ROSWELL, Ga. -- A Roswell man is accusing police of keeping his cancer-stricken wife from medical care by pulling him over on their way to the hospital.
Johnny White told 11Alive's Blayne Alexander his wife complained of chest pains Tuesday afternoon, so he rushed to make the 10-minute drive from their home to North Fulton Hospital. White was driving through a school zone on Hembree Road when he says a Roswell Police Officer pulled him over.
"He didn't care about whether my wife was gonna expire there or whether she was having a heart attack," White said. "He didn't care about that."
Roswell Police Lt. James McGee said White was clocked at 44mph in a 25mph school zone. The stop occurred between 2:30 and 3:00pm.
We have a lot going on here. First, you have a medical emergency ten minutes from a hospital. Then you have a cop who doesn't know how to properly call a bluff.
Stupidity #1: You call an ambulance. You do not put innocent people at risk because it gives you warm fuzzies to be in control. You do not speed through a school zone at Prime Going Home Time. If White had been determined to drive his wife, he could have avoided the school zone. Let's make no mistake however, letting professionals drive while tending to his wife was the right answer.
Stupidity #2: As for the cop, he should have acted in the interest of the sick woman because he cannot prove or disprove the statement. He must therefore err to the safe side. He could have been faster on that instead of trying to demand proof of an appointment. As it happened they were telling the truth about her condition and every second counted. He didn't act inappropriately, but he could have been faster and better about it.
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