NFL player Ryan Moats harassed by Dallas officer while Moats mother-in-law lay dying in the hospital. Did race play a part in the officer's treatment of Moats?

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NFL player Ryan Moats harassed by Dallas officer while Moats mother-in-law lay dying in the hospital. Did race play a part in the officer's treatment of Moats?

by Ellen Posted March 26, 2009 23:50:08

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Officer Robert Powell stopped Mr. Moats rolling through a red light on the way to the hospital where his mother-in-law was dying from breast cancer.
Ryan Moats tried to explain that he waited until there was no traffic before going through the red light but was told by the officer to shut up and threatened to take him to jail. After getting a ticket and a lecture, Moats rushed to his mother-in-law's bedside to find she had already passed. The moats family, who are black, think race played a part in the white officer's behavior. Do you think Ryan Moats was racially profiled?

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+2 Barclay March 27, 2009 14:06:40

Answered: Yes, black people are constantly on the wrong side of the law where white officers are concerned.
I am white, but when blacks are pulled over there are at least three cars there for back up. I have never seen this for a car full of whites.
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samantha215 March 29, 2009 23:06:12

Answered: I think..
I have watched the tape several times. the cop was a prick! 99% of the time i do not believe in the 'race card' but this is one time where i honestly think it played a part. The cop was rude and moats was being Extremely nice considering.
I feel very badly for Mr Moats and his family.
p31woman March 29, 2009 16:52:07

Answered: I think..
I saw the video and while I agree Moats was wrong in running a red light. The problem is the balance. I believe the officer could have been a little more sensitive due to the circumstances. Unfortunately, I believe racial profiling may have clouded the officer's judgement. If he was going to give him a ticket, write the ticket and move on.
dfm March 29, 2009 06:49:26

Answered: I think..
don't know what the heck other than a power trip
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IKnowwhoyouare March 28, 2009 10:17:47 (edited)

Answered: Yes, black people are constantly on the wrong side of the law where white officers are concerned.
depending on where it is in the country cops can be extremely racist

the other day i was coming out of my house and i saw a car full of 4 black guys with there hands out of the windows and 8 cops pointing pistols and an m4 at them. I looked on the news the other day and there was no mention of a car chase (which would be news in this town) or anything about it. I think it was just the cops over reacting.
Saint Paul the Decider March 28, 2009 05:49:31 (edited)

Answered: Yes, black people are constantly on the wrong side of the law where white officers are concerned.
Unless the ofifcer knew Moats was a Texan[he did not] and was a Cowboy fan what do you think? Who the hell rushes to the hospital: the very sick,your wife in labor,someone learning of a loved one in peril why would he even stop some rushing to the hospital? Bet if they where white he would have escorted them to the bedside.
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TruthSerum March 27, 2009 14:51:25

Answered: No, the officer was just doing his job.
Wow....just LOOK at all the adoring NFL fans...!! If you guys adore those paragons of society, why don't you call for them to come to your house and help when the burglars/rapists/robbers/dope dealers are victimiizing YOU? That cop you so earnestly denigrate would be the first to sacrifice his life for ANY citizen, including your sorry butts, regardless of color, because that is his duty, which also includes stopping idiots like Moats when their driving is blatantly unsafe and potentially endangers all motorists in his vicinity. As far as "racism" is concerned, which one of you clairvoyants could see into that SUV and determine the race/sex of ANYBODY in there? Or could you discern whether or not they had just robbed the friggin' 7-11 and were armed and the females were distracting him so that the driver could blast the officer? The fact of the matter is that Moats should not have been driving like an idiot to get to his dying mother....why wasn't he there already if she was dying? I wonder how you perfect police officer candidates would have felt if his SUV had hit and killed a hospital worker crossing the street at the 2 stop signs he blew through?? Or if it was YOUR kid/Mom/wife that he unintentionally killed because he was driving like a moron and claiming a pass because it was...'

