EMTs who stopped NYPD cops from beating handcuffed, emotionally disturbed patient turn officers in

[PoliticAverse]

Two FDNY EMTs who had to intervene to stop four police officers beating a handcuffed patient on a stretcher have turned the cops in to authorities, the Daily News has learned.

The emotionally disturbed patient was punched multiple times in the face by the cops on July 20, according to FDNY documents obtained by The News. The cops only stopped when the EMTs bodily intervened, the report said.

The violence broke out when the patient spit at the Emergency Service Unit officers and swore at them. The officers responded by hitting him in the face, hauling him off the stretcher to the ground and then tossing him back on the stretcher, the EMTs said in written statements submitted to the FDNY.

Read the rest at: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-emts-turn-officers-beat-handcuffed-patient-article-1.1891706

[hrmjustin]

1. I am glad they turned them in.

I hope tgere id no retaliation.

[Shemp Howard]

3. There WILL be retaliation, guaranteed

From now on, whenever those particular EMT's ask for police help, the police will take the long route getting there. And that treatment will probably extend to the EMT's entire unit as well. A message will be sent.

So will the EMT's then slow down when responding to an injured cop? No they won't, because EMT's have a different value set.

[hrmjustin]

4. Good post.

[yardwork]

2. Good for the EMTs

[DeSwiss]

5. EMTs Rock!

- K&R

[Kber]

6. Maybe the video of EMTs not interfering

In the homicide of a man in Brooklyn has shaken some folks up. Kind if thing might be a "come to Jesus" moment.

Just because a cop does it, doesn't automatically make it right.

[PoliticAverse]

7. The 4 EMTs involved in the Garner case were actually suspended without pay.

I'm sure some people got that message.

(See http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/emts_and_paramedics_who_respon.html )

[msongs]

8. disgusting but typical nt

[sakabatou]

9. Definitely sounds like retaliation

[LiberalLovinLug]

10. From that article its clear the EMTs failed as well

Especially the female who seemed the one in charge. She instead just bizarrely seemed to pretend he was fine. Didn't bring her oxygen or any medical equipment with her. As the article said, the first thing she should have done is quickly fed him some oxygen, at least as a first step. And as the ambulance worker surprisingly asked.."No one gave him CPR?" Aren't the cops also trained in mouth to mouth? Was it just the "icky" factor for them and were those EMT workers just too stupid to even try that?
The cops are to blame not only their assholish harassment and take down and killing of a big teddy bear like that, but for not stressing to the EMTs that the victim said he couldn't breathe. Not that those EMTs would have done anything. Serious lack of professionalism by them.

[PoliticAverse]

13. Yes, if he indeed still had a pulse at that point it would seem that her inaction

may have led to his death. I wonder about the possibility of charges against her as well if
that is the case.

[emsimon33]

11. Yeah! EMTS!!!

[cui bono]

12. Shows that cops are acting out of anger and not merely to apprehend or control a perp.

And they definitely believe they are above the law and that if anyone dares question them or does not respect their "authority" they will show them.

We have a serious problem of this attitude. I think there should be some intensive overhaul and oversight of all training.