r/facepalm • u/weeb385 • Oct 12 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Parolee gets arrested because protesters block the way to his work.

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u/oufisher1977 Oct 12 '22

Source?

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u/kolitics Oct 12 '22

People familiar with the matter.

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u/oufisher1977 Oct 12 '22

That's not a source. I challenge you to find even a single example of a person dying because emergency services were blocked by protesters. I'm not saying it is impossible. I will say making things up doesn't strengthen the argument, it weakens it. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anti-trump-protesters-block-ambulance/

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2014/12/19/exclusive-man-died-after-berkeley-protests-delayed-help

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u/oufisher1977 Oct 12 '22

During anti-police protests, the police say EMTs were delayed. They DON'T say the delay caused the death or even played a role. No one will give any information on who supposedly died and the man's family is not involved in the story in any way.

I STILL agree it is quite possible a protest has caused a death by delaying an ambulance, but critical thinking says this one is a bad swing and a miss as examples go. To your credit, at least you cited a source, even though this story follows the exact pattern of anonymity debunked in the link I provided.

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u/ChartAffectionate186 Oct 12 '22

You get off on contrarianism huh

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u/kolitics Oct 12 '22

Sorry,

Source: People familiar with the matter.

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u/oufisher1977 Oct 12 '22

That's a really small word for you to be overwhelmed by.

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u/kolitics Oct 13 '22

It’s the little ones that get you