Stupid Police Officers

[rightwinger]

So you chase down a 20 year old woman accused of a road rage incident. She stops just past railroad tracks and you park your police cruiser right on the tracks behind her. You put her in cuffs and lock her in the police vehicle. Then you proceed to search her vehicle while she sits alone in the police cruiser.

What could possibly go wrong?

Situational Unawareness: UP Train Hits Police Cruiser Parked on Tracks—With Suspect Handcuffed Inside - Railway Age

On the night of Sept. 16, Colorado police officers stopped a young woman driving a pickup truck, arrested her, and placed her in a police car—which the officer who made the stop had parked on active Union Pacific tracks on a crossbuck-protected crossing.

www.railwayage.com

Yes, a train came and smashed the Police Cruiser
The woman survived with serious injuries

 

[Canon Shooter]

Wow.

Sometimes there are just no words...

 

[odanny]

That's professional grade stupid. I mean, it's even easier at night to hear a train whistle and see its light.

 

[DukeU]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Do not road rage with a gun, you could end up cuffed and stuffed in a police vehicle, parked on the railroad tracks.

 

[sealybobo]

So you chase down a 20 year old woman accused of a road rage incident. She stops just past railroad tracks and you park your police cruiser right on the tracks behind her. You put her in cuffs and lock her in the police vehicle. Then you proceed to search her vehicle while she sits alone in the police cruiser.

What could possibly go wrong?

Situational Unawareness: UP Train Hits Police Cruiser Parked on Tracks—With Suspect Handcuffed Inside - Railway Age

On the night of Sept. 16, Colorado police officers stopped a young woman driving a pickup truck, arrested her, and placed her in a police car—which the officer who made the stop had parked on active Union Pacific tracks on a crossbuck-protected crossing.

www.railwayage.com

Yes, a train came and smashed the Police Cruiser
The woman survived with serious injuries

Life imitating art

 

[rightwinger]

While I drive, I never stop on railroad tracks…..Ever
I can’t believe four trained police officers would actually park their vehicle on the tracks and then lock a suspect inside

 

[sealybobo]

While I drive, I never stop on railroad tracks…..Ever
I can’t believe four trained police officers would actually park their vehicle on the tracks and then lock a suspect inside

I did something stupid once. It could have been really bad. I was crossing RR tracks with my brand new Quad. The rails were really high. I went over and the middle of the quad was on the rail and all 4 tires were spinning. HOLY SHIT! My nephew was with me so we rocked it and picked it up and off. Thank god he was with me. If I would have had to leave it and go find help. What if a train came before I got back? My heart was pounding until I got it off the tracks. What an idiot.

 

[rightwinger]

So, will police offer to drop charges if she doesn’t sue?

 

[rightwinger]

'She saw everything coming': Greeley woman plans to sue after being hit by train while in police custody | Colorado Public Radio

The lawyer for Yareni Rios-Gonzalez said she was released from the hospital over the weekend and is recovering from her injuries.

www.cpr.org

The lawyer for Yareni Rios-Gonzalez said she was released from the hospital over the weekend after being treated for nine broken ribs, a broken arm, a broken leg, a fractured sternum and head injuries. She spent more than a week in the hospital and faces a long recovery.

Amazing she survived

 

[JGalt]

Whatever she did, you can bet that she won't do that again.

 

[rightwinger]

You can hear the train horn. The train has lights. Her hands were behind her back and she frantically tried to escape the vehicle, but the doors were locked, and it's kind of a cage," Wilkinson said. "She had thought about trying to get through to the front and get out that way, but she could not exit the vehicle. She saw everything coming."

Wilkinson said Rios-Gonzalez tried to alert one of the officers, but nobody responded to her screams. She lost consciousness after the crash and woke up hours later at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley.

No charges have been filed against Rios-Gonzalez over the alleged road rage incident.

 

[bodecea]

'She saw everything coming': Greeley woman plans to sue after being hit by train while in police custody | Colorado Public Radio

The lawyer for Yareni Rios-Gonzalez said she was released from the hospital over the weekend and is recovering from her injuries.

www.cpr.org

The lawyer for Yareni Rios-Gonzalez said she was released from the hospital over the weekend after being treated for nine broken ribs, a broken arm, a broken leg, a fractured sternum and head injuries. She spent more than a week in the hospital and faces a long recovery.

Amazing she survived

And she's gonna be rich.

 

[rightwinger]

And she's gonna be rich.

I doubt the city will even allow it to go to trial.

Gross negligence

 

[rightwinger]

Police training material

 

[rightwinger]

After a month, the police have still not been charged

Rail safety expert "dumbfounded" by police negligence in Weld County train collision

Two minutes of mindful reaction could have stopped the horrifying train collision which happened just north of Platteville nearly two weeks ago, according to a rail safety expert who watched

denvergazette.com

 

[rightwinger]

His previous Police Department labeled him incompetent and a danger to others

You think parking on railroad tracks meets that description?

 

[Jarlaxle]

I doubt the city will even allow it to go to trial.

Gross negligence

Not negligence. Attempted murder.

She should get at least $50,000,000 in punitive damages.

 

[rightwinger]

Not negligence. Attempted murder.

She should get at least $50,000,000 in punitive damages.

I think you would have to prove intent rather than incompetence

 

[Jarlaxle]

I think you would have to prove intent rather than incompetence

Parking on an active railroad crossing, in and of itself, proves intent.

 

[rightwinger]

Parking on an active railroad crossing, in and of itself, proves intent.

We shall see what they are charged with.
So far, it seems they are doing nothing