Comments on: Cop vs. Nurse Over Forensic Blood Work

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:39:03 +0000

“I doubt that even the craziest nutball cops do things like this (very often) to people who are courteous and polite.”

haha – you must be new to Chicago. Chicago Police officers often circumvent procedure to get their way. I support Law Enforcement, but if the nurse said “I need to talk to my supervisor before performing a medical procedure”, that does not warrant arrest.

Taking a nurse out of an emergency room is risking injury to the patients who come in with emergency medical situations that need immediate treatment.

There have been instances where CPD have been so eager to get proof of a crime that they have electrocuted detainees, why not threaten a nurse to draw blood without the proper documentation and paperwork? (we all know about the convictions of several CPD detectives over torture=confession)

By: lon

lon — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:56:15 +0000

if according to state law that someone who is drunk, involved in a fatal or serious crash, they can draw the blood. no where in this story does it say that the suspect was involved in that situation and was brought to the hospital on a dui and the cop told the nurse to draw the blood for an alcohol level? no accident involved? he’s wrong then. he was abusing his power and like a little kid stomped his feet,threw a tantrum then decided since he didn’t get his way,arrested the nurse. he said he waited three hours? look at the time frame-i don’t think so-again another lie. police in this city (not all of them) but a good majority of them think they can do what ever they want. also wasn’t the officer standing out by his squad laughing? see how funny it is when he gets those charges placed against him in the suit the nurse files.