Horrible Story About Texan RB Ryan Moats
by yophillybro on Mar 26, 2009 9:15 AM CDT
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PrintThis is a terrible thing for Ryan Moats to have to go through. I just wanted to pass on how disgracefull this is on the part of Officer Robert Powell, 25, of the Dallas Police force. He should be ashamed of himself for such behavior. This should not be tolerated anymore:
As he rushed his family to the hospital, 26-year-old NFL running back Ryan Moats rolled through a red light. A Dallas police officer pulled their SUV over outside the emergency room.
Moats and his wife explained that her mother was dying inside the hospital.
"You really want to go through this right now?" Moats pleaded. "My mother-in-law is dying. Right now!"
Officer Robert Powell, 25, was unmoved. He spent long minutes writing Moats a ticket and threatened him with arrest.
"I can screw you over," the officer said. "I'd rather not do that."
The scene last week, captured by a dashboard video camera, prompted apologies and the promise of an investigation from Dallas police officials Wednesday.
"There were some things that were said that were disturbing, to say the least," said Lt. Andy Harvey, a police spokesman.
There is a fanpost on Bleeding Green Nation (SB Nation blog for the Eagles). Ryan was drafted and played 3 years in Philadelphia, so I figured I would include the link in case anyone was interested in our response to this:
http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2009/3/26/811072/ryan-moat-s-police-saga
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Man Jason, you get around brother. I never expect to find you here, you are the man bro.
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by NorthPhillyKid on Mar 29, 2009 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions
That is
some bullshit right there.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 26, 2009 9:36 AM CDT reply actions
I saw that on Fark this morning
and put up a fanshot. I was too surprised/shocked to really comment on it.
I read that his mother-in-law died
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by yophillybro on Mar 26, 2009 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
It's Dallas
How can any of us be surprised?
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by Tim on Mar 26, 2009 11:24 AM CDT reply actions 5 recs
rec'd
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by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 26, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
This is bull
What a piece of crap cop. This disgusts me.
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
I hate to say it, but....
This has race written all over it. The guy is outside of a hospital with his family in hysterics and a feasible story like that, there is no way you don’t let them go. Either this guy is a racist, or has ZERO common sense.
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
Agree with the race thing.
If you read the whole story, it gets worse. Apparently people from the hospital came out and corroborated Moats’ story, but the cop just kept on going.
For some reason I suspect that if he had pulled me, a clean-cut middle class white guy, over this wouldn’t have happened.
Dick.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 26, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Then again
My buddy was crushed by a tank in training in North Carolina. They took him by helicopter to Raleigh, and sent me and one other friend to rush to the hospital to be there for him. We were going 10 over and we got pulled over by a trooper. We were in nasty field cammies with paint on our faces still, and very shook up. The trooper did not care one bit about our story, and took his sweet time filling out a ticket, and lecturing us on how we don’t get special treatment because we are in the military. We were both as white as the cop. He was just an asshole with zero common sense or compassion.
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
I guess the moral of today is
A mindless moron of a cop doesn’t see color. That cop was an idiot.
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Maybe so
I usually think it’s a canard when people say that race is an issue in a given police situation. That doesn’t mean that it never happens, though. In this situation, the cop is at the very least guilty of being a complete ass. Based on the tone of his contents, I could see some kind of latent racism being an issue.
I certainly hope not. Lord knows our police do a hard job and are very often the butt of politically-motivated smears.
But damnit, when the hospital staff come out and say that the woman is literally breathing her last breath, the least he could have done was let them go and make them come back, or let them off with a warning. To make things worse, his mother-in-law’s father stayed in the car with Moats. If it were my child in there preparing to shuffle of this mortal coil, I would have a very hard time sitting in that car while some pompous cocksmoker plays out his power trip on my son-in-law.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 26, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I couldn't imagine
As a father and husband being put in that situation. It makes my blood boil, and Ryan has more patience than most.
