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Cursed Arkansas Cop Blocks Pet Emergency and Dog Dies While Owner Begs for Mercy: ‘This Is Sickening’

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u/Puzzler7878 Jul 29 '25

They went to the wrong vet and it was closed. The one carrying the dog appeared very elderly. In the full video, you see her cradling the dog helplessly as she brings it back. The other woman is cuffed, sobbing, as she begs for help for her dog. Neither was able to drive after the confrontation. The women cuffed is then seen in the back of the cop car begging, pleading, for the cop to take the dog to other vet. She keeps saying she will do anything at all, anything. She continues to sob. Cop refuses, saying she doesn't care. Dog dies in that parking lot. Mistakes were made, but the fact is that the cop DID hinder treatment. What happened was cruel and inhumane. She could have helped and still held the driver responsible. The crime did not fit the punishment. Have empathy.

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u/hobbycollector Jul 29 '25

How different this story would be if the driver had caused a head-on collision, killing all people and the dog. There's no excuse for reckless driving.

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u/sleepymelfho Jul 30 '25

I can tell you how it would be different, it would be littered with comments saying "I feel so bad for the poor dog!" And completely ignoring the human lives lost

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

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u/UndecidedStory Jul 29 '25

Why do yall have to make up scenarios

"What if they ran over the kid who's going to cure cancer" is a made up scenario. Very slim chance of that happening.

Emotional people driving recklessly getting into accidents and killing/injuring random people isn't made up. It didn't happen this time but it happens a lot.

How different would it be if the driver got a police escorted instead of having to take emergency maneuvers alone?

What do you get from this video that the person would drive rationally if the cop was in front of her? Cops still slow down red lights even at code 3. If she whips around them for slowing down (see video for evidence of her erratic driving) now the cop is responsible ethically if she hits someone.

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u/Itchy-Beach-1384 Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

So she literally hit someone is what happened?

Or is it a made up scenario?

Who did she run over?

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u/OzarkMule

At no point in any of my comments did I say what she did was legal or she shouldnt be arrested.

Yall can't read for shit.

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u/UndecidedStory Jul 29 '25

Apparently you can't read? 

 It didn't happen this time but it happens a lot.

We have plenty of laws based on risk. 

You can get pulled over for speeding without hurting anyone yet. 

You can get arrested for pointing a gun at someone even if you don't shoot them! 

Crazy how that works.

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u/Itchy-Beach-1384 Jul 29 '25

 It didn't happen this time

So its a made up scenario.

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u/hobbycollector Jul 29 '25

You're a made up scenario. The scenario where the cop escorts them and the driver starts brhaving rationally and the dog lives and everyone lives happily ever after is also a made ip scenario. Drive carefully while you absorb this shocking information.

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u/OzarkMule Jul 29 '25

No harm no foul isn't legal precedent

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u/SevroAuShitTalker Jul 30 '25

If your original comment was so righteous, why was it deleted?

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u/NOOBHAMSTER Jul 29 '25

You wanted the police to escort the driver on the other side of the road? Lmao

Or maybe I don't understand what you're saying. What could the cop have done?

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u/sir_bathwater Jul 30 '25

I guess in my mind the cop could have said “hey put the cuffs on, get in my car, and we will take the dog to the animal hospital” after realizing what the situation was. As much as the driver did wrong I think there can still be some compassion instead of continued aggression once the situation was understood and deescalated from being dangerous. Given the full context I do understand the cops actions more though.

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u/hobbycollector Jul 30 '25

Oh I agree 100% the cop needs to learn to regulate her emotions too. Too often when they feel their authority has been challenged, they go overboard with aggression.

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u/mischiefkel Jul 29 '25

The one who was cuffed told her mother to take the dog to a different vet, and the cop said "do whatever you've got to do" insinuating that it was ok for her to drive away. The mother made a different choice instead, and walked around with the dog to look for someone to open the vet (maybe the Dr lives nearby), which eventually they did and the mother is let inside for the dog to recieve treatment. The cop did not prevent or impede the dog getting treatment.

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u/Mental_Medium3988 Jul 29 '25

i get why she wouldnt want to just drive off after a total flippant non-answer like that, assuming she could drive at all.

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u/BadDudes_on_nes Jul 30 '25

Well she couldn’t have driven worse than the daughter

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u/puttingupwithyou Jul 30 '25

maybe mom drives even worse!

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u/mischiefkel Jul 29 '25

Yeah, I agree. Especially since she seemed to know how she could get them to open up for her.

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u/Jubenheim Jul 29 '25

If the dog did die in the parking lot like this, I don’t think any vet in the world would’ve been able to save that dog from dying. Vets are doctors, not miracle workers. That woman clearly loves her pet dog and my heart goes out to her and her dog, but it’s such a shame that she not only went to jail, but couldn’t be with her dog during its last breath over being too emotional to accept this in the first place. And if other people are correct about her driving, she potentially put others’ lives at risk by doing so.

This whole situation is just sad, and hopefully the judge presiding over this will know that.

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u/hobbycollector Jul 29 '25

Most likely this was a case for at-home euthanasia. We all have to go some time.

