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September 1, 2017 07:59 pm GMT

Body cameras show us things like a nurse being cuffed for refusing to give a patient's blood to cops

Ah, the police body camera. It's brought us such disturbing hits as a Baltimore cop appearing to plant drugs on someone, an officer telling a recently shot man "fuck your breath" as he cried out for help, and the foot chase and death of a Chicago teenager. 

Well, thanks to one Salt Lake City police officer, we have another lowlight to add to the list: The forcible handcuffing and dragging of a nurse for refusing to hand over an unconscious patient's blood.

Yeah, it's as ugly as it sounds. 

SEE ALSO: Some police departments shelve body cameras, blame data costs

Video of the incident, which The Salt Lake Tribune reports went down at the University of Utah Hospital, shows nurse Alex Wubbels calmly explaining to an officer that she cannot hand over blood samples belonging to a truck driver injured in a July 26 collision.  Read more...

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