving treatment as soon as they got to her. It could be an insurance/cost thing but I am curious.
Having been a firefighter for a few years I met a lot of cops & why bad ones like this stick around is easy. Police officers divide the world into 3 parts: Bad guys, victims and cops. the bad guys need to be punished but too many get away, primarily because victims are stupid and/or pass pansy laws that prevent the cops from punishing the bad guys. The only ones you can trust are cops &, if sometimes they appear to go overboard you need to keep 2 things in mind
bad guys & victims are stupid & lie
cops have your back when nobody else will.
Its a sad mindset & I feel bad about their getting to it but I think it is an occupational hazard that is largely ignored.
Mr. Wright is obviously a much greater menace to the public health and safety than Officer Beemer (previous story).
sorry, about the damned. It should just be dam…..
CCD,
Quality, which you always bring, far surpasses any lack of quantity. There is no need for gonif feelings on your part.
Byron,
Just remember that next time you draw back a stump. 😀
The damn:
WTF. At least its not Texas, Florida or ……this time. I have heard that the hills do not talk, nor will they ever find you at Ruby Falls, I have yet to hear that the damn gives up its dead.
CCD:
where have you been? You havent posted for a long time. You been ok?
I emailed the mayor and told him what I thought about this. I havent heard back yet.
BIL:
Thanks for your steady encouragement! I desperately had to find a way to contribute at, “Res ipsa loquitur where the truth shall be known” to paraphrase V. Treacy. And taking more than I give makes me feel like a gonif.
Loads of gratitude to JT and the regular coconspirators he attracts, who examine and analyze public policy, humane and otherwise… The broadsword of truth swung daily here expands my awareness of the issues we create. I’m very appreciative to all the usual suspects. (No lists)
Oh and the Chattanooga Copper: What a power tripping, letter of the law enforcing, maroon.
Buddha:
“Once at a troll for attacking my grandfather, once at a story about an Obama Constitutional betrayal (one of the many) and once at Byron”
One lives to be of service 🙂
If you dont poke the bear once in awhile, life just isnt worth living. And it gives the bear something to sink his teeth into.
I wonder if the department’s policy of only investigating their officers when a formal complaint has been filed is going to bite them in the ass in the inevitable lawsuit.
Apparently, waiting for the light to turn green is more important than saving someone’s life. At least in Chattanooga.
Why is it that when cops do something stupid they compound it with more stupidity? Why is it that while the vast majority of police officers are good and decent people, the ones who are not are really off the edge of reality?
And where was this guy’s boss? Isn’t there a captain that is supposed to watch over these guys? Didn’t someone in the District Attorney’s office that is supposed to sign off on these warrants actually pay attention to the situation? Would that ADA be aiding and abetting the abuse of power by this cop?
I hope the Wrights do the right thing and file a formal complaint against the Chattanooga Police Department and then sues them for a good bit of money. This way, the economic incentive will help manage these rogue cops so they worry about real crime!
Buddha Is Laughing
I’ve said all along I prefer a peaceful legal remedy to our collective national problems. It’s Gestapo tactics like this that makes me reconsider that position. It becomes clearer with each passing day that government, from local to Federal, is becoming the enemy of We the People.
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Buddha has made a very serious point and the threat to We the People is real.
I have only been angry three times in the years I have been posting here. Once at a troll for attacking my grandfather, once at a story about an Obama Constitutional betrayal (one of the many) and once at Byron (and I wasn’t really mad at him, but something on the ground and he had the misfortune to poke the bear at the wrong time and the resulting bite merited a mea culpa). The more I think about this story?
Today could be number four.
Like it’s not hard enough to get medical treatment in the land of (w)health care “reform” that’s little more than a subsidy for Big Pharma and Big Insurance, now citizens have to deal with assholes like this cop. The only thing missing from this story is he didn’t demand proof of health care insurance (such as it is). Did he not see “Big Jake” and learn the lesson you don’t screw with a man’s family or his dog and not expect Hell to pay?
I’ve said all along I prefer a peaceful legal remedy to our collective national problems. It’s Gestapo tactics like this that makes me reconsider that position. It becomes clearer with each passing day that government, from local to Federal, is becoming the enemy of We the People.
I would happily take the traffic cases, felony evasion case – and the inevitable civil case. Cops like this are good for business.
Does Power lead to Teh Stupid, or does Teh Stupid lead to Power? I’d like to know exactly whom this fellow believes he is Serving and Protecting. (I’d settle for ‘approximately.’)
““[u]nless we receive an Internal Affairs complaint on an officer we trust he is doing his job.””
I didn’t realize harassing a couple trying to get into the emergency room was part of this cops’ job.
After harassing said couple, I must ask: Is this cop blind?
What a jackbooted jackass. I hope the resulting lawsuit breaks the CPD’s checkbook. Hey! Officer Dumbass! How would you feel if some moron public “servant” tried to block you from getting emergency care for YOUR wife, eh? Would you shoot him? Rhetorical. It’s clear you have all the feelings of a sociopath and your bosses the same for not automatically pulling your manifestly insane self off the streets.
Nice catch, CCD.
I don’t think they’ll have a hard time finding a pro bono lawyer to take this one on. The officer’s actions are absurd. Even if you think the gentleman broke the law, there’s absolutely no indication he was dangerous. Why not just issue a summons because of what’s going on with his wife?