Found March 26, 2009 on Lone Star Struck: Yardbarker Blogger Network
What is this world coming to when a person can't even explain to a police officer that their mother-in-law is dying and they need to see her right away and they are right in the parking lot of the hospital. A police officer pulled over Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats as he was hurrying to see his dying mother-in-law, drawing his gun, threatening the NFL player and holding him in the hospital parking lot as she died, officials said Thursday. Dallas police spokesman Lt. Andy Harvey said Officer Robert Powell told his commanders that he drew his gun but did not point it. Drawing a gun is not unusual in traffic stops where officers feel threatened, Harvey said. But Moats' wife, who was in the car along with other relatives, said Powell pointed his weapon at her. "He was pointing a gun at me as soon as I got out of the car," Tamishia Moats told The Dallas Morning News, which first reported that Powell unholstered his sidearm. The Moats family did not immediatel...
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