"Okay, so I take it that without those [warrant, consent, arrest] I'm not going to get blood."
Says the perturbed Salt Lake City cop to the nurse who has just informed him of the legal and medical protocol mutually agreed upon by the police department and the hospital in question, which prevents him from taking blood from an (in this case unconscious) patient without an active arrest, warrant, or consent.
The patient in question was a victim of, and not a criminal suspect in the car crash prompting the investigation.
At about 2 p.m. on July 26, [William] Gray was driving a semi north on State Road 89/91 near Sardine Canyon when a man fleeing from the Utah Highway Patrol crashed a pickup truck into him head-on, according to Logan police, who investigated the collision.
That said, even if Gray were intoxicated it would still be a violation of both natural law AND HOSPITAL/POLICE/STATE "LAW" to take his blood without a warrant, an arrest, or consent.
Regardless, the "peace officer" says "we're done," and proceeds to assault and kidnap this screaming woman so he can get "his blood."
I wish the staff here had been armed. This assailant could have, and should have been stopped.
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)