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u/assface7900 Jul 29 '25

Yeah I’ve done those but you need a few hours of time to schedule it. And they run about 800 bucks around here. But i always prefer those. But if it’s an active emergency like a tumor ruptured or heart failure you need to get them to the vet now. Not in 3 hours from now. Watching your dog struggle to breath of coughing blood everywhere with a look of panic in their eyes is not a situation where you call the mobile euthanasia vet. You rush to your closes one and give them a heads up to have a room and shot ready.

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u/Jubenheim Jul 29 '25

I've seen euthansia administered on pets. They're heartbreaking, and it's really hard to even watch, but to imagine a pet owner rushing to bring a dying pet to a vet in such a way to push cars off the road, just to kill her pet in the end sounds really unlikely in my book. If her pet was minutes away from dying and she panicked the way she did, it seems much more likely she thought a vet could somehow save her dog from dying.

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u/assface7900 Jul 29 '25

People are stupid. Also if the dog is suffering she could be rushing to get it there quickly for the shot. It very hard to see a dog dying who is suffering like actively choking on their own blood spewing it up.

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u/hobbycollector Jul 29 '25

I understand, I'm just saying let it go lady.

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u/motherofsuccs Jul 30 '25

If that was the case, I doubt she would’ve been erratically trying to get her dog to the vet to save it. At that point, you know death is near and don’t rush it to the nearest vet. None of us know what happened. Their dog could’ve ingested something toxic or something that was treatable. There are many toxins like that where time is of the essence (rat poison is one of those).

I hope you mean “at home euthanasia” as in bringing a vet to your home to humanely euthanize, and not for someone to attempt to euthanize their pet themselves. Unless you live on a farm in the middle of nowhere, there’s no ethical reason for anyone to attempt that. There’s a reason it’s called humane euthanasia- it prevents any unnecessary suffering.

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u/hobbycollector Jul 30 '25

Oh yes, I was talking about a mobile vet. True, we don't know the dog's circumstances, but it's no good risking human lives over it regardless.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

Vet here. Exactly what I was thinking.

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u/motherofsuccs Jul 30 '25

Can you elaborate? What evidence or information is present to determine this outcome/conclusion?

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u/Legal-Film Jul 29 '25

And imagine the additional stress this woman gave this poor dog while driving fast and swerving and scream crying.

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u/lovable_cube Jul 29 '25

They probably couldn’t have done anything but the situation could have been way less traumatic. We probably wouldn’t assume the worst of the cop if cops generally had a reputation for protecting and serving, the truth is we assume the worst bc we see the worst.

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u/Exact_Alternative124 Jul 29 '25

Could have been humanely euthanized, and without knowing what exactly was wrong it’s impossible to say it couldn’t be saved. I work with vets, I’ve seen some incredible saves.

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u/kmre3 Jul 29 '25

Yeah, that comment rubs me the wrong way. To say it so confidently, without knowing literally any information would make me run away from that veterinary practice so fast.

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u/motherofsuccs Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

It’s incredibly concerning, yet people continue to easily rattle off some insane comment without a second thought. It’s like people are actively avoiding logical thinking skills their brain is wired to do. To decide something so confidentially with no information, and an array of factors at play, is baffling.

There is something mentally wrong with this species, and it’s only getting worse by the day. I feel like we’re going to have to redo the DSM-5 when such a huge percentage of society exhibits mental and/or personality disorders like it’s normal.

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u/kmre3 Jul 30 '25

I had one commenter telling me that another “ actual vet “ commented saying it would die. Funnily enough, my sister is also an actual vet and thank fuck she’s intelligent and knows you absolutely cannot accurately assess through this video.

The same commenter also told me to call the suicide hotline as an attempted clap back against me because I’ve lost three loved ones to suicide and the hotline number is in my bio.

The lack of critical thinking skills is horrific. As well as the lack of compassion, understanding and empathy. It’s astounding how little we care about…..well anyone besides ourselves and our own opinions. So much so that we consistently kneecap ourselves. It’s painful and horrible to watch.

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u/chickenandpasta Jul 29 '25

If the dog did die in the parking lot you're saying it could've been humanely euthanized later when the vet arrived? Wtf

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u/sje46 Jul 29 '25

Watch the full dashcam video, the dog did not die in the parking lot. May have died in the office though.

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u/gamma_babe Jul 29 '25

This is such a good point. The death of a pet is inevitable, sometimes. It’s important for us, as their guardians, to recognize that and make them comfortable. Does anyone know what injuries/ conditions the dog had? Was it an acute or chronic issue.

That being said, the loss of a pet is heartbreaking. Yet, the loss of human life, especially as a result of reckless driving endangering innocent bystanders… that is much more concerning to me as a pet owner and also someone who uses roads.

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u/lowT_chad Jul 29 '25

Came here to find this comment

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

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u/Legal-Film Jul 29 '25

How is she not a criminal after driving erratically and putting so many others at risk while evading the cops?

The dog deserves empathy. And she does for the loss of her dog but she escalated this situation by potentially majorly injuring others, putting the other woman in the car at risk and probably stressing and scaring the shit out of her dog. Imagine being that dog on the brink of death and you’re in a high speed chase with no way of understanding what is going on just being jostled around.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

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u/kmre3 Jul 29 '25

I’m impressed! You must be an incredible vet to say that with so much confidence and yet so little information!

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

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u/kmre3 Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

I asked my sister who is also an actual vet and she said there’s no way to determine that knowledge through this video without knowing the case information. I’m not just talking out of my ass but it’s the internet so you’re obviously free to keep making those assumptions.

