Apparently officer D-bag also pointed his gun at Moats' wife and Moats, and told them both "I can screw you over". It sounds to me like if Moats would have ignored the cop and rushed into the hospital he could have very well been shot! I think he handled the situation very calmly and well considering the circumstances. The cop is now on administrative leave but I wouldn't be upset if they showed the same lack of compassion to him and fired him.

"I can screw you over," he said at one point in the videotaped incident. When another officer came with word that Moats' mother-in-law was indeed dying, Powell's response was: "All right. I'm almost done."

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Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle apologized to the family and announced that Powell would be on paid leave pending an internal investigation.

"When we at the command staff reviewed the tape, we were embarrassed, disappointed," Kunkle said. "It's hard to find the right word and still be professional in my role as the police chief. But the behavior was not appropriate."

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