MM> You would be following a legal police order thus if it would make
 MM> you feel better you would be doing the right thing ass long as you
 MM> didn't get out of control. This Depitization is
 RW> IOW, my rear would be hanging in the breeze the same as the cop if
 RW> something went bad.
The officer would bear the liability as long as you were following
instructions and you didn't do something completely "Hillbilly Wild ***
Crazy". 
 RW> About the same reason a lot of people I know are no longer sure if
 RW> they would stop at an accident scene and render first aid. Even with
 RW> the "good samaritan" laws on the books the threat of law suits make
 RW> them think twice.
We saw a good example of this today on the news on the Washington Beltway.
First, the good samaritan laws work fine unless you do something "Hillbilly
Wild *** Crazy".  Second, it is the law in many jurisdictions that you
stop and render aid. If you are laying somewhere bleeding to death, I wonder
if the thoughts of the above paragraph will go through your mind again.
Tom Rightmer - A Victims' Rights Advocate
... If you pull the wings off a fly, does it become a walk?
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