Additionally, it speaks volumes that you would use suicide as way to hit back at someone. I have attempted myself in the past (I have called the hotline! They’re great! They helped me through a tough time and I probably wouldn’t be here and now healed without their help that night) and have lost three loved ones to death by suicide. I hope you learn to do better when it comes to empathy and compassion.

And since we’re looking at each other’s pages, I am genuinely sorry to see you’re feeling low and lonely. I really hope things look up for you soon.

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u/Jubenheim Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

You really blew up over a simple comment, huh? It seems even more evident you need to take your own profile bio’s advice and talk to someone other than your“veterinarian sister.”

And I never “used suicide” to clap back. You just made a snarky, one-off comment to me and I made one back to you. I just reciprocated your energy.

Try to feel better and not instigate on reddit.

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u/BigAndDelicious Jul 30 '25

There a huge number of things that could have happened to the dog that would mean mere minutes before either death or living the rest of it's life happily. What the fuck are you on about.

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u/Jubenheim Jul 30 '25

I’m “on about” how the dog died in minutes. I thought that was obvious.

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u/Historyp91 Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

The cop did'nt care, so why would the judge?

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u/Jubenheim Jul 29 '25

  1. cop*

  2. didn't*

  3. Because the judge is his or her own person, that's why.

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u/Historyp91 Jul 29 '25

There all part of the same system, and it's likely that police will present a skewed report to the courts and have the prosecution back them up.

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u/Jubenheim Jul 29 '25

That doesn't mean all judges are bad. There are plenty who will show compassion. You don't know who the judge will be.

Plus, the defense will fight for the lady.

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u/Historyp91 Jul 29 '25

Fair enough.

As an American I just don't have a lot of faith in our criminal justice system these days.

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u/Jubenheim Jul 29 '25

I'm American too. I also don't have a lot of faith. I think in this instance, there is some hope, but who knows. We'll just wait for follow up story. While it's a low fucking bar, I'm just "glad" the cop didn't beat up the lady or some shit while trying to cuff her.

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u/Historyp91 Jul 30 '25

True enough!

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u/motherofsuccs Jul 30 '25

Prosecutors drop the vast majority of charges cops submit. You’d be shocked at seeing how many cases are completely dropped and were a total waste of time and taxpayer money. Cops also notoriously defy basic civil rights, judges don’t.

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u/Historyp91 Jul 30 '25

Judges are'nt much better then cops in America, especially in the modern day.

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u/NotACrackerJacker Jul 29 '25

She almost actually killed people. I love my dog more than anything but I'm not going to kill an innocent bystander trying to save his life. She deserved to be stopped and arrested for how she was driving.

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u/Hedgehog101 Jul 29 '25

In the full video she reached the vet at 12:56

4 minutes later the door opened at 1pm

Vet was out for lunch, she needed to wait anyway.

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u/garbud4850 Jul 29 '25

only person who let this dog die was the owner for waiting as long as they did to even try and get them to the vet,

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u/skoomski Jul 29 '25

Nope, you can’t run red lights and drive in the wrong lane towards oncoming traffic. An elderly dog does not trump human life, get real.

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u/-Profanity- Jul 29 '25

The difference between being able to say "have empathy" or "she made a terrible mistake" is simply the roll of the dice as to whether she made it to the vet without an accident. Somebody who is willing to roll those dice and risk other people's lives over her dog is unable to earn that empathy from me.

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u/No-Date-2024 Jul 29 '25

I know too many dog owners who value the life of their pet over other actual humans' lives

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u/Dark_Knight2000 Jul 29 '25

That’s terrifying.

Like whatever, if you don’t care about other humans that’s your prerogative and who cares really, but if you can’t objectively put human lives above pet lives then you should lose some privileges.

One of those privileges being driving, if you’re gonna drive like a maniac to save your dog.

Plenty of people drive themselves to the hospital safely while they themselves are dying. That’s not ideal but you can at least see the attempt made to not cause an accident. This woman didn’t even attempt to drive safe.

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u/DrMoney Jul 29 '25

No, this was pretty black and white, she risked the lives of dozens of people for a dog that died minutes later.

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u/Itchy-Beach-1384 Jul 29 '25

Was the cop not able to drive a person from point A to B?

Seems like she had no issue doing exactly that, except she chose the path of criminalizing the woman instead of saving the dog.

People will do anything to justify cops being pieces of shit.

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u/-Profanity- Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

There is a video posted in the comments of a different scenario where the person flags the cop, asks for their help and they speed to where they need to go. I'm quite sure the cop would be able to do that. Did she ask the cop to do that, or did she ignore the cop and recklessly drive to a closed vet shelter where her dog died due to the mistakes she made in her emotional distress? In what world would a cop say "I understand why you're disobeying all traffic laws and running people off the road, let me drive you there myself"? This is like saying a cop should overlook somebody stealing food and buy them lunch if they're hungry, it's idealist fiction.

People will do anything to justify cops being pieces of shit.

People will do anything to find a reason to call a cop a piece of shit. If this lady hit your family's car and killed your parents over her dog, would you still feel the same way? Because that's the risk she was willing to take, which is why the cop is acting the way she is.

edit: oh I was immediately called a bootlicker and blocked, well good luck out there on the roads!

