Yet another cop gives man a heart attack

[geo]

As a real life parody to the father of 6 dying due to a heart attack caused by a 'police choke hold.'

http://www.doomworld.com/vb/everything-else/69455-father-of-6-dies-after-police-choke-hold/

Here is a story of a cop pulling over an elderly man for speeding who then had a heart attack and the cop saved his life:

http://www.wmtw.com/news/traffic-stop-leads-to-lifesaving-move-by-police-officer/27213436#!bul64h

Cops stopping criminals causing heart attacks. Only this story has a happy ending, well not massage happy.

Is the cop a hero for saving a man or a monster for causing the heart attack?

Discuss!

[Blastfrog]

So, the guy was speeding and the cop rightly pulled him over for it. How is it his fault that the speeder got a heart attack? The cop was just doing his job. For saving the old man, he's neither a hero or a monster. In the line of duty, I think it should be expected to respond to a medical emergency like that, especially when it's directly relevant to what you were just involved in.

He would only be a monster if he refused to do anything about it. However, in contrast to many monstrous cops, he is a hero. I just think that all cops should be held to higher standards.

[clamgor]

geo said:

As a real life parody to the father of 6 dying due to a heart attack caused by a 'police choke hold.', an elderly man died of a heart attack after being pulled over.

Life imitating... life, I guess.

[geo]

Levity.

[Nomad]

Sodaholic said:

So, the guy was speeding and the cop rightly pulled him over for it. How is it his fault that the speeder got a heart attack? The cop was just doing his job. For saving the old man, he's neither a hero or a monster. In the line of duty, I think it should be expected to respond to a medical emergency like that, especially when it's directly relevant to what you were just involved in.

[Blastfrog]

Note to self: actually fucking read things and not just skim them.

[Clonehunter]

Heh, Falconer....

[geo]

Sodaholic said:

Note to self: actually fucking read things and not just skim them.

I find that reading the post after the original post is the best way to summarize what the thread is about.