Wow....just LOOK at all the adoring NFL fans...!! If you guys adore those paragons of society, why don't you call for them to come to your house and help when the burglars/rapists/robbers/dope dealers are victimiizing YOU? That cop you so earnestly denigrate would be the first to sacrifice his life for ANY citizen, including your sorry butts, regardless of color, because that is his duty, which also includes stopping idiots like Moats when their driving is blatantly unsafe and potentially endangers all motorists in his vicinity. As far as "racism" is concerned, which one of you clairvoyants could see into that SUV and determine the race/sex of ANYBODY in there? Or could you discern whether or not they had just robbed the friggin' 7-11 and were armed and the females were distracting him so that the driver could blast the officer? The fact of the matter is that Moats should not have been driving like an idiot to get to his dying mother....why wasn't he there already if she was dying? I wonder how you perfect police officer candidates would have felt if his SUV had hit and killed a hospital worker crossing the street at the 2 stop signs he blew through?? Or if it was YOUR kid/Mom/wife that he unintentionally killed because he was driving like a moron and claiming a pass because it was grief??
You wanna criticize cops....why don't you get out there and try the job? NO...you probably feel safer criticizing them rather than get out there and help them save your communities from the sewer drainage that flows in the streets. As for that chicken-crap Politically Correct Chief of Police, he has no balls and should resign for throwing that street grunt, who was trying to do his duty under the bus.
I suspect that you world wise arm chair quarterbacks are the same goobs that believe that your American Soldiers and Marines are murderers and have forgotten the cops and firemen that did their duty and perished on 9/11.
AmericaFirst!
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Barclay March 27, 2009 14:06:40

Answered: Yes, black people are constantly on the wrong side of the law where white officers are concerned.
I am white, but when blacks are pulled over there are at least three cars there for back up. I have never seen this for a car full of whites.
Randy to Barclay March 28, 2009 23:55:23

I don't know where you live but here in the New Orleans area it seem 90 % of crime and murder are committed by African-americans . I Lived in Dallas some years ago and I sure remember a lot of crime from the black community . Until you stop that high crime rate in the African-american community your going to continue to have these problems whether you like it or not .
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marco March 27, 2009 13:13:46

Answered: Yes, black people are constantly on the wrong side of the law where white officers are concerned.
I am a white dude ,and I think the cop should be fired.
Man, this is 2009 the cop needs to get a life.
kevracer March 27, 2009 00:01:35

Answered: Yes, black people are constantly on the wrong side of the law where white officers are concerned.
I think it's called "Driving while Black"
Skeeter... to kevracer March 27, 2009 00:04:12

How does poor judgment make it racist?
Barclay to Skeeter... March 27, 2009 14:08:05

When it systemic it is racist.
Skeeter... to Barclay March 27, 2009 16:02:25

Does this example shows it's systematic?
Brandon to kevracer March 27, 2009 00:18:17 (edited)

666
Brandon to Brandon March 27, 2009 00:18:39 (edited)

666
CornerBlitz March 27, 2009 00:01:22

Answered: I think..
I have no idea. I saw a bit about this on sportcenter this morning.
Skeeter -Hmm, Hmm, Hmm March 26, 2009 23:59:02

Answered: I think..
There is no way to tell without evidence of it and one side fo the story is not evidence. While it was bad judgment, that doesn't necessarily mean it was racist.
Brandon March 26, 2009 23:56:22

Answered: I think..
There is a good chance that it was because of his race. I don't know but whatever it was it was complete bullshit and the pig should be fired.
Skeeter... to Brandon March 27, 2009 00:03:55

You make an accusation without evidence then call the officer a derogatory term and say he should be fired. While it was bad judgment, that doesn't make it racist.
Brandon to Skeeter... March 27, 2009 00:15:27 (edited)

I did watch the video after I posted this and it seemed more like procedure. I still don't like alot of the pigs. 90% of the pigs aren't reasonable at all.
Skeeter... to Brandon March 27, 2009 00:19:27

Sounds to me like your are profession profiling. Let me guess, you have been stopped by one, or more than one, for similar violations?
Ellen to Skeeter... March 27, 2009 01:14:18

Interesting point...but no, I've never had a similar experience. I've only been pulled over a couple of times and never had a problem with an officer.
Barclay to Ellen March 27, 2009 14:08:53

Are you white?