Sgt. David Robison drives Mark Ross 100 miles to reach his grieving family
By Sarah Grochowski | New York Daily News | September 27, 2016
A cop in Ohio drove a grieving man 100 miles to reach his family — and the act of kindness is attracting national attention.
Mark Ross was in a speeding vehicle, traveling Sunday to visit his heartbroken mother following the death of his 15-year-old sister Eliza, when the car was pulled over.
With the car being towed, Ross started to cry.
“I knew I was going to jail due to a petty warrant,” Ross wrote on Facebook.
Officers in Michigan — where Ross’s outstanding misdemeanor warrant was issued — refused to pick the man up because of the distance, he wrote.
When an officer, identified as Ohio State Highway Patrol Sgt. David Robison, learned of Ross’s situation, he decided to drive Ross to visit his family.
"I broke down crying, and he saw the sincerity in my cry,” Ross wrote in the viral post, which features a selfie of Ross and Robison. “He reaches over and began praying over me and my family,” he described in the viral post.
Ross concluded his post with an admittance of his own struggle to embrace police enforcement. “Everybody knows how much I dislike Cops but I am truly Greatful for this Guy.”
But Sunday’s events and the kindness of Sgt. Robison caused Ross to admit, “He gave me hope.”
The original Facebook post has now been shared about 100,000 times.
EDITOR’S NOTE. I would think that Sgt. Robison obtained permission from higher-ups in the Ohio State Police to give Ross a lift to Detroit. The Ohio State Police and Robison are to be commended for this heartfelt act of kindness. On the other hand, if Robison took Ross to Detroit without receiving permission, he should be suspended and demoted, if not fired.
BLM, please note that Ross is black and Robison is a white cop!
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