FBI Probing Utah Cop Who Arrested Nurse for Refusing to Draw Blood

FBI Probing Utah Cop Who Arrested Nurse for Refusing to Draw Blood
Nurse Alex Wubbels is shown during an incident at University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah in this still photo taken from police body-worn camera video taken July 26, 2017 and provided September 1, 2017. Salt Lake City Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
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The FBI said on Friday (September 8) it is examining whether federal laws were violated by a Utah police detective who is shown on video assaulting and arresting a nurse after she refused to allow taking a blood sample from an unconscious patient.

The July 26 incident involving Salt Lake City police Detective Jeff Payne is already being investigated by state authorities, who requested the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigations on Thursday.