Courageous White Nurse Arrested For Defending The Rights Of Her Patient

From The Washington Post:

The University of Utah Hospital, where a nurse was manhandled and arrested by police as she protected the legal rights of a patient, has imposed new restrictions on law enforcement, including barring officers from patient-care areas and from direct contact with nurses.

Gordon Crabtree, interim chief executive of the hospital, said at a Monday news conference that he was “deeply troubled” by the arrest and manhandling of burn unit nurse Alex Wubbels on July 26. In accord with hospital policy and the law, she had refused to allow a Salt Lake City police officer to take a blood sample from an unconscious patient. Wubbels obtained a copy of the body cam video of the confrontation and, after consulting her lawyer, the hospital and police officials, released it last week.

“This will not happen again,” Crabtree said, praising Wubbels for “putting her own safety at risk” to “protect the rights of patients.”

 

Yeah I'm a cornball LOL

 

The cop was WAY out of line, the civil suit to follow will be interesting.

 

It's yet another example of police officers operating under their own set of rules which often has them abusing their power. I think lots of this was his ego. They'll keep doing this and other crap until they start being held accountable.

In his mind... He's cop, he gave her an order (as if she reports to him), how dare she not comply and he don't gave a f*ck what rules doing so would violate.

 

"First they came for the black people, but I wasn't black..."

We've made cops into such "heroes" (on tv in particular) and have given them such complete impunity that it has gone to their heads... Deadly combination...

 

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah police officer was fired Tuesday after being seen on video roughly handcuffing a nurse because she refused to allow a blood draw in an incident that became a flashpoint in the national conversation about use of force.

Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown made the decision to fire Detective Jeff Payne after an internal investigation found he violated department policies when he arrested nurse Alex Wubbels and dragged her screaming from the hospital, department spokesman Sgt. Brandon Shearer said.

Brown said in a disciplinary letter that he was "deeply troubled" by Payne's conduct, which he described as "inappropriate, unreasonable, unwarranted, discourteous, disrespectful" and said brought "significant disrepute" on the department

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/utah-officer-fired-after-nurse-s-arrest-caught-on-video-1.3626976