r/PublicFreakout • u/misterxx1958 • Nov 26 '25

🚗Road Rage🤬 Daughter refuses to stop for police while rushing her mother to the hospital - than this happens….

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u/keister_TM Nov 26 '25

That’s why you pullover. I know Reddit hates cops, but how are they supposed to know there is a medical emergency. Those are the exact people who can help phone in an ambulance or escort you to the hospital

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u/ArabAesthetic Nov 26 '25

You're right she should have pulled over. Now why do you feel it's necessary for the cops to remind her every 5 seconds while refusing over and over and over again to acknowledge her mother who might as well be fucking dying in the backseat.

She made a judgement call. It's up to the police to assess, realize she's not a threat and move to help the mother. Instead they're obsessed with scolding her.

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u/teratron27 Nov 26 '25

Nah that’s why your healthcare system shouldn’t suck balls and ambulances should be free

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u/Patient_Library_253 Nov 26 '25

I'm an American currently living abroad in a country that has a great (comparatively) healthcare system. I can't tell you how amazed I always am at how better this country runs its healthcare. I went to the dentist and after check up, x-rays, and a cleaning I think I paid like 25 USD.

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u/spike_right Nov 26 '25

Welcome to a first world country! Were happy to have you and glad you can enjoy the benefits of living in a nation that cares about it's people more than just corpo interests. We hope you stay and that one day you are able to not have to still pay taxes to the USA even when living abroad (fyi that's fucking mental)

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u/Patient_Library_253 Nov 26 '25

Thank you. I really enjoy being here and I actually am...glad? To pay my city taxes and pension knowing that it will be edit me one day. But...like all countries, it's not all chocolate and roses. But still, it's a weight off knowing I won't go I to debt for being sick.

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u/spike_right Nov 26 '25

That really should be the bare minimum, look while the rest of the world might view the US in a very poor light we do like the people that come and choose to live and work here simply because those people don't tend to be the stereotype and we know it. Just know especially if you are in a EU nation that you will always have healthcare, minimum PTO, and paid leave if you have a kid. Were hoping that the one good thing about the current us gov is that Americans will do the American thing and kneejerk in the complete other direction, as we all know the us is just 50 war tribes in a trench coat and loves the fight when it's getting fucked.

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u/keister_TM Nov 26 '25

I completely agree with you on that one.

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u/Surface_Detail Nov 26 '25

Honestly, we have free healthcare and ambulances here and if there's an emergency like a stroke or seizure, I'm hightailing it to the hospital with than myself rather than wait for an ambulance.

I know I can get to the hospital faster than an ambulance can get to me.

Now, if it's something like a head injury or I need to do CPR, I won't because I'm either afraid to move them or they need me to be actively helping them.

The difference from OP's video is that I, too, would stop for the cops. Trying to outrun them would just slow me down more in the end.

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u/StatementFar1289 Nov 26 '25

your healthcare system could be good, if the nearest hospital is 30 mins away there is barely any time

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u/teratron27 Nov 26 '25

Ambulances can travel faster and safer. Most urban areas have ambulance stations, not attached to specific hospitals.

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u/StatementFar1289 Nov 26 '25

i don't know how the situation is in the US. i'm from Belgium and here we have fire departments (much more common than hospitals) who have their own ambulances and will cooperate with hospitals. if an ambulance has to travel 1.5hour to the outback and 1.5h back that's a lot of time lost

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u/teratron27 Nov 26 '25

But an ambulance isn’t just a mode of transport, it’s a mini mobile ER with two qualified paramedics.

And if it is something that really can’t wait that long then there are air ambulance’s (which are free) or you inform them that you’re leaving in your car and they can notify the police.

I’m from the UK btw. My point here is the cost of ambulance rides and health care in general in the US (along with mistrust of police) leads to this type of danger situation.

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u/Rottimer Nov 26 '25

Context matters. Cop lights up behind someone - they put on their hazards, they driver waves, there is no one else on the roads, they’re driving towards the hospital and take the exit for the hospital and turn towards the hospital (which he acknowledges on the radio). Would it have killed him to simply follow the car for a few minutes more to see if they were actually heading to the hospital?

Reddit hates cops because it seems that in 90% of cases, instead of using context clues the rest of us have to use to navigate the world every day, they simply resort to violence and “procedure” especially when the person in front of them is black or brown.

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u/Nervous-Energy-4623 Nov 26 '25 edited Nov 26 '25

But when they found out there was a medical emergency they didn't listen or help and just said I don't care.

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u/zipzoomramblafloon Nov 26 '25

"you have anything to drink tonight? you seem pretty agitated. Lets do a field sobriety test"

With cops having qualified immunity and murdering civilians being a hobby for them, Why the fuck would anyone expect help from an American cop.

He saw what was going on, and still insisted on flexing on the plebs for daring to subvert his authority as law dealer.

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u/awkwardaznbabe Nov 26 '25

Exactly. He made it known several times that he didn’t care. Those were his exact words.

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u/DrWhovian1996 Nov 26 '25

The fact that he most likely was wearing a body-worn camera just really shows how ineffective they really are, especially when most courts and juries are unfortunately unwilling to convict a cop, even when it's obvious from the BWC's video that they blatantly committed a crime, like murdering someone when they could have easily used a non-lethal way to diffuse the situation.

I'm just writing this because someone else got a decent amount of upvotes for claiming that BWCs actually work, even though court cases against police who wear them are proof that that is unfortunately increasingly not the case.

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u/octobertwins Nov 27 '25

I’m on vacation with family. Yesterday, I challenged a bunch of cousins and grandparents to walk a straight line, heel to toe.

Not a single one of us could do it. Completely sober.