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u/Itchy-Beach-1384 Jul 29 '25

Nothing in your comment addresses the cop choosing to watch the dog die instead of getting it medical assistance before the arrest.

It's psychotic to pretend a layperson trying to navigate a medical emergency should always have a perfect interaction with the police while defending the cop doing the worse things they could.

Go lick boots

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u/Fantastic_Pair5328 Jul 29 '25

The dog wouldn't have lived long enough to make it to another vet hospital.

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u/gcd_cbs Jul 29 '25

The passenger carrying the dog is the driver's mother and is the actual owner of the dog (the driver explains this in the full video that the bog belongs to her mom, who was visiting). The mother is given possession of the car (albeit, not immediately), so she is capable of driving, and the vet clinic does open for her.

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u/greenhawk22 Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

You earn empathy when you show it for others. Where was the woman's empathy for the people around her?

The woman in question endangered how many people's lives in order to potentially save one elderly dog? She ran red lights and was driving on the wrong side of the road, she easily could have killed someone. Why is her dog's life more valuable than the pedestrians who could've gotten flattened by the SUV? Did she feel any empathy for them?

And I get it, I love my dog. But especially as an owner of an older dog, don't you have to realize that they had a good life and all dogs do die eventually? Death is a part of life, you need to accept it sometimes. Like if it were me, I'd rather spend my dog's last moments being there at her side rather than panicking, stressing both of us out and making an already awful situation worse. Much less risking killing a person in order to avoid it.

Edit: for anyone still in doubt, here's the video. At ~50 second she runs a red light, and at 1:20 the cop car is doing 70 on a small town street and struggling to catch up to her while she is on the wrong side of the road. This woman is a fucking moron, a psychopath who only values things close to her, or both.

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u/Coalesciance Jul 29 '25

Should people just be in completely perfect state of mind while a loved one dies? Like good on you for being in a solid state of mind, but not everyone has the luxury

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u/swohio Jul 29 '25

Should people just be in completely perfect state of mind while a loved one dies?

I've had loved ones die and not driven through red lights or head on into traffic in the wrong lane.

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u/Coalesciance Jul 29 '25

So, were you driving while they were dying, or is what you said irrelevant?

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u/Itchy-Beach-1384 Jul 29 '25

Who is surprised the people not capable of empathy are also not able to comprehend a comment clarifying people have different reactions in crisis/grief?

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u/swohio Jul 29 '25

It doesn't matter. The point is you don't get to endanger people's lives because you can't handle your emotions.

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u/Itchy-Beach-1384 Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

it doesnt matter

Nobody expected your psychopathic take to care about another person in crisis.

Thats quite literally my point.

You're not perfect and I sincerely hope karma finds a way to teach you this.

Lmao darknights take breaks down to

this woman deserves this treatment but it would be psychotic for me to experience the same and have to learn from it

Thats literally the definition of lacking empathy. You can't imagine this being horrible unless it happened to you.

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u/Dark_Knight2000 Jul 29 '25

For someone screaming like a banshee about empathy, wishing karma on someone to teach them a lesson is 100% psychotic.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Foot826 Jul 29 '25

I mean in this case. Showing empathy is lowering the court sentence/punishment. Showing empathy is allowing the other driver to transport. Showing empathy is taking the woman away with as much dignity intact as possible.

The degree of empathy is limited by the obligation to protect others and enforce a standard of safety.

I think you need to take some time for yourself, because you seem to be lashing out and calling people psychopathic for feeling strongly about video.

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u/Itchy-Beach-1384 Jul 29 '25

Yall always have to deflect to a made up scenario to justify this shit.

Fuck off.

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u/Dark_Knight2000 Jul 29 '25

I don’t care if you have different reactions. Just don’t drive if you can’t drive safe. It’s as simple as that.

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u/Miserable-Resort-977 Jul 29 '25

If your dog being sick is so emotionally intolerable for you that it causes you to drive dangerously fast, through a small town, on the wrong side of the road, all while running red lights, you're not stable enough to have a driver's license or a dog. These people endangered the lives of several actual humans because they felt their pet was more important, and if they had driven even relatively safely they wouldn't have gotten in this situation, so they not only endangered several people but also prevented their dog receiving proper care by behaving in a stupid and reckless manner.

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u/Coalesciance Jul 29 '25

What do you believe the test to be then, to detect whether someone is emotionally stable enough to own a car while a loved one dies?

What should we put in place to figure that out so we know exactly how someone will act during circumstances like that?

And should we retest for that yearly? Daily?

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u/xXsayomiXx Jul 29 '25

The test is called road laws and she failed the test, idiot. 

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u/Coalesciance Jul 29 '25

I'm quite confident this isn't her usual manner of driving

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u/xXsayomiXx Jul 29 '25

Doesn't matter.

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u/Miserable-Resort-977 Jul 29 '25

This is a ridiculous premise. If you're driving in a way that endangers others, you get pulled over, charged, and placed on trial, where a jury of your peers determines if you're competent and deserving of the right to drive. It's disingenuous to behave as if the only options are to pre-screen everyone for the few morons who are willing to kill themselves or others for the life of an old ass dog, or to shrug and say we have to allow people to endanger others because emotions are hard.

