Common Sense Not Always So Common

So I’m reading this article ( <—– click here to read it) about NFL Player Ryan Moats and his run-in with a stupid police officer. Once you read the article you will see that the undertone of the whole thing is that the officer has no common sense. Here’s the situation and ask yourself what you would do on both sides of the coin;
 The Moats family gets a call from the ER saying that his wife’s mother is in the Emergency room and is about to pass away. You jump in the car and rush to the hospital. On the way there you could care less about red lights, green lights, stop signs and all that. Your focus is to get there before she passes. In your rush you run a red light right before you get to the hospital. A cop sees it and follows you into the parking lot. Not only do you run the light but in your rush you park at the first available park you can get to. Remember your Mother is on her deathbed and you want to at least see her that one last time right? So in your rush, to top it off, you illegally park. At this point the officer comes up to you, with gun drawn, telling you to put your hands up. You explain to the officer that your mother is dying in there and you want to see her before she passes. He’s not feeling this at all. He tells you to give him your info and refuses to even acknowledge that you’re full of grief and just want to see her that one last time. He’s just being an all around jerk. You finally realize that he’s an asshole so you comply with all his requests, even as two, not one but two, nurses come out to tell him what’s going on and an additional officer arrives on the scene and says he should let you go. He then after writing you a ticket lectures you for another few minutes. 20 minutes has gone by and your mother- in- law has already passed.
Now I understand that he ran a red light, and parked illegally, but what would the officer have done if the shoe was on the other foot? I mean 2 nurses come out to tell you what’s really going on and you’re still being an ass about it. I don’t get it. I know it’s his job and that Mr. Moats broke the law by running the red light but certain circumstances call for certain provisions. I mean use a little compasion and common sense here. Once you realize the situation, you have to assess it for what it is and do the right thing. Let this one go.
I had a similar incident happen to me. When Boogie was about 7-8 months, actually it started when he was younger than that, he kept getting these ear infections. After a while the medication wasn’t working. Well this particular ear infection was a bad one. He couldn’t tolerate the meds, food, milk or even water. So off we go to the emergency room. So we spent all day and night there as the doctors tried their best to do all kinds of stuff. At the time I worked at the hospital in the emergency room so I don’t know if that was an added dose to make them work harder but they tried everything. the hospital isn’t the best when it comes to treating kids because there just aren’t that many that come through after birth. So anyway it’s about 2-3 am and they decide to transfer him to Children’s hospital in St. Louis, right across the bridge. My wife and son leave in the ambulance and after getting things squared with my boss, I follow. At this point I’m flying doing about 80-85 in a 45mph zone. I see the cops lights right before I turn into the hospital parking area. I turn in and they block me in, one in front and one in back, and come out with guns drawn. Once I explain to them what was going on they decide not to give me a ticket. Yes, he did give me a short lecture but common sense and compassion prevailed in that situation and he realized that under normal circumstances I would not have broken the law. Of course they checked to verify my story but let me go ahead and see my son.
Cops are charged with the duty to protect and serve, but common sense and compassion should also come along with the job. Common sense is not always so common though. I don’t think that’s something you can learn, you either have it or you don’t. What say you?

Peace
Sincere