Rush your stroke wife to the Hospital = Jail Time

[Trip]

All charges dropped, bad press is powerful stuff.

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2...st-man-rushin/

All seven charges against a Chattanooga man who ran two red lights last week while rushing his wife to the hospital have been dropped, the district attorney’s office said today. Eric Jesse Wright was charged with assault on police, disorderly conduct, reckless endangerment, felony evading arrest, registration expired and two counts of traffic signals violation. He was booked into Hamilton County Jail Friday and released on bond.
He was taking his wife, Aline, to Erlanger hospital Wednesday night, believing that she was suffering a stroke.
Officer James Daves, who saw Mr. Wright run the red lights and followed him to Erlanger with lights flashing, has been placed on paid administrative leave until an internal affairs investigation is completed, police officials said.

[101lifts2]

Cop was outta line...but good the charges were dropped.

[NONE_too_SOFT]

one time i broke my arm snowboarding and we sped to the hospital. a cop pulled us over. i showed him my broken arm, and then he pulled his gun on me and cold cocked the driver, and stole my wallet.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

one time i broke my arm snowboarding and we sped to the hospital. a cop pulled us over. i showed him my broken arm, and then he pulled his gun on me and cold cocked the driver, and stole my wallet.

good, you deserved it

[NONE_too_SOFT]

i meant to say the cop gave the driver a cold cut and then let us go.

[Full Throttle]

This is the traffic cam that caught Jesse Wright running the light. He did not slow down and actually almost hit the officer. He used very bad judgement when it came to this light. It could of turned out very badly. However i do believe i would of rushed to the hospital myself as well but i wouldn't of ran the lights like he just did. He probably just developed tunnel vision and didn't even notice there were lights there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRlup...layer_embedded

[Full Throttle]

I live here in Chattanooga and 95% of the time no one but yourself is stopped at a light after dark. Especially on that side of town. Once you get to Market street that a different story but i'm willing to bet he was on McCallie Ave,Rossville Blv, or 3rd Street and all thre are dead after dark and are the fastest way to Erlanger.

[Captain Morgan]

Ok, that video tells a bit of a different story. Now, anyone have video of the confrontation at the ER? The guy definitely should have stopped for that light, no doubt about it.

[Full Throttle]

Im sure there is a video but it probably wont ever get posted. It would make the Officer probably look really bad. But the news cast i saw stated the officer grabbed Jesse Wright as he was getting his wife out of the car and Jesse flung the cops arm off him and scratched him in the process and thats where the Assault charges came into play. But when it comes to the traffic light he most certainly should of slowed down. The damn light was about to change anyways lol.

[Kaneman]

Wow, he did actually almost kill the cop involved. It could've been handled better, but the outcome is satisfactory. A dying wife is no excuse to kill an uninvolved party.