Massachusetts State Trooper Worst Person in the World

This has been a rough week for Massachusetts state troopers. In addition to the news that they may lose their coveted fitness bonuses, one of their ranks has now been named Keith Olbermann's Worst Person in the World (video above). The winner (or loser) was a Mass trooper who ticketed a man for using the breakdown lane to drive his in-labor wife to the hospital. The best part? The dude had gotten the go-ahead from two other state troopers to use the breakdown lane on other roads. Way to send mixed messages, officers! Campbell Brown also adds her commentary: "Consider this a memo to the Massachusetts state police: you oughta check your trooper's hats. One of them is wearing one that is way, way too small."

We're not always the biggest fans of children, but even we might wave a pregnant woman through in this situation. Perhaps those in labor should get special flashers to navigate through traffic, like ambulances. It does turn out that part of the problem was that the couple lives in Dracut, a long haul from destination hospital Mount Auburn in Cambridge—adn the trooper who cited the couple did ask them multiple times if they wanted him to call an ambulance. We still don't think a citation should have been issued, but maybe next time this couple's having a baby, they'll pick a hospital closer to home.