Nurse Alex Wubbels speaks during an interview in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake City mayor and other officials condemned the arrest, saying Wubbels had done nothing wrong. Salt Lake City police did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and the city’s police chief apologized to Wubbels in a statement and said they had launched an internal investigation. In response to the incident, the University of Utah Hospital imposed new restrictions on law enforcement, barring them from patient care areas and from direct contact with nurses.

Source: Washington Post September 08, 2017 04:43 UTC