Deputy Micah McNinch pulled over Wayne Ables after 2 a.m. as he raced his infirmed mother to a hospital just a mile from the site of the stop.
McNinch pulled Ables over for expired tags and kept the pair there while an ambulance and fire truck were en route.
Ables says he told McNinch his mother was in the back seat, suffering from severe breathing problems.
After 11 minutes, the emergency vehicles arrived. The driver had pleaded with the officer to escort them to the hospital a mere five minutes away.This story happened in March of 2009. Mr. Ables has yet to be compensated for his loss.
McNinch was given one of the harshest penalties that police face when their negligence leads to the death of another, one entire day without pay.
A Shelby County sheriff's deputy was given a one-day suspension today for using poor judgment when he delayed a man for expired tags while taking his mother to the hospital.
Deputy Micah McNinch, who has been with the department since 2006, "made a mistake in judgment" during the March 12 stop of Wayne Ables at Wolfchase Galleria, Sheriff Mark Luttrell said. Ables was trying to get his 83-year-old mother, Vernice Ables, to St. Francis Hospital-Bartlett when he was stopped in the early morning hours.
Vernice Ables was gasping for air in the back seat of her son's car because of a lung condition when the deputy stopped them for the expired tags. The hospital was less than a mile away, and Wayne Ables could see the top of the medical building from where he was stopped.
Instead of providing an escort for Ables or following him to the hospital and dealing with the ticket there, McNinch asked for Ables' license and proof of insurance. He called for an ambulance at the scene.
The sheriff said in the videotape, the Ables family asks for an ambulance, and McNinch asks them if they want him to call an ambulance.
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Deputy
Micah McNinch pulled over Wayne Ables after 2 a.m. as he raced his
infirmed mother to a hospital just a mile from the site of the stop.
McNinch pulled Ables over for expired tags and kept the pair there while an ambulance and fire truck were en route.
Ables says he told McNinch his mother was in the back seat, suffering from severe breathing problems.
After 11 minutes, the emergency vehicles arrived. The driver had pleaded with the officer to escort them to the hospital a mere five minutes away.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/woman-dies-deputy-writes-ticket/#rh70cmRVVsqo3dwd.99
McNinch pulled Ables over for expired tags and kept the pair there while an ambulance and fire truck were en route.
Ables says he told McNinch his mother was in the back seat, suffering from severe breathing problems.
After 11 minutes, the emergency vehicles arrived. The driver had pleaded with the officer to escort them to the hospital a mere five minutes away.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/woman-dies-deputy-writes-ticket/#rh70cmRVVsqo3dwd.99
Deputy
Micah McNinch pulled over Wayne Ables after 2 a.m. as he raced his
infirmed mother to a hospital just a mile from the site of the stop.
McNinch pulled Ables over for expired tags and kept the pair there while an ambulance and fire truck were en route.
Ables says he told McNinch his mother was in the back seat, suffering from severe breathing problems.
After 11 minutes, the emergency vehicles arrived. The driver had pleaded with the officer to escort them to the hospital a mere five minutes away.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/woman-dies-deputy-writes-ticket/#rh70cmRVVsqo3dwd.99
McNinch pulled Ables over for expired tags and kept the pair there while an ambulance and fire truck were en route.
Ables says he told McNinch his mother was in the back seat, suffering from severe breathing problems.
After 11 minutes, the emergency vehicles arrived. The driver had pleaded with the officer to escort them to the hospital a mere five minutes away.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/woman-dies-deputy-writes-ticket/#rh70cmRVVsqo3dwd.99
Deputy
Micah McNinch pulled over Wayne Ables after 2 a.m. as he raced his
infirmed mother to a hospital just a mile from the site of the stop.
McNinch pulled Ables over for expired tags and kept the pair there while an ambulance and fire truck were en route.
Ables says he told McNinch his mother was in the back seat, suffering from severe breathing problems.
After 11 minutes, the emergency vehicles arrived. The driver had pleaded with the officer to escort them to the hospital a mere five minutes away.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/woman-dies-deputy-writes-ticket/#rh70cmRVVsqo3dwd.99
McNinch pulled Ables over for expired tags and kept the pair there while an ambulance and fire truck were en route.
Ables says he told McNinch his mother was in the back seat, suffering from severe breathing problems.
After 11 minutes, the emergency vehicles arrived. The driver had pleaded with the officer to escort them to the hospital a mere five minutes away.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/woman-dies-deputy-writes-ticket/#rh70cmRVVsqo3dwd.99
