Chris Cornell

Cops and the E.R.

Posted by CCadmin on 4/1/2009 | Comments (74)

The other day running back, Ryan Moats was detained by a police officer just outside the hospital entrance where his mother was dying.
I saw Heraldo Rivera ( Jerry Rivers) on a cable news talk show calling the incident "racial profiling" which it may very well have been. Having said that though, the very same thing once happened to me.
12 noon midsummer day wake boarding in Garbage Bay Lake Washington just off the U.W. Huskies football stadium. I jump the wake and when I land my left foot popped out and the ass end of the Board flew up and hit me in the side of the head on impact with the water. Next thing I remember I am having a nice conversation with friends somewhere far away in a nice place that is drowned out by the sound of a motor boat prop, which wakes me up, and I realize where I am and have been knocked out in the water.
I was wearing gloves. I put my hand to my head and then looked to see tons of blood mixed with the nice brownish green water of Garbage Bay.
Somehow I convinced my buddies that I was fine to drive myself to the E.R. alone and that they should continue to enjoy their sunny day of boarding. That was a mistake.
I got lost on the way to the hospital cause I had a concussion and drove around bleeding for a while, when finally I saw a big blue H sign. I came to a red light, stopped and waited. And waited. And waited. (And bled some more) I looked around, saw no fucking cars anywhere, took my fucking left turn against red.
If you have seen the footage of Ryan Moats then you know exactly what the next scene looked liked. Car parked to the left of the E.R. entrance, police car pulls up behind me.
The next thing that happens is a Police Man threatening a man with blood all over his face to return to the back of the car or I will be forcibly detained. He told me I had run a red light and was under suspicion of being a driver under the influence (at noon). I pleaded my case that it was likely I was under the influence of a bad head injury. He didn't like that response. He started to threaten me and try to get me to do a sobriety test. I decided in a daze to start wandering off into the E.R. thinking maybe a doctor could talk some sense into him. My limited medical knowledge did include that there was a possibility of internal hemmoraging which could kill me.
Next thing, Police Man puts his hand on his gun and starts making intense threats that I don't really remember, but I wasn't able to make it inside. I was however doing my best to say the alphabet backwards with blood in my eyes when I was finally rescued by guess who????? A different Police Man who rode up on a bike to see what was going on. He must have had seniority or something, cause he took one look at me and picked me up and ran me inside where they then started asking me what year it was and who was the pres. of the United States.
I have always thought of myself as a patient person, but remember my mother wasn't dying.
Ryan Moats is a gentleman and when put to the test showed the world that he is a asset to society, to his team, and most of all, a credit to his mother and family.

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