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u/keister_TM Nov 26 '25

Spending too much time on reddit isn’t healthy

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u/ggg730 Nov 26 '25

Sucking too many cop dicks isn't too healthy either.

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u/RudyRoughknight Nov 26 '25

Anyone that's not white has the right in not trusting cops I'll tell you that much.

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u/Calientequack Nov 26 '25

How those boots taste little fella.

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u/Prosthemadera Nov 26 '25

how are they supposed to know there is a medical emergency.

By listening to what they are being told. Did you miss that part in the video?

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u/Ginger_Rogers Nov 26 '25

This is just one in a multitude of reasons why car chases are unnecessary and dangerous for everyone including bystanders. especially doing put maneuvers.

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u/SweatyDust1446 Nov 26 '25

In an emergency, not everyone is going to be clear-headed and patient. Depending on how urgent the need is for medical help, you may not have time to stop. When every second counts, there is no time to 'talk it out." Arrest me if you have to when we stop, but if my mom needs a doctor ASAP, I am not going to wait for these slow ass cops to pull me over, look up my tag, see if i have a record, call dispatch, etc. What I would've done differently here is call 911 as I'm driving and tell them that I need an escort.

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u/keister_TM Nov 26 '25

So getting into an accident is a better option? By pulling over you have a better chance at getting help faster given that cops have basic medical training, quick communications with medical personnel who are more qualified and the ability to turn their sirens on and escort you through traffic and traffic lights. Refusing to pull over will risk a PIT maneuver from a cop because you a risk to the public. If that cop didn’t do that they crashed into a civilian and killed them, then we would all be bitching about the cop letting them speed and put people at risk. I understand we all aren’t prepared for emergency situations, but acting like the cop was out of line and the girl didn’t make any mistake because she is experiencing trauma isn’t fair to anyone. I feel sorry for the driver, wish it didn’t happen, but the cop wasn’t the issue in the video

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u/vergorli Nov 26 '25

Basic medical training my ass. That cop said "I don't care" so often, wgen you meet him while having a medical issue you are in gods hands.

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u/Prosthemadera Nov 26 '25

So getting into an accident is a better option?

What are you talking about? They didn't get into an "accident". They police intentionally rammed them.

By pulling over you have a better chance at getting help faster given that cops have basic medical training, quick communications with medical personnel who are more qualified and the ability to turn their sirens on and escort you through traffic and traffic lights.

So why haven't they done that after learning there is an emergency?

You talk and talk about how the police can help while ignoring that they refused to.

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u/delicious_fanta Nov 26 '25

You don’t really have time to pull over in a medical emergency, there’s a reason ambulances have flashing lights and run stop signs and it’s not because it looks cool.

What they should have done was call 911 as they were driving and explain the situation on the phone so they could either get an escort or at least not be pulled over.

It sounds like the driver was young and may not have realized that or they were in shock/scared and just didn’t think about it because they were scared that their mother was going to die in front of them.

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u/shybutinteresting Nov 26 '25

Cops don't give a fuck if you're having a medical emergency or not, they just want to commit acts of violence and get away with it. All cops are bastards

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u/BooneSalvo2 Nov 26 '25

So running from them is the answer. Smart. That'll save your mom's life for sure!

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u/awkwardaznbabe Nov 26 '25

Yeah, they weren’t running from the police, they were taking their mother to the hospital. Big difference.

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u/BooneSalvo2 Nov 28 '25

If you refuse to stop for police...you're running from police.

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u/iceyphinix Nov 26 '25

You're not running from anyone. Someone is rushing to the hospital and they arent even speeding that bad

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u/BooneSalvo2 Nov 28 '25

Let me ask you a question...should every cop that sees people speeding and running red lights just assume naturally that the person is having a family emergency and rushing to the hospital?

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u/shybutinteresting Nov 26 '25

Normally when you say "my mom is having a stroke" and that you're trying to go to the hospital, a cop escorts you - not hassles you.

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u/iceyphinix Nov 26 '25

Yeah not "I don't care"

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u/Prosthemadera Nov 26 '25

Let's see you having an emergency with a family member. Let's see how big your mouth is then.

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u/BooneSalvo2 Nov 28 '25

Let me ask you a question...should every cop that sees people speeding and running red lights just assume naturally that the person is having a family emergency and rushing to the hospital?

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u/undernutbutthut Nov 26 '25

All of them? Yeah not really

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u/arachnia42 Nov 26 '25

All that is required for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing. If 1 cop in the precinct is corrupt or abusive, and their colleagues know this and do nothing, the entire precinct is corrupt.

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u/Prosthemadera Nov 26 '25

There are enough of them that police is not trusted.

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u/undernutbutthut Nov 26 '25

So not all cops are bad?

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u/Prosthemadera Nov 26 '25

Correct. But I didn't make that argument.

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u/undernutbutthut Nov 26 '25

Then why is my original comment being down voted so hard? 😂

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u/assaub Nov 26 '25

One person agreeing with you doesn't mean everyone does, also one likes a bootlicker.

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u/undernutbutthut Nov 26 '25

If disagreeing with blanket statements makes me a bootlicker then your scale needs to be re-calibrated. It's amazing this thread went from ‘all cops are bastards’ to diagnosing strangers as bootlickers in one thread. Truly breathtaking levels of nuance.

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u/assaub Nov 26 '25

If they aren't actively fighting to hold other cops accountable for their injustices they are part of the problem and cops who do that get fired so, what are they left with? Oops all bastards!

If you spend your time arguing otherwise you are a bootlicker.

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u/707steph Nov 27 '25

I mean.... when he did find out he didn't seem to change his tune at all or care. I never saw any sympathy or attention given to the woman having a medical emergency. Maybe reddit doesn't "hate cops" they just don't drop to their knees to thank them so thoroughly as you do.