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
Exactly
It strikes home for me as well, especially when you add the fact that my mother is currently undergoing chemo for breast cancer.
Really makes me angry.
I’ve been in positions of authority before, positions where I had to make quick, almost snap decisions that greatly affected people’s lives, in some cases, literally. My number one rule: don’t be a dick. You have all the power in your hands. Being a stubborn, passive-aggressive dickhead doesn’t enhance your perceived power; it just makes you appear insecure and arrogant.
I imagine being a soldier is something similar, if not to a greater degree.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 26, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Like I said over at DGDB&D
Race-related or not, this guy was on a serious power-trip to compensate for something…..whether that something is physical or psychological, I leave the guessing to all of you.
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For using “canard.”
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by Tim on Mar 26, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ahhh
I am obviously the new guy..
Thanks
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
No Problem
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Two Comments, Plus Updates
1) Respect for Moats for having to go through this
2) Respect for all of you BRB bloggers and commenters, way to be mature about this. I read a bunch of comments on the Yahoo posting of this earlier and people were calling Moats a thug and saying terrible things about him and his family for no reason. There’s a reason why I talk here with you guys instead of on there now.
Just an update from what I’ve read:
“Officer” Powell has been assigned to a desk job and is pending investigation.
All of it was caught on tape from the Officer’s car.
The mother-in-law did die, Moats’ wife who ran off got to be with her mom as she died, but by the time Moats got into the hospital she was already dead.
by last texans fan on Mar 26, 2009 5:18 PM CDT reply actions
Re: Updates
Yeah, I read/heard about all that late this morning. It’s just a tragic, horrible story. Best to Moats’ family.
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And, from what I understand
The deceased’s father, who was in the car with Moats, was unable to be by her bedside when she died. Maybe that just hits me hard because I’m a father. Stupid fucking cop’s ego kept a father from being with his child when she died. That is bullshit of the highest order, and it still pisses me off as I write this. I may be emotional about it, but I would rather be shot by that dicklicker trying to get to my (in my case) son’s side than have to think about him passing without me there to hold his hand.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 26, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought it was Moat's wife's mother...
Doesn’t this make the older gentleman her husband, or ex-husband?
Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.
I just checked it again
And I’m pretty sure that the older gentleman was moat’s mother-in-law’s father.
Moats and Collinsworth’s father went into the hospital, where they found Collinsworth had died, with her daughter at her side.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 27, 2009 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions
Fuck racist/insensitive douchebag police offers.
"I'm just looking forward to something great happening in the city of Houston" - Tracy McGrady
Still waiting...
Horrible
Did anyone happen to catch the detail that the other guy with Moats was her father? Did I read that right? I’ve got to give it to their families….they’re all class. I don’t think I would have handled it as well.
Yeah, check the post I just made up above
I know I wouldn’t have handled it as well.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 26, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions
That Almost Sounds Too Far-Fetched To Be Real....
Yeah the Dallas PD is really coming down hard on the officer, who is “Under Investigation” on “Paid Administrative Leave”….wow. Paid to sit on his ass after all that went down, and he prob. won’t be reprimanded too harshly by the time the investigation “concludes”. It’s tragic.
by GodBlessSteveSlaton on Mar 26, 2009 7:13 PM CDT reply actions
Ok.
I just watched the video on ESPN, and seriously, it’s sick.
Moats is begging, pleading, his wife is crying and yelling, their are nurses present, and another officer was pleading with him to go. It took him 20 fucking minutes to write a ticket, 20 minutes! The officer was threatening him with jail time, being condescending, and basically saying, “I don’t give a shit.” as Moats was pleading to go up.
When his wife left, the officer was yelling at her to get back in the car, and she just gets out and leaves as the officer is yelling. Apparently, he pulled his gun on Moats when he was getting out of the car.
This started because Moats couldn’t find his insurance, and he was threatening him then. If he really wanted to write the ticket – let him go in, his car wasn’t going anywhere, just write the ticket afterwords.