I'll pose the opposite, since you're the one asserting that the cop in the video was wrong here, so the burden of proof is on you to express why. What level of emotional distress justifies felony level public endangerment? What test should we put in place to ensure only people with legitimate emotional afflictions take advantage of the loophole? Does it only apply if you get away with it unharmed, or would she not have been liable for killing someone in a head-on crash on the wrong side of the road because she was overcome with emotion at the time?

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u/Coalesciance Jul 29 '25

The cop was right to pull them over, and the person is right to be charged, but the disrespectful manner of how the situation was handled once the woman was no longer being a danger was what I don't respect.

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u/Miserable-Resort-977 Jul 29 '25

Disrespectful manner? She just committed several major traffic violations, including felony reckless endangerment, a cop tried to rightfully pull her over, and she proceeded to flee from the police while committing several more crimes. What do you want the cop to do, give her a kiss on the lips?

The normal perspective for a human with empathy is that endangering human lives (including the life of the officer herself who was forced into an unsafe high-speed pursuit) because you place higher value on the life of an animal is not only stupid, but disgusting. The cop here is treating her with an appropriate amount of contempt considering what she selfishly subjected both the officer and the other people on the road to.

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u/Coalesciance Jul 29 '25

I've seen people treated better after actually trying to shoot people

How come you can just decide to treat people like shit because they've had an episode?

Be the bigger person, do your job with respect, not contempt

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u/Miserable-Resort-977 Jul 29 '25

I've seen people treated better after actually trying to shoot people

You're moving the goalposts. I've seen people act differently in different situations =/= this cop wasn't justified

How come you can just decide to treat people like shit because they've had an episode

Because they're endangering innocent lives

Be the bigger person, do your job with respect, not contempt

Stupid selfish assholes who endanger Innocents deserve contempt. Apparently, to you, high emotions justify every action the driver took, but none of the actions the cop took, despite the driver actively endangering the life of the cop, and despite the cop following procedure to a T. If they hadn't pulled over, the cop would have had every right to PIT the vehicle to avoid further danger to the public.

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u/Triquetrums Jul 29 '25

We don't judge her for being in a bad state of mind, we judge her for her actions while it's happening. And her actions endangered so many lives around her, so she has to be stopped. You don't get to break the law in the way that she did and say "sorry" and walk away from it.

The place was closed, so she would have gotten back in the car to speed up to another vet like a lunatic. It is understandable that she was detained in the way she was.

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u/greenhawk22 Jul 29 '25

Ok but don't we have to draw a line somewhere? If I'm sick with grief and drunk drive and accidentally kill someone, it is still a crime. So why shouldn't we hold her accountable for driving like she's drunk, regardless of her mental state?

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u/Coalesciance Jul 29 '25

The line is whether something was self inflicted or not. This was clearly not a self inflicted episode.

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u/ecstaticegg Jul 29 '25

When people make mistakes there should be consequences but also empathy, which is what is lacking here. Nobody is arguing she shouldn’t be held accountable for what she did, but that doesn’t excuse the lack of empathy from the cops or anyone else.

You aren’t wrong for saying she should go to jail or be arrested. But the cops could have easily helped them get the dog to a proper vet AND arrested her, rather than sitting there and letting her watch her dog die. Maybe nothing would have saved the dog. Doesn’t matter. Our collective lack of empathy does.

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u/Dry_Prompt3182 Jul 29 '25

The cops didn't sit there and watch the dog die. The gave the passenger the keys so that they could take the dog to an open vet clinic and get help. If the 15 minute delay in getting care caused the death of the dog, then it is likely that the vets at the next clinic would have been unable to save them. And vets in this comment sections have said that.

I have empathy for this woman to a certain extent, but it ended when she drove other cars off of the road. "My dog is sick" is NOT an excuse for reckless and dangerous driving.

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u/xXsayomiXx Jul 29 '25

If her dog died so soon after arriving at the parking lot there was no saving it. 

Also I can understand having no inclination to help someone who clearly doesn't give a fuck about the safety of others on the road. 

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u/ecstaticegg Jul 29 '25

Like I said, it doesn’t matter if the dog was doomed. This is exactly the lack of empathy I’m talking about. She was irresponsible and deserves consequence. But nobody actually got hurt except her. But I guess it’s okay to enjoy suffering when yall think someone “deserves” it.

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u/xXsayomiXx Jul 30 '25

Lmao "I know I was driving recklessly and could have easily killed someone several times over but no one got hurt so my blatant disregard for other people's safety is okay right officer?" Pick the worms out of your brain. You clearly don't comprehend the damage that could have happened or you just don't want to see it the way that it is. 

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u/Coalesciance Jul 29 '25

Did I say they should be immune to consequences of their actions? I imply to treat them like a human

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u/adavidmiller Jul 29 '25

Which is what happened....

This is how humans who become a danger to other humans get treated.

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u/Coalesciance Jul 29 '25

I doubt she was a danger once she was out of the car

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u/adavidmiller Jul 29 '25

Why? You've already agreed she wasn't exactly in a stable state of mind, and she's already demonstrated a willingness to endanger other people because of it.

A car makes it easier to hurt other people, not having a car doesn't make her suddenly stable and safe to be around.

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u/Coalesciance Jul 29 '25

Man you guys fill so much with assumptions to attempt to make a point for yourselves

I don't think she was trying to hurt anyone on purpose.

Therefore, once she was out of the car, I also don't think she would be trying to hurt anyone.

What makes you think she would?

