State Trooper Scuffles With Paramedic During Traffic Stop

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The paramedic who scuffled with an Oklahoma
Highway Patrol trooper while a patient waited inside the ambulance
says the trooper should lose his badge.
Maurice White Jr. said Tuesday on the CBS "Early Show" that
trooper Daniel Martin was in a state of rage when he stopped his
ambulance and totally disregarded the patient's safety.
Martin stopped the ambulance May 24 for failing to yield.
White says he got out of the ambulance to tell the trooper they
were taking a patient to the hospital. The argument quickly
escalated into a scuffle and Martin put White in a choke hold.
Martin's attorney says the trooper either didn't hear that there
was a patient in the ambulance or it didn't register. He says White
failed to comply with the trooper's orders.

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