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Right. >> i did not deem it in the best interest of the patient to permit him to handcuff and arrest me at that time. >> if we allow people to get out of vehicles and try to handle the traffic stop, other than the driver, thats chaos. >> paramedic white is suing trooper martin for violating his civil rights. the patient is also suing the trooper and the oklahoma highway paramedic white believes trooper martin may have offered an explanation for his behavior on the road that day. white refers to ...

Best interest. >> the trooper allows the ambulance to leave and follows it to the hospital. when they arrive, paramedic white checks in his patient, who is released later that day. the paramedic then turns himself in. >> i went back outside to the second trooper on scene and i told him that at this point, you can arrest me, i released my patient care to the nurse. >> but after everything that happened, white is never arrested. trooper martin did not respond to interview requests through his lawy...

>> the trooper thinks that the ambulance driver, paul franks, gave him the finger earlier. >> you dont need to give me no hand gestures now. i aint going to put up with that. you understand me? >> i know the character of paul franks. thats just something he wouldnt do. >> i wont put up with you talking to my driver like that. >> i aint listening to you, buddy. you get back in that ambulance you get your [ muted ] back in that ambulance or ill take you in. im talking to the driver. >> paramedic w...

Ambulance driver, paul franks, gave him the finger earlier. >> you dont need to give me no hand gestures now. i aint going to put up with that. you understand me? >> i know the character of paul franks. thats just something he wouldnt do. >> now i wont put up with you talking to my driver like that. >> i aint listening to you, buddy. you get back in that ambulance you get your [ muted ] back in that ambulance or ill take you in. im talking to the driver. >> paramedic white says he wouldnt let th...

Right. >> i did not deem it in the best interest of the patient to permit him to handcuff and arrest me at that time. >> paramedic white is suing trooper martin for violating his civil rights. the patient is also suing the trooper and the oklahoma highway patrol for negligence. trooper martin and the highway patrol are contesting the claims. >> if we allow people to get out of vehicles and try to handle the traffic stop other than the driver, thats chaos. >> the state of oklahoma gives trooper m...

Confrontations not over yet. the patients husband tries again to intervene. >> my wife needs to go to the hospital. i understand that. >> if he wouldnt have come out here you could have been on the way about five minutes ago, partner. now step back. >> the driver tries his best to defuse the tense situation. >> im sorry, i didnt see you coming. >> i was just trying to talk to you about it. i didnt need your manager or whoever it is in the back, paramedic, whoever happens to be in charge, to get ...

Permit him to handcuff and arrest me at that time. >> if we allow people to get out of vehicles and try to handle the traffic stop other than the driver, thats chaos. >> the state of oklahoma gives trooper martin a five-day suspension and an order to report for an anger assessment. paramedic white believes trooper martin may have offered an explanation for his behavior on the road that day. white refers to a conversation he says the two of them had outside the hospital after the incident. >> he ...

>> my wife needs to go to the hospital. i understand that. >> if he wouldnt have come out here you could have been on the way about five minutes ago, partner. now step back. >> the driver tries his best to defuse the tense situation. >> im sorry, i didnt see you coming. >> i was just trying to talk to you about it. i didnt need your manager or whoever it is in the back, paramedic, whoever happens to be in charge, to get out, okay? you understand? >> yes, sir, i do. >> trooper martin tells the dr...

Wouldnt do. >> i wont put up with you talking to my driver like that. >> i aint listening to you, buddy. you get back in that ambulance you get your [ muted ] back in that ambulance or ill take you in. im talking to the driver. >> paramedic white says he wouldnt let the trooper talk to his driver because he believed his patient would suffer from any delay. he tells the trooper about the patient, but the trooper persists. >> we got a patient in this unit right now. >> you want to go ahead and pul...

White checks in his patient, who is released later that day. the paramedic then turns himself in. >> i went back outside to the second trooper on scene and i told him that at this point, you can arrest me, i released my patient care to the nurse. >> but after everything that happened, white is never arrested. trooper martin did not respond to interview requests through his lawyer, but in a press conference, his lawyer says paramedic white delayed the patient by not letting martin talk directly t...