So people make me hate people more than I already do. And I generally despise humanity as a whole.
Despise humanity as a whole?
I agree with you, there are some heartless beings out there. In fact, the world is filled with them, but humanity as a whole? There are also some very kind people out there.
Just curious. We probably shouldn’t get into a life philosophy discussion here though. lol.
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Still waiting...
What a scumbag.
“I can screw you over,” the officer said. “I’d rather not do that.”
That alone should be grounds for firing. What the hell is that even supposed to mean? You’re really going to take a guy to jail for a traffic violation?
Sadly, in all likelihood, this power-abusing asshole is just going to get reassigned. At least there’s some video evidence of it. Let’s just hope they don’t wind up with Rodney King’s jury when they review this.
If Fred Weary were still here, these two would at least have something in common. It’s really god-damn weak that the people who supposedly enforce the law seem to be above the law.
"I can screw you over," the officer said. "I’d rather not do that."
…and yet, that is exactly what he did.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 27, 2009 8:17 AM CDT up reply actions
The thing I wonder about with a story like this is if we would have heard about it had it not been a professional athlete?
Probably not.
Still, it’s good that it’s out in the open and the video is widely available. There was an incident like this in Vancouver recently where a Polish man who became confused and separated from his family was Tasered by police at the airport, and he ultimately ended up dying. Likely because the video was available, there’s now an inquiry into his death.
Sadly, That's A Good Point
This story probably doesn’t see the light of day if Moats isn’t a professional athlete. I shudder to think how much we’d have heard about this if Moats was an accountant instead of a football player.
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Extreme
This is such an extreme case of bad judgement with the worst case scenario, I have a hard time believing that some reporter wouldn’t turn this into a story regardless. Of course him being famous puts it front page.
It takes a big man to walk away, but a bigger man to break his freaking jaw!
Agreed.
The timing during the situation was pretty unbelievable too. The fact that she actually died during the time the cop was wasting Moats’ time… That’s at least strange enough to be considered newsworthy.
The other cop that showed up is the one that reported it
After seeing the video earlier this week, several senior police commanders knew they had a public relations crisis on their hands. A Plano police officer who was present at the March 17 incident had reported it to a superior, who had reported it to a Dallas police supervisor.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/032609dnmetcopstop.3e9c080.html
I’d like to think that this story would have gotten out even if Moats wasn’t a football player. I think the only difference is there would be more said about a father not being able to be with his dying daughter.
There was an incident just outside of Austin a while back where an officer was also less than helpful. A couple was rushing their dog to the emergency vet. They were speeding and were pulled over. The cop was not sympathetic at all and at one point said, “It’s just a dog” and repeatedly told the couple to calm down and that he would arrest them if they didn’t settle down. The dog died before they could get it to the vet. The story was told nationally and there was quite an uproar over this incident.
A place for just condolences to Moats and his family
The outrageousness of the video has made this a big news story that everyone has an opinion on and probably should. It doesn’t take away from the fact that Moats’ family suffered a really big loss, compounded by the stress of that night and the reaction afterwards.
I’ve set up a place where the only comments are condolence type messages for Moats and his family. I think it would be nice for Texan fans and others to leave a few words for them that have nothing to do with stupid police officer stuff:
You don’t have to say much, and note that the Chronic when you make comments in the blogs doesn’t spam you or do anything with the email stuff they ask for. There’s no real signup. I just think this would be a nice thing to do.
by StephS on Mar 27, 2009 7:04 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Done
And rec’d.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Mar 27, 2009 8:13 AM CDT up reply actions
address for Condolences for Ryan Moats & Family
Found this on Houston Chronicle website, for those so inclined.
If you would like to send more personal condolences, here’s an address where you can send them:
Ryan Moats
The Houston Texans
Two Reliant Park
Houston, Texas 77054
by HoustonSportsFan on Mar 27, 2009 4:03 PM CDT reply actions
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