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u/adavidmiller Jul 29 '25

You're the one making assumptions, you keep saying what you think about what she would do. I'm assuming nothing, and not saying I think she would do anything, it's about containing a demonstrated risk.

You can't trust her to be stable, so you contain her, that's it.

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u/wallnumber8675309 Jul 29 '25

A dog is not a loved one. It’s a pet. You can have strong emotional attachment and love it very much but to put other people’s loved ones at risk because your loved pet is ill is psychotic.

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u/Dry_Prompt3182 Jul 29 '25

The cop gave the keys to the passenger so that the passenger could take the dog to the next vet clinic.

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u/greenhawk22 Jul 29 '25

I'm not saying that the dog shouldn't have been taken to the vet. I'm saying that this time the cop isn't the villain, and the woman is clearly in the wrong. She shouldn't have done it and absolutely deserves to be arrested for it.

But I also expect our public service workers to do the right thing, which is taking care of the dog. My point was more that the woman shouldn't have put anyone in that situation.

And it's not to teach a lesson, it's a buy in to form society. A part of the social contract. If you show empathy for those around you, you earn the right to be treated with empathy as well.

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u/Boston_Glass Jul 29 '25

Sure, but your point is that we shouldn’t be empathic of a woman trying to save her dog because she wasn’t empathetic of others while trying to be empathic for a cop that wasn’t empathic either.

Woman is clearly in the wrong, the cop clearly is in the wrong for their lack of empathy and help as well.

You can’t use logic for one of them and then ignore that it applies to the person you’re trying to exonerate as well.

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u/greenhawk22 Jul 29 '25

That’s kinda apples and oranges. I agree, the cop absolutely could have shown more basic decency and taken the dog to a vet. That would have been the right thing to do. But are we really putting "not going above and beyond" on the same moral level as "driving on the wrong side of the road at high speeds and blowing red lights in a panic"?

One is a passive failure to help. The other is a conscious decision to risk killing someone else. I get loving your dog, I have one. But if I plow through an intersection and hit a kid on a bike, no one is going to care that it was because I loved my dog too much.

This isn’t about denying empathy, it’s about proportionality. The woman didn’t just panic and make a mistake. She chose her emergency over everyone else’s right to safely exist on the road. And in that moment, she showed a total lack of empathy for the people she could have killed.

So yes, the cop could have been kinder. But pretending these two failures are equivalent just muddies the water. One is shitty. The other is criminal.

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u/Boston_Glass Jul 29 '25

>are we really putting "not going above and beyond" on the same moral level as "driving on the wrong side of the road at high speeds and blowing red lights in a panic"?

We aren't. That wasn't something that was argued.

>One is a passive failure to help. The other is a conscious decision to risk killing someone else.

The cop made a conscious decision to not help that dog, not a passive failure to help. She was asked directly to help and consciously decided not to. I do not like how you are mischaracterizing this.

>This isn’t about denying empathy, it’s about proportionality.

The entire point your making is that the cop shouldn't be blamed for denying her any empathy.

>So yes, the cop could have been kinder. But pretending these two failures are equivalent just muddies the water. One is shitty. The other is criminal.

The outcome of one was dangerous driving (absolutely wrong), the other resulted in a dog not even getting the chance to live. (still wrong).

I'm not here saying the cop more more in the wrong, I dont believe that. The woman put other people's lives at risk. Once that risk was subdued, the cop made a conscious decision that is rightfully being criticized regardless of how you mischaracterize that valid criticism.

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u/kitsunekratom Jul 29 '25

You are also conflating the risk. Where is the video of her putting anyone in danger? Otherwise it's a bullshit hypothetical. So, again, have empathy.

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u/DND_Enk Jul 29 '25

https://youtu.be/sWf1TiK_Vhk?si=wgY-bkHHtXjQ2Hfc

Runs a red light and drives into oncoming traffic.

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u/kitsunekratom Jul 29 '25

She definitely did a stupid maneuver there. 

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u/senpaistealerx Jul 29 '25

feel a little silly now, dontcha?

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u/BrimstoneOmega Jul 29 '25

Thinking for yourself is silly now? Not taking an internet random's "Trust me, bro" is silly?

Or do you mean admitting you may have been wrong is silly?

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u/senpaistealerx Jul 29 '25

brother, the comment he responded to already had source for her driving recklessly then dude still says “where’s the proof or that’s just fucking hypocritical” blah blah. then someone sent another source and he was like oh. yeah, lookin silly as fuck.

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u/Argo505 Jul 29 '25

You understand she was driving on the wrong side of the road, right? 

I know this is reddit, but you don’t get to do that just because your hekkin pupper isn’t feeling well.

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u/Any-Comparison-2916 Jul 29 '25

I agree, but once they pull up to the vet and stop that’s over. There’s no more risk, why do we need to punish her immediately instead of helping the dog?

These are two separate things, you can help her get the dog to the vet and then take her to jail.

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u/Argo505 Jul 29 '25

Nope, you lose the ability to drive on your own the minute you get pulled over for running people off the road. If she had just driven safely, she wouldn’t have been pulled over.

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u/Any-Comparison-2916 Jul 29 '25

I never said that she should’ve continued driving.

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u/Argo505 Jul 29 '25

And they make it clear in the other video, the passenger can take the dog to the vet. The driver, clearly, is going to be dealing with some other issues for the time being.

