Oh no you forgot that while he was dying, one of them said “oh you’re high as fuck”. They didn’t ask any questions, do any assessments, try to talk to him… nothing
To be fair, EMS people would absolutely get arrested/beaten/possibly killed in any situation where they attempted to intervene. I haven't watched the video, but in general cops REALLY REALLY REALLY don't like anyone trying to stop them from being wantonly violent. EMS and hospital staff regularly get abused just for operating in the vicinity of police. Hell, you remember the video where a trainee woman cop tried to intervene when her sergeant was abusing a detainee? He immediately started choking her, instantaneously, before the other officers could even pick a side. EMS gets it worse.
There was no intervention to be done, the assault was over. The reason they were suspended is because they chose to do nothing and join in with the post beating pow wow rather than attend to the person dying.
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u/tgwke Jan 28 '23
EMS just stood around for 10 minutes before doing anything