Trooper Martin Still on the Job After Scuffle with Paramedic Maurice White Jr., Leads to Investigation

It never ceases to amaze me at the lengths to which some members of law enforcement will go to prove their mettle. According to Oklahoma's Tulsa World newspaper, a bizarre fight broke out between a highway patrol officer and a paramedic. The ambulance was carrying a patient heading to the hospital but the siren wasn't on. Apparently, Trooper Martin intended to issue a "failure to yield" citation to the driver, but he was angered because he believed Maurice White Jr., one of the paramedics, gave him a middle finger. Okay, so does that give him the right to scuffle with this man? I am amazed that he has not been suspended or placed on administrative leave, since it is quite obvious that he used force to subdue Maurice White.

Despite being told that the woman in the ambulance needed to get to the hospital, the trooper insisted that one of the paramedics be detained in his car. When he tried to handcuff a paramedic, a fight ensued, which was filmed by the husband of the patient. Eventually the patrolman allowed the ambulance to go to the hospital. An investigation over the incident "has been turned over to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol's Internal Affairs Unit and a county prosecutor," the Tulsa World reports.

All I can say is thank God for modern technology or there would have been no proof of what really happened between the trooper and the paramedic. He needs to be placed on modified duty and not be patrolling the streets.

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