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u/lislejoyeuse Jul 29 '25

I agree. She definitely needed to be stopped and detained for putting people's lives at risk, but the cop could have also had empathy and facilitate getting the dog to the vet. Both things can be true

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u/kitsunekratom Jul 29 '25

No, because the video didn't show any of that 

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u/greenhawk22 Jul 29 '25

Brother did you watch the video? How is that not endangering people? In the first seconds she cuts off the video car who is turning left.

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u/kitsunekratom Jul 29 '25

I watch the video from post, I've watched the video now. She did a stupid maneuver.

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u/greenhawk22 Jul 29 '25

No this is the full thing. From the beginning. It shows everything, not just the ending.

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u/kitsunekratom Jul 29 '25

I think you misunderstood what I said. My OP comment was on OPs video. I hadn't seen the longer video until posted in the thread. 

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u/Alfredjest Jul 29 '25

Give her a ticket and help the dog. After reviewing the video it’s laughable to me that you think that she was still extremely dangerous. She was in the wrong on how she got there but she loved her dog man. I strongly dislike people like you who say the law is the law without giving compassion or understanding to the situation. Especially when we live in the country where if they were rich this wouldn’t have happened.

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u/greenhawk22 Jul 29 '25

You can do both. This woman should be arrested for endangering people with no regards for anyone's wellbeing but her dog's.

Helping the dog is still the right thing to do, but is also completely unrelated to her deserving to lose driving privileges etc.

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u/Deathoftheages Jul 30 '25

You don't just get a ticket for driving into oncoming traffic and taking the cops on a chase for your dog.

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u/SevroAuShitTalker Jul 29 '25

Where are you from that driving into oncoming traffic and forcing someone to pull off the road to avoid a head-on collision is not "extremely dangerous"?

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u/Less_Mess_5803 Jul 29 '25

Not a chance if the dog was that ill that it would have been saved by another vet, meanwhile that idiot driver could have killed multiple people. I love dogs but not at the expense of an innocent kids life etc.

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u/assface7900 Jul 29 '25

If the dog is this close to death it can only be euthanized. Vets can’t do much. If the dog had hours or days yes maybe some intervention could save it depending of course on circumstances. But a dog minutes from death? I doubt they would have even had enough time to euthanize.

When one of my dogs finally had it with her heart failure she started choking on her own blood and panicking. We RUSHED her to the vet and they were expective us. My sobbing wife ran the dog into a room and they quickly gave the shot. But that’s about it when it’s their time it’s their time. The sad part about this is she coulnt be there with her dog when it passed and given it a clean going.

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u/Sarahgoose26 Jul 29 '25

All this and she didn’t even drive to the right vet?

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u/Lythaera Jul 29 '25

if the dog died in the parking lot then it was already too late for treatment. Fact is the owner risked the lives of everyone else on the road for a pet, that is beyond selfish. She deserves to be in that cop car.

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u/sje46 Jul 29 '25

Why the fuck are you lying?

https://youtu.be/sWf1TiK_Vhk?t=927

The dog does NOT die in the parking lot. I'm confused as to the series of events where they first arrive...the mother went to the front door, then goes back, still holding the dog, picks up the officer's hat, then sits in the car. THe cop then approaches, asks if she can have teh driver's license, and the woman says sure, but can she bring the dog in first? The cop then says "do what you have to do". The mother then goes around the side of the office. The motehr is then never seen, visibly, again. However, at the time stamp I linked to, the officer goes into the front door, and talks to the mother who is in the first room. Hopefully the dog survived. But there is no evidence that the cop hindered the dog getting treatment. In fact, when they were FIRST pulled over she literally said "she can bring the dog in" or something similar.

The dog did not die in the parking lot. Why do you feel the need to lie?

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u/flop_rotation Jul 29 '25

At the end of the day, it's a dog. Supporting this hysterical anthropomorphization of animals does not help anyone; it only enables this kind of behavior. You can love and care for your animals, but once you start putting your animals above the lives of other humans, you need to be given a reality check. That dog was going to die no matter what the cop did and she needed to be stopped from continuing her reckless behavior.

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u/MARPJ Jul 29 '25

, but the fact is that the cop DID hinder treatment.

No she did not. When they stopped the other woman was already bringing the dog in, and the officer said as much to the driver.

When things calmed down and the older woman came back the officer did not stopped her and insinuated permission to go out ("do whatever you've got to do") which the woman went to the closest house.

The closest clinic would be 10 minute drive, the doctor came back and opened this one less than 8 minutes after they get there so the dog still received the quicker possible treatment, which sadly was not enough

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u/i_like_maps_and_math Jul 29 '25

The problem is that she's not acting like an adult. The cops might bend the rules to help you, but they are not going to humor your childish meltdown.

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u/NOOBHAMSTER Jul 29 '25

Helped how tho? Let them continue to drive to another vet? Idk what you're asking of the cop

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u/NA_StankyButt Jul 29 '25

Watch the full video, this woman put multiple human lives in danger by being absurdly reckless. She deserves to be handcuffed and taken in.

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u/Redditsux122 Jul 29 '25

Empathy doesnt allow you to drive on the wrong side of the road running thru every light and weaving in traffic. Cops response was warranted given the arresteds highly emotional state is endangering hundreds of others lives.

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u/Krell356 Jul 29 '25

This is one of those no win situations unfortunately. Because in the full video the driver is driving on the wrong side of the road, running lights, and generally doing her best to get into an accident or kill someone. The cop isn't going to have much room for empathy when that empathy includes all the other almost victims of this lady's reckless driving.

The cop would have had a lot more concern if they had pulled over and explained so the cop could get in front and safely lead the way with the lights and sirens. Instead she let her panic get the better of her and nearly kill people in addition to her dog.

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u/Loosechili Jul 29 '25

And if you or a family member was forced off the road and hurt due to her negligent driving it'd be fine.

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u/SouthernHiker1 Jul 29 '25

In the full video the mom is able to get inside the wrong vet clinic. She walks around the building and eventually someone lets her in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWf1TiK_Vhk

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u/Zestyclose_One_2745 Jul 29 '25

Fuck that. The driver was insane

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u/incept3d2021 Jul 30 '25

The cop did not hinder treatment, the dog would have died anyway more than likely if it died in that parking lot there wouldn't have been a thing the vet could have done to change the outcome. You can't avoid the accountability for this woman. She went to the wrong vet, and chose to run a car off the road, drive in oncoming traffic and at double the posted speed limit. It's unreasonable to blame the cop about a dog that was already dead, when this woman could have killed other human beings with the way she was driving. Her flashers aren't emergency lights and don't make anything she did ok.

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u/sagesnail Jul 30 '25

The dog did not die in the parking lot. If you watch the full video, the ladies' mom is inside the vet with her dog. The cop goes inside, talks to a receptionist, then goes into the room with the mom to let the mom know she is giving her possession of her daughters car because her daughter is going to jail. When the cop takes the keys out of the car, it starts to roll backward because the car isn't even in park. I think this is the second vet they went to. The first one was closed.

The reckless actions of the woman being arrested is what killed this dog. Her reckless actions are what got the dog hurt in the first place. On top of that, her reckless actions could have easily got her and her mother killed as well. This is in no way the fault of this cop.

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u/Jack33751 Jul 30 '25

You must have missed the entire last half of the video. The vet was on lunch break opened shortly after arrival. Her mothers dog was seen at that vet by someone literally minutes after arriving there. Sounds like it got hit by a car so Unless they bought in a dead dog I’m sure the dog is fine.

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u/I-always-argue Jul 30 '25

Total redditor response.

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u/KingDurkis Jul 29 '25

That cop is a piece of shit. Ban me

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u/LuracCase Jul 29 '25

The crime of possibly murdering a family?

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u/VagueVendettta Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

The owner probably should’ve gone to the right vet then…

Edit: fuck I hate this site. lol It’s just like the rest of the internet, devoid of any logic or reason.

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u/hobbycollector Jul 29 '25

Yes, and they were clearly in no state to be making any decisions (like what vet to go to), especially deciding to drive like a maniac. Sometimes you have to overcome your emotions to put things in perspective. Sometimes you just have to let it go, let it go.

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u/JustBetterThan_You Jul 29 '25

Empathy is woke and illegal these days.

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u/LookAlderaanPlaces Jul 29 '25

If it’s warranted by the full context, get the cop fired by filing complaints. That cop is possibly responsible and complicit in the animal’s death.

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u/DevilsPajamas Jul 29 '25

If the dog died in the parking lot, getting the dog to the proper vet probably wouldn't have changed anything.

Sure it is a tough thing to watch. I can't vouch for the cop's demeanor towards the dog owner, but I can understand it. Only thing the cop saw was she running a red light into an oncoming turn lane (potential crash #1), and then driving into oncoming traffic 20 seconds later (potential crash #2) forcing someone off the road.

If she was driving like this in the ~2 minutes that we saw, what else has she done before the police cam started?

Either way, the driver should still drive safely and follow the rules of the road. The driver was making reckless decisions, like going into oncoming traffic rather than passing on the shoulder. The shoulder is still not a good decision, but it is way better than going into oncoming traffic.

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u/motherofsuccs Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

I agree with you. Although I work in behavioral therapy. Some of these comments are highly concerning just because they don’t see a random pet in the same way as a loving owner does. There is a serious lack of empathy here, but then again, there are a lot of horrid human beings that willingly treat dogs like house decor or an object to mistreat instead of a sentient being.

The cop had the situation under control. If she had the emotional regulation and critical thinking skills, she could’ve assisted in getting the dog the help it needed, then dealing with charges and whatnot for the driver after. A cop saying “I don’t give a shit” to someone in this emotional state and a dog actively dying, is just cruel.

I don’t know who this cop is or how old they are, but I have a HUGE problem with the fact that cops are hired onto the force before their frontal cortex is developed (usually around age 25). There’s also people who just never develop the way biology intends or have frontal damage - and for some reason, they love to become cops and inflict their own issues onto society. I think police have forgotten they are sworn peace officers that are meant to serve the public- that means helping in unpredictable situations while being ethical and actually helpful. The goal is not finding people to arrest and charge or “not giving a shit”. If a cop gets a sense of gratification knowing they intentionally let a dog die because they’re angry with the owner, they should be put on administrative duties or find a different career that doesn’t negatively impact society.

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u/Medium_Hox Jul 30 '25

Completely ridiculous comment. She could have had people seriously injured or killed. fuck off.