Alex Wubbels, the nurse who was attacked by a policeman for doing her job and falsely arrested, is now speaking out about her experience.
Watch below:
“I was scared to death… I feel betrayed,” says nurse arrested for refusing to allow a patient’s blood to be drawn https://t.co/PL30DzGjkR pic.twitter.com/F3AwnRfIxe
— CNN (@CNN) September 4, 2017
Here’s another appearance:
WATCH: Utah nurse speaks out after video shows her being handcuffed over blood test. @tomcostellonbc reports. https://t.co/9N11deX5Zt
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) September 5, 2017
She says that she was afraid of the police officer from the beginning, and that he was agitated and upset.
There is a lot of speculation about this case, but there’s an interesting account that explains why he was so angry.
We're all aware that the cop didn't do this because he's lazy, right? It was essentially part of a cover up https://t.co/eyvz8f67Jk
— Owen Barcala (@obarcala) September 2, 2017
The patient was the victim of a head on car crash, instigated by a high speed police pursuit against department policy
— Owen Barcala (@obarcala) September 2, 2017
The other driver–the suspect–died in the crash. So why did the cop want the victim’s blood? To find something to disparage the victim…
— Owen Barcala (@obarcala) September 2, 2017
And excuse the police from instigating the deadly car chase. This is not really uncommon, relatively speaking. Other cop on video saying…
— Owen Barcala (@obarcala) September 2, 2017
No probable cause. It’s not that they didn’t want to go to effort of getting a warrant, they knew no judge would sign one.
— Owen Barcala (@obarcala) September 2, 2017
I’ll just type it out from here, it’s easier to read that way.
“Also, the Supreme Court decision holding it unconstitutional to draw blood w/o consent or warrant came down last year. The cop…Is a trained phlebotomist in the police blood draw unit. There is *no way* he was unaware of a SCOTUS case that directly controlled his work.”
“So this is incredible in that its actually worse than the video shows–it’s criminal abuse of power in at least three ways.”
“Oh, and dept reviewed video w/in 12 hrs, did nothing til it went viral. If you think he’s just a rogue cop, you’re not paying attention.”
“Turns out, victim was off duty Idaho cop. Nurse Wubbels was arrested for protecting an unconscious officer from abuse by another officer.”
“Strategy is to use anything the victim did wrong to muddy the water & dissuade civil suit. In some cases, victim is entirely precluded…from winning if he is also negligent (“contributory neg”), or reduces $ recovery by % (“comparative neg”). Most decide it’s not worth it.”
This is all just speculation, but it makes a whole lot of sense, doesn’t it?
Here are our previous posts on this story:
BOOM: TWO cops taken off duty over BIZARRE arrest of a Utah nurse!!
Use of force against nurse was ‘NOT NECESSARY,’ ‘NOT JUSTIFIED’ says apologetic mayor