I only have a cursory knowledge of this topic, but here's my thoughts. Since the officer had a warrant (I believe) to get blood from the patient, it was completely legal for him to make the request of the nurse to take the person's blood. With her refusal, she [i]technically[/i] was obstructing justice. However, the officer could have gone about this differently. Rather than charging her with obstruction of justice - this was a horrible call on the cops part - he could have simply found another nurse to take the patients blood. IN MY OPINION I think that, while the cop acted within the boundaries of the law, he did something that was very unethical. The nurse could have gone about it differently as well. Telling her superiors, getting another nurse, explaining her stance and offering to remedy the situation, like getting another nurse, are all better than what she did. Like I said, I don't know much about this story, but with what I do know, that's my stance.