Neighbors were ticketed for rescuing a deer from icy water.
Just imagine for a moment that a police officer had happened by the Good Samaritan on the road to Jericho as he was helping the man who had been beaten and robbed (Cf. Luke 10:30ff). And imagine if, in the moment immediately after the Samaritan had helped the beaten man, that same police officer wrote the Samaritan a ticket for not wearing proper lifesaving gear.
This is precisely what happened in Maryland when neighbors bound together to rescue a deer trapped in icy water. After summoning boats and a rope and rescuing the deer, a police officer, who had been standing idly by watching, wrote them tickets for not wearing life preservers.
Seriously, I kid you not. Watch and read.
There comes a time when the letter of the law is disregarded for the preservation of life.
Filed under: i'm not making this up, idiocy | Tagged: deer, life preserver, Maryland, police, rescue, ticket, vest |
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