One more link in the Oklahoma saga - Trooper Daniel Martin suspended for 5 days & Ordered to anger assessment. OHP says stop and arrest justified. Finds medic obstructed officer.

Remember the story from May 24th on the OHP confronting an Medic at an traffic stop, Here’s More

OHP discipline letter to Trooper Daniel Martin

Read OHP official statement

Watch OHP announcement

Paramedic Maurice White Jr. files suit against Trooper Martin and our earlier coverage of this story

Starting today and continuing through Tuesday, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Daniel Martin is serving a five day suspension without pay. OHP says Trooper Martin showed “conduct unbecoming an officer” in the videotaped confrontation with a Creek Nation ambulance crew on May 24 in Paden, Oklahoma. The trooper has also been ordered to undergo "anger assessment".

Despite those findings, OHP's investigation found that Trooper Martin was justified in stopping the ambulance and making an arrest of Paramedic Maurice White Jr, saying that White obstructed a police officer.

Now there has been a  filing of a federal lawsuit against Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Daniel Martin by Creek Nation Paramedic Maurice White Jr.

Here are excerpts from an article by Ron Jackson at NewsOK.com:
Maurice White, Jr. claims his civil rights were violated by trooper Daniel Martin, whose actions remain under review by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Martin, 37, stopped White's ambulance on U.S. 62. He said the driver, Paul Franks, made an obscene gesture when the trooper tried to pass with his lights and sirens on.
The lawsuit alleges, "Martin had no right or reason to arrest Mr. White who was discharging his fiduciary obligation to his patient, who had committed no crime and who had offered to submit to arrest at the hospital."
The lawsuit further claims, "Martin used unreasonable force in his seizing of Mr. White" by "throttling him by the neck with his hand." The court document also describes Martin's actions as "deliberate, reckless, wanton and/